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Google honors pioneer in biophysics, radio science and science fiction on his 158th birthday. Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle honors pioneer in biophysics, radio science and science fiction on his 158th birthday. Source: CNet
Read MoreTechnically Incorrect: In an ad for a Swedish health organization, the physicist insists that obesity is killing millions. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe latest lyrical showdown on the YouTube series “Epic Rap Battles of History” pits a fictional DC Comics superhero played by Lilly Singh against a famous pop star portrayed by T-Pain. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe San Francisco transit system avoided paying a ransom and restored its systems. But the hack shows US infrastructure is vulnerable. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe crew hears from an expert building the autonomous future before discussing HBO’s latest hit series that shows the scarier side of smarter tech. Source: CNet
Read MoreEurope’s highest court looks into Uber’s business model. Its decision could have major ramifications for the ride-hailing company. Source: CNet
Read MoreSocial Studies: One of the more popular hashtag games on Twitter today had people describing how they deal with waking up in the morning. Some are predictable, some aren’t. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe search giant trains an algorithm to spot diabetic retinopathy, which can cause blindness. Source: CNet
Read MoreAT&T is the latest company to offer a new alternative TV package that streams live broadcasts over the Internet – it’s called DirecTV Now and for a limited time, customers can sign up for a promotional deal that offers more than 100 channels for $35 a month. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe venerable chronicler of the internet worries the Trump administration might put restrictions on the web. Source: CNet
Read MorePolice in Kansas get a good laugh from jokers dressed in animal costumes prancing in front of a trail camera. Source: CNet
Read MoreLucid Motors announced today that it would build a manufacturing plant for its electric vehicles in Arizona, with production beginning in 2018. Source: CNet
Read MorePrestige selfie shooters may want to consider heading to the woods outside of Chappaqua, New York, to grab that perfect shot of “HRC” in the wild. Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle sorts through 3 quadrillion pixels to give us a look at time unfolding everywhere from San Francisco to Antarctica. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe newly passed “Snooper’s Charter” means British police and intelligence agencies will soon be able to see every website that everyone in the UK visits. Source: CNet
Read MoreWith a new feature called Instant Games, you’ll be able to play old school hits including Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Galaga, as well as modern games on the social network. Source: CNet
Read MoreSocial Cues: Also trending on Facebook and Twitter are a deadly plane crash in Colombia and a wildfire in Tennessee. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s all part of the group’s plan to get autonomous vehicles on roads by 2019. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe online retailer will introduce a new high-end, voice-activated device with a seven-inch touchscreen as soon as the first quarter, according to Bloomberg. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft wants to stop supporting its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) because all of the security features have been baked into Windows 10. A vulnerability analyst says Windows with EMET offers additional protection not available in standalone Windows 10. “Even a Windows 7 system with EMET configured protects your application more than a stock Windows
Read MoreThere’s a nasty new kind of spam hitting Apple users across the Internet. We show you what’s happening, point you to some fixes, and call on Apple to make fixing this loophole a top priority. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said late Monday that no data had been accessed from its servers in a ransomware attack on the Muni transit system and the agency has never considered paying the ransom asked by the attacker. The statement by the SFMTA follows reports that the alleged attacker has threatened to dump
Read MoreNew variant of malware used in attacks that knocked 900,000 home internet users offline. Twitter Card Style: summary A new wave of attacks involving the Mirai botnet has crippled internet access for nearly a million home users in Germany. The latest attacks used a new version of the Mirai malware (Linux.Gafgyt.B) which is configured to
Read MoreBroken authentication, improperly secured configuration files, and poor certificate management: Attackers could have exploited these issues to compromise any RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) instance on Microsoft Azure. Ian Duffy, an Irish software engineer with the e-commerce company Zalando, discovered these flaws when creating a machine image of RHEL that was compliant with the Security Technical Implementation Guide
Read MoreI received the following “domain abuse notice” for one of my inactive registered domains last week: Those of us who have dealt with falsely blacklisted domains in the past have seen notices like this before. It’s usually from an antispam vendor or service letting you know that your domain has been used in a spam
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