Technology News
3D printed guns targeted in new legislative proposal
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2015 22:45
The introduction of 3D printing brought about a much cheaper -- and "invisible" -- way for individuals to get their hands on a firearm. The Internet is filled with blueprints for such devices, and though the earlier mode...
Virtual reality amusement park in China will include a virtual zoo
Mashable - 11 Jun 2015 03:46
Despite major efforts from the likes of Facebook's Oculus Rift and Samsung's Gear VR, virtual reality is still a largely niche technology But one entertainment group has decided that VR is indeed the future of entertainm...
Party Hard: a retro, stealth game about stabbing your neighbors
Cult of Mac - 11 Jun 2015 19:48
We’ve all had terrible neighbors who throw loud parties that last all night, even on Mondays. Party Hard, an upcoming game for iOS, is about bringing those annoying gatherings to a halt. With a knife. Developer Pinokl ...
Mozilla doubles bug bounties to $10k
The Register - 11 Jun 2015 08:30
Foxing the holes in the code Mozilla has more than doubled the cash rewards under its dusty bug bounty to beyond $10,000....
Sleeping On Space Station - Intimate Look Inside The Crew Quarters | Video
SPACE.com - 11 Jun 2015 17:18
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti gives a tour of her "bedroom" aboard the International Space Station.
Apple's new spaceship campus hits another wall, as main contractors leave the project
Digital Trends - 11 Jun 2015 16:38
Apple has fired two primary contractors for its new "Spaceship" campus in Cupertino, California. The shakeup in construction crews comes after a number of delays and ballooning costs. The post Apple’s new spaceship cam...
Jawbone takes another hit at Fitbit, filing patent infringement suit
Slash Gear - 11 Jun 2015 07:30
Jawbone is coming for Fitbit, guns blazing. The company just filed a lawsuit alleging that Fitbit products are infringing on multiple Jawbone patents including a method for "reporting an individual's physiological or con...
Nobel Prize-winning professor Tim Hunt resigns after sexist remarks about 'girls' in lab
The Verge - 11 Jun 2015 17:09
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Tim Hunt, who suggested that scientists should have gender-segregated labs to stop men falling in love with "girls," has stepped down from his position at the University College London (UCL...
Soyuz Capsule Returns Trio to Earth After Nearly 200 Days on Space Station
SPACE.com - 11 Jun 2015 16:09
Three space station crew members have returned home to the Earth after spending nearly 200 days off the planet. American Terry Virts, Russian Anton Shkaplerov and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti are back on Eart...
Hacking by police 'inevitable' thanks to use of encryption
ZDNet - 11 Jun 2015 17:09
Police and intelligence agencies will turn to hacking in a bid to get round the use of strong encryption.
Watch the Moon Photobomb Uranus in Slooh Occultation Webcast Today
SPACE.com - 11 Jun 2015 18:11
The planet Uranus will slip behind the moon today (June 11) in a celestial event known as an occultation, and you have a chance to watch it live at Slooh.com courtesy of the Slooh Community Observatory.
Next-gen BMW 7 Series is stuffed full of James Bond tech
Pocket-lint - 11 Jun 2015 18:02
BMW hasn't been shy of showing off some of its techy treats recently. We've reported on fancy keyfobs, remote parking and plenty more over the past 12 months. Well, they've all found a home IRL in the new BMW 7 Series. B...
NASA finds glass on Mars, which could help the hunt for alien life
Mashable - 11 Jun 2015 06:22
For the first time, a spacecraft orbiting Mars has detected glass deposits inside craters on the red planet — a possible boon in the hunt for signs of past Martian life. Researchers think that the glass was created whe...
Microsoft kills off Skype for Windows touch app in favor of desktop version
The Verge - 11 Jun 2015 16:27
Microsoft is simplifying Skype for Windows into a single application. While the software giant has offered a touch-friendly Skype app for Windows 8 and a separate desktop app for Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs, Microsoft is...
Measuring the National Ignition Facility's inferno
Phys.org - 11 Jun 2015 13:20
The smooth blue sphere of the National Ignition Facility's (NIF) target chamber bristles with diagnostics--nuclear, optical and X-ray instruments that together provide some 300 channels for experimental data. These diagn...
Industry Day for Advanced Functional Fabrics of America
MIT - 11 Jun 2015 21:47
AFFOA event to spark conversations on breakthroughs in fiber materials and textile manufacturing processes.
Pornhub Wants Your Money To Make A Porno In Space
Gizmodo - 11 Jun 2015 05:00
There are videos of people boning whilst skydiving. There are videos of people boning in scuba gear (I'm just assuming here). And if Pornhub and Indiegogo have their way, soon you might get to see sextronauts (yup!) maki...
Astronaut captures a difficult photo — the pyramids from space
Mashable - 11 Jun 2015 02:54
A NASA astronaut is due to fly back to Earth from the International Space Station Thursday, but he had to accomplish one last space tourist task before heading home: Terry Virts wanted to take a nice picture of the pyram...
IRS and tax-prep firms join bid to fight refund fraud
USA Today - 11 Jun 2015 23:33Court Rejects Effort to Postpone Net Neutrality Rules
Re/code - 11 Jun 2015 23:28
The new rules on Internet providers are set to go into effect Friday.
This Is the Oculus Rift--And Its New Controller
Wired - 11 Jun 2015 20:28
Facebook and Oculus have officially unveiled the Rift virtual reality headset. The post This Is the Oculus Rift--And Its New Controller appeared first on WIRED.
Unreal Engine 4 is (sort of) coming to Wii U and PS Vita
Engadget - 11 Jun 2015 15:59
Long-time Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi is currently Kickstarting a spiritual sequel to the series called Bloodstained. Thanks to the overwhelming response to the campaign -- it's now the highest-grossing videogame ...