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Sony Hackers Offer to Withhold Stolen Data From Promised Leak
Re/code - 14 Dec 2014 23:00
The offer was included with the eighth release of stolen data, with promises of more to come.
Poor Sanitation and Hygiene Killing Pregnant Women and Newborns in Developing Nations: WHO
Tech Times - 14 Dec 2014 10:52
Newborn babies and mothers are dying from childbirth in developing countries, due to lack of clean water and poor sanitation. How widespread is this problem?
Why not 3D-print superhuman organs that don't exist in nature?
Geek Time - 14 Dec 2014 15:34
UK based medical sculptor and Artist Agi Haines is 3D bioprinting conceptual models of new organs that could one day inspire our own biological form of upgrades
Lines of Code Are Key in Probe of Sony Cyberattack: Experts
NBC News - 14 Dec 2014 05:34
Experts say hackers often cobble together lines of code from different malware to launch cyberattacks like the one that embarrassed Sony Pictures.
Virgin Is Cancelling Its Deep-Ocean Mission
Gizmodo - 14 Dec 2014 04:00
In addition to Richard Branson's lofty ambitions in space, the entrepeneur-explorer also has a project to send paying customers to the bottom of the ocean. Or, rather, had: it seems that very quietly, and with none of th...
Best deals of the week: Code Black Drone, iOS 8 Game Hacker Bundle, more [Deals]
Cult of Mac - 14 Dec 2014 19:15
There's value at Cult of Mac Deals every day where a wide selection of tech and tech related products are available to suit every taste. Today we put a spotlight on 5 particular deals because they are timely, interesting...
James Bond Producers Say Screenplay Stolen in Sony Hack
NBC News - 14 Dec 2014 17:32
Eon Productions says an early version of the screenplay for the new movie "SPECTRE" was among material stolen in a massive cyberattack.
Vinyl Record Pressing Plants Struggle To Keep Up With Demand
Slashdot - 14 Dec 2014 17:29
An anonymous reader writes The WSJ reports that the revival of vinyl records, a several-year trend that many figured was a passing fad, has accelerated during 2014 with an astounding 49 percent sales increase over 2013 (...
Build Your Own Jumping Robot ought to help you kill some time
Coolest Gadgets - 14 Dec 2014 15:00
During the holiday season, the weather might not be all that great for those of us living in places where snowfall amounts to the feet – and not inches. Well, being cooped up at home does not mean that you should not i...
Spiders are the key to ultra-sensitive wearable devices
Engadget - 14 Dec 2014 07:45
Spiders might creep you out, but don't dismiss them too quickly -- they may well be the ticket to a new wave of wearable sensors. South Korean researchers have built a device that picks up miniscule vibrations by using t...
Building The Content Marketing Stack 2015
Geek Time - 14 Dec 2014 22:00
Visual.ly's stack aims to help content marketers locate their needs within the landscape and identify what tools are available to satisfy their needs and capabilities.
Identity theft victims face months of hassle
Phys.org - 14 Dec 2014 20:30
As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at Target last year, the 36-year-old tech worker signed up for the retailer's free credit monitoring offer so he would be notified i...
Interview with Invesdor , the leading equity crowdfunding platform in Northern Europe
Geek Time - 14 Dec 2014 20:00
Lasse Mäkelä, CEO of Invesdor, shares his thoughts on where crowdfunding is heading.
How Chrome and Android are more connected than ever
GigaOM - 14 Dec 2014 17:00Drone helps conservation group with the threatened sandhill crane
Phys.org - 14 Dec 2014 13:20
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! Actually, it's tens of thousands of birds and a single drone, an unmanned flying machine with a wingspan the size of an extra-large pizza. And on a recent afternoon, while ...
How To Make A CEO Understand Networks
Forbes - 14 Dec 2014 12:40
The “market” for system- and network-level technologies has become (or at least needs to become) more comprehensible to many business managers in a world where we understand that cloud and managed and/or virtualized ...
FBI warns U.S. energy and defense firms over hacking threat
Digital Trends - 14 Dec 2014 09:54
Hollywood movie studios getting hacked is one thing, key infrastructure targets is quite another -- the FBI is warning U.S. firms to be on guard against the threat of sophisticated cyber attacks. The post FBI warns U.S. ...
OpenMotics Offers Open Source (and Open Hardware) Home Automation
Slashdot - 14 Dec 2014 08:09
Home automation is a recurring topic around here; we've had stories about X-10-based home-brewed systems, a protocol designed for automation, and more than a few Ask Slashdots. Now, an anonymous reader writes OpenMotics ...
Where the Photo Industry is Going in Five Years: A Talk With Manufacturers About How They Envision the Future
The Phoblographer - 14 Dec 2014 07:08
We talked to camera manufacturers about what they see in the photo industry in the next five years.
What Artificial Intelligence Is Not
TechCrunch - 14 Dec 2014 06:00
Artificial Intelligence has been in the media a lot lately. So much so, that it’s only a matter of time before it graduates to meaningless buzz word status like “Big Data” & “Cloud”. Usually I would be a big ...
Google Cardboard VR Kit Becomes Serious Fun: SDKs for Android and Unity Launched
Tech Times - 14 Dec 2014 05:11
Google announced that it has sold more than 500,000 Google Cardboard units, allowing almost anyone to enjoy virtual reality. Not only that, but the company has also released the Cardboard SDK for developers to be able to...
Trillions and Quadrillions: Numbers Tell U.S. Energy Story
Live Science - 14 Dec 2014 00:22
New interactive map shows how energy production in U.S. has grown since 1993.