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Standing desks do not reduce #risk of #stroke and #heart #failure, #study suggests
They have been billed as the ultimate antidote to sitting in front of a screen all day at the office. But a study suggests standing #desks, which have soared in popularity in recent years, do not compensate for being inactive and may even increase the risk of conditions such as swollen veins and blood clots in the legs.
#health #office #desk #Problem #news #research
Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests
Researchers say people who sit or stand for long periods should schedule regular movements throughout the dayAndrew Gregory (The Guardian)
hi, i'm daniel. i'm a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here's the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies:
https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/68ec8ed145fcee49d2f5e2b9d2cf2e52
#Software #bug #backdoor #fail #economy #fail #news #zendesk #cybersecurity #security
1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies
1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies - zendesk.mdGist
The ugly #Panda Factories
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/15/world/asia/pandas-zoo-breeding-death-captivity.html
Today, #China has removed more pandas from the wild than it has freed, The Times found. No cubs born in American or European zoos, or their offspring, have ever been released. The number of wild pandas remains a mystery because the Chinese #government’s count is widely seen as flawed and politicized.Along the way, individual pandas have been hurt.
Because pandas are notoriously fickle about mating in captivity, scientists have turned to artificial breeding. That has killed at least one panda, burned the rectum of another and caused vomiting and injuries in others, records show. Some animals were partly awake for painful procedures. Pandas in China have flickered in and out of consciousness as they were anesthetized and inseminated as many as six times in five days, far more often than experts recommend.
#news #animals #fail #zoo #nature
The Panda Factories
In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into the wild. It hasn’t gone as planned.Mara Hvistendahl (The New York Times)
How King #car fought back in the voting booth in #Belgium.
Source: https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/hoe-koning-auto-terugsloeg-in-het-stemhokje~b5f732b9/
Belgian voters reject #climate - friendly #transport #policy
#news #vote #election #politics #city #society #traffic #politics #future #earth
Hoe Koning Auto terugsloeg in het stemhokje
Van Oostende tot Leuven: over heel Vlaanderen kregen voorvechters van zones 30, ‘knips’ en dure parkeerplaatsen een tik van de kiezer. Een signaal dat het verkeersbeleid aan bezinning toe is. ‘De zuurtegraad moet omlaag.’Ann De Boeck (DPG Media België)
The #Heat #Crisis Is a #Housing Crisis
"Humble told me that we talk about how sharply smoking increases lung cancer risks, up to 3,000 percent according to #government statistics. But, he added, “being #homeless increases your chance of dying from heat in Phoenix by 50,000 percent.”
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/climate/the-heat-crisis-is-a-housing-crisis.html
#health #humanrights #politics #environment #earth #emissions #climate #economy #fail #justice #news
#Microsoft tells #customers it lost log data for key #security products
Between September 2 and September 19, "a bug in one of Microsoft's internal monitoring agents resulted in a malfunction in some of the agents when uploading log data to our internal logging platform," Microsoft wrote in the #customer notification.There's no evidence of cyberattacks stemming from this incident.
#cloud #fail #cybersecurity #news #service #problem #wndows #software #economy
Microsoft tells customers it lost log data for key security products
Microsoft told customers that a software bug caused inconsistent collection of log data for key cloud services.Ashley Stewart (Insider)
Gazans describe fresh horror in north as Israel renews offensive
Israel has told 400,000 people to evacuate the area, but many are too exhausted and fearful to leave.
Vladimir Putin desperately needs Donald Trump to win the election.
Trump is easily pliable with a compliment, admires Putin as his hero, and will hand Putin the keys to Ukraine the day he is sworn into office.
So, how does Putin help Trump?
How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #BreakingNews #Breaking #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html
How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election
Storm-1516, a Russian disinformation group, aims to influence the U.S. election through viral videos that rely on fake whistleblowers and fabricated photos and documents.Brandy Zadrozny (NBC News)
A POINT TO PONDER...
Does Donald Trump use burner phones when he maintains contact with Vladimir Putin or is he vain enough that he doesn't care?
Trump is known for staying in contact and asking for advice and directions from Vladimir Putin, the world's most vile murderer and despot.
Putin is responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000,000 Russians and Ukrainians.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump #trending #Putin
“Paxton’s impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by the far right’s years-long desire to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber and rebuild the House in the image of Patrick’s Senate, where authoritarian rule is put to proper use.” https://www.texasobserver.org/speaker-phelan-gop-lege-2025/
#TXlege #politics #USpol #news #Texas #Republicans
Speaker Boxing: Is Phelan Failin', or Will the Far Right Fall Short Again?
