Webpagedigest 08/02/2016

08/02/2016

400 million sent to Iran as US prisoners released raising questions - MarketWatch

http://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/29F1B700-590F-11E6-98CF-D2846D8E9039?client=safari

New database aims to track the global surveillance industry - The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/1/12340348/surveillance-industry-index-database-privacy-international

Your phone number is all a hacker needs to read texts, listen to calls and track you | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/phone-number-hacker-read-texts-listen-calls-track-you

or

http://tinyurl.com/zy28kmm

Your battery status is being used to track you online | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/battery-status-indicators-tracking-online

Over 10,000 Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Collecting Data on New Yorkers
http://news.softpedia.com/news/over-10-000-google-free-wi-fi-kiosks-collecting-data-on-new-yorkers-506754.shtml

or

http://tinyurl.com/z8uosjk

Google's Alphabet is part of a $700 million effort to cure disease without meds - Recode

'On Monday, Verily and pharmaceutical giant GSK unveiled Galvani Bioelectronics, a new joint venture to push an emerging wing of medicine that uses electric signals and miniaturized devices, rather than chemical drugs, to treat chronic diseases.'

http://www.recode.net/2016/8/1/12340386/verily-alphabet-google-gsk-bioelectronics

Guns, drugs and maybe Islamists: Brazil tightens border before Games | Reuters
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN10D1OF?il=0

Rio Olympics 2016: US basketball teams to stay on luxury cruise liner Silver Cloud
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-off-the-field/rio-olympics-2016-us-basketball-teams-to-stay-on-luxury-cruise-liner-silver-cloud-20160802-gqiwj5.html

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http://tinyurl.com/h6n6su5

Aetna latest insurer to question Obamacare's future August 02

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/02/news/economy/aetna-obamacare/index.html?Sr=cnnmoneybin080216aetnaobamacare10avodtop

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http://tinyurl.com/h2fs7qk

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1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal | Randeep Ramesh | World news | The Guardian

'The documents that Justo leaked have set off a chain reaction of investigations in at least half a dozen countries, and led to what Loretta Lynch, the US attorney general, described last week as “the largest kleptocracy case” in US history.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/1mdb-inside-story-worlds-biggest-financial-scandal-malaysia

or

http://tinyurl.com/zmejwkm

The Physics Behind a Madman’s Parachute-Free Skydive Into a Giant Net | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/physics-behind-madmans-parachute-free-skydive-giant-net/