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 » Most Healthcare Managers Admit Their IT Systems Have Been Compromised
Lucas123 writes: Eighty-one percent of healthcare IT managers say their organizations have been compromised by at least one malware, botnet or other kind of cyber attack during the past two years, and only half of those managers feel that they are adequately prepared to prevent future attacks, according to a new survey by KPMG. The KPMG survey polled 223 CIOs, … [Link]
Mashable » Obama to New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina: 'You inspired all of America'
“It’s good to be back in the Big Easy," President Obama said as he took the podium on Thursday at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in New Orleans, Louisiana Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the President made his return to the city, assessing New Orleans's recovery, praising the resiliency of its people, as well as addressing … [Link]
Slashdot » Learn FPGAs With a $25 Board and Open Source Tools
An anonymous reader writes: Hackaday has a 3 part tutorial with videos of using open source tools with a cheap ($25) FPGA board. The board isn't very powerful, but this could be the 'gateway drug' to FPGAs for people who don't want to spend hundreds of dollars and install 100s of megabytes of software and license keys just to get … [Link]
Mashable » Serena Williams eyes first calendar Grand Slam in nearly 30 years
Serena Williams could face Maria Sharapova for her second straight major semifinal as she seeks to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. Thursday's draw filled the top-ranked Williams' quarter of the bracket with Americans, nine in all. See also: Serena Williams wins sixth Wimbledon title, achieves second 'Serena Slam' In the third round, Williams could face 29th-seeded Sloane … [Link]
Slashdot » Canadian Nuclear Accident Study Puts Risks Into Perspective
An anonymous reader writes: A Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) study has concluded that there would be no detectable increase in cancer risk for most of the population from radiation released in a hypothetical severe nuclear accident. The CNSC's study is the result of a collaborative effort of research and analysis undertaken to address concerns raised during public hearings on … [Link]
Mashable » Darius Rucker sings 'Amazing Grace' in tribute to hometown after Charleston shooting
On the same day as the horrific shooting deaths of two journalists in Virginia, Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker dedicated "Amazing Grace" to Charleston, South Carolina, his hometown that suffered through a mass church shooting in June. Rucker performed an a cappella rendition of "Amazing Grace" and delivered heartfelt words to Charleston residents at his beachside taping for CMT's … [Link]
Mashable » IFC changes up 'Documentary Now' plans because of Virginia shooting
IFC has decided to delay the airing of an installment of Bill Hader and Fred Armisen's docuparody series Documentary Now! due to Wednesday's shooting of two journalists in Virginia Scheduled to air Thursday was an episode that spoofed Vice News called DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon, in which two journalists (Hader and Armisen) set out in search of a notorious … [Link]
Mashable » Space Station crew moving Russian spaceship to new parking spot Friday
Three International Space Station crewmembers are going to take a quick little day trip Friday NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka will board their Russian Soyuz spacecraft and fly around the Space Station to dock at another port on the orbiting outpost, preparing for the arrival of another Soyuz next week. See also: Amazing photos of … [Link]
Slashdot » Google May Try To Recruit You For a Job Based On Your Search Queries
HughPickens.com writes: If Google sees that you're searching for specific programming terms, they may ask you to apply for a job as Max Rossett writes that three months ago while working on a project, he Googled "python lambda function list comprehension." The familiar blue links appeared on the search page, and he started to look for the most relevant one. … [Link]
Mashable » Why the beloved polar bear Knut died so suddenly
He spawned millions of fuzzy toys, garnered media attention on everything from his cod-liver diet to his lack of mates and even inspired his own song before his untimely death in 2011. He was Knut the polar bear, the star of the Berlin Zoo. Now, new research shows how the adorable white beast really died. SEE ALSO: See images of the … [Link]
Mashable » WDBJ7 details Vester Flanagan's troubled, threatening departure
When Vester Flanagan was escorted from the building by police after being fired from his job at the Virginia news station WDBJ-TV in 2013, he handed a wooden cross to the station's news director and told him, "You'll need this." WDBJ's news manager, Jeff Marks, also said Flanagan made a derogatory comment to the station's photographer, Adam Ward — who would … [Link]
Mashable » 1 billion people used Facebook in 24 hours
For the first time ever, a mind-boggling 1 billion people used Facebook in one day this Monday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the milestone in a Facebook post Thursday afternoon, pointing out that number is the equivalent of one in seven people on Earth who signed on to check out the social network over the course of 24 hours See also: Exclusive: … [Link]
Mashable » Disappearing sea ice forces thousands of walruses to haul out on the coast of Alaska
With the sea ice they depend on for hunting and habitat disappearing at the end of the Arctic melt season, thousands of walruses have once again hauled out onto the northwestern Alaskan shoreline near Point Lay, Alaska. The haul out was revealed by photographer Gary Braasch in photographs dated Aug. 23 and confirmed to Mashable by the U.S. Geological Survey. Such … [Link]
Popular Science » Where To Place Wind Turbines Without Killing Eagles
Golden Eagle Greg Clarke/Flickr Renewable energy generated by solar panels and wind turbines is great for humans, but not so awesome for flying creatures. There have been reports of solar farms vaporizing birds and wind turbines smashing bats who confuse the turbines for trees. States are now required to start incorporating more clean energy (and low carbon) solutions into their … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Daily API RoundUp: NAO Robot, Open Movie Database, Sidekick
Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.
