Technology News
'Eighth Grade' goes inside the mind of an iPhone-addled teen girl
NBC News - 14 Jul 2018 17:53
"The idea was to take emotional inventory of what was going on, rather than doing a TED talk."
Ukraine Blocks a Russian Hack, a Silk Road Arrest, and More Security News This Week
Wired - 14 Jul 2018 17:00
Drone plans for sale, a Silk Road arrest, and more security news this week.
Mueller probe IDs long-hidden hackers
ABC News - 14 Jul 2018 08:35
The special counsel's probe of the 2016 election is now directly linked to the Russian government.
Looks Like Facebook is Getting Serious About Making Its Own Chips
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2018 07:10
It's been rumored for months that Facebook might be interested in building its own, in-house processing chips. Now it appears the social network company is really going for it. Bloomberg reported Friday that Facebook man...
12 Russians indicted for meddling in 2016 US election
ABC News - 14 Jul 2018 06:14
Indictment ties US election interference to Russian government for first time, charging 12 Russian military intelligence officers with hacking Democrats
Russians Found One Use for Bitcoin: Hacking the 2016 US Election
Wired - 14 Jul 2018 05:49
The 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking the DNC allegedly used $95,000 worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to fund their operation.
NASA details 'spiders' on Mars with crazy new photo
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2018 05:07
NASA has released an image showing “spiders” on Mars, small darks spots on the reddish landscape with tendrils one could easily perceive as tiny legs. The marks were captured by the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter i...
Scientist Loses Award After Acceptance Lecture Featured Students in Bikinis
Motherboard - 14 Jul 2018 03:18
The Herpetologists' League "regrets and apologizes for offensive content presented in the 2018 Distinguished Herpetologist lecture."
A hacker tried selling stolen military drone documents for $200
Mashable - 14 Jul 2018 02:01Think Android phones are all the same? Here at 8 that do things differently
Android Authority - 14 Jul 2018 18:30
Think current smartphones are boring? These 8 Android devices available now or soon are anything but.
South Africa Celebrates Completion of Gigantic, Super-sensitive Telescope
Scientific American - 14 Jul 2018 18:00
MeerKAT has drawn astronomers, engineers and data scientists from around the world --
Microsoft's Surface Go can learn from past Chromebook blunders
Android Central - 14 Jul 2018 17:00
There are plenty of bad ideas and bad implementations in the Chromebook world, and Microsoft should be looking at all of them. Have you checked out the Surface Go? If you haven't, it's Microsoft's latest answer to the iP...
What Did You Get in Trouble for at Your School's Computer Lab?
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2018 17:00
Left hand on A S D F? Good. Right hand on J K L and, for some reason, ";"? Congrats, you're in home position! A thing basically every learned in their school's computer lab and never used for the rest of their lives. Did...
Slime Molds Remember--But Do They Learn?
Wired - 14 Jul 2018 15:00
Evidence mounts that organisms without nervous systems can in some sense learn and solve problems, but researchers disagree about whether this is "primitive cognition."
Irish Silk Road suspect extradited to US: prosecutors
Phys.org - 14 Jul 2018 13:59
A 30-year-old Irish man accused of working for now defunct "dark web" marketplace Silk Road has been extradited to the United States to face charges in New York, four years after his arrest, prosecutors announced Friday.
Time's up, Galaxy Watch: LG Wear OS smartwatches could launch this month
Android Authority - 14 Jul 2018 09:03
LG's Watch Sport and Watch Style successors may arrive a month or two before Samsung reveals the long-rumored Galaxy Watch.
Kubernetes as the new application server, and more
ZDNet - 14 Jul 2018 08:07
Developer advocates sing the praises of Kubernetes. What's in it for enterprises?
4 Tips for Comparing and Evaluating Equipment Before Purchase
ReadWrite - 14 Jul 2018 07:47
Purchasing a new piece of equipment for your business can be a difficult process filled with lots of different steps and friction. However, this isn't the time to sit back and let someone else take charge. A correct purc...
Giant 'Plant from Hell' sends 17-year-old to the hospital with third-degree burns
BGR - 14 Jul 2018 07:13
The Giant Hogweed is a terrible, no-good, dangerous plant. It also happens to be spreading across the United States with shocking speed, and just touching can totally mess you up. A 17-year-old boy from Virginia named Al...
iFixit finds a 'cover-up' inside new MacBook Pro keyboards
Engadget - 14 Jul 2018 06:13
While we've been all over the outside of Apple's newest MacBook Pro lineup, iFixit has, as usual, decided to look underneath the hood and find out what's changed from previous models. While it has not published a full te...
Some Senators Want to Know if Smart TVs are Spying on Us
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2018 05:15
Two US senators have some suspicions about smart TVs, and they're asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into the data collection practices employed by TV manufacturers to see if the internet-connected devices are q...
Smartphones are down, PCs are up, and yes, it's still 2018
BGR - 14 Jul 2018 05:01
The PC market has posted a surprise growth in shipments this year, the first such increase in 2012 -- and the reason why probably won't come as a surprise. Market research firms Gartner and IDC are both out with fresh nu...