Two British Mensa directors quit over cyber security concerns

British Mensa directors also members. 

https://www.ft.com/content/7e00a348-d768-4618-b1c9-eb040b2c54e1 

My dad might have had a fighting chance if the NHS he loved had not been undermined | Youssef El-Gingihy

Read... 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/30/dad-fighting-chance-nhs-undermined 

Google News - Satellites orbiting Earth are increasing like crazy — how do we prevent them from crashing?

Google News - Satellites orbiting Earth are increasing like crazy — how do we prevent them from crashing?
https://thenextweb.com/space/2021/01/31/satellites-orbiting-earth-are-increasing-like-crazy-how-do-we-prevent-them-from-crashing-syndication/
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEKSwrxFpxmjqT37jY_MrxEMqFQgEKg0IACoGCAow8KsBMMBFMPGBAg?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen

Derek Trucks - Wikipedia - Sound box example

Derek Trucks - Wikipedia: "Trucks plays the guitar in an open E tuning,[26] using a Dunlop Blues Bottle slide."

TerrainHopper | All terrain mobilty scooters | Lincolnshire

TerrainHopper | All terrain mobilty scooters | Lincolnshire: The ultimate off-road mobility power scooter. Designed with distinctive looks and extreme off-road capabilities.

Mobility Scooters - Green Power

Mobility Scooters - Green Power: Here you will find a wide range of products, from compact travel scooters to powerful road-legal vehicles.

Weird stuff

At trial, prosecutors told jurors the 60-year-old Raniere's organization, NXIVM, operated like a cult whose members called him "Vanguard." To honor him, the group formed a secret sorority comprised of brainwashed female "slaves" who were branded with his initials and forced to have sex with him, the prosecutors said.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-awaits-sentencing-in-nyc-sex-cult-case/2643143/

Receive phone alerts when your cat leaves the area

GPS%20Cat%20Tracking%20Collar%20%u2013%20Pawtrack: Set up a Geo-Fence area and receive phone alerts when your cat leaves the area

30 outstanding detective series from around the world

Handy list...

https://malwarwickonbooks.com/outstanding-detective-series/ 

New BSG report: The impact of COVID-19 on the digitally excluded

"examines the attitudinal challenges that the UK faces in encouraging greater internet adoption by 3.6 million digitally excluded citizens, alongside the financial, and skills-based aptitudes."

http://www.broadbanduk.org/2020/11/02/new-bsg-report-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-digitally-excluded/

Adjusting to life with atrial fibrillation - Heart Foundation

Adjusting to life with atrial fibrillation - Heart Foundation
https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/your-heart/hearthelp/atrial-fibrillation/living-with-af

How does Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Influence Mortality in the Modern Treatment Era?

How does Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Influence Mortality in the Modern Treatment Era?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558350/

Gendering Big Brother: What Should a Feminist Do?

Gendering Big Brother: What Should a Feminist Do Special Issue on Gender 12 Journal of Law & Equality 2016: Gendering Big Brother: What Should a Feminist Do

The best free text-to-speech software of 2021 | TechRadar

The best free text-to-speech software of 2021 | TechRadar: Free text to speech apps to convert any text to audio

8 Cool IoT Sensors And Devices That Stole The Show At CES 2021

Consider the implications... 

https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/internet-of-things/8-cool-iot-sensors-and-devices-that-stole-the-show-at-ces-2021/2 

Global Cybersecurity Spending to Soar 10% in 2021 - Infosecurity Magazine

Compare to $100b plus numbers? 

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/global-cybersecurity-spending-to/ 

Why Microsoft’s self-driving car strategy will work | VentureBeat

Of self-driving cars and hovercraft. 

https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/22/why-microsofts-self-driving-car-strategy-will-work/ 

Hackers accessed corporate networks via hijacked cloud accounts

Systemic... 

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/apts-cyberespionage/hackers-hijacked-cloud-accounts-of-high-tech-and-aviation-firms-hid-in-systems-for-years/ 

How to Create a Survey in Excel, Word, Google, Facebook, & SurveyMonkey

Pretty helpful:

https://blog.hubspot.com/service/create-a-survey 

12 Black Women in AI paving the way for a better world | LinkedIn

12 Black Women in AI paving the way for a better world | LinkedIn: "...celebrate 12 remarkable Black women whose work and contribution to the AI field are instrumental at the technical, political and societal level. These pioneer women are paving the way, each in their own manner, for a responsible and ethical usage of AI promoting fairness and inclusiveness in society."

