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Stolen Uber accounts being sold on dark web for $1
Slash Gear - 28 Mar 2015 18:00
Thousands of stolen Uber user accounts are said to be selling on a dark web marketplace for as little as $1 each, according to a new report from Motherboard. These account details are described as being compromised witho...
Groupon coyly responds to sex jokes about phallic banana product
Mashable - 28 Mar 2015 21:00
Take it from Groupon: When a product you're selling resembles a sex toy, your best bet is to play innocent. After posting a link on Facebook to a product called the "Banana Bunker," Groupon was swarmed with commenters ma...
Apparent iPhone thief reveals face to world with selfie-shooting streak
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Mashable - 28 Mar 2015 17:30Orbital ATK's Surprise JPSS-2 Win Means Work for Arizona Plant
Space News - 28 Mar 2015 00:52
The contract in which Orbital ATK will build one, and possibly three, JPSS spacecraft, is just the sort of medium-sized spacecraft the company hoped to compete for when it bought the Gilbert, Arizona, plant. The post Orb...
Valeo's self-driving car takes a public spin in Paris
Slash Gear - 28 Mar 2015 00:28
Valeo's self-driving car, which we detailed back during CES 2015, has gone for a public spin in Paris. The environment it was in was simulated, and so while it wasn't on any actual real-life roads, it did manage to take ...
Europe hoists first navigation satellites post mislaunch
Phys.org - 28 Mar 2015 00:15
Europe launched two navigation satellites Friday for its rival to America's GPS system, the first additions to the Galileo constellation since a technical mishap misdirected two orbiters last year.
It's 'Full Spin Ahead' for NASA Soil Moisture Mapper
PTTU - 28 Mar 2015 00:51
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Too Bad, That Rumor About A New Star Trek TV Show Is Absolutely False
Gizmodo - 28 Mar 2015 20:22
We'd all love to see a brand new Star Trek TV series, as the show warps towards its 50th anniversary. Almost everyone agrees Trek belongs on television, where thoughtful stories and optimism can flourish. But the latest ...
Ancient, Predatory "Lobster" is an Ancestor to All Modern Arthropods
Gizmodo - 28 Mar 2015 19:00
More than 250 million years before the first dinosaur, the most fearsome killers on Earth may have been lobsters. Yawunik kootenayi, a common ancestor to spiders, shrimp and butterflies, was a predatory "lobster-like" cr...
Apple Watch shops to open in London, Paris, Tokyo on April 10
Slash Gear - 28 Mar 2015 17:10
With Apple recently revealing that the much-anticipated Apple Watch will be released on April 24th, and pre-orders beginning on April 10th, the Cupertino company is starting to shed a little light on what the retail purc...
Volvo designed a reflective spraypaint to make cycling safer at night
The Verge - 28 Mar 2015 16:44
Volvo is turning its attention to two-wheeled safety, for the moment. The Swedish car manufacturer and UK design firm Grey London have partnered with Albedo100 to create a reflective spraypaint that's only visible at nig...
One-Year Crew Begins Epic Trip on International Space Station
SPACE.com - 28 Mar 2015 06:26
Three new crewmembers just arrived at the International Space Station, and two of them won't be leaving for about one year.
New Evidence May Identify Mystery Object at Milky Way Galaxy's Core
Live Science - 28 Mar 2015 01:12
Known to many as "G2," the unidentified object making a loop around the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy could be a cloud of gas, or it could be a star, depending on who you ask.
DDOS Attack Targets Popular Anti-Censorship Projects on Github
Gizmodo - 28 Mar 2015 00:30
Github is getting hammered by a huge distributed-denial-of-service attack. Looks like it pissed off the wrong pro-censorship group: The attack is aimed at two popular Github projects, Great Fire and CN-NY Times, that hel...
Boeing is Customer No. 1 For AGI's ComSpOC Service
Space News - 28 Mar 2015 00:27
The Boeing contract is the first for the ComSpoc, which tracks satellite orbits and space debris using a network of optical and radio-frequency sensors combined with proprietary software. The post Boeing is Customer No. ...
The first Google robot worth truly getting excited for
BGR - 28 Mar 2015 00:20
It's not a secret that Google is interested in robotics and that’s developing its own robots with technology purchased from no less than eight robotics companies. Various video clips have already shown the advancements...
Germanwings Crash: Mental Illness Alone Does Not Explain Co-Pilot's Behavior, Experts Say
Live Science - 28 Mar 2015 00:12
Investigators may never know exactly why Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz carried out what is believed to have been a deliberate plane crash in the French Alps on Tuesday, but mental health experts say that any mental...
Solving molybdenum disulfide's 'thin' problem
e! Science News - 28 Mar 2015 00:12
The promising new material molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has an inherent issue that's steeped in irony. The material's greatest asset--its monolayer thickness--is also its biggest challenge.
NASA Says No Plans for ISS Replacement with Russia
Space News - 28 Mar 2015 23:44
NASA said March 28 it welcomed a Russian commitment to continue operations of the International Space Station beyond 2020, but indicated there were no firm plans to work together on a successor space station.
Somebody Found the Most Appropriate Use For the Nintendo Virtual Boy
Gizmodo - 28 Mar 2015 23:00
Remember the Virtual Boy, Nintendo's early, failed foray into virtual reality gaming? Twenty years after its release, somebody's finally figured out the best use for the unwieldily console: Giving all of your friends a h...
Best Buy is shutting down Canada's biggest tech store chain
Engadget - 28 Mar 2015 22:04
Best Buy is a mainstay of tech shopping in the US, but it knows that it's small potatoes in Canada -- it kept the country's better-known Future Shop chain going for years after a takeover, even after opening shops of its...