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.
Mashable » 30 million AshleyMadison users, mapped
Obviously someone mapped the hacked personal information of 30 million AshleyMadison users. We're surprised it took this long Tecnilógica, a Madrid-based software development company, transformed the data into an interactive map based on the gender and city of users. The 50,000 points on the map group together 30 million AshleyMadison accounts across the world See also: Hackers post even more AshleyMadison … [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Maintaining Continuity In Your Creative Works?
imac.usr writes: I recently rewatched the Stonecutters episode of The Simpsons and laughed as always at the scene where Homer pulls into his parking space — right next to his house. It's such a great little comic moment. This time, though, it occurred to me that someone probably wrote in to complain that the power plant was normally in a … [Link]
Slashdot » Ubuntu Core Gets Support For Raspberry Pi 2 GPIO and I2C
An anonymous reader writes: Ubuntu Core is a tiny Ubuntu distribution aimed at the Internet of Things, using a new transactional packaging format called Snappy rather than the venerable Debian packaging format. It recently gained support for I2C and GPIO on the Raspberry Pi 2, and a quick demo is given here. Ubuntu's Core support site says that the support … [Link]
Slashdot » Standardized Tests Blamed, Asian Students Ignored In Google-Gallup K-12 CS Study
theodp writes: According to a study released Thursday by Google and Gallup, standardized tests may be holding back the next generation of computer programmers. The Google-Gallup Searching for Computer Science: Access and Barriers in U.S. K-12 Education report (PDF) found that the main reason given by a "comprehensive but not representative" sample of 9,693 K-12 principals and 1,865 school district … [Link]
Slashdot » Cheap Thermal Imagers Can Steal User PINs
Bismillah writes: A British infosec company has discovered that cheap thermal imaging attachments for smartphones can be used to work out which keys users press on — for instance — ATM PIN pads. The thermal imprint last for a minute or longer. That's especially worrying if your PIN takes the form of letters, as do many users' phone-unlock patterns. 
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Slashdot » Re-Examined IceCube Data Firms Up Case For Extra-Galactic Neutrinos
In 2013, the IceCube neutrino telescope detected dozens of high-energy neutrinos. Now, reports Astronomy magazine, researchers "have sorted through the billions of subatomic particles that zip through its frozen cubic-kilometer-sized detector each year to gather powerful new evidence in support of [those] 2013 observations confirming the existence of cosmic neutrinos." According to the report, Albrecht Karle from UW-Madison notes that … [Link]
Mashable » World's cutest action star fights off ferocious shark in his living room
We're going to need a bigger living room. Adorable YouTube sensation Action Movie Kid is off on another adventure, courtesy of his dad, DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto. This time, the energetic 4-year-old battles a fearsome shark with the help of couch cushions and his baby sister sidekick. Luckily, mom is nearby to save the day. via GIPHY We attempted to … [Link]
Slashdot » Big Changes From Mozilla Mean Firefox Will Get Chrome Extensions
Mozilla announced yesterday a few high-level changes to the way Firefox and Firefox extensions will be developed; among them, the introduction of "a new extension API, called WebExtensions—largely compatible with the model used by Chrome and Opera—to make it easier to develop extensions across multiple browsers." (Liliputing has a nice breakdown of the changes.) ZDNet reports that at the same … [Link]
Mashable » 'Blunt Talk' will let you get to know the real Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart is well aware that the persona he's built his career upon will stay with him always He'll always be Captain Jean-Luc Picard. He'll always be Professor Charles Xavier. He'll always be a Shakespearean actor See also: You can watch Patrick Stewart's 'Blunt Talk' a week early But it's okay to move beyond that, too, he says That's what he … [Link]
Mashable » 'Anakin', a.k.a. Darth Vader, is officially one of the 1,000 top baby names
Apparently, some parents are cool with their kids joining the dark side. While parents in the UK are busy naming their precious offspring Khaleesi and Tyrion, some American parents are apparently making their allegiances known by naming their sons after the most notorious, most evil overlord in sci-fi history: Darth Vader. See also: Britain's parents are naming their babies Khaleesi, Arya … [Link]
Slashdot » COBOL Comes To Visual Studio 2015
