Technology News
How Did the 'Freedom From Facebook' Campaign Get Its Start?
Wired - 17 Nov 2018 02:13
Facebook hired an opposition firm to fight the initiative, which was funded by hedge fund millionaire David Magerman.
6 tech gifts for the filthy rich
Mashable - 17 Nov 2018 17:01DPReview TV: Nikon Z7 review
DP Review - 17 Nov 2018 16:00
The Nikon Z7 is the company's first full frame mirrorless camera, and one that presented Nikon with a stiff challenge: how to build a mirrorless camera that could measure up to its own DSLRs and deliver a familiar experi...
Students will compete in Dubai this week with a transforming smart home
Digital Trends - 17 Nov 2018 04:30
Modular smart homes are all the rage, and now some students from Virginia Tech are putting their money on their FutureHAUS, a modular, solar-powered, transforming smart home they're taking to the Solar Decathlon in Dubai...
Elon Musk wants Model 3 production to hit 7,000 units per week before December
BGR - 17 Nov 2018 02:06
One of the bigger stories involving Tesla this year -- aside from Elon Musk's shenanigans on Twitter, of course -- has centered on Model 3 production. Indeed, one of the reasons why Tesla's ability to ramp up Model 3 pro...
Cygnus ISS cargo launch will be livestreamed on NASA TV tomorrow
Slash Gear - 17 Nov 2018 00:34
NASA plans to livestream Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo capsule launch early tomorrow morning. The launch is scheduled to take place from Virginia at around 4AM on Saturday and NASA is already prepared to broadcast it...
Machine Learning Can Create Fake 'Master Key' Fingerprints
Wired - 17 Nov 2018 14:00
Researchers have refined a technique to create so-called DeepMasterPrints, fake fingerprints designed to get past security.
Boring Company breaks through to the end of its first test tunnel
Engadget - 17 Nov 2018 06:58
We're about a month away from the planned opening of The Boring Company's Test Tunnel in LA, and it appears progress is moving along. Elon Musk tweeted this brief video of a digging machine breaking through. Although he ...
North Carolina man's runny nose turned out to be a brain fluid leak
BGR - 17 Nov 2018 06:07
A runny nose is usually a sign that you have a cold coming on, but for one North Carolina man, that cold never actually arrived. His sniffles persisted for over a year, with doctors diagnosing him with a variety of possi...
Spacecraft Witness Explosion in Earth's Magnetic Field
Gizmodo - 17 Nov 2018 00:45
Magnetic fields around the Earth release strong bursts of energy, accelerating particles and feeding the auroras that glow in the polar skies. On July 11, 2017, four NASA spacecrafts were there to watch one of these expl...
Sci-Fi Movies Are the Secret Weapon That Could Help Silicon Valley Grow Up
Singularity Hub - 17 Nov 2018 17:00
If there's one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic Jurassic Park, it's probably Jeff Goldblum's exclamation, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn...
We Visited the World's Largest Digital Camera and Damn
Gizmodo - 17 Nov 2018 17:00
The devil's in the details when you head inside a cleanroom. Everything you plan on bringing inside, from your phone to your camera tripod, needs to be wiped down with lint-free wipes. You need to put on a special bunny ...
Netflix boasts more than 25% of the top 250 TV shows of all-time
BGR - 17 Nov 2018 16:32
Though Netflix's early success can obviously be traced back to the company sending out DVDs of movies to customers in the mail, the company in recent years has done something of a 180. In a relatively short amount of tim...
The 13 Best STEM Toys for Kids That Will Make Learning Fun
Wired - 17 Nov 2018 16:00
We found math-filled and science-rich books, puzzles, coding kits, and more from brands including Amazon, Crayola, and Lego.
How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?
Live Science - 17 Nov 2018 15:18Tech loyalty threatens productivity in the workplace
ZDNet - 17 Nov 2018 14:30
There is disconnect between the tech that workers want and what leadership is providing - and employees are not backing down.
Space station supplies launched, 2nd shipment in 2 days
Phys.org - 17 Nov 2018 14:18
A load of space station supplies rocketed into orbit from Virginia on Saturday, the second shipment in two days.
Fisker failed. But now the EV pioneer is ready for an epic redo
Digital Trends - 17 Nov 2018 13:00
Henrik Fisker has already had a career most executives can only dream about. He designed the BMZ Z8, a couple of Aston Martins, and his own Fisker Karma. But he's got a plan to disrupt the auto industry, forged by lesson...
YouTube quietly added free, ad-supported movies to its site
TechCrunch - 17 Nov 2018 06:20
YouTube quietly added around 100 ad-supported Hollywood movies to its site, beginning last month, according to a new report from AdAge. The titles include a mix of classics like “Rocky” and “The Terminator,” as w...
Blockchain gaming gets a boost with Mythical Games' $16M Series A
TechCrunch - 17 Nov 2018 06:00
Mythical Games is betting user-generated content and intimate ties between players, content creators, brands and developers is the future of entertainment.
Walmart passes Apple to become No. 3 online retailer in U.S.
TechCrunch - 17 Nov 2018 05:16
Walmart has overtaken Apple to become the No. 3 online retailer in the U.S., according to a report this week from eMarketer. While Amazon still leads by a wide margin, accounting for 48 percent of e-commerce sales in 201...
Hotter than the sun: Chinese fusion reactor claims breakthrough
Digital Trends - 17 Nov 2018 04:45
China's "artificial sun" has reached a temperature of 180 million ºF with a heating power of 10 megawatts -- six times hotter than the center of the sun. The achievement could mark progress towards fusion as a clean ene...