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Popular Science » Scientists Find A Double Black Hole Inside A Nearby Quasar
Artist view of a binary black hole NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) The brightest objects in the universe have massive black holes at their hearts. Quasars (“quasi-stellar radio sources”) can be brighter than entire galaxies, and they’re thought to be fueled by the friction and heat of stuff that’s getting swallowed up by a black hole. (Although light can’t … [Link]
Slashdot » NASA Scientists Paint Stark Picture of Accelerating Sea Level Rise
A NASA panel yesterday announced widely reported finding that global sea levels have risen about three inches since 1992, and that these levels are expected to keep rising as much as several more feet over the next century — on the upper end of model-based predictions that have been made so far. From the Sydney Morning Herald piece linked above: … [Link]
Mashable » Man to dress as a Ninja Turtle for his wedding, because the Internet said it would be so
This is what happens when you use Turtle Power. Twitter user Nic Vargus convinced his fiance to let him dress as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle for their wedding day. Her one condition: he must get 100,000 people to retweet him. See also: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Illustrated by Renaissance Namesakes My girlfriend says if this tweet gets 100k RTs, she'll … [Link]
Popular Science » Software Automatically Takes Out Distracting Items From Your Photos
Researchers are trying to make your photos better by weeding out distractions Unspalsh via Pixabay The internet is flooded with photos—of your brunch, of your cat, of your estranged elementary school friend’s cousin’s wedding. 1.8 billion photos are uploaded daily, and most of them are objectively pretty terrible. Now a team of computer scientists from Princeton University and software company … [Link]
Mashable » New PSA uses vomiting unicorns and YouTube stars to convince kids not to smoke
A new anti-smoking public service announcement enlists an ensemble of YouTube and Vine stars to team up with real-life versions of the Internet's biggest memes in warning of the danger of hookah as an EDM beat bumps in the background. It would be hard to make a commercial more blatantly screams out its intention to appeal to young people in … [Link]
Popular Science » Of 100 Published Psychology Studies, Less Than Half Could Be Reproduced Successfully
Pixabay One of the pillars of scientific research–perhaps the one that makes science as definitive as it is–is that any study should be capable of being repeated under the same methods and conditions and if the research holds true, the same result will be found every time the experiment is performed–something known as a study’s reproducibility. A group of researchers … [Link]
Mashable » George R.R. Martin says that Stannis is alive 'beyond a doubt' in his books
Just call him Schrödinger's Baratheon. In a comment on his website, Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin confirmed to readers that while Game of Thrones' Stannis Baratheon may be dead, his book-Stannis is indeed alive. See also: 6 Blunt Character Changes HBO Made to 'Game of Thrones' "In my books? Alive, beyond a doubt," writes Martin, about … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Netflix's Falcor is a Data Fetching Gift to Developers
Last Monday, Netflix released a developer preview of Falcor, a data-fetching library. Netflix uses Falcor to power its UIs across all platforms whether it's mobile, desktop, or TV apps.
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Slashdot » Former Apple CEO Creates an iPhone Competitor
An anonymous reader links to Fast Company's profile of Obi Worldphone, one-time Apple CEO John Sculley's venture into smartphones. The company's first two products (both reasonably spec'd, moderately priced Android phones) are expected to launch in October. And though the phones are obviously running a different operating system than Apple's, Sculley says that Obi is a similarly design-obsessed company: "The … [Link]
Mashable » Neil DeGrasse Tyson takes you to Mars on this 3-minute mission
Okay, yes, technically this is another promo for Ridley Scott's movie The Martian, which is racking up quite an impressive playlist of promos ahead of its Oct. 2 release But this is by far the best yet. It might be described as the most realistic three-minute glimpse into the future, ever, with a very appropriate and familiar guide After all, … [Link]
Mashable » How computers can predict schizophrenia by the way a person talks
Although the language of thinking is deliberate — let me think, I have to do some thinking — the actual experience of having thoughts is often passive. Ideas pop up like dandelions; thoughts occur suddenly and escape without warning. People swim in and out of pools of thought in a way that can feel, paradoxically, mindless. Most of the time, people … [Link]
Mashable » This underemployed woman is selling her college diploma on eBay
A frustrated 2011 graduate of Florida State University's School of Theatre is looking to get rid of her student debt in an interesting way — by selling her diploma and "college experience" for $50,000 on eBay. Stephanie Ritter, who attended the university from 2007-2011, posted a sarcastic-yet-very-real eBay listing referring to her diploma as "brand new" and "Never been used to … [Link]
Slashdot » A "Public Health" Approach To Internet of Things Security
New submitter StewBeans writes: Guaranteeing your personal privacy in an era when more and more devices are connecting our daily lives to the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult to do. David Bray, CIO of the FCC, emphasizes the exponential growth we are facing by comparing the Internet we know today to a beachball, and the Internet of Everything future to … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Glidera API Provides Bitcoin Buy Sell Functionality For Third Party Apps
For Bitcoin to become an everyday reality for most people, things like ease-of-use and a high level of security will be important for both business and individuals. Recognising this, Glidera is hoping to produce a service that allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin easily and safely.
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Mashable » Screaming marmot isn't intimidating anybody
Some hikers stumbled upon a chubby marmot while trekking up Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler, British Columbia — and the little marmot did NOT understand why his human intruders were not cowering in fear Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that his "scream" sounds more like a teeny-tiny tea kettle than a ferocious roar. He may think he's … [Link]
Mashable » 'The Mindy Project' cast loses it in Season 3 gag reel
Fox may have pulled the plug on The Mindy Project after the end of season 3, but Hulu swooped in to save the show at the last moment. And thank God for that, because last season's gag reel has us itching for more of Mindy Kaling and the cast's antics Moment of note: Kaling and Ike Barinholtz just barely keeping … [Link]
Mashable » Report: Apple discontinuing iPhone 5C, keeping 5S and 6
With the glorious birth of a new iPhone comes the inevitable death of an old model. This time it could be the iPhone 5C, but not the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. Apple is planning on discontinuing the iPhone 5C with the launch of the 6S and 6S plus, keeping the 5S, 6 and 6 Plus, reports 9to5Mac's typically reliable Mark … [Link]
Mashable » NASA scientists warn of accelerating sea level rise as ice sheets melt
As the world's ice sheets melt in response to warming air and ocean temperatures, global sea level is increasing. This is already putting cities from New York to Shanghai at risk of almost routine flooding from even relatively minor storms The question facing scientists and policy makers is how much sea level rise they need to plan for in the coming … [Link]
Slashdot » Docs: Responding To Katrina, FBI Made Cell Phone Surveillance Its Priority
