Various world news and ‘world news’… ;-)
Yesterday, a large-scale cyber-attack was launched, using WanaCrypt0r 2.0 (aka WannaCry). WanaCrypt0r 2.0 is an exploit tool created by the US government (the NSA to be more precise). The tool uses a vulnerability which was present in most Microsoft Windows versions, but which was patched on March 14th, 2017 (currently supported Windows versions) and retrospectively …
Here’s some trivia about The Pentagon. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, “The Pentagon” is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense. (more to be added)
Beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, the English-language Wikipedia will be blacked out for 24 hours. The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate — that, …
Or, as it’s called in its native language, Det Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet is now formally recognized as a religious organization in Sweden. The Swedish government agency Kammarkollegiet registered the Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religious organization in late december, just before Christmas, the group said in a statement today. Members of the church applied three …
The idea probably started as a tongue-in-cheek remark by newspaper columnist Thijs Zonneveld, but now engineers, architects, construction firms and investors are giving serious consideration to building an artificial mountain in the Netherlands, perhaps as high as 2000 meters! (Currently the highest point of the Netherlands, the Vaalserberg, is only 322.7 meters.) In the Dutch …
Tonight’s the night! Either Spain or the Netherlands will become the new world champion soccer! Who do you think it will be? My money’s on the Netherlands! (a figure of speech here. I am not actually betting any money on this game…)