Everything You Need to Know About Charging the iPhone 12

For later: https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/129523/no-charger-in-the-box-everything-you-need-to-know-about-charging-the-iphone-12 

1 Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. federal court system

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/01/sealed-u-s-court-records-exposed-in-solarwinds-breach/

Too many AI researchers think real-world problems are not relevant

Too many AI researchers think real-world problems are not relevant | MIT Technology Review: "As others have pointed out, this hyperfocus on novel methods leads to a scourge of papers that report marginal or incremental improvements on benchmark data sets and exhibit flawed scholarship (pdf) as researchers race to top the leaderboard."

Op-ed: What nobody else will say about the new cybersecurity crisis

Op-ed: What nobody else will say about the new cybersecurity crisis: "But anyone tempted to dismiss the recent SolarWinds and FireEye breaches as routine should think again."

Bias, racism and lies: facing up to the unwanted consequences of AI | | UN News

Bias, racism and lies: facing up to the unwanted consequences of AI | | UN News: "In January, an African American man in the US state of Michigan, was arrested for a shoplifting crime he knew nothing about. He was taken into custody after being handcuffed outside his house in front of his family. This is believed to be the first wrongful arrest of its kind: the police officers involved had trusted facial recognition AI to catch their man, but the tool hadn’t learned how to recognize the differences between black faces because the images used to train it had mostly been of white faces."

Exploiting AI: How Cybercriminals Misuse and Abuse AI and ML - Security News

Exploiting AI: How Cybercriminals Misuse and Abuse AI and ML - Security News: the present state of the malicious uses and abuses of AI and ML and the plausible future scenarios in which cybercriminals might abuse these technologies for ill gain

Climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children – study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/27/climate-apocalypse-fears-stopping-people-having-children-study: Survey of 600 people finds some parents regret having offspring for same reason

Telephone Scammer Faces Long Jail Term - Chief Marketer

Telephone Scammer Faces Long Jail Term - Chief Marketer: 

"Kimoto’s firm, Assail Inc. bilked 300,000 people out of a total of roughly $43 million in 2001 and 2002, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in East St. Louis, IL. The victims paid fees for credit cards they never received, the office added. Kimoto was convicted of 12 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering."

A Step by Step Guide to SS7 Attacks - FirstPoint

A Step by Step Guide to SS7 Attacks - FirstPoint: Considering just how easy it is to execute an SS7 attack and how much damage a successful one can do to both the victim and their service provider, one can only hope that innovation in telecom will protect us, the end users.

Author Stephen Cobb: 5 Things You Need To Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

"I want to harness the power of the people to convince politicians and public officials to do more, much more, to deter cybercrime."

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/author-stephen-cobb-5-things-you-need-to-know-to-optimize-your-companys-approach-to-data-privacy-fa0555b67dfa: 

🔥 A new ongoing #cyberattack has been found exploiting recently disclosed #Linux vulnerabilities to infect targeted systems with an IRC #botnet—dubbed FreakOut—for launching #DDoS attacks and mining #cryptocurrency. Read: https://t.co/X9FXS1ze8L #cybersecurity #sysadmin

TheHackersNews (@The Hacker News) Tweeted: 🔥 A new ongoing #cyberattack has been found exploiting recently disclosed #Linux vulnerabilities to infect targeted systems with an IRC #botnet—dubbed FreakOut—for launching #DDoS attacks and mining #cryptocurrency.
Read: https://t.co/X9FXS1ze8L
#cybersecurity #sysadmin https://twitter.com/thehackersnews/status/1351484664335147010?s=27

Here’s Who Will Be Running the Pentagon When Biden Takes Office - Defense One

Here's Who Will Be Running the Pentagon When Biden Takes Office - Defense One
See: deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/01/list-heres-bidens-day-one-pentagon-team/171471/

Jeanette Manfra | Homeland Security

Jeanette Manfra | Homeland Security
https://www.dhs.gov/person/jeanette-manfra

(9) How to make a window display - YouTube

(9) How to make a window display - YouTube Pretty cool ideas. 

Safer Internet Day 2021 | Safer Internet Centre

Safer Internet Day 2021 | Safer Internet Centre: 9th February, 2021

An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world.

