8chan dumped by Cloudflare security after El Paso shooting – CNET
The infamous site is now vulnerable to DDoS and other online attacks. 8chan dumped by Cloudflare security after El Paso shooting – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe infamous site is now vulnerable to DDoS and other online attacks. 8chan dumped by Cloudflare security after El Paso shooting – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHuawei looks to be moving away from Google’s Android. Huawei likely to release phone with in-house operating system in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePopular website infrastructure and security services provider Cloudflare announced it’s terminating service for 8chan in the wake of deadly terrorist attack in El Paso, Texas over the weekend. The 21-year-old suspect in the Walmart mass shooting, which resulted in the deaths of 20 people, is said to have posted a white nationalist rant on the message
Read MoreOver the weekend, French inventor and former jet-ski champion Franky Zapata made history by crossing the English Channel – which is roughly 35 kilometers (22 miles) wide – on a hoverboard designed by his company. Claiming to have reached speeds of 177 kmph (110 mph) while airborne, the 40-year-old completed the journey in 22 minutes
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new report claims that Hongmeng OS, Huawei’s alternative operating system that may or may not be able to replace Android, could be close to breaking cover. The report comes from China’s state-run Global Times and should be taken with a degree of skepticism, but contains a few
Read MoreHistorically gaming consoles are sold at little-to-no profit in order to entice customers with a low up-front price. The real profits roll in afterwards from sales of games and accessories. Seeking a slice of the latter, aftermarket accessory makers jump in with reverse-engineered compatible products at varying levels of “compatible”. When the Nintendo Switch was
Read MoreStranger Things is out and you’ve probably binged it already. What’s up next? Netflix in August 2019: Every new movie and show coming out this month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe founder of 8chan reacts to El Paso’s shooter posting a manifesto to the site before the killings. 8chan founder says the site should be 'shut down' after El Paso shootings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Cloudflare, an online infrastructure service that helps websites mitigate DDoS attacks, will be terminating its service for 8chan following the deadly, white nationalist shooting in El Paso, Texas over the weekend. The owners of 8chan have already been notified that their services will be revoked, opening the site up for
Read More[SignalsEverywhere] has a lot of satellite antennas and he’s willing to show them off — inside and out — in his latest video that you can see below. Using software-defined radio techniques, you can use these antennas to pull off weather satellite images and other space signals. A lot of these antennas are actually made
Read MoreTo be honest, I’m kind of impressed Facebook held out this long. After buying WhatsApp and Instagram several years ago, Facebook has decided it’s time to let everyone know who’s in charge. A report from The Information details Facebook plans to change the names of the apps to ‘Instagram from Facebook‘ and ‘WhatsApp from Facebook.’ The social
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 10, the next generation of its popular stylus-wielding smartphone. Read more… How to Watch Samsung's Unpacked Event This Week Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIs the hacking community facing a HOPEless future? It may well be, if this report from 2600 Magazine is any indication. The biennial “Hackers On Planet Earth” conference is in serious financial jeopardy after the venue that’s hosted it for years, the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan, announced a three-fold increase in price. Organizers are scrambling
Read MoreViral, sometimes live, videos of the wounded and dead after the El Paso shooting have prompted ethical questions about what we share online during a tragedy. As bystanders share videos of El Paso’s violent aftermath, strangers online beg them to stop Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreApple CEO speaks out after two shootings in 24 hours claim 29 lives. Tim Cook slams 'insanity' of US inactivity on gun violence after two mass shootings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’re all familiar with the “Black Box” used on commercial aircraft, the flight data recorder which captures the minutia of each and every flight on the off-chance that it’s needed in the event of an accident. But even in less dire circumstances, the complete record of the aircraft’s performance versus what was commanded of it
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook and Instagram appear to be experiencing an outage in some parts of the world, with users complaining that they were unable to log in, upload pictures, or update their status. According to DownDetector, the outage appears to have begun just before 10:00AM ET, and the problems
Read MoreI’m a big fan of buying gift cards for myself. Read more… Get Free If You Buy Your First Amazon Gift Card Today Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreImage: The CW The CW’s Arrowverse franchise is getting some new members: characters from its superhero series Black Lightning will be part of a major crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, which will see its other DC superhero shows Arrow, Batwoman, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl team up this fall. The CW
Read MoreLongform articles can be a great way to do a deep dive on a particular topic. That said, sometimes you don’t have the ability (or perhaps the desire) to read through a 5,000 article on a topic right this second, but you still want to get the gist of what is said, that’s where TLDR
Read MoreImage: The CW The CW’s long-running science fiction series The 100 will come to an end with its seventh season, the network announced today during its presentation before the Television Critics Association. The series is the latest of its long-running shows to be canceled, after Arrow, which will come to an end after eight seasons,
Read MoreThe site is a venue for extremists to test out ideas, share violent literature, and cheer on the perpetrators of mass killings. 8chan Is a Megaphone for Shooters. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe research and development of neural networks is flourishing thanks to recent advancements in computational power, the discovery of new algorithms, and an increase in labelled data. Before the current explosion of activity in the space, the practical applications of neural networks were limited. Much of the recent research has allowed for broad application, the heavy computational
Read MoreThere are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If you include all the equipment dropped by astronauts while floating in space and the debris from colliding satellites down to around 1cm in size, there are about one million bits of
Read More{$inline_image} While the rest of the world has by and large forgotten the Atari Jaguar, the generously marketed console still has a fan base, and even some dedicated hackers prodding away at it. [Cyrano Jones] is one of them, and he managed something many considered unthinkable: restoring in-game music to the Jaguar port of Doom.
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