Link Dump - September 2018

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lulz

• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/22/tesco_windows_xp_checkout_shocker/
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/a_third_of_london_boroughs
• [ ] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/picture/2018/aug/25/modern-toss
• [ ] https://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1036532076043010048

  People say "transition" is needed for customs procedures & IT systems. These are all "expand to fill the time provided" matters. We could have systems in place in five minutes. They'd be inefficient systems. But it's better to be out earlier with inefficient systems than to wait.

• [x] https://twitter.com/MhairiMcF/status/1037621030657908736

  'Stop looking at your phone' is the new cheer up love. What's wrong with looking at your phone? I have £500 worth of computer in my pocket containing all my friends & the sum of human knowledge but I'm supposed to prefer what, small talk with random johnnies?

• [x] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/12/amber_rudd_id_cards/

anniversary

• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/04/google_at_20/

downtime

• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/ico_website_broken/
• [x] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/06/british_airways_hacked/
• [ ] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/00117.html (well, it kinda is, right?)

data leak / security

• [x] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmj4v/spyware-company-spyfone-terabytes-data-exposed-online-leak
• [x] https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/21/twitch-admits-exposing-user-messages-after-archiving-error/
• [ ] https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x37.html
• [x] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/11/british_airways_website_scripts/
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/12/feedify_magecart_javascript_library_hacked/
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/17/gao_report_equifax_mega_breach/

policy

• [ ] https://hackaday.com/2018/08/27/gpl-violations-cost-creality-a-us-distributor/
• [ ] https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/27/17786584/tumblr-hate-speech-ban-school-shootings-revenge-porn
• [ ] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/california-bill-win-access-scientific-research
• [ ] bbc breaks drone law https://twitter.com/UAVHive/status/1034800932847009793
• [ ] techno-nationalism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45370052

game industry

• [ ] magic leap http://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/
• [ ] cyberpunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjF9GgrY9c0

money

• [ ] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180912/09473640628/you-dont-own-what-youve-bought-apple-disappears-purchased-movies.shtml
• [x] https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/2018/09/12/crypto-s-crash-just-surpassed-dot-com-levels-as-losses-reach-80#gs.SCYJM0A
• [x] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/13/dragons_den_badass_jones_buys_fallen_maplins_ip/
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/amazon-looking-into-claims-that-employees-delete-bad-reviews-for-cash/

facebook

• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/27/facebook_myanmar_regime/
• [ ] http://www.webcitation.org/72HVn5J5R
• [ ] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-encryption-exclusive/u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources-idUSKBN1L226D

elon

• [x] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-pedo-claims-against-uk-cave-diver
• [x] https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939617404645376
• [x] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/04/elon-musk-claims-diver-in-thai-cave-rescue-is-child-rapist-without-evidence
• [x] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/07/tesla-chief-elon-musk-smokes-marijuana-on-live-web-show
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI
• [x] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/07/air-force-is-looking-into-elon-musks-pot-smoking-source.html
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/british-cave-diver-sues-elon-musk-for-defamation-over-pedo-guy-tweets/

space

• [x] public art in space https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/manmade-star-launch-orbit-public-art-exhibit-space-ncna902596
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/spacex-says-its-bfr-will-fly-someone-around-the-moon-we-have-questions/
• [x] https://www.apnews.com/2efaaab7c98d40e0ada35570c6a5d067

don't be evil google (new segment)

• [x] google standing on the giants of other smaller orgs uncredited, thread ensues https://www.blog.google/products/search/making-it-easier-discover-datasets/amp/
  • https://twitter.com/amercader/status/1037418309514346501?s=19

    Google's new dataset search will definitely be the most talked about #opendata thing in the coming days (deservedly) but it's worth remembering that it builds on work spanning more than a decade from open data and standards advocates (1/2)

• [x] https://twitter.com/__apf__/status/1037057121961967616
  • https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/
• [ ] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/after-patent-office-rejection-it-time-google-abandon-its-attempt-patent-use-public

youtube of the month

• [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jciJ39djxC4

art13

• [x] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180827/16481940516/how-eu-may-be-about-to-kill-public-domain-copyright-filters-takedown-beethoven.shtml
• [ ] / ai https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180830/12302440546/scunthorpe-problem-why-ai-is-not-silver-bullet-moderating-platform-content-scale.shtml
• [x] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/how-contentid-knocked-down-decades-old-recordings-of-beethoven/
• [x] https://saveyourinternet.eu/
• [x] https://blog.github.com/2018-09-10-how-developers-can-defend-open-source-from-the-eu-copyright-proposal/
• [ ] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/sorry-sony-music-you-dont-own-the-rights-to-bachs-music-on-facebook/

ai

• [ ] https://twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1032762806796312576
• [ ] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/31/ai_toxic_comments/
• [x] https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/08/Multilingual-Google-Assistant.html
• [x] https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-christies-will-sell-artwork-created-artificial-intelligence-first-time
  • https://www.christies.com/features/A-collaboration-between-two-artists-one-human-one-a-machine-9332-1.aspx
• [ ] https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/07/standard-cognition-beats-amazon-to-cashierless-store-in-san-francisco/

misc

• [ ] is blockchain still a thing https://digiday.com/media/associated-press-signs-journalism-blockchain-startup-civil/
• [ ] cookies https://i.imgur.com/uwkopad.png

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