Non-IT News Thread
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Iran says it arrested CIA spies and sentenced some to death
Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who it says were working for the CIA, and sentenced some of them to death.
The intelligence ministry said the suspects had been collecting information in the nuclear, military and other sectors.
US President Donald Trump has dismissed the Iranian allegations, saying they are "totally false".
Washington and Tehran are at loggerheads over Iran's nuclear programme and tensions have grown. -
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Cary Whaley, first vice president of payments and technology policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, says that the rise of tokenization, which is what Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and other digital wallets use, may ultimately make virtual account numbers obsolete.
it's also what Chip AND PIN was supposed to be - or so I thought... but of course the lazy Americans dropped the PIN part, so tokenization was lost.
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Skunk Works' Exotic Fusion Reactor Program Moves Forward With Larger, More Powerful Design
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is building a new, more capable test reactor as it continues to move ahead with its ambitious Compact Fusion Reactor program, or CFR. Despite slower than expected progress, the company remains confident the project can produce practical results, which would completely transform how power gets generated for both military and civilian purposes.
This is some sexy as shit..
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R.I.P Art "Poppa Funk" Neville, founding member of the Meters (one of the funkiest bands ever) and a New Orleans music legend.
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Technology giants' power to be probed in US
The US Justice Department has announced an investigation into leading online platforms, examining whether they are unfairly restricting competition.
The DoJ did not name any firms, but companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide-ranging probe.
It was sparked by "widespread concerns" about "search, social media, and some retail services online," the DoJ said.
It marks the latest scrutiny of tech firms' power over the US economy.
The DoJ has sweeping powers to investigate firms it suspects of breaching competition laws, and it can even break up companies that it thinks are too dominant.
The US Federal Trade Commission is already looking into similar concerns, while there are also investigations taking place in the European Union. -
Russia and South Korea spar over airspace 'intrusion'
Russia has strongly denied ever apologising for violating South Korean airspace, as the fall-out from an incident involving warplanes from four countries continues.
South Korea's presidential office earlier said a Russian official had expressed "deep regret" for Tuesday's aerial intrusion.
It says a Russian aircraft twice violated its territorial airspace during a joint exercise with China.
But Moscow denies any intrusion.
"We have seen statements in the South Korean media quoting words allegedly said by our acting military attaché," a spokesman for Russia's embassy in South Korea said, according to Interfax news agency.
"We have paid attention to these statements. In this connection we can speak for ourselves that there is a lot in them which does not correspond to reality."
South Korean jets fired nearly 400 warning shots and 20 flares on Tuesday near the Russian surveillance plane that both it and Japan said flew near disputed islands in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, that the two countries claim. -
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Franky Zapata: Flyboard inventor fails in cross-Channel bid
A French inventor has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard.
Franky Zapata, a former jet-ski champion, had been hoping to cross from northern France to southern England in just 20 minutes.
But the 40-year-old fell into the water halfway across as he tried to land on a boat to refuel.
He took off from near Calais on Thursday morning and was heading for St Margaret's Bay in Dover.
Mr Zapata was not injured when he fell. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Franky Zapata: Flyboard inventor fails in cross-Channel bid
A French inventor has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard.
Franky Zapata, a former jet-ski champion, had been hoping to cross from northern France to southern England in just 20 minutes.
But the 40-year-old fell into the water halfway across as he tried to land on a boat to refuel.
He took off from near Calais on Thursday morning and was heading for St Margaret's Bay in Dover.
Mr Zapata was not injured when he fell.Even though that stunt failed - it's still pretty awesome!
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Franky Zapata: Flyboard inventor fails in cross-Channel bid
A French inventor has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard.
Franky Zapata, a former jet-ski champion, had been hoping to cross from northern France to southern England in just 20 minutes.
But the 40-year-old fell into the water halfway across as he tried to land on a boat to refuel.
He took off from near Calais on Thursday morning and was heading for St Margaret's Bay in Dover.
Mr Zapata was not injured when he fell.Even though that stunt failed - it's still pretty awesome!
Combine the Flyboard with the Compact Fusion Reactor (should we say very Compact Fusion Reactor) and a user should be able to fly around the Earth without refueling. Ahhh.... 2050 here we come!
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North Korea missile launch 'a warning to South Korean warmongers'
North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a "solemn warning" against what it described as "South Korean warmongers".
The short-range missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, from Wonsan on North Korea's east coast.
Leader Kim Jong-un said his country was forced to develop weapons to "eliminate potential and direct threats".
He said the test involved a new tactical guided weapons system.
Mr Kim's comments, reported in state media, come after the North criticised a decision by South Korea and the US to hold military drills next month. -
Syria war: 'World shrugs' as 103 civilians killed in 10 days
More than 100 people, including 26 children, have died in government attacks on hospitals, schools, markets and bakeries in the past 10 days, the UN's human rights chief said.
Michelle Bachelet said the deaths were part of a "relentless campaign of air strikes by the government and its allies", including Russia.
The civilian targets, she added, were unlikely to have all been accidental.
And yet the reports were being met with "apparent international indifference".
Speaking to reporters, Ms Bachelet hit out at the "failure of leadership by the world's most powerful nations". -
BBC News - Garlic festival shooting: Three dead in Gilroy California
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Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768 -
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768This makes me so sad.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768This makes me so sad.
Because its Disney?
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768This makes me so sad.
Because its Disney?
Well, sure. But because Disney has totally given up on quality across the board.... going from making quality stuff to making the worst popular garbage ever (opinion I know, but it's so bad I'll no longer watch movies Disney is involved in, they've become a brand name of crap), they've taken their parks from ground breaking and oriented on customer service to just being overpriced six flags with gobs of stupid promotional stuff. They were a great company, and now the world would be a better place if they didn't exist.
That in doing so has made them more money than by creating good content or being ground breaking or whatever is sad because it shows what a horrific state society is in.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768This makes me so sad.
Because its Disney?
Well, sure. But because Disney has totally given up on quality across the board.... going from making quality stuff to making the worst popular garbage ever (opinion I know, but it's so bad I'll no longer watch movies Disney is involved in, they've become a brand name of crap), they've taken their parks from ground breaking and oriented on customer service to just being overpriced six flags with gobs of stupid promotional stuff. They were a great company, and now the world would be a better place if they didn't exist.
That in doing so has made them more money than by creating good content or being ground breaking or whatever is sad because it shows what a horrific state society is in.
All you can do is....
"Let it go, Let it Go
Turn away and slam the door":winking_face:
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Israel backs West Bank homes for settlers and Palestinians
Israel has approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 homes for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The decision about new homes in settlements further extends the Israeli presence in the West Bank.
But it is Israel's approval for Palestinian homes that is unusual.
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are seen as illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
It is not clear whether the Palestinian homes would be new constructions or merely legal approval for 700 already existing homes in what is known as "Area C" of the West Bank - where Palestinian villages often lie close to Israeli settlements, and where Israel has full control of the territory.9
