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Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism.  On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information …

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an Instagram post the Grammy award-winner said she was “honoured”, adding “thank you Benin for opening your arms and your heart to me”. The citizenship scheme is part of an initiative …

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research With iNaturalist  The New York Times Source link

On the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol. In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest. A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, …

CNN  —  An American citizen from Oklahoma was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed in an execution-style attack during the sectarian violence that flared in Syria last week. Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Syrian-American, was identified by two relatives and a friend as one of eight men whose killing was captured on a video that circulated on …

U.S. citizen who works for Commerce Dept. ensnared in Chinese exit ban  The Washington Post China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety  The New York Times Exclusive | U.S.-Based Wells Fargo Banker Blocked From Leaving China  The Wall Street Journal Wells Fargo suspends China travel after employee exit ban, source says  Reuters China imposes “exit ban” on Wells Fargo executive, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks. He would get her an inflatable bounce house, invite the whole family and shower her with gifts and treats. She was excited for the fun party and he was excited to …

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him. George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, …

US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid  Reuters Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone  AP News Farm worker who died after California Ice raid was ‘hardworking and innocent’, family says  The Guardian ICE, CBP Arrest at Least 361 Illegal Aliens During Marijuana Grow Site Operation, Rescue at …

You are probably familiar with initiatives like Seti@Home, where you donate unused computer power to some science project that needs computer cycles. [Jeff Yoshimi] wants to borrow your most powerful computer: your brain. The reason: cancer research. [Jeff’s] recent book, Gaming Cancer, has three examples: Eterna, Foldit, and Nanocrafter. All three make games out of creating biological molecules. With Foldit, you …