New submitter dmleonard618 writes: Micro Focus isn't writing off COBOL just yet. The company is trying to win developers over with COBOL with the latest release of Visual COBOL for Visual Studio. The new solution aims to bring back the ancient language and make it relevant again. "Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2015 is the next generation of COBOL development … [Link]
Mashable » Burst of plasma on the sun looks weirdly like the Eiffel Tower
Just think of it as the city of lights taking up residency on the big light in the sky. NASA's sun-gazing Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite caught sight of an Eiffel Tower-shaped burst of hot plasma shooting out from the sun earlier this week. See also: Sun unleashes first X-class solar flare of 2015 The plume of plasma, which is much larger … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » PhD APIs (Or, How to Get the Benefit of a Data Scientist without Hiring One)
By now, most IT professionals and line-of-business managers “get” APIs. They know that application programming interfaces enable them to quickly and easily add capabilities to their own products and services, and that offering APIs is a terrific opportunity to expand audience and gain mindshare. But now comes a new generation of APIs–ones that are faster, smarter, better. Think of them … [Link]
Slashdot » Mobile Phone Data Can Track the Spread of Infectious Diseases
jan_jes writes: Researchers have used anonymous mobile phone records for more than 15 million people to track the spread of rubella disease in Kenya and were able to quantitatively show that mobile phone data can predict seasonal disease patterns. The researchers compared the cellphone analysis with a highly detailed dataset on rubella incidence in Kenya. They matched; the cellphone movement … [Link]
Mashable » Frustration and despair for refugees at Macedonia-Greece border
IDOMENI, GREECE — On Friday, the border between Macedonia and Greece became the latest no man's land for refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe after the Macedonian government closed the border with Greece and their police beat and used tear gas on the surging crowds After declaring a state of emergency on Thursday, Macedonia on Friday found itself at the centre of … [Link]
Mashable » Giant red ball tastes sweet freedom, goes on a roll down a city street
On August 20, a giant inflatable red ball went rolling down the street in downtown Toledo, Ohio, causing some mild panic and possibly the worst game of dodgeball ever played. The inflatable is part of The RedBall Project, an exhibit created by artist Kurt Perschke that is now at the Toledo Museum of Art. Up until it started its whirlwind tour … [Link]
Slashdot » John S. Lewis On the Space Commodities Market
John S. Lewis — Deep Space Industries' chief scientist, author, and University of Arizona professor — speaks in an interview with Air & Space magazine about the practicalities and possibilities of deep-space mining, a topic on which he is unapologetically bullish. He points out, though, that some of the artist's-conception version of space mining skips over some of the economic … [Link]
Mashable » Apple will finally replace blurry iPhone 6 Plus cameras
It wasn't your imagination. That iPhone 6 Plus you purchased that seemed to produce oddly blurred images may have been defective, and now Apple is offering to replace the back camera in the device Apple's new iSight camera replacement program covers iPhone 6 Plus devices purchased between September 2014 and January 2015 and, according to the company, addresses a defect that … [Link]
Mashable » Couple reaches the perfect compromise with a superhero wedding cake
With great cake comes great responsibility. UK couple Kia Parsons and Billy Bunning came to the perfect compromise over their wedding cake. While Parsons had her heart set on something traditional, her fiancé was hoping for something a little more fun to represent his love of superheroes. See also: 23 Adorkable Wedding Rings for Geeks in Love Their solution was a … [Link]
Slashdot » JAXA Prepares To Try Making Whiskey In Space
schwit1 writes: An experiment to test how whiskey ages in weightlessness is about to begin on ISS: "H-II Transfer Vehicle No. 5, commonly known as "Kounotori5" or HTV5, was launched on Wednesday from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center carrying alcohol beverages produced by Suntory to the Japanese Experiment Module aboard the International Space Station, where experiments on the "development of mellowness" … [Link]
Mashable » 7 dead after plane crashes onto major road at Shoreham Airshow
UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. ET: Local authorities have confirmed that seven people have died as a result of the plane crash, according to the BBC. The victims all died at the site of the crash, with two others, one in critical condition and one with minor injuries, taken to a local hospital. There are also ten other people with minor injuries being … [Link]
