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Apple refutes hacker's claim he could break iPhone passcode limit - CNET
CNET - 24 Jun 2018 07:30
At first it looked liked he found a way to try as many passcodes as he wanted without destroying data. But it turned out the passcodes he tested weren't always counted.
New Facility Home To Nobel Prize Winning Technique Opens At Stanford
Forbes - 24 Jun 2018 07:16
A new state-of-the-art facility for cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has unveiled at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California.
Scientists are building a DNA database to fight illegal logging
Engadget - 24 Jun 2018 01:42
DNA evidence could put criminals behind bars, but only if there's something to compare it to. That's why a project that aims to combat illegal logging is now building a DNA database of trees, which could help authorities...
Police are arresting tourists for taking selfies with Hawaii's Mt. Kilauea eruption
BGR - 24 Jun 2018 15:00
You know how it goes: you're on holiday on Hawaii, on the same island as an ongoing volcanic eruption, but rather than following the lava from a safe distance via television like a normal person, you have to go see for y...
SpaceX Wins $130 Million Military Launch Contract for Falcon Heavy Rocket
SPACE.com - 24 Jun 2018 14:25Let's Use Physics to Model a Curving Soccer Ball
Wired - 24 Jun 2018 14:00
You could practice out on the pitch, or you could use a numerical calculation.
Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve
Wired - 24 Jun 2018 13:00
Computer scientists have been searching for years for a type of problem that a quantum computer can solve but that any possible future classical computer cannot. Now they've found one.
Facebook admits it leaked developer reports to app testers
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2018 11:30
As Facebook tries to recover its damaged reputation following controversies over how it handles users’ personal data, it seems the social media giant still has a few other privacy issues to work on. It was discovered t...
Non-invasive malaria test wins Africa engineering prize
ABC News - 24 Jun 2018 11:10
Non-invasive malaria test wins prestigious Africa engineering prize for 25-year-old Ugandan
Cell-sized 'microlasers' could regulate brain activity
Engadget - 24 Jun 2018 05:11
Scientists have spent years creating ever-smaller lasers. Berkeley Lab's latest invention, however, is something special -- and could lead to a significant change in medicine. An international team at the school has deve...
PayPal touts global reach as mobile wallets pop up in APAC
ZDNet - 24 Jun 2018 04:18
Banks, telcos, and e-commerce players in the region now offer their own payment platforms, but PayPal believes its global reach and security infrastructure will ensure its market relevance.
'Snapdragon 1000' chip may be designed for PCs from the ground up
Engadget - 24 Jun 2018 03:24
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 processor may be intended for PCs, but it's still a half step -- it's really a higher-clocked version of the same processor you'd find in your phone. The company may be more adventurous the next...
Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs
ZDNet - 24 Jun 2018 02:13
Believe it or not, some hardy souls are still running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with turn-of-the-century Pentium III CPUs. But the latest round of Windows 7 security patches won't install on those devices. Here's the bac...
Tim Cook, other Apple execs join in 2018 San Francisco Pride Parade
AppleInsider - 24 Jun 2018 23:54
Apple's workforce turned out en masse for the annual San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, including appearances by CEO Tim Cook and fellow executives Lisa Jackson and Jay Blahnik.
Agile software development still more a feel-good term than reality
ZDNet - 24 Jun 2018 23:42
'It breaks my heart to see the ideas we wrote about in the Agile Manifesto used to make developers' lives worse, instead of better,' a co-author of the 2001 Agile Manifesto laments.
Welcome to Blaine, the town Amazon Prime built
The Loop - 24 Jun 2018 22:42
I'm one of those customers. The difference in price and availability between Amazon Canada's offerings and Amazon US is staggering, even when you include the exchange rate.∞ Read this on The Loop
Hundreds march in Berlin to demand an end to using coal
ABC News - 24 Jun 2018 15:25
Hundreds of people are marching through the German capital to protest for an end to burn coal to produce electricity
Why would Samsung want its own GPUs?
Android Authority - 24 Jun 2018 15:00
Samsung is hiring for an in-house GPU design team, but why would the company want to develop its own graphics processors for smartphones?
Apple disputes claims of iOS 'vulnerability' to brute force passcode hack
AppleInsider - 24 Jun 2018 03:23
Apple on Saturday responded to reports suggesting a security researcher had discovered a simple to execute bypass to iOS passcode protections, saying the supposed vulnerability is in fact the result of erroneous testing.
In Army of None, a field guide to the coming world of autonomous warfare
TechCrunch - 24 Jun 2018 02:21
The Silicon Valley-military industrial complex is increasingly in the crosshairs of artificial intelligence engineers. A few weeks ago, Google was reported to be backing out of a Pentagon contract around Project Maven, w...
Hezbollah Reportedly Claims Facebook, Twitter Have Disabled Their Main Accounts
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2018 00:30
Lebanese militia and State Department-designated terrorist group Hezbollah said on Saturday that Facebook and Twitter had terminated its main accounts, according to the Times of Israel.
2018 iPhone could be cheaper than iPhone X, and will USB-C replace Lightning? - CNET
CNET - 24 Jun 2018 22:39
What went down in iPhone news this week.