Why are hackers blackmailing again? What time does a Japanese nightclub close? Why is the hungarian border walled? Can a rooster transform into a dinosaur? Take a look at today's speed reading world.
【Canadian Federal Government website hacked】
The websites of the main departments of the Canadian federal government were hacked on the afternoon of the 17th, and the websites of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Justice and the Immigration Department appeared briefly chaotic.
An anonymous hacking group claimed responsibility for the attack and said the attack was aimed at protesting the excessive powers granted to Canadian intelligence agencies and police by the newly passed C-51 Counterterrorism Act, undermining civil liberties and privacy.
[U.S. telecom giant misled consumers fined $100 million]
Because AT&T has drastically reduced the data transmission speed of unlimited data plan users without fully informing its users, the Federal Communications Commission issued a record $100 million fine in the field of mobile Internet access on the 17th.
"Consumers should enjoy services that correspond to the fees paid," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement, "and broadband providers should be honest and transparent about the services they provide." ”
[Hungary: Border barriers to prevent immigration]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Sialto said on the 17th that the border between Hungary and Serbia will be closed in the near future, and a 4-meter-high wall may be built on the 175-kilometer-long border line between the two countries to ease the pressure on migrants.
According to statistics, the number of illegal immigrants entering Hungary through the Hungarian-Cypriot border is increasing year by year. The number of people applying for refugee status in Hungary was 2,157 in 2012, 18,900 in 2013, rose to 42,700 in 2014, and reached 33,000 in the first quarter of this year.
【The opening of the Edinburgh Film Festival, Chinese films are worth noting】
The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival kicked off on the evening of the 17th, opening with the world premiere of the British black comedy "The Legend of Barney Thomson".
This year's film festival will screen 134 feature films and documentary feature films and 127 short films from 44 countries and regions, including the Chinese mainland film "Embroidered Spring Knife", the Taiwanese film "Paradise in the Army" and the Chinese-Hong Kong-US co-production film "It's Already Hong Kong Tomorrow". The famous Hong Kong director Du Qifeng will attend the special screening event on the 24th, and his film "Banishment" will be screened at the event.
【Please turn on the lights when it is dark: Day and night dance】
To combat prostitution, Japanese law has for decades prohibited dancing in public places after midnight. Finally, starting from the 17th, if the brightness of the nightclub exceeds 10 lux (equivalent to when the lights are not turned off in the movie theater), it will not be classified as an "adult entertainment venue", so it has the "night dance rights", and guests can party all night, "bang and click" until dawn.
[Become a "dragon" rooster, a fighting chicken in a rooster]
Jack Horner, a professor and paleontologist at Montana State University in the United States, wants to turn chickens into dinosaurs, or a "chicken dragon" or "chicken dragon".
To make a chicken a dinosaur, he said, a chicken needs to grow teeth, replace the beak's snout, long tail, and replace the upper limbs and claws of the wings, with the chicken's vertebrae being the hardest part to extend the tail.
That's the speed reading world today, thank you for reading. (Editor: Yuan Shuai, Xinhua International client report, part of the picture from the Internet)