Today in the News:
– NYPD forms dedicated team to catch thieves who steal iPhones and iPads
– FBI staff disciplined for sex texts and nude pictures
– and this Sunday we will see who will win the precious Oscar!
The theft of Apple devices is so rampant in New York that a team of cops has been assigned to work with the tech giant to get the stolen gadgets back. Every time an Apple device is stolen, detectives attempt to get tracking numbers from the victim or online records. That number, known as the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, is then shared with the officers in Police Headquarters who pass it on to Apple. Apple then informs the NYPD of the device’s current location — and it can track it even if it was re-registered with a different wireless provider. Hopefully these news will deter thieves from future theft attempts!
The FBI has disciplined agents for sending nude pictures, bugging a boss’s office, and visiting a massage parlour, a leaked memo has revealed. The misconduct cases were among those detailed in a leaked internal email, sent to all FBI staff and published online by CNN. The unnamed agents involved were either suspended on dismissed. In one case, an employee used a personal mobile phone to send nude photographs to several other employees. The report said the incident “created office gossip” and “adversely affected the daily activities of several squads”. Ya think?! I think many of us were hoping the FBI is busy doing useful things, like catching some terrorists maybe?
It’s been an eventful season. For the first time in recent memory the best picture Academy Award hopefuls are broadly popular: with critics, with moviegoers and with members of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, who agreed on an exciting list of titles with front-runner status in the monthslong run-up to the Oscars on Sunday. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” with little Quvenzhané Wallis is a very strong contender for best picture this year, with Zero Dark Thirty presenting some tough competition. Although something tells me that Jessica Chastain might pick up the golden man for best leading actress. Whoever may win, I think we can all agree that Seth McFarlaine is a great choice to host the Oscars!
Today in the News:
– NYPD forms dedicated team to catch thieves who steal iPhones and iPads
– FBI staff disciplined for sex texts and nude pictures
– and this Sunday we will see who will win the precious Oscar!
The theft of Apple devices is so rampant in New York that a team of cops has been assigned to work with the tech giant to get the stolen gadgets back. Every time an Apple device is stolen, detectives attempt to get tracking numbers from the victim or online records. That number, known as the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, is then shared with the officers in Police Headquarters who pass it on to Apple. Apple then informs the NYPD of the device’s current location — and it can track it even if it was re-registered with a different wireless provider. Hopefully these news will deter thieves from future theft attempts!
The FBI has disciplined agents for sending nude pictures, bugging a boss’s office, and visiting a massage parlour, a leaked memo has revealed. The misconduct cases were among those detailed in a leaked internal email, sent to all FBI staff and published online by CNN. The unnamed agents involved were either suspended on dismissed. In one case, an employee used a personal mobile phone to send nude photographs to several other employees. The report said the incident “created office gossip” and “adversely affected the daily activities of several squads”. Ya think?! I think many of us were hoping the FBI is busy doing useful things, like catching some terrorists maybe?
It’s been an eventful season. For the first time in recent memory the best picture Academy Award hopefuls are broadly popular: with critics, with moviegoers and with members of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, who agreed on an exciting list of titles with front-runner status in the monthslong run-up to the Oscars on Sunday. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” with little Quvenzhané Wallis is a very strong contender for best picture this year, with Zero Dark Thirty presenting some tough competition. Although something tells me that Jessica Chastain might pick up the golden man for best leading actress. Whoever may win, I think we can all agree that Seth McFarlaine is a great choice to host the Oscars!