SPACE.com - 18 Jun 2021 17:00

Turkey plans to send a rover to the moon by the end of the decade using a domestically built rocket engine that will first fly to the moon in a test mission in 2023.
SPACE.com - 18 Jun 2021 13:00

Fresh off a nearly $12 million funding round, startup space company Launcher announced a new satellite platform to carry stacks of CubeSats into space.
Neuroscience News - 18 Jun 2021 00:05

Depressed middle-aged carriers of the APOEe4 Alzheimer's genetic variant are at risk of developing tau accumulations in brain areas associated with emotion and memory.
Mashable - 18 Jun 2021 14:48

You've all been there: The Google Meet meeting is about to end, and you've got something important to ask, but the meeting host just isn't noticing your pleas. "Alright folks, if there's nothing else, see you next time,"...
Slash Gear - 18 Jun 2021 14:09

Kirigami is a Japanese art form that involves cutting paper to create three-dimensional structures. Researchers at MIT have created a new type of stent that can be used inside the human body that was inspired by kirigami...
The Hacker News - 18 Jun 2021 05:33

Google has rolled out yet another update to Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix four security vulnerabilities, including one zero-day flaw that's being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2021-30554, the ...
Slash Gear - 18 Jun 2021 05:06

As always, Apple was able to take an existing technology or feature and make it sound like the most innovating thing that its rivals will then start copying. Although the ability to locate trackers using other people’s...

No shot in the arm? It could ruin your shot at romance.
Gizmodo - 18 Jun 2021 03:38

São Paulo pickpockets are increasingly stealing people's smartphones not to pawn off the device, but rather to gain access to their bank account.
SPACE.com - 18 Jun 2021 02:09

The U.S. Senate confirmed former astronaut Pam Melroy as NASA deputy administrator on Thursday (June 17), about six weeks after doing the same for space agency chief Bill Nelson.
Slash Gear - 18 Jun 2021 01:21

Google has announced a bunch of new updates for Google Meet’s Hand Raise feature, which is the effect that appears when one of the people on the video chat wants someone’s attention. Google says the changes are desig...
Engadget - 18 Jun 2021 00:09

A group of bipartisan lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee have introduced legislation that seeks to incentivize chipmakers to manufacture their silicon in the US.
Twisted Sifter - 18 Jun 2021 22:45

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting

As Amazon tries to squash bogus ratings ahead of Prime Day, the problem moves to social media.
The Hacker News - 18 Jun 2021 15:07

Russia's telecommunications and media regulator Roskomnadzor (RKN) on Thursday introduced restrictions on the operation of VyprVPN and Opera VPN services in the country. "In accordance with the regulation on responding t...
AppleInsider - 18 Jun 2021 15:03

This week, on the AppleInsider Podcast, your hosts discuss new "iPad mini 6" and "Apple Watch Series 7" leaks, plus Beats Studio Buds launch, Apple Podcast Subscriptions going live, and our hopes for iPad Pro. Apple Podc...
Gizmodo - 18 Jun 2021 15:00

It's hot. It's toxic. It spins backwards and is covered in volcanoes. And we're headed there soon. Three Venus missions, recently announced by NASA and the European Space Agency, are going to reveal more than we've ever ...
Motherboard - 18 Jun 2021 15:00

Motherboard obtained documents detailing a SEC investigation into Tesla, a failed ICO scam, a fictitious tender offer for Fitbit, and attempts to impersonate SEC officials.
Motherboard - 18 Jun 2021 15:00

"The difference between having a sensor only a millimeter away... from the conventional superconducting sensors that are centimetres away, is gigantic."
Motherboard - 18 Jun 2021 15:00

Ledger users report being sent fake usb devices designed to steal their cryptocurrency.

"Video games are going to be political, whether we want them to be or not."
Threatpost - 18 Jun 2021 13:56

A DarkSide doppelganger mounts a fraud campaign aimed at extorting nearly $4 million from each target.