Technology News
Trump's NASA Leader Should Explain His 'Evolution' on Climate Change
Motherboard - 25 May 2018 16:30
It's great that Administrator Jim Bridenstine accepts his own agency's consensus on climate science. Let's hope he builds on his new perspective.
Why Even Your Bullshit Accounts Deserve Strong Passwords
Life Hacker - 25 May 2018 17:00
This week, password manager Dashlane analyzed ten years' worth of passwords from public data breaches. The big lesson is, don't reuse passwords. Not even a little, not even with a "formula." Password formulas are easy to...
Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, says he doesn't have a laptop. At all.
Mashable - 25 May 2018 05:01Business in space: Will streamlined rules add thrust to commerce and maintain safety?
USA Today - 25 May 2018 02:12
Launching commercial rockets and satellites should get simpler and cheaper now that President Trump is moving to streamline commercial space regulations.
Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space
ABC News - 25 May 2018 00:40
President Donald Trump is asking the government to make it easier for companies to get to and from space.
Major US news websites are going down in Europe as GDPR goes into effect
The Verge - 25 May 2018 17:23
The European Union's new GDPR privacy rules came into effect today, but it seems that some organizations didn't meet the deadline to comply with the changes. A handful of websites, including those of major news providers...
London police seize bitcoin worth $667,000 from hacker
Phys.org - 25 May 2018 17:16
London police have seized half a million pounds ($667,000) worth of bitcoin from a prolific computer hacker in a case described as the first of its kind for the 188-year-old department.
Cryptocurrency Miners Are Sabotaging Blockchains for Their Personal Gain
Motherboard - 25 May 2018 17:00
A wave of 51 percent attacks affecting Bitcoin Gold, Verge, and Monacoin resulted in nearly $20 million worth of cryptocurrency being stolen from exchanges this week.
Coming Out As a Sex Worker, Coming Out As a Person
Motherboard - 25 May 2018 16:00
Liara Roux writes about coming out in myriad ways to their community, family, and even clients.
NASA says commercial partnerships are "key" to its lunar ambitions
Slash Gear - 25 May 2018 01:15
NASA has revealed an increased focus on commercial partnerships, calling this a key aspect of its goal of returning humans to the moon. According to the space agency, it will be expanding its commercial partnerships as p...
Potent new mechanism of action for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease revealed
Science Daily - 25 May 2018 18:32
Through research on the small molecule analogue of E6007 which is under clinical development as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, a novel mechanism of action was revealed in which this analogue inhibited the ad...
As Netflix shares continue to surge, streaming giant is now worth more than Disney
BGR - 25 May 2018 17:27
What Netflix has managed to accomplish in a relatively short amount of time is nothing short of astounding. The streaming giant today boasts more than 125 million subscribers across the globe and shows no signs of slowin...
The failed Essential Phone is an ugly testament to everything that's wrong with Android
PC World - 25 May 2018 17:19
After a year of excessive hype, false starts, and empty promises, these may very well be the last words I will ever need to write about the Essential Phone. Quite frankly, I've already written too many. Last May, Android...
The Standard Model of Particle Physics: The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything
Singularity Hub - 25 May 2018 17:15
The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings. More than a quarter of the Nobel Prizes in physics of the last century are direct inputs to or direct results of the Sta...
New Evacuation Plan in Place as Third Kilauea Lava Flow Reaches Ocean
Gizmodo - 25 May 2018 17:05
US Marine Corps stationed in Hawaii are now on standby to help with evacuations should lava flows cut off the only remaining escape route from the beleaguered Puna neighborhood. The latest threat comes as the Big Island ...
Here's Facebook's Internal Policy on Pepe the Frog
Motherboard - 25 May 2018 17:00
The far-right adopted Pepe the Frog as its own symbol of intolerance. Breaking with its policy of allowing fictional characters to push hateful messages, Facebook banned certain images of Pepe, according to internal docu...
Why AI can't solve everything
Phys.org - 25 May 2018 16:53
The hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. There seems to be no shortage of sensationalist news about how AI could cure diseases, accelerate human innovation and improve human creativity...
Drones will help investigators tackle chemical, biological and nuclear attacks
Phys.org - 25 May 2018 16:44
Researchers are making use of unarmed vehicles and robots to gather information and samples from crime or disaster scenes. Their initiative will help save lives.
Uber faces obstacles as it seeks to resume autonomous car tests in Pennsylvania
Digital Trends - 25 May 2018 16:13
Uber recently shut down its autonomous car testing program in the Phoenix area, but it wants to resume testing prototypes in Pennsylvania and California in the not-too-distant future. Pittsburgh wants Uber to observe str...
This Company Is Making a 'Bop-It' You Can Fuck
Motherboard - 25 May 2018 15:00
A throwback to a toy from the 90s from adult game maker Nutaku, called the "Flick 'N' Jerk."
NanoPC-T4: A powerful Raspberry Pi alternative without the bottleneck issues
TechRepublic - 25 May 2018 14:37
FriendlyELEC's NanoPC-T4 includes support for NVMe-linked M.2 SSDs, solving I/O bottleneck issues and offering a more stable platform for professionals.
Dentists can smell your fear - and it may put your teeth at risk
New Scientist - 25 May 2018 13:46
A study of sweaty T-shirts suggests dentists can smell when someone is anxious, and it makes them more likely to make mistakes and damage neighbouring teeth