Awareness Days Events Calendar

Awareness Days Events Calendar

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar

Clinical trial on the effect of regular tea drinking on iron accumulation in genetic haemochromatosis | Gut

Clinical trial on the effect of regular tea drinking on iron accumulation in genetic haemochromatosis | Gut: Regular tea drinking with meals reduces the frequency of phlebotomies required in the management of patients with haemochromatosis

‘Take Two Songs and Call Me in the Morning': How Music Might Be Your Next Prescription Drug

https://www.outsideonline.com/2190406/take-two-songs-and-call-me-morning-how-music-might-be-your-next-prescription-drug: Scientists are discovering that certain playlists can boost brain activity and treat anxiety and depression

HMRC to waive fines for taxpayers who file late returns due to Covid | Politics | The Guardian

HMRC to waive fines for taxpayers who file late returns due to Covid | Politics | The Guardian: The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is also weighing up whether to extend the deadline for everybody, moving it from 31 January to March, according to the Sunday Times, which first reported the story.

Successful Malware Incidents Rise as Attackers ...

Successful Malware Incidents Rise as Attackers
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/successful-malware-incidents-rise-as-attackers-shift-tactics/d/d-id/1339912

After the White House, Trump faceslegal threats 6x

Corrupt business 

Tax dodging valuation 

Niece

Defamation 

Income tax evasion

Inciting riot

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/after-the-white-house-trump-faces-uncertain-future-and-legal-threats-idUSKBN28P19C 

The economic impact of ancient colonisation | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal

The economic impact of ancient colonisation | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal
https://voxeu.org/article/economic-impact-ancient-colonisation

Audio library - YouTube Studio

Audio library - YouTube Studio

Handy!

Fabio Moioli on LinkedIn: #heuristic #shortcuts #biases | 13 comments

Fabio Moioli on LinkedIn: #heuristic #shortcuts #biases | 13 comments
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fabiomoioli_heuristic-shortcuts-biases-activity-6755435586158374912-R6oH

Coventry's Community Messengers project run by 200 volunteers is praised for good practice | The Coventry Observer

Coventry's Community Messengers project run by 200 volunteers is praised for good practice | The Coventry Observe
https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/coventrys-community-messengers-project-run-by-200-volunteers-is-praised-for-good-practice/

What does Brexit mean for the future of UK digital policy? A view from Europe https://t.co/vQfh8MJWhu

ComputerWeekly (@ComputerWeekly) Tweeted: What does Brexit mean for the future of UK digital policy? A view from Europe https://t.co/vQfh8MJWhu https://twitter.com/computerweekly/status/1349446595398537216?s=27

Jaguar supercar once the fastest road car on the planet is up for sale

Jaguar supercar once the fastest road car on the planet is up for sale
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/motoring/motoring-news/jaguar-supercar-once-fastest-road-19617868

17 tech of next decade: 1 AI 2 IoT⌚️ 3 blockchain⛓ 4 3D print🖨 5 5G📡 6 autonomous EV🚗 7 WiFi power🔋 8 robotics🤖 9 VR/AR👓 10 drones🛸 11 quantum compute🖥 12 visual commerce 🛒 13 NLP🎙 14 cybersecurity🔒 15 cloud☁️ 16 CRISPR🧬 17 mobile📱 #CES2021 https://t.co/q5YSGN9R8h

ValaAfshar (@Vala Afshar) Tweeted: 17 tech of next decade:

1 AI
2 IoT⌚️
3 blockchain⛓
4 3D print🖨
5 5G📡
6 autonomous EV🚗
7 WiFi power🔋
8 robotics🤖
9 VR/AR👓
10 drones🛸
11 quantum compute🖥
12 visual commerce 🛒
13 NLP🎙
14 cybersecurity🔒
15 cloud☁️
16 CRISPR🧬
17 mobile📱 #CES2021 https://t.co/q5YSGN9R8h https://twitter.com/valaafshar/status/1348635339267731457?s=27

From @wired: https://t.co/Bjux8YP09r

Blackamazon (@🇬🇾🗽Sydette the DreadGorgon🇬🇾 🗽) Tweeted: From @wired:

https://t.co/Bjux8YP09r https://twitter.com/blackamazon/status/1348715977798799366?s=27

NHs up

NHS

NHS so thete

listen up

https://youtu.be/plxz5A-LmKI?t=358

NHS

Audio library - YouTube Studio

Studio stuff - movie themes and tunes:

Audio library - YouTube Studio

Major Gaming Companies Hit with Ransomware Linked to APT27 | Threatpost

Yet another example... 

https://threatpost.com/ransomware-major-gaming-companies-apt27/162735/ 

Anti-Secrecy Activists Publish a Trove of Ransomware Victims' Data | WIRED

Incorporate into 2005. Also ethical complexity:

https://www.wired.com/story/ddosecrets-ransomware-leaks/

AI, 2005, origin story, AI hope, AI asymmetry. 

