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China Says It Arrested Hackers That Attacked the US. I Want to See the Receipts!
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 18:21
It smells like bullshit in China's PR shop.
This Airbus Patent For Removable Passenger Pods Would Change How We Board Airplanes
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 23:35
If you think about it, the way we load and unload planes with passengers (or, in airline terminology, ambulatory waste-producing cargo) is wildly inefficient. Slow, shuffling, cranky lines of people slowly filing into se...
A Glorious New Cassini Image Shows Enceladus Floating Above Saturn's Rings
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 19:41
NASA has released a stunning new photo of Enceladus, as the Cassini spacecraft peered up at the icy moon from just below the plane of Saturn's rings. Wow.
The Building Industry Could Cut Our Global Emissions By One Third-So Why Hasn't It?
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 20:50
The building and construction industry is a massive source of global CO2 emissions--but it could easily reduce its impact with existing technology. At today's climate talks in Paris, 18 countries and 60 organizations for...
There Are Still 4,000 Cold War Nuclear Test Films That Remain Classified
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 21:30
Sarah Zhang has a fascinating post over at Wired about the systematic study of Cold War-era nuclear test films that's currently being undertaken by nuclear physicist Gregg Spriggs. One of the most interesting elements to...
Novelists Are Working Hard To Create Apps That Are Deliberately User-Unfriendly
Gizmodo - 3 Dec 2015 21:25
A decade ago, cutting-edge writers/publishers were crafting books that were physically works of art, in response to the rise of ebooks. Now, those same people are making apps. Miranda July, creator of the instant-messagi...
Epson SureColor SC-P400 Review
Photography Blog - 3 Dec 2015 18:00
The Epson SureColor SC-P400 is a brand new A3+ / 13-inch high-gloss photo printer. The 7-colour Epson SureColor SC-P400 printer uses Epson's latest UltraChrome HiGloss 2 pigment inks and features Wi-Fi, USB and Ethernet ...
Brain scan: Carl Bass
The Economist - 3 Dec 2015 17:56
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Material difference Fly Title: Brain scan Rubric: The boss of Autodesk reflects on the future of manufacturing Main image: 20151205_tqd015.jpg "I DON'T think I would go ...
Classic 'Star Wars' quote creates epic Google search result
USA Today - 3 Dec 2015 06:37Pathfinder blasts off to look for Einstein's gravitational waves
New Scientist - 3 Dec 2015 12:48
Live at the launch of ESA's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's publication of the theory of general relativity
Pope Blesses Kid-Built Satellite Bound for Space
SPACE.com - 3 Dec 2015 02:59
STMSat-1, a cubesat built by students at the St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, is scheduled to blast off aboard Orbital ATK's uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft Thursday at 5:55 p.m. EST.
Wayfindr aims to help visually impaired with major investment from Goolge.org
Slash Gear - 3 Dec 2015 22:00
Google has an arm that goes by Google.org that makes investments into different sorts of non-profits. One of the firms that Google.org has invested in is called Wayfindr. Google has sunk $1 million into the company to he...
Magnetic invisibility cloak shields magnets from magnetic fields
Phys.org - 3 Dec 2015 16:30
(Phys.org)--Typically when two magnets are brought close together, they either attract or repel each other due to interactions between their magnetic fields. In a new study, researchers have designed a 3D magnetic invisi...
Verizon Offers Star Wars-Themed Google Cardboard For Free: Here's How To Get One
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2015 16:26
Free Stars Wars-themed Google Cardboard viewers are available today for Verizon customers. Supplies may not last long, considering how the 'Force Awakens' hype is getting bigger as film's debut nears.
The Sun Could Release Flares A Thousand Times Greater Than Previously Recorded
SpaceRef - 3 Dec 2015 16:07
The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, new research into stellar flaring suggests....
US, China take first steps toward cybersecurity cooperation
PC World - 3 Dec 2015 07:40
The U.S. and China have reached an agreement on how to begin cooperating on cybersecurity, an issue that has caused high tension between the two nations over the last few years. The agreement, reached in the first high-l...
Hubble and Spitzer telescopes see magnified image of the faintest galaxy from the early universe
Phys.org - 3 Dec 2015 23:30
Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe. It existed about 400 million years after the big bang, 13.8 billion ...
Redfin Launches Automated Home Price Estimates
TechCrunch - 3 Dec 2015 15:00
Redfin.com today launched the latest iteration of its home-price estimate tool. Until today, you had to play real estate agent and pick your own comparables and Redfin would then use these to compute a reasonable estim...
YouTube reportedly plans to secure rights to new movies and TV shows
The Verge - 3 Dec 2015 07:22
YouTube is looking to secure the rights to TV shows and movies to stream on its new YouTube Red subscription service, The Wall Street Journal reports, a move that could allow it to build up a catalog of on-demand video t...
Hawaii Supreme Court Voids Telescope Construction Permit
ABC News - 3 Dec 2015 05:56
Hawaii Supreme Court ruling invalidates permit for construction of giant telescope on mountain
Vimeo Now Supports 4K Streaming Videos
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2015 23:43
Under the announcement, there are already Vimeo On Demand creators whose clips are available for 4K downloads.
People Who Dump The Apple Watch Don't Find Enough Value In Wearing It: Study
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2015 16:46
A study revealed that the top reason people decided to dump their Apple Watches is because they did not find enough value in it. Here are the other interesting reasons of former Apple Watch users who participated in the ...