Technology News
'The Red Strings Club' explores the morality of transhumanism
Engadget - 9 Feb 2018 20:30
If you had the ability to turn off all the negative emotions in your mind -- depression, anxiety, rage -- would you do it? Would you eagerly implant a device in your body that eliminates these feelings, or would you paus...
Blackmagic launches 4K broadcast camera for price of a high-end DSLR
DP Review - 9 Feb 2018 22:39
Video camera maker Blackmagic Design has announced the "world's most affordable and flexible professional" camera aimed at broadcast and studio film makers. The URSA Broadcast shoots Ultra HD resolution, uses an intercha...
This Guy Designed and Built an 8-bit CPU from Scratch
Motherboard - 9 Feb 2018 20:31
The breadboard CPU can play the Mario theme, but programming it is a pain in the ass.
Windows 10 on ARM on Raspberry Pi is off to a good start
Slash Gear - 9 Feb 2018 15:49
Windows 10 is popping up in some odd places, like old phones and ARM boards. It's all unofficial, of course, but it might still serve to spark some interest in taking Microsoft's operating system to places where Microsof...
Popular 'Deepfakes' Forum Is Mining For Cryptocurrency
IBTimes - 9 Feb 2018 00:47
Deepfakes, an increasingly popular form of media that masks the face of a celebrity or other party over the face of a person in a video, continue to be pushed off internet platforms, a new website has cropped up as a pop...
New Samsung Galaxy S9 leak reveals new dock, headphone jack
Mashable - 9 Feb 2018 17:08'Minecraft' Data Mining Reveals Players' Darkest Secrets
Motherboard - 9 Feb 2018 17:00
A Minecraft fan is using data-mining techniques to retrieve players' in-game journals and correspondence, some of which is inspiring, depressing, and absurd.
How to Prepare a Sports Car for Interplanetary Space
Motherboard - 9 Feb 2018 16:44
The payload on the Falcon Heavy was Elon Musk's personal Tesla convertible. Here's how it was prepared to weather the harsh space environment.
Facebook testing 'downvote' button on users' comments - CNET
CNET - 9 Feb 2018 05:06
Feature lets users express a negative reaction to comments, but it's not the long-desired "dislike" button.
ESA awards five smallsat launcher study contracts
Space News - 9 Feb 2018 03:19
The European Space Agency on Feb. 8 announced five companies will study potential small launch vehicles for the agency's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). SpaceNews.com
New stem cell gun can revolutionize skin burn treatment
BGR - 9 Feb 2018 02:12
Researchers have developed new technology that may significantly improve the healing process of burn victims. The stem cell gun above can regrow a person's skin at a faster pace, which could reduce the risk of infection,...
This $40 adapter makes the internet on your computer so much faster
BGR - 9 Feb 2018 21:56
Whether you spent $100 on your home Wi-Fi system or $1,000, one thing is certain: it’s not as reliable or as consistently fast as a wired internet connection. It’s just a fact of life and it may never change. Of cour...
A Giant Version of Pong Played With Feet Should Be the Next Olympic Sport
Gizmodo - 9 Feb 2018 21:35
The most entertaining part of watching the modern Olympics is hoping you catch some kind of drama, scandal, or debacle. And while the IOC has hoped that the addition of new sports like mixed doubles curling will breathe ...
Basically No One Is Getting Fined for Flying Drones Without a License
Gizmodo - 9 Feb 2018 18:00
If you want to operate a drone commercially, you need to get a license. And yet, since the Federal Aviation Administration began requiring licenses in 2016, only one person has gotten in trouble for operating a commercia...
Novel voice recognition technology completes Interpol's legal arsenal
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2018 17:14
Watching mainstream forensics-related TV shows could easily make us believe that there is no piece of evidence stronger than conclusive DNA samples or fingerprints. Yet, that would be forgetting the importance of voice r...
New intelligent system learns from simple problems to solve complex ones
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2018 17:13
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a new type of intelligent system based on deep learning that can learn to solve decision-making problems, including problems more complex than it has ...
Thais arrest alleged Russian cybercrime market operator
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2018 17:10
Police in Thailand announced Friday they have arrested a Russian national accused by U.S. authorities of running an online cybercrime marketplace where everything from stolen credit card information to hardware for compr...
How Elon Musk cleverly used the Starman to promote his car brand (Tesla)
USA Today - 9 Feb 2018 17:05
How Elon Musk cleverly used the Falcon Heavy mission to promote his car brand.
3 Ways the US Should Prepare for the Next Flu Pandemic
Live Science - 9 Feb 2018 17:05Newly-discovered asteroid will slip by Earth today at an incredibly close distance
BGR - 9 Feb 2018 17:02
NASA tracks hundreds upon hundreds of potentially hazardous objects that routinely cruise past our planet. Many of them have been known about for years or even decades, but more are being discovered all the time. In fact...
The Future of Digital Health: Personalized Health Care Beyond the Doctor's Office
Singularity Hub - 9 Feb 2018 17:00
In an interview at Singularity University's Exponential Medicine in San Diego, Leslie Saxon, founder and executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing, spoke about the Virtual Care Clinic her team is building. ...
MIT Federal Credit Union embraces the Read with Malcolm initiative
MIT - 9 Feb 2018 16:55
Brian Ducharme reads to students at Morse Elementary and hands out copies of Malcolm Mitchell's book "The Magician's Hat."