Slashdot » Apple Launches Free iPhone 6 Plus Camera Replacement Program
Mark Wilson writes: Complaints about the camera of the iPhone 6 Plus have been plentiful, and Apple has finally acknowledged that there is a problem. It's not something that affects all iPhone 6 Plus owners, but the company says that phones manufactured between September 2014 and January 2015 could include a failed camera component. Apple has set up a replacement … [Link]
Mashable » Boat shoes are never, ever stylish
Summer months conjure the most curious of men's footwear: misguided mandals, flabbergasting festive Floridian flip-flops and probably the worst criminal of all, the bletcherous boat shoes Good thing, then, the season is finally coming to a close Not that fall or winter will stop the rampant normalization of boat shoes from continuing to be spotted in the wild. For boat shoe … [Link]
Mashable » Why Samsung still has a fighting chance in mobile
“The high end of Android isn't what it used to be." Such was the supposition posited to me by a longtime observer of the consumer electronics industry recently. Specifically, he was referring to a new class of manufacturers such as OnePlus and Xiaomi, who are willing (and able) to sell handsets that are comparable to the Samsungs and HTCs of the … [Link]
Mashable » We attempted to recreate famous tech sounds and failed miserably
Can you recreate the sweet, nostalgia-inducing sounds of AOL dialing up using just your voice? Can you even remember what it sounds like? Don't worry, neither could we. But that hasn't stopped us before. World's cutest action star fights off ferocious shark in his living room Spider-Man impersonator at Times Square: 'The naked people are the worst' Listening to this … [Link]
Slashdot » NASA's Hurricane Model Resolution Increases Nearly 10-Fold Since Katrina
zdburke writes: Thanks to improvements in satellites and on-the-ground computing power, NASA's ability to model hurricane data has come a long way in the ten years since Katrina devastated New Orleans. Their blog notes, "Today's models have up to ten times the resolution than those during Hurricane Katrina and allow for a more accurate look inside the hurricane. Imagine going … [Link]
Mashable » 6 reasons guacamole is the unofficial dip of the people
Guacamole is the future In case you haven't noticed, guacamole is bright green like Kermit the Frog and addictively creamy. The fact that it squeaks by as a health food is a miracle In case you need us to spell out just why guacamole rocks so hard: See also: The New York Times wants you to put peas in your guacamole. … [Link]
Mashable » Spider-Man impersonator at Times Square: 'The naked people are the worst'
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't the only one who's upset over the abundance of naked entertainers in Times Square. Other performers are, too. "The naked people are the worst," one Spider-Man impersonator told Mashable, but, he added, that doesn't mean the city should scrap the pedestrian-friendly plaza installed years ago during Michael Bloomberg's administration De Blasio said Thursday … [Link]
Slashdot » Amazon To Stop Accepting Flash Ads
An anonymous reader writes: Starting on September 1, Amazon will no longer support Flash across its advertising platform. The online retailer sites changes to browser support and a desire for customers to have a better experience as their reasons for blocking it. Google has been quite active recently in efforts to kill Flash; the Chrome beta channel has begun automatically … [Link]
Mashable » 1910: A tender moment between father and son
Image: Simple Insomnia via FlickrImage: Simple Insomnia via FlickrImage: Simple Insomnia via FlickrImage: Simple Insomnia via FlickrImage: Simple Insomnia via Flickr Share this story Share Tweet Curation: Alex Q. Arbuckle Thank you: Vintage Everyday Read more… More about Father, Family, History, Son, and Lifestyle [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » This Might Be the Greatest Video Game Ad of All Time [Video]
Come on EA, forget Madden, I want a game just like this ad! It’s Madden Season. Again. Don’t believe us? Watch what happens when you assemble a team of playmakers, including: Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Julio Jones, Rob Gronkowski, Colin Kaepernick, Antonio Brown and Rex Ryan – to take down an evil boss in a game of Madden? [EA SPORTS] … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Someone Finally Caught Pikachu
Well, after all these years, looks like someone caught a Pikachu. I would love to pretend like I am an actual adult and not jealous right now, but I am slightly jealous. (Imgur) The post Someone Finally Caught Pikachu appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Unfortunate Truth About Makeup [Comic]
A funny and unfortunately all too true comic by artist and Tumblr blogger iri-draws. 
