In the NulledCast podcast hackers livestream the harassment of Ring camera owners after accessing their devices. Hundreds of people can listen. From a report: A blaring siren suddenly rips through the Ring camera, startling the Florida family inside their own home. “It’s your boy Chance on Nulled,” a voice says from the Ring camera, which a hacker has taken over. “How…
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Japanese Hotel Room Costs $1 a Night — If You’ll Livestream Yourself
“Guests coming to Asahi Ryokan have the option to pay just ¥100 (about $1) per night to stay the night — if they agree to have their entire stay livestreamed,” reports CNN:
[T]here are restrictions around how the livestreaming works. [27-year-old manager] Tetsuya Inoue explains to CNN Travel that the feed is video-only, so guests will have privacy in their conversations or…
School Field Trips: Amazon Warehouses Are the New Smithsonian
theodp writes: On Thursday evening, Amazon is hosting a national field trip of sorts, inviting kids and teachers to take part in a Twitch livestream tour inside an Amazon robotics fulfillment center with the goal of inspiring students to learn about robotics and to “illustrate the importance of a computer science education.” From the press release: “On the tour, students will…
Did a Poker Pro Use RFID Tags To Cheat?
CNBC reports that a popular Twitch poker star has been accused of cheating: Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, California says it will not livestream poker games pending an investigation into cheating allegations made against one of the game’s players, Mike Postle… The original accusations were made by Veronica Brill, another poker player who has played with Postle on “Stones Live.” Since…
$3 Million Fortnite Winner Becomes Latest Swatting Target
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Kotaku reports that Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf was streaming a Fortnite game late Sunday when he abruptly left his desk and abandoned the game with the livestream still running. The cause? His father coming to tell him that armed police were at the front door. Fortunately, Bugha returned unharmed to the stream several…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Will Detail Progress in Computer-Brain Interface
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s fourth and least visible company, will become a bit less secretive Tuesday with a livestreamed presentation about its technology to connect computers directly to human brains. From a report: Neuralink accepted applications from some folks to attend the San Francisco event to hear “a bit about what we’ve been working on the last two years,” but the rest…
Cat filter blunder turns conference in to a farce
A Pakistani minister was left red-faced after a cat filter was accidentally enabled on his Facebook livestream. Journalist Shaukat Yousafzai – who had… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328559/cat-filter-blunder-turns-conference-in-to-a-farce…
FBI Issues Search Warrant To 8chan For IP Address of Shooter, Commenters
An anonymous reader quotes the Daily Beast:
The online forum where alleged Chabad of Poway shooter John Earnest shared a livestream of the shooting was served a search warrant in April for the IP and metadata information on Earnest’s posts, as well as those who commented on them. The warrant served to 8chan said the people who responded to Earnest’s comments could…
US Will Not Sign Christchurch Call Against Online Extremism
The U.S. will not sign onto the “Christchurch call to action” against online extremism expected to be released Wednesday, citing concerns that the pact would violate free speech protections in the First Amendment, the Washington Post reports. From a report: The document, negotiated by New Zealand and French officials as a commitment to study and stop the spread of online extremism…
Can we trust the people who got us hooked on the internet to save us from it?
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/25/18515981/google-tristan-harris-attention-economy-silicon-valley…