“U.S. intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday.” Long-time Slashdot reader hackingbear shares a story from Reuters: The CIA accused Huawei of receiving funding from China’s National Security Commission, the People’s Liberation Army and a third branch of the Chinese state intelligence network, the British newspaper reported, citing a source. Earlier…
Tag: New Zealand
Baby boom for the kakapo, New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot
There are fewer than 150 adult kakapo in New Zealand, but this year’s bumper crop of almost 90 chicks renews hope that the bird can be saved from extinction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200293-baby-boom-for-the-kakapo-new-zealands-critically-endangered-parrot/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
36 Days After Christchurch, Terrorist Attack Videos Are Still on Facebook
The videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw Christchurch attack footage, and variations continue to thwart Facebook’s moderators and technology.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43jdbj/christchurch-attack-videos-still-on-facebook-instagram…
See it! Photos of Venus and Mercury
Mercury and Venus came so close in the morning sky this month that they fit into a single binocular field. But from Earth’s northerly latitudes, Mercury was hard to see! Photos here. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-mercury-venus-apr-2019…
Machine Learning Identifies Weapons in the Christchurch Attack Video. We Know, We Tried It
It took 29 minutes for a Facebook user to first report the livestream of the Christchurch terrorist. Now a machine learning system spots weapons in the stream with an over 90 percent confidence rating. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwnzz4/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence-christchurch-attack-video-facebook-amazon-rekognition…
Why I Practiced Tonglen in a Mosque
After the New Zealand mass shooting, a Buddhist practitioner reflects on praying with her Muslim neighbors.
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