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Pokemon Go Devs Scramble to Fix Big Privacy Goof
2016-07-14 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Just days after okemon Go sent Nintendo shares soaring in Tokyo, the game's developers were scrambling to close a massive privacy hole. The iOS version of the mobile game -- which superimposes figures onto real-world environments through augmented reality technology -- apparently had a default setting that required users to grant broad permissions to access their Google accounts.
India's big development plans could force more from homes, fuel tension: research
2016-07-14 06:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's ambitious plans to develop infrastructure, mining and renewable energy threaten to force more of the most marginalized groups from their homes, widening inequality and fanning tensions, a global research group warned on Thursday. Development activities uproot about 15 million people in their own countries every year, with India accounting for some of the highest numbers of those displaced, the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said in a report. About 65 million...
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Big Carbon Equals Big Solar
2016-07-13 21:17:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Last June, I wrote a column titled “Sun Wars” that discussed the conflict between utility-scale solar (big solar) and rooftop solar advocates. Chief among the complaints voiced by big solar advocates was the lack of a level playing field. They cite net-metering policies that allow rooftop solar owners to sell their power into the grid at retail rates as being inherently unfair when they receive lower wholesale market rates for the same power. On the anniversary of that article, I thought it would be interesting to see how the “war” is going. read more
Fit to rule over us? Theresa May's response to climate hazard report will her first big test
2016-07-12 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Fit to rule over us? Theresa May's response to climate hazard report will be her first big test With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for the UK's national security, Theresa May's response to it will mark the first major test of her leadership when she takes over as Prime Minister tomorrow, writes Ecologist New Voices writer Joe Ware. Imminent climate-related dangers demand urgent, effective, cross-departmental action - but will she step up to the mark? We cannot pull up the...
One Big Small Bank Reason to Worry About U.S. Commercial Real Estate
2016-07-11 17:03:00| National Real Estate Investor
Tracy Alloway Now the concern is that banks won't be able to fund the $400 billion worth of CRE loans that need to be refinanced in 2017 alone as financial regulators step up their scrutiny of the sector. read more
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