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Green fireball captured by photographer in luckiest photobomb ever
USA Today - 16 Aug 2018 03:30
The German stargazer was trying to get photos of the moon and Venus aligning but got a whole lot more.
Android 9 Pie Go Edition uses less space out of the box
Slash Gear - 16 Aug 2018 05:38
Android Go, the special configuration designed for entry-level smartphones, started life last year under the Android 8.1 Oreo release. With Android 9 Pie now out of the oven, it's only fitting that it, too, should get a ...
Google reportedly working on health and fitness assistant called Google Coach
BGR - 16 Aug 2018 05:34
Back in 2014, Google and Apple launched health and fitness platforms for their respective mobile operating systems. While Apple's HealthKit API and Health app took off, eventually becoming key to the success of the Apple...
Former Tesla employee's tweets show allegedly flawed batteries
Engadget - 16 Aug 2018 05:06
The employee Tesla is suing for theft of proprietary information has tweeted photos and other details, perhaps in an attempt to back up some of the claims he made against the automaker. Two of the photos Martin Tripp has...
Microsoft Edge beta for Android rolls out breaking news alerts and more
Android Central - 16 Aug 2018 17:15
Edge for Android is keeping pace with its iOS counterpart, adding breaking news alerts, annotations for books, and more. Just a day after rolling out to the Microsoft Edge beta for iOS, Microsoft is shipping a few new fe...
AI for code encourages collaborative, open scientific discovery
Phys.org - 16 Aug 2018 17:00
We have seen significant recent progress in pattern analysis and machine intelligence applied to images, audio and video signals, and natural language text, but not as much applied to another artifact produced by people:...
Beetle Trapped in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was an Early Pollinator
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2018 17:00
Amber fossils containing bugs are nothing new, but the discovery of a beautifully preserved Cretaceous Period beetle with bits of pollen still around it is changing what we know about the planet's earliest pollinating in...
Teen Charged with Hacking in to Apple Servers, Stealing Files
The Mac Observer - 16 Aug 2018 16:55
A teenager from Melbourne, Australia, has been arrested for hacking in to Apple’s servers, making off with over 90 GB of files, and accessing customer accounts. Apparently the boy developed a system that “worked flaw...
Rare nickel up for auction in Philadelphia bought for $4.56 million
Fox News - 16 Aug 2018 04:15
An extremely rare nickel up for auction in Philadelphia fetched $4.56 million from an anonymous buyer Wednesday.
Video games are nice, but Amazon badly wants Twitch to be the next YouTube
BGR - 16 Aug 2018 04:02
This could get interesting. Twitch has reportedly been approaching big stars like Will Smith about streaming live, and it's likewise been quietly making overtures to a variety of top YouTube talent. Twitch CEO Emmett She...
Blue Origin says it'll start selling tickets to space tourists in 2019
USA Today - 16 Aug 2018 03:27
Space enthusiasts! Don’t miss out on your chance to reach the edge of space. Mark your calendars (and start saving money) now.
Inside the Vegas nightclub that launched its own cryptocurrency
Mashable - 16 Aug 2018 02:55Here's NASA's playlist of songs that it's hoping will wake up the Opportunity rover
BGR - 16 Aug 2018 01:21
NASA's Opportunity rover is currently sitting quietly on Mars, not doing much of anything. It's been in a state of dormancy ever since a colossal Martian dust storm swallowed the planet whole over the past few months. Wi...
Rollout begins of dark mode and Material Design within Android Messages
Android Authority - 16 Aug 2018 17:11Chinese hackers targeted US agencies during trade talks - CNET
CNET - 16 Aug 2018 17:11
Researchers found Chinese hackers trying to access multiple agencies in Alaska.
Donald Trump's Space Force plans analysed by a sci-fi expert
Phys.org - 16 Aug 2018 17:10
The US leadership has plans to introduce a "US Space Force" by 2020. Already announced by president Donald Trump in June, US vice president Mike Pence outlined further details of the plan at a press conference on August ...
Android Pie is coming to eight Motorola phones
The Verge - 16 Aug 2018 17:07
Android Pie, the latest OS from Google which was previously limited to Pixel phones and the Essential phone, is arriving on Moto phones. Motorola announced yesterday that the updates will hit eight phones sometime this f...
Chinese hackers targeted U.S. firms, govt after trade mission: researchers
Reuters - 16 Aug 2018 17:00
Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers...
Oort clouds around other stars should be visible in the cosmic microwave background
Phys.org - 16 Aug 2018 16:52
For decades, scientists have theorized that beyond the edge of the solar system, at a distance of up to 50,000 AU (0.79 ly) from the sun, there lies a massive cloud of icy planetesimals known as the Oort Cloud. Named in ...
Google Expands Bug-Bounty Program to Battle Abuse Methods
Threatpost - 16 Aug 2018 16:45
The program focuses on potential abuse methods across Google's product-specific channels like Google+, Youtube, Gmail and Blogger.
Kroger starts testing self-driving grocery delivery in Arizona
Engadget - 16 Aug 2018 16:42
You now have a chance to try Kroger's self-driving grocery delivery... if you happen to live in the right part of Arizona. The chain has launched its driverless delivery pilot at a single Fry's Food Stores location in Sc...
Chrome Bug Allowed Hackers to Find Out Everything Facebook Knows About You
The Hacker News - 16 Aug 2018 16:35
With the release of Chrome 68, Google prominently marks all non-S websites as 'Not Secure' on its browser to make the web a more secure place for Internet users. If you haven't yet, there is another significant reason to...