Pre-Crime

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune * * * 2020 Alert reader dk (not to be confused with DK)…

On the upside, the Bureau recovered more than US$300 million in funds lost to online scams last year In 2019, the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received more than 467,000 cybercrime complaints that caused an estimated US$3.5 billion in losses, according to the Bureau’s annual 2019 Internet Crime…

On a 92-degree morning in September, three clinic escorts gathered in the meager shade of a tree outside the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives. They arrive here at 8:30 a.m. on the dot, regular as clock-punchers, on the three days a week the Huntsville clinic is open to perform…

Security threats targeting Apple Macs are outnumbering those that threaten Windows computers for the first time ever, according to a new report. Last year the number of recorded Mac cyber threats detected by anti-malware firm Malwarebytes increased a huge 400 per cent from the figure recorded for 2018.The firm detected an…

Cybersecurity platform war as Apple Mac threats outpace Microsoft Windows ones for first time. LightRocket via Getty Images My first experience of technology platform wars was back in 1985 when the protagonists were Amiga and Atari. I was an Amiga person and went on to write about the platform for…

Yesterday, February 7, Apple got slapped with a 25 million euro ($27 million) fine by France's Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF). In what is tantamount to a corporate smack on the wrist (Apple probably spends more than $27 million a year on toilet paper), French…

The first India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave held in Lucknow on February 06, coinciding with DefExpo-2020, adopted the Lucknow Declaration. Following is the full text of the declaration:  1.         We, the Defence Ministers and Heads of Delegation from African countries and the Defence Minister of the Republic of India held the…

Art: Apple Gatherers, Camille Pissaro, 1891My fifth grade teacher, Mr. Stains, had a big energy about him. He imparted two American cultural norms upon me. First, he taught me about the religion of American football. (If you’re also interested in learning more, I recommend Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.)  …

Two men have been found guilty of “intentionally encouraging consumers ” to watch films and sports illegally through so-called ‘Kodi boxes’ that they were selling. Back in July 2017, an undercover team from Hertfordshire Trading Standards caught Thomas Tewelde and Mohamed Abdou selling “black box tv” devices at Bovingdon Market in…

Senior Emily Cardona and her teacher Megan Pap, center, confer on a classroom project using data on teenage depression in the Introduction to Data Science class at Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach, Calif. —Patrick T. Fallon for Education Week Data science classes are popping up in…