v3rgEz writes: There's a lot of lessons that the federal government should have learned in the aftermath of Katrina. Increased domestic surveillance, however, appears to be the one the FBI took to heart, using the natural disaster as a justification for ramping up its use of Stingray cell phone tracking throughout Louisiana after the storm, according to documents released under … [Link]
Popular Science » Dank Indica? Your Drug Dealer Might Be Ripping You Off
Marijuana. Credit: Mark via Flickr, CC by 2.0 Cannabis is one of the oldest domesticated plants, but we know surprisingly little about it. That’s because, given marijuana’s status as an illicit substance in most of the world, gaining permission to conduct research into its medicinal properties or genetic heritage has been notoriously difficult. Now a team of Canadian researchers has … [Link]
Mashable » What the Republican presidential candidates really think about abortion
Hillary Clinton likened the "extreme views" of Republicans on women's health issues to those held by terrorist and extremist groups, prompting calls by Republicans for her to apologize. The Clinton campaign, however, doubled down. A spokesperson said Republican presidential candidates should "stop pushing extreme policies that would limit women's reproductive healthcare choices." But are Clinton's comments just sharp rhetoric or does … [Link]
Mashable » The past is catching up with Carrie in action-packed 'Homeland' Season 5 trailer
You can take Carrie Mathison out of the CIA, but you can't take the CIA out of Carrie Mathison And thank goodness for that See also: It's Saul vs. Carrie in intense 'Homeland' Season 5 teaser Even though Homeland cleans the slate in Season 5 with a two year time jump — and a new job with a German philanthropist … [Link]
Mashable » Student paints school parking space as an ode to Drake
With great parking spots, comes great responsibility Redditor Andrewalmond10 uploaded a photo of one of the parking spots at his high school in Waco, Texas with the caption "At my old high school they let the seniors paint their parking spot. This one is my favorite." See also: Drake trolls Meek Mill with memes at OVO Fest because he can 
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Mashable » Compassionate new spoons and plates make it easier for people with Alzheimer's to eat
When Sha Yao was caregiving for her late grandmother who was living with Alzheimer’s, she quickly realized daily activities had become major obstacles for her beloved family member. One of the biggest hurdles for her grandmother was a seemingly simple activity: eating The cognitive and sensory impairments associated with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia often result in difficulty eating. People … [Link]
Mashable » Windows 10 users now can live stream September's Apple Event
When Apple announces its next iPhone on Sept. 9, users will be able stream the event live online. This is typical for Apple events, which support streaming to a Mac, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. What isn't typical is official support for Windows. That changes thanks to Windows 10. On a webpage for the iPhone event (spotted first by … [Link]
Slashdot » Open Source, Collaborative Rich-Text, Web-Based Editor Almost Available
johanneswilm writes: Open source web-based editors such as CKEditor and TinyMCE have been available for more than a decade, and some closed source collaborative editors such as Google Docs have been available since 2007. Creating open source, collaborative, rich-text, web-based editors has proven difficult due to lack of standardization of the lower-level browser features. Now Marijn Haverbeke, the developer behind … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Europe to discuss deep-sea trawling ban to protect biodiversity
In the run-up to a debate on deep-sea fishing, new data suggests trawling should be banned below 600 metres to protect threatened species
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Mashable » Twin babies adorably hoodwink mom during bedtime
Since the dawn of time, twins have been known to trick their parents. Consider Parent Trap, It Takes Two, the Parent Trap remake with Lindsey Lohan and Zack and Cody from Disney's Suite Life Now it seems these two babies have taken a page from those legendarily devious twins, pretending to sleep when their mother, beauty vblogger Itsjudytime, almost catches … [Link]
Mashable » Ford F-150 Limited: The day of the luxury pickup truck is here
You don't need a $60,000 truck, but you might just want one. That's how I felt driving the 2016 Ford F-150 Limited, the most luxurious pickup truck Ford will sell you; it's utterly absurd, and yet, you find yourself justifying why you need this rolling symbol of American excess in your life. It has the refinement you expect from a … [Link]
Mashable » Donald Trump invites woman on stage to prove his hair is real
Presidential wannabe and hair aficionado Donald Trump is ready to put rumors about his hair to rest, once and for all. During a speech in South Carolina on Thursday, Trump invited a random person from the audience to check out his interesting locks. See also: Donald Trump's face makes eerie appearance in tub of butter .@realDonaldTrump summons attendee to stage, … [Link]
Mashable » Report: iPhone 6S will feature 12MP camera, shoot 4k video
Just weeks before the iPhone 6S is said to be officially unveiled, key details about the phone's camera are coming out, according a report by 9to5Mac's reliable Marc Gurman The back camera (which Apple calls the iSight) will now boast a higher resolution, up to 12MP after years with 8MP. That by itself won't make photos look significantly better. Instead, it's … [Link]
Slashdot » Kansas Secretary of State Blocks Release of Voting Machine Tapes
PvtVoid writes: Wichita State University statistician Beth Clarkson has filed a lawsuit under Kansas' open records law to force the state to release paper tape records from voting machines, to be used as data in her research on statistical anomalies in voting patterns in the state. Clarkson, a certified quality engineer with a Ph.D. in statistics, has analyzed election returns … [Link]
Mashable » It looks like there will never be an Amazon Fire Phone 2
The widely panned Amazon Fire Phone was nothing short of a catastrophic failure for the retail giant, and now it seems Amazon is changing course. The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon has parted with many engineers at its Silicon Valley development firm, Lab126 — specifically, the ones responsible for development of the Fire Phone. See also: Can you work at an … [Link]
Mashable » New 'Star Wars' footage in widescreen Instagram sends fans into frenzy
At this point, has anyone not felt the awakening? Star Wars fans got to feel it all over again Thursday, when the Star Wars Instagram account celebrated the website's new support for widescreen images — by casually dropping tiny slivers of new footage from The Force Awakens There has been an awakening… #StarWars #TheForceAwakens A video posted by Star Wars (@starwars) … [Link]
Popular Science » Format Wars: Instagram Adds Portrait And Landscape Modes To Your Feed
Instagram adds support for portrait and landscape images Instagram The Facebook-owned photo company has finally added support for all aspect ratios Instagram now supports portrait and landscape photos in its app, meaning you'll start seeing more rectangular photos in your feed. Since the app's inception, Instagram has defaulted to—and only allowed—"square" (3:2) photographs in its app. Much like its filters, … [Link]
Mashable » Slain reporter's dad: 'There are too many guns in the hands of crazy people'
The father of Alison Parker, the 24-year-old journalist shot dead on live TV on Wednesday, spoke out in an emotional interview with the Associated Press to ask how her shooter got a gun. See also: Remembering Alison Parker and Adam Ward, the slain WDBJ7 journalists "How many times are we going to see a crazy person with a gun kill … [Link]
Mashable » Siri definitely will not give you a hint about the new iPhone
It’s official: Apple will be revealing the next iPhone on September 9, at an event in San Francisco. But Siri is still not impressed The invitations for the upcoming event came with the intriguing tagline "Hey Siri, give us a hint," which could very well be a clue as to what Apple has planned See also: Siri is sassy on the … [Link]
