“In 2013, the environmental organization Greenpeace randomly tested 18 chinese green tea samples, and found that 12 of them contained banned pesticides. Japanese matcha tea, on the other hand, abide by more stringent standards on use of pesticides.”
J・アサンジを尊敬するオーストラリア国防省若手官僚が機密情報を4chanに漏えい“A former Australian Department of Defence worker is facing trial for allegedly leaking classified files to the 4chan messaging forum.”
“Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced a proposed change to its content policy that would lock away the worst of the worst (中略) behind a wall, making it only visible to those who log in to the site and actively seek it out. Judging from the immediate reaction, there are three major camps.”
レズビアン絵文字"Kimberly Linn, a creative director in LA, was so frustrated by Apple's lack of lesbian-themed emojis last year that she started making them herself. (略) Lesbian Emojis began as an Instagram account of Linn's designs, which touch on popular lesbian jokes and stereotypes."
“The old textile factory complex, called Calafou (中略) a haven for anarchists and social activists who wish to live outside of the capitalist system (中略) The cooperative is nicknamed "Hackafou" by resident hackers, who spend their time looking for ways to make bitcoin”
“Two doctors concluded the girl's medical evaluations showed she was mentally incompetent to proceed in her defense, her lawyers said.(中略) If convicted for attempted homicide as adults, the girls face up to 60 years; if convicted as juveniles, they could be put in jail until they're 25.”
eBayに対するパンダアップデートの影響 “We've previously reported that the update, known as "Panda 4.0," has stripped eBay of 80% of its best search listings, according to Larry Kim, CEO of search marketing company Wordstream."
“Well-known hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, who released thousands of iPad users' email addresses to point out a flaw in AT&T's servers, is starting a hedge fund.”
“Satoshi's solution was what has become known as the blockchain: a ledger of all transactions owned and monitored by everyone but ultimately controlled by none.(中略)Perhaps the most straightforward example of a post-Bitcoin srvice currently using Satoshi's blockchain is Proof Of Existence.”
“Firefox, for instance, was talking about delivering a $25 smartphone. Someone here at MWC snapped aphoto of a $35 dollar smartphone from a Chinese manufacturer. ”
“Project Tango has Kinect-like vision with a special chipset so that it can process what it sees. Using the phone's 3D sensors, it can actually build out a visual map of rooms.”
“Tor, the anonymous, encrypted, parallel web network favored by drug dealers, pedophiles, and privacy activists, is under attack from a Russian botnet and no one knows why.”
“Reddit CEO Yishan Wong admitted last night that financially, the "front page of the internet" does not make money despite having 70 million monthly readers.(中略)he explained that the quirky news aggregation site might break even at the end of the year.”
“Unfortunately, the occasion of their "reunion" is not a gig but rather an op-ed published by USA Today about not getting proper compensation, specifically from Internet radio provider Pandora.”
“U.S. Pirate Party plans to create a new social network that will let Americans communicate without the National Security Agency spying on them, one of the party's "captains" told Business Insider.”