Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Slashdot » One Billion Android Devices Open To Privilege Escalation
msm1267 (2804139) writes "The first deep look into the security of the Android patch installation process, specifically its Package Management Service (PMS), has revealed a weakness that puts potentially every Android device at risk for privilege escalation attacks. Researchers from Indiana University and Microsoft published a paper that describes a new set of Android vulnerabilities they call Pileup flaws, and … [Link]
Mashable » In Pictures, Russia's Military Occupation of Crimea
In recent days, pro-Russian forces have stormed Ukrainian military bases across Crimea, including in two separate incidents on Saturday.Evgeny Feldman, a staff photographer for the Russian publication Novaya Gazeta and a frequent contributor to Mashable, documented the Russian takeover of one Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye, a small town outside the Crimean capital of Simferopol, in a series of photos taken … [Link]
Slashdot » NSA Hacked Huawei, Stole Source Code
Charliemopps (1157495) writes "New documents from Snowden indicate that the NSA hacked into and stole documents, including source code, from the Chinese networking firm Huawei. Ironically, this is the same firm that the U.S. government has argued in the past was a threat due to China's possible use of the same sort of attacks." Read more of this story at … [Link]
Mashable » 5 Organizations to Support on World Water Day
In honor of this year’s World Water Day, a number of organizations are working on forward-looking clean-water initiatives These initiatives are helping protect our planet's water supply in a variety of ways, from providing water-filtration systems to inventing dynamic clean-water technology See also: 7 Items You Can't Live Without That Depend on Water If you're interested in helping to ensure that … [Link]
Slashdot » Computer Spots Fakers Better Than People Do
Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes "Using sophisticated pattern matching software, researchers have had substantially better success with a computer, than was obtained with human subjects, in spotting faked facial expressions of pain. [Original, paywalled article in Current Biology] From the Reuters piece: '… human subjects did no better than chance — about 50 percent …', 'The computer was right 85 percent … [Link]
Mashable » Pakistan Printer Censors Entire 'New York Times' Front-Page Story
Pakistani readers were not able to see the International New York Times' front-page story, as it was censored by the newspaper's local printing partner. Entitled "What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden," the Saturday cover story by Carlotta Gall was completely blanked out in a conspicuous censorship effort See also: U.S. Spies Feared Rise of Virtual Bin Laden, Report Reveals The writer … [Link]
Mashable » NSA Hacked and Spied on Huawei, Snowden Documents Say
The NSA has been conducting a sophisticated years-long operation against Chinese tech company Huawei, including hacking into its networks, and spying on the companies' top executives, according to reports based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The spy agency launched operation "Shotgiant" in 2007, hacking into Huawei's main servers in Shenzhen, according to The New York Times and German news magazine … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 20 Famous Bands Re-Created Using LEGO Minifigs [Pics]
Malaysian artist Adly Syairi Ramly has re-created 20 famous bands using LEGO minifigs, and I have to say, the result is quite convincing! [Adly Syairi Ramly] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Phenomenal Crowd-Sourced Short Film: Dark Noir [Video]
Dark Noir is one of the best short film I’ve seen in a while. I strongly encourage you guys to check it out. From Gillian Glendinning: Dark Noir, a co-created animated short film by Rafael Grampá, Absolut and Facebook fans worldwide. The ambitious challenge invited people around the world to unleash their imaginations and transform their ideas into an animated … [Link]
Mashable » 15 Puppies That Understand Your Excitement
May the tennis balls never stop bouncing and the treats always be plentiful, little puppies. On Friday, we celebrated National Puppy Day, a special day of the year when we honor those cuddly little fur balls that bring so much joy into our lives. It's a day to pamper your pet, but also think of those less fortunate animals who are … [Link]
Slashdot » AMD Develops New Linux Open-Source Driver Model
An anonymous reader writes "AMD privately shared with Phoronix during GDC2014 that they're developing a new Linux driver model. While there will still be an open (Gallium3D) and closed-source (Catalyst) driver, the Catalyst driver will be much smaller. AMD developers are trying to isolate the closed-source portion of the driver to just user-space while the kernel driver that's in the … [Link]
Mashable » 7 Items You Can't Live Without That Depend on Water