Mashable » The year that Notting Hill Carnival went mainstream
Image: PYMCA/UIG via Getty ImagesNotting Hill Carnival is a vibrant festival celebrating all aspects of black British culture. A three-day event spread over Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the British August bank holiday weekend in Notting Hill, London, in contrast with other carnivals in the Americas it is not linked with the Christian festival of Lent.The Carnival began as a static celebration of … [Link]
Mashable » The best job in the world is probably being a tour assistant for this cat circus
If you're bored with your entry-level desk job, don't sweat it: The Amazing Acro-Cats is hiring. On August 24, a Craigslist job listing for an assistant in a touring cat circus was uploaded to the website, offering the "opportunity of a lifetime." See also: 20 cats that can't deal with this awful humidity 
Image: CraigslistThe circus wants an assistant with animal-care … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Autonomous cars are learning our unpredictable driving habits
Sharing the road with self-driving cars will mean them learning our driving tics and perhaps even adopting some themselves
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Mashable » Airbnb hires the man who helped Bill Clinton survive impeachment
Chris Lehane's seventh rule of damage control is straightforward enough: respond with overwhelming force. "If you do not," Lehane wrote with his co-authors in the 2014 crisis management playbook, Masters of Disaster, "you will be run over." It's a philosophy Lehane learned and practiced as a special counsel to Bill Clinton in the 1990s, when he helped guide the president through … [Link]
Mashable » Move over, squares: Instagram now supports landscape and portrait modes
Ever since Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched Instagram five years ago, Instagram has favored square-shaped photos Not anymore In a significant change, the popular photo-sharing app announced native support for landscape and portrait-shaped photos. The update will roll out to all iOS and Android users through the day on Thursday See also: Exclusive: 7 Facebook Events features coming this year … [Link]
Slashdot » Tech Nightmares That Keep Turing Award Winners Up At Night
itwbennett writes: At the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany this week, RSA encryption algorithm co-inventor Leonard Adelman, "Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf, and cryptography innovator Manuel Blum were asked "What about the tech world today keeps you up at night?" And apparently they're not getting a whole lot of sleep these days. Cerf is predicting a digital dark age … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Drive Thru Robot Driver Prank [Video]
Watch as magician Rahat Hussein uses a humanoid robot to surprise/scare fast food drive-thru employees. The guy is starting to get famous because for once, he gets recognized by someone right away when he pulls his car by the ordering window. [MagicofRahat] The post Drive Thru Robot Driver Prank [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » A Murder of Crows [Comic]
Yep, it’s true, a group of crows is indeed called a “murder of crows.” [Source: Neil Kohney’s The Other End | Like “Neil Kohney’s The Other End” on Facebook] The post A Murder of Crows [Comic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Aphantasia Disorder: Life Without A Mind’s Eye
Sebastian023 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/license~ via Wikimedia CommonsA neurologist is investigating a condition by which some people cannot visualize images in their head. His team has termed the condition “aphantasia.” Professor Adam Zeman is carrying out a study titled “The Eye’s Mind” that will look at the issue not just through science but also in culture and philosophy. The title is … [Link]
Mashable » Get Notting Hill Carnival ready with Toddla T's playlist
LONDON — Summer calendar staple Notting Hill Carnival is about to kick of for a staggering 49th year so Mashable asked DJ and carnival regular Toddla T to give us his list of tunes. See also: 15 lazy day songs for doing absolutely nothing "These are all records I’ve seen played or played myself at carnival and one of those special … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » A Full Bacon Pancakes Tutorial in Song Form [Video]
I know you probably all Jake’s song, but this is a full tutorial that will actually teach you how to make bacon panacakes. Also, good luck getting that out of your head. [Jonathan Mann] The post A Full Bacon Pancakes Tutorial in Song Form [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Popular Science » Self-Driving Trucks Coming Soon To Florida Roads
Video of Royal Introduces the ATMA – Autonomous TMA Self-driving trucks from Pennsylvania firm Royal Truck and Equipment will be on Florida roads by the end of the year. The rigs, which are part of a Department of Transportation pilot program, can navigate by following a pre-programmed lead car, via remote control, or by using GPS Waypoint navigation. Daimler's self-driving … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » These Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones Parody Music Videos are Hilarious! [Video]
The David Unger Music Band create some of the best and funniest parody music videos I’ve seen on the Internet. The concept is simple, they take various video segments from popular movies, and then they superimpose their faces on top of the characters. Be sure to check out both music videos below, and if you like what you see, don’t … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » A Shooting Star! Make a Wish! [Comic]
[Souce: Mr. Lovenstein | Like “Mr. Lovenstein” on Facebook | Follow “Mr. Lovenstein” on Twitter] The post A Shooting Star! Make a Wish! [Comic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » This Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Actually Transforms! [Video]
From Russell Munro: My boy asked for a Transformers cake for his 6th birthday. I decided to up the ante, my wife did the actual cake. For those interested in seeing how the whole thing works, here’s a video showing the hidden mechanism behind the cake: [russellmunro] The post This Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Actually Transforms! [Video] appeared first on … [Link]
Mashable » Hillary Clinton: Republicans are like ‘terrorist groups’ on women’s issues
Hillary Clinton just took the gloves off. At an Ohio campaign event, the Democratic presidential candidate had tough words for Republicans, linking their attacks on women’s health issues to the "extreme views" held by "terrorist groups." See also: Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood, but some states beat them to the punch "Now extreme views about women, we expect that from … [Link]
Mashable » NASA astronauts capture rare 'red sprites' above Earth
Astronauts on board the International Space Station recently captured two photos of rare, mysterious "red sprites" — atmospheric phenomenon associated with powerful thunderstorms on Earth. One photo shows a sprite — which is a type of lightning that erupts from a thunderstorm into Earth's upper atmosphere — above Missouri or Illinois, while the other, taken about 3 minutes later on Aug. … [Link]
Popular Science » It's Finally Here: Apple's iPhone 6s Event Is Now Official
iPhone 6s event Apple Apple's iPhone 6s event has been made official Apple has confirmed the iPhone 6s announcement event for September 9 at 10am PST at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Although the company isn't saying what will be featured at the event, it has left several hints in the iPhone's voice assistant Siri. When you say to … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Updated Runscope API Fully Automates Workflow and API Testing
This week, Runscope launched a new and improved Runscope API. The update allows developers to fully integrate Runscope functionality into workflows, and programmatically manage tests, environments and schedules. Previous versions granted access to Runscope data, but the new release allows for full integration and complete control over API test automation and management.
