26 Picture this: a crisis strikes your city, chaos engulfs the streets, and traditional bug out routes are nothing but an endless sea of traffic. How do you escape the turmoil and secure your safety? A kayak bug out is not often discussed in prepper circles and Im not sure why. Kayaks are an unconventional
Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor August 1, 2023 When it comes to transgender thought, even famed atheist Richard Dawkins has questions. The evolutionary biologist said on a recent episode of his podcast, “The Poetry of Reality,” that it’s “distinctly weird” and an “odd distortion of reality” to believe there are more than two sexes.
speaking the forbidden things — Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content Adversarial attack involves using text strings and may be unstoppable. Will Knight, wired.com – Aug 2, 2023 1:22 pm UTC EnlargeMirageC/Getty Images reader comments 25 with ChatGPT and its artificially intelligent siblings have been tweaked over and over
China's regulatory authorities have allowed for the integration of Visa and Mastercard with two predominant mobile payment platforms, Alipay and WeChat Pay, to ease financial transactions for foreign visitors. These integrations come amidst a surge in Visa's stock prices, which has seen an over 14% increase this year and could potentially surpass its previous record.
developers developers developers — Hosting Ars, part three: CI/CD, or how I learned to stop worrying and love DevOps This time we discuss how we manage, update, and deploy the code that makes Ars work. Jason Marlin & Lee Hutchinson – Aug 2, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / DevOps, DevOps, DevOps! ArtemisDiana / Getty
Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor August 1, 2023 Grammy-winning singer Tori Kelly has reportedly been released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, after battling blood clots around her lungs and legs. Entertainment news site TMZ reported the 30-year-old singer was discharged Monday, with sources telling the outlet she’s purportedly “on the road
Mastercard's stock price has reached unprecedented heights, surpassing its previous all-time high and breaking through the $400 psychological barrier. Since its public trading debut in May 2006, Mastercard's stock has seen a consistently bullish trajectory, climbing over 9000%. Mastercard Inc MA stock price advances to record-breaking levels, surpassing its previous all-time high. After a two-year
Holding out hope for shear — The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. Whats going on? Can wind shear and sinking air hold historically high sea temperatures at bay? Eric Berger – Aug 1, 2023 8:32 pm UTC Enlarge / Don briefly reached hurricane status in July 2023. NOAA reader comments 89
After HCA Healthcare announced this month that the personal identification data of roughly 11 million HCA patients in 20 states had been exposed in a breach, people may be justifiably concerned that their own medical data and identities could be stolen. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Consumers should
capacity for growth — Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond WD believes it can wring a bit more capacity out of existing PMR and SMR tech. Andrew Cunningham – Aug 1, 2023 10:19 pm UTC Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs
Privacy win — Meta loses battle in EU, will ask for consent to show personalized ads Changes will impact Facebook, Instagram users in Europe as early as this fall. Ashley Belanger – Aug 1, 2023 8:20 pm UTC EnlargeNurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto reader comments 52 with After five years of fighting legal battles to
HIDE YER PASSWORD — Canon warns printer users to manually wipe Wi-Fi settings before discarding If you thought a factory reset wipes Wi-Fi passwords, you’d be wrong. Dan Goodin – Aug 1, 2023 11:41 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 63 with Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings dont automatically get wiped
The commercial success of the country star Jason Aldeans ode to small-town vigilantism helps explain the persistence of Donald Trumps grip on red America. Aldeans combative new song, Try That in a Small Town, offers a musical riff on the same core message that Trump has articulated since his entry into politics: that America as
In 1964, there was the infamous Lyndon B. Johnson political attack ad that suggested electing Barry Goldwater would result in a nuclear war blowing up daisy-picking little girls. In 1988, supporters of George H.W. Bush ran the infamous Willie Horton attack ad that played on racist fears to accuse Michael Dukakis of being soft on
A White House advisory board has recommended that Congress place new restrictions on the FBI’s access to a foreign surveillance tool to prevent the bureau from using it to spy on Americans’ electronic communications. That surveillance programauthorized by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)was intended to track foreign spies and potential terrorists
Anonymity not guaranteed — Facebook to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts Court decides the posts can stay up, but the user’s identity must be revealed. Ashley Belanger – Jul 31, 2023 9:26 pm UTC EnlargeSOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket reader comments 61 with Starting today, Facebook users may feel a
Opening arguments are expected to be heard at a Wilmington, Delaware, courthouse on Monday in Dominion Voting Systems defamation trial against Fox News, which has been accused of telling vacuous lies about the 2020 presidential election and the tech companys role. At stake is some $1.6 billion, the amount Dominion demands in restitution, along with
Rocket agnostic — End of the line for Russia and Ukraines partnership in rocketry Northrop Grumman just can’t seem to settle on a rocket for its Cygnus supply ships. Stephen Clark – Jul 31, 2023 10:31 pm UTC Enlarge / Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket rolls out of its hangar at Wallops Island, Virginia. Its two
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Japan’s salary and benefits packages for expats remained the highest in Asia, a new report has found. The average expatriate package in Japan costs employers $370,183, according to “MyExpatriate Market Pay” survey by data company ECA International. That’s however 12% lower than last year, due to the weak Japanese yen, which has fallen 9% this