After a trip on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Nickelodeon’s green, gooey slime will make its debut in microgravity. SpaceX is going to deliver Nickelodeon slime to the space station for science – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Apple says it has temporarily disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app, due to a vulnerability that could allow iPhone eavesdropping, while it works on a fix — Apple has disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app due to an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a person to listen … Apple
Read MoreMoons that escape and become planets get a charmingly goofy nickname. Astronomers discover new miniature, runaway moons they've dubbed "ploonets" – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn just a few decades we’ve gone from knowing of no planets beyond the solar system to thousands. Here’s how it happened. NASA drops insane map of 4000 planets discovered outside our solar system – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie app has been disabled after Apple found a vulnerability that could let people listen in on other iPhones, the company tells TechCrunch. Apple isn’t aware of the vulnerability having been used, and hasn’t provided any details of how it works beyond saying that “specific conditions and sequences of events are required
Read MoreAbout 2.5 billion light years away, the mammoth black holes have begun the danse macabre. Astronomers discover two supermassive black holes in a death spiral – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based Rivigo, a logistics platform that tracks and manages freight shipments, raises $65M Series E led by Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners — Rivigo, a tech startup in India that wants to build a more reliable and safer logistics network, has raised $65 million as major investors continue … India-based Rivigo,
Read MoreApple has pushed a silent update to Mac users to remove the web server sneakily installed by popular video conference app Zoom, TechCrunch reports. Earlier this week, a disclosure by security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh revealed how Zoom installed a secret local web server on Mac devices — with an intent to save an extra click
Read MoreStartups continue to push industries and technologies forward (and sideways) regardless of fluctuations in valuation and funding. At the same time, large companies around the world are scrambling to become part of the bustling startup culture to compete against, invest in or partner with promising entrepreneurs. Basically, organizations, largely criticized for their lethargic approach to
Read MoreAfter shutting down failed Google+ in April, the big G is giving this social network thing another go. It’s currently trialing Shoelace, a hyperlocal network for people who want to find others to join them in activities like sports and attending shows. It’s currently invite-only, and promises to help you “connect with others who have
Read MoreTinder today unveiled a stripped-down version of dating app for Android, dubbed Tinder Lite, for developing countries. The app will soon go live in Vietnam. followed by other Southeast Asian countries. The company said the new app is about 25 times smaller in size as compared to the main app. It won’t have features like
Read MoreA Russian coal company warns people in search of the perfect shot that they’re posing at a human-made ash dump. Sorry, your magical Instagram lake selfie was shot at a toxic dump – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHow do you hack your motivation? Do you put red marker Xs on a paper calendar every day you exercise? Do you use an egg timer to sprint through dozens of emails? Do you lock all the doors and shut off your data to write some bulletproof code? If you are [Hulk], you build a
Read MoreThe historic mission aims to make a soft landing at the moon’s south pole for the first time ever. India's lunar spacecraft launch Sunday on first ever mission to moon's south pole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis month’s Security-only update package for Windows 7 includes an unexpected compatibility/telemetry component that has some skeptical users up in arms. Microsoft stirs suspicions by adding telemetry files to security-only update Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe best in cookware at the cheapest you’re likely to find it. The cult-annual All-Clad ‘damaged packaging’ cookware sale is on – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: SEC approves the first-ever regulated token offering, letting blockchain startup Blockstack offer $28M in tokens under Regulation A+, an alternative to IPOs — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave blockchain startup Blockstack the go-ahead today to conduct a $28 million digital … SEC approves the first-ever regulated token offering,
Read MoreMuneeb Ali / Blockstack Blog: Blockstack Token Sale Becomes the First SEC-Qualified Offering in U.S. History — We are honored to announce that Blockstack PBC’s upcoming token offering has been qualified by the SEC under Regulation A+. This is the first time in U.S. history that a crypto token offering has received SEC qualification. Blockstack
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: McAfee is in talks with bankers for an IPO listing as soon as this year, seeking to raise $1B at a $5B+ valuation — Cybersecurity-software company’s IPO could raise at least $1 billion — Cybersecurity-software company McAfee LLC is planning to return to the public markets … Sources: McAfee is in
Read MoreTwo minutes after launch the rocket began to veer off-course before falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Arianespace's Vega rocket lost due to 'major anomaly' during launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe iPhone maker quietly sends out an update to its Mac computers to plug a potential security hole. Apple remotely disables feature in Zoom conferencing app after webcam scare – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWilliam Gerstenmaier, head of the agency’s human exploration office, has been demoted. NASA replaces key administrator amid push to return to moon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 1960s were, in Western culture, a time of great social and political upheaval, and the dawning of the psychedelia subculture. This resulted in an art style consisting of bright colours in wild, shifting designs. [Afraser-kruck] has built a device capable of generating beautiful rainbow light patterns, which he calls Mesmer-Eyes. Unnerving, to say the
Read MoreMikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Kuo: Apple’s 2020 iPhone will include a smaller TrueDepth camera, reducing the size of the notch, and a rear-facing camera with a seven-piece lens system — Apple is expected to significantly decrease the size of iPhone’s TrueDepth “notch” in 2020, modifying or potentially removing … Kuo: Apple's 2020 iPhone will include
Read MoreThe head of NASA’s human exploration program has been replaced within the agency, just months after Vice President Mike Pence challenged NASA to send humans to the Moon within the next five years. The move is the latest in a couple of high-profile executive changes NASA has made in recent months as the agency strives
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