🛡️ Security News
Ring is developing two-way relationships with hundreds of police departments in the US. This allows Ring users to be alerted to crime in their area via 911 data, and police departments to pull video from participating Ring devices. This is the type of functionality that most people will see and think, “Wow, I'd love to have that!”, which is why it's going to be very successful. But it's also one tiny step away from something terrifying. More
A number of critical bugs in VxWorks are going to cause issues with infrastructure for years to come. More
DARPA is building a $10 million dollar, open source voting system with a focus on security. More
It looks like China's social credit system might not be a giant monolithic system, but rather a series of siloed experiments. More
AT&T employees took bribes from a Pakistani man to put malware on the network, which allowed him to unlock 2 million phones for profit. More
CloudFlare has launched their Certificate Transparency Monitoring service, which allows you to be notified if a CA issues a cert for your domain. More
⚙️ Technology News
A farmer in Illinois is using a drone swarm to manage his crops. More
Trueface raises $3.7 million to recognize guns being pulled in realtime. More
This AI detects 11 types of emotions from a selfie. More
DoorDash has purchased Caviar for $410 million. More
Uber posted a $5.2 billion dollar loss for the quarter, and it's more evidence to me that they're not running a sustainable business. Not just financially, but ethically. It seems like they're trying to scale human unhappiness. More
👧🏼 Human News
Some farmers in dry parts of California are switching from planting crops to planting solar panels. More
The winner of the Fortnite World Cup won more than Tiger did at the Masters ($3 million). More
A new study hints that Dark Matter may be older than the Big Bang. More
A lot of couples are staying together in later age because they live apart and keep separate finances. More
The Matrix is coming back to theaters on August 30th, in Dolby and Atmos. More
TOOL is also releasing their first album in 13 years on August 30th. I'm taking the day off for religious reasons. More
💡 Ideas, Trends, & Analysis
🔥 Being Basic as a Virtue More
The Deadly Boredom of a Meaningless Life More
Mental Models Box More
Do You Have to Be a Jerk to Be Great? More
How to Reduce Shootings Interactive
🔭 Discovery
How to move your risk assessment process out of Excel. More
Millions of books secretly in the public domain and downloadable. More
🔥 The Day You Became a Better Writer More
Slurp — Bucket enumerator. More
KeyHacks — Check to see if discovered API keys are valid. More
Recon-Ng 5.0 More
📓 Notes
This is an abridged version of the show due to BlackHat/DEFCON. Back to normal next week!
🖊️ Recommendations
Turn off motion-smoothing on your TV. More
Composing better emails. More
🦉 Aphorisms / Quotes
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
~ Frank Capra
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