Technology News
Amazon Will No Longer Offer Unlimited Cloud Storage For Amazon Drive
Tech Times - 9 Jun 2017 00:10
Amazon has been one of the only companies to offer unlimited cloud storage, making it one of the most appealing storage plans available. It seems that won't be the case going forward as Amazon is ending unlimited cloud s...
Space Station Flatworm Experiments Enhance Understanding of Regenerative Health
SpaceRef - 9 Jun 2017 18:42
Flatworms that spent five weeks aboard the International Space Station are helping researchers led by Tufts University scientists to study how an absence of normal gravity and geomagnetic fields can have anatomical, beha...
Uber CEO reminds employees not to rape each other in ridiculous 2013 memo
BGR - 9 Jun 2017 16:43
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been in over his head for many years. He's admitted as much on several occasions, noting specifically that he needs help in becoming the kind of CEO he needs to be for Uber to have any chance...
Tech CEOs reportedly plan to attend Kushner-led summit - CNET
CNET - 9 Jun 2017 03:46
The group led by President Trump's son-in-law will focus on ways to modernize government services.
Hackers break into centralized password manager OneLogin
ABC News - 9 Jun 2017 22:03
Hackers have gained access to OneLogin, an online password manager that offers a single sign-on to multiple websites and services
Neural Interfacing Will Create a 'Cosmic Oneness' With Your Phone
Motherboard - 9 Jun 2017 18:36
"The dystopian version is something like the Borg."
Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store
Motherboard - 9 Jun 2017 16:51
Apple says Pepe is 'objectionable content.' Feels bad, man.
Open source documentation is bad, but proprietary software is worse
TechRepublic - 9 Jun 2017 16:27
Open source gets a lot of stick for its poor documentation, but developers still prefer it to proprietary alternatives.
The First Black Panther Poster Is Appropriately Badass
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2017 15:58
We're still a few months out from Black Panther's release next February, but Marvel's just dropped the first poster for the movie featuring something other than stylized text and it's absolutely glorious.
China cracks down on celebrity gossip social media accounts
Engadget - 9 Jun 2017 07:03
The fans of 60 gossip bloggers on China's social media platforms, including ones owned by Tencent and Baidu, will have to get their daily fix elsewhere. Chinese websites and tech titans have shuttered 60 accounts focusin...
Google's Clock app gets a darker theme and new icon [Diving into Android O]
Android Authority - 9 Jun 2017 04:18
Android O looks to introduce a new Clock app, which features a redesigned icon and a darker in-app theme, though changes appear superficial.
Hackers hit Al Jazeera amid diplomatic crisis in Qatar
USA Today - 9 Jun 2017 03:23
The cyberattack on Al Jazeera is the fourth reported hack on Qatari organizations in the last 14 months. Video provided by Newsy
These are the best iOS 11 features Apple didn't announce
Pocket-lint - 9 Jun 2017 02:07
Apple packed so much stuff into its WWDC 2017 keynote that many awesome features in iOS 11 weren't even mentioned.During the two-hour presentation at the mostly-annual developers conference, CEO Tim Cook and other Apple ...
If you have an older iPhone, you might miss out on some of the new AR fun
Mashable - 9 Jun 2017 01:37Google's reCAPTCHA can tell you're not a bot from your phone
Engadget - 9 Jun 2017 21:32
Google's reCAPTCHA has evolved from distorted text, to street numbers, to "I'm not a robot" tickboxes and, most recently, to their new invisible system. And now the company is bringing its bot-fighting program to Android...
Scientists Created Biodegradable Microbeads So Your Face Scrub Won't Pollute Our Oceans
Gizmodo - 9 Jun 2017 21:30
By now it's well documented that those tiny plastic microbeads used in face scrubs and toothpastes are contaminating lakes and oceans at an alarming rate. Starting next month they'll be officially banned in the US for pe...
'Atari' console teased ahead of E3 - CNET
CNET - 9 Jun 2017 20:52
We don't know anything yet beyond a bare-bones teaser video.
The Big HomePod FAQ Show - TMO Daily Observations 2017-06-09
The Mac Observer - 9 Jun 2017 19:30
Today Dave Hamilton and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to dive deep into what we know about Apple’s HomePod and get you up to speed on what it does--and doesn’t--do.
Ex-Thuraya CEO joins OneWeb
Space News - 9 Jun 2017 17:40
Thuraya's former CEO, Samer Halawi, has joined satellite internet startup OneWeb, moving from Dubai to the United States to help the company launch a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites. SpaceNews.com
24 of the most famous ghost photographs ever taken
Pocket-lint - 9 Jun 2017 17:15
Ghosts, the paranormal and the supernatural have always been debated. Do they exist?Many people have reported sightings before, but without any real proof, they're usually disregarded as merely stories. Being able to tak...
iMac Pro cost blows away similar Lenovo workstation, DIY builders struggle to meet price with fewer features
AppleInsider - 9 Jun 2017 17:11
Despite some social media complaints to the contrary, the forthcoming iMac Pro appears to be very competitive with rivals' offerings, and also against those seeking to build a machine out of parts matching specifications...
WATCH: Yahoo shareholders approve sale to Verizon
ABC News - 9 Jun 2017 17:08
Yahoo and AOL will form a new company under Verizon called Oath.