Places and Things

Police in Jersey City have been placing fake Amazon packages outside people’s homes to catch thieves, reports the Associated Press. Using GPS trackers and doorbells cameras provided by Amazon, police are able to track and apprehend would-be thieves. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/12/18137415/amazon-package-sting-operation-jersey-city https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62667936/amazon-box-logo-stock-2_1020.0.jpg

The older you get, the harder it is to stay in touch with reading. Books are amazing. They're also bulky, and they can get expensive. Luckily, it's 2018, and you can have an entire library in your back pocket. The all-new Kindle Paperwhite is down to $99.99 at Amazon. from https://www.windowscentral.com/thrifter-deal-amazons-waterproof-kindle-paperwhite-sale-now-after-being-no-show-black-friday http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

In a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was asked to explain why a Google image search for “idiot” turned up pictures of Donald Trump — and whether that was a case of intentional bias. The question came from Rep. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/11/18136114/trump-idiot-image-search-result-sundar-pichai-google-congress-testimony https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62662932/1080992848.jpg.1544546789.jpg

Gazprombank (Switzerland), a Swiss subsidiary of the Russian state-owned bank Gazprombank (JSC), announced today that it would begin to develop cryptocurrency-linked banking services to be offered in 2019. Gazprombank's announcement states: from https://www.ethnews.com/swiss-bank-developing-cryptocurrency-linked-services http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Samsung today introduced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy A8s. It is Samsung's first smartphone with an Infinity-O display, which has a nearly edge-to-edge, uninterrupted design beyond a small hole for the front-facing camera. from https://www-macrumors-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.macrumors.com/2018/12/10/samsung-removes-headphone-jack-galaxy-a8s/amp/ https://cdn-macrumors-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2018/12/galaxy-a8s.jpg

The United Nations climate change conference underway here in Poland could play a critical role in the fight to stem greenhouse gas emissions and keep temperatures from rising to unsafe levels. The Trump Administration showed up to pitch fossil fuels. from http://time.com/5475293/trump-fossil-fuels-cop-24-katowice/ http://time.com/images/newsletter-time.png

Amid lightly falling snow on a gray April morning, Lee Kantar crouches over a dead moose calf. Its head rests on the ground and its legs are tucked beneath its frail torso. from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-winters-warm-blood-sucking-ticks-drain-moose-dry/ https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/EC594D86-D4A8-4F0C-B8E223445346D319_source.jpg?w=590&h=800&59A82604-651E-4603-910E94B201A05706