Tag: tbm

• Electric Crypto Balkan Acid Test

  July 21, 2020

  In early 2018, millions of digital clocks across Europe began falling behind time. Few took notice at first as slight disruptions in the power supply caused bedside alarms and oven… more ›

• Special Report: Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s cell tower repairmen

  July 21, 2020

  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The young technician shut off the electricity at a cellular tower in rural Mexico to begin some routine maintenance. Within 10 minutes, he had company: three… more ›

• The World’s Most Technologically Sophisticated Genocide Is Happening in Xinjiang

  July 21, 2020

  Two recent disturbing events may finally awaken the world to the scale and horror of the atrocities being committed against the Uighurs, a mostly secular Muslim ethnic minority, in Xinjiang,… more ›

• The Next Phase of the Retail Apocalypse: Stores Reborn as E-Commerce Warehouses

  July 19, 2020

  As the demand for in-person shopping diminishes, landlords, startups and retailers are converting abandoned stores into online fulfillment centers https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-next-phase-of-the-retail-apocalypse-stores-reborn-as-e-commerce-warehouses-11595044859 more ›

• Microsoft’s new cloud-gaming service is more about the cloud than gaming

  July 19, 2020

  Microsoft is getting serious about cloud gaming. The Xbox maker will add its Project xCloud game-streaming service to its Game Pass Ultimate subscription tier in September, Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head… more ›

• Millennials: The Unluckiest Generation In Modern History? | Think | NBC News

  July 19, 2020

  Through bad luck, poor timing and worsening economic trends, millennials are turning into a lost generation. In this episode of Think Again, NBC News correspondent Andrew Stern talks to fellow… more ›

• Homeland Security Worries Covid-19 Masks Are Breaking Facial Recognition, Leaked Document Shows

  July 18, 2020

  While doctors and politicians still struggle to convince Americans to take the barest of precautions against Covid-19 by wearing a mask, the Department of Homeland Security has an opposite concern,… more ›

• Online Surveillance, Censorship, and Discrimination for LGBTQIA+ Community Worldwide

  July 16, 2020

  Recorded Future investigated data security risks associated with multiple social and dating apps that are popular with the LGBTQIA+ community, and how those apps were being discussed on dark web… more ›

• Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

  July 16, 2020

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oliver Taylor, a student at England’s University of Birmingham, is a twenty-something with brown eyes, light stubble, and a slightly stiff smile. Online profiles describe him as… more ›

• The Bling Dynasty

  July 15, 2020

  “Luxury in China is not frivolous. It is not superficial. Luxury is a tool of success on the battlefield of life.” – Tom Doctoroff, CEO J.W.T. Asia Pacific The Chinese… more ›