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Apple says it’s already patched ‘many’ iOS vulnerabilities identified in WikiLeaks’ CIA dump Apple has issued a statement to say that it has already fixed major security flaws in its iOS software identified in last night’s WikiLeaks CIA document dump. The company said that the latest public version of iOS, released in January, has already patched “many” critical vulnerabilities that had been detailed in the files, while Apple engineers continue to work to fix others that were known to the CIA. On Tuesday night, Wikileaks published 8,761 documents and files that it claims were obtained from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. In addition to vulnerabilities in Android and Samsung Smart TVs, the documents detail 14 iOS exploits, describing how these security holes could be used to track users, monitor their communications, or even take control of their phones. “While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest iOS,” the statement reads, “[Apple] will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities.” The company doesn’t specify exactly which of the 14 flaws have already been fixed, nor when it plans to roll out patches for vulnerabilities that persist, but it says that iOS users should keep up to date to get them as soon as possible. “We always urge customers to download the latest iOS to make sure they have the most recent security updates,” Apple says. Despite the dramatic nature of the WikiLeaks dump, this is hardly the first report of the CIA targeting Apple and other device makers as a technique for spying. Such practices are common among intelligence agencies, which look for security holes in consumer products as a means to conduct espionage. One of the more high-profile examples came when the FBI reportedly purchased a software vulnerability in order to access the iPhone of a dead terrorist involved in last year's massacre at San Bernardino.

Night-time in America's small towns Photographer Daniel Freeman made the ultimate road trip across America to follow in the footsteps of photographers such as Stephen Shore, William Eggleston and Robert Frank. Starting in Boston, on the east coast, and ending on the west in Oakland, California, Freeman deliberately avoided the big cities, instead visiting the small towns of everyday America. In order to show the USA in an novel way, Freeman took his photographs at night, often using his car headlights to illuminate details in his nocturnal portraits.

Apple, Samsung and Microsoft react to WikiLeaks' CIA dump APPLE, MICROSOFT AND SAMSUNG have responded to the revelations that the CIA has compromised their products. Wikileaks on Tuesday published 8,761 documents dubbed 'Year Zero', the first part in a series of leaks on the agency that Wikileaks has dubbed 'Vault 7'. The whistleblowing foundation claims the document dump reveals full details of the CIA's 'global covert hacking program', including 'weaponised exploits' used against operating systems including Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and "even Samsung TVs, which are turned into cover microphones". The documents claim that CIA's Mobile Devices Branch has created multiple tools for hacking both Android and iOS smartphones, enabling it to remotely acquire location data, audio and text communications, and to switch on the phones' camera and microphones at will. While Google has yet to comment, Apple has released a statement and claims it has already fixed many of the vulnerabilities exploited by the CIA. "The technology built into today's iPhone represents the best data security available to consumers, and we're constantly working to keep it that way," a spokesperson told the BBC. "Our products and software are designed to quickly get security updates into the hands of our customers, with nearly 80 per cent of users running the latest version of our operating system. "While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest iOS, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. "We always urge customers to download the latest iOS to make sure they have the most recent security update." Microsoft's Windows OS is also named also a target, with Wikileaks noting, "The CIA also runs a very substantial effort to infect and control Microsoft Windows users with its malware." In response, Microsoft said vaguely that it is "are aware of the report in question" and "urgently looking into the matter." Linux has also fallen victim to the CIA's shady hacking tactics, according to the leak, but the Linux Foundation has yet to comment. Perpahs one of Wikileaks' most shocking revelations was that the CIA is also targeting Samsung smart TVs using a surveillance technique dubbed 'Weeping Angel', which was reportedly created in partnership with the UK's MI5. This tool allegedly allows government agencies to place Samsung TVs into "fake-off mode", that allows conversations to be recorded even when the television appears to be switched off. Samsung has responded and, like Microsoft, said it is urgently looking into it. "Protecting consumers' privacy and the security of our devices is a top priority at Samsung," a spokesperson said. "We are aware of the report in question and are urgently looking into the matter." Naturally, human rights watchdog Privacy International has been quick to comment on the revelations. "If today's leaks are authenticated, they demonstrate what we've long been warning about government hacking powers - that they can be extremely intrusive, have enormous security implications, and are not sufficiently regulated," a spokesperson told the INQUIRER. "Insufficient security protections in the growing amount of devices connected to the internet or so-called "smart" devices, such as Samsung Smart TVs, only compound the problem, giving governments easier access to our private lives. If the CIA knew of security weaknesses in the devices many of us use - from "smart" phones to "smart" TVs - they should have been working with companies to fix the vulnerabilities, not exploit them. "Privacy International continues to fight for transparency and accountability around government hacking and sharing powers, as well as improvements in the security of our networks and devices. "Without such, we increasingly face a world where we are vulnerable in ways most of us cannot imagine, and our governments contribute to the problem as often as they try to fix it." the inquirer

