The US government has confirmed that it has set up a body dedicated to investigating the UFO phenomenon. Yesterday we reported that there had been rum… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338852/pentagon-officially-confirms-ufo-task-force…
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MLB Teams Explore Using Cameras To Detect Maskless Fans at Games
The baseball season has started with eerily empty stadiums, but some teams are exploring high-tech ways to verify that people in the stands are taking health precautions, a possible step toward bringing fans back. From a report: Several Major League Baseball teams have held talks with a California startup called Airspace Systems that develops technology to detect whether people are wearing…
China Is Now Blocking All Encrypted HTTPS Traffic That Uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI
China’s Great Firewall “is now blocking HTTPS connections set up via the new TLS 1.3 encryption protocol and which use ESNI (Encrypted Server Name Indication),” reports ZDNet: The block has been in place for more than a week, according to a joint report authored by three organizations tracking Chinese censorship — iYouPort, the University of Maryland, and the Great Firewall Report….
Study: Saving Pandas Led To the Downfall of Other Animals
UPI reports:
Efforts to save the giant panda from extinction have come at the expense of other large mammals, a new study released Monday by the science journal Nature Ecology and Evolution said… Since the giant panda reserves were set up in China during the 1960s, leopards have disappeared from 81% of reserves, snow leopards from 38%, wolves from 77% and Asian…
US Steps Up Campaign To Purge Chinese Apps
The Trump administration said late Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to purge “untrusted” Chinese apps from US digital networks and called the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok and messenger app WeChat “significant threats.” From a report: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said expanded US efforts on a program it calls “Clean Network” would focus on five areas and include steps…
Twitter Hack Zoom Court Hearing Interrupted by Loud Music and Porn
From a report: A judge was forced to suspend the virtual bond hearing of the 17-year-old accused of being the “mastermind” behind the recent massive Twitter hack, after several people got into the Zoom meeting posing as CNN and BBC staffers and played loud music and even a porn video. Multiple reporters who attended the hearing via Zoom on Wednesday confirmed…
Amazon’s Engineers Are Building Robots In Their Garages
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The next generation of Amazon’s Scout bots — the fully-electric autonomous delivery devices the company is hoping to deploy soon — is currently being designed and built by a team of mechanical engineers in Seattle, and not in the most orthodox of settings. Instead of working in sleek labs, Amazon’s engineers have effectively…
Worm Farm Kit: Essential Supplies Every Beginner Should Have
Preparing a worm farm kit is easy. Plus, the materials you need are also very affordable. To help you get you started, here are the materials that you need to prepare. RELATED: How To Start Your Own Worm Composting Bin Worm Farm Kit For Beginners What is Worm Farming? Worm farming, or vermicomposting, is the process…Continue Reading
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Will China’s AI Surveillance State Go Global?
China already has hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras in place, reports the Atlantic’s deputy editor, and “because a new regulation requires telecom firms to scan the face of anyone who signs up for cellphone services, phones’ data can now be attached to a specific person’s face.” But the article also warns that when it comes to AI-powered surveillance, China “could…
Building a Customer-Centric Culture: Meet Van
In this learner story, Van, country head of HR at a company in the pharmaceutical industry, shares her experience as a graduate student in the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Online Master of Leadership in Service Innovation program, a cutting-edge business graduate degree focused on organizational leadership, innovation, and customer experience. How was your experience learning online? I find the program beneficial…