London Bridge attacker was a known extremist who was filmed unfurling an ISIS flag in Channel 4 documentary
He had been thrown out of his local mosque because of his views and had a reputation for aggressive behaviour.
Hasnain says:
I don't see how more surveillance would help given that they're already not following up on so many cases which are already flagged.
Posted on 2017-06-05T18:57:27+0000
What Really Happened with Vista – Hacker Noon
I generally have posted about things that I have been directly involved with — either code I wrote or projects I managed.
Hasnain says:
This was an amazing and engrossing read on OS development, project management, and history
Posted on 2017-06-05T16:07:27+0000
America Is Getting a Raise, and Goldman Sachs Is Freaking Out About It
In a private newsletter to wealthy investors, Goldman Sachs analysts warn that “rising wages are a threat to corporate profit margins.”
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Posted on 2017-06-05T05:56:43+0000
Oculus Founder Plots a Comeback With a Virtual Border Wall
After facing political criticism and leaving Facebook, Palmer Luckey is working on another start-up. Its military interest will go nicely with his helicopters and abandoned missile silos.
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Posted on 2017-06-05T04:45:41+0000
Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway
Aaron Swartz once said, “It’s no longer OK not to understand how the Internet works.”
Hasnain says:
"In her Dimbleby lecture, Martha Lane Fox recalled Aaron Swartz’s words: “It’s not OK not to understand the internet anymore.” That goes double for cryptography: any politician caught spouting off about back doors is unfit for office anywhere but Hogwarts, which is also the only educational institution whose computer science department believes in “golden keys” that only let the right sort of people break your encryption."
Posted on 2017-06-04T22:17:04+0000
Theresa May says the internet must now be regulated following London Bridge terror attack
New international agreements should be introduced to regulate the internet in the light of the London Bridge terror attack, Theresa May has said. The Prime Minister said introducing new rules for cyberspace would “deprive the extremists of their safe spaces online” and that technology firms were not...
My Improbable Graduation: From A Tiny Village In Ghana To Johns Hopkins
George Mwinnyaa didn't get high enough scores for admission in his homeland. So he put his dreams on hold. Here's how he came to earn his diploma at Johns Hopkins University.
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Posted on 2017-06-04T07:17:08+0000
Hacker, Hack Thyself
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to security exploits. We took that lesson to heart when we founded the
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Posted on 2017-06-04T06:37:37+0000
Artificial Intelligence and Games – A Springer Textbook | By Georgios N. Yannakakis and Julian Togelius
Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence and Games book. This book aims to be the first comprehensive textbook on the application and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in, and for, games. Our hope is that the book will be used by educators and students of graduate or advanced undergraduate courses o...
Dissecting Marissa Mayer’s $900,000-a-Week Yahoo Paycheck
Yahoo’s chief executive presided over the decline and sale of the company. But she delivered big rewards to investors.
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Posted on 2017-06-03T19:05:58+0000