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  1. Mainly ads for cleaning products.

  2. Fill the seas on Rolls-Royce Wants To Fill the Seas With Self-Sailing Ships (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Better start with the Mariana Trench.

  3. Re:Sorry for what? on Apple 'Deeply Apologetic' Over Account Hacks in China (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    If Apple provided the ability for two-factor authentication

    That's a big 'if'? What are the chances that the Chinese demanded that Apple not implement anything that authorities couldn't easily crack? And that blew back and bit them in the ass when hackers got hold of the back door?

    NSA and the other Five Eyes stooges, I'm looking at you.

  4. Priorities of its paying customers on Slack Doesn't Have End-to-End Encryption Because Your Boss Doesn't Want It (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    China?

  5. Re:Please... on Facebook Plans Camera-Equipped TV Device, Report Says (cheddar.com) · · Score: 1

    Besides, that's where the penguin sits.

    Sure hope he doesn't lay an egg on your camera, FB.

  6. Re:Good news for Trump! on Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies of Cancer At Age 65 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My guess: He spread his estate out among several people and a number of charities. Enough so that all of the beneficiaries end up below Trump.

  7. The Smart Money on Climate Change Will Cause Beer Shortages and Price Hikes, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ... is getting ahead of this trend.

  8. Re:There are two stages to this on US Senators Urge India To Soften Data Localization Stance (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember, India is the only major state in the world that still hasn't signed up to things like

    the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  9. Re:Good on you India, keep your citizens' data saf on US Senators Urge India To Soften Data Localization Stance (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    From that article:

    Private businesses or individuals have been banned from requesting an individualâ(TM)s Aadhaar details, meaning the 12-digit number cannot be a requirement for services such as opening a bank account or establishing a mobile phone connection.
    .
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    The justices also struck down a so-called "national security exception" that allowed investigative agencies to access a person's data without a warrant.

    So, better than the USA. Or any of the Five Eyes members.

  10. Bought a dual SIM phone.

  11. Re:How about minding one's own business? on US Senators Urge India To Soften Data Localization Stance (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How about India demand reciprocity for FATCA and just start auditing any US financial institutions suspected of holding suspected Indian citizens' financial records? Yes, it's about money. But it's also about foreign institutions and governments digging around in the records of its citizens.

  12. Re:Tigers on Flickr and Instagram? on Humans Are Now Monitoring Animals With Facial Recognition Technology (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    help track global tiger populations in real time

    Help who? Poachers? Chinese witch doctors hunting for boner medicine?

    This will not end well.

  13. Re:Why focus on breasts? on Google AI Claims 99 Percent Accuracy In Metastatic Breast Cancer Detection · · Score: 2

    Very large training data set available on line.

  14. Re:If you gaze ... on Cops Told 'Don't Look' at New iPhones To Avoid Face ID Lock-Out (vice.com) · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Narcissist on Cops Told 'Don't Look' at New iPhones To Avoid Face ID Lock-Out (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Video conferencing.

  16. If you gaze ... on Cops Told 'Don't Look' at New iPhones To Avoid Face ID Lock-Out (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    ... into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

  17. Re:DVD? on Movie Commentary Tracks Are Back (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a Blu-ray without a commentary track.

  18. Robots start shooting themselves in the foot to get out of the army.

  19. How times have changed.

  20. especially as Musk is (dare I say it) a high risk investment

    Howard Hughes was a bit of an eccentric as well.

  21. Re: Can't confirm or deny an investigation on FBI Director on Whether Apple and Amazon Servers Had Chinese Spy Chips: 'Be Careful What You Read' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1
  22. You mean like "Git"?

    Something similar to that. But we were working on this in the 1990s. So a much simpler system without all the bells and whistles.

  23. More that one third of consumers on More Than One Third of Music Consumers Still Pirate Music (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    But how much content is pirated? 38% of the listeners might download an occasional song. But if the amount of content being acquired is down in the single digits of total distribution, it's not really a big problem.

  24. Re:Can't confirm or deny an investigation on FBI Director on Whether Apple and Amazon Servers Had Chinese Spy Chips: 'Be Careful What You Read' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Chinese chips are right next to the NSA chips, which are immediately below the Russian vacuum tubes.

  25. How is a Tesla going to get in a wreck when it's always being charged?