Good primer from Ars Technica on the state of zero-day security research, sale, and exploitation.
By traditional definitions, conservatism stands for intellectual humility, a belief in steady, incremental change, a preference for reform rather than revolution, a respect for hierarchy, precedence, balance and order, and a tone of voice that is prudent, measured and responsible. [...]
All of this has been overturned in dangerous parts of the Republican Party.
That's why I'm a conservative.
Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.
A detailed look at how victimhood culture is hurting critical thinking skills.
On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that requires police get a warrant to use a stingray during investigations. The devices, which are also known as cell-site simulators, are usually used to locate a phone but can also in some cases intercept calls and text messages.
The law, known as the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, imposes other sweeping new requirements to enhance digital privacy, and imposes a warrant requirement before police can access nearly any type of digital data produced by or contained within a device or service.
Huge win for California citizens and likely to effect similar changes across state legislatures.
Dr. Lee's information-gathering has saved the University of Utah money and improved patient care.
The struggle within the Republican Party right now centers on those who, figuratively speaking, want to rebuild the village and those who want to burn it down, those who want to fight irresistible demographic changes and those who want to responsibly embrace them, those who think they can win over new Americans and those who want to turn them away. There are a number of Republican presidential candidates — senators, governors and former governors — who, if given the chance, can make the Republican Party the party of aspiration instead of resentment, the party for this era instead of one seeking to reclaim a lost era.
Anger, doom, and insularism characterize the party right now.
"Our texts are fine," he said. "It's what texting does to our conversations when we are together that's the problem."
In solitude we learn to concentrate and imagine, to listen to ourselves. We need these skills to be fully present in conversation.
Sherry Turkle once again makes a compelling case that technology interrupts the interplay between solitude, empathy, and conversation.
Another big plus, [Susan Cain] says: Introverts are not interested in leadership for personal glory, and they steer clear of the cult of personality. Their emphasis is on creating something, not on themselves.
Seems like fewer and fewer startup founders subscribe to this train of thought, and fewer and fewer workplaces are suited for the introvert to do what he or she does best - think.
Nine of the world's biggest financial institutions have partnered to develop distributed ledger technologies - the same technologies that underpin Bitcoin's block chain.
The block chain has always been the most interesting part of Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies - a mechanism for publicly trustable, auditable transactions. A refresher of the principles and benefits is here.
Paul and Kasich were the only ones who apparently understand how the world actually works.