The tragic — and totally avoidable — self-destruction of one of the world’s richest oil economies.
How Venezuela Struck It Poor
Month: May 2020
The Gruesome and Heroic Afterlife of Peter the Dog
The grisly murder of Athol McCowan gripped a sleepy coastal region in Australia. But even more shocking was how the killer’s exhumed pet dog served as star witness in the trial.
The Dukes of Oxy: How a Band of Teen Wrestlers Built a Smuggling Empire
The gutted teddy bears were tossed everywhere, the slit carcasses and polyester innards strewn on the floor and kitchen table along with tens of thousands of dollars in fifties and hundreds — stacks of notes being tallied in an automatic money counter. On the table, there was a Glock .45, a Remington .308 sniper rifle, and scores of pharmaceutical vials containing thousands of opiate pills.
The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World
Near-miss math provides exact representations of almost-right answers.
Android devices on older firmware exposed to security vulnerability, warns SingCERT
Android devices running on operating system versions 9.0 and earlier — or about 90 per cent of users — may be exposed to a security vulnerability that could allow attackers to hijack an installed application and gain unauthorised access to sensitive data.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/android-devices-older-firmware-exposed-security-vulnerability-warns-singcert
70 Percent of Mobile, Desktop Apps Contain Open-Source Bugs
A lack of awareness about where and how open-source libraries are being used is problematic, researchers say.
Henry Johnson, the One-Man Army Who Fought Off Dozens of German Soldiers During World War I
In May 1918, Henry Johnson found himself alone in the Argonne with a wounded ally, an empty rifle, and dozens of German soldiers closing in. He didn’t run. He fought.
The man in the iron lung
When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another.
The Icy Village Where You Must Remove Your Appendix
There’s a settlement in Antarctica with a school, a post office and a huddle of homes. It’s like other sub-zero villages, except for one thing: families must have surgery to move in.
Dieselgate: German court rules Volkswagen must buy back car involved in fake emissions tests
A top German court ruled Monday that Volkswagen must buy back a diesel car it modified to appear less polluting, a decision that could influence the outcome of tens of thousands of other “dieselgate” cases.