Collaborate Disseminate
James Cleverly, Britain’s new Home Secretary, is a big fan of the franchise that depicts a fascist humanity serving a zombie Emperor. Continue reading Warhammer Fan Now In Charge of Overseeing Crumbling Remnant of Vast Empire
The independent MP digitally slaughtered the former PM at a charity event over the weekend. Continue reading Jeremy Corbyn Plays ‘Doom’ Mod About Killing Margaret Thatcher
In a defense review, Britain’s government has declared its intent to grow its nuclear stockpile to ensure the safety of its nation and its allies. Continue reading The UK Wants to Grow Its Nuclear Stockpile for the First Time in 50 Years
If you compare the early PC market for the US and the UK, you’ll notice one big difference. While many US schools had Apple computers, there were significant numbers of other computers in schools, as well. In the UK, pretty much every school that had a computer had an Acorn …read more
Continue reading Econet – Britain’s Early Educational Network
State-sponsored cyberattacks against just one victim nation at a time could soon provoke a global response, if a growing number of officials around the world have their way. As the Pentagon has experimented with new authorities allowing U.S. Cyber Command to be more offensive in cyberspace, key officials have suggested there is a groundswell of support for multi-nation countermeasures in the digital age. Thomas Wingfield, the incoming deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, told CyberScoop that alliances could be a more successful way to deter hackers and strike back when they infiltrate sensitive networks. “I think that’s a more effective way to solve the problem, and I think that is the general [direction] of international law,” said Wingfield, who is still employed at National Defense University. “But I would also say we’re not there yet and states are in the process of moving international law in that direction.” For months now, the U.S. […]
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The fight between law enforcement and tech companies over encryption is about to enter another round. The U.S. government, along with the support of Australia and the U.K., has written a letter asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delay adding encryption to its messaging services until the company can ensure that the security feature won’t be a detriment to public safety. The letter, a copy of which has been seen by CyberScoop, is signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton have also reportedly signed the letter. The letter, dated Oct. 4, states that if Facebook adds encryption by default to its messaging services, it will hinder law enforcement’s ability to find illegal activity that takes place on the services. BuzzFeed News was the first to report on the letter’s […]
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As the prospects for Germany during the Second World War began to look increasingly grim, the Nazi war machine largely pinned their hopes on a number of high-tech “superweapons” they had in development. Ranging from upgraded versions of their already devastatingly effective U-Boats to tanks large enough to rival small ships, the projects ran the gamut from practical to fanciful. After the fall of Berlin there was a mad scramble by the Allied forces to get into what was left of Germany’s secretive development facilities, with each country hoping to recover as much of this revolutionary technology for themselves as …read more
Continue reading Operation Backfire: Witness to the Rocket Age
In Northern England, the hills used to be home to steam trains. The trains have long faded into history, but the sound of their whistle is making a brief return. Artist [Steve Messam] has created “Whistle” as part of The Great Exhibition of the North. [Steve] doesn’t cover the installation on his website yet, but there have been a few great articles about it in the local press.
Whistle consists of 16 steam engine whistles around Newcastle. From June 22 to September 9, you can hear the whistles at 1pm. First one whistle sounds, then another, then another after that. …read more
Continue reading The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Train Whistles
In July 1940 the German airforce began bombing Britain. This was met with polite disagreement on the British side — and with high technology, ingenuity, and improvisation. The defeat of the Germans is associated with anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes, but a significant amount of potential damage had been averted by the use of radio.
Night bombing was a relatively new idea at that time and everybody agreed that it was hard. Navigating a plane in the dark while travelling at two hundred miles per hour and possibly being shot at just wasn’t effective with traditional means. So the Germans …read more
Hackers backed by the Russian government carried out a coordinated campaign against internet traffic routers used in small offices and residences worldwide, cybersecurity officials from the U.S. and U.K. said Monday. The hackers targeted network infrastructure in the public and private sectors with the potential goals of espionage and the theft of intellectual property, the officials from the White House, Department of Homeland Security, FBI and Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) told reporters. It’s the first time U.S. and British governments have issued such a joint alert. A technical report on the hacking campaign will be issued Monday afternoon. The announcement comes as Western countries continue to sound the alarm about Russian cyber-aggression. The U.S. sanctioned several Russian oligarchs earlier this month in part because of that country’s malicious actions in cyberspace. The alert was pre-planned and the U.S. and U.K. have been coordinating its release for a long time, the […]
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