The disruption affected 911 emergency services nationwide. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the problem “particularly troubling” in its “breadth and duration.” CenturyLink outage that hit 911 service spurs FCC investigation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou only get one chance to make a first impression, so you better get it right — isn’t that what they say? Here are four things I (honestly) don’t want to see in your portfolio: Skill charts I am not hiring a robot. Tools change every few months. We might have different view of what the word “skill”
Read MoreWashington Post: How online hate and its long-term effects lingered for seven people in 2018, including a Parkland shooting survivor, a CNN journalist, and a track cyclist — It cost a school-shooting victim the safety of home. — It cost an athlete the joy of a victory. — It cost the family of a gay
Read MoreThis stunning piece of art is [Emily Velasco’s] take on the Atari Punk Console. It’s a freeform circuit that synthesizes sound using 555 timers. The circuit has been around for a long time, but her fabrication is completely new and simply incredible! This isn’t [Emily’s] first rodeo. She previously built the mini CRT sculpture project seen to
Read MoreConsider the muumuu. noted: Where Have All the Vowels Gone? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGetting into blockchain and cryptocurrency can be pretty threatening to newbies – especially because the space is so flush with buzzwords and fancy marketing lingo. Usually, we would recommend going straight to the source and catching up on the original Bitcoin white paper, as laid out by its mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. Or alternatively, reading up
Read MoreThe harp is an ancient instrument, but in its current form, it seems so unwieldy that it’s a wonder that anyone ever learns to play it. It’s one thing to tote a rented trumpet or clarinet home from school to practice, but a concert harp is a real pain to transport safely. The image below
Read More2018 saw a new scam epidemic that gradually took over Twitter – and eventually the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain space: the Bitcoin giveaway scheme. It all started in January, at the height of the cryptocurrency mania. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter to warn users that cunning individuals had been impersonating him and spamming
Read MoreThe year, sadly, has come and gone without the emergence of a superintelligent AI overlord. And, assuming Santa doesn’t have a new deep learning paradigm in his sack of toys, we’ll have to try again next year. Still, there was a lot of cool stuff that happened in the AI world in 2018. We finally
Read MoreShan Li / Wall Street Journal: JD.com to restructure JD Mall, the company’s main revenue source, into three units after announcing $1B share buyback amid plunging stock price and CEO worries — JD Mall, the company’s main revenue generator, will be restructured into three business departments JD.com to restructure JD Mall, the company's main revenue
Read MoreFirefighting is a difficult and dangerous job, which puts humans on the front line to save life and property on a regular basis. It’s a prime candidate for some robot helpers, and [Ivan] has stepped in with a fun build that, while it won’t be serving in your municipal department any time soon, gets us
Read MoreAndrew Jeong / Wall Street Journal: South Korea says hackers stole data, including names and addresses, of 997 North Korean defectors; cybersecurity experts say likely culprit is North Korea — A likely culprit is North Korea, which attempts an estimated 1.5 million cyberattacks daily, or 17 every second South Korea says hackers stole data, including
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: CenturyLink says all consumer services impacted by a ~32-hour outage that started on Thursday, including its 911 emergency services, have been restored — 911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. went down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center. CenturyLink says all consumer services impacted by a
Read MoreWhen is paper maché not paper maché? When it is cloth, of course. [Dan Reeder] has been putting his own spin on paper maché art since the 70s and demonstrates the technique of using cloth for tricky spots in his outstanding sculpture of an Ice Dragon. Thin strips of cloth are used just as paper
Read MoreOne of the most fundamental things you need to remember about buying audio gear is that different headphones produce different sounds. Some headphones – like studio monitor headphones – produce audio that’s unadulterated and neutral. Others, particularly those aimed at fitness fanatics, tend to emphasize thumping bass notes. But what if you could have just
Read MoreWe all knew this one was coming. But the question is, what’ll be under the hood? Subaru confirms STI S209 for Detroit Auto Show, to no one's surprise – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: A bug Twitter downplayed in 2012 resurfaces as researchers hijack celebrity accounts to send tweets by using a UK mobile phone number tied to an account — Twitter is claiming to have resolved a bug that allowed a group of London-based security researchers to post unauthorized tweets … A bug Twitter
Read MoreMany people have become interested in learning to code in recent years. They either find their way into programming through online courses, or through offline meet ups, or are just simply trying to give it a shot. Websites like code.org, codecademy, and freeCodeCamp are becoming more and more popular. There are a huge number of coding courses out on
Read MoreAlex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: China-based bike-sharing startup Hellobike says it has raised “billions of yuan”, or hundreds of millions of dollars, led by Primavera Capital and Ant Financial — Morning Markets: Capping off a week of stock market turmoil, there’s new capital in the market for bike-sharing startups. China-based bike-sharing startup Hellobike says it
Read More[Timo] recently purchased himself a Acton Blink Qu4tro electric skateboard. Performance-wise, the board was great, but the controller left a lot to be desired. There were issues with pairing, battery displays, and just general rideability. Like any good hacker, he decided some reverse engineering was in order, and got to work. Initial results were disheartening – the
Read MoreFacebook: Facebook responds to NYT report about its content moderation practices, says its policies are public and that it has about 15,000 content reviewers globally — Yesterday, The New York Times published an article about the the way we moderate content on Facebook. Facebook responds to NYT report about its content moderation practices, says its
Read MoreSay hello to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. Macaulay Culkin has a new middle name, picked by the internet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ll finally — finally! — see the real thing at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show in January. 2020 Toyota Supra: This might be it – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAs PR professionals, we have all nearly done a good job surviving another year in this industry, and yes, I consider “you’re breathing” to be about the only standard I can hold our profession to reliably. It’s been a banner year for some of the dumbest things in public relations with blunders including H&M’s insanely
Read MoreKellen / Droid Life: Essential says it won’t restock Essential Phone anymore, will still sell accessories and provide software updates and is focusing on its “next mobile product” — It wasn’t the successful, industry-changing run we had all hoped for from the startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin … Essential says it won't restock
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