Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Intel Reportedly Warned of Critical Chip Security Flaws a Year Ago
https://gizmodo.com/intel-reportedly-warned-of-critical-chip-security-flaws-1839807262 #security #bigtech

Last Arctic ice refuge is disappearing
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191112114009.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Google is reportedly gathering health data on millions of Americans
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/11/google-ascension-patient-records-project-nightingale/ #google #bigtech #privacy

'It's Where People Die': Australia Faces Unprecedented 'Catastrophic' Bush Fire Weather

https://earther.gizmodo.com/its-where-people-die-australia-faces-unprecedented-cat-1839777881 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Europe Is Toughest on Big Tech, Yet Big Tech Still Reigns

Europe’s regulators have taken antitrust actions against numerous tech companies. None have faced more scrutiny over the past decade than Google — yet critics say it has emerged virtually unscathed. Its revenue rose to $137 billion in 2018, up from $23.7 billion in 2009, when rivals filed the first antitrust complaint.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/europe-technology-antitrust-regulation.html #google #bigtech

Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191111100931.htm #facebook #socialmedia

Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels

http://flip.it/sjrICb #climatechange #climatecrisis

How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong

Had a scientist in the early 1990s suggested that within 25 years a single heat wave would measurably raise sea levels, at an estimated two one-hundredths of an inch, bake the Arctic and produce Sahara-like temperatures in Paris and Berlin, the prediction would have been dismissed as alarmist. But many worst-case scenarios from that time are now realities.

https://nyti.ms/34D2av8 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Arctic shifts to a carbon source due to winter soil emissions
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191108132421.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Australia's Terrifying Bushfires Remind Us Climate Change Is Here
https://earther.gizmodo.com/australias-terrifying-bushfires-remind-us-climate-chang-1839718885 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191106083624.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

The Librem 13 reviewed by Unbox Therapy – #Purism
https://puri.sm/posts/the-librem-13-reviewed-by-unbox-therapy/

Why is Australia trying to shut down climate activists?

A surge of climate activism is flooding Australia as the country falls behind on its promise to reduce emissions — effectively ignoring the Paris Agreement the Trump administration just abandoned. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is arguing that the government should outlaw “indulgent and selfish” efforts by environmental groups to rattle businesses with rallies and boycotts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/world/australia/australia-climate-protests-coal.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Does everything become evil? https://gizmodo.com/does-everything-become-evil-1839638527 #labor

Scientists declare climate emergency, establish global indicators for effective action
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191105104422.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

By shirking its responsibility to filter out lies, Facebook is a threat to civic society

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/05/facebook-civic-society-political-speech-howard-dean?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #facebook #bigtech #libremone

Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/climate-crisis-11000-scientists-warn-of-untold-suffering?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

When ‘Big Brother’ Isn’t Scary Enough
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/surveillance-big-brother.html

As surveillance technology grows more complex, it outpaces public understanding of the threats it poses. The future of surveillance looks far more expansive and invasive than the Big Brother metaphor can capture. Where we’re headed, we’re going to need better metaphors — ones that accurately capture the diffuse, discriminatory and often secretive nature of both government and private surveillance. #bigtech

The Paris Agreement Isn't Enough to Stop the Seas From Devouring Our Coasts
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-paris-agreement-isnt-enough-to-stop-the-seas-from-d-1839614695 #climatechange #climatecrisis