Low-income families face eviction as building 'rebrands' for Facebook workers
A Silicon Valley apartment complex wants to attract high-income tenants who work at top tech firms – but critics ask, what is the human cost?
Hasnain says:
I thought Redwood City had some reasonable laws regarding eviction, but looks like I was wrong :(
Posted on 2016-09-21T21:03:18+0000
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announce $3 billion initiative to ‘cure all diseases’
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a company created by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to "unlock human potential and promote equality," announced its latest, grandest project today: a $3 billion "Chan Zuckerberg Science" program created with the goal of curing, preventing, or managing "all disease...
Hasnain says:
This is pretty cool, in general people focus too much on the managing disease and not on prevention.
Posted on 2016-09-21T19:03:56+0000
375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat | John Abraham
John Abraham: 375 National Academy of Sciences members sign an open letter expressing frustration at political inaction on climate change
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Posted on 2016-09-21T17:34:30+0000
'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real
Behind the scenes of the Emmy-winning series with its real-life information security consultant.
Western Digital Demonstrates Prototype of the World’s First 1Terabyte SDXC Card
PHOTOKINA, COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sept. 20, 2016 – Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a global storage technology and solutions leader, today unveiled its SanDisk® 1TB terabyte (TB) SDXC™ card prototype at the world's leading trade fair for photo and video professionals. With increasing demand fo...
Hasnain says:
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with SD cards
Posted on 2016-09-21T05:38:35+0000
Someone just lost 324k payment records, complete with CVVs
Edit: A day and a half after publishing this post, the source of the data was eventually identified and a statement issued. Do see the updates at the end of this post. I see a lot of data breaches. I see a lot of legit ones and I see a
Why Do So Many Rich People Work So Much?
And why have so many low-income men stopped looking for work entirely?
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Posted on 2016-09-21T04:28:06+0000
Warren Says Wells Fargo's Stumpf Should Resign, Face Criminal Investigation
John Stumpf arrived at Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearings with one hand in a bandage. He left even more battered and bruised.
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Posted on 2016-09-21T04:17:36+0000
Warren Says Wells Fargo's Stumpf Should Resign, Face Criminal Investigation
John Stumpf arrived at Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearings with one hand in a bandage. He left even more battered and bruised.
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Posted on 2016-09-21T04:17:12+0000
Self-Driving Cars Must Meet 15 Benchmarks in U.S. Guidance
The Obama administration’s proposed guidelines for self-driving cars, to be formally unveiled Tuesday, include 15 benchmarks automakers will need to meet before their autonomous vehicles can hit the road.
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Posted on 2016-09-21T04:14:12+0000