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Black Hole Jets Hotter Than Expected
SPACE.com - 5 Apr 2016 18:40
New measurements show that quasars can blow far past the theoretical temperature limit of 100 billion degrees Kelvin (179 billion degrees Fahrenheit), which has scientists puzzled.
Trump Hotels investigating possible payment card breach
PC World - 5 Apr 2016 03:47
The Trump Hotel Collection said on Monday it is working with the Secret Service and FBI to investigate a possible payment card breach, its second one in less than a year. The luxury hotel group is run by Republican presi...
Mars Gives Opportunity a Whirl
Bad Astronomy - 5 Apr 2016 15:15
I love being surprised by a picture. I first saw the photo above when my friend Bobak Ferdowsi tweeted a link to it, having seen it himself on the RidingWithRobots Twitter feed. When I saw it, I literally gasped. It's a ...
Google pulls Taliban app from Play Store
Mashable - 5 Apr 2016 03:05
Despite implementing a stricter app review process last year, Google still has some work to do when it comes to its developer policies. The company removed an app created by the Taliban from its Play Store Saturday. Th...
Op-ed | Ending ban on retired ICBMs would allow U.S. companies to reclaim small satellite launch market
Space News - 5 Apr 2016 17:19
Orbital ATK's Scott Lehr makes the case for letting U.S. industry use retired ICBMs to launch commercial satellites. SpaceNews.com
The IoT Isn't For Everybody; It's For The Powers-That-Be And Controllers Of Information
Forbes - 5 Apr 2016 15:40
Will everyone be able to interact with the Internet of Things in the future? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jonathan Brill.
New iPhone 6s passcode bypass lets handlers access Photos and Contacts; here's how to protect yourself
9 to 5 Mac - 5 Apr 2016 06:21The Pentagon isn't sure who'd be in charge during a cyberattack
Engadget - 5 Apr 2016 06:03
According to a report published Monday by the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Defense lacks clear rules on who would be in charge during a national-level cyberattack. It could be the US Northern Comma...
Laptops, tablets could pack more DDR4 memory with Samsung breakthrough
PC World - 5 Apr 2016 05:23
Samsung wants to cram faster and more power-efficient DDR4 DRAM in laptops and hybrids with new memory chips it introduced on Monday. The South Korean company has started mass production of DDR4 memory chips based on the...
NVIDIA announces a supercomputer aimed at deep learning and AI
TechCrunch - 5 Apr 2016 23:40
The sophisticated neural networks underlying systems like Google’s Deep Dream and all manner of interesting experiments require a great deal of computing power. NVIDIA proposes to put all that horsepower in a single ...
New Horizons fills gap in space environment observations
Phys.org - 5 Apr 2016 22:39
When NASA's New Horizons sped past Pluto on July 14, 2015, it took the best-ever pictures of the rocky world s surface, giving us new insight into its geology, composition and atmosphere. These stunning images are the mo...
Dubai's Waste Management Department will soon use drones to catch litterbugs
Digital Trends - 5 Apr 2016 22:21
To help keep visitors from littering on its beaches and deserts, the Dubai Municipality's Waste Management Department plans on using a fleet of drones to catch people in the act of ditching their trash. The post Dubai’...
GRAIL Data Points To Possible Lava Tubes On The Moon
Universe Today - 5 Apr 2016 22:02
For years, scientists have been hunting for the stable lava tubes that are believed to exist on the Moon. A remnant from the Moon's past, when it was still volcanically active, these underground channels could very well ...
Ilford Opens Ultra-Large-Format Film Ordering Window
Photography Blog - 5 Apr 2016 16:00
Harman Technology, owner of the Ilford brand, is opening a new ordering window for Ultra Large Format (ULF) photographers.
Twitter and the NFL Team Up to Stream Thursday Night Football
ABC News - 5 Apr 2016 15:50
Are you ready for some football...on Twitter?
Hands-on with HP's Spectre 13.3, the world's thinnest laptop
PC World - 5 Apr 2016 12:30
Someone call Guinness! HP's new luxurious Spectre 13.3 ultraportable could now be the thinnest laptop in the world. The new Spectre 13.3, with its fancy cabinet-style, piston-driven hinges, and hand-polished gold trim, i...
Why Oculus Could be Destined to Ultimately Fail
TechPinions - 5 Apr 2016 10:00
If you have read my columns on VR recently, you know I am relatively bullish on this new technology. I have used all of the headsets available and, while the actual VR differs with each, …
Panasonic Lumix GX80 preview: 'GX8 mini' adds 5-axis stabilisation, loses low-pass filter
Pocket-lint - 5 Apr 2016 06:30
With the Lumix GF8 not arriving on British shores, we were beginning to wonder if Panasonic had bailed on the smaller-scale and more affordable compact system camera concept. But that's not the case, as the latest Lumix ...
Facebook's AI Is Now Automatically Writing Photo Captions
Wired - 5 Apr 2016 06:01
Facebook is now using artificial intelligence to automatically generate captions for photos in the News Feed of people who can't see them. The post Facebook's AI Is Now Automatically Writing Photo Captions appeared first...
Facebook begins using artificial intelligence to describe photos to blind users
The Verge - 5 Apr 2016 06:01
Ask a member of Facebook's growth team what feature played the biggest role in getting the company to a billion daily users, and they'll likely tell you it was photos. The endless stream of pictures, which users have bee...
Journalist to Appeal After Seoul Blocks Site on North Korea
ABC News - 5 Apr 2016 04:50
A Western journalist who has documented developments of North Korea's technology issues says he will appeal a South Korean authorities' decision to block his website for violating the national security law
John Grunsfeld: Seeker of Life in the Solar System --Steps Down as NASA's Chief Scientist
The Daily Galaxy - 5 Apr 2016 21:53
"After exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life in the universe, I can now boldly go where I've rarely gone before - home," said John Grunsfeld who will retire from NASA April 30, capping nearly four decades...