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Mashable » Tomb Raider world transformed into a mobile puzzle game
Lara Croft has explored tombs all across the world, but rarely have her adventures taken her to the mobile frontier. That changes Thursday with the launch of Lara Croft Go, a mobile puzzle game. While it may share a main character with the Tomb Raider games, Lara Croft Go gets players to plan out Lara's moves to solve more than 75 … [Link]
Mashable » Apple announces iPhone event for September
Apple sent out press invites for its fall iPhone event on Thursday. The event will take place on Sept. 9, 2015 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. At the event, Apple is expected to show off new iPhone models as well as a new Apple TV. See also: Apple will finally replace blurry iPhone 6 Plus cameras 
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Mashable » Tropical Storm Erika causes devastating flooding in Dominica
Tropical Storm Erika may be weak, with sustained winds of just 50 miles per hour, but heavy rains from the storm have been wreaking havoc on Dominica, a tiny island of the Lesser Antilles on the Caribbean. Powerful, slow-moving thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Erika caused damaging flooding in Dominica on Thursday, triggering landslides that have destroyed at least 20 homes. … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » Designing at the intersection of disciplines
Subscribe to the O’Reilly Radar Podcast to track the technologies and people that will shape our world in the years to come. In this week’s Radar Podcast, I chat with Simon King, design director at IDEO. Harkening back to growing … [Link]
Mashable » Top ISIS hacker reported killed in U.S. airstrike
A high-profile hacker and recruiter for the Islamic State was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, according to activists on the ground and U.S. government sources speaking to Reuters and CNN. See also: One man's story of how ISIS took his hometown "We have a high level of confidence he was killed," a U.S. official told CNN. "This is … [Link]
Slashdot » UNC Scientists Open Source Their Genomic Research
ectoman writes: The human genome specifies more than 500 "kinases," enzymes that spur protein synthesis. Four hundred of them are still mysteries to us, even though knowledge about them could spark serious medical innovations. But scientists at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, have initiated an open source effort to map them all—research they think could pioneer a new … [Link]
Popular Science » How To Understand What Your Teenage Space Agency Is Saying
Greenland Glacier Claire Rowland/Flickr CC by 2.0 OMG NASA, SRSLY? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (aka, NASA) has fittingly named their latest mission OMG, or Oceans Melting Greenland. It's a funny name for a very serious project mapping the seafloor around the 27,000 miles of Greenland's coastline. The researchers hope to document ice loss and predict future sea level … [Link]
Mashable » How to use emotional triggers for mobile ads people will care about
This article is part of SWOT Team, a series on Mashable that features insights from leaders in marketing, brand-building and public relations. Expectations are at an all-time high as mobile continues to be the fastest growing platform in digital advertising; simple brand exposure is no longer the brass ring. Today, marketers must achieve sophisticated audience targeting, high impact, direct engagement and, … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Crowdsourced song lets the masses compose – one note at a time
A new site invites people to vote on which note should come next in a melody. Can a mob of strangers on the internet really create an enjoyable tune?
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Geeks are Sexy Technology News » These Superheroine Redesigns by NoFLutter Look Fanastic! [Gallery]
Artist NoFLutter took 4 of the most well known superheroines from both the world of DC and Marvel and redesigned their outfits using her imagination as a guideline, and I have to say, the result is absolutely fantastic! I certainly hope some cosplayers will use her illustrations as a guide to craft never seen before costumes! 
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Popular Science » No, North Dakota Isn’t Outfitting Police Drones With Tasers
Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department Dragan Flyer Kelsey D. Atherton Judging by headlines flying around the internet, it’d be easy to think that North Dakota is a futuristic cyberpunk wild west, where deputized police robots shoot first and ask questions later. Stories like the Daily Beast’s “First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist,” the Verge’s “Police … [Link]
Mashable » Does smoking pot change the brain?
The effects of marijuana on the brain may be more complicated than experts previously thought, and may depend on factors related to the person using the drug, such as their genetics, two new studies suggest. Marijuana use does not lead to smaller brain size in teens, one of the new studies found. That finding contrasts with previous research suggesting the drug … [Link]
Mashable » McDonald's pizza soon to be a Florida reality
The mystical McDonald's pizza is making a comeback — in Florida, at least. In July the fast food retailer broke ground on the future site of a new and improved location on Orlando's International Drive that will open in February 2016, the Orlando Business Journal reports But this is not your hometown McDonald's. In addition to becoming the world's largest Entertainment … [Link]
Mashable » That '80s 'Transformers' cartoon game still looks ridiculous
Transformers fans, roll out. Developer PlatinumGames knows how to deliver the goods, as this latest Transformers: Devastation trailer demonstrates. The game has you running around as a variety of Autobots, beating the wiring out of your Decepticon nemeses. Platinum knows its way around combo-driven fighting games (see also: Bayonetta), so expect some depth from the combat. The art design draws heavily from … [Link]
Slashdot » AMD Unveils Radeon R9 Nano, Targets Mini ITX Gaming Systems With a New Fury
MojoKid writes: AMD today added a third card to its new Fury line that's arguably the most intriguing of the bunch, the Radeon R9 Nano. True to its name, the Nano is a very compact card, though don't be fooled by its diminutive stature. Lurking inside this 6-inch graphics card is a Fiji GPU core built on a 28nm manufacturing … [Link]
Mashable » Ex-Apple CEO and Beats designers create sleek budget Android phones
2015 will be remembered as the year budget Android smartphones stopped being junk and started being pretty damn good. The $199 Obi Worldphone SF1 and $129 SJ1.5 are the two latest budget Android phones to shake things up on the low end of the mobile scene. See also: OnePlus 2: Is the most hyped Android phone really a 'flagship killer'? Low … [Link]
Mashable » 'Mythbusters' tests Walter White's machine gun booby trap
We all know Breaking Bad's series finale was epic. But was it feasible? The Mythbusters teamed up with Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan to test out Walter White's M60 machine gun booby trap, which Walt uses in the finale to take out the remainder of his enemies. Obviously, it would be a horrible idea to try this at home. 5-year-old's enthusiastic reaction to … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » FREE eBook: The Linux Utilities Cookbook (a $26.99 value)
