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5 ways to avoid cyberattacks during holiday travel
TechRepublic - 5 Dec 2018 17:05
Whether traveling for business or the holidays this month, follow these tips from Matrix Integration to keep your devices safe.
Ex-Google driverless car firm Waymo begins charging for self-driving car rides in Arizona
USA Today - 5 Dec 2018 16:28
The former Google driverless car company will begin chargingpre-approved passengers in the Chandler, Arizona, area.
The ESA just released our best look yet at the Sun's north pole
BGR - 5 Dec 2018 02:06
Spotting the Sun is easy on a cloud-free day, but scientists hoping to learn more about our nearest star have a difficult task when it comes to studying its poles. We get great views of all sides of the Sun as Earth orbi...
Track Santa's deliveries on Google's Santa's Village
USA Today - 5 Dec 2018 16:24
In case you were wondering which routes Santa was taking this Christmas Eve, Google has got you covered. Buzz60's Natasha Abellard has the story.
Bringing balance to the universe: New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos
EurekAlert! - 5 Dec 2018 07:00
(University of Oxford) New research could shed light on the 'missing' dark matter and dark energy that make up 95 percent of our universe and yet are wholly invisible to us.
FDA research monkeys retired and will live out their lives in Florida
BGR - 5 Dec 2018 05:05
When U.S. citizens retire, they are required by law to consider moving to Florida. Okay, so it's not an actual requirement, but plenty of retirees decide that they deserve the warm weather and ample sunshine that Florida...
Cuba to begin full internet access for mobile phones
ABC News - 5 Dec 2018 05:00
Cuba says its citizens will be offered full internet access for mobile phones beginning Thursday, becoming one of the last nations to offer such service
NYPD adds 14 DJI drones to its force under new UAS program
Slash Gear - 5 Dec 2018 03:36
The New York Police Department will begin using drones in certain situations where it believes the technology would be beneficial. These law enforcement scenarios include hostage situations, large gatherings where securi...
Curious NASA photo makes Mars look like the site of a spelling bee - CNET
CNET - 5 Dec 2018 02:10
It looks like someone's been scrawling letters on the red planet.
Tech Giants Wake Up to EU Copyright Plan That Threatens to Nuke the Web
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2018 17:20
With Tumblr's decision this week to ban porn on its platform, everyone's getting a firsthand look at how bad automated content filters are at the moment. Lawmakers in the European Union want a similar system to filter co...
How We Can Prepare Now for Catastrophically Dangerous AI--and Why We Can't Wait
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2018 17:10
Artificial intelligence in its current form is mostly harmless, but that's not going to last. Machines are getting smarter and more capable by the minute, leading to concerns that AI will eventually match, and then excee...
Research in Zero Gravity: 6 Cool Projects on the International Space Station
Singularity Hub - 5 Dec 2018 17:00
It's been 20 years since the first components of the International Space Station (ISS) were launched from Earth. Orbiting the planet every 90 minutes at about 250 miles above Earth's surface, the ISS has been the corners...
70% of businesses using bots to boost efficiency, only 5% govern their access to data
TechRepublic - 5 Dec 2018 17:00
As software bots spread throughout the enterprise, business leaders must control their access to sensitive information, according to a SailPoint report.
Was the mystery of dark matter just solved by Oxford scientists?
USA Today - 5 Dec 2018 16:57
The mystery of what dark matter and dark energy are has long been a problem for scientists... but we may have just cracked the case.
Amazon and Newegg have slashed prices on some of our favorite graphics cards today
PC World - 5 Dec 2018 16:56
Amazon's awesome 12 days of Christmas sale just keeps rolling along. Just two days after its latest gaming hardware sale, a new PC components and accessories sale has landed, and it might be even better for gamers. Our t...
Apple Employee Joins ACLU to Fight Government Back Doors
The Mac Observer - 5 Dec 2018 16:41
Security expert Jon Callas formerly led a team of hackers to break into Apple products before they were released to test their security. Now he has joined the ACLU to fight against government back doors. Wizner said he e...
SpaceX Delay May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments
SPACE.com - 5 Dec 2018 16:31DxO PhotoLab 2.1
Photography Blog - 5 Dec 2018 16:00
DxO PhotoLab 2.1 offers improved performance and additional camera support for the Nikon Z 7 and the DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone.
Tumblr's Porn Ban Further Stigmatizes and Alienates Sex Workers Online
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2018 03:21
On Monday, Tumblr announced plans to ban sexually explicit content starting December 17, and it's already (badly) flagging offending posts. The new policy is a sucker punch to creators and users, particularly those who h...
SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Pro review
TechHive - 5 Dec 2018 19:11
SimpliSafe's Video Doorbell Pro offers a great picture and motion sensing but it won't play well with Amazon or Google smart homes.
Adobe Patches Zero-Day Vulnerability in Flash Player
Threatpost - 5 Dec 2018 17:18
The vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Theoretical predictions help dark matter hunt
Phys.org - 5 Dec 2018 16:18
A new Ph.D. thesis in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows how utilizing tellurium as a detector material can help detect dark matter more effectively than currently used materials. The research also lays a foun...