Black Diamond is one of the best if not the best manufacturer of outdoor gear for extreme conditions. Their detailed recall notice is one of the best I’ve seen for any manufacturer of any equipment. Their explanation of risk severity is this: We’ve identified a specific issue with the Pieps Micro family beacons where the … Continue reading Recall Warning: Black Diamond PIEPS Avalanche Beacon
The February 1942 Battle of Singapore after the Malay campaign by the Japanese is perhaps the worst defeat of British arms in history. A core technology in the battle was the bicycle, used by Japanese troops in the jungle — despite having little to no prior relevant experience — to apply rapid and constant pressure … Continue reading Battle of Singapore: “Broken Down Bicycles Were an Unexpected Psychological Weapon”
Quality of Tesla vehicles has been notoriously bad for years, and has been trending worse, which should be little surprise given how poorly it treats human life (from its workers and its customers to anyone in or around their product). Now top experts in automobile safety, who finally are getting some attention, aren’t mincing words … Continue reading Tesla Safety Negligence Finally Goes to Court: “Sore Thumb” of American Roads
CVE Trends is warning us that over the past week the latest Apple vulnerability has racked up nearly 6 million audience interactions on Twitter. CVE-2022-22620: 6M CVE-2022-24086: 3.2M CVE-2021-44521: 2.9M Very interesting to see such a long tail instead of the usual up and down audience curve. Anyone have a guess why this vulnerability is … Continue reading Apple’s Zero-Day 0-Click Critical Vulnerability CVE-2022-22620