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NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps image of two massive storms on Jupiter
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 03:25
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back a new image of Jupiter showing two huge storms currently taking place on the planet. According to NASA’s mission update, the new image was captured during Juno’s most recent fly...
How to Stop Worrying About Every 'Mega' Password Breach That Comes Along
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 01:29
News of this week's so-called "mega breach" might deeply trouble you. If so, that means it's a perfect time to take control of your personal security. Yes, every company should be held responsible for practicing sloppy s...
Lumia 950 XL runs Windows on ARM, original Fallout game
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 07:26
People do a lot of crazy things with their phones these days but one of the craziest things you can do is to run a desktop operating system on it. How about taking things a bit further by playing a desktop game on a desk...
Twitter Android bug made private tweets public for four years
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 04:37
Tech companies love redefining words. Network carriers, for example, have made "unlimited" mean "limited" and Twitter has apparently turned "private" into "public". Granted, the social networking giant pins the blame on ...
Twitter bug exposed private tweets of some Android users for five years
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 04:01
A bug that has plagued Twitter since 2014 exposed the tweets of some Android users that were intended to be private. Twitter first disclosed the issue on its Help Center today after apparently fixing the issue on January...
Google Maps speed trap warnings have arrived for some users
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 02:08
Google is finally bringing some of Waze’s most convenient features to Google Maps, the most notable being speed trap warnings. Signs of the upcoming feature first appeared in November, later showing up again in Decembe...
Court Rejects FCC Motion to Postpone Net Neutrality Lawsuit Over Shutdown
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 01:45
Shutdown or no, the consolidated lawsuits facing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its 2017 rules that wiped out net neutrality protections nationwide will go forward on Feb. 1, a three-judge panel in D.C....
Google shows its bleak vision of search under new EU copyright laws
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 01:04
Google hasn't been shy about decrying the consequences of the EU's proposed Copyright Directive. Now, however, it's using stark visuals to illustrate its point. The company recently told Search Engine Land that it was ex...
The Top 10 Deals of January 18, 2019
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 23:56
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Overwatch Lunar New Year event returns next week for Year of the Pig
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 23:16
It’s nearly that time of the year: Blizzard has announced that Overwatch‘s Lunar New Year event will be kicking off soon once again. This will be the event’s third year running, and of course, this time around, we�...
Nissan concept van includes an all-electric carpentry shop
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 23:14
Nissan doesn't just think electric power should be reserved for the motors in its cars -- it should also apply to what you do in the back of those cars. Its newly unveiled NV300 Concept-van includes a mobile workshop (in...
Spotify may launch in-car music player with voice control in late 2019
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 23:09
Spotify plans to release an in-car music player, a new leak claims. This alleged device is expected to make its official debut later this year, bringing the popular music service to vehicles that may have less than adequ...
Real-Life Expanding Brain Technique Is Blowing Some Minds
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 23:05
It's now possible to image an entire fly brain in just a few days, according to a new study--this might sound like a long time, but is in fact an incredible accomplishment, when you consider that the process would otherw...
IKEA will start selling its Sonos-powered smart speakers in August
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 22:43
IKEA and Sonos have been working together on audio devices for some time, and this year, we'll start to see the fruits of that labor. Following the release of its smart window blinds in April, the Swedish retail giant wi...
Robotics help 290-million-year-old fossil walk again
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 22:32
So you’d like to see a 290-million-year-old creature walk the earth here in the year 2019, would you? You’re in luck, because that happened. You’re about to see the work of evolutionary biologist John Nyakatura at ...
Government Workers Turn to Craigslist to Pay Bills and Rent as Shutdown Wears On
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 22:26
If you search words like "shutdown" on Craigslist in any major city in the country right now, you'll likely find increasingly desperate people. Roughly 800,000 government workers and countless contractors aren't getting ...
Facebook might be facing a hefty fine from the FTC
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 22:13
Since reports revealed last March that Facebook had allowed Cambridge Analytica to access the personal information of 87 million of its users, there's been a fair amount of fallout. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned dur...
Johnson & Johnson will study Apple Watch stroke prevention potential
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 22:06
Johnson and Johnson is partnering with Apple to investigate the impact its Apple Watch may have on detecting atrial fibrillation (AFib), as well as the outcomes its may have for these patients, including its potential fo...
The Shutdown Is Making the U.S. Less Prepared for Hurricane Season
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 22:05
Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, but preparedness season is in full swing. Or at least, it would be if the federal government wasn't shut down.
Verizon will start blocking spam calls for free this year
Slash Gear - 18 Jan 2019 21:54
For a lot of us, spam calls and robocalls have gone from being an occasional annoyance to a frequent problem. Some carriers are attempting to do something about that, and today Verizon is hopping on that train. The compa...
NSA Puts Phone Charging Station at Hacker Conference in Plot to Go Viral
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2019 21:50
We've all had that moment. Your smartphone battery is running low, and you're desperate for some juice. But just how desperate have you gotten? Desperate enough to plug your phone into an NSA charging station? Because so...
Spotify's in-car music player may go on sale this year
Engadget - 18 Jan 2019 21:45
Spotify's rumored in-car music device appears to be taking shape. Financial Times sources claim the service plans to launch the in-car player sometime later in 2019 for roughly $100. There are more details as to how it w...