Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, the majority of the world recoiled in horror. But individuals active within Gamergate – either a movement dedicated to harassing women and what the group calls Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) in the games industry and/or campaigning for better transparency and ethical standards within the media, depending on who you ask – had a different reaction. They used this tragedy to present a Gamergate critic, Canadian journalist Veerender Jubbal, as one of the Paris terrorists.
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After raising £2,335,119 ($3.6 million) from more than 12,000 backers, Torquing Group informed backers today (Nov. 18) that it is shutting down its project to manufacture a tiny drone called Zano that would’ve allowed people to take selfies from the air. The troubled company had been plagued with delays after missing its original ship date of June 2015. Last week, CEO Ivan Reedman resigned from the company, citing “personal health issues and irreconcilable differences.”
Source : After raising $3.6 million, Europe’s most successful Kickstarter project has folded – Quartz
Starting today, we are testing tools to help people manage how they interact with their former partners on Facebook after a relationship has ended
Source : Facebook Breakups Just Got a Little Less Depressing | WIRED
Les chances que vous mourriez en glissant dans votre salle de bain sont un millier de fois plus grandes que celles de mourir à cause du terrorisme.
Pavel Durov – Telegram
Source : Telegram, le service de communication privilégié de l’Etat islamique, ferme 78 comptes
The case for expanded surveillance of communications, however, is complicated by an analysis of recent terrorist attacks. The Intercept has reviewed 10 high-profile jihadi attacks carried out in Western countries between 2013 and 2015 (see below), and in each case some or all of the perpetrators were already known to the authorities before they executed their plot. In other words, most of the terrorists involved were not ghost operatives who sprang from nowhere to commit their crimes.
Source : From Paris to Boston, Terrorists Were Already Known to Authorities
If an unauthorized user were to unlock their drone and fly in a restricted space, DJI would be able to help authorities track down the user.
Source : Drone companies are doubling down on maps with safety in mind – The Washington Post
Volvo wants us to embrace the commute. The company announced Nov. 18 that it’s planning to have an autonomous vehicle on the streets of Sweden by 2017.
Source : Volvo wants to put self-driving cars on the roads in two years, ahead of Google and Ford – Quartz
A new place to fundraise. Fundraisers are a dedicated place to raise funds from a nonprofit’s Page for a specific campaign.
Source : Introducing New Tools for Nonprofits | Facebook Newsroom
Le ministre de l’intérieur peut prendre toute mesure pour assurer l’interruption de tout service de communication au public en ligne provoquant à la commission d’actes de terrorisme ou en faisant l’apologie.
Source : Assemblée nationale ~ PROROGATION DE L’ÉTAT D’URGENCE (no 3237) – Amendement no 57
Reuters, the news and photography agency, has issued an outright ban on photographs captured and submitted in RAW format. Instead, freelance contributors must now only submit photos that were processed and stored as JPEG inside the camera.
Source : Reuters bans submission of RAW photos: “Our photos must reflect reality.” | Ars Technica









