Non-IT News Thread

[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!

[coliver]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/ajit-pai-announces-plan-to-eliminate-title-ii-net-neutrality-rules/

This is going to be really good for consumers. /s if you couldn't tell.

[mlnews]

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

[scottalanmiller]

World's most insecure email device...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38934822