This World Water Day, rethink your water and energy usage –– connected issues that affect each other and the world Every year, the United Nations celebrates World Water Day on March 22, a day the organization highlights to focus the world’s attention on one of Earth’s most important resources: fresh water First proposed in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The GTA 5 Multiplayer Experience Resumed [Video]
Yep, looks pretty accurate to me! [Jameserton | Via] [Link]
Slashdot » They're Reading Your Mail: Microsoft's ToS, Windows 8 Leak, and Snooping
After the recent Windows 8 leak by recently arrrested then-Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo, Microsoft has tweaked its privacy policies, but also defended reading the email of the French blogger to whom Kibkalo sent the software. "The blogger in question, who remains unidentified, happened to use Hotmail—the investigation began in 2012 before Hotmail's Outlook.com transition—as his primary email account. So as … [Link]
Mashable » 12 Corny Jokes for National Corndog Day
Bust out the mustard — it's National Corndog Day. You may wonder how to celebrate this holiday you never thought about. Don't panic — we've got you covered on this corny holiday with some corny jokes. (You'll have to find your own corndog.) See also: Watch 54 Punderful Dad Jokes Told in Four Minutes Reddit helped us select 12 of the … [Link]
Mashable » 4 Side Jobs to Pad Your Paycheck
Whether you need to put a kid through college or you’re tired of rocking Ramen noodles every night for dinner, you’ve come to the decision that you might need to find a supplemental job. Ideally, you’d like to find a flexible job within your career field — something that you can do around your current nine-to-five schedule In our increasingly digital … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Neil DeGrasse Tyson in Slow Motion [Video]
I’m just glad he doesn’t sound like that in real life because very little people would take him seriously. [SciFactsful | Via TA] [Link]
Slashdot » Fake PGP Keys For Crypto Developers Found
IamTheRealMike (537420) writes "In recent months fake PGP keys have been found for at least two developers on well known crypto projects: Erinn Clark, a Tor developer and Gavin Andresen, the maintainer of Bitcoin. In both cases, these PGP keys are used to sign the downloads for popular pieces of crypto software. PGP keys are supposed to be verified through … [Link]
Mashable » Kevin Bacon Showcases 'Footloose' Moves on 'The Tonight Show'
Kevin Bacon proved that he's still got moves after dancing on the The Tonight Show in honor of Footloose's 30th anniversary. The 55-year-old actor appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and taught millennials how to get down '80s-style See also: The One-Degree World of Kevin Bacon As Fallon introduced Bacon as his first guest of … [Link]
Mashable » Apple Working on Spotify-Like Service and iTunes Android App, Report Says
Apple may have revolutionized the music business with iTunes, but in the face of users' changing music-consumption habits — namely the rise of streaming services — the Cupertino, Calif. company will reportedly shake things up once again Apple is preparing to launch a new on-demand music-streaming service that would rival Spotify, according to music magazine Billboard. See also: How iTunes Radio … [Link]
Slashdot » Navy Database Tracks Civilians' Parking Tickets, Fender-Benders
schwit1 (797399) writes with this excerpt from the Washington Examiner: "A parking ticket, traffic citation or involvement in a minor fender-bender are enough to get a person's name and other personal information logged into a massive, obscure federal database run by the U.S. military. The Law Enforcement Information Exchange, or LinX, has already amassed 506.3 million law enforcement records ranging … [Link]
Mashable » Michelle Obama Defends Internet Freedom in China Speech
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama defended the importance of free speech and Internet freedom in a talk in China on Saturday. Obama spoke at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing, as part of a goodwill tour in the country. In what could be seen as a criticism of China's tight grip on the Internet through its infamous "Great Firewall," … [Link]
Slashdot » Don't Help Your Kids With Their Homework
Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Dana Goldstein writes in The Atlantic that while one of the central tenets of raising kids in America is that parents should be actively involved in their children's education — meeting with teachers, volunteering at school, and helping with homework — few parents stop to ask whether they're worth the effort. Case in point: … [Link]
Mashable » The Black Keys Announce New Album Via Mike Tyson's Twitter Account
The Black Keys are known for creating a fresh-sounding, minimalist vibe with just drums and a guitar. But to announce their latest album, the band harnessed the powers of YouTube, a menacing hypnotist reading an uncomfortably sexual script, a trippy, spiraling record player, and oh yeah — Mike Tyson's Twitter account. How David Lynch was not involved in this madness, we’ll … [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Re-Learning How To Interview As a Developer?
