Friday, 1 July 2016

Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief

Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief

There are billions of wireless devices around the world and every one has a unique fingerprint. That can be very useful if a device is stolen.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/your-wireless-footprint-can-help-police-catch-a-thief-60117?source=Snapzu

Disney Plans 'Wreck-It Ralph' Sequel for 2018

Disney Plans 'Wreck-It Ralph' Sequel for 2018

Director Rich Moore and writer Phil Johnston will reteam for the follow-up to the 2012 video game-inspired animation. Walt Disney Animation is gonna wreck-it … again! The studio has unveiled a sequel to Wreck-It Ralph that is set to hit theaters March 9, 2018. Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore and screenwriter Phil Johnston made the announcement Thursday via a Facebook Live video on the Disney page.
Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-plans-wreck-ralph-sequel-907608?source=Snapzu

How ‘Advantage Players’ Game the Casinos - They’re not cheaters. Instead, they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can.

How ‘Advantage Players’ Game the Casinos - They’re not cheaters. Instead, they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can.

On Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, James Grosjean sat at a steel table outside a Starbucks. In the near distance stood a sign for a local casino, the Palms, where he has been shown the door more than once. Being run out of casinos is an occupational hazard for Grosjean, a professional gambler who majored in applied math at Harvard and briefly considered careers on Wall Street and in academia.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/how-advantage-players-game-the-casinos.html?source=Snapzu

Photographing the Quiet Majesty of America's Public Libraries

Photographing the Quiet Majesty of America's Public Libraries

Over the past 18 years, in between other projects, San Francisco-based photographer Robert Dawson has captured nearly 700 public libraries across 48 states. Doing so drove home how essential libraries are, especially for lower-income visitors who can’t always otherwise access the educational tools—especially digital ones—that libraries provide. Dawson says he was also struck by the pride and value almost everyone he met seemed to place on their libraries, no matter where they were.
Read more: http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/06/robert-dawson-american-public-libraries/487352/?source=Snapzu

What’s the Best Mosquito Repellent?

What’s the Best Mosquito Repellent?

Because getting bit bites.
Read more: http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/06/best-mosquito-repellent-bug-spray-review.html?source=Snapzu

Elie Wiesel Visits Disneyland

Elie Wiesel Visits Disneyland

The Holocaust survivor’s under-appreciated journalistic work for ‘The Forverts,’ unearthed—including a dispatch from The Happiest Place on Earth. By Menachem Butler.
Read more: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/206125/elie-wiesel-visits-disneyland?source=Snapzu

Facebook is chipping away at privacy – and my profile has been exposed

Facebook is chipping away at privacy – and my profile has been exposed

Quietly, over the last year, Facebook has killed the concept of a private account. The site has always had a love-hate relationship with privacy: it’s long offered some of the most granular controls of any social network for choosing who sees what content, letting users make posts visible on a sliding scale from “everyone” to “only me”.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/29/facebook-privacy-secret-profile-exposed?source=Snapzu