Here are the essential supplies you need to ride out major storm, according to Time Magazine. Wonder if a hard copy of Time is on the list? Us, we only trust the advice of Canada’s Greatest Gift to Meteorology, Frankie… Read More ›
Month: October 2015
Wal-Mart wants to take on Amazon with its own delivery drones
This should end well. Just wait till the OpWalmart people find out about it. CHICAGO (By Nathan Layne) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse… Read More ›
Searching The Deep Web and The Unmapped Internet
Today’s post comes to us in slightly altered form from Joe Howard of the WeeklyPique, which specializes in deep-dive looks at a particular subject, once a week. Consider this your quick intro to the Deep Web. And you don’t even need… Read More ›
Interwebbed @Bjork Themed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 26
I’m 90% sure that GIF conversation was transcribed verbatim. We’re very fond of Bjork chez Cryptosphere, because reasons, and so our Monday cyberwar and hacktivism news links for today are dedicated to her unique brand of “crazy-like-an-arctic-fox.” Indeed, are we… Read More ›
The Two Funniest, Most Important Videos from the Canadian Election
As all the world has heard by now, hunky, eloquent dynastic Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau is the new Prime Minister Elect of the People’s Republic of Canuckistan, his (arguably right-)centrist Liberal party having taken the most seats on Monday, October… Read More ›
Terrorist attack to be simulated in downtown Montreal Saturday
Oh, this should go down well with the tourists! Let’s just hope the border guards have done their duty and confiscated their handguns. If you hear gunshots in downtown Montreal Saturday afternoon, don’t panic! Montreal police are planning a simulated… Read More ›
After the apocalypse: Inside the Arctic vault that could help keep mankind alive
We just can’t help ourselves when it comes to Super Cool Apocalyptic Stuff In The Little-Understood Far North because if you think humans are strange in the south, you should see them once they get to the land of the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 23
We made it to Friday again, kittens! Another work week behind us, another 48 hours of R&R to be anticipated, one mere shift away. Can you make it till then? You can, with the help of these news links. Wouldn’t… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 22
Did you miss us, kittens? We went away for a whole week and then took some hardware-failure-induced time off from doing our news roundup, but we’re back and, as you can see, quite excited about it. To your stations, everyone…. Read More ›
Breaking news: Michael J Fox arrested for insider sports betting
Originally posted on Stubhill News:
Los Angeles—Michael J Fox was arrested Wednesday morning in relation to insider sports betting on DraftKings. Fox aroused suspicion after achieving a statistically-impossible, perfect record on the site under the username NoChicken. Authorities found an unusually worn…
Muslim Hacking Crew The Intrud3rs Attacks, Defaces NASA sites, French Universities
Well, this is a new one: a Muslim hacker crew attacking the US because they believe the US created ISIS, and ISIS makes Muslims look bad. And then moving on to French universities in protest of what they say are… Read More ›
Celebrate Back to the Future Day With This Doc Brown Facebook Bot
Oh hell, this is just flat-out cool. We’re normally no fans of robots around these parts (seen too many Terminator movies) but a Doc Brown bot that interacts with fans on Facebook? That’s something we can get legitimately excited about…. Read More ›
Apple Bans More Than 250 Apps From App Store For Accessing Users’ Information
Sure, sure, but they still let the NSA all up in your Candy Crush. Something to keep in mind whenever you see one of these “Digital giant pushes back against corporate surveillance” stories. In related news, Facebook has announced that… Read More ›
Hail Amazon, Slayer of Zombies!
On a scale of one to ten, how trusted are Amazon reviews? Well, you should add a star to that number, because the etail giant has taken up arms against professional spam reviewers and launched a lawsuit against over 1000… Read More ›
Trolling Level: Nobel Prize
Presented without further comment: Well, just one little comment: the actual Nobel Prize Twitter account has 165,000 Twitter followers. This upstart has only 17 at the time of posting this article. The real winners were the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet…. Read More ›
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