Just a quick deal for you geeks. This deal will only be good for a limited time: The Linux Utilities Cookbook, usually priced at $26.99, is now free for a limited time. Over 70 recipes to help you accomplish a wide variety of tasks in Linux quickly and efficiently. Everything you need to know about Linux but were afraid to … [Link]
Mashable » British man's sea lion-assisted wedding proposal goes swimmingly
LONDON – If you're feeling a bit nervous about proposing to your girlfriend, there's a simple solution: take some of the pressure off by having a friend help you out. See also: Baby sea lion wanders into a house and has no idea what to do with himself Oh, and if that friend happens to be a sea lion called Morgan … [Link]
Mashable » Segway pummels Usain Bolt after world championship win
Leave it to a Segway to bring the fastest man in the world down A cameraman covering the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing on Thursday lost his balance while riding a Segway and crashed into Usain Bolt, who had just won the gold in the men's 200m final (his fourth time winning) See also: Usain Bolt … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Science is Hot! [Comic]
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Mashable » Jets, guns and 3,000 troops: South Korea's fiery military show is a message for the North
POCHEON, South Korea — High in the mountains near the North Korean border, an anti-aircraft vehicle unleashed a thunderous burst from two cannons. In the valley below, a barrage of tracer fire ripped into its target. A huge white numeral 2 danced violently as the rounds riddled it with holes See also: North Korea to South Korea: Turn off your loudspeakers … [Link]
Mashable » Drone rudely interrupts man sunbathing on 200-foot-tall wind turbine
It's 2015, so no matter how much privacy you think you may have, there is always a chance that a drone is lurking nearby, ready to invade your seclusion Drone pilot Kevin Miller was capturing some footage of a wind turbine in Rhode Island, when his craft accidentally revealed a man that was attempting to catch some rays on the … [Link]
Slashdot » Analysis Reveals Almost No Real Women On Ashley Madison
gurps_npc writes: Ashley Madison claimed to have about 31 million men and 5.5 million woman enrolled. Those odds are not good for the men, 6:1. But unfortunately, most of those 'women' were fake. This researcher analyzed the data and found only 12,000 actual, real women using Ashley Madison. That means for every 7750 men, there were 3 women. There are … [Link]
Mashable » Tyler, the Creator banned from UK because of controversial lyrics
Tyler, the Creator won't be meeting the Queen any time soon. The rapper and founder of hip hop collective Odd Future has been banned from the UK for 3-5 years, due to the lyrical content of previous albums. Tyler's manager, Christian Clancy, confirmed the news via a lengthy Tumblr post, citing the exact reasons the UK Home Department banned the rapper … [Link]
Mashable » London Zoo animals get weighed, adorably
Every year, zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo train and coax more than 17,000 animals into stepping on the scales to be weighed and measured. The statistics are needed to ensure the animals are healthy — and to make sure they're not enjoying the easy-to-come-by food in captivity a little too much. Measurements can also help determine if an animal is pregnant, … [Link]
Mashable » Scottish island renamed 'Penis Island' in spectacular sign fail
LONDON – When you're playing around with Gaelic grammar, you'd better be damn sure you've got your accent marks in the right places. See also: A prankster in Ireland just made this iconic sign a lot ruder One sign on Scotland's Isle of Bute fell victim to this recently, after it was discovered that the Gaelic translation was missing a very … [Link]
Mashable » How to nail your LinkedIn profile
Mashable’s latest #BizChats Twitter chat discussed the best ways to optimize your LinkedIn profile See also: How to increase your LinkedIn profile views by 425% Over the course of an hour, @MashBusiness covered an array of questions, ranging from how to increase your chances of getting a response when sending LinkedIn InMail, to how LinkedIn groups can play a crucial role … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Knut the polar bear’s mysterious cause of death revealed
The famous polar bear that drowned in 2011 at Berlin Zoo seems to have suffered from a brain condition previously only known in humans
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O'Reilly News and Commentary » Bridging the divide: Business users and machine learning experts
Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data and data science. As tools for advanced analytics become more accessible, data scientist’s roles will evolve. Most media stories emphasize a need for expertise … [Link]
Slashdot » North Dakota Legalizes "Less Than Lethal" Weapon-Equipped Police Drones
According to the Daily Beast, writes reader schwit1, North Dakota police will be free to fire 'less than lethal' weapons from the air thanks to the influence of a pro-police lobbyist. That means beanbags, tear-gas, and Tasers, at the very least, can be brought to bear by remote. It's worth noting that "non-lethal" isn't purely true, even if that's the … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: Save 44% Off on the Mad Max Anthology (4-Film Collection) [Blu-ray] – $49.99 + FREE Shipping
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon offers the Mad Max Anthology (blu-ray,) which is composed of the original trilogy, Fury Road, and the Madness of Max documentary, for just $49.99 plus free shipping. That’s 44% off on the collection’s regular list price of $89.98. –Mad Max Anthology (4-Film Collection) [Blu-ray] – $89.98 $49.99 (44% Off) The post … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Cat Hospital is the New Cat Soap Opera You’ll All Want to See! [Video]
Purrrrfect, just puuuurrrrfect. Dive into the drama of Cat Hospital, a hospital run by humans and cats. From the mind of Mark Douglas, one the stars of Barely Productions, comes a hilarious soap opera parody that features feline doctors, nurses, and patients, and their intertwined, drama-filled lives. Starring Beth Hoyt, Andrew du Bouchet and Chris Williams, Cat Hospital is filled … [Link]
Slashdot » Contiki 3.0 Released, Retains Support For Apple II, C64
An anonymous reader writes that on Wednesday the Contiki team announced the release of Contiki 3.0, the latest version of the open source IoT operating system. The 3.0 release is a huge step up from the 2.x branch and brings support for new and exciting hardware, a set of new network protocols, a bunch of improvements in the low-power mesh … [Link]
Slashdot » Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing
ourlovecanlastforeve writes: Nestled into GSMArena's report on the Cyanogen OS 12.1 update for Oneplus [ Note: an update that the story reports has since been pulled.] is this tasty bite: "…you'll find out that your Chrome homepage has been changed to Bing." Then it's casually dismissed with "Thankfully though, you can easily get rid of Microsoft's search engine by using … [Link]
Mashable » Who said it: 'Great British Bake Off' or porn?
