Last minute geek

1. Come controllare la posizione di un cellulare facilmente tramite mSpy
(Italiano/geekissimo)

Alcune dritte per sapere come muoversi quando decidiamo di controllare la posizione di un cellulare facilmente, utilizzando mSpy L'articolo Come controllare la posizione di un cellulare facilmente tramite ...

2. ABC "fined" $350k, among others, for using presidential alert tone on TV
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... that "use of the tone was permissible". This is the so-called "Trump Alert" sent to cellphones in the event of an "emergency". AMC Networks, Discovery and Meruelo also agreed to pay out for broadcasting ...

3. Bose 700 headphones review: The pursuit of perfection
(English/engadget)

Bose once dominated the world of noise-canceling headphones. For years, the company's QuietComfort line was the industry standard, mostly due to it's best-in-class ANC (active noise cancellation). ...

4. Tutti pazzi per il cielo con l'inquinamento luminoso basso
(Italiano/Ecoblog)

Quando l'inquinamento luminoso è basso e c'è la volontà di creare eccellenze, possono nascere gioielli come il Centro Astronomico Internazionale GAL Hassin, perla scientifica delle Madonie. La... Read ...

5. Boycott these companies supporting Trump's re-election
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... social media users are bringing awareness to and calling for the cancellation of companies that support Donald Trump and his campaign efforts. Whether it be through donations or fundraising events, some ...

6. What to do when the robocalls won't stop
(English/engadget)

You recognize it the moment you pick up the phone. The quiet beat before a clearly pre-recorded message speaks ominously about your social security number getting cancelled. Or perhaps it's a call ...

7. Yahoo exec wanted Tumblr to become "the next generation PDF"
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

In this excellent Mashable article about Yahoo's disastrous $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr and its subsequent mishandling is this bit: Top Yahoo executives clashed with Tumblr, or just flat out confused ...

8. Più di 30 app pericolose da cancellare a Ferragosto in Italia
(Italiano/geekissimo)

Analisi approfondita sulle 30 app pericolose da cancellare a Ferragosto in Italia, secondo quanto emerso in giornata L'articolo Più di 30 app pericolose da cancellare a Ferragosto in Italia sembra essere ...

9. If you think Jeffrey Epstein was murdered because no prison would treat an inmate that negligently...
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Ken "Popehat" White (previously) has expanded on his excellent Twitter thread about Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in jail, and just how (shamefully) normal it is for prisoners to die in custody due to indifference, ...

10. Get this excellent screwdriver at a deep discount
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

This Wera slotted 0.5 mm x 3.0 mm x 80 mm screwdriver is on sale for just including shipping. Read the rest Read all

11. Email sign-off alignment chart
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Julia Burnham tweeted, "I woke up in a cold sweat last night to create this content. I present: the Email Sign-off Alignment." It's excellent! I woke up in a cold sweat last night to create this content. ...

12. CBS News: "Shrieking" heard from Jeffrey Epstein's cell the morning he died
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

From an unbylined, slapdash item at CBS News: CBS News has learned that the morning of Jeffrey Epstein's death there was shouting and shrieking from his jail cell. Guards attempted to revive him while ...

13. 'Minecraft' wont get that huge graphics overhaul after all
(English/engadget)

Minecraft's big Super Duper Graphics Pack is no more after two years of delays. Mojang has cancelled the visual overhaul after deciding that it was "too technically demanding" to implement. ...

14. Artist Mitch O’Connell (not Moscow Mitch McConnell) wants to erect his famous Trump/They Live billboard in Times Square
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

In 2015 my friend, the fabulous artist Mitch O'Connell, created this excellent illustration of Donald Trump as one of the evil aliens from John Carpenter's 1988 science fiction film, They Live. Once Trump ...

15. Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Insider attacks, cell-site simulators, SIM-swap attacks, thriving markets in super-cheap, fine-grained location data, robocalls, fictitious coverage maps, and more: does the fact that all this terrible ...

16. Seems like a lot of money for a motorcycle with an unattractive fairing
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... 2011. Excellent shape bike that is ready to ride! Full list of work available upon request. It will totally crack me up when we see this bike purchased and then hacked into some unfaired thug cafe racer ...

17. This USB chargeable electric lighter is a great deal
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

This USB chargeable electric lighter is excellent. I use it to start barbecues and light the burners on our ancient gas range. I've used it multiple times a day since getting it in May and have not had ...

18. SpyTracker Nano GPS tracker review
(English/the-gadgeteer)

REVIEW – Wanting to track or find physical items by attaching some sort of small device is as old as suspicion. It’s taken until the advent of small wifi and cellular transmitters to make it happen at ...

19. Samsung's 108-megapixel mobile sensor closes in on mirrorless cameras
(English/engadget)

... smartphone. The ISOCELL Bright HMX, developed by Samsu... Read all  ...

20. Excellent Utilities: peco - interactive filtering tool
(English/Linuxtoday)

peco (pronounced peh-koh) is a CLI utility that filters text interactively. Read all

21. An FDNY employee may have compromised the personal information of over 10,000 people
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Good news, everyone! If you live in New York City and your personal information wasn't already compromised by the recent, massive hack of Capital One's customer database, there's still an excellent chance ...

22. Man in bulletproof vest and carrying "tactical" rifle arrested in WalMart
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... pushing a cart and recording himself walking through the store with a cell phone when the manager pulled the fire alarm to notify customers to escape, according to CNN affiliate KYTV. "His intent was not ...

23. Ambiente: nominati i presidenti di 5 parchi nazionali
(Italiano/Ecoblog)

I parchi sono dei presidi di tutela e salvaguardia ambientale. In Italia ci sono molte eccellenze su questo fronte. Per il ruolo svolto dalle oasi naturalistiche, risulta di grande importanza la... Read ...

24. Warshipping: attack a target network by shipping a cellular-enabled wifi cracker to a company's mail-room
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

IBM's ridiculously named X-Force Red have documented a new attack vector they've dubbed "Warshipping": they mailed a sub-$100 custom, wifi-enabled low-power PC with a cellular radio to their target's ...