[Source Iri-Draws] The post The Unfortunate Truth About Makeup [Comic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: 67% Off Vansky UV Flashlight (Urine, Stain + More Detector) – $9.99
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Vansky UV Flashlight (Urine, Stain Detector + More Detector) for just $9.99. That’s 67% off on the flashlight’s regular list price of $29.99. Update: Save an extra 20% off by entering promo code “BR5APL4J” at checkout. PRACTICAL – UV-A flashlight Perfect for Revealing Dry Dog, Cat and Rodent Stains … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Abdominal Knight Returns [Comic]
[Source: The Awkward Yeti | Like The Awkward Yeti on Facebook] The post The Abdominal Knight Returns [Comic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Top 10 2s (Second Game in a Series)
Please don’t let this title confuse you. What Gametrailers is saying here is the best second games in a series. From the Bayonetta to the Uncharted series, they have some very solid points here. Here are the top ten 2’s. Hope that makes more sense now. The post Top 10 2s (Second Game in a Series) appeared first on Geeks … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » FINISH HIM…Right After This Song
This might be one of my favorite cosplay photos ever. This Redditor posted this pic today, and I feel like it doesn’t even need to be made into a meme. It is perfect as is. I wonder if they would sing “Finish Him” in perfect harmony before tearing out his spine? One can only hope…. (Imgur) The post FINISH HIM…Right … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » ‘Balance of Power’ Game from 1990: Best Game Over Screen Ever
When you lose in some video games, they placate you and hold your hand and make you feel better about playing again and giving it another go. In the 1990 game Balance of Power, when you game over’d, they wanted you to know you sucked at life and they did not want to reward that. Not even mad, to be … [Link]
Mashable » The honest body: 14 cruelty-free beauty products you'll adore
Like vegan food, vegan beauty products are free of all animal byproducts Even if a beauty brand is cruelty-free, which means it doesn't harm or kill animals, many companies still use animal ingredients in their products. In some people's minds, ingredients sourced from animals does not constitute "cruelty-free." For instance, many lipsticks, eyeshadows and blushes use carmine, a red color pigment … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 6 Cheapest Tricks Bosses Should be Ashamed Of
Video game bosses can be a real hit-or-miss affair. They can be some of the best points of a video game if done right. But when they use cheap tactics to win or beat you senselessly, it can really drag the pace of the game (and your overall feelings of the game) way down. OutsideXbox built a nice little list … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » This Guide to Tolkien’s Lorne of the Rings is Hilarious!
That’s right: Tolkien’s Lorne of the Rings. Just watch the whole thing and laugh. [Neil Cicierega] The post This Guide to Tolkien’s Lorne of the Rings is Hilarious! appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Top 10 NEW Platform Games of 2015
Some people like to claim platform games have gone extinct in the last few generations, but they could not be further from the truth. From phone games to open world platform games that are twice the size of anything we ever dreamt of when we were kids, here are 10 awesome new platform games for 2015. [Via Gameranx] The post … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Complete Story of the Metal Gear Saga Leading Right Up To ‘The Phantom Pain’
With the Phantom Pain, we all know the insane Metal Gear universe is about to get more insane. So for those who want to jump into Phantom Pain and have the slightest clue as to what is going on, check out this video from Eurogamer. It will explain everything you need to know about the Metal Gear series before taking … [Link]
Mashable » Do brands benefit from making a scene on social media?
