Saturday, September 9, 2023

Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames "a web caching issue" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some Wyze security camera owners report briefly seeing feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames “a web caching issue”  —  Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren't theirs …



How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums  —  - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.



How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown (Vincent Manancourt/Politico)

Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown  —  LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.



Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering "future content" (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering “future content”  —  The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.



Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...