The headline states that the app is flawed, but the summary suggests only a flawed policy.

Just curious - would be possible for Apple to install a special version of iOS that changed the facial recognition code to simply return "true" and unlock the phone? If so, does this then make it less secure than a passcode alone? It's hard to see how facial or thumbprint recognition isn't a point of vulnerability for a hacked os. Would love to hear an explanation from someone who understands this.

The feds approve all these mergers and eliminate competition. They're part of the problem.

All major automobile advances originated in motorsports. Engine and drivetrain durability, fuel efficiency, disc brakes, overhead camshafts, antilock brakes, independent suspension, active suspension, crumple zones, aerodynamics, and incredible advances in tire manufacturing are but a few of the technologies in your passenger car because of their beginnings in motorsports.

Why are auto manufacturers so interested in motorsports? Because what they learn there will translate to their manufacturing of passenger vehicles.

Without auto racing, your car would still be getting 10mpg, your tires would never last 10,000 miles - resulting in dangerous blowouts, and your engine would be lucky to last 100,000 miles. How would all that be for the environment?

I still want them to show in my Inbox because I still need to see that jobs ran successfully. Rummaging through the trash is more inconvenient that clicking Delete.

I would love to have a filter to delete my email after X days. I get lots of mail generated from daily and weekly jobs. I don't need to keep for more than a week or two and it would be nice if they could delete themselves.

Why is there no simple way to automate this?

Perhaps these particles are the result of the bottle manufacturing and are already inside the empty bottle before the water is added? Certainly they're not manufactured in a cleanroom so there must be some amount of plastic dust in the air that will find its way inside bottles.

It was two drug wholesalers that knowingly shipped all those pills and looked the other way. There is no way they would not have seen this as suspicious, but why question a huge revenue stream?

Ohio-based Miami-Luken drug wholesaler reportedly sold 6.4 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to Tug Valley Pharmacy between 2008 and 2015, the company told the panel, according to the outlet. In 2008, the company’s shipments to the town tripled compared to the previous year.

Some executive(s) needs to go to prison and become a warning to other wholesalers.

Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue of a programmer. Also hence, this book. See also impatience and hubris.

--Larry Wall, Programming Perl (2nd edition) p.609

Penalties for racketeering are up to $25,000 in fines and 20 years in prison so imprisonment is implied.

Science has always progressed through rigorous debate of differing theories. However, these debates should be done in the labs -- not in courtrooms with the intent to destroy any opposition.

A recent Rasmussen poll states:

But 68% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose the government investigating and prosecuting scientists and others including major corporations who question global warming.

Seriously? 32% of Americans are not opposed to imprisoning scientists having theories that differ from the political establishment?!

Ridiculous you say? It's already happening with a number of climate scientists calling on Obama to bring racketeering charges on skeptics:

The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming.

Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.”

Have we really not progressed from the inquisition of Galileo? Time to wake up, America!

It's hard to take the "facts" seriously when there appears to be obvious fraud involved. Climategate continues as temperature data seem to be systematically falsified:
https://notalotofpeopleknowtha... (Yes, it's a wordpress site, but data is from nasa.)

How can you take scientists seriously when being "right" becomes the agenda instead of pursuit of the truth? Critiques should be embraced to ensure we didn't miss something instead of being quickly dismissed as ignorant "deniers". Present ALL the facts transparently and truthfully - including funding - and let the scientific community draw the conclusions. Chips and heads fall where they may.

Fear of losing credibility, reputation, and funding is corrupting scientists and ruining science.

This is precisely the issue! Universities are no different than any other market; it's ruled by supply and demand. When the government provides an nearly endless supply of money, is there any surprise that rates hikes will follow? They charge more and more because they can.

Eric,

Just send us your hard drives, we'll gladly save you the trouble of thoroughly deleting your data at no charge!

Regards,

Keith B. Alexander
National Security Agency Director