International Women’s Day International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women's Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others. "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights," says world-renowned feminist, journalist and social and political activist Gloria Steinem. Thus, International Women's Day is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continues to grow from strength to strength. International Women's Day timeline journey 1908 Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. 1909 In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913. 1910 In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs - and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament - greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result. 1911 Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women's Day events. 1911 also saw women's Bread and Roses' campaign. 1913-1914 On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1913 following discussions, International Women's Day was transferred to 8 March and this day has remained the global date for International Women's Day ever since. In 1914 further women across Europe held rallies to campaign against the war and to express women's solidarity. For example, in London in the United Kingdom there was a march from Bow to Trafalgar Square in support of women's suffrage on 8 March 1914. Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested in front of Charing Cross station on her way to speak in Trafalgar Square. 1917 On the last Sunday of February, Russian women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death of over 2 million Russian soldiers in World War 1. Opposed by political leaders, the women continued to strike until four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. The date the women's strike commenced was Sunday 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was 8 March. 1975 International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time by the United Nations in 1975. Then in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. 1996 The UN commenced the adoption of an annual theme in 1996 - which was "Celebrating the past, Planning for the Future". This theme was followed in 1997 with "Women at the Peace table", and in 1998 with "Women and Human Rights", and in 1999 with "World Free of Violence Against Women", and so on each year until the current. More recent themes have included, for example, "Empower Rural Women, End Poverty & Hunger" and "A Promise is a Promise - Time for Action to End Violence Against Women". 2000 By the new millennium, International Women's Day activity around the world had stalled in many countries. The world had moved on and feminism wasn't a popular topic. International Women's Day needed re-ignition. There was urgent work to do - battles had not been won and gender parity had still not been achieved. 2001 The global internationalwomensday.com digital hub for everything IWD was launched to re-energize the day as an important platform to celebrate the successful achievements of women and to continue calls for accelerating gender parity. Each year the IWD website sees vast traffic and is used by millions of people and organizations all over the world to learn about and share IWD activity. The IWD website is made possible each year through support from corporations committed to driving gender parity. adopts an annual theme that is globally relevant for groups and organizations. This theme, one of many around the world, provides a framework and direction for annual IWD activity and takes into account the wider agenda of both celebration as well as a broad call to action for gender parity. Recent themes have included "Pledge for Parity", "Make it happen", "The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum" and "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures". Themes for the global IWD website are collaboratively and consultatively identified each year and widely adopted. 2011 2011 saw the 100 year centenary of International Women's Day - with the first IWD event held exactly 100 years ago in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In the United States, President Barack Obama proclaimed March 2011 to be "Women's History Month", calling Americans to mark IWD by reflecting on "the extraordinary accomplishments of women" in shaping the country's history. The then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the "100 Women Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls through International Exchanges". In the United Kingdom, celebrity activist Annie Lennox lead a superb march across one of London's iconic bridges raising awareness in support for global charity Women for Women International. Further charities such as Oxfam have run extensive activity supporting IWD and many celebrities and business leaders also actively support the day 2017 and beyond The world has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation may feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men. However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, schoolgirls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so each year the world inspires women and celebrates their achievements. IWD is an official holiday in many countries; the tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc. with flowers and small gifts. In some countries, IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more. Many global corporations actively support IWD by running their own events and campaigns. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google often changes its Google Doodle on its global search pages to honor IWD. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. So make a difference, think globally and act locally! Make every day International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding. International Women’s Day - 16 feminist quotes for IWD 2017 Margaret Atwood ‘Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who’ll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it’s the latter, so I sign up.’ Margaret Atwood ‘I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.’ Audre Lorde I am a feminist because I believe in social change, equality and making society and the world a more equal place.’ Chantal Partamian ‘When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.’ Bette Davis Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men, it does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke, it means that you believe in equality.’ Kate Nash ‘We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.’ Malala Yousafzai ‘I’m not ashamed to ‘dress like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.’ Iggy Pop ‘I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I am beautiful. I say if I am strong. You will not determine my story – I will.’ Amy Schumer. ‘Know what? Bitches get stuff done.’ Tina Fey ‘I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men.’ Emma Watson ‘I want to say to you who think women cannot succeed, we have brought the government of England to this position, that it has to face this alternative: either women are to be killed or women are to have the vote.’ Emmeline Pankhurst ‘I myself have never able to find out precisely what a feminist is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.’ Rebecca West A good part – and definitely the most fun part – of being a feminist is about frightening men.’ Julie Burchill ‘No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother’ Margaret Sanger ‘I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfil my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life.’ Hillary Clinton ‘All men should be feminists. If men cared about women’s rights, the world would be a better place.’

