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Submission + - Confident' Russia used Kaspersky software for devastating NSA attack (yahoo.com)

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bricko writes: Very high level of confidence' Russia used Kaspersky software for devastating NSA leaks
Three months after U.S. officials asserted that Russian intelligence used popular antivirus company Kaspersky to steal U.S. classified information, there are indications that the alleged espionage is related to a public campaign of highly damaging NSA leaks by a mysterious group called the Shadow Brokers.

Submission + - Politicians want to leave you voicemail — without ever ringing your cellph (recode.net)

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bricko writes: It’s part of a push by groups, including the U.S. Chamber, to relax the FCC’s robocalling rules.

Under current federal law, telemarketers and others, like political groups, aren’t allowed to launch robocall campaigns targeting cellphones unless they first obtain a consumer’s written consent.

But businesses stress that it’s a different story when it comes to “ringless voicemail” — because it technically doesn’t qualify as a phone call in the first place. In their eyes, that means they shouldn’t need a customer or voter’s permission if they want to auto-dial mobile voicemail inboxes in bulk pre-made messages about a political candidate, product or cause. And they want the FCC to rule, once and for all, that they’re in the clear.

Their argument, however, has drawn immense opposition from consumer advocates.

Submission + - The 'Human Computer' Behind the Moon Landing Was a Black Woman (thedailybeast.com)

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bricko writes: The ‘Human Computer’ Behind the Moon Landing Was a Black Woman

She calculated the trajectory of man’s first trip to the moon by hand, and was such an accurate mathematician that John Glenn asked her to double-check NASA’s computers. To top it off, she did it all as a black woman in the 1950s and 60s, when women at NASA were not even invited to meetings.

And you’ve probably never heard of her.

Meet Katherine Johnson, the African American woman who earned the nickname “the human computer” at NASA during its space race golden age.

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