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Submission + - Peter Thiel will finish what Elon Musk started (hindustantimes.com)

Submitted by vm
vm writes: The real threat to privacy and democracy under the Trump administration won't be Musk and DOGE — it will be the company that connects all the disparate, siloed data sources that DOGE has been infiltrating; IRS, Social Security, NLRB, and many more. Palantir may be a publicly traded company but that doesn't necessarily give shareholders or the public any oversight into their activities. But what should we fear from a man who claims (to paraphrase) that computer science at universities is populated by the students who flunked out of physics, mathematics, and other “real” sciences— which has led to other bogus sciences like climate science and other “so-called” sciences that “steal” money from the government. He also believes that (again, paraphrasing but very close to an actual quote), "Woodstock started three weeks after we landed on the moon and that’s when scientific progress stopped — that’s when hippies took over the country." Hear more nuggests of wisdom for yourself in this interview last month: http://youtu.be/918qslcfwfY

Comment eSIEM? (Score 1) 59

by vm (#62989421) Attached to: Company Tries Selling a Screenless Smartphone

I like that the aÌdÌvÌeÌrÌtÌiÌsÌeÌmÌeÌnÌtÌ article author used the definition for SIEM when describing a Subscriber Identity Module. Itâ(TM)s this kind of quality tech writing that always brings me back for more from VICE.

Submission + - Mozilla celebrates the release of Firefox 100 (mozilla.org)

Submitted by vm
vm writes: Out of the ashes of Netscape/AOL, Firebird rose as a promising new browser. A significant name change and a hundred releases later, Firefox 100 is still the underdog that keeps on fighting. With my mounting annoyance at all the Google services underpinning Chrome, I've since discovered and used Ungoogled Chromium, Waterfox, LibreWolf, and a handful of other lesser known spins on Chrome or Firefox. On mobile, Brave really does the best job at ad blocking whether you're on iOS or Android but the Mozilla Foundations is probably still the largest dev group fighting the good fight when it comes to both privacy and security enhancements.That's not to say that the Chromium team isn't security savvy — I only wish they were just a little less Google. Anyhow, tell us about your favorite browser in the comments and have a look at Mozilla's latest release while you're at it.

Submission + - NASA's space telecoms network may soon be outsourced (space.com)

Submitted by vm
vm writes: Eli Naffah, the manager of NASA's Commercial Services Project explained, "Hopefully, we can achieve some cost efficiencies in buying commercial services, get out of the business of operating networks, and really put more focus on science and exploration.â

The development is part of NASA's long-term initiative to hand over most of low-Earth orbit operations to commercial players. The space agency is already purchasing cargo and crew transportation services from Northrop Grumman and SpaceX, with Boeing due to join that list later this year.

Comment if your employer uses this against you... (Score 4, Interesting) 81

then youâ(TM)ve got other issues. IT gathers & HR only uses this kind of data when HR needs to build a case against an employee thatâ(TM)s already having issues. If you happen to work for someone thatâ(TM)s going to micromanage you with this kind of data then you shouldnâ(TM)t be working for them in the first place.

Submission + - Mummy Speaks (apnews.com)

Submitted by vm
vm writes: You donâ(TM)t have to wait until next Halloween to get creeped out. Using 3D printing, medical scanners, and an electronic larynx, researchers have recreated the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. The tongue has deteriorated over three millennia and all they have so far is a vowel sound but itâ(TM)s a pretty clever way to raise the dead with science.

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