Friday, May 10, 2019

Quick notes: Spy chips | Phage therapy...

  • Super Micro To Move Server Production Out of China: Chinese agents had implanted surveillance chips via a Guangzhou manufacturing facility, and Super Micro had sent the affected servers to customers like Amazon and Apple, which later detected the spy chips.


  • Phage therapy: Teenager rescued from the brink of death through phage therapy. Phages are viruses that solely attack and kill bacteria, a potential treatment for antibiotic-resistant superbugs. . . . Bacteriophages and the mystery of the Ganges


  • 5G and mmWave: Unlike 4G LTE, mmWave is easily blocked by walls, glass, some metal screens on windows, tree leaves, rain, and other obstructions including the human body. This makes mmWave able to be used for fixed-point communications between buildings, or wirelessly from a telephone pole to a 5G modem on the outside of your house, but less useful for a smartphone used indoors.


  • Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop (June 1967):



  • Stricter emission norms: End of the road for diesel cars nears as emission norms get stricter


  • India's alcohol intake up by 38% in seven years: "Before 1990, most alcohol was consumed in high-income countries, with the highest use levels recorded in Europe. However, this pattern has changed substantially, with large reductions across Eastern Europe and vast increases in several middle-income countries such as China, India, and Vietnam".


  • The problem with not eating carbs: Restricting your carb intake too drastically can lead to: decreased thyroid output, increased cortisol output, decreased testosterone, impaired mood and cognitive function, muscle catabolism, suppressed immune function.


  • Explainer: What would it take for U.S. regulators to break up Facebook?


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