The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About #Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting #Poll Workers in Swing States.
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Experts say these poll workers could sow distrust in #democracy and bolster court cases challenging the election. ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch reviewed dozens of hours of trainings and presentations in which activists discussed their plans.
#News #Vote #Election2024 #SwingStates #USPolitics #Politics #Newstodon
The Right-Wing Plan to Recruit Poll Workers in Swing States
Experts say these poll workers could sow distrust in democracy and bolster court cases challenging the election.ProPublica
List of useful resources for everything you need to know about how to build and apply LLMs.
source: https://start.me/p/9oJvxx/applying-llms-genai-to-cyber-security
#AI #technology #LLM #knowhow #knowledge #information #news #software
"Former president Donald Trump is campaigning on the most significant increase in tariffs in close to a century, preparing an attack on the international trade order that is likely to raise prices, hurt the stock market and spark economic feuds with much of the world."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/16/trump-tariffs-impact-economy/
#Trump #Tariffs #Inflation #Economy #Economics #Business #Trade #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA
‘Off the charts:’ How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies
Trump's tariff plans could lead to economic isolation, affecting global markets and increasing costs for American consumers.Jeff Stein (The Washington Post)
⭐️ Check out this week's featured voices in Community! Follow these journalists and political experts from the fediverse for reporting and commentary on the day's news:
Ian Bremmer, @ianbremmer
Tim Mak, @timkmak
Katie Harbath, @katieharbath
Olivia Troye, @oliviaoftroye
George Conway, @gtconway3
Steve Herman, @w7voa
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#Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Threads #News #Politics #Journalism
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Download Flipboard, the award winning app that gives you curated news, personalized content and deep dives all in one place.About Flipboard
#axios #news #usnews
"Rather than try to restart the political program, he seemed to decide in the moment that it would be more enjoyable for all concerned — and, it appeared, for himself — to just listen to #music instead.
#Trump had his staff fire up his campaign playlist, standing on the stage for about half an hour and swaying to songs as his crowd slowly dwindled."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/us/politics/trump-town-hall-dj-music.html
#Weird #Senile #Sundowning #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA #Press
NEW: More than 4 million people have been using explicit deepfake bots on Telegram, a WIRED review has found.
We identified more than 50 Telegram bots built to create nude images and video. After sending questions to Telegram about their harm, the company removed the bots
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-deepfake-nudify-bots-telegram/ #tech #privacy #news #telegram #artificialintelligence
Trees and land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is #nature’s #carbon sink failing?
#environment #climate #emissions #news #future #crisis #forest #tree
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heatingPatrick Greenfield (The Guardian)
The world knows Donald Trump is a pro-Putin bumbling fool who would throw democracy under a bus for a backhanded compliment from a murderous dictator.
Polish democracy leader Lech Walesa says a Trump victory would be a 'misfortune' for the world
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #BreakingNews #Breaking
https://www.yahoo.com/news/polish-democracy-leader-lech-walesa-103309680.html
Yeah, I know, Meta, and all. But this is a genuinely useful idea.
"Through this integration, the volunteer will see through the lens of the smart glasses in order to provide a real-time description to the user through their open-ear speakers, for everyday tasks such as setting a thermostat, finding the right supermarket aisle, or preparing meals—all while keeping the user's hands free."
https://www.bemyeyes.com/blog/be-my-eyes-meta-accessibility-partnership
#accessibility #technology #blind #news
Be My Eyes and Meta Announce Accessibility Partnership
Be My Eyes to provide “Call a Volunteer” on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, unlocking hands-free accessibility for blind and low vision people for the first timewww.bemyeyes.com
Hey #Fediverse, I'm proud to announce the launch of https://Lone.Earth , a federated platform for sharing #video, #music, #podcast, and other #AV work with a specific focus on:
- #Nature #documentary
- #Timelapse and #slowmo nature #video
- #Wildlife behavior
- #Aerial #cinematography
- #Environment and ecology #advocacy
- #News and #CurrentEvents #podcasts
Like Earth.law, Lone.Earth is hosted at a #green datacenter in #Finland.
So check it out, sign up, and make it your #PeerTube home!
Lone Earth
PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.lone.earth
The #Optimus #robots at #Tesla’s #Cybercab event were humans in disguise / Behind-the-scenes human ‘assisting’ Optimus meant the We, #Robot event said little about how far its humanoid robots have come.