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier in my career, when I switched jobs every year or so, I was pretty good at interviewing. I got offers about 75% of the time if I got to a in person. But times have changed… my last 2 jobs have been, longer term gigs.. 5 and 3 years respectively, and I am way out … [Link]
Mashable » Pro-Russian Protesters, Troops Storm Ukrainian Military Bases in Crimea
Pro-Russian forces besieged Ukrainian military bases in Crimea in two separate incidents on Saturday. In the first incident, around 200 pro-Russian protesters stormed one of the last Ukrainian-controlled military bases in western Crimea. The unarmed group broke through the air force base in Novofedorivka, yelling "Russia! Russia!" The attack resulted in the Ukrainian soldiers leaving the base, with protesters taking down … [Link]
Mashable » BlackBerry Sells Majority of Its Canadian Real Estate
BlackBerry has announced an agreement to sell the bulk of its Canadian real estate holdings, as the handset maker stockpiles cash to help its pivot toward emerging market consumers. The company said in a blog post the deal includes 3 million square feet as well as "vacant lands," and that it will lease back some of the property. See also: White … [Link]
Mashable » Kaleidoscopic GIFs Will Leave You Mesmerized
Warning: It may be impossible to tear yourself away from these mesmerizing GIFs. Designer David Szakaly creates hypnotizing GIFs that boggle the senses. Ranging from stark black and white line drawings to kaleidoscopic rainbow-colored animations, these stunning images blend impeccable design sense with the Internet's favorite medium. See also: Fall in Louvre With These 14 Museums on Instagram Szakaly told Mashable … [Link]
Slashdot » Startup Employees As an Organized Labor Group
An anonymous reader writes "Last Friday may turn out to have marked the beginning of Silicon Valley's organized labor movement–startup employees met in Palo Alto 'to share war stories and to start developing what organizers called a 'Startup Employee Equity Bill of Rights'.'" That probably should include the right to work late, for little pay, and to trade less certainty … [Link]
Mashable » Marjan the Lion: Slain AFP Reporter Sardar Ahmad's Final Story
Editor’s note: Sardar Ahmad, a 40-year-old AFP reporter, was killed on Friday in an attack at Kabul's Serena hotel. His wife and two children also died in the shooting. His youngest, not quite 2, is in a coma. This is Ahmad's final story. It originally ran on March 19, 2014. KABUL, Afghanistan — Kabul zoo on Tuesday unveiled its new star … [Link]
Mashable » 16 Crazy Things More Likely Than a Perfect March Madness Bracket
Think the odds are stacked against you in your March Madness bracket pool this year? You have no idea. A perfect bracket, chosen randomly, is about the unlikeliest thing that will ever happen. Meaning that the $1 billion Warren Buffett has pledged to anyone who completes a perfect bracket is probably pretty safe. See also: 10 Buzzer Beaters That Will Get … [Link]
Slashdot » Neovim: Rebuilding Vim For the 21st Century
An anonymous reader writes "Neovim is a major overhaul of the vim editor to provide better scripting, cleaner support for plugins and integration with modern graphical interfaces. Modernising the large and complex codebase of Vim is a formidable task, but the developer has a clear plan, and has already begun work. There's a Bountysource fundraiser running to support the effort. … [Link]
Slashdot » Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos'
Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Travis Gettys reports that creationist Danny Falkner appeared Thursday on "The Janet Mefford Show" to complain that the Fox television series and its host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, had marginalized those with dissenting views on accepted scientific truths. "I don't recall seeing any interviews with people – that may yet come – but it's based … [Link]
Mashable » 4 Habits Guaranteed to Lose Your Boss' Trust
You could spend years working for the same manager, building your reputation as a hard-working, well-intentioned, always-dependable employee And in a fraction of that time, you could lose it all. It may sound harsh, but it’s true: Trust is much easier to lose than it is to gain. No matter how long you’ve been an excellent and dependable employee, if you … [Link]
Mashable » Chinese Satellites Spot Large Object in South Indian Ocean
