Nov 15
Nov 15
The California wildfires have caused a lot of devastation. There have been casualties while countless people have had to evacuate their homes to survive. The fires have even laid waste to houses. The firefighters and first responders have done an incredible job of saving as many lives as possible, not caring about themselves or their possessions. That’s what nurse Allyn Pierce did as well. He drove his Toyota Tundra truck through the flames to help victims. His heroics have earned him a lot of praise and Toyota has now stepped up with an offer to replace his truck.
Pierce manages the intensive care unit at the Adventist Health Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California. The town has been badly affected by the fires. He drove his truck through the flames to get to the hospital where victims required medical assistance.
As people were trying to evacuate the streets were gridlocked because many of the cars up ahead on the road had been evacuated to get the occupants to safety. He was seemingly trapped in the truck while the flames moved towards it.
Pierce reportedly recorded a goodbye message for his family on his phone as he feared he wouldn’t survive. New York Times reporter Jack Nicas shared some haunting images of the flames licking Pierce’s truck.
In what appears to be straight out of a movie, a bulldozer suddenly appeared knocking the cars blocking the road out of the way. With his way clear, Pierce didn’t flee to safety. He made his way to the hospital where the staff had set up an emergency triage to provide medical assistance.
Pierce survived the horrifying drive and so did his Toyota Tunder, albeit barely. It got badly burnt and some parts even melted due to the intense heat. His story quickly went viral online and people started calling on Toyota to replace his truck with a new one. Toyota has confirmed in a statement that it’s grateful to all emergency crews working to extinguish the fires and help people to safety.
“We are especially thankful to one hero in particular, Allyn Pierce, for risking his life and sacrificing his Toyota Tundra to drive people to safety. Toyota is so humbled by Mr. Pierce’s selfless act that we’re pleased to offer him a brand new Tundra,” it said.
A well deserved reward for his bravery indeed.
Toyota Replacing Nurse’s Truck Used For Saving California Wildfire Victims , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
With cybersecurity challenges mounting and attacks getting more sophisticated, you would expect that the people governments put in positions responsible for cyber defence would have at least some knowledge of the subject matter. That’s wasn’t a requirement, apparently, for the Japanese government because the man it has appointed as its new cybersecurity minister has never used a computer in his life.
Independent lawmaker Masato Imai inquired about cybersecurity minister Yoshitaka Sakurada’s qualifications during a lower house session yesterday. “Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life,” Sakurada reportedly responded, according to Kyodo News.
Imai was understandably shocked by the response, replying that “I find it unbelievable that someone who is responsible for cybersecurity measures has never used a computer.” His shock is justified as this would be a normal expectation of someone in this position.
Sakurada appeared to throw the ball in the government’s court, saying that “It’s a matter that should be dealt with by the government as a whole. I am confident that I am not at fault.” That’s essentially a politician’s way of saying that he didn’t make himself the minister so the onus of justifying his capabilities, or lack thereof, rests on the government.
Where there haven’t been calls for Sakurada to resign from his post, one would have to call into question his lack of experience, given that he’s responsible for overseeing cybersecurity for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well.
Japan’s New Cybersecurity Minister Has Never Used A Computer , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
Firefox Monitor is a free service from Mozilla that notifies users when their email has been part of a breach. Hundreds of thousands of users have signed up for this service. Mozilla is now offering Monitor in over 26 languages so that more people can use the service in their native language. It has also introduced Firefox Monitor Notifications to inform users if they have visited a website which was recently breached.
This feature is available exclusively for Firefox browser users. The notification will be shown to Firefox Quantum users on desktop if they visit a website which has recently reported a data breach.
Firefox Quantum users will get a notification when they land on a site that has recently been breached. They can click on the alert to visit Firefox Monitor and scan their email to see whether or not they were involved in that breach. This alert will be shown at most once per site and only for data breaches that have been reported in the previous 12 months.
This functionality is being added to Mozilla’s browser as users become more aware and demanding of these kinds of privacy and security features. Mozilla will be rolling out this feature gradually to Firefox users over the next few weeks.
Firefox Will Inform You If You’ve Visited A Recently Breached Website , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 15
The French president responded to taunting tweets from Trump, calling the U.S. president’s words “American politics.”
Nov 15
“Cruise, for all his talent, didn’t have that physicality,” writer Lee Child said.
Nov 15
“I seriously was thinking he was gonna start shooting,” one witness said of the incident in Baltimore.
Nov 15
As most PC gamers will tell you, mechanical keyboards are great. One drawback for some, however, is their tendency to make a loud clacking sound with every keystroke. While many people (such as myself) love that sound, it can certainly be obtrusive or annoying in a work setting. To help with that, Razer today introduced the BlackWidow Lite, which it … Continue reading
Nov 15
This week the latest in Qualcomm Snapdragon processor tech appeared in a benchmark that shows mobile processing performance. This benchmark is not the end-all be-all of tests of this sort of thing, but it’s a pretty OK test of general performance. What we’re seeing here is the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon chip out-performing Apple’s latest processor by a significant margin. What … Continue reading
Nov 15
If you can’t beat them, grab their talent. Apple is hunting for wireless chip and processor designers on Qualcomm’s home turf, lending weight to the ongoing rumors that it plans to bring as much of its future chipset design in-house as possible, and potentially oust current partners like Intel from its iPhone and Mac ranges. It certainly hasn’t been slow … Continue reading
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