Technology News
How to upgrade your PS4 hard drive to 4TB or more
Pocket-lint - 18 Dec 2017 17:54
If you own, have recently bought or received a PS4 and downloaded a game you might already be aware that 500GB is a woefully inadequate amount of storage. That's the amount of space a standard PS4 has to play with and co...
Beware the App Store's Cuphead scam
Cult of Mac - 18 Dec 2017 17:19
Retro-style run-and-gun game Cuphead has landed in the App Store. Unfortunately, it’s not legit! One of the Xbox’s best games, the retro-inspired Cuphead arrived on consoles back in September, and immediately became ...
Astrocast adds $1.1 million to seed round
Space News - 18 Dec 2017 17:18
Swiss satellite startup Astrocast, formerly named Else, gained an extra $1.1 million in seed financing to help carry the company through the launch of two demonstration satellites for a constellation of Internet of Thing...
Nominations Process Opens for National Space Council Users' Advisory Group
NASA Breaking news - 18 Dec 2017 17:11California issues warning on radio frequency energy with cellphones
Digital Trends - 18 Dec 2017 03:06
Mobile phones are emitting radio frequency energy and radio waves, so there was always the potential and possibility to cause some sort of health risks and concerns. The California Department of Public Health recently di...
Google's taking another big step to stop the spread of fake news
Mashable - 18 Dec 2017 00:06Analyst suggests customers prefer cheaper iPhones to the iPhone X
Digital Trends - 18 Dec 2017 17:26
According to an analyst from Cowen & Co., sales of the iPhone X are lower than expected, and the high cost of entry to Apple's latest and greatest may be the reason why many consumers are opting for older iPhones. The po...
How do you spot a Russian bot? Answer goes beyond Kremlin watching, new research finds
Phys.org - 18 Dec 2017 17:21
A team of researchers has isolated the characteristics of bots on Twitter through an examination of bot activity related to Russian political discussions.
Twitter Nazi purge removes far-right British leader that Trump retweeted
Mashable - 18 Dec 2017 17:03More dead commenters appear to come out against Net Neutrality
TechCrunch - 18 Dec 2017 16:45
Two more dead commenters have been spotted commenting on the FCCs foregone Net Neutrality vote, a small but not insignificant discovery considering that, while public outcry for net neutrality was high, FCC representativ...
Facebook will begin demoting 'engagement bait' in your News Feed
Mashable - 18 Dec 2017 16:40WATCH: New warnings on the possible dangers of cellphones
ABC News - 18 Dec 2017 16:32
A report from the California Department of Health is raising concerns about the possible risk of radiation and guidelines on how to reduce it.
Twitter today starts enforcing new rules around violence and hate
TechCrunch - 18 Dec 2017 16:00
Twitter today says it will begin to enforce new rules related to how it handles hateful conduct and abusive behavior taking place on its platform. The changes are a part of the company’s broader agenda to craft new pol...
Privacy-touting Mozilla caught shoving Mr Robot add-on into Firefox
ZDNet - 18 Dec 2017 04:11
Users who allowed Firefox to run its studies feature found an unwelcome add-on installed over the weekend.
Avaya emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
ZDNet - 18 Dec 2017 03:22
The company has successfully completed its debt restructuring less than a year after filing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Apple Music, Beats under legal attack over third-party licensing practices
AppleInsider - 18 Dec 2017 02:49
A musician apparently disgruntled at how Beats Music and Apple Music has handled its streaming obligations is looking to fire up a class action suit, and is accusing Apple of intentionally deleting records and under-coun...
Oracle adds to cloud construction strategy with $1.2B bid for Aconex
USA Today - 18 Dec 2017 02:41Bitcoin futures begin trading on CME, price little changed
ABC News - 18 Dec 2017 02:11
The second major security based on bitcoin is starting to trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Learning to embrace conflict as a part of startup culture
TechCrunch - 18 Dec 2017 01:30
Most team leaders will agree on the majority of decisions that need to be made and good startup teams seem telepathic at times, but there are inevitably going to be profound disagreements. It’s critical that entreprene...
Rainbrow: New Eyebrow-Controlled Game for iPhone X Takes Advantage of TrueDepth Camera System
Mac Rumors - 18 Dec 2017 01:13
Washington University computer science graduate Nathan Gitter has released Rainbrow, an eyebrow-controlled arcade game for iPhone X. The simple game requires players to use their eyebrows to move an emoji face up and dow...
Adidas will quit making wearable fitness devices
The Verge - 18 Dec 2017 23:58
Adidas is officially getting out of the wearable fitness industry, at least when it comes to making its own devices, according to a report from the Portland Business Journal that the company is shuttering its hardware di...
A radical approach to methane oxidation into methanol
EurekAlert! - 18 Dec 2017 07:00
(Osaka University) A pair of researchers at Osaka University converted methane into valuable chemicals. The reaction occurs under ambient conditions in a novel two-phase system. Chlorine radicals are generated by light i...