Category: Editorial Social

Four days in, and the BBC hasn’t even mentioned the biggest bribery scandal in history / Boing Boing

On Wednesday, Fairfax and Huffington Post broke the Unaoil story, revealing that they had been leaked a trove of email from an obscure Monaco family >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Editorial, Social

Circulating Biomarkers of Dairy Fat and Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among US Men and Women in Two Large Prospective Cohorts

Source: Circulating Biomarkers of Dairy Fat and Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among US Men and Women in Two Large Prospective Cohorts

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Biological

Wisconsin Just Elected Bernie Sanders President

Source: Wisconsin Just Elected Bernie Sanders President

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Editorial, Social

NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Unlike many browsers, Firefox doesn’t always isolate an add-on’s functions. Source: NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

Medical scientists develop ‘game changing’ stem cell repair system | UNSW Newsroom

Source: Medical scientists develop ‘game changing’ stem cell repair system | UNSW Newsroom

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Biological

Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn’t What It Used to Be | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Nest Labs, a home automation company acquired by Google in 2014, will disable some of its customers’ home automation control devices in May. Source: Nest >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

Podcasts – Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Source: Podcasts – Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Philosophy

Pig heart kept beating inside baboon for more than two years – UPI.com

In a recent study, researchers were able to keep a pig heart beating inside a baboon for more than two years. Source: Pig heart kept >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Biological

Nvidia unveils first Pascal graphics card, the monstrous Tesla P100 | Ars Technica

With HBM2 and 40% performance boost over Titan X, Pascal is going to be a beast. Source: Nvidia unveils first Pascal graphics card, the monstrous >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Graphics

Wayne Madsen: Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Was Front End for a Private Foreign Policy/Intelligence Operation « Public Intelligence Blog

Posted in full with permission of the author. April 1-2, 2016 — Clinton’s private email network part of private foreign policy/intelligence operation A mere cursory >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security