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 » Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Obamacare Website Rollo
An anonymous reader writes with this report from The Verge linking to and excerpting from a newly released report created for a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, including portions of eight "damning emails" that offer an unflattering look at the rollout of the Obamacare website. The Government Office of Accountability released a report earlier this week detailing the … [Link]
Mashable » Wife of ISIS Captive Alan Henning Asks for His Release
The wife of a man whose life was threatened by the Islamic State has asked the terrorist group to "see it in their hearts to release" her husband, Alan Henning, according to a statement provided by the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Saturday. The statement, as reported by The Daily Mirror, describes Henning, who was threatened last Saturday in … [Link]
Mashable » 5 Can't-Miss Apps: A Goblin-Themed RPG, Storehouse and More
Between the rollout of iOS 8 and Apple's two new iPhones going on sale, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. Luckily, Mashable creates a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps, so you won't miss out. See also: 10 Apps That Make the Best Use of iOS 8 This week's list includes … [Link]
Slashdot » Washington DC To Return To Automatic Metro Trains
Bruce66423 (1678196) writes with news of interest to anyone with reason to ride mass transit in the U.S., specifically on the D.C. Metro system: After a crash some five years ago, automatic operation was abandoned. Now however replacement of 'faulty' modules means that moving the whole system on to automatic operation can happen. One quote is depressing: "And because trains … [Link]
Mashable » Microsoft Courts iOS 8 Users With OneDrive Free Space Promotion
Amid all the iOS 8, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus excitement, Microsoft wants to remind the world that OneDrive is still a thing. Through the end of September, Microsoft is offering new OneDrive users 30GB of free OneDrive space. That's up from the 15GB that Microsoft traditionally offers. See also: How to Download iOS 8 Without Deleting Any of Your … [Link]
Slashdot » New "Crescent Bay" VR Headset Revealed and Demo'd At Oculus Connect
Oculus Rift revealed today its new 'Crescent Bay' prototype wearable display, at its inaugural Oculus Connect conference. (You can find more in the company's blog too.) From Gamasutra's coverage: The new headset has 360 degree tracking and integrated audio, as well as improved performance that allows better presence, says Iribe. It has higher resolution and a better refresh rate than … [Link]
Mashable » Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens Targeted in Latest Celebrity Photo Hack
UPDATE, Sept. 21, 3:09 p.m. ET: Rihanna is reportedly the latest victim of the massive leak of celebrity naked pictures. Intimate photos appearing to belong to the pop star appeared on 4Chan on Sunday. Another wave of stolen explicit celebrity photos has reportedly surfaced on 4chan and Reddit. This time, the celebrities affected include Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, Hayden Panettiere, Mary-Kate … [Link]
Mashable » Oculus Rift's Latest Prototype Headset Is Even Closer to Consumer Version
Oculus VR announced its latest prototype headset, which the company says is very similar to how its consumer version will look. Company CEO Brendan Iribe unveiled "Crescent Bay" at the Oculus Connect Developers Conference in Los Angeles Saturday morning. He described the third-generation of Oculus Rift as a huge leap forward for virtual-reality technology. See also: What Is Virtual Reality and … [Link]
Slashdot » Is Google's Non-Tax Based Public School Funding Cause For Celebration?
theodp (442580) writes "Google's "flash-funding" of teachers' projects via DonorsChoose continues to draw kudos from grateful mayors of the nation's largest cities. The latest comes from Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (fresh from a Google-paid stay at the Google Zeitgeist resort), who joined Google officials at Taylor Allderdice HS, where Google announced it was 'flash funding' all Pittsburgh area teachers' crowd-funding … [Link]
Mashable » Firefighters Drop 'Record Amounts' of Retardant on Vast California Wildfire
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Firefighters are dropping record-breaking amounts of retardants on a massive Northern California wildfire that is burning explosively because of the prolonged drought. California firefighters and the U.S. Forest Service together had bombarded the conflagration with more than a half-million gallons of retardant, fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said Friday. That included more than 203,000 gallons in a single day. … [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Alternate Software For Use On Smartboards?
