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Elon Musk tweets out #DeleteFacebook, adding simply, "it's lame"
TechCrunch - 10 Feb 2020 01:54
Facebook receives plenty of pointed criticism from numerous corners, for refusing to police political speech on Facebook, its seemingly endless string of privacy breaches, and its apparent coziness of late with the Trump...
Slideshow: International Garden Photographer of the Year's winner and finalists
DP Review - 10 Feb 2020 23:13
International Garden Photographer of the Year's winner and finalists On February 7th, the winners and finalists for Competition 13 of the International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) awards were announced at th...
The Best Post-Game Snacks for Kids
Life Hacker - 10 Feb 2020 22:30
At the end of last fall, my son participated in a two-day end-of-season soccer tournament. They were long, cold, busy days and a parent of one of his teammates promised them a special snack after their last game of the w...
3 Weeks with the New Fujifilm X100V
PetaPixel - 10 Feb 2020 21:04Web traffic increases in 2019 were driven by mobile; top 100 sites saw average of 223B monthly visits
TechCrunch - 10 Feb 2020 17:11
Mobile adoption around the world is having a significant impact on the web’s traffic. According to a new report from SimilarWeb, out today, mobile web traffic has jumped 30.6% since 2017, while desktop traffic dropped ...
Power of older people could save villages
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Exeter) Older people could hold the key to revitalising rural communities, researchers say.
Apple Seeds First Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Update to Public Beta Testers
Mac Rumors - 10 Feb 2020 22:29
Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.4 update to its public beta testing group, with the new public beta coming five days after the release of the first developer beta. Beta testers who h...
NASA Solar Orbiter launches successfully
Slash Gear - 10 Feb 2020 15:32
The Solar Orbiter is a joint effort between the ESA and NASA and is designed to enable the new study of the Sun. The Solar Orbiter launched Sunday at 11:03 p.m. EST. The launch vehicle was a United Launch Alliance Atlas ...
SoftBank set for sharp quarterly profit drop amid pressure from Elliott
Reuters - 10 Feb 2020 05:13
Japan's SoftBank Group is expected to post a slide in profits for the past quarter, deepening concern about its ability to secure funding for a second Vision Fund and giving activist fund Elliott Management more fodder f...
Cygnus launch to ISS scrubbed as NASA considers schedule changes for future cargo missions
Space News - 10 Feb 2020 02:24
A technical issue scrubbed a scheduled Feb. 9 launch a Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station as NASA is considering changes to the schedule of future cargo missions and science activities on the station...
Amazon cancels its Mobile World Congress plan over coronavirus fears
Mashable - 10 Feb 2020 00:58The Iowa caucuses were a comedy of tech errors and poor planning
Ars Technica - 10 Feb 2020 20:52
Broken app, jammed phone lines, and understaffed IT help desk led to disaster.
U.S. indicts 4 Chinese military hackers for giant Equifax breach
Mashable - 10 Feb 2020 19:01The Company That Wants to Fling Rockets Into Space With a Giant Centrifuge
Singularity Hub - 10 Feb 2020 17:00
The rapidly falling cost of getting into orbit has spurred a boom in the space industry as a host of new applications become economical. Now a secretive startup plans to slash the cost to just $250,000 by flinging rocket...
Turn Your Ikea Frekvens Gear Into a Boombox--or a Chicken
Wired - 10 Feb 2020 17:00
The new collection, a collaboration with Teenage Engineering, has its own set of 3D-printable accessories.
You Can't Take This Photo: The Colossal Underbelly of an Iceberg
Wired - 10 Feb 2020 17:00
Tobias Friedrich dove into 27ºF water to capture the ice formations most people never see.
The Best Apps for Customizing Your Android Phone
Gizmodo - 10 Feb 2020 17:00
One of the reasons for choosing Android over iOS is the extra customization options you get--you can really dive deep when it comes to tweaking the appearance of Android, pixel-by-pixel, and there are a huge number of ap...
NASA and ESA's Solar Orbiter begins its nearly two year journey to the Sun
TechCrunch - 10 Feb 2020 16:57
After years of development, an exciting new scientific research spacecraft has launched on its journey to study our solar system’s central player: the Sun. The Solar Orbiter, developed jointly by NASA and the European ...
Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Apps Redesigned With Simplified Three-Tab Layout on iPhone
Mac Rumors - 10 Feb 2020 16:42
Microsoft today updated its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for the iPhone with a simplified three-tab layout. The three tabs include Home, New, and Open: Home: Sign in to your Microsoft account and view recent document...
Caltech ultrasound technique can selectively kill cancer cells
Slash Gear - 10 Feb 2020 16:36
Researchers at Caltech have devised a new approach to fight cancer using ultrasound. The technique uses low-intensity pulses of ultrasound and has been shown to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells un...
Netherlands University Pays $240,000 After Targeted Ransomware Attack
SecurityWeek - 10 Feb 2020 16:27
University of Maastricht Pays Roughly $240,000 in Bitcoin Following Targeted Ransomware Attack
Fast radio burst with steady 16-day cycle observed
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 16:20
A large team of space scientists working in Canada has found evidence of a fast radio burst with a steady 16-day cycle. The team has published a paper describing their findings on the arXiv preprint server.