Month: April 2021

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The Best One Yet - 👵 “The eldest company we’ve ever covered” — Apple’s Starburst event. Natty Light’s popsicle plan. Husqvarna’s robo-mower.

Apple’s big spring event was all about purple iPhones, fancy podcasts, and 1 new gadget to never lose any of them. Budweiser’s Natty Light launching an alcoholic popsicle because it thinks you’ve been over-categorized. And Sweden’s 330-year-old Husqvarna launches a self-mowing lawn machine because of Industrialization 4.0. $BUD $HSQVY $AAPL Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Chauvin Verdict

After just 10 hours of deliberation, jurors found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd. This is what happened inside the courtroom and out on the streets.


Guests: Jon Collins, criminal justice reporter at MPR News.

Aymann Ismail, staff writer at Slate.


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NBN Book of the Day - Herbert Terrace, “Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can” (Columbia UP, 2019)

Through discussion of his famous 1970s experiment alongside new research, in Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can (Columbia University Press, 2019), Herbert Terrace argues that, despite the failure of famous attempts to teach primates to speak, from these efforts we can learn something important: the missing link between non-linguistic and linguistic creatures is the ability to use words, not to form sentences. Situating language-learning as a capacity gained through conversation, not primarily representing internal thought, Terrace takes naming as the first step towards language. By drawing on research in developmental psychology, paleoanthropology, and linguistics, Terrace builds a case for understanding human language as grounded in social interaction between mother and child, rather than an inevitable, asocial result of a person’s development.

Malcolm Keating is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS College. His research focuses on Sanskrit philosophy of language and epistemology. He is the author of Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2019) and host of the podcast Sutras (and stuff).

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New Books in Native American Studies - Candace Fujikane, “Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartography in Hawai’i” (Duke UP, 2021)

In Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawai'i (Duke University Press, 2021), Candace Fujikane draws upon Hawaiian stories about the land and water and their impact upon Native Hawai'ian struggles to argue that Native economies of abundance provide a foundation for collective work against climate change.

Fujikane contends that the practice of mapping abundance is a radical act in the face of settler capital's fear of an abundance that feeds. Cartographies of capital enable the seizure of abundant lands by enclosing "wastelands" claimed to be underdeveloped. By contrast, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) cartographies map the continuities of abundant worlds. Vital to restoration movements is the art of kilo, intergenerational observation of elemental forms encoded in storied histories, chants, and songs. As a participant in these movements, Fujikane maps the ecological lessons of these elemental forms: reptilian deities who protect the waterways, sharks who swim into the mountains, the navigator Māui who fishes up the islands, the deities of snow and mists on Mauna Kea. The laws of these elements are now being violated by toxic waste dumping, leaking military jet fuel tanks, and astronomical-industrial complexes. As Kānaka Maoli and their allies stand as land and water protectors, Fujikane calls for a profound attunement to the elemental forms in order to transform climate events into renewed possibilities for planetary abundance.

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The NewsWorthy - Guilty of Murder, Level 4: ‘Do Not Travel’ & Apple AirTags- Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • the verdict in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: what he's guilty of, what his defense team may do next, and reaction from some prominent people
  • what the body camera footage shows in another police shooting of a teenager
  • Florida's new anti-riot law
  • where federal officials are telling Americans not to travel
  • new products Apple just unveiled
  • which popular payment app started its own crypto program

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

Chauvin Guilty Verdict: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Axios, NY Times, Reuters

President Biden on Verdict: WaPo, AP, WSJ, Fox News, USA Today

OH Officer Shoots, Kills Teen: Columbus Dispatch, AP, NPR, WSYX

FL Anti-Riot Law: NPR, Fox News, WaPo, CNN

White House Greenhouse Gases Plan: NY Times, Bloomberg, WaPo

More ‘Do Not Travel’ Warnings: ABC News, USA Today, CDC, TSA, State Dept.

Apple Debuts New Products: CNBC, Axios, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Verge, TechCrunch

Venmo Accepting Cryptocurrencies: CNN, Forbes, PayPal, Venmo

New Research on Tyrannosaurus Rex: USA Today, Life Science, CNN

Work Wednesday: Companies Offer COVID Vaccinations: AP, Gartner

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Don’t Freak Out About the J&J Vaccine (with John Moore)

Dr. Bob calls up Weill Cornell immunologist John Moore to figure out what you need to know about the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They discuss why this extremely rare side effect is showing up in J&J and AstraZeneca but not Moderna or Pfizer, how people who have received the J&J vaccine should be thinking about it, and how they think this will get resolved. Plus, John’s thoughts on how the vaccines will hold up against the various variants circulating right now. 

 

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Security Unlocked - Below the OS: UEFI Scanning in Defender

All of us have seen – or at least, are familiar with – the antics of Tom and Jerry or Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. In each one the coyote or the cat set up these elaborate plans to sabotage their foe, but time and time again, the nimble mouse and the speedy bird are able to outsmart their attackers.

In our third episode discussing Ensuring Firmware Security, hosts Nic Fillingham and Natalia Godyla speak with Shweta Jha and Gowtham Reddy about developing the tools that allow for them to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals in the cat & mouse game that is cyber security.  

  

In this Episode You Will Learn: 

  • The new capabilities within Microsoft Defender to scan the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
  • How the LoJax attack compromised UEFI firmware
  • How UEFI scanning emerged as a capability  


Some Questions that We Ask: 

  • Has UEFI scanning always been possible? 
  • What types of signals is UEFI scanning searching for? 
  • What are the ways bad actors may adjust to avoid UEFI scanning? 


Resources:  

Shweta Jha’s LinkedIn

Gowtham Reddy’s LinkedIn

Defender Blog Post

Microsoft Security Blog

Nic’s LinkedIn

Natalia’s LinkedIn


Related:

Listen to: Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson

Listen to: Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault 

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What A Day - Chauvin Guilty On All Charges

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, yesterday, and now faces up to 40 years in prison. The verdict represented a rare moment of accountability in a country where law enforcement officers who kill rarely get convicted. We discuss the verdict, along with reactions from elected officials, activists, and Floyd’s family in Minneapolis. 

And in headlines: drug regulators in the EU approve distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine with a warning label, Birmingham, Alabama pardons 15,000 marijuana convictions, and religious leaders in Georgia call for a Home Depot boycott.


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