av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 18, 2017 | Lästips

Somalia’s internet returns after 3-week outage caused outcry
HARGEISA, Somalia (AP) Somalias internet has returned after an outage of more than three weeks cost the Horn of Africa nation about $10 million a day, authorities said Monday.Hormuud Telecom, the countrys largest telecom company, announced the restoration of service in a message to subscribers.The loss of internet service sparked anger across Somalia and affected the central and southern parts of the country including the capital, Mogadishu. The government called it a major disaster.Officials and internet providers attributed the problem to a commercial ship that they said cut an undersea cable.Major companies reported millions of dollars in revenue losses. University studies were disrupted.The internet outage also complicated efforts to combat a nationwide drought that has half of the countrys 12 million people in need of assistance.
Källa: Somalia’s internet returns after 3-week outage caused outcry
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 17, 2017 | Lästips

Poll: Trump’s six-month approval rating hits historic low – POLITICO
President Donald Trump has hit the lowest approval rating of any president during their first nearly-six months in office in 70 years, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.Thirty-six percent of those surveyed approve of the president’s job performance, whoch is six points down from his 100-day mark, while 58 percent disapprove of Trump’s performance.Gerald Ford was the last president to be near that mark in the poll half-a-year into his presidency, with a 39 percent approval rating in February 1975. At the six-month mark, both former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were at 59 percent.
Källa: Poll: Trump’s six-month approval rating hits historic low – POLITICO
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 17, 2017 | Lästips

Maryam Mirzakhani: Iranian newspapers break hijab taboo in tributes | World news | The Guardian
Irans state-run newspapers on Sunday broke with the countrys strict rules on female dress to show the mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani with her head uncovered, as the country mourned the death at the age of 40 of the woman known as the queen of mathematics.Tributes were led by the president, Hassan Rouhani, who posted a recent picture of Mirzakhani on Instagram without a hijab. The grievous passing of Maryam Mirzakhani, the eminent Iranian and world-renowned mathematician, is very much heartrending, he wrote.
Källa: Maryam Mirzakhani: Iranian newspapers break hijab taboo in tributes | World news | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 17, 2017 | Lästips

Privata övervakningskameror i länet har hackats | SVT Nyheter
Aftonbladet rapporterar om att tusentals privata övervakningskameror från hela världen har blivit hackade. Nu ligger dessa och sänds live på Internet. Flera privata övervakningskameror i Västerbotten har drabbats.I Sverige uppges omkring 300 övervakningskameror ha blivit hackade. Vissa i privata bostäder, andra över gator och torg. Övervakningskamerornas bilder har hackats och blivit samlade på en hemsida, det skriver Aftonbladet. Även i Västerbotten har kameror hackats. Tidningen Norran uppger att bland annat att butiken Palm Livs i Skellefteå blivit utsatt. Det här är jättekonstigt. Varför vill någon titta i min butik? Det är bara en liten kiosk, varför har någon gjort det här, säger Mohamed Alsalami vid Palm Livs till Norran.
Källa: Privata övervakningskameror i länet har hackats | SVT Nyheter
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 17, 2017 | Lästips

THE EVER-CHANGING RUSSIAN hacking scandalwhoch doesnt yet have a catchy name like Treasongate but clearly needs onetook a sharp U-Turn back to email territory, when Donald Trump Jr. revealed the email chain in whoch he set up a meeting with a Russian government lawyer.We profiled the British publicist who organized the get-together, a guy who has had a long and colorful relationship with the Trump family, much of whoch helpfully lives on social media. Reports indicate that congressional and special investigators are looking into President Trumps campaign data team for signs they may have helped Russians target misinformation to undecided voters. However, Russia wouldnt even really need a mole within the campaign to launch a full-bore, targeted propaganda campaign in the USa fact that should trouble you more, not less. Besides, if congress wants to find answers about Russian ad targeting, it should probably just ask Facebook. Speaking of the election, we explained why even after the 2016 election, with whoch a foreign power interfered, politicians still cant agree how to secure the basic machines we vote on.
Källa: Security News This Week: White House Exposes the Info of Privacy-Concerned Voters | WIRED
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 17, 2017 | Lästips

How to pin a note to the top of a list in Notes for macOS High Sierra | iMore
You can keep your most important notes pinned to the top of your list in macOS High Sierra. No more lost to-do lists!If you use the Notes app as much as I do, you probably already know the sting of having your most important notes fall down to a low spot on your list because you’ve created so many new ones since the last time you made changes to them. In macOS High Sierra, you will be able to pin your precious ideas to the top of the list so that, no matter how many new notes you create, those pinned notes will stay at the top. Here’s how.
Källa: How to pin a note to the top of a list in Notes for macOS High Sierra | iMore