Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Mobile network operators have a wide leeway when it comes to what kinds of data they can collect when you use their service. Despite this, Indian carrier Airtel kicked up a storm last week after it emerged that its privacy policy allowed it to collect users’ sensitive personal information, such as sexual orientation, genetic information, and political opinion, and share all of this with third-parties....

Today, as part of its first annual review, Polestar has declared its ambition to make a car that’s entirely climate neutral by 2030, in what it dubs the Polestar 0 project. While Polestar already makes a battery electric car — the Polestar 2 — that has zero tailpipe emissions, as with other EVs CO2 is created during its production. It comes as no surprise, that eliminating production emissions will be the main area of focus for Polestar as it seeks to build a climate neutral EV....

A company that isn’t using some type of project management tool or framework might want to start asking some tough questions about why. Because believe it or not, that omission may already be telling you something critically important about your business. In a recent survey of marketers, companies using a project or workflow management system were nearly 30 percent less likely to identify staff realignments and changing priorities among their business’ biggest challenges....

For virtually every project management methodology in practice today, there’s a software app ready to help streamline and supercharge that concept. So for anyone already working with a version of the Agile Project Management playbook, they need to get ahold of JIRA software to make that process even easier to guide and shape. You can get some much-needed insight into the role JIRA can play in the work life of an Agile professional with The Complete JIRA Agile Project Management Course....

It’s been building up steam for years, but after years of steadily increasing popularity, Python is now the king of the coding language mountain. For the first time in 20 years of tracking the world’s most used coding languages, the Tiobe Index put Python at the top of that list in October, ending two decades of dominance by the only two languages that ever led the index, Java and C....

In February last year, news surfaced that Rabobank was working on a cryptocurrency service – called Rabobit – which promised to bridge the gap between bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. But the bank has now confirmed it’s canned the project. However, “After careful consideration with our customers in mind we recently decided that now is not the time to develop the idea further and bring it to the next phase of innovation,” a Rabobank spokesperson told Hard Fork in an email....

Cattuzzo’s ‘extremist’ remarks were in response to a male Twitter user commenting on a photo of Cattuzzo riding a mechanical bull with “you can ride me as much as you want” in Portuguese. — Rhaegar (@Rhaegar___) June 21, 2019 In a series of now-deleted tweets from June 21, Cattuzzo responded by saying: “There’s always an asshole to say shit and sexualize women, even when the woman is making a joke, right?...

If now and again, you want to keep you’re social prowess to yourself, Momento is a cunning app that lets you store your notes and diary as well as keep in touch with your networks too. I mean let’s be honest, you don’t like being out of touch do you? One of the key pluses for me, is the smart tagging feature that let’s you associate an entry with one of you’re iPhone contacts, location through GPS or you’re usual blogging style tags....

Thankfully, I came across this simple app called Remember a few weeks ago. It was developed by Bogdan Popa and so far, it’s worked wonderfully for me. The app is available only on Mac, but since I spend most of my day in front of a MacBook Air, it suits me perfectly. [Read: I fixed the infamous Iowa Caucus app in 30 minutes] The best thing about the app is that you can access and navigate through it easily using keyboard shortcuts....

At the 2021 IAA Mobility Show on Monday, Renault premiered its electric Megane E-Tech. While the car is loaded with interesting characteristics, its safety features are by far the most impressive. It seems like Renault has truly doubled down on a “safety first” approach by equipping its latest EV with the so-called Fireman Access feature. The Fireman Access is the innovative child of the 10-year collaboration between Renault and French firefighters, as part of the brand’s aim to facilitate their work when responding to accidents....

There is, however, a little known but highly successful field of science working in the background to unpick the mysteries of infectious disease. As I explore in The Maths of Life and Death, mathematical epidemiology is playing a crucial role in the fight against large-scale infectious diseases such as COVID-19. With basic mathematical models, researchers can begin to forecast the progression of diseases and understand the effect of interventions on disease spread....

According to a study published today by a team of researchers from North Carolina State University, your personal data – including, potentially, your banking information and contact lists – could be at risk if you’ve installed any third-party skills from the Alexa skills marketplace. First things first: Skills are Alexa’s versions of apps. They’re useful for everything from controlling third-party hardware gadgets such as smart lights or smart thermostats to logging in to your bank account using voice-command via Alexa....

When I recently reviewed the Atomic9 dry-herb vaporizer from Cloudious9, I also had the opportunity to check out the Tectonic9 herb grinder. It costs the same as the vape, which is why I think it’s important to explain why I really, really like this grinder. Credit: Nicole Gray The vibration feature works in tandem with a flip-up spout and sliding door mechanism that allows you to go from grinding (by hand) to dispensing (via vibration)....

John Needham, head of Riot Games’ League of Legends esports division, issued a statement on the official LoL esports Twitter account stating the company has asked its esports pros and commentators to “keep personal views on sensitive issues (political, religious, or otherwise) separate.” Read the entire statement below: — lolesports (@lolesports) October 11, 2019 On an ordinary day, this wouldn’t be a big ask — it’d seem entirely reasonable. But given that the gaming world is boiling with rage over how Blizzard handled its Blitzchung/Hong Kong controversy earlier this week, it seems less a generic rule and more of specific plea to not deliberately involve League of Legends in the mess....

There is something therapeutic about handing over my responsibilities to a machine instead of another human. Robots have no feelings, no demands, no agency over their actions — they’re simply perfect vessels of servitude (a hot take I expect to pay dearly for when the singularity takes place). True, robots used to get a bad rap when it comes to actually doing their jobs right, but that has been changing recently....

With supply chain interruptions and adapting to remote teams, even e-commerce brands are undergoing a period of significant adjustments. While we are better positioned for these changes than others, it is still a challenging time. Visual Capitalist data reveals that while many food staples are experiencing sales increases of over 300 percent, many “non-essential” categories — particularly luggage, cameras and swimwear — have experienced sharp declines. Unfortunately, the shift to online purchasing isn’t just hurting select businesses....

The ‘Isocell Bright HMX‘ is not just massive in terms of its megapixel count – it’s a physically huge sensor (for a smartphone, coming in at a 1/1.33-inch diagonal. This puts it close to enthusiast cameras like Sony’s RX-100 series, which feature 1-inch sensors. It’s physical size alone should account for shallower depth of field and improved low light performance (assuming it’s paired with the right lens). It’s also significantly larger than the 1/1....

Now Samsung CEO DJ Koh has spoken out about the delays in a meeting with media in Seoul, South Korea. As reported by The Independent, Koh said of the launch: “It was embarrassing. I pushed it through before it was ready.” Furthermore: Stephanie Choi, Samsung’s head of global marketing strategy, further elaborated that one of the company’s goals is to push boundaries, and that sometimes that leads to mistakes. “We make what can’t be made, and do what can’t be done,” said Choi....

According to the report, omitting the charger in-box can help offset some of the rising costs due to 5G technology. At some point, it seems to have dawned on these manufacturers that many people already have perfectly functional chargers at home, especially given how standardized USB-C and Lightning cables have become. I mean, I use my laptop’s USB-C cable for charging my phone most of the time anyway. Cost savings aside, it’s quite frankly a great idea for the environment; chargers needn’t be disposable....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Baudriallard used to say: Time is money! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, October 16 2019, at a price of $8,047. That’s a minor 1.91 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$157.14. It was the lowest closing price in nine days. We’re still 59 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....