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The beginning of the end

mercredi 13 septembre 2017 à 02:00

"The damage suffered by Houston, Tampa and Miami is not an anomaly. It is the beginning of the end."

EpiPen malfunctions

mardi 12 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The FDA is suing the company that actually manufactures EpiPens, a branch of Pfizer, for ignoring malfunctions.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

mardi 12 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The judge in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's "trial" allowed the prosecution to destroy evidence from a US torture site in Europe which was to be used by his defense.

Of course, a secret trial is bogus in any case.

Fitness trackers

mardi 12 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The EU is starting to act against "fitness trackers" that collect personal data of employees and make them available to the employer.

It is a step in the right direction, but fitness trackers and other personal devices should not be allowed to provide any personal data to anyone other than the individual user, except when the user decides to send it, and the standard or preferred mode of use should be totally private.

Downloaders in Turkey arrested

mardi 12 septembre 2017 à 02:00

Turkey arrested 75,000 people for downloading an encrypted communication application. The state arbitrarily supposed that every user was a supporter of Gülen.

Even if they did (or some of them did) support Gülen, that alone doesn't justify arresting them or firing them.