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Buzz Aldrin Is Watching as SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy from Apollo 11 Pad
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2018 19:32US regulators are trying to figure out what to do with cryptocurrency
Engadget - 6 Feb 2018 04:49
Both chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and chairman Christopher Giancarlo of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will warn Congress tomorrow about how risky cryptocurrencies are for inv...
Twitter's director of AR/VR leaves the company
TechCrunch - 6 Feb 2018 04:29
The head of Twitter’s AR/VR team announced today via a tweet that he is leaving the social media site after 18 months. Alessandro Sabatelli joined Twitter in June of 2016 after leaving a virtual reality startup he led ...
Pornhub Is Banning AI-Generated Fake Porn Videos, Says They're Nonconsensual
Motherboard - 6 Feb 2018 21:50
The giant porn site puts deepfakes in the same category as revenge porn.
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch
CBSNews - 6 Feb 2018 19:22
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, its most powerful ever, lifts off from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center
British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
ABC News - 6 Feb 2018 16:52
A British judge has upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving his legal position unchanged after more than five years inside the Ecuadorean embassy
Nintendo finally answers the tough questions... about Mario's nipples and belly button
BGR - 6 Feb 2018 16:18
Why does Mario have nipples but no belly button? That's what Super Mario Odyssey gamers really want to know about the hit Nintendo Switch game.
Thankfully, Nintendo has finally addressed the question in an interview. ...
T-Mobile Port Out Scam Alert Is Real: Here's What To Do To Protect Your Account
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2018 13:32
T-Mobile warned customers of a port-out scam that can have dire consequences. Here's what to do to protect your account.
NYPD begins deploying iPhone 7 & 7 Plus to officers as it officially moves on from Windows Phone
9 to 5 Mac - 6 Feb 2018 04:28
As initially reported last year, The New York Police Department is moving away from Windows Phones after two years with the platform. Replacing some 36,000 Windows phones are iPhones, which are now being rolled out to po...
Two men charged in jackpotting scheme that drains ATMs in minutes
Ars Technica - 6 Feb 2018 02:55
As much as $50,000 taken from infected machine in Connecticut, prosecutors say.
Dim Light May Make Us Dumber
Neuroscience News - 6 Feb 2018 01:00
A new study reveals exposure to dim light might impact memory and learning. Researchers report rodents exposed to dim lighting lost 30 percent of hippocampal capacity and performed poorly on spatial tasks they had previo...
We just observed the first ever exoplanets outside our own galaxy
USA Today - 6 Feb 2018 00:44
Well, we finally did it. We finally were able to identify the existence of exoplanets that live outside of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Seeing SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket take off for the first time
New Scientist - 6 Feb 2018 23:58
SpaceX test launched its Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful since the Saturn V rocket. Leah Crane went to Cape Canaveral to see it lift off up close
Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatory Passes Huge Test
Gizmodo - 6 Feb 2018 16:45
Gravitational waves may be the most exciting thing in astronomy right now, but there are only so many things in space that scientists can study with Earth-based gravitational wave detectors. An incredible new test has de...
Tesla's big battery is undercutting Australia's energy cartels
Engadget - 6 Feb 2018 16:41
When Tesla installed the world's largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia last year, it came with the promise that it would revolutionize the way electricity is produced, stored and sold in a region known for black...
Bitcoin plunges below $6,000, discrediting theory it would be a safe haven
USA Today - 6 Feb 2018 16:36
Bitcoin dropped 15.5% Monday to its lowest since mid-November, while the S&P 500 fell 4.1% in its worst day in six years.
Samsung Scoop Wireless Bluetooth Speaker
The Gadget Flow - 6 Feb 2018 16:04
Experience clear and powerful sound anywhere you go with the Samsung Scoop Wireless Bluetooth Speaker. Featuring a sleek and compact design, the Samsung Scoop Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is handy to bring with you. In fac...
Serious shortcomings in aging tests of new solar cell materials
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2018 16:00
Researchers at Aalto University have found that only a fraction of stability tests done on new types of solar cells meet proper requirements. Tests lack common standards and should have been done in real-world conditions...
DARPA Exec Warns Biohackers to 'Think Deeply' About Injecting Untested Treatments
Gizmodo - 6 Feb 2018 16:00
On stage at Body Hacking Con this weekend, DARPA director of biological technologies Justin Sanchez ran through an impressive list of the sort of government projects that might interest people attending a conference abou...
How File-Sharing Broke the Internet's First Forum
Motherboard - 6 Feb 2018 16:00
Usenet--a formative online protocol intended for conversations--was forever changed once the public figured out you could transfer binary files through it.
Rubrik acquires Datos IO to expand into NoSQL database management support
TechCrunch - 6 Feb 2018 15:59
Rubrik, the enterprise startup that provides data backup and recovery services across cloud and on-premise environments, is putting some of the funding that it raised last year at a $1.3 billion valuation to use. Rubrik ...
France bans handheld smartphone use in cars, even when stationary with the engine switched off
9 to 5 Mac - 6 Feb 2018 15:15
In what seems a very misguided attempt to address the problem of road deaths and injuries in France, the government has just banned handheld smartphone use even when the car is stationary and the engine switched off … ...