This site is paywalled, but if you have online access – do visit the Financial Times Best Books of 2019 – the extensive subject matter annotated list includes: economics, health, history, art, mysteries, thrillers, fiction, non-fiction, technology, sport, poetry, science, art, gardens, and more – well done.
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Daily Archives: December 5, 2019
Court rules Nestlé cannot claim bottled water is ‘essential public service’
The Guardian UK – Nestlé cannot claim bottled water is ‘essential public service’, court rules. “Michigan’s second-highest court has dealt a legal blow to Nestlé’s Ice Mountain water brand, ruling that the company’s commercial water-bottling operation is “not an essential public service” or a public water supply. The court of appeals ruling is a victory… Continue Reading
Easily Reveal Hidden Passwords In Any Browser
lifehacker – “Autofill is a great setting if you don’t want to have to remember and type in your password every time you log in to an online account. In fact, we highly recommend you use a password manager (and take advantage of autofill features) to keep track of secure passwords. But autofill makes it… Continue Reading
Boing Boing’s 28 favorite books in 2019
boing boing – Rob Beschizza – “Here’s 28 of our favorites from the last year – not all of them published in the last year, mind you – from fairy-tales to furious politics and everything in between, including the furious fairy-tale politics getting between everything. The links here include Amazon Affiliate codes; this helps us… Continue Reading
The laws protecting our data are too weak
engadget – “The latest in a long line of privacy scandals happened last week, after Google was found to have been pulling unredacted data from one of America’s largest healthcare providers to use in one of its projects. Despite assurances that it won’t use this information to supplant its ad business, that’s not the issue… Continue Reading
50 countries ranked by how they’re collecting biometric data and what they’re doing with it
comparitech: “From passport photos to accessing bank accounts with fingerprints, the use of biometrics is growing at an exponential rate. And while using your fingerprint may be easier than typing in a password, just how far is too far when it comes to biometric use, and what’s happening to your biometric data once it’s collected,… Continue Reading
FCC Says Wireless Carriers Lie About Coverage 40% of the Time
Vice – Real world tests show that mobile speed and coverage maps are often more fantasy than reality. “A new FCC study confirms what most people already knew: when it comes to wireless coverage maps, your mobile carrier is often lying to you. If you head to any major wireless carrier website, you’ll be inundated… Continue Reading
A Billion Surveillance Cameras Forecast to Be Watching Within Two Years
WSJ.com – Global numbers to grow almost 30% as higher image quality allows better facial recognition – “As governments and companies invest more in security networks, hundreds of millions more surveillance cameras will be watching the world in 2021, mostly in China, according to a new report…” Source: Video Surveillance Installed Base Report – 2019… Continue Reading
Why I Opt Out of Facial Recognition
Fortune – Robert Hackett – “When Fortune employees moved into a new office building in Manhattan a few months ago, we had the option to sign up for facial recognition scanning. This meant we could access the premises without showing an authorized ID badge. I ruminated on the convenience for some time. Imagine: No more… Continue Reading
The Deep Sea
Made by Neal Agarwal – keep scrolling and you will learn about all the creatures that live in depths from 37 meters deep all the way to 10924 meters deep – fascinating. Continue Reading