When Tinder tweet-stormed a rant at a Vanity Fair writer, it left many people agog Vanity Fair's Nancy Jo Sales had written a story on the uglier, seedier side of Tinder's use for soulless hookups. But it wasn't anything shocking. Was a company really sweating a story that stated the obvious? It was. Dozens of media outlets including the New York … [Link]
Slashdot » Yet Another Compromising Preinstalled "Glitch" In Lenovo Laptops
New submitter execthis writes: Japanese broadcaster NHK is reporting that yet another privacy/security-compromising "glitch" has been found to exist in preinstalled software on Lenovo laptops. The article states that the glitch was found in Spring and that in late July Lenovo began releasing a program to uninstall the difficult-to-remove software. The article does not specify, but it could be referring … [Link]
Slashdot » WordPress Hacks Behind Surging Neutrino EK Traffic
msm1267 writes: More than 2,000 websites running WordPress have been compromised and are responsible for a surge this week in traffic from the Neutrino Exploit Kit. Attacks against sites running older versions of the content management system, 4.2 and earlier, were spotted by Zscaler. Those sites are backdoored and redirect a victim's browser through iframes to a landing page hosting … [Link]
Mashable » Tens of thousands flock to Alabama rally to hear Trump 'say it like it is'
A 40,000 seater stadium in Mobile, Alabama was about half full Friday night when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took the stage to reiterate his desire to build an immigrant-blocking wall, to slam President Barack Obama's Iran deal and to take several shots at his top opponent, Jeb Bush “I’m going to make this country bigger and stronger and you’re going … [Link]
Mashable » 'Get him': How four men foiled a bloody French train attack
UPDATED August 22, 2015 4 p.m. PT First they heard gunshots, then the passengers, who a few moments later would become heroes, saw a man wielding a machine gun as their high-speed train chugged through France Spencer Stone, a member of the U.S. Air Force, and his friend Alek Skarlatos, of the U.S. National Guard, immediately looked at each other "Get … [Link]
Slashdot » Two US Marines Foil Terrorist Attack On Train In France
hcs_$reboot writes: A heavily armed gunman opened fire aboard a packed high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris late Friday afternoon, wounding several passengers before he was tackled and subdued by two Americans Marines. The assault was described as a terrorist attack. President Barack Obama has expressed his gratitude for the "courage and quick thinking" of the passengers on a … [Link]
Mashable » Puppy photo shoot is this couple's version of welcoming a newborn
On the long drive back from picking up her new puppy Humphry, Abby Lee and her photographer friend Elisha Collins were joking around when they had an idea. Sixteen sweet photos later, Humphry has the cliché newborn photo shoot he rightfully deserves. Collins, Lee and Lee's partner, Matt, went all out for the shoot, placing the puppy in a white wicker … [Link]
Slashdot » Extortionists Begin Targeting AshleyMadison Users, Demand Bitcoin
tsu doh nimh writes: It was bound to happen: Brian Krebs reports that extortionists have begun emailing people whose information is included in the leaked Ashleymadison.com user database, threatening to find and contact the target's spouse and alert them if the recipient fails to cough up 1 Bitcoin. Krebs interviews one guy who got such a demand, a user who … [Link]
Mashable » Pooductive, a social network for pooping people. Seriously.
There really is a messaging app for everyone and every place — apparently, even including the toilet. A new chat app called Pooductive aims to create a miniature social network specifically for anyone who gets bored while they are doing a number two, and want to talk to people in the same position. See also: The 7 Best Apps for When … [Link]
Mashable » Newspaper mysteriously censors then changes Margaret Atwood column on hair
UPDATED Aug. 22, 8:25 a.m. ET Thirty years ago, the award-winning novelist and poet Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid's Tale, a harrowing story of a reactionary future America in which women are shamed, censored, made to cover their hair, prevented from reading and forced to stay silent about all but the most frivolous topics. Now, according to Atwood, the powers that … [Link]
Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand?
New submitter ne0phyte73 writes: In some countries and in some touch typing books key "6" is pressed with right hand and in some others with left. It's not a big issue until you have a split keyboard. Guys at UHK are putting it on the left side. Do you agree? What hand do you use to press "6"? Left hand … [Link]
Mashable » Shania Twain's farewell show proves she's still the one despite hiccups
LOS ANGELES — Before Carrie, before Miranda and before Taylor, we had Shania. The '90s queen of country, who claimed that decade's title for best-selling album of any genre, reminded fans at her farewell tour stop on Thursday that she hasn't toured in 11 years and confessed her fears of returning, a fitting segue into "I Ain't No Quitter." But the … [Link]
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