LONDON – Anyone who's ever seen the Great British Bake Off will know it was only a matter of time before someone made a game like this. See also: Everything you need to know about 'The Great British Bake Off' In an attempt to highlight just how rammed full of innuendos everyone's favourite reality baking show really is, Laura Parker and … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Darwin’s fast-evolving finches use a natural insect repellent
Four species of the iconic birds on the Galapagos Islands rub themselves with leaves that deter mosquitoes and parasitic flies
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Slashdot » In Praise of the Solo Programmer
HughPickens.com writes: Jean-Louis Gassée writes that once upon a time, we were awestruck by the solo programmer who could single-handedly write a magnum opus on a barebones machine like the Apple ][ with its 64 kilobytes of memory and an 8-bit processor running at 1MHz. Once such giant was Paul Lutus, known as the Oregon Hermit, who won a place … [Link]
Mashable » College football returns: 7 dramatic storylines to suck you in
Thursday is a #blessed day indeed to be American, because college football returns to our great land of farcical presidential candidates and deep-fried nachos on a stick. We're in for all manner of highlights, hits and hijinks from now through the national championship game on Jan. 11 Some big names have departed college football since last season, but new stars are … [Link]
Popular Science » Everything You Need to Know About Precision Medicine
How does our understanding of genetics affect how we treat cancer? Micah Baldwin via Flickr, CC by SA 2.0 Tania Swain got bad news: her ovarian cancer had come back. This was in November 2013; almost three years before, Swain, who is herself a physician, had been surprised by the initial diagnosis. And despite the surgery that removed 30 pounds … [Link]
Mashable » 20 migrants found dead in a truck in Austria
Austrian police say that at least 20 migrants have been found dead in a truck on a highway leading from the Hungarian border. Police said Thursday the bodies were discovered a day earlier in the truck, which was parked on the shoulder of the highway. A tweet from Channel 4 News Editor Lindsey Hilsum from the scene suggested the death toll … [Link]
Slashdot » Many Drivers Never Use In-Vehicle Tech, Don't Want Apple Or Google In Next Car
Lucas123 writes: Many of the high-tech features automakers believe owners want in their vehicles are not only not being used by them, but they don't want them in their next vehicle, according to a new survey by J.D. Power. According to J.D. Power's 2015 Driver Interactive Vehicle Experience (DrIVE) Report, 20% of new-vehicle owners have never used 16 of 33 … [Link]
Mashable » 10 key takeaways for startups that are trying to be the next Uber
These days, it seems like every startup is billed as the next "Uber of X" or "Tinder of Y." But it's important to remember that the originals are successful for a reason, and they appeared on the market at just the right time. So while it's true that imitation is the highest form of flattery, you want your business to be … [Link]
Mashable » Chinese father spends a year welding lifesize Transformer for his son
This guy's certainly in the running for Father of the Year. A shipyard welder in China, Wang Liansheng, spent a year constructing a Bumblebee replica from the Transformers franchise for his son. See also: Kids shocked to learn 'Transformers' existed before 2007 He told People's Daily he used scrap car parts collected from a junk yard, and started the process last … [Link]
Mashable » No surprise: Launch of London's Night Tube is delayed
LONDON — If "never taking the night bus ever again" was on your wish list for mid-September, think again. The much-awaited introduction of the Night Tube service has been deferred, Transport for London said Thursday See also: London hates the Tube strike, but it does love to form orderly queues It's the news most Londoners were expecting after two strikes and … [Link]
Mashable » 'Manspreading' and 22 more words added to Oxford Dictionaries
LONDON — Have you found yourself having the bants about why you're so hangry, only for it all to be made worse by someone's manspreading? Is it beer o'clock yet? See also: Hot messes and sh*tshows now officially recognized by Oxford English Dictionary Oxford University Press released its quarterly update of new words being added to OxfordDictionaries.com on Thursday. Among them: … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » Four short links: 27 August 2015
The Advanced Persistent Threat You Have: Google Chrome (PDF) — argues that if you can’t detect and classify Google Chrome’s self-updating behaviour, you’re not in a position to know when you’re hit by malware which also downloads and executes code … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » #Video Deal/Day: JavaScript High Performance – $47.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL
Get "JavaScript High Performance" today using code DEAL and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2015-08-28 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]
Mashable » Friendly humans stop to shelter soggy dog left out in the rain
LONDON – This is what true kindness looks like: stopping to help a sodden Alsatian (German Shepherd) that's been caught in a sudden downpour while waiting for its owner. See also: Irish pubgoers flock to rescue cat dangling from 2nd floor window A passing couple took pity on the bedraggled pooch, which was tied to a lamppost outside Marks & Spencer … [Link]
New Scientist – News » London’s low-emission zone fails to improve air quality
Charging drivers to enter parts of London did not improve air quality or schoolchildren's respiratory health in the first three years of the scheme
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Mashable » LG Rolly is a portable keyboard that turns into a stick
The portable keyboard is a problematic gadget — to make sense, it needs to be big enough for a human to type on, but it should also be as small as possible LG has tackled the problem with its Rolly Keyboard — an almost-full-sized keyboard that collapses into a stick. Yes, the stick still has the keyboard's length (LG did not … [Link]
Slashdot » Deep Learning Pioneer On the Next Generation of Hardware For Neural Networks
An anonymous reader writes: While many recognize Yann LeCun as the father of convolutional neural networks, the momentum of which has ignited artificial intelligence at companies like Google, Facebook and beyond, LeCun has not been strictly rooted in algorithms. Like others who have developed completely new approaches to computing, he has an extensive background in hardware, specifically chip design and … [Link]
Mashable » Lisa Kudrow resurrects 'Smelly Cat' with cat-obsessed Taylor Swift
LOS ANGELES — Documented cat lady Taylor Swift surprised a sold-out Staples Center crowd by bringing out Friends character Phoebe Buffay to perform "Smelly Cat." Lisa Kudrow resurrected the character and her trademark song with Swift during the last of five concerts in L.A., taking fans down memory lane straight to Central Perk See also: Taylor Swift reigns over us … [Link]
Mashable » 5-year-old's enthusiastic reaction to becoming a big brother is hilariously cute
This kid isn't just a little bit excited by the thought of being a big brother; he's really, really excited. With his gleeful facial expressions and sudden outbursts of explosive joy punctuated by the occasional serious question, British mother Sarah Bromby's 5-year-old son is on a whole new level of cuteness. See also: Dad has the perfect response when his … [Link]
Mashable » What is deep linking?
