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Submission + - US cops make 'first ever' Bitcoin seizure following house raid (websitenews.co)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: American cops have made their first ever seizure of Bitcoin after raiding the house of an alleged drug dealer. The Drug Enforcement Administration seized a haul of 11.02 Bitcoins (worth $814.22 at today's rates) from an address in South Carolina on April 12. They were in the possession of a man suspected of dealing drugs using the infamous Silk Road marketplace, accessible only as a hidden Tor service. The case came to light thanks to eagle-eyed Bitcoin advocates, who searched the police record of seizures.

Submission + - What will happen if an EMP bomb goes off over America? (theblackvault.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A newly released document detailing what would to America if an EMP bomb has been released.

According to the document, "This report presents the Commission's assessment of the effects of a high altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on our critical national infrastructures. When a nuclear explosion occurs at high altitude, the EMP signal it produces will cover a wide geographic region within the line of sight of the detonation. Because of the dependence of U.S. society on the electrical power system, its vulnerability to an EMP attack, coupled with the EMP's particular damage mechanisms, creates the possibility of long-term, catastrophic consequences. The consequences of an EMP event should be prepared for and protected against to the extent reasonably possible. Cold War-style deterrence is not likely to be an effective threat against potential protagonists that are either failing states or trans-national groups. Therefore, making preparations to manage the effects of an EMP attack is critical to reducing the consequences, and thus probability, of attack. The appropriate national-level approach should balance prevention, protection, and recovery. This volume focuses on a description of the potential vulnerabilities of our critical national infrastructures; the chapters in this document deal individually with the EMP threat to each critical infrastructure separately. It is also important to understand that not only mutual interdependence may be enabled by technology advances, but also technologies that have facilitated this growing interdependence may be common across the many individual infrastructures. In particular, the Commission thought it important to single out the growth and common infrastructural infiltration of one particular transformative technology, the development of automated monitoring and control systems known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems."

Document is available at: http://www.theblackvault.com/m/articles/view/Electromagnetic-Pulse-EMP-Weapons

Submission + - Google Building Futuristic Office Park On NASA Campus (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by kkleiner
kkleiner writes: Google recently revealed plans to build a new Bay View office park at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley. Unlike other Google offices that have been acquired in the Googleplex, the new complex will be built from teh ground up and feature natural lighting, solar power, outdoor rooms, a university-esque quad, and of course, Google's staple of food, cafes, and rec areas. The campus is home to NASA's AMES Research Center along with four university branches, including the main location for Singularity University.

Comment Feeding the Beast (Score 4, Insightful) 197

The problem with EA is that they have shitty customer relations/service, and are incredibly greedy. So people get all pissed off and swear they'll never buy another game published by EA ever again. But we forget that EA owns a lot of really great developers that make some kickass games (Anyone excited for the new Battlefront?). So we end up buying the awesome games and just feed the beast a little more.

Submission + - NSA Cozier with Big Data than Snowden Revealed (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by some old guy
some old guy writes: Bloomberg, not exactly a radical publication, is running an informative article that summarizes a lot of what we've long suspected about the US Government's cozy relationship with tech companies. Some of the statements from corporate officers are as full of doublespeak as the latest official commentary.

Submission + - How next-gen gaming broke the fourth wall at E3 2013 (redbull.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: E3 has wrapped for another year. While the headlines concentrated on the Xbox One/PS4 price war, in amidst the new consoles, sequels and new IP, there was a discernible new trend that largely flew under the radar: games making full use of the cameras, phones and tablets plugged into our living room to break the fourth wall. From Dead Rising 3's ability to use Kinect and the sound on your side of the screen to give away your player's location to nearby zombies to Quantum Break's gameshow format, it looks like we can expect plenty more mindboggling in the years to come — not to mention lots of second screen integration.

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