Veronica - Looks like these crooks hit their Target
Target says 40 million credit, debit card accounts may be breached
Target said Thursday that data on 40 million of its customers’ credit and debit card accounts may have been breached by cyber-crooks during the busy holiday season. The Minneapolis retailer said the unauthorized access – which occurred between the Nov. 27 start of Black Friday weekend and Dec. 15 – may mean that criminals now have shoppers’ names, payment card numbers, expiration dates and three-digit security codes at their disposal.
http://www.latimes.com/
What does the dog say? New device may tell us!
We can hear it now: "Rover would like to go outside now." "Can Rex have a treat?" "SQUIRREL!!!"
The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery is the small Scandinavian research lab behind "No More Woof," and it stresses on its website that the device is just a work in progress. There isn't a finished product -- "yet."
It's going to take a lot of research to capture animal brain waves, figure out which thought patterns they create, then translate that into something that makes sense in the human language.
Some of the patterns the lab has discovered so far are pretty simple ones (but all very important in the doggy world): "I'm hungry," "I'm tired," "I'm curious who that is" and "I want to pee."
But to translate even more thoughts, researchers need funding, which is why they've started a campaign on the fundraising site Indiegogo. The goal is to raise $10,000 and people can chip in various amounts: $65, for example, gets you a device with one sensor that can distinguish a few thought patterns like tiredness, hunger and curiosity. A $1,200-model would learn from your dog's brain and eventually allow him or her to speak short sentences like, "I'm hungry -- but I don't like this."
http://www.hlntv.com/
Georgia woman claims half of $648 million Mega Millions jackpot
A 56-year-old married woman has won half of the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. history and has taken the cash option, which after taxes, will be about $120 million, Georgia Lottery President Debbie Alford said Wednesday.
Ira Curry, of Stone Mountain, came to the lottery office with the winning ticket of hand-picked numbers, a mix of family birthdays and the lucky number 7. She did not appear at the afternoon lottery announcement in Atlanta.
Curry bought the ticket at the end of the day Friday and it was a last-minute decision, Alford said.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/
SATURDAY 12/21/2013
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