[ PFIR ] [License Plate Data] Sanctuary Cities Are Handing ICE a Map

[License Plate Data] Sanctuary Cities Are Handing ICE a Map https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/how-ice-may-be-able-to-access-license-plate-data-from-sanctuary-cities-and-use-it-for-arrests.html These sharing agreements mean that even if a city with sanctuary policies doesn't

[ PFIR ] Prosecutors will seek death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, Parkland shooting suspect

Prosecutors will seek death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, Parkland shooting suspect https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/13/prosecutors-will-seek-death-penalty-for-nikolas-cruz-parkland-shooting-suspect/ Attorneys for Cruz do not contest his guilt, and they have

[ PFIR ] Trump wants "war criminal" as head of CIA

Trump wants "war criminal" as head of CIA Trump nominates Gina Haspel to head CIA, an agency veteran tied to use of brutal interrogation measures

[ PFIR ] Rex Tillerson Out as Trump's Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo

Rex Tillerson Out as Trump's Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/trump-tillerson-pompeo.html President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and will replace him with Mike

[ PFIR ] Dog Dies After United Airlines Flight Attendant Insists It Be Placed

Dog Dies After United Airlines Flight Attendant Insists It Be Placed in Overhead Bin https://slate.com/business/2018/03/united-airlines-flight-attendant-instructions-dog-death.html Maggie Gremminger, a passenger on the flight from Houston to LaGuardia, wrote on Facebook and

[ PFIR ] [Problematic at best] Google Will Prioritize Stories for Paying News Subscribers

[Problematic at best] Google Will Prioritize Stories for Paying News Subscribers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-13/google-is-said-to-prioritize-stories-for-paying-news-subscribers Google users who subscribe to newspapers will find articles from those

[ PFIR ] [Give me a break!] YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories

[Give me a break!] YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-will-link-directly-to-wikipedia-to-fight-conspiracies/ Here's how it will work: If you search and click on a conspiracy theory video about, say,

[ PFIR ] UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar

UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43385677 The UN's Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar announced the interim findings of its investigation on Monday. During a press conference the chairman of the mission, Marzuki Darusman,

[ PFIR ] Let's Encrypt takes free "wildcard" certificates live

Let's Encrypt takes free "wildcard" certificates live https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2018/03/lets-encrypt-takes-free-wildcard-certificates-live/ In July of 2017, the nonprofit certificate authority Let's Encrypt promised to deliver something that would put secure

[ PFIR ] [Follow the money!] Trump asking for advice on Stormy Daniels situation

[Follow the money!] Trump asking for advice on Stormy Daniels situation https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/trump-stormy-daniels-handling/index.html President Donald Trump has been seeking counsel from confidantes on how he should handle the Stormy Daniels situation,

[ PFIR ] Researchers claim to find many critical AMD chip flaws -- only give AMD 24 hours notice before going public

Researchers claim to find many critical AMD chip flaws -- only give AMD 24 hours notice before going public http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-flaws-ryzenfall-masterkey-fallout-chimera,36656.html CTS-Labs, an Israel-based security company, released a "severe security advisory

[ PFIR ] Seaside High teacher accidentally fires gun in class, students injured

Seaside High teacher accidentally fires gun in class, students injured http://www.ksbw.com/article/seaside-high-teacher-accidentally-fires-gun-in-class/19426017 A teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School

[ PFIR ] [Excellent] Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising

[Excellent] Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/google-bans-crypto-ads.html The company is updating its financial services-related ad policies to ban any advertising about cryptocurrency-related content, including

[ PFIR ] Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76

Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76 Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired

[ PFIR ] Lauren's Blog: "Why YouTube's New Plan to Debunk Conspiracy Videos Won't Work"

Why YouTube's New Plan to Debunk Conspiracy Videos Won't Work https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/03/13/why-youtubes-new-plan-to-debunk-conspiracy-videos-wont-work YouTube continues to try figure out ways to battle false conspiracy videos that rank highly on YouTube -- sometimes even into the top

[ PFIR ] YouTube/Wikipedia POLL!

YouTube/Wikipedia POLL! OK boys and girls, thought experiment time! YouTube has announced that it's going to link false conspiracy videos to Wikipedia (WP) pages that debunk them. But we all know that Wikipedia isn't even a reliable, authoritative source for well-established facts, and is