Electric Mobility Scooter JH500 - Green Power

Electric Mobility Scooter JH500 - Green Power: "Take the next step in your journey to greater independence with the stunning JH500 Electric Mobility Scooter by Green Power. Part of our new range of luxurious yet affordable."

How to Get Rich Sabotaging Nuclear Weapons Facilities - BIG by Matt Stoller

How to Get Rich Sabotaging Nuclear Weapons Facilities - BIG by Matt Stoller
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rich-sabotaging-nuclear

Labs — UBI Lab Network

Labs — UBI Lab Network -— Cov?
https://www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-labs

Global Permanent Magnet Motor Market Growth, Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025: A USD 57.79 Billion Market by 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire

Global Permanent Magnet Motor Market Growth, Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025: A USD 57.79 Billion Market by 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire
Global Permanent Magnet Motor Market Growth, Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025: A USD 57.79 Billion Market by 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire


https://apple.news/AGVfIDZEPT4KdzgE7UOhYLw

AI-powered Cyber Attacks

AI-powered Cyber Attacks
https://www.f5.com/labs/articles/cisotociso/ai-powered-cyber-attacks
https://www.f5.com/labs/articles/cisotociso/ai-powered-cyber-attacks?utm_content=buffer74c46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

U.K. Birth Rate 1950-2021 | MacroTrends

Boomer wave number crest

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GBR/united-kingdom/birth-rate 

microsoft word for mac not printing color images

microsoft word for mac not printing color images - Google Search
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en&sxsrf=ALeKk03QFPNMsJ9h8rQx5dh7C3QsLOQQcQ%3A1609624473454&ei=mevwX42YG5DygQbvnqioDA&q=microsoft+word+for+mac+not+printing+color+images&oq=microsoft+word+for+mac+not+printing+color+image&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIFCCEQoAE6BAgAEEc6CQgAEMkDEBYQHjoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHjoECCEQFToHCCEQChCgAVCzMliOigFglZMBaABwAXgAgAHSAYgBxQqSAQU4LjMuMZgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

Saker Picture Hanging Tool Kit 2 – Saker Tool Official

Saker Picture Hanging Tool Kit 2 – Saker Tool Official
https://www.sakertool.co.uk/pages/saker-picture-hanging-tool-kit-2

Brexit deal benefits: Four ways Britain will thrive under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal | Politics | News | Express.co.uk

Brexit deal benefits: Four ways Britain will thrive under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal | Politics | News
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1376593/Brexit-deal-benefits-UK-free-trade-fishing-payments-EU-law-evg

Corporate Cybersecurity Defenses Outgunned by Cybercriminals�

Corporate Cybersecurity Defenses Outgunned by Cybercriminals: "Cyberattacks have surged at least 85% since March," said Tom Dunlap, director of Avasant Research. "Data theft and ransomware are on the rise, aimed increasingly at the work-from-home crowd."

In America, Is Power in the Hands of Too Many ‘Mediocre’ Men?

Add to list: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/books/review/mediocre-ijeoma-oluo.html?smid=tw-share

Many front-line workers refuse Covid vaccines as distribution rollout struggles

Many front-line workers refuse Covid vaccines as distribution rollout struggles
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/many-frontline-workers-refuse-covid-19-vaccines-distribution-rollout-struggles-n1252617
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1252617

Cannabis Research Conference 2021

Cannabis Research Conference 2021 | Home
https://www.cannabisresearchconference.net/

What’s up app?

What’s Wrong With Western ‘Progress’?: Challenges to Stephen Pinker and Nicholas Kristof

Pinker vs. Covid? 

https://www.tikkun.org/new-yorkers-pinker-ny-times-nicholas-kristof-wrong-about-things-getting-better-and-safer-1-charles-eisenstein-2-jeremy-lent 

Eisenstein stuff – Kosmos Journal

Criticism: https://www.kosmosjournal.org/newsletter/2020-04-8/

Also here: http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/during-covid-19-charles-eisenstein-invites-you-to-think-deeply-about-his-awesome-writing/