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Move Over Ambulances, Uber’s Coming

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“The Affordable Care Act slowed ambulance response times by almost 20 percent.  According to a new working paper by David J. G. Slusky of the University of Kansas and Leon S. Moskatel of Scripps Mercy Hospital, some people are foregoing ambulances and opting for ride-hailing services instead.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/move-over-ambulances-uber-s-coming/

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Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocurrency

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“Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond.  With cryptocurrency powered payments inside Telegram, users could bypass remittance fees when sending funds across international borders, move sums of money privately thanks to the app’s encryption, deliver micropayments that would incur too high of credit card fees, and more.”

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/08/telegram-open-network/

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First France, Now Brazil Unveils Internet Censorship To Combat “Fake News”

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“Police officials vow that they will proceed to implement the censorship program even if no new law is enacted. They insist that no new laws are necessary by pointing to a pre-internet censorship law enacted in 1983 — during the time Brazil was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship that severely limited free expression and routinely imprisoned dissidents.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/first-france-now-brazil-unveils-plans-to-empower-the-government-to-censure-the-internet-in-the-name-of-stopping-fake-news/

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Parliament reports 24,000 attempts to access porn sites since election

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“The figure of 24,473 attempts represents about 160 requests per day on average from computers and other devices connected to the parliamentary network – which is used by MPs, peers and staff – between June and October last year.  Parliamentary authorities say the majority of attempts are not deliberate.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/08/parliament-reports-24000-attempts-to-access-pornographic-websites-since-election

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Dirt Boxes: The Newest Government Tool for Warrantless Privacy Invasion

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“That plane flying overhead could very well be scooping up your most intimate data, especially if you live in Texas. The Texas National Guard has reportedly equipped two of its RC-26 military aircraft with cell phone data-collecting dragnets, known as dirt boxes. The ability of government agencies to add new modifications to their aerial surveillance capabilities without any real oversight should sound an alarm for all Americans, not just those who live in the Lone Star State.”

Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/dirt-boxes-the-newest-government-tool-for-warrantless-privacy-invasion/

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Police Chief Arrested After Soliciting Cop Posing Online As 14-Year-Old

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“A Pennsylvania police chief—who gained widespread attention after losing his arm in a summer fireworks accident—was arrested after soliciting sex from a teenage girl during an online sting.  Forty-year-old Chief Mike Diebold is being charged with two felonies: unlawful contact with a minor and criminal attempt to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, WPXI, an NBC-affiliate in Pittsburgh reported. Diebold reportedly sent inappropriate photos through an online messaging app while soliciting sexual contact, under the name ‘KuteCop4You’. Little did he know, he was in contact with a fellow police officer – albeit undercover.”

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/police-chief-arrested-online-772995

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How an Illegal Shipping Container Reshaped the World Economy

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“Today, very few know what regulatory and lobbying problems the containers had to face before becoming a standard in the transportation of goods. An innovation full of controversy 60 years ago, and considered illegal by many, with a regulator deciding on its viability, seems nowadays as something natural that we cannot imagine life without.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/how-an-illegal-shipping-container-reshaped-the-world-economy/

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Homeland Security suffers data leak on 240,000 employees

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“The information in the file also included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, positions, grades and duty stations. The agency said it ‘did not include any information about employees’ spouses, children, family members and/or close associates.’  The agency confirmed that the incident was not due to an external cyber-attack from unknown sources but stemmed from a leak inside the DHS itself. The breach was eventually categorized as a ‘privacy incident.'”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/dhs-confirms-data-breach/

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Deadly ‘swatting’ hoaxes and the dangerous conditioning of cops

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“Sometimes a rifle really is just a pellet gun. Sometimes a hostage situation is a prank. Sometimes a dispatcher gets it wrong. And sometimes a man ‘reaching for his waistband’ is just trying to pull up his pants.  But these stories also show that what the police claim to have seen isn’t what happened.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/01/04/deadly-swatting-hoaxes-and-the-dangerous-conditioning-of-cops/

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Zuckerberg: Facebook looking into how it can use cryptocurrency

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“Zuckerberg outlined two areas of technology that he wanted to research in 2018: encryption and cryptocurrencies. He said both technologies led to decentralised power, which Zuckerberg saw as a positive move.  Zuckerberg wasn’t explicit in his post about Facebook’s plans regarding cryptocurrencies. He didn’t say the company would add bitcoin as a payment option, for example. But it shows that one of the world’s most powerful companies is looking closely at the technology.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-said-that-facebook-is-looking-into-how-it-can-use-cryptocurrency-2018-1

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