A Chinese satellite has spotted a large object floating in the South Indian Ocean. China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) announced on Saturday that its high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1" has spotted a floating object 75 miles southwest of the current search area off the coast of Australia. See also: Where Is the Plane? 19 … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » London Super Comic Con (LSCC) 2014 – [Cosplay Music Video]
A new cosplay music video by my pals from Sneaky Zebra featuring some of the best cosplay from London Super Comic Con 2014. Enjoy! [Sneaky Zebra] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Beautiful Polygon-art Star Wars Cushion Covers [Pics]
These beautiful cushion covers featuring “polygonized” Star Wars characters are available from The Retro Inc on Etsy.com and range from $34 to $42 depending on the size. [The Retro Inc | Via GT | BoingBoing] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day – XKCD: Volume 0 – $10.44 (42% Off)
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has XKCD: Volume 0 for just $10.44. That’s 42% off on the book’s recommended list price of $18. xkcd: volume 0 is the first xkcd book! It features selections from the first 600 comics, including various author and fan favorites. It was lovingly assembled from high-resolution original scans of the comics (the mouseover … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Clever Trick: Unlocking a Car with your Brain [Science Video]
Watch as “Professor Roger Bowley unlocks his car from various distances, using waves from his key, brain and a big bottle of water.” [Sixty Symbols] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The “Megaton” Lamp is Made from a Real Bomb [Pic]
Stockpile Designs made this lamp using an old 100-lb bomb from the Korean War-era! The perfect gift for the hardcore Fallout fan in your life! For the Megaton floor lamp, a complete 100-lb bomb from the Korean War is suspended above the floor by an elegant, minimalist stand. The original paint is stripped away, and the underlying steel hand-polished until … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Grammar’s Great Divide: The Oxford Comma Debate [Video]
If you read “Bob, a DJ and a clown” on a guest list, are three people coming to the party, or only one? That depends on whether you’re for or against the Oxford comma — perhaps the most hotly contested punctuation mark of all time. When do we use one? Can it really be optional, or is there a universal … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » New Technology Lets You Visualize Your Brain’s Activity in Real-Time [Video]
From The Neuroscape Lab: This is an anatomically-realistic 3D brain visualization depicting real-time source-localized activity (power and “effective” connectivity) from EEG (electroencephalographic) signals. Each color represents source power and connectivity in a different frequency band (theta, alpha, beta, gamma) and the golden lines are white matter anatomical fiber tracts. Estimated information transfer between brain regions is visualized as pulses of … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » It’s Caturday: The Adventures of Business Cat [Comic]
[Source: Happy Jar | Via] [Link]
Slashdot » Mute Witness: Forensic Sketches From Nothing But DNA
First time accepted submitter Todd Palin (1402501) writes "Researchers at Penn State university are trying to reconstruct images of faces based only on a DNA sample of the individual. As far out as this sounds, they did a pretty good job at matching the actual appearance of the faces. This is a pretty good start on a whole new use … [Link]
Mashable » Monsters, UFOs and Tigers Come Alive in Pepsi Max Bus Shelter Prank
Pepsi Max, which struck viral gold last year by using Nascar star Jeff Gordon to (allegedly) prank an unsuspecting car salesman, is at it again, this time in Great Britain. The brand recently rigged up a popular bus shelter in London with a screen. Most of the time, the screen looked like a clear glass, but then the brand would … [Link]
Slashdot » Oppo's New Phone Hits 538 PPI
itwbennett (1594911) writes "Oppo Electronics has taken off the wraps on its first LTE phone, and it packs more technology than most if not all laptops. The Find 7 is a 5.5" phone and is the first to support 2560 x 1440 resolution [538 PPI] (by comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S5 has 441 PPI). 'Another striking and unique feature of … [Link]
Slashdot » New Information May Narrow Down Malaysian Jet's Path
mdsolar (1045926) writes with this excerpt from Slate on the still-missing Malaysian Airline flight "In a case that is swirling with uncertainties, a few pieces of evidence have stood apart for seeming reliability. Among them was the revelation last Saturday by Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak that his country's investigators, in collaboration with U.S. authorities, had analyzed an electronic ping … [Link]