In this Ask A Dev, Android engineer Eric Brynsvold gives us an in-depth explanation of deep linking and why it will be valuable to both Android and iOS developers in the future Brynsvold starts things off with an overview of how deep linking works on Android and iOS — that is, once iOS 9 is released. He also touches on … [Link]
Mashable » Same-sex documentary banned in Australian schools
As the same-sex marriage debate rages in Australia, a documentary featuring the lives of kids with same-sex parents has been banned in some schools during school hours. The crowdfunded film Gayby Baby was scheduled to be screened at Burwood High School in Sydney for Wear It Purple Day on Friday, which is an initiative to support LGBTI rights. Instead, the New … [Link]
Slashdot » You Can Now Be "Buried" On the Moon
Dave Knott writes: Space burials are longer the stuff of science fiction (and wealthy science fiction TV show creators.) The cremated remains of more than 450 people have been shot into orbit. Yet, despite the promise of space being a unique "resting place," almost every tiny vial of remains ever sent there has come back down to Earth or burned … [Link]
Mashable » Recreations of your favorite games in 6-second Vines
We asked you to recreate your favorite games for our latest Vine challenge, inspired by upcoming MashFlix film GTFO. The interview-driven documentary is all about women in gaming. It was funded on Kickstarter, then debuted at SXSW earlier this year. See also: 13 Vine Videos to Bring You Back to Your Gaming Childhood Below is a roundup of the #GroovyGaming Vines … [Link]
Mashable » Snapchat Discover adds 3 more publishers, including Mashable
Snapchat Discover's roster of publishers just got bigger The popular app's media content section already highlights daily content from 12 publishers, such as People, the Daily Mail and CNN. But come Thursday, three more publishers will join Discover's growing roster with live channels of their own, including IGN, Tastemade and Mashable, the very site you're reading. See also: Snapchat hires media … [Link]
Slashdot » The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit By Water Shortages By 2040
merbs writes: Water access is going to be one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. As climate change dries out the already dry areas and makes the wet ones wetter, we're poised to see some radical civilizational shifts. For one, a number of densely populated areas will come under serious water stress—which analysts fear will lead to … [Link]
Slashdot » More Cities Use DNA To Catch Dog Owners Who Don't Pick Up Waste
dkatana writes: For many cities one of the biggest cleaning expenses is dealing with dog poop. While it is impossible to ask the birds to refrain from splattering the city, dogs have owners and those owners are responsible for disposing of their companion's waste. The few who shirk their duty create serious problems for the rest. Poop is not just … [Link]
Mashable » Save-for-later app Pocket adds recommendations
Pocket, a popular app for saving articles to read later, has added a recommendation feature to help users find what to read next, the company announced in a blog post Pocket 6.0 has added a tab to the top of its app that'll swap between your saved articles, and a steady stream of recommended articles, which you can then save for … [Link]
Mashable » Iowa begins testing digital driver's licenses on your smartphone
Last year, we told you about Iowa's interest in launching digital driver's licenses, a move that might begin the phasing out of plastic licenses currently in use nationwide. On Wednesday, the state announced live testing of what it calls the Mobile Driver License (mDL) in a number of settings, but that testing will be limited to hundreds of Iowa Department of … [Link]
Mashable » Canon's EOS M3 mirrorless camera is finally coming to the U.S.
Better late than never seems to be Canon's motto for its mirrorless cameras. The camera company is finally bringing its EOS M3, the third-generation mirrorless camera in the EOS M series, to the U.S. after announcing it for global release earlier this year. See also: Canon doubles down on high-end point-and-shoots with the G3 X With a 24.2-megapixel APS-C-sized image sensor, … [Link]
Mashable » China starts cleanup after Tianjin blasts, arrests officials and warehouse managers
China has arrested 23 people under criminal charges tied to the Tianjin blasts, state media said. Among the arrested are the the chairman, vice-chairman and three deputy managers of the warehouse that exploded, as well as officials from various state departments and customs officers, said Xinhua. The massive explosion on Aug. 12 has so far racked up 139 deaths, with 34 … [Link]
Mashable » What is up with Sony's weird TV remote/speaker combo?
Every now and then a tech device comes along that makes you go "huh-wha?" Sony's combination wireless speaker and television remote is one of those gadgets Sony Japan has announced a combination TV remote and speaker designed to play sound from your television to the device using a dongle you plug into your television See also: Sony's RX100 IV falls short … [Link]
Mashable » Windows 10 hits 75 million devices in less than a month
You can't get to one billion devices without hitting 75 million first Just a month after its release, Windows 10 has been installed on 75 million computers — well on its way to Microsoft's goal of eventually hitting one billion different devices, according to a tweetstorm on Wednesday by Microsoft VP of Windows and Devices Yusif Mehdi. Windows 10 had momentum … [Link]
Mashable » Aussie bar uses naked women as fruit platters, sparks outrage
An Australian bar is being criticised for using naked women as fruit platters at a launch party in Sydney Wednesday night. Women wearing only skin-coloured underpants and with their bodies adorned in a variety of fruit became the centrepiece on tables at the relaunch party at Cruise Bar in Darling Harbour. Photographs of the naked figures quickly drew ire from social … [Link]
Mashable » Student's prize-winning video explains why the appendix is misunderstood
Most of us only remember we have an appendix when it needs to be taken out, but in fact, it's a key component of a healthy gut. Paige Bebee of Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School in Melbourne has won one of Australia's most prestigious science prizes for her video about the much maligned organ. See also: Why scientists are putting tiny … [Link]
Slashdot » Will a Tighter Economy Rein In Startups?
Nerval's Lobster writes: It's been quite a ride for the stock market this week. In China, markets cratered; in the U.S., stocks dove for two days, only to rebound on Wednesday. That made many tech firms nervous, both about the Chinese economy (which some of them depend upon) and the continuing flow of money from VCs and investors. While the … [Link]
Mashable » How to disable autoplay for videos on Facebook and Twitter
Facebook and Twitter are facing renewed criticism for their autoplaying video features. While autoplaying video has been a boon for advertisers and publishers hoping to further their reach on social media, for users, the feature has potential to be downright disturbing. Many users were sharply reminded of this Wednesday after unintentionally seeing the grisly video that captured the shooting deaths of … [Link]
Mashable » After surviving a fire, this abused dog got prosthetic paws
Journey, a Shiba Inu/Jundo mix, was the only puppy to survive after someone set fire to her litter last November. Her paws were badly burned—the left was nearly completely singed off—making it difficult for her to walk But thanks to a kind caretaker and some generous dog lovers, Journey, who was born in South Korea, has received a new set … [Link]
Mashable » Sierra Leone's last known Ebola patient gets a dance party
Surrounded by dancing medical staff in the Sierra Leone city of Mankeni, the last person confirmed to be treated for Ebola,danced her way down a red carpet to celebrate her release from an Ebola treatment center. Adamah Sankoh's discharge marks the beginning of a 42-day countdown until the World Health Organization (WHO) can officially declare Sierra Leone as being completely … [Link]
Mashable » WDBJ7 gunman twisted the best of technology into a horror show
Oh God, what was I watching? It looked like a first-person shooter game, but it was real. A deranged gunman, holding a smartphone to film as he shot and killed two young Roanoke, Virginia journalists on Wednesday as they conducted an on-air interview. Recorded violence and murder is, sadly, nothing new. Islamic State extremists have been broadcasting beheadings online for more … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Fatter than your siblings? It could be because you’re older
Firstborn women are more likely to be overweight then their secondborn sisters. A result of their parents doting on them, or their mother's inexperienced womb?
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