#technology #fake #Hardware #future #science #news #entertainment #research #Problem
The Optimus robots at Tesla’s Cybercab event were humans in disguise
Tesla’s Optimus robots’ natural responses and smooth motions were made possible by human control behind the scenes at the Cybercab reveal event.Wes Davis (The Verge)
BBC World Service retreat ‘helping Russia and China push propaganda’
BBC director-general Tim Davie to warn world facing ‘all-out assault on truth’ as state-funded media operators broadcast unchallengedJane Clinton (The Guardian)
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The US will send an advanced anti-missile system - and US troops to operate it - to Israel "to help bolster Israel's air defenses following Iran's unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13 and again on October 1," the Pentagon said Sunday
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas #iran #hezbollah #Lebanon #BreakingNews #Breaking
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/politics/israel-iran-antimissile-system-us-troops/index.html
On #Mastodon there are now
331 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
111 instances.
143 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@elpuntavui (CAT)
@EsquerdaNet (POR)
@FTM_nl (NLD)
@heiseonline (GER)
@TucsonSentinel (ENG)
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
More than 250 cases of domestic violence: Dismissed.
At least 70 cases of child neglect or abuse: Dismissed.
More than 270 DUI cases: Dismissed.
Only 3 criminal defendants in #Anchorage misdemeanor cases have gone to trial since May. Here’s why.
#News #Alaska #Crime #Law #DomesticViolence #ChildAbuse #Police #CriminalJustice
Why Are Hundreds of Criminal Cases Being Dismissed in Anchorage?
Hundreds of people charged with domestic violence, DUIs or other crimes had their cases dismissed because of a shortage of prosecutors.ProPublica
Modified map to reflect reports that Israel will target Iranian military assets, and possibly leadership or intelligence sites, instead of nuclear facilities.
The strike could happen at any time, potentially during this weekend’s holiday, U.S. and Israeli officials stated.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas #iran #hezbollah #Lebanon #BreakingNews #Breaking
Donald Trump’s Niece Says He Is Now ‘Owned’ by Elon Musk
...Mary wrote that her father’s younger brother has always been susceptible to financial persuasion, noting that he “has always been for sale,”...
She...characterized this business arrangement as a “devil's bargain,” drawing parallels to Trump's alleged connections with... Putin.
in the past...she said her uncle’s mental condition is declining and that he is now “demonstrably untethered from reality.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-niece-says-he-is-now-owned-by-tesla-boss-elon-musk?ref=home?ref=home
#News
RS:
Far-right outlet Gateway Pundit admits: 'There was no widespread voter fraud'
The editor of a website that singled out two Georgia election workers and baselessly accused them of manipulating ballots in the 2020 election has now admitted the entire story was false.
Jim Hoft.. posted... there was no truth to his claim that Fulton County, Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss did anything illegal in the election...
https://www.rawstory.com/gateway-pundit-defamation/
#Poland’s leader plans to suspend the right to #asylum as country faces pressure on #Belarus #border
Through its involvement in the lost wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan, Poland has contributed significantly to the refugee flows. Refusing to accept refugees is therefore not only ethically reprehensible but also a testimony to inhumane criminal politics.
#europe #eu #refugees #humanrights #humanity #Problem #politics #ethics #fail #news #crime #military #war
Poland's leader plans to suspend the right to asylum
Poland’s leader says he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy. Prime Minister Donald Tusk pointed to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbor Belarus and Russia.AP News
Revenue effects of #Denuvo digital rights management on #PC video #games
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1875952124002532
• Denuvo #DRM protects total revenue from piracy by a mean of 15% and a median of 20%.
• #Piracy causes mean total revenue to decrease by 20% when Denuvo is cracked quickly.
• Piracy causes zero mean total revenue loss when Denuvo survives for 12 weeks or more.
• The characteristics of a #game cannot explain its likelihood of being cracked.
First of all DRM is not digital rights management, it is digital restrictions management for the #gamer. Often DRM is making performance and installing problems.
It's important to know that DRM must be payed but makes a game #experience worse. DRM costs #money, #energy, #performance, patches and #support but without any positive effect for the consumer.
The question now is: are these costs higher or lower 20% of lost consumer licenses?
#capitalism #profit #entertainment #news #copy #economy #Problem #study #finance #copyright
China Based Attackers Compromise Lawful Intercept
#infosec #News #cybersecurity #USA #China #LawfulIntercept #backdoors #peertube #privacy #chatcontrol #wiretap #networking
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/6hnjUUGV9Twsf1JnR6S4cc
Chinese Hackers Compromise Lawful Intercept
Telecom Wiretapping System Compromised By China Actors. According To Reports, China Based APT "Salt Typhoon" Targeted USA Telecom Lawful Intercept Backdoors - Accessing Sensitive Data, Normally Req...tchncs
