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US Officials Say Russia Hacked Pyeongchang Olympics, Tried to Pin It on North Korea
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 00:15
US officials, albeit ones speaking under the cover of anonymity, are accusing the Russian military of participating in a cyber attack on the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and then attempting to b...
Filmstruck Adds Hollywood Classics Like Casablanca as Warner Bros. Shutters Streaming Service
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 23:30
Lovers of classic Hollywood films have one more reason to join Turner's Filmstruck streaming network, now that Warner Bros has decided to shutter its own service that no one uses. It's a rare moment in which media consol...
Microsoft brings its quantum dev kit to macOS, Linux; new kind of qubit this year
Ars Technica - 26 Feb 2018 16:00
The quantum simulator is 4-5 times faster, too.
Sony's New Buds Have Holes in Them for Your Own Good
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 15:56
How many times have you seen this: A guy or gal walking down the street with one earbud in, while the other hangs loose around their shoulders and neck like some ridiculous techie bolo tie. If you're like me, it's a dail...
iTunes Store drops support for Windows Vista on May 25th
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 05:16
Ah, 2007: the days when Windows Vista was all the rage (or inducing rage), the Apple TV was brand new and music download stores were the hottest way to get the latest albums. Apple certainly remembers that year... and wo...
Samsung AR Emoji includes iconic Disney characters
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 04:41
Samsung is making quite a lot of noise about its new AR Emoji and how it goes beyond simply faces and heads. Curiously, however, it's not making a big deal out of a literally big deal about one rather huge feature. At it...
Future Nokia Android phones to run Android Go
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 04:05
HMD Global has done something that neither Microsoft nor Nokia itself was able to do. It successfully turned the brand around, outselling many of the larger smartphone OEMs last year. The latest batch of Nokia smartphone...
Tesla Powerwall systems help some Hawaii schools beat the heat
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 23:58
Tesla shipped Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico last fall -- and to Australia last December -- and now it's helping Hawaii. Again. Specifically, it supplied equipment to the island state to help schools combat Hawaii's ...
Threat of Climate Change Is Forcing Norway to Drop Millions on Its Doomsday Vault
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 23:50
Today's addition of 70,000 new seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault brings the total number of crops stored at the Arctic facility to over one million. It's an important milestone--but to keep the vault running, and t...
Staples Connect hub is dead as IoT graveyard grows
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 23:45
Staples Connect, the retailer’s smart home hub which promised to corral connected gadgets across multiple brands, has finally died, another casualty of the fiercely competitive Internet of Things. Launched back in late...
Phone-Cracking Firm Cellebrite Claims It Can Unlock Latest iPhones
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 23:40
Cellebrite, a law enforcement vendor that helps officials get into locked and encrypted devices, has claimed that it can unlock Apple's newest phones and operating system, Forbes reports.
Amazon renews podcast-inspired 'Lore' series for a second season
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 23:31
Amazon's podcast-based series Lore will return for a second season. Production for the horror-tinged series begins in April, and in addition to new episodes, it'll feature a new showrunner, Sean Crouch, who worked on The...
Credit Cards With Chips Are Reducing In-Store Fraud--But Online Breaches Are Picking Up the Slack
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 23:20
Chip-based credit card readers, first introduced around 2011, have led to a 70 percent drop in counterfeit fraud in the United States, according to Visa.
AirTV Player now allows DVR on local OTA broadcast TV
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 23:02
AirTV announced that their device will soon allow Local Channels DVR in their customer beta program. This feature is called Local Channels DVR and it’ll be available for free to all AirTV Player users (in Beta form, an...
Fiat Chrysler reportedly phasing out diesel passenger cars by 2022
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 23:02
Fiat Chrysler's diesel plans are back in the spotlight again. The Italian-American car maker was hit with several lawsuits last December, each claiming that the company's heavy-duty pickup trucks used devices aimed at ch...
Your Apple iCloud data is now stored on Google servers--surprised?
Ars Technica - 26 Feb 2018 22:59
Apple also stores data with Amazon S3.
Mom's Panicked Facebook Message to Fire Department Saves Choking Son's Life
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 22:59
A woman in Wayland, Michigan sent a frantic Facebook message to the Wayland Fire Department: Her son was choking, the Heimlich maneuver wasn't helping, and she didn't have access to a phone to dial 911. The page's admini...
Moon's water resources may be widespread, not clustered at poles
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 22:58
A newly published study is challenging previously held notions about the moon’s water resources. According to the study, water may be widespread across the lunar surface, a reality that comes with some exciting possibi...
Opioid-Addicted Americans Seem to Have This Genetic Variation in Common
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 22:40
Who you are is the result of a complicated interplay between your environment, your genes, and probably a few other factors science has yet to uncover. Genetics influence somewhere around half of a person's "vulnerabilit...
Michael B. Jordan burns all the books in 'Fahrenheit 451' trailer
Engadget - 26 Feb 2018 22:32
Last year, HBO announced that it was adapting Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 into a movie and today we get its first trailer. In it, we see Captain Beatty, played by Michael Shannon, telling underling fireman Guy Montag (...
Microsoft's Big Email Privacy Case Heads to the Supreme Court Tomorrow
Gizmodo - 26 Feb 2018 22:20
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a high-stakes email privacy case that, when decided, will have international repercussions. The case pits Microsoft against the US Justice Department...
There's bad news for this nearby exoplanet we hoped was habitable
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2018 22:15
Bad news if you were thinking of relocating to Proxima Centauri b, the exoplanet closest to our solar system and once believed to be a decent candidate for supporting life. The planet, approximately 4.2 light years or 25...