SmarterThanMe (1679358) writes Teacher here, you can call me Mr. SmarterThanMe. I have a fancy smartboard installed in my room. Smartboards allow me to show students a whole range of other stuff other than just whatever I'm writing. I can prepare instructions and activities before the lesson and just move through the boards. I can pull up some students' work … [Link]
Mashable » Thousands of Students Take Over Kolkata Streets to Protest Police Brutality
As part of a conflict that has been escalating for days, tens of thousands of university students flooded the streets of Kolkata, India, on Saturday to protest what they called police brutality on their campus. Images of the gathering and messages of support flooded Twitter and Facebook under the hashtag #Hokkolorob, which means "Let's make noise" or "Let there be shouts" … [Link]
Mashable » California Authorities Capture 4 of 5 Jail Escapees
UPDATED Sept. 20, 9:50 p.m. PT Four out of five inmates who escaped from a central California jail near Fresno were captured Saturday night, about 24 hours after they escaped from a county jail No further details were available. Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said 33-year-old Juan Lopez, 26-year-old Jorge Lopez-Diaz, 25-year-old Abel Ramos and 19-year-old Ricardo Cendejas are all … [Link]
Mashable » See the Effects of Climate Change in Side-by-Side Images
In 2014 alone, our planet has seen the hottest August on record, the western U.S. got snow in September, the Southwest saw record rainfall, Pakistan had flash floods and the U.S. bundled up for polar vortices (even in July!). And that's just a fraction of the climatological effects humans are experiencing on a daily basis. See also: Why Al Gore Is … [Link]
Slashdot » Video Released, Crowdfunding Underway For Axiom Open Source Cinema Camera
New submitter atagunov writes "Video clips have been released as crowdfunding starts for the world first open source cinematic videocam. "I am a filmmaker myself … I would like to have powerful tools that I know to have full control over and that I can tune and tweak," says Sebastian Pichelhofer of Apertus. He is working on the Axiom Beta, … [Link]
Mashable » Ukraine Agrees to Buffer Zone After Signing Deal With Pro-Russian Rebels
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine – It just might be the most significant attempt at a truce yet. Ukrainian authorities and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine agreed overnight in Belarus to create a wide buffer zone between each side’s forces, to withdraw heavy weapons out of reach of one another and to send foreign fighters home. See also: Ukrainian President Makes Emotional Plea to … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Pip-Boy 3000 (Fallout) vs. The Apple Watch Comparison Chart [Pic]
[Source: LightningBarBlues] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » “Attack on Titan” Balloon Cosplay [Pic + Video]
Check out this fantastic “balloonified” Titan cosplay by Bruce Carr from No Ordinary Balloon Man. The picture and video were shot at Omni-Expo in Orlando, Florida, where Bruce was invited as a guest. [Source: No Ordinary Balloon Man | Via FG] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » BEAUTIFUL: StarryNights – some of the largest observatories in time-lapse [Video]
From Jan Hattenbach: From 2011 to 2014 we have been visiting astronomical observatories in Chile and La Palma – with our telescope and some cameras. This video features a compilation of our time-lapse videos we recorded. [Jan Hattenbach] [Link]
Slashdot » Why You Can't Manufacture Like Apple
HughPickens.com writes Medium reports that although many startups want to design something that mimics the fit and finish of an Apple product, it's a good way to go out of business. "What happened when Apple wanted to CNC machine a million MacBook bodies a year? They bought 10k CNC machines to do it. How about when they wanted to laser … [Link]
Mashable » Charles Dance Drops 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Hint About Tywin's Future
This video contains spoilers for Season 4 of Game of Thrones. No Hodor in Season 5 of Game of Thrones. No Bran, either. But Tywin? You might need to be sitting down for this one: Charles Dance, who plays the Machiavellian patriarch Tywin Lannister on the series, dropped a hint about his future role on the show in an interview … [Link]
Mashable » 49 Hostages of ISIS Have Been Freed, Turkish PM Says
ANKARA, Turkey — Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by the Islamic State group in Iraq were freed Saturday, resolving a serious crisis which Turkish officials had long cited as a reason to avoid moving aggressively against the violent militant group. The 49 hostages were captured from the Turkish Consulate in Mosul, Iraq, on June 11, when ISIS overran the city in … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Geektastic Crocheted Optimus Prime Hat [Pic]