Slashdot » More On the Disposable Tech Worker
Jim_Austin writes "At a press conference this week, in response to a question by a Science Careers reporter, Scott Corley, the Executive Director of immigration-reform group Compete America, argued that retraining workers doesn't make sense for IT companies. For the company, he argued, H-1B guest workers are a much better choice. 'It's not easy to retrain people,' Corley said. 'The … [Link]
Mashable » Lego Minifigures That Rock Your Bricks Off
As a building toy, Lego sets are meant to inspire. As for these minifigures, they will inspire you to grow your hair out, get a tattoo and pick that guitar you always wanted to learn to play. Lego minifigure hobbyist Adly Syairi Ramly decided it was high time rock stars got their building block debut. Ramly used his iPhone 5S and … [Link]
Slashdot » WPA2 Wireless Security Crackable WIth "Relative Ease"
An anonymous reader writes "Achilleas Tsitroulis of Brunel University, UK, Dimitris Lampoudis of the University of Macedonia, Greece and Emmanuel Tsekleves of Lancaster University, UK, have investigated the vulnerabilities in WPA2 and present its weakness. They say that this wireless security system might now be breached with relative ease [original, paywalled paper] by a malicious attack on a network. They … [Link]
Mashable » Twitter #Music Is Dead
Cassette tape and boom box, say hello to Twitter #Music. Twitter has announced the shut down of its mobile app #Music — yes, it still existed. The service was pulled from the App Store Friday afternoon and will stop working on devices that already downloaded it on April 18. See also: Twitter #Music App May Soon Be Silenced Later this afternoon, … [Link]
Mashable » Date Fools Man Out of $70K, Man Sues OkCupid
Now that's an expensive date. An OkCupid user who was duped out of $70,000 by a man he met on the popular dating platform has filed a lawsuit against the site for failing to effectively screen members and communicate the risks associated with online matchmaking. Michael Picciano, 65, of Queens, N.Y. signed up for OkCupid in December 2012 and was first … [Link]
Slashdot » Docker Turns 1: What's the Future For Open Source Container Tech?
darthcamaro (735685) writes "Docker has become one of the most hyped open-source projects in recent years, making it hard to believe the project only started one year ago. In that one year, Docker has now gained the support of Red Hat and other major Linux vendors. What does the future hold for Docker? Will it overtake other forms of virtualization … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Today on New Scientist
All the latest stories on newscientist.com: Europe's space shuttle, Turkey twitter, moon impacts, and more [Link]
Mashable » The Many Emo Faces of March Madness
March Madness isn't just a basketball tournament. It's also a showcase for the full range of of human emotions. Take the photo above, for example. It was snapped on Thursday night, moments after Texas beat Arizona State on a buzzer-beating layup to advance on to the second round and end the Sun Devils' season. That's lonely Jordan Bachynski of Arizona State … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » CONTEST: We Need Your Help! (A Chance to Win One of Two $500 Amazon.com Gift Cards)
Hi everyone! We’ve got something important to ask you today. We’re running a short survey to find out more about how to make you, our cherished readers, happy. If you can spare just a couple of minutes of your time to answer a few questions we’ll be hugely grateful. In fact so grateful that we’ll pop your name into a … [Link]
Slashdot » Wireless Carriers In Huge Washington Lobby Fight Over Spectrum Auction
First time accepted submitter techpolicy (3586897) writes "The big four wireless carriers are spending millions of dollars to hire professors, fund Washington think tanks and to meet with the Federal Communications Commission to try to convince the agency to write rules for an upcoming auction of spectrum that favor them, according to an article posted by the Center for Public … [Link]
Mashable » March Madness: When Studying Doesn't Stand a Chance
The first two days of March Madness always fall on a Thursday and Friday, setting up fierce competition for attention spans in classrooms across America. In one corner: the pursuit of knowledge and deeper understanding. In the other corner: College hoops' ultimate tournament and two of the greatest days in all of sports. School doesn't stand a chance. SEE ALSO: Do Yourself … [Link]
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