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A simple security oversight was responsible for the massive JPMorgan Chase hack
BGR - 25 Dec 2014 01:00
Earlier this year, JPMorgan Chase was the victim of a massive data breach, but the attack might have been avoided if the bank had installed a "simple" security fix, The New York Times reveals. Apparently, an unsecured se...
Navy Helicopter Drone Completes First Testing
NBC News - 25 Dec 2014 00:29
The U.S. military's newest drone, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, successfully completed 32 takeoffs and landings from a warship in the Atlantic.
These Lovely Prints Are a Last-Minute Gift That Won't Seem Desperate
Gizmodo - 25 Dec 2014 00:00
It's pretty late in the game to be shopping for any kind of gift right now--with only a couple of hours left, you've got a pretty meager list of store options to choose from, beginning with the gas station and ending wit...
Station Astronauts Send Christmas Greetings from the International Space Station
Universe Today - 25 Dec 2014 04:50
There is a long tradition of Christmas greetings from spacefarers soaring around the High Frontier and this year is no exception! The Expedition 42 crew currently serving aboard the International Space Station has decora...
Fake Apple Store In China
Forbes - 25 Dec 2014 01:04
In the obscure southwestern town of Kunming, three Apple stores have cropped up. They're not as they seem.
Shooting near Ferguson renews debate over police body cameras
Mashable - 25 Dec 2014 01:03
The Berkeley, Missouri, police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Antonio Martin at a gas station on Tuesday didn't have his body camera on at the time, according to police. The black teenager allegedly pointed a gu...
Russia Successfully Launches Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Communication Satellite: Defense Ministry
IBTimes - 25 Dec 2014 17:34
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off with a communication satellite Thursday from the Plesetsk space center located in the country's north, according to Russia's Defense Ministry. A spokesman for Russia's Aerospace Def...
PlayStation Now Games Coming to Samsung TVs and Sony is Happy: Here's Why
Tech Times - 25 Dec 2014 16:38
Sony and Samsung have teamed up to bring the PlayStation Now games streaming service to the select Smart TVs from the South Korean company in 2015. With Samsung dominating the global TV market, Sony seems poised to expan...
Christmas Night Sky Brings Cosmic Holiday Views
SPACE.com - 25 Dec 2014 15:28
While lights decorating Christmas trees twinkle indoors, the stars of the Christmas sky shine brightly during the last week of 2014.
US Lab Error Raises Ebola Exposure Concern As Infection Hits Fourth UN Worker In Liberia
IBTimes - 25 Dec 2014 05:34
Health officials at the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC) are monitoring a technician who inadvertently handled a live Ebola virus sample. The incident, which occurred Monday and was confir...
There's now hope that your older Samsung phone will be updated to Lollipop
BGR - 25 Dec 2014 03:00
Samsung is slowly starting to update its top Android handsets to Android 5.0 Lollipop, with the Galaxy S5 having already received Lollipop builds in certain regions, and the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 als...
FBI warned of a Sony-style hack in a report last year
Engadget - 25 Dec 2014 02:42
The Sony Pictures hack and its resulting fallout may have caught many people by surprise, but not the FBI -- it apparently suspected for months that something like this might happen. The Intercept has obtained a December...
Judge Calls End for Medical Marijuana Delivery App
Tech Times - 25 Dec 2014 01:54
Nestdrop delivered medical marijuana to patients in Los Angeles, a service shut down by a recent court decision.
Oops: people are downloading and keeping Sony's rental for The Interview
The Verge - 25 Dec 2014 01:34
It's been an interesting day for Kernel, the site powering Sony's digital rentals of The Interview in the US. Not only did it briefly buckle under the pressure of people hammering its site to watch the movie, but apparen...
Go undercover in style with the original Ferrari Testarossa from Miami Vice
Digital Trends - 25 Dec 2014 01:15
A Ferrari Testarossa, sent by the company to be used on the classic Miami Vice television show, is up for auction in Ft. Lauderdale. The iconic sports car maintains a low mileage count, being used only for close-up shots...
Walmart will take your unwanted holiday gift cards
The Verge - 25 Dec 2014 00:44
Walmart is making a play for your gift cards, testing a program that lets you exchange cards from more than 200 other stores for a Walmart card. The Walmart card, notably, will be worth a fraction of the value of the ori...
NASA Picks Four Companies for Commercial Space Flight Collaboration
Tech Times - 25 Dec 2014 00:19
NASA to offer commercial companies access to its technologies and resources to help develop space capabilities. Space agency has selected four U.S. firms for the program.
2016 Chevrolet Camaro digitally imagined with a revamped front end, new taillights
Digital Trends - 25 Dec 2014 00:15
A new batch of renderings for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro has popped up online. The digital imaginings show the car with new vertical LED lights on the front bumper, new taillights, and more aggressive air intakes. The pos...
Cancer Research: Cambridge Scientists Find Way To Stem Cancer Growth
IBTimes - 25 Dec 2014 23:34
Scientists at Cambridge University in England have found a way to detangle the DNA double helix to prevent four-stranded "quadruple helix" DNA structures, usually found in cancers, from reproducing. The findings could op...
Everyone Is Torrenting The Interview
Gizmodo - 25 Dec 2014 23:13
After much humming and hawing, Sony released The Interview to the internet yesterday, charging $6 for the privilege of seeing a CGI Kim Jong-Un go pop. And, because this is the internet, hundreds of thousands of people a...
NASA's Asteroid Retrieval Mission Faces Criticism
Scientific American - 25 Dec 2014 22:00
The agency’s proposed human trip to a space rock has a bumpy road ahead --
Extending MESSENGER's Mission at Mercury
SpaceRef - 25 Dec 2014 20:38
The MESSENGER spacecraft will soon run literally on fumes....