Autobots, transform and rollout! [Source: BriAbby Hand Made Accessories | BriabbyHats on Etsy | Reddit | Via] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Spawn: The Recall [Short Fan Film]
Synopsis: SPAWN: THE RECALL is the story of a former witch and her son, who try to live a normal life away from the darkness. While they’re shopping in a supermarket, the child suddenly disappears. She starts looking for him, freaked out knowing evil forces are still lurking. A security guard comes to her help but while they are checking … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » People Laughing Without Smiling is the Creepiest Thing Ever [Video]
A compilation of 16 people who laugh with barely any facial expressions at all. This is a lot creepier than it sounds. Just watch the video. [CHSupercuts] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Brain Facts Your Brain Doesn’t Know About
So, wow much does your brain know about itself? [Buzzfeed] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701 Messenger Bag
From Entertainment Earth: Your messenger bag can now take on the form of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701! This Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701 Messenger Bag features construction and decoration inspired by the Enterprise from the original series of Star Trek. The front flap of the messenger bag replicates the hull of the NCC-1701, wile the custom buckle hardware is inspired by … [Link]
Slashdot » Star Wars Producers Want a 'DroneShield' To Prevent Leaks On Set
Jason Koebler writes Over the last couple of weeks, people have been flying drones over Pinewood Studios, where Star Wars Episode VII is being filmed. That made waves last week, but, perhaps most interestingly, the studio ordered a "DroneShield" back in June anticipating the drone problem. According to the company, a DroneShield can provide email and SMS warnings if it … [Link]
Mashable » How to Follow Social Good Summit 2014 Online
Social Good Summit is back! On Sunday, Sept. 21 and Monday, Sept. 22, advocates from across the globe are coming together to discuss some of the biggest challenges our world is facing. Whether it's at local Meetups or at the main stage event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, speakers will be initiating conversations about how our global … [Link]
Mashable » Guinea Mob Kills Team of 8 Health Officials, Journalists on Ebola Awareness Trip
CONAKRY, Guinea — The team of health officials accompanied by journalists came to the village to educate people about how to avoid contracting Ebola. Instead, a group of local residents turned on their would-be benefactors, attacking them with knives and rocks and killing eight of them, witnesses say. Guinea's government said in a statement Friday that six people have been arrested … [Link]
Slashdot » NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs
MojoKid (1002251) writes NVIDIA has launched two new high-end graphics cards based on their latest Maxwell architecture. The GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 are based on Maxwell and replace NVIDIA's current high-end offerings, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GTX 780, and GTX 770. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 are somewhat similar as the cards share the same … [Link]
Mashable » The Pitfalls of Working From Home
Image: Safely EndangeredYou're sick, your mind is clouded, you've been stuck on the couch with a box of tissues and a 16-gallon drum of herbal tea for two days. And yet, your company expects you to work from home. Life isn't fair. See also: Honest Descriptions of Netflix Shows, Based on TV Posters On top of everything, your beautiful television … [Link]
Slashdot » Why the iPhone 6 Has the Same Base Memory As the iPhone 5
Lucas123 writes When the iPhone 5 was launched two years ago, the base $199 (with wireless plan) model came with 16GB of flash memory. Fast forward to this week when the iPhone 6 was launched with the same capacity. Now consider that the cost of 16GB of NAND flash has dropped by more than 13% over the past two years. … [Link]
Mashable » White House Fence-Jumper Made It Inside Before Getting Caught
The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence, and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left the White House on Friday evening when the intruder climbed the north fence, darted across the lawn and into the residence, … [Link]
Mashable » 16 Ways to Photoshop Your Boring Baby Pics Into Works of Art
Parents of the Internet, we hate to break it to you, but the baby pictures you've flood our News Feed with are, well, boring. Sure, to you and most of your family, a photograph of your child is precious, adorable, and brings you joy. But to the vast majority of us, it's just another picture of your weird-looking baby and when … [Link]
