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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ200 Sample Images
Photography Blog - 20 Feb 2018 16:30
Ahead of our full review, here are some sample images taken with a pre-production version of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ200 compact camera. The Panasonic TZ200 is a new premium compact camera with a 1-inch image sensor an...
Wikipedia ends data-free access for developing countries - CNET
CNET - 20 Feb 2018 04:09
Wikipedia Zero will shut down across 72 countries this year, ending zero-rated access to the online encyclopedia.
Cryptocurrency-mining criminals that netted $3 million gear up for more
Ars Technica - 20 Feb 2018 03:18
Attackers who mined 10,829 Monero coins over 18 months target a new server platform.
BenQ SW271 Review
Photography Blog - 20 Feb 2018 16:30
The BenQ SW271 is a new 4K Ultra HD monitor targeted at photographers and videographers. It offers 99% coverage of the Adobe RGB color space and supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) and HDR10. Find out what we thought of th...
Intelligent Machines That Learn Like Children
Scientific American - 20 Feb 2018 16:15
Machines that learn like children provide deep insights into how the mind and body act together to bootstrap knowledge and skills --
Flight Sim Labs' DRM tool could collect Google Chrome passwords
Slash Gear - 20 Feb 2018 05:37
Piracy is a problem that has hounded the entertainment and software industry for decades and there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel yet. Different people have different opinions on how to cut or at l...
Steven Seagal Has A Cryptocurrency Now. It's bad - CNET
CNET - 20 Feb 2018 04:55
Steven Seagal has become the official ambassador for Bitcoiin2Gen, a new cryptocurrency launching its Initial Coin Offering.
There's something wrong with NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
BGR - 20 Feb 2018 01:21
NASA has had an incredible streak of good luck as of late with spacecraft that have far outlived their expectations. Cassini at Saturn, the Opportunity rover on Mars, and several other pieces of high-tech space hardware ...
How to ensure you're getting full credit towards your Move & Exercise goals on Apple Watch
AppleInsider - 20 Feb 2018 22:55
Although the Apple Watch does a lot of its fitness tracking without any help, it isn't perfect, and there are a few things you can do to guarantee the most accurate possible results.
Windows 10 null character flaw keeps malware hidden from security scanning tools
TechRepublic - 20 Feb 2018 19:49
The Windows 10 interface that allows apps to connect to antivirus software is truncating files, causing compromised code to come back clean.
Job listings suggest that Spotify is working on its own smart speaker
Android Central - 20 Feb 2018 16:46Facebook and Russian election interference: some Americans say Facebook should be fined
USA Today - 20 Feb 2018 16:38
Social network facing renewed scrutiny over its role in Russian election interference.
South Korea won't ban cryptocurrency trading after all
Engadget - 20 Feb 2018 16:34
South Korea has been flirting with banning cryptocurrency trading for some time now. However, now it appears the country is backtracking. Bloomberg reports that South Korea's regulators have indicated that they will cont...
Czechs to open satellite center to serve intelligence, NATO
ABC News - 20 Feb 2018 16:20
The Czech Republic's army says it is planning to open a new satellite center to serve the country's military intelligence and NATO
3 Million New Android Malware Samples Discovered in 2017
SecurityWeek - 20 Feb 2018 16:20
More than 3 million new malware samples targeting the Android operating system were discovered in 2017, marking a slight decrease from the previous year, G Data reports.
Cryptocurrency not an ideal long-term investment, warns Ethereum co-founder
Digital Trends - 20 Feb 2018 16:17
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that you can invest in digital currency, but only if you can afford to lose money given the volatile state of cryptocurrency values. They're not ideal for long-term nest egg inves...
Say goodbye to Android Pay and hello to Google Pay
TechCrunch - 20 Feb 2018 16:00
As we reported last month, Google is uniting all of its different payment tools under the Google Pay brand. On Android, however, the Android Pay app stuck with its existing brand. That’s changing today, though, with th...
A Top-Secret US Military Base Will Melt Out of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Motherboard - 20 Feb 2018 16:00
Planners thought it would stay buried in ice forever.
New website tracks Musk's Tesla Roadster and Starman as they fly through space
BGR - 20 Feb 2018 15:51
After weather forced SpaceX to delay the launch multiple times, Elon Musk's aerospace company launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket into space on February 6th. It was an incredible feat, and the world watched along as...
'Ultramassive' black holes discovered in far-off galaxies
Phys.org - 20 Feb 2018 15:47
Thanks to data collected by NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope on galaxies up to 3.5 billion light years away from Earth, an international team of astrophysicists has detected what are likely to be the most massive black hol...
SpaceX to use a net boat called 'Mr. Steven' to recover next rocket fairing
TechCrunch - 20 Feb 2018 15:08
SpaceX is all about reducing the cost of launching things into space, and right now one of those costs it think it can eliminate is having to use a new fairing every time it launches a rocket. The fairing is basically th...
Utah Startup Claims It Is Regenerating Skin With Stem Cells
Gizmodo - 20 Feb 2018 23:35
A tiny Utah biotech firm is making waves in regenerative medicine. Last summer, it made headlines for successfully regenerating skin and stimulating hair growth in pigs with burns using a stem cell therapy. Now, the comp...