He says iPhone might be “a weapon” to trigger some nefarious worm of some sort.
Source: San Bernardino DA says seized iPhone may hold “dormant cyber pathogen” | Ars Technica
Category: Human stupidity
Pirate Bay Offers Tech Support to Pirating Kanye West – TorrentFreak
Kanye West was so outraged when he found out that his new album was being pirated by hundreds of thousands of people he considered taking The Pirate Bay to court. However, in a recent tweet the controversial musician plugged the torrent site, accidentally revealing his own pirate habits. But despite the bad feelings, the Pirate Bay say they’re happy to provide West with tech support.
Source: Pirate Bay Offers Tech Support to Pirating Kanye West – TorrentFreak
Tidal Sued For Unpaid Royalties And Cooking The Streaming Counts | Techdirt
What’s Up With the “Trump University” Lawsuits? | Lowering the Bar
Trump said the other day he has “won most of” these cases. He has not. Whether anybody cares is a different issue.
Source: What’s Up With the “Trump University” Lawsuits? | Lowering the Bar
Photographer hassled by Port of Tyne for filming a sign on a wall • The Register
Security guards seized tog’s equipment, said he was a ‘lunatic’ – and called police
Source: Photographer hassled by Port of Tyne for filming a sign on a wall • The Register
Pharma’s drug hikes doubled average cost of prescriptions in last decade | Ars Technica
Soaring costs of brand name and specialty drugs outpacing inflation, income of elderly.
Source: Pharma’s drug hikes doubled average cost of prescriptions in last decade | Ars Technica
Stupid Patent of the Month: Phoenix Licensing Trolls Marketers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
This month, we feature another yet another patent that takes an ordinary business practice and does it on a computer. Our winner is US Patent No. 8,738,435, titled “Method and apparatus for presenting personalized content relating to offered products and services.” As you might guess from its title, the patent claims the idea of sending a personalized marketing message using a computer.
Source: Stupid Patent of the Month: Phoenix Licensing Trolls Marketers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mississippi lawmaker admits his education bill is to protect creationism | Ars Technica
“I just don’t want my teachers punished… for bringing creationism into the debate.”
Source: Mississippi lawmaker admits his education bill is to protect creationism | Ars Technica
In comeback bid, Shkreli’s old company gets OK to buy life-saving drug | Ars Technica
Amid outcry, KaloBios may jack the drug’s price and make millions off FDA voucher.
Source: In comeback bid, Shkreli’s old company gets OK to buy life-saving drug | Ars Technica
Texas cop indicted for searching car of activist filming the police | Ars Technica
“Are you going to identify yourself?” meets “What crime have I committed?”
Source: Texas cop indicted for searching car of activist filming the police | Ars Technica