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I Review Gear for a Living, This is What I Actually Use
PetaPixel - 5 May 2020 18:23How to Make the Perfect French Omelette
The New Yorker - 5 May 2020 19:00
Achieve a bit of culinary perfection with the help of author and Kitchen Notes columnist Bill Buford and his twin sons, Frederick and George
Sonos Five and 3rd-gen Sub leak ahead of reveal event
Slash Gear - 5 May 2020 20:07
Sonos is a name that’s come up quite a bit lately, but not necessarily for reasons the company may like. Following reports last week that detailed a pair of new speakers and an incoming soundbar, that rumored soundbar ...
IBM Think: New automated solutions for the CIO
TechRepublic - 5 May 2020 08:01
IBM announced AI IT operations at its annual conference, which has turned virtual this year.
InSight mole making slow progress into Martian surface
Space News - 5 May 2020 23:56
An instrument on NASA's InSight Mars lander that has struggled for more than a year to make its way into the Martian surface is now making steady, but slow progress with the help of the lander's robotic arm. SpaceNews.co...
Mysterious radio burst detected inside our home galaxy
BGR - 5 May 2020 05:09
Fast radio bursts (or FRBs for short) are mysterious blasts of energy scientists have detected from deep space. For the first time ever, an FRB was detected coming from within our own home galaxy, the Milky Way, offering...
Apple and Google's COVID-19 tracing API to bar location access
The Register - 5 May 2020 08:10
Renamed 'ExposureNotification' will only only one app per nation Apple and Google will ban location-tracking by apps made using their new contract tracing API, newly-renamed "ExposureNotification"....
National Academy of Medicine announces 10 emerging leaders in health and medicine
EurekAlert! - 5 May 2020 08:00
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the 2020 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars. These individuals are early- to mid-career pro...
These Are the Machines Solving the Biggest Mysteries in Physics
Gizmodo - 5 May 2020 04:00
Despite the stereotype of a lone, wild-haired Einstein working tirelessly at a chalkboard, today's biggest discoveries in physics come from huge collaborations of scientists working on enormous apparatuses that can cost ...
Apple releases new 2D15 firmware update for AirPods Pro
AppleInsider - 5 May 2020 23:26
On Tuesday afternoon, Apple issued a new firmware update, with a build number of 2D15, for its AirPods Pro wireless Bluetooth headphones.
Leaked White House document projects COVID-19 deaths will skyrocket
Live Science - 5 May 2020 21:20
An internal administration report predicts a grim trajectory, even as the president pushes for the country to reopen.
Warning: Citrix ShareFile Flaw Could Let Attackers Steal Corporate Secrets
The Hacker News - 5 May 2020 20:14
Since the past few weeks, software giant Citrix has privately been rolling out a critical software update to its enterprise customers that patches multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Citrix ShareFile content coll...
'Magnetic Star' Radio Waves Could Solve the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
Scientific American - 5 May 2020 19:15
The surprise detection of a radio burst from a neutron star in our galaxy might reveal the origin of a bigger cosmological phenomenon --
Microsoft's Xbox Series X rollout plans are finally official
BGR - 5 May 2020 18:48
Microsoft revealed its plans for the Xbox Series X rollout ahead of the holiday launch. Every month, Microsoft "will be showcasing what happens next in the world of Xbox," starting with a new episode of Inside Xbox on Ma...
European Authorities Dismantle 'InfinityBlack' Hacker Group
SecurityWeek - 5 May 2020 18:43
European law enforcement authorities say they have dismantled a cybercrime group named "InfinityBlack" after arresting several individuals in Poland and Switzerland.
New ultrafast camera takes 70 trillion pictures per second
Phys.org - 5 May 2020 18:40
Just about everyone has had the experience of blinking while having their picture taken. The camera clicks, your eyes shut, and by the time they open again, the photo is ruined. A new ultrafast camera developed at Caltec...
GitHub Takes Down Popcorn Time Desktop App After Copyright Complaint
Motherboard - 5 May 2020 18:37
Popcorn Time, a popular Netflix-style app for torrents, has hit yet another snag thanks to Hollywood studios. But it will live to stream another day.
Haptic feedback is the most important smartphone feature no one talks about
Android Central - 5 May 2020 18:33
Tactile feedback is just as important as visual feedback when you're touching a flat sheet of glass. Haptics is a term that you hear tossed around whenever a company that makes phones either does a really good job or a r...
Technology and ethics in the coronavirus economy
TechCrunch - 5 May 2020 18:32
The last two decades have ushered in significant change and transformation. I believe the 2020s will be dispositive in redefining the pillars of our economy, and COVID-19 magnifies this greatly.
State-backed hackers targeting coronavirus responders, U.S. and UK warn
Reuters - 5 May 2020 18:32
Government-backed hackers are attacking healthcare and research institutions in an effort to steal valuable information about efforts to contain the new coronavirus outbreak, Britain and the United States said on Tuesday...
Google Android RCE Bug Allows Attacker Full Device Access
Threatpost - 5 May 2020 18:17
The vulnerability is one of 39 affecting various aspects of the mobile OS that the company fixed in a security update this week.
Europol arrests hackers behind Infinity Black hacker group
ZDNet - 5 May 2020 18:15
Polish police arrests five hackers for selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools.