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CloudFlare outage takes down internet
VividCandy
An undisclosed issue on CloudFlares networks caused a global outage of many popular but mostly useless websites. Internet was restored eventually.
2022-06-21
F5 BIG-IP appliances have a critical bug
F5 BIG-IP appliances have been found to contain a critical and easily exploitable vulnerability allowing root access. A patch has been released.
2022-05-11
Hubble finds oldest star yet
The old Hubble telescope floating in orbit has tracked what is thought to be a star or a binary star from 900 million years after the Big Bang. Sounds like a long time but the previous oldest star found was 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang.
2022-03-30
Serious flaws found in Windows 10 11 and server no fix yet
creagcridhe
Windows has admitted there is a serious flaw in Windows 10, 11, and server versions that remains unpatched. They tried to fix it but that didn’t work and added more flaws. Then they tried to fix THAT, and this one also did not work and also added more flaws. And this latest one also broke the fix a third party was able to make. Microsoft says they are working on it and you will get a fix when they are good and ready. Try Linux. Devuan.org is a good one.
2022-03-28
Apple services down due to DNS misconfiguration
Apple services including messaging, Apple store, maps and more were down today due to a DNS configuration mistake.
2022-03-21
DuckDuckGo sells out to big daddy govt
Beware! DuckDuckGo can no longer be trusted. They have announced DuckDuckGo will be merely a tool of censorship and oppression. Never trust them again.
2022-03-10
Facebook allows some hate speech now
In a bold move of complete hypocrisy, Facebook and Instagram have announced that hate speech against Russians is fine now.
Slack down
Slack is having issues, no other information.
2022-03-09
Linux Vulnerability Dirty Pipe
A linux vulnerability was discovered that gives any read access user the ability to modify any files arbitrarily. It concerns anonymous page cache access via pipe. This affects kernels 5.8 - 5.16.11, 5.15.25, 5.10.102.
2022-03-08
Artificial DNA Introduced to Life Forms
Chemical biologist Floyd Romesberg at the Scripps Research Institute leads a research group that has, for the first time, created microbes containing artificial DNA.
2014-05-08
Apple Loses Patent Suit to Samsung
Apple has been banned from importing AT&T enabled iPhone 4 and some versions of iPad because the devices infringe on a patent that Samsung holds. This is exactly what Apple did to Samsung previously banning several versions of its smartphones.
2013-06-05
White House Breached by Chinese Hackers
A White House Communications Agent opened an email disguised as a legitimate correspondence and unleashed a spear phishing attack on the machine. What information was accessed is unknown and classified. The government responded by saying they have counter measures in place to mitigate such attacks.
2012-10-01
iPhone IOS 6 Maps Bungled
If you have updated your iPhone recently to the new IOS 6 or purchased a new iPhone 5, you probably noticed the excellent google maps app is gone, and in its place is the much inferior apple maps. Reports are pouring in that the new maps app is often wrong, has streets moving in wrong directions, and is missing massive amounts of data leaving many cities just blank area.
2012-09-22
Warp Drive May Be Possible
Science fiction has long ago excepted the fact that warp drives, faster than light space travel, was possible. But until now, scientists have not agreed. Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre first proposed a warp drive in 1994, however the power needed to fuel the faster than life travel was too great to make it feasible. Scientists have now reworked the proposed warp drive and vastly reduced the power required to a level that could actually be plausible.
2012-09-18
iPhone 5 Released
FWilson
Apple has released the latest version of its popular iPhone smartphone. The iPhone 5 is 20 percent lighter, 18 percent thinner and has a slightly larger screen which matches the size of an HD television screen. The new iPhone has a processor that is reported to be twice as fast as the iPhone 4s, and is compatible with more wireless networks.
2012-09-13
DoS Attack Brings Down GoDaddy
More than 5 million websites went offline during a DDoS attack on GoDaddy. A twitter user Anonymous Own3r claimed responsibility, he alleges it was done as a test on cyber security and "more reasons". The hacker also distanced himself with the group Anonymous that orchestrates similar attacks for political reasons. It took many hours before GoDaddy was able to restore service.
2012-09-11
35th Anniversary of Voyager 1
jamesvalentine
The Voyager 1 spacecraft will be celebrating 35 years of operation on Wednesday, the longest lifespan of any unmanned probe so far. It is currently 11 billion miles from earth plowing through the giant plasma bubble that surrounds our solar system. It will soon break through this turbulent area into the galaxy beyond our solar system. Scientists have no idea how long it will take, as there is no evidence yet on how thick this region of the solar system is.
2012-09-04
NASA Probe Lands on Mars Safely
Curiosity safely landed on the surface of Mars, marking the beginning of the most expensive Mars mission yet. Curiosity, costing nearly $2.5 billion, is also the most sophisticated probe sent to Mars. Weighing 2000 pounds, it is packed with the latest scientific gear to more fully explore the Martian surface.
