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 » RSA Conference Attendees Get Hacked
The RSA Conference "is perhaps the world's largest security event, but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily a secure event," reports eSecurityPlanet. Scanning the conference floor revealed rogue access points posing as known and trusted networks, according to security testing vendor Pwnie Express. storagedude writes: What's worse, several attendees fell for these dummy Wi-Fi services that spoof well-known brands like … [Link]
Mashable » Nike uses Twitter to promote women's sports in the Middle East
The recent debate over Under Armour and its CEO's apparent support for President Trump pushed the politics of the leading sports apparel brands into the spotlight. In contrast to Under Armour's recent political controversy, Nike has long enjoyed a mostly positive profile when it comes to its position on inclusion and being generally progressive. SEE ALSO: Nike shows it's no Under … [Link]
Slashdot » Software Goes Through Beta Testing. Should Online College Courses?
"Testing online courses is not standard practice at traditional colleges," points out a new article at EdSurge — though beta-testing is part of the process for other online learning sites. jyosim summarizes their report: Coursera has recruited a volunteer corp of more than 2,500 beta testers to try out MOOCs before they launch. Other free online course providers have set … [Link]
Mashable » Dystopian Fun! U.S. agency maps 'Hunger Games' districts against real states
If you thought the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics was boring, just look at how pop culturally relevant they've become with their latest blog post. Although the latest Hunger Games movie came out months ago, the Bureau took its own data on employment (based on industries, occupation, employment numbers and geography) to figure out the eternal question of how the dystopian … [Link]
Slashdot » German Government Tells Parents: Destroy This WiFi-Connected Doll
It's illegal in Germany now to sell a talking doll named "My Friend Cayla," according to a story shared by Slashdot reader Bruce66423. And that's just the beginning. The Verge reports: A German government watchdog has ordered parents to "destroy" an internet-connected doll for fear it could be used as a surveillance device. According to a report from BBC News, … [Link]
Mashable » Norma McCorvey, who was at center of Roe v. Wade, dead at 69
Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym "Jane Roe" led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday. She was 69. McCorvey died at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas, said journalist Joshua Prager, who is working on a book about McCorvey and was with … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » 5 Potential Use Cases for Serverless Frameworks
Serverless frameworks, despite their name, are not really serverless. Of course, there are servers somewhere handling requests but you don’t have to worry about them. You just post a snippet of code and your hosting service takes care of the rest. But who could benefit from these new frameworks? Serdar Yegulalp over at InfoWorld takes you through five of the … [Link]
Slashdot » SAP License Fees Also Due For Indirect Users, Court Rules
SAP's licensing fees "apply even to related applications that only offer users indirect visibility of SAP data," according to a Thursday ruling by a U.K. judge. Slashdot reader ahbond quotes Network World: The consequences could be far-reaching for businesses that have integrated their customer-facing systems with an SAP database, potentially leaving them liable for license fees for every customer that … [Link]
Mashable » The internet is not happy with Trump's 'Southern White House'
Donald Trump has already referred to his club, Mar-a-Lago, as the "Winter White House," leading many to believe that his weekend trips to Florida would become a regular occurrence. In a tweet on Saturday, he called the club the "Southern White House" — and now people are even more convinced. On Twitter, critics are pointing out the already high cost of … [Link]
Slashdot » New Kit Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A Robot Arm
An anonymous reader writes: A new kit turns your Raspberry Pi into a robotic arm. It's controlled by an on-board joystick, or even a web browser, and "because it's connected to the Pi you can program it through any of the various programming languages that already run on the Pi," according to its creators. "There's also free software available which … [Link]
Mashable » MashReads Podcast: Why 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' should be on your reading list right now
Sometimes the best way to understand the present is to look at the past. Or at least that's true with Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The book was written 80 years ago, but the commentary it makes on race and feminism feels as fresh and contemporary as anything published today. SEE ALSO: Like these books? Read … [Link]
Mashable » Oprah is starring in an HBO movie, and the trailer alone will make you cry
If we learned one thing from Hidden Figures (and we learned a whole lot), it's that Hollywood can and should tell the stories of history's hidden women. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey, HBO shines a light on the eponymous heroine, whose cells were used in groundbreaking medical research and kept from her family. Winfrey plays … [Link]
Mashable » Watch as this cute device translate any language it hears
‘ili’ is a wearable translator that will make international travel a lot easier. Its smart processor and massive library can translate up to 50,000 words. Simply press a button to speak into the device and release to listen to the translation. Read more…More about Travel Tech, Real People, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, and Real Time [Link]
Slashdot » SpaceX's Next Launch Carries Colonies Of A Drug-Resistant Superbug
An anonymous reader quotes Business Insider: SpaceX is preparing to launch a lethal, antibiotic-resistant superbug into orbit…to live its days in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. The idea is not to weaponize space with MRSA — a bacterium that kills more Americans every year than HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's disease, emphysema, and homicide combined — but to send its … [Link]
Mashable » Apple's latest ad campaign uses giant tweets to convince you to buy an iPad Pro
Is Apple trying to tell us something? The tech giant's latest iPad Pro ads heavily feature Twitter — but nope, Apple isn't buying the social network. The ads all feature giant print-outs of tweets. The tweets seem to be from regular Twitter users who are either skeptical about getting an iPad or frustrated with their old laptops and Wi-Fi. Rumors … [Link]
Mashable » NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving actually thinks the Earth is flat
In 2017, is anything even surprising anymore? Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers guard and NBA All-Star, thinks the Earth is flat and that it's "not even a conspiracy theory." Irving shared his view of the world and its 2D shape during the podcast "Road Trippin' with RJ & Channing," ESPN reported. He was joined during the podcast by his teammates Richard Jefferson … [Link]
Mashable » Bill Gates: There should be a 'robot tax' on the machines that take your jobs
Automation is part of the future, and Bill Gates is already thinking about what that means for our government. The billionaire Microsoft founder philosophized about the future of automation in an interview with Quartz. Robots are coming for lots of jobs, he said, and wouldn't it be fair if they paid taxes, too? "Right now if a human worker does, … [Link]
Slashdot » Lost Package Derails Project To Preserve Super Nintendo Games
A developer's quest to preserve (and validate) every game ROM for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System has hit a glitch — thanks to the U.S. postal service. Byuu, the creator of the Higan SNES emulator, had been expecting a package with 100 games from the PAL region (covering most of Europe, Africa, South America, and Oceania). wertigon writes: As it … [Link]
Mashable » Lady Gaga's isolated vocals from the Super Bowl are a bizarrely lovely listen
Lady Gaga puts on quite the show, so it's easy to forget she's also a phenomenal singer. Here to remind you: her isolated mic feed from this year's Super Bowl halftime show. Yes, it's a little weird to hear "Poker Face" with no instrumentals, but Gaga's voice punctuated by long periods of silence is somehow … comforting? At the very … [Link]
Mashable » Hero mom sends her son a care package full of garbage
Connor Cox will never forget to take out the trash again. Late last month, the Westminster College student received a care package from his mother shortly after beginning his second semester of school. Exciting, right? SEE ALSO: Dad receives unintentionally hilarious letter from son's school But this wasn't just any care package. It was a care package stuffed to the brim … [Link]
Mashable » Exquisitely hand-colored portraits offer a glimpse of 1870s China
Image: Metropolitan Museum of ArtBorn to an aristocratic Austrian family in 1839, Baron Raimund von Stillfried spent his youth adventuring around the world before opening a photo studio in Yokohama, Japan.There, he specialized in producing hand-colored souvenir photos of traditional Japanese “types” for wealthy Western tourists to bring home. His costumed portraits became highly influential in crafting European perceptions of Japan.In … [Link]
Slashdot » Thousands Of Disabled People Are Living In 'Virtual Utopias' In Second Life
"For many disabled residents, who may spend 12 hours a day or more in Second Life, the most important moments and relationships of their lives happen inside the virtual world," reports Backchanel. "For them, the fevered fantasies of a decade ago have become reality: Second Life is where they live." mirandakatz shares this article: Wagner James Au, who has written … [Link]
Mashable » Stephen King and J.J. Abrams are teaming up for Hulu's 'Castle Rock'
What do Annie Wilkes, the Shawshank State Prison and Danny Torrance have in common? The same thing as Stephen King and J.J. Abrams: Hulu's upcoming Castle Rock. SEE ALSO: This 1979 Stephen King novel is a chilling prediction of Donald Trump's rise A thrillingly creepy teaser for the show flashes recognizable names from King's oeuvre, all tied together by Castle … [Link]
Mashable » SpaceX aborts rocket launch seconds before liftoff, but may still fly Sunday
Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX just aborted its launch in perhaps the most dramatic way possible. A SpaceX Falcon 9 was set to launch an uncrewed Dragon capsule loaded with about 5,500 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station under a contract with NASA, but with just 13 seconds left in the countdown, the company decided to abort the launch. … [Link]
Mashable » The week in apps: Yahoo gets caller ID, Yelp does 411, and more
With a fresh wave of iPhone rumors suggesting Apple's next phone could ditch the home button, and news that Apple is moving its annual developer conference back to San Jose for the first time in years, you may have lost track of some of the best new apps. Luckily, we're keeping score for you for you. Each week, we round up … [Link]
Mashable » Jason Chaffetz and Mitch McConnell are the new 'Hardy Boys' except much worse
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has been doing a really great job not investigating some of the major controversies surrounding the Trump White House. Mitch McConnell, the Majority Leader of the Senate, has also impressively managed to avoid publicly denouncing or questioning even the most flagrantly unconstitutional executive orders signed by the POTUS. SEE ALSO: Wow, … [Link]
Mashable » Joyful 92-year-old woman serves as bridesmaid at her granddaughter's wedding
For every terrible story on the news, there is also a heartwarming one unfolding somewhere in the world. This is one of the heartwarming ones. SEE ALSO: Heartwarming video shows boy with Down syndrome dancing to 'Born This Way' Redditor rachelamandamay made the entire internet melt when she shared this photo from her wedding. "I say 92 years young because she … [Link]
Mashable » Meet the dog who's basically a saint
This three-year-old puppy proves just how obedient it is while masterfully balancing a stack of treats on its head and noseDon't worry, his patience was eventually rewarded. Read more…More about Dog Balances Treats, Treats, Real Time Video, Dog Tricks, and Patient [Link]
Mashable » Say goodbye to YouTube's long, unskippable ads starting next year
Starting next year, you'll no longer have to sit through a half-minute of advertising to watch a YouTube video. On Friday, the Google-owned video giant announced that it will no longer offer its 30-second pre-roll ad format without a "skip" button in 2018, Campaign first reported. It will, however, continue to show 15- and 20-second ads without the option to bypass … [Link]
Slashdot » MAME Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
After years of work, a fan has finally completed a MAME version of Atari's unreleased game Primal Rage II this week, one more example of the emulator preserving digital history. Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo quotes MAME.net: Way back in 1997, Nicola Salmoria merged a few stand-alone arcade machine emulators into the first Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Could he have possibly … [Link]
Mashable » Stephen Colbert chastises Donald Trump for hiring all the embarrassing Steves
Bannon, Mnuchin, Miller, Feinberg: the Trump administration has sure hired a lot of controversial Steves. And Stephen Colbert is concerned they're giving all Steves a bad name. "I don't think I'm telling any secrets here when I say my name's Stephen," Colbert said on Friday's Late Show. "And with so many Stephens in the Trump administration, this is a rough … [Link]
Mashable » Tom Hiddleston voiced a 'Planet Earth II' trailer and it's just very important
We know he's great at reading poems, and now Tom Hiddleston has lent his voice acting talents to Planet Earth II, soothingly reminding us that we share a planet with awful humans, but also some pretty dope animals. SEE ALSO: Snapchat announces new 'Planet Earth II' show What's that you say, Tommy? Something about love? Monkeys steal things? Does climate … [Link]
Mashable » MashTalk: Should Apple be required to provide instructions on how to fix your iPhone?
Welcome back to another week of MashTalk. On this week's podcast, the Mashable tech team discusses Apple's resistance of so-called "Right-to-Repair" laws, Facebook's new manifesto, and the return of "unlimited" data plans in the U.S. As always, MashTalk is hosted by our Tech Editor Pete Pachal along with Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and Senior Tech Correspondent Raymond Wong. We also … [Link]
Mashable » 1917: A young FDR gets into fighting shape with Woodrow Wilson's cabinet
Cabinet officials perform exercises led by Walter Camp.Image: Library of CongressWalter Camp is known today as the “Father of American Football” for his contributions to the rules of the game, including the development of the line of scrimmage and the system of downs.He was also an outspoken advocate of exercise and physical fitnessWith the entry of the United States into World … [Link]
Mashable » The biodegradable paper airplane that could revolutionize humanitarian aid
Paper planes aren't just for passing secret notes across the classroom anymore. Now, they can even save lives. Otherlab, an engineering research and development lab based in San Francisco, has created the world's most advanced industrial paper airplanes. The paper gliders look almost like stealth fighters, capable of carrying more than two pounds of supplies like blood and vaccines to those … [Link]
Slashdot » Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: President Donald Trump regularly makes news because of his tweets. Now a congressman is making news because of the device the president reportedly uses to tweet. On Friday, Congressman Ted Lieu, a Democrat from Los Angeles, wrote a letter to the House Oversight Committee requesting an investigation into Trump's cybersecurity practices. In … [Link]
Mashable » The ridiculous baby monitor that makes parenting even scarier than it already is
Being a new parent is exhausting, but what if I told you there was a new device that could make it even more complicated and stressful… Wait, what? Meet the Raybaby, the first ever “non-contact sleep and breathing tracker.” Basically it’s a baby monitor that also measures a child’s vitals, breathing rates and sleeping habits and then feeds all that information … [Link]
Mashable » 14 times footballers were unintentionally hilarious on Twitter
LONDON — Footballers are an interesting bunch on Twitter. More often than not they'll tweet about sport, but every now and again they completely take us by surprise. SEE ALSO: Father sneakily names daughter after favourite football team, wife finds out 2 years later From unexpected celebrity encounters to blunt admissions of vehicular rabbit-slaughter, we've rounded up some of their most … [Link]
Slashdot » Genetically-Modified 'Surrogate Hens' Could Lay Eggs of Rare Chicken Breeds, Scientists Say
In an effort to preserve rare varieties of chicken breeds and diversify the chicken gene pool, scientists at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have come up with a plan to breed genetically-modified chickens designed to act as surrogates that would be capable of laying eggs from any rare breed. Such rare breeds include the Nankin, Scots Dumpy and Sicilian … [Link]
Mashable » Trendsetters teach us how to pose for show-stopping Tinder profile photos
There’s only one thing standing between you and your next date: Your Tinder profile photo.Get it right, and you could find yourself in demand. But, get it wrong, and you could end up dateless. SEE ALSO: Guys show us their best poses for Tinder profile photos Mashable asked some of the trendiest people at London Fashion Week how to pose for … [Link]
Slashdot » Juno Jupiter Probe Won't Move Into Shorter Orbit After All
NASA announced today that their Juno spacecraft will not move into a closer orbit around Jupiter as originally planned. "Juno slipped into a highly elliptical, 53-Earth-day-long orbit around Jupiter when it arrived at the giant planet on July 4, 2016," reports Space.com. From their report: The probe was supposed to perform an engine burn in October to reduce its orbital … [Link]
Slashdot » How Atari's Nolan Bushnell Pioneered the Tech Incubator In the 1980s
harrymcc writes: After Nolan Bushnell founded Atari and Chuck E. Cheese in the 1970s, he had so many ideas for new tech products that he started a tech incubator called Catalyst to spin them off into startups. Catalyst's companies were involved in robotics, online shopping, navigation, electronic game distribution, and other areas that eventually became big businesses — but they … [Link]
Mashable » Another Trump diss gets some beautiful merch
The sharp diss Donald Trump lobbed at a BBC editor on Thursday has been immortalized into a t-shirt, because why not, it's 2017. "Here's another beauty" was the sarcastic quip an angry Trump threw at BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel during a press conference. When Sopel tried asking Trump a question about his blocked travel ban, he cut him off … [Link]
Mashable » Donald Glover will be the new Simba, but Mufasa will be a familiar face
Can you feel the love tonight? Well, it's all up in Jon Favreau's Twitter feed. The director announced Friday night that Donald Glover will be playing Simba in the live-action remake of the beloved Disney classic The Lion King alongside the actor who voiced the original Mufasa. SEE ALSO: 'Bad and Boujee' Youtube views have jumped since Donald Glover's Golden Globes … [Link]
Slashdot » Bill Gates: The Robot That Takes Your Job Should Pay Taxes
In a recent interview with Quartz, Bill Gates said he believes that governments should tax companies that use robots who are taking human jobs, as a way to at least temporarily slow the spread of automation and to fund other types of employment. The money gained from taxing robots could then be used to finance jobs taking care of elderly … [Link]
Mashable » Sorry, y'all. SpaceX isn't going to Mars in 2018
In April 2016, SpaceX made the bold proclamation that it will send a robotic mission to Mars by 2018. Today, the Elon Musk-founded company is singing a different tune. Instead of aiming for the 2018 deadline, SpaceX will now try to launch a robotic mission to Mars — known as its Red Dragon mission — two years later, in 2020, SpaceX … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Daily API RoundUp: Docker Secrets, OpenFinTech, DataNerds
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. [Link]
Slashdot » Researchers Discover Security Problems Under the Hood of Automobile Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Malware researchers Victor Chebyshev and Mikhail Kuzin examined seven Android apps for connected vehicles and found that the apps were ripe for malicious exploitation. Six of the applications had unencrypted user credentials, and all of them had little in the way of protection against reverse-engineering or the insertion of malware into … [Link]
Mashable » Warriors learn once again that being the best team means the memes are coming
The Golden State Warriors are good at many things — like winning lots of basketball games and selling jerseys. Photoshoots, however, is not one of them. It's the NBA's All-Star Weekend, which annually warrants a bizarre, pseudo-magazine spread to celebrate the NBA all-stars. Just as the internet chuckled at the Warriors' photos last April, the trusty ol' Twittersphere is picking on … [Link]
Slashdot » Mozilla Thunderbird Finally Makes Its Way Back Into Debian's Repos
prisoninmate quotes a report from Softpedia: A year ago, we told you that, after ten long years, the Debