The Cleveland Police Department is searching for a man named Steve “Stevie Steve” Stephens in connection with the murder of an elderly man that was broadcast live on Stephens’ Facebook page. In earlier posts, he claimed to be perpetrating an “Easter day slaughter.” Read more…
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Police Searching for This Man Who Allegedly Posted a Murder Live on Facebook
Toshiba, one of Japan’s most storied companies, is in serious trouble. The company was supposed to report its quarterly earnings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, but it never showed up. Instead, it said it wasn’t ready and begged for another month to file. Read more…
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Toshiba Is $6.3 Billion in the Hole After Some Terrible Business Decisions
Enlarge (credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images News) One quarter of all body-worn camera footage from the Oakland, Calif. police was accidentally deleted in October 2014, according to the head of the relevant unit. As per the San Francisco Chronicle , Sgt. Dave Burke testified on Tuesday at a murder trial that this was, in fact, a mistake. This incident marks yet another setback in the efforts to roll out body-worn cameras to police agencies nationwide. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Police IT staff checked wrong box, deleted 25% of body cam footage
Lacking a decent keyboard for password entry, it’s tricky to secure a wearable computer so that someone else can’t just put it on and access your private files. But researchers have come up with a better alternative , by listening to the unique sound of the wearer’s skull. Read more…
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You’ll Never Forget Your Password When It’s the Sound Your Skull Makes
This might look unlike most cockroaches you’ve ever seen—but that’s because it was probably quite a lot more aggressive than any you’ve seen, too. It had to be, because, it likely survived by hunting (admittedly quite small) prey, some 100 million years ago. Read more…
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This Mean Predatory Cockroach Was Caught in Amber 100 Million Years Ago
An eReader lets travelers bring thousands of books with them on their journeys, but what if each of those stories was customized to wherever they happened to be at the moment? Read more…
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GPS eReader Lets the Book Take Place Wherever the Reader Is Located
Wikipedia’s parent organization just joined the fight against dragnet government surveillance. Read more…
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Wikipedia Just Joined the List of Pissed-Off Organizations Suing the NSA
Answering “I need to hide a body” used to be one of Siri’s little jokes. She used to give suggestions. She doesn’t anymore. Why? We can’t be sure, but it miiight have something to do with an accused murderer who asked the question apparently in earnest . Read more…
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Yep, a Murder Suspect Actually Asked Siri Where to Hide the Body
Since at least 2007, DEA agents and local police detectives have had regular access to a gigantic database that contains detailed records of every American phone call that’s passed through an AT&T switch in the past 26 years. The program, named the Hemisphere Project, also pays AT&T employees to work alongside drug-enforcement officers stationed in three states. Read more…
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AT&T Partnered With DEA to Provide Access to 26 Years of Phone Records
An anonymous reader points out an AP report which says a judge in Guatemala has ordered the release of John McAfee from a detention center. “Lawyer Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the ruling, but added that it may take a day for formal written notification to win McAfee’s release, possibly as soon as Wednesday.” McAfee, on the run from Belizean police, was arrested in Guatemala several days ago after making himself known to authorities. He did so because a pair of reporters who were interviewing him posted a photo which included metadata on the photo’s location. In a live broadcast on Sunday, McAfee expressed a desire to return to the U.S. “I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years. My long-term plan was simply to get away from Belize, think, and decide what to do.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Guatemala Judge Orders McAfee Released