An Anonymous Coward writes:A funny, well written, story both written by, and about an Australian teenager seeing what information he could find out about someone from a picture of a boarding pass that was shared online. He ends up finding a former PM of Australia's passport number, phone number, and other information. The post details his technique to discover the information, and his efforts to do the right thing while not getting into trouble for being a haxor. And, also send a warning to folks to treat boarding passes and luggage tags as if they contain sensitive personal information, since, at least indirectly, they may.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
takyon, aristarchus and an anonymous submitter write in with the latest in the TikTok saga:TikTok will spin off into a separate company, partly owned by Oracle
canopic jug writes:University of Ottawa law professor, Michael Geist, writes on the copyright front that Canadian Heritage Minister, Steven Guilbeault, said the other day that it is immoral and unacceptable for web sites to link to other web sites without paying for each link.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Insomnia identified as a new risk factor for type 2 diabetes in new study which also confirms many other risk and protective factors:
We had two submissions about this just-announced story.Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings From SoftBank for $40 Billiontakyon writes:Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy that was the inspiration for the following:New report claims widespread deception by Nikola Motor and founder Trevor Milton:
RandomFactor writes:Researchers have developed a system that improves machine vision through obscuring clouds and fog.Referred to as 'confocal diffuse tomography',