This week, I have a link about a town in Argentina. It’s been mobbed by thousands of parrots due to climate change and deforestation. The birds chew wires, bomb people, and screech loudly. There’s also links about complicated passwords, the oldest termite mound in the world (34,000 years young!), and students hacking the new Meta glasses to dox (identify) people without their knowledge or consent. Plus how smart TVs take snapshots of what’s onscreen. Hopefully you will find some or all of these links interesting and informative. Thank you for reading!
Parrots Orchestrate Brutal Revenge on Small Town After Deforestation Drove Them Out of Their Homes
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentine-town-battles-parrot-invasion-2024-09-30/
Scientists unlock secret of ‘Girl With Pearl Earring’
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-scientists-secret-girl-pearl-earring.html
Complicated Passwords Make You Less Safe, Experts Now Say
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2024/10/02/government-experts-say-complicated-passwords-are-making-you-less-safe/
Functional LEGO Turing Machine Brings Algorithm Processing to Life with 2,900 Bricks
https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/10/02/functional-lego-turing-machine-brings-algorithm-processing-to-life-with-2900-bricks/
Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/
The Oldest Termite Mound? 34,000 Years and Counting. – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/science/insects-termites-oldest-colony.html
Meta smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds, study finds – Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/harvard-students-make-auto-doxxing-smart-glasses-to-show-need-for-privacy-regs/