Slashdot » Proposed Law Would Limit US Search Warrants For Data Stored Abroad
An anonymous reader writes On Thursday, a bipartisan law was introduced in the Senate that would limit US law enforcement's ability to obtain user data from US companies with servers physically located abroad. Law enforcement would still be able to gain access to those servers with a US warrant, but the warrant would be limited to data belonging to US … [Link]
Mashable » 50 Simple Ways to Make Someone Happy
It doesn't take a lot to make someone smile. It's the small acts of kindness, like taking the time to hand write a note or making the effort to remember your friend's favorite coffee order, that can make a big difference in someone's day. See also: 50 Little Things That Make Life Happy We asked Mashable staff members to share their … [Link]
Mashable » Why the Women's Empowerment Movement Is So Important
We’re currently experiencing a global gender revolution. Women are not only finding their voices — they’re using them. And we can't afford to ignore the dormant social and economic power that lies within those voices. Diminishing the importance of women means failing to make use of humankind's full potential. See also: What to Expect From This Year's Fascinating Social Good Summit … [Link]
Slashdot » KDE's UI To Bend Toward Simplicity
sfcrazy (1542989) writes "KDE Software is often criticized for being too complicated for an average user to use. Try setting up Kmail and you would know what I mean. The KDE developers are aware of it and now they are working on making KDE UI simpler. KDE usability team lead Thomas Pfeiffer Thomas prefers a layered feature exposure so that … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day – $0.99 Kindle Comics: Gotham Central Sale
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon offers a large number of DC kindle comics for just $0.99! There are over 100 titles to choose from, so if you’re looking for a little entertainment, be sure to check these amazing deals out! [$0.99 Kindle Comics: Gotham Central Sale] [Link]
Slashdot » Boeing To Take Space Tourists On Its CST-100 Spacecraft To the ISS
MarkWhittington (1084047) writes "According to a Thursday story in Investment Business Daily, Boeing, whose CST-100 spacecraft was one of the two winners of NASA's commercial crew competition, will reserve one seat per flight for a paying tourist. For a price comparable to what space tourists now pay for trips on the Russian Soyuz, anyone will be able to take a … [Link]
Mashable » 8 Places That Are Pricier in Times Square Than the Rest of NYC
Times Square is nothing short of glitz and glam But along with its neon lights and flashy billboards come some heavy price tags. As 50 million tourists flock to the heart of New York City each year, megastores and big-name chain restaurants in the area have no problem inflating their rates. See also: 12 New York City Easter Eggs You'd Otherwise … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Fantastic Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Video Featuring James Gunn [Video]
From Beat Down Boogie: James Gunn (director of Guardians of the Galaxy) and his brother Sean (who played a couple roles in the film) surprised Marvel cosplayers at Dragon Con in Atlanta. Avengers comic book artist George Perez also showed up to hang with fans. [beatdownboogie | Via FG] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Batmobile [Comic]
[Source: Dragonarte | Like Dragonarte on Facebook] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Thrilling Match Burning Experiment Filmed in Super Slow Motion [Video]
Check out this super slow motion video (1000 to 5000 fps) of matches burning after being lit by a propane torch. Beautiful! [Slow Mo Lab | Via LS] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Happy Cold and Flu Season to All of You! [Comic]
Yep, it’s here, and there’s not much we can do about it unfortunately. [Source: The Awkward Yeti] [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Why Can’t You Put Metal in the Microwave? WHY? [Science Video]
So as I’m sure you all know, you can’t put metal in your microwave, but why? And what about Hot Pockets? These things have metal on the inside, so how come they don’t produce sparks? Check out this enlightening video from our pals over at SciShow for the explanation. [SciShow] [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » How To Pair Your API With The Right Monetization Strategy
API managers who have developed an API now face the problem of figuring out a revenue generation model that makes sense to their company’s initiatives. Though there are many API business models out there, a way to group them is with 3 basic strategies; inclusion, independence, and incorporation. [Link]
Slashdot » Android Apps Now Unofficially Able To Run On Any Major Desktop OS
