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Saudi Arabia may be spying on its citizens via US mobile networks
Data shared by a whistleblower suggests Saudi Arabia may be using a weakness in mobile telecom networks to track its citizens in the US, The Guardian reports. The data shows that over a four-month period, Saudi Arabia's three biggest mobile phone companies sent 2.3 million requests for Provider Subscriber Information (PSI). Normally, that data is used to help foreign operators register roaming charges, but the high volume of requests could also give the Saudi telecoms enough info to track users within hundreds of meters of accuracy.
Cornell study shows some proof to human precognition -- at least when it comes to porn
Sit yourself down in front of two curtains and have a friend randomly put a picture behind one. How often do you think you could guess the right curtain to open? Science says that, given enough repetition, you'd guess right exactly half the time. The other half the time, well, you'd be wrong. But, according to research conducted by Cornell Professor Daryl Bem, there are at least some signs we humans can do a little better than that. Bem found that when not just any picture was used, when it was an erotic picture, his subjects guessed right 53.4 percent of the time. Other tests too showed slight but statistically significant results seemingly pointing to human cognition when there was some sort of conditioned stimulus/response involved. Maybe Venkman really was just too far ahead of his time.
Official Champions DevBlog: Design Director Bill Roper on Storytelling
Hello and welcome to issue number two of the Massively.com hosted official Champions Online developer blog! If you happened to miss the first one featuring Jack Emmert, you can find it right here. Remember, we should be seeing a developer post about twice a month between now and launch day. So if you're interested in following the insights straight from the team make sure to follow our very own Champions Developer blogger, who will be doing the honors of posting your bi-weekly dose of DevBlog goodness.Today Bill Roper lays down some details on how Cryptic Studios is enabling a deeper sense of story in Champions Online. It's all pretty interesting stuff, and you can check it out after the cut!%Gallery-17946%
