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Clippy's Designer Wants to Know Who Got Clippy Pregnant
Motherboard - 26 Apr 2017 16:00
Kevan Atteberry tells Motherboard about his role in creating one of computing history's most iconic, notorious, and controversial characters (on a Mac!), and Clippy's strange afterlife.
Web Attacks Decline, Ransomware Attacks Surge
Dark Reading - 26 Apr 2017 06:01
Symantec's annual Internet Security Report data shows how attacks last year directly targeted end users, and became more efficient and lucrative.
Nextcloud 12: A look at new features
TechRepublic - 26 Apr 2017 18:33
The upcoming release of Nextcloud 12 promises to be of significance to business users. Jack Wallen highlights some of the features for the next iteration of this open source cloud platform.
German court upholds WhatsApp-Facebook data transfer ban
PC World - 26 Apr 2017 16:37
Facebook must obtain the permission of German users of WhatsApp before processing their personal data, a German court confirmed on Tuesday. Last August, Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp changed its privacy policy to allow th...
Artificial womb grows lambs, could treat premature births - CNET
CNET - 26 Apr 2017 06:53
Researchers have designed an artificial womb called the Biobag, and used it to grow extremely premature lambs. Are human infants next?
All hail the Trump Twitter bump
Mashable - 26 Apr 2017 16:42Bloomberg: Google co-founder Sergey Brin has a 'secret airship'
Engadget - 26 Apr 2017 07:28
A couple of days ago we got a good look at a "flying car" backed by Google's Larry Page, and now Bloomberg reports that Sergey Brin has a project too -- it's a zeppelin. The airship "which isn't an Alphabet project" is b...
The automation of art: A legal conundrum
Phys.org - 26 Apr 2017 17:03
In 1968, sociologist Jean Baudrillard wrote on automatism that "contained within it is the dream of a dominated world
Leak offers a first look at one of the few phones that will rival the Galaxy S8
BGR - 26 Apr 2017 16:58
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus will launch its fourth-generation flagship this year, the OnePlus 5 -- don't be fooled by that "5," the number four just isn't lucky in China. The company is yet to announce a press event...
SpaceX to Launch 1st NRO SpySat Sunday after Static Fire Success
Universe Today - 26 Apr 2017 05:26
MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FL - Elon Musk's SpaceX is primed for another significant space first; the firms first launch of a spy satellite for the US governments super secret spy agency; the National Recon...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has one final mission, which ends with destruction
BGR - 26 Apr 2017 01:22
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been delivering fantastic views of Saturn and its moons for many years now, and this year it will meet its ultimate fate: incineration in Saturn's atmosphere. The satellite just completed it...
These gloriously impractical VR goggles are the next Google Glass
Mashable - 26 Apr 2017 01:09We cooked with the infamous bacon toaster--here's what we thought
USA Today - 26 Apr 2017 21:36
Spoiler alert: we ate a lot
Amazon Echo Look is a voice-controlled camera for fashion tips
Engadget - 26 Apr 2017 17:21
Amazon's Echo smart speakers just went in an unusual (but potentially very helpful) new direction. Meet Echo Look, an Alexa-powered camera designed around taking your own fashion photos and videos. If you want to show of...
Israel says it uncovered planned mass cyber attacks
Phys.org - 26 Apr 2017 17:17
Israeli authorities said on Wednesday that they had detected planned cyber attacks against 120 public and private targets in the Jewish state but did not specify the intended victims.
Uber highlights your rating to make you a better passenger
Engadget - 26 Apr 2017 17:02
It's no secret that Uber assigns star ratings to passengers as well as drivers, but finding your passenger rating has practically required a small mining expedition. After today, though, you'll hardly have to lift a fing...
Mobile now accounts for the majority of digital ad spending, according to IAB
TechCrunch - 26 Apr 2017 17:00
Digital ad revenue grew to $72.5 billion in 2016, up 22 percent from the year before. That’s according to the latest Internet Advertising Revenue Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Interactive Advertising Burea...
Here's What A Google Alert Study Can Tell Us About Race And MIllennials
Forbes - 26 Apr 2017 16:39
How much can you trust what you know about Millennials based on the digital images you are fed. Find out statistics that will shock you based on a simple Google Alert study.
NASA's latest image of the James Webb Space Telescope is beautiful
Digital Trends - 26 Apr 2017 16:29
Scheduled to launch in 2018, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful telescope in existence, replacing NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, capturing infrared light from the first galaxies of the ancient unive...
Apple's next big project: Free courses to make its stores the most happening places in town
ZDNet - 26 Apr 2017 15:38
Apple will launch 60 educational sessions at all its stores focusing on coding, digital media, and art and design.
Engage Customers With Mobile Wallet Marketing
Forbes - 26 Apr 2017 14:48
Western companies need to get more innovative to keep up with Asia's mobile payments leaders.
Customer Data From Encrypted Phone Company Ciphr Has Been Dumped Online
Motherboard - 26 Apr 2017 14:07
Ciphr claims the data dump is the work of a rival company, according to an alleged message sent to victims.