An anonymous reader writes A developer who goes by the handle Vladikoff has tweaked Google's App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) to allow any Android app to run on any major desktop operating system, not just the handful announced last week which were also limited to Chrome OS. His tweaked version of ARC is re-packaged as ARChon. The install isn't very … [Link]
Mashable » How Thought Leaders Approach the Global Health Conversation
Improving global health is a universal goal, but it has been a challenge to gather enough resources and put them to good use in order to reduce poverty and death around the world The conversation surrounding what we can do to improve global health is one of the most prominent topics of this year's Social Good Summit, with multiple panels on … [Link]
Mashable » ESPN Just Damned the Baltimore Ravens and NFL, Big-Time
Just a few hours after Roger Goodell's cringeworthy press conference attempting to address the NFL's domestic abuse, discipline and credibility criss, two ESPN reporters published a damning story that appears to destroy any credibility the Baltimore Ravens or NFL may have had surrounding their handling of the Ray Rice investigation. The story by Don Van Natta, Jr., twice a member of … [Link]
Slashdot » Data Archiving Standards Need To Be Future-Proofed
storagedude writes Imagine in the not-too-distant future, your entire genome is on archival storage and accessed by your doctors for critical medical decisions. You'd want that data to be safe from hackers and data corruption, wouldn't you? Oh, and it would need to be error-free and accessible for about a hundred years too. The problem is, we currently don't have … [Link]
Slashdot » Why a Chinese Company Is the Biggest IPO Ever In the US
An anonymous reader writes The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made headlines lately in US financial news. At the closing of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Friday, it had raised $21.8 billion on the New York Stock Exchange, larger even than Visa's ($17.9 billion), Facebook's ($16 billion), and General Motors ($15.8 billion) IPOs. Some critics do say that Alibaba's … [Link]
Mashable » LA Blocks Giant Slip 'n Slide Due to Drought
Los Angeles has put the kibosh on a giant slip 'n slide, dubbed Slide the City, that was scheduled to stretch along 1,000 feet of downtown streets on Sept. 28 because of concerns over the state's unprecedented drought and plans to transport the used water to a city park. Slide the City organizers had been working with Los Angeles officials for … [Link]
Mashable » Aquaman Had a Big Role in 'Man of Steel' and You Missed It
SPOILER WARNING: What you are about to read could be considered a whale of a spoiler for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, so stop reading now if you strive to keep your comic book movie experiences 100% pure and are basically no fun to be around at all. Still with us? Whew, good, we ditched those losers. SEE ALSO: … [Link]
Mashable » Freerunners Level Up With 8-Bit-Inspired Parkour Video
Even Super Mario couldn't keep up with these moves. Red Bull teamed up with freerunners Jason Paul and Team Farang to create an elaborate running course designed to look like an 8-bit video game landscape. Paul runs, jumps and flips through the course fighting ninjas and moving up levels until he wins the game. If you really think about it, … [Link]
Mashable » Michael Jackson and Queen Duet Is Coming to Rock Your World
It’s a song 30 years in the making An unreleased track from Michael Jackson and Queen is set to be released on the band's upcoming "Queen Forever" album scheduled to arrive in November Jackson and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury reportedly recorded their vocals in 1983 but the duet — "There Must Be More to Life Than This" — had been left … [Link]
Slashdot » Microsoft Kills Off Its Trustworthy Computing Group
An anonymous reader writes Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group is headed for the axe, and its responsibilities will be taken over either by the company's Cloud & Enterprise Division or its Legal & Corporate Affairs group. Microsoft's disbanding of the group represents a punctuation mark in the industry's decades-long conversation around trusted computing as a concept. The security center of gravity … [Link]
Mashable » Uber Continues Expansion, Launches in Alaska and More of France
Ride-sharing service Uber added Anchorage, Alaska, and a handful of French cities to its service Friday Local taxi companies in Anchorage are attempting to figure out how to keep up with the new threat, whose app links passengers with drivers using their own cars. The base Uber fare in Anchorage is $2.50, plus $.25 per minute, $2.10 per mile and a … [Link]
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