World’s most famous dropout, Mark Zuckerberg, will finally get Harvard degree Mark Zuckerberg, one of the most famous college dropouts in the world, is finally getting his degree from Harvard. No, the 32-year-old billionaire Facebook CEO is not going back to class. Instead, he will be delivering the commencement address to the class of 2017, and that means he will also be receiving an honorary degree. A young Zuckerberg, now among the world’s most powerful and influential billionaires, had founded Facebook in 2004 in his Harvard dormitory and had then dropped out of the prestigious institution to focus full-time on building the social media company, which transformed the way people interacted with each other. Harvard President Drew Faust lauded the former student’s leadership and his company’s impact on how nearly 1.9 billion people interact, saying she looks forward to welcoming Zuckerberg back to the varsity on Commencement day. “Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership has profoundly altered the nature of social engagement worldwide. Few inventions in modern times can rival Facebook in its far-reaching impact on how people around the globe interact with one another,” Faust said. She added that few individuals can rival Zuckerberg in his drive to change the world through the innovative use of technology, as well as his commitment to advance science, enhance education, and expand opportunity through the pursuit of philanthropy. Zuckerberg is not the first Harvard dropout to give the commencement address at his former university. Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft and is a Harvard dropout, spoke at the university’s Commencement in 2007. Born in White Plains, New York in 1984, Zuckerberg was already writing software in middle school, including a program called “ZuckNet” which he created for his father’s dental practice. As a teenager, he built a platform called Synapse Media Player that used machine learning to analyse a user’s listening preferences. The program was recognised by PC Magazine and earned him job offers from Microsoft and AOL. Zuckerberg enrolled in Harvard College in 2002 as a member of the Class of 2006. While he was a second-year student, he and a group of friends created a platform called thefacebook.com, initially designed as a social networking website for Harvard students. The website quickly gained unprecedented popularity and drew the attention of investors. Zuckerberg dropped out of college and moved to California to rebrand the company as a global service. He and his wife Priscilla Chan, a paediatrician and 2007 Harvard College graduate, have pledged to donate 99 percent of their Facebook shares over their lifetimes through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), which is committed to advancing human potential and promoting equal opportunity. The video features Zuckerberg and another famous Harvard dropout, Mr. Bill Gates. Gates had given his commencement address at Harvard's 2007 graduation ceremony. In the video, he gives Zuckerberg some good advice. Watch it here. https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10103553166792061/

Here is what would really happen if an AI tried to wipe us out In Hollywood films, when artificial intelligence goes rogue, it usually leads to armies of marching, merciless machines and a few plucky humans battling in the ruins. But what would really happen if an AI tried to wipe us out? AI scientist Eric Horvitz gathered many experts at Arizona State University – with funding from Tesla’s Elon Musk – to work out. The scientists tried to work out how AI might wipe us out – while another team tried to work out how it might be stopped. Scenarios involved a rogue AI targeting self-driving cars, or attempting to swing elections (a bit too close to reality, that one) but one scenario was particularly chilling. Researchers including Kathleen University of the computer science department at Tufts University discussed the idea of an intelligent computer virus – designed to hide itself, and spreading across the internet. Artificial intelligence boosters predict a brave new world of flying cars and cancer cures. Detractors worry about a future where humans are enslaved to an evil race of robot overlords. Veteran AI scientist Eric Horvitz and Doomsday Clock guru Lawrence Krauss, seeking a middle ground, gathered a group of experts in the Arizona desert to discuss the worst that could possibly happen -- and how to stop it. Blue team, including Launchbury, Fisher and Krauss, in the War and Peace scenarioTessa Etzioni, Origins Project at ASU Their workshop took place last weekend at Arizona State University with funding from Tesla Inc. co-founder Elon Musk and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn. Officially dubbed "Envisioning and Addressing Adverse AI Outcomes," it was a kind of AI doomsday games that organized some 40 scientists, cyber-security experts and policy wonks into groups of attackers -- the red team -- and defenders -- blue team -- playing out AI-gone-very-wrong scenarios, ranging from stock-market manipulation to global warfare. Horvitz is optimistic -- a good thing because machine intelligence is his life's work -- but some other, more dystopian-minded backers of the project seemed to find his outlook too positive when plans for this event started about two years ago, said Krauss, a theoretical physicist who directs ASU's Origins Project, the program running the workshop. Yet Horvitz said that for these technologies to move forward successfully and to earn broad public confidence, all concerns must be fully aired and addressed.

