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What’s really behind the EU law that would ‘ban memes’ – and how to stop it before June 20

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by on June 14, 2018 at 12:14 pm
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With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of the looming plans for “censorship machines” and a “link tax” in the EU. (Catch up on these plans here.) People are realizing: Our freedom to upload media and share links, and thus to express ourselves online, is under threat. Article 13 of the Copyright Directive will force internet platforms (social networks, video sites, image hosts, etc.) to install upload filters to monitor all user uploads for copyrighted content, including in images – and thus block most memes, which…

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What’s really behind the EU law that would ‘ban memes’ – and how to stop it before June 20

Jun14
by on June 14, 2018 at 12:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors, Insider


With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of the looming plans for “censorship machines” and a “link tax” in the EU. (Catch up on these plans here.) People are realizing: Our freedom to upload media and share links, and thus to express ourselves online, is under threat. Article 13 of the Copyright Directive will force internet platforms (social networks, video sites, image hosts, etc.) to install upload filters to monitor all user uploads for copyrighted content, including in images – and thus block most memes, which…

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Researchers continue to find vulnerabilities in $9 billion cryptocurrency EOS

Jun14
by on June 14, 2018 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork, Insights


After multiple delays and controversies, EOS blockchain finally launched on June 10. But, it appears, the blockchain is still dealing with vulnerabilities. Guido Vranken, the security researcher who won $120,000 in EOS bug bounty program earlier, has discovered another vulnerability in EOS. But more worryingly, it appears he is not the only one to have found new kinks in the network. This is one EOS bug I found. Unbounded recursion in Binaryen WASM parsing https://t.co/JSnzEyP5VU (GDB backtrace: https://t.co/riW9Gg0JnB ) — Guido Vranken (@GuidoVranken) June 13, 2018 Vranken says the new flaw he discovered has to do with “unbounded recursion in…

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Researchers continue to find vulnerabilities in $9 billion cryptocurrency EOS

Jun14
by on June 14, 2018 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork, Insights


After multiple delays and controversies, EOS blockchain finally launched on June 10. But, it appears, the blockchain is still dealing with vulnerabilities. Guido Vranken, the security researcher who won $120,000 in EOS bug bounty program earlier, has discovered another vulnerability in EOS. But more worryingly, it appears he is not the only one to have found new kinks in the network. This is one EOS bug I found. Unbounded recursion in Binaryen WASM parsing https://t.co/JSnzEyP5VU (GDB backtrace: https://t.co/riW9Gg0JnB ) — Guido Vranken (@GuidoVranken) June 13, 2018 Vranken says the new flaw he discovered has to do with “unbounded recursion in…

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Apple’s newest employee perk is standing desks

Jun14
by on June 14, 2018 at 10:05 am
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Employees at Apple’s new doughnut-shaped headquarters are being issued with standing desks. This is the latest perk for staffers at Apple’s $5 billion office, which includes private in-house healthcare. Apple’s deliberately opaque about the day-to-day goings on in its headquarters, but Tim Cook revealed this tidbit of information in a Bloomberg interview with the Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein published on Wednesday. “We have given all of our employees, 100%, standing desks. If you can stand for a while, then sit, and so on and so forth, it’s much better for your lifestyle,” Cook said. Cook himself seems cognizent of the…

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