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2019 Hyundai Veloster N first drive review
Digital Trends - 5 Nov 2018 23:00
Hyundai calls the Veloster N its "reverse halo" car. Unlike a typical halo model, which pushes the limits of a brand's performance, price, and styling, the Veloster N is made to be attainable. The post 2019 Hyundai Velos...
PortSmash Side-Channel Attack Siphons Data From Intel, Other CPUs
Threatpost - 5 Nov 2018 19:56
An exploit was released for a flaw existing in a process in CPUs called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT).
Destiny 2 is free to keep on PC until next week
Slash Gear - 5 Nov 2018 11:52
Blizzcon just happened last week and, unsurprisingly, much of the focus was on the company's biggest money-maker, Overwatch. And there was also that mobile Diablo game announcement that isn't sitting too well with some D...
Would You Pay $2,400 for a Laser Bong?
Gizmodo - 5 Nov 2018 01:04
If there is a God and he is indeed omniscient, it is also true that he foresaw the human race's ability to create a great many things that would change the world, improve the overall quality of life here on Earth, and ma...
Tesla's China factory to make 3,000 cars each week: Report
ZDNet - 5 Nov 2018 03:36
Tesla vehicles made in China will reportedly only be sold to local consumers.
This Tool Shows Exposed Cameras Around Your Neighbourhood
Motherboard - 5 Nov 2018 20:00
Through a novel marrying of different tools, Kamerka can take an address, landmark, or coordinates and display exposed internet connected cameras on a map.
Ohio University study aims to help military regain full strength
EurekAlert! - 5 Nov 2018 07:00
(Ohio University) A study proposed to better help military personnel fully recovery from knee injuries has been awarded a research grant of $750,000 from the United States Department of Defense.
Catfishing leads victims to lose billions of dollars
CBSNews - 5 Nov 2018 02:24
Catfishing is a scam targeting people who look for love online. Victims in the U.S. and Canada say they lost nearly a billion dollars over the last three years. CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver tracked down victims on b...
Drone fleets could find lost hikers in forests without using GPS
Engadget - 5 Nov 2018 02:05
Drones can already be effective search and rescue tools, but not in densely-packed forests where the tree cover might block GPS signals. Thankfully, MIT has a clever solution: use the same technology that guides self-dri...
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking
Wired - 5 Nov 2018 00:08
Georgia's secretary of state is also its GOP gubernatorial candidate. And he just claimed that Democrats committed "cyber crimes."
Disney has reportedly earned back the $4 billion it paid for Lucasfilm - CNET
CNET - 5 Nov 2018 23:04
ComScore calls the galactically brilliant deal "one of the smartest acquisitions in history."
At the Breakthrough Prize, scientists and celebrities rub elbows - CNET
CNET - 5 Nov 2018 22:20
At the "Oscars of Science," attendees ranged from Mark Zuckerberg to Marissa Mayer, and from Rachel McAdams to Orlando Bloom.
Google releases November security patch, rolling out now for Pixel, Nexus, and Essential devices
Android Authority - 5 Nov 2018 21:19Niantic drops a bundle of Ingress Prime tutorials
Android Central - 5 Nov 2018 20:14
Learn how to harness this powerful new energy. Ingress Prime is launching today. It's the next evolution of the trailblazing geolocation game that was eventually responsible for the craze that is Pokémon Go. Returning I...
Reanalyzing gene tests prompt new diagnoses in kids
Science Daily - 5 Nov 2018 19:24
A new study quantifies for the first time how quickly rapid advancements in genomics may benefit patients. The research includes a five-year review of more than 300 epilepsy cases that showed about a third of children ha...
Save more than $2,000 on Samsung's 75-inch QLED TV at Walmart
Mashable - 5 Nov 2018 18:48Intel Receives Notice of Research on Side-Channel Vulnerability
Medical Design Technology - 5 Nov 2018 18:06
News Intel's Hyper-Threading technology was in the news recently and it was all about the spotting of an attack vulnerability aimed at CPUs called PortSmash. It can steal decryption keys... Contributed Author: Nancy Owan...
Wait a second, was that weird interstellar object an alien spacecraft after all?
BGR - 5 Nov 2018 17:51
One of the most bizarre pieces of space news that keeps popping up this year is the story of Oumuamua, a cigar-shaped object that sped through our Solar System so fast that scientists barely had time to glimpse it before...
Elon Musk displays Boring Company's 'disturbingly long' LA tunnel in video on Twitter
USA Today - 5 Nov 2018 17:16Mysterious interstellar object could be 'lightsail' sent from another civilization
Fox News - 5 Nov 2018 17:14
NASA may have ruled that Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever spotted in our system is a "metallic or rocky object" approximately 400 meters in length and 40 meters wide, but a new study from the Harvard Smithson...
Google Just Open-Sourced a Machine Learning Technique
The Mac Observer - 5 Nov 2018 17:10
Google has made a particular machine learning technique open-source. It’s called Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), used for natural language processing (NLP). With this release, anyone in ...
Your gut is full of neurons and they are replaced every 2 weeks
New Scientist - 5 Nov 2018 17:00
A mouse study suggests most neurons in the intestines die every two weeks. An imbalance in the number of neurons could lead to gut diseases or even Parkinson's