Technology News
Anaiyyun: Prayer for the Whale: An interview with Kiliii Yuyan
DP Review - 29 Nov 2018 16:00
Filmmaker Kiliii Yuyan has been a friend of DPReview's for several years. He spoke at our PIX2015 event in Seattle and joined us later that same year in what was then called Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik) for a...
AT&T accurately predicted the future in 1993, but can it do it again?
Android Authority - 29 Nov 2018 20:31
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its "You Will" ads, AT&T is making new predictions about the next 25 years.
Incredibly accurate atomic clocks may detect faint signals from dark matter
Slash Gear - 29 Nov 2018 16:33
Atomic clocks are nothing new, these timepieces have been around for many years. Scientists working on experimental atomic clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported three new perfo...
Cleveland cops use NASA's Mars landing to make a point about winter drivers
BGR - 29 Nov 2018 05:28
As someone who lives in a state known for bad winters I can totally sympathize with Cleveland residents that have to deal with nasty winter weather. The Cleveland police, on the other hand, are clearly happy to poke some...
Watch NASA arrive at the asteroid on a potential collision course with Earth - CNET
CNET - 29 Nov 2018 05:21
NASA's asteroid-chaser will reach its target, Bennu, on Dec. 3 and you don't want to miss a thing.
4-for-1 on bundle of top security apps (plus first month free!)
Android Authority - 29 Nov 2018 22:05
For just $9.99 you can get NordVPN, Dashlane, Degoo, and Panda -- four highly-rated digital security apps to keep you safe online.
A new way to create Saturn's radiation belts
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2018 16:16
A team of international scientists from BAS, University of Iowa and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has discovered a new method to explain how radiation belts are formed around the planet Saturn.
'Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited'
New Scientist - 29 Nov 2018 14:32
He Jiankui has now presented his controversial work at a gene editing summit in Hong Kong. CRISPR expert Helen O'Neill of University College London was there
Scientists discover a bee with two fathers and no mother
USA Today - 29 Nov 2018 04:21
University of Sydney researchers found the first reported case of a honeybee with absolutely no genetic material from a mother.
Scientists discover new parasitic wasp that creates spider zombies - CNET
CNET - 29 Nov 2018 03:06
Stop the planet, I would like to get off now, thanks.
Hackers target Dell customer information - CNET
CNET - 29 Nov 2018 02:04
Computer giant says hackers targeted only user names, email addresses and hashed passwords.
Ninja Foodi OP300 review
Digital Trends - 29 Nov 2018 23:08
One of the complaints people have about pressure-cooked foods is that they can come out soggy. Ninja claims its pressure cooker can fix that. We tested out the Ninja Foodi OP300 to find out if Ninja delivers on its promi...
Rewriting the Brain Pathway for Consciousness
Neuroscience News - 29 Nov 2018 20:53
Researchers say a new discovery about the pathways associated with consciousness contradicts conventional belief. The study reports the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain's pathway involved in wakefulness and c...
China Is Constantly Monitoring the Location of EV Drivers
Gizmodo - 29 Nov 2018 20:18
This'll surely give anyone concerned about privacy the creeps. More than 200 manufacturers--including Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Tesla--submit precise locations of vehicles to the Chinese government, acco...
Things Native English Speakers Know, But Don't Know..
Twisted Sifter - 29 Nov 2018 19:17
Subconsciously changing word order, it's a thing
Apple to Attend World's Largest Machine Learning Conference Next Week
Mac Rumors - 29 Nov 2018 17:40
Apple today announced that it will be attending the 2018 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, aka NeurIPS, in Montréal, Canada from December 2 through December 8. Apple will have a booth staffed with mac...
Telesat wins study contract for DARPA's experimental constellation
Space News - 29 Nov 2018 16:52
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded satellite operator Telesat a contract to study the use of commercial buses in the agency's experimental low-Earth-orbit constellation program known as Blackjack. ...
Sennheiser's flawed headphone software opened PCs and Macs to S site spoofing
TechCrunch - 29 Nov 2018 16:43
Headphone maker Sennheiser has patched its software after the company admitted a serious vulnerability that made it easy for hackers to impersonate any website -- even encrypted pages. The software, which helps Mac and W...
Rolling, hopping robots explore Earthly analogs of distant planets
TechCrunch - 29 Nov 2018 16:40
Before we send any planet-trotting robot to explore the landscape of Mars or Venus, we need to test it here on Earth. Two such robotic platforms being developed for future missions are undergoing testing at European Spac...
First study of terahertz radiation in liquids
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2018 16:36
A research team from ITMO University and the University of Rochester (U.S.) conducted a study on the formation of terahertz radiation in liquids. Previously, the generation of such radiation in a liquid medium was consid...
Hackers Breach Dunkin' Donuts Accounts in Credential Stuffing Attack
Threatpost - 29 Nov 2018 16:36
The donut giant first noticed the attack Oct. 31.
Iran says it has added 2 mini submarines to its naval fleet
ABC News - 29 Nov 2018 16:30
Iran's state TV says the country's navy has acquired two new mini submarines designed for shallow waters