2012-08-06
Egg price gouging is real
unspecified_spam
If the reason for $8 eggs in the US is bird flu, why are Mexican eggs still cheap? Does bird flu magically stop at the border crossing? If it wasn’t fraudulent traitorous price gauging then why is it illegal to bring in cheap eggs from magically-bird-flu-resistant Mexico? Every bell pepper I’ve ever bought came from Mexico. But no, the eggs there are somehow dangerous. Dangerous for corporation profit is what they mean.
2023-01-25
Imminent economic collapse in US
The oligarchs have picked their date for the next economic depression. I am not privy to the exact date and time but within a month or two seems about right. Stocks, bonds and most everything else are shit, Bitcoin explodes in value. USD worthless. Real estate taxes are going up cause the rich-rich ain’t paying for anything and only the poor-rich pay real estate taxes.
2023-01-22
NATO will collapse this winter
Russia is riding high on its fantastic success in Ukraine. Eating up billions from the US that could be fixing things at home. The ruble is more valuable than it has ever been. The US keeps raising the value of hydrocarbons through terrorist acts, which helps Russia more than any other country. Winter cold with no fuel will break Germany leading to a new government that pulls out of NATO followed by everyone else that doesn’t want WW3. Russia is pulling out of the Donbatz region so Ukraine has to feed and warm the people there all winter instead.
2022-10-13
USA has all the oil it needs, why are we buying it?
There was a strike of light sweet crude, the best grade of oil (better than Saudi Arabia), in the Permian Basin in Texas years ago. This strike gives the USA more oil than any other country and its the best quality oil not the crap oil that is the product of fracking. More oil was produced in the US in 2020 than we used. So why are gas prices so high? The oil corps are selling it on the market and buying worse graded oil for us to use. Just for more profit. We could have fifty cent per gallon gas just like Iran or Venezuela and big oil would still make an obscene profit. Instead they have decided to screw America over for just a little bit more. While our lawmakers do nothing but fill their pockets as well.
the adventures of Koncentration Kamp Kamala and Joe World-War-3
The end times are nigh. Nightmare horror monkeys elected Joe World-War-3 president of the most powerful army in the world. His successor, Koncentration Kamp Kamala will take over when Alzheimer's finally takes him, and the Reich is Back! Slavery for everyone! 2+2=5!
2022-04-13
Social media
Where people yell racist insults at each other and feel good that their brand of racism is the goodthink kind of racism. At this point I believe 90% of the posters on social media are children, bots, corporate stooges, and influencers, that is, people paid to post there.
2022-03-24
US Senate Posts a Win
With the complete incompetence of our lawmakers and indeed every elected official on display daily, we can all now breath a quiet sigh of relief that they have finally got their shit together. they have managed to sign a law into effect that does nothing concerning daylight savings time. Still have it. Nothings changed. Never mind the imminent nuclear conflict no one in America wants, never mind the crashing economy, never mind the exploding levels of violent crime and gang activity. Go after that pesky DST and do nothing about it, but do nothing about it definitively... like a boss.
2022-03-15
FCC Will Not Control Us
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2014-02-20
Chicago Police Chief Throws Blame For Skyrocketing Murder Rates
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy appeared on a local talk show and blamed special interests and lobby groups for the skyrocketing violence on Chicago city streets. He has previously blamed Sarah Palin, and "Government sponsored racism". The actual cause is a corrupt and lackluster police presence and an ongoing gang war over territory. But blaming others is easier than making hard changes to enforce the laws already on the books.
2013-02-19
Crazy Woman Pushes Man Into Subway Train
For the second time in a month, some crazy person has killed an innocent victim by pushing them in front of a subway train in New York. Why aren't we all calling for an end to the subway train death machine! Ban all subways!
2012-12-28
Petraeus Finally Fired
The CIA Director holds prisoners in a high security facility in Benghazi, long after a government mandate that the CIA is not to hold foreign nationals prisoner. He then shuts down the security of the facility before removing all the prisoners. Then, he doesn't move in support to protect them when they are attacked by elements of Al Qaeda resulting in the death of an ambassador. Then he lies to the American people and Congress about why the attack happened. Not Fired. Gets caught in an affair. Fired.
2012-11-17
Houston Cop Shoots Wheelchair Bound Double Amputee
Matthew Jacob Marin, a Houston Police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair after his fellow police officer was "cornered" by the wheelchair bound double amputee. Two cops, and a man with one arm and one leg, and they can't restrain him? And what deadly weapon was the one-armed man threatening them with? A pen. Marin killed another man allegedly in the line of duty in 2009, although this man was thought to have both his arms.
2012-09-24