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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180326 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180326.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

New Open Source Standard Hopes To Cure The Internet Of Broken Things Of Some Awful Security Practices - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/13191539437/new-open-source-standard-hopes-to-cure-internet-broken-things-some-awful-security-practices.shtml long overdue #IoT

BeLeave revelations taint the Brexit result. There must be another vote - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/27/beleave-revelations-taint-brexit-result-shahmir-sanni-disclosure-funds “UK democracy is under threat”

Anglo-Saxon settlement and Roman army camp found in A14 bypass dig - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/anglo-saxon-settlement-and-roman-army-camp-found-in-a14-bypass-dig “Archaeologists uncover abandoned villages, prehistoric tools and seven tonnes of pottery in Cambridgeshire”

Spanish spies ‘tracked Carles Puigdemont via friend’s phone’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/spanish-spies-tracked-carles-puigdemont-via-friends-phone remember: mobile phone = surveillance device you pay for

European Parliament must improve the Text and Data Mining (#TDM) exception to benefit European research and innovation - http://eare.eu/assets/uploads/2018/03/OpenLetter-to-JURI-Committee-on-TDM_26March2018.pdf or kiss AI research/startups good bye

this is hugely important: “Robert Mercer was putting $10m to $15m to create an asset that the company was then licensing for $50,000.
He says he was subsidising the work of CA to the benefit of candidates and parties that he supports.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/mar/27/tony-blair-tells-tories-to-block-brexit-if-they-want-to-avoid-corbyn-government-politics-live?page=with:block-5aba3bafe4b06ca6b9160c8a#block-5aba3bafe4b06ca6b9160c8a

The Rise In Streaming Video Exclusives Could Annoy Consumers, Driving Them Back To Piracy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/13175939436/rise-streaming-video-exclusives-could-annoy-consumers-driving-them-back-to-piracy.shtml good point

Manchester Arena bombing: fire service arrived two hours late, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/27/manchester-arena-bombing-fire-service-arrived-two-hours-late-says-report “Review highlights ‘risk-averse’ officers in charge and ‘catastrophic failure’ of emergency phone system”

#Brexit groups had ‘common plan’ to avoid election spending laws, says Wylie - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/27/brexit-groups-had-common-plan-to-avoid-election-spending-laws-says-wylie #cambridgeanalytica #facebook

Brexit Britain, beware: the supply of Europeans is drying up - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/27/brexit-britain-beware-europeans-migration-report-uk

Insanity Wins As Appeals Court Overturns #Google's Fair Use Victory For #Java APIs - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180327/10431439512/insanity-wins-as-appeals-court-overturns-googles-fair-use-victory-java-apis.shtml #CAFC “was a dumb idea in the first place and should be shut down.” yup

Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil’s poor is arrested - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/amazon-priest-amaro-lopes-brazil-land-rights-arrested looks like #brazil is getting hopelessly corrupt now