66 Positive Things You Should Be Saying to Your Child Whether you want to tell them how great they were at their soccer game, or how much you love spending time with them, here are 66 positive and encouraging things to say to your child on a daily basis.

A hospital patient made several false alarm trips to the bathroom... A hospital patient made several false alarm trips to the bathroom and decided the latest episode was another and stayed in bed. He suddenly filled his bed with diarrhea and was embarrassed beyond his ability to remain rational. In a complete loss of composure he jumped out of bed, gathered up the sheets, and threw them out the hospital window. A drunk was walking by the hospital when the sheets landed on him. He started yelling, cursing, and swinging his arms violently trying to get the unknown things off and ended up with the soiled sheets in a tangled pile at his feet. A policeman walked by and asked, "What the heck is going on here?" The drunk, staring down at his feet, replied, "I think I just beat the shit out of a ghost!"

A man buys a parrot for $2,500 The minute he brings the parrot into his house, the bird starts cussing at him, screaming, yelling and calling him every degrading name in the book. Day in, day out, all the parrot does is give the poor guy a hard time. The man tries to be nice, he tries pleading with the parrot, he tries disciplining the bird. Nothing works. The parrot gets worse and worse every day. One day, the man had enough. During a particularly nasty rant from the parrot, he grabs the bird and shoves it in the freezer. He sits down on the couch for a few minutes to calm down. Finally, he goes to check on his parrot. He takes the bird out of the freezer and it's a new parrot who has nothing but respect and admiration for him. Day in, day out, the parrot gets nicer and nicer to the man. Finally, he asks the parrot what changed during his 4 minutes in the freezer. I saw what happened to the chicken!

A little girl was playing in the garden.... A father watched his young daughter as she played in the garden. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she stopped and stared at the ground. The father went over to her to see what had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. "Daddy, what are those spiders doing?" she asked. "They’re mating," her father replied. "What do you call the spider on top?" "That’s a Daddy Longlegs." The little girl thought for a moment. "So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?" she asked. The father's heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question. He laughed, and then replied, "No sweetheart. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs." The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then lifted her foot and stomped the spiders flat. "Well, we’re not having any of that gay shit in our garden."

A department store was opened to sell Husbands. The store had 6 floors... Now the rule was you could purchase any husband from any floor, but once you went up to another level you could not go back down, but to exit the store. A lady entered and the sign on the first floor said 'men with a job', she went up to the next level which read 'men with a job and likes kids'. Impressed she then went up another level where the sign read 'men with a job, likes kids and has a romantic streak', she liked the sound of that, but proceeded to the next level where the sign read 'men with a job, likes kids, romantic and good looking'. She was really impressed now but went on to the fifth floor where the sign read 'men with a job, likes kids, romantic, absolutely gorgeous, and enjoys helping around the home'. Now this lady was very impressed with that, but still she went on up to the sixth floor, and there on the sixth floor was a solitary sign which read... You are the 3,00,450,701 woman to visit this floor, this demonstrates how women are impossible to please. Thank you for visiting the Husband store. Have a nice day. Directly across the road from the Husbands store was another department store that sold Wives. And, similar to the Husbands store, this store had 6 floors where you could purchase a Wife on any level, but if you went up a floor you couldn't go back down and had to exit. So, a bloke walks into the store and on the first floor reads the following sign: "Women who like sex". Impressed the guy goes up to the second floor where he meets a similar sign, but this one reads: "Women who like sex and are good looking." No man has ever gone to the third floor....

A koala was getting stoned on a tree When suddenly a small lizard appears and asks "hey man! What are you doing?" "I'm getting stoned!" Replies the koala. "Wanna join?" So the lizard climbs up the tree and smokes with the koala. Suddenly, he feels very thirsty so he tells the koala he's going down to the river to drink and that he will be back in a second, but he is so stoned he falls in to the river he's drinking from! A crocodile notices and asks "hey what are you doing!" "I'm sorry" said the lizard timidly "I'm too high to keep balance!" "Who gave you the drugs?" Asked the crocodile "The koala on the tree." The crocodile makes his way towards the tree, angered that drugs are being used. He sees the koala smoking away and sternly asks "Hey you! What do you think you're doing?" The koala stares at the large crocodile confused and finally replies. "Holy shit dude.... How much water did you drink?"

Incredible Billboards In California In Californie, along the Autry Trail Gene and the Vista Chino, motorists meet a series of panels made by Jennifer Bolande. These panels present the landscapes towards which they are directed and at some point they align perfectly with the horizon as shown in the photo series below.