Non-IT News Thread

mlnews

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/voice_stealing_lyrebird/

Voice stealing software to make you say things you didn't mean to say.

mlnews

So this is who makes America's bombers...... I'd be worried if needing to depend on that.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/northrop_grumman_breach_worker_w2s/

coliver

So this is who makes America's bombers...... I'd be worried if needing to depend on that.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/northrop_grumman_breach_worker_w2s/

Nah just keep throwing money at them I'm sure it will be fine...

Kelly

I'm curious how bad the fallout will be for Unroll.me: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/unrollme_caught_selling_email_to_uber/.

coliver

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/nsa-backdoor-detected-on-55000-windows-boxes-can-now-be-remotely-removed/

Nice...

JaredBusch

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/nsa-backdoor-detected-on-55000-windows-boxes-can-now-be-remotely-removed/

Nice...

Most places that is likely illegal. Beneficial or not you're intentionally changing somebody else machine

mlnews

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/25/mayer_yahoo_186m/

Apparently it pays to drive a company into the ground.

coliver

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/25/mayer_yahoo_186m/

Apparently it pays to drive a company into the ground.

It seems to be working pretty well for many American CEOs.

nadnerB

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/25/mayer_yahoo_186m/

Apparently it pays to drive a company into the ground.

The old grab the gold, and pull your parachute trick

mlnews

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/irish_stripe_employee_denied_us_entry/

mlnews

Amazon might have new drive tech that is a bit interesting.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/amazon_special_cloud_disks/

mlnews

Growing baby lambs in plastic bags, humans in three years...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/artificial_womb_for_preemie_sheep/

DustinB3403

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Growing baby lambs in plastic bags, humans in three years...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/artificial_womb_for_preemie_sheep/

Very gross technology but I see the good it could provide.

And then the darker side of me says Darwinism is losing the battle that nature built. . .

JaredBusch

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/irish_stripe_employee_denied_us_entry/

This is not news. Person was denied entry without a visa due to travel to another country.

Person could still travel to US with a visa if the choose to get one.

This law change was implemented in 2015.

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/appeals-court-uber-engineer-cant-plead-the-5th/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/silicon-valley-security-robot-beat-up-in-parking-lot-police-say/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/amazon-might-use-driverless-vehicles-to-deliver-packages-in-the-future/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/lawsuit-mylans-epic-epipen-price-hike-wasnt-about-greed-its-worse/

dafyre

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/silicon-valley-security-robot-beat-up-in-parking-lot-police-say/

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/amazon-might-use-driverless-vehicles-to-deliver-packages-in-the-future/

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/lawsuit-mylans-epic-epipen-price-hike-wasnt-about-greed-its-worse/

Somebody has been looking at my Google news feed this morning, lol.

StrongBad

@dafyre but you get it here first!