This day in history

2001, 2006, 2016, 2020

#20yrsago AI researchers unveil a software robot that they claim can write news stories https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/09/sillyseason.digitalmedia

#15yrsago Robot garage loses software license, strands parkers https://web.archive.org/web/20060812205854/http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71554-0.html

#5yrsago Proof-of-concept ransomware for smart thermostats demoed at Defcon https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/thermostat-ransomware-a-lesson-in-iot-security/

#5yrsago How racist traffic stops criminalize black people, and what to do about it https://www.vox.com/2016/8/5/12364580/police-overcriminalization-net-widening

#5yrsago Chicago cops switched off bodycams and high-fived after shooting unarmed black teen https://www.theroot.com/chicago-police-officers-allegedly-caught-high-fiving-af-1790856328

#1yrago Jailed for pen-testing https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/08/turkeys-for-christmas-party/#pen-testers

#1yrago Free the law https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/08/turkeys-for-christmas-party/#recap

#1yrago Google bans anticompetitive vocabularies https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/08/turkeys-for-christmas-party/#newspeak