av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 4, 2020 | Ted
Mexikansk polis har gripit en rumänsk liga som ”skimmat” kontokort i flera år som misstänks ha lyckats att stjäla närmare 1.2 miljarder dollar.
Ligan avslöjades redan 2015 av Brian Krebs men inte förrän nu och efter en omfattande utredning och undersökning gjord av OCCRP, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, ett journalistnätverk. Ligan, The Riviera Maya Gang, har opererat Mexico men också haft förgreningar till Europa och Asien. Ligan har manipulerat bankautomater, mutat tekniker och andra vilket gjort det möjligt att installera skimmingutrustningen så att den varit närmast helt osynlig.
Ligan har kunnat operera länge, under skydd, av mexikanska myndighetspersoner som mutats. Det har också varit en mycket stor liga på över 1000 medlemmar.
It was a badly needed vacation for Rod W. and his family. Where better to spend it than in the sun and warm sands of Playa del Carmen, a tourist hotspot on Mexico’s Riviera Maya? The resort area has long been a popular destination for Americans, where they can avoid the criminality and violence of the murderous cartels that control much of Mexico.
Or so the family thought.
At the end of a sun-drenched day, Rod wanted a cigar to go with his dinner at a local steakhouse. He left the restaurant to get cash at one of the tourist area’s ubiquitous ATMs.
Within 15 minutes, thieves had extracted over $800 from his bank account. He noticed the withdrawals at once, since he has an automated text alert set up on his phone to notify him of any transaction over $250.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 4, 2020 | Ted
Consider the following scenario: a highly infectious, sometimes deadly respiratory virus infects humans for the first time. It spreads rapidly worldwide, and the WHO declares a pandemic. The death toll starts to rise and everyone is asking the same question: when will the pandemic end? Alex Rosenthal details the three main strategies governments can use to contain and end a pandemic. [Directed by Visorama, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Bamm Bamm Wolfgang].
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 3, 2020 | Ted
As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes — a phenomenon as old as humanity itself — leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surgery. Electrical engineer Nitish Padmanaban offers a glimpse of cutting-edge tech that’s truly a sight for sore eyes: dynamic, autofocusing lenses that track your sight and adjust to what you see, both near and far.
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 30, 2020 | Ted
Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and a teacher. She’s spent years excavating every detail of her family life, trying to understand what she could have done to prevent her son’s violence. In this difficult, jarring talk, Klebold explores the intersection between mental health and violence, advocating for parents and professionals to continue to examine the link between suicidal and homicidal thinking.
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 29, 2020 | Ted
Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online — giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks — they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 25, 2020 | Ted
In the 16th century, physician Andreas Vesalius described how a suffocating animal could be kept alive by inserting a tube into its trachea and blowing air to inflate its lungs. Today, Vesalius’s treatise is recognized as the first description of mechanical ventilation— a crucial practice in modern medicine. So how do our modern ventilators work? Alex Gendler explains the life-saving technology. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson].
