Even the NSA is urging Windows users to patch BlueKeep…
June 5, 2019
This vulnerability affects the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service included in older versions of the Windows OS, such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008...
New York State Is Pushing ‘One of the Strictest’ Privacy Bills in the Nation…
June 5, 2019
The New York law could have international reach (a tactic taken from Europe’s GDPR) because it applies to any business that holders sensitive data of New York residents. Give the size and scope of New York City, that means the legislation can apply to virtually every internet company of consequence... New Yorkers would have the right to sue companies that violate privacy, all companies will be subject to the law no matter the size, and businesses would be deemed “data fiduciaries” and therefore barred from using consumer data in a way that harms users but benefits the company... “He who has data is essentially in possession of wealth and she who controls and manipulates that data has not just wealth but the power as well,” Bacerra told Gizmodo...
Mexican officials to meet Pence in last-ditch talks to avert tariffs…
June 5, 2019
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will attend the talks, set to take place in Washington on Wednesday afternoon... The Mexican delegation is expected to try to show the White House that authorities are taking steps to stem the flow of migrants, with Mexico detaining double the number per day than it was a year ago.
Oakland becomes second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms…
June 5, 2019
... a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. Denver voters in May approved a similar measure for people 21 and older.
Ikea is introducing robotic furniture for people who live in small spaces – Coming to Hong Kong and Japan in 2020…
June 5, 2019
Ikea says the Rognan can save an extra eight square meters (about 86 square feet) of living space. That might not sound like much, but if you live in a tiny home, it could make all the difference.
Former Arkansas State Senator Found Dead From Apparent Gunshot Wound…
June 5, 2019
The State Police would not comment on the NEA Report that the death appeared to be not a suicide. Ken Yang, who once campaigned for Collins-Smith, told KATV that neighbors had heard gunshots a day or two before Collins-Smith was discovered today. Her body was reportedly found wrapped in some sort of blanket. Collins-Smith, a former Democrat, was defeated for re-election in 2018. She was divorced from her husband, retired Circuit Judge Philip Smith, in October 2018.
She had switched from the Democratic party to the Republican party in 2011. She also had a write-up from Right Wing Watch for having called in to the Patriots SoapBox Qanon show back in March.
ABC’s Sydney headquarters raided by Australian federal police over a series of stories known as The Afghan Files…
This is Australia and it seem to be related to a Former Defence Force lawyer that was charged with leaking documents about alleged misconduct of special forces...
June 5, 2019
Russian fighter jet said to harass US Navy spy plane over Mediterranean…
June 5, 2019
“We expect them to behave within international standards set to ensure safety and prevent incidents,” the statement added.
The US plane, the P-8A Poseidon, was put at risk by the second intercept, which was said to involve a high-speed pass directly in front of it, causing wake turbulence that “put our pilots and crew at risk.”...
Venezuela Defaults On $750 Million Gold-Backed Swap With Deutsche Bank…
June 5, 2019
Venezuela has also defaulted on a gold swap agreement valued at $750 million with Deutsche Bank, prompting the German bank to seize the precious metal which was used as collateral.
Russia Hoax Queen Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Crash to Trump-Era Low…
June 5, 2019
Maddow lost nearly 500,000 viewers for her first episode following the release of Barr’s letter. Then she plummeted 13 percent in April compared to the same month in 2018, according to TVNewser, falling behind “Tucker Carlson Tonight” in the process. In May she averaged 2.6 million – her worst month since Trump took office – and a far cry from the 3.1 million viewers she averaged during the first quarter of 2019.
Leader of Mexican Church La Luz Del Mundo Charged With Child Rape, Human Trafficking in SoCal…
June 5, 2019
Joaquín García and a follower of the church, 24-year-old Susana Medina Oaxaca, were arrested Monday after landing at Los Angeles International Airport... García, 50, faces 26 counts of felony charges that range from human trafficking and production of child pornography to forcible rape of a minor. The charges detail a series of disturbing allegations involving three girls and one woman between 2015 and 2018 in Los Angeles County.
NASA is launching a GPS system for space…
June 5, 2019
...the Deep Space Atomic Clock is a technology demonstration that will help spacecraft navigate autonomously through deep space... It works a lot like GPS... The Deep Space Atomic Clock is the first atomic clock designed to fly onboard a spacecraft that goes beyond Earth's orbit, dramatically improving the process. It will help our spacecraft navigate autonomously... It will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket... The launch is targeted for June 22, 2019, at 8:30 p.m. PDT (11:30 p.m. EDT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will be live-streamed...
China has unveiled a new armoured vehicle that is capable of firing 12 suicide drones to launch attacks on targets and to conduct reconnaissance operations. The Era of the Drone Swarm Is Coming…
June 5, 2019
Twelve drones in one vehicle can form a formidable swarm and deliver a saturated attack on a single target, or they could spread out to deal with multiple targets...
A government watchdog says the FBI has access to about 640 million photographs — including from driver’s licenses, passports and mugshots — that can be searched using facial recognition technology…
June 5, 2019
The figure reflects how the technology is becoming an increasingly powerful law enforcement tool, but is also stirring fears about the potential for authorities to intrude on the lives of Americans. It was reported by the Government Accountability Office at a congressional hearing in which both Democrats and Republicans raised questions about the use of the technology...
Elon Musk Says His Boring Company “Will Crush” Subways in Throughput and In Convenience…
June 5, 2019
“Avg speed of NY Subway is actually 17mph. TBC loop can run at 155mph with 16 pax autopods passing every second, routing automatically between tunnels to their destination,” Musk’s response reads. “That’s 57,600/hour/lane & you can build dozens of lanes. Will crush any subway in throughput & convenience.”...
ICE Houston arrests 23 gang members, associates during operation targeting MS-13…
June 5, 2019
Biden unveils climate change plan using Green New Deal as framework, after AOC criticism…
June 5, 2019
The price tag for the proposal-- named ‘The Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution & Environmental Justice’ -- is $1.7 trillion over the next 10 years. Biden’s campaign said this would be supplemented by leveraging more than $5 trillion in additional private sector and state and local investments. This is considerably less expensive than the Green New Deal itself, for which cost estimates range as high as $93 trillion.
Trump prepared to talk to Iran but says always a chance of military action…
June 5, 2019
When asked if he thought he would need to take military action, he said: “There’s always a chance. Do I want to? No. I’d rather not. But there’s always a chance.”
He said, when asked, that he was prepared to talk to Rouhani: “Yeah of course. I would much rather talk.”...
Google’s Gmail scans, parses, analyzes and catalogs your email For Financial Transactions…
June 5, 2019
Google saves years of information on purchases you’ve made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail. It’s complicated to delete this private information, and options to turn it off are hidden in privacy settings...
Adam Schiff at the Council on Foreign Relations says AG Barr is ‘second most dangerous man’ in US…
Here's the link to the full video...
June 5, 2019