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What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction

When a family member, spouse or other loved one develops an opioid addiction — whether to pain relievers like Vicodin or to heroin — few people know what to d…

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Ford disguised a man as a car seat to research self-driving

Yes, you read that correctly: Ford put a man in a car seat disguise so that a Ford Transit could masquerade as a true self-driving vehicle. Why? To evaluate..

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Ayuda! (Help!) Equifax Has My Data! — Krebs on Security

Equifax last week disclosed a historic breach involving Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on as many as 143 million Americans. The company said the breach also impacted an undisclosed number of people in Canada and the United Kingdom. But the official list of victim countries may not…

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Hasnain says:

"Once inside the portal, the researchers found they could view the names of more than 100 Equifax employees in Argentina, as well as their employee ID and email address. The “list of users” page also featured a clickable button that anyone authenticated with the “admin/admin” username and password could use to add, modify or delete user accounts on the system. A search on “Equifax Veraz” at Linkedin indicates the unit currently has approximately 111 employees in Argentina."

Also gets worse: "view source" showed their passwords

Posted on 2017-09-13T03:49:52+0000

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Hasnain says:

This was a really depressing read, but one that everyone should read to understand the toll of the opioid epidemic.

From Friday morning, halfway through the week:

"“This has been a crazy light week for ODs.” – Andrea Hatten, chief administrator for the Hamilton County coroner’s office, in an email to law enforcement and the media. So far this week, there have been at least 96 overdoses and 10 deaths in Greater Cincinnati."

Posted on 2017-09-12T03:56:10+0000

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Opinion | The Contradictions of Hajj, Through the Lens of a Smartphone

Contributing Op-Ed WriterThe Contradictions of Hajj, Through the Lens of a SmartphoneSHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead Laterhttps://nyti.ms/2xWj2N3Share on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelThe author in a selfie with his Hajj companion...

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At Google, Employee-Led Effort Finds Men Are Paid More Than Women

A spreadsheet created by employees to share salary information shows pay for women is falling short of what men make at various levels.

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A Weird MIT Dorm Dies, and a Crisis Blooms at Colleges

MIT’s Senior House was a haven for creative outsiders. Adminstrators said it was dangerous and shut it down.

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Hasnain says:

"One way they get through it is by depending on their dorm families. “I can’t tell you how many times I heard that Senior House saved a student’s life,” Feldmeier says. He points out that despite MIT’s high suicide rates—12.6 per 100,000 students in the years between 2010 and 2015 (the national collegiate average is 7.5)—Senior House hasn’t had a suicide in more than 20 years."

Posted on 2017-09-11T15:23:53+0000

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The React license for founders and CTOs – James Ide – Medium

A startup founder and ex-Facebook engineer’s story of the BSD+Patents license. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, nor is this legal advice.

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Equifax Lobbied To Kill Rule Protecting Victims Of Data Breaches

The credit reporting company that exposed 143 million people's private data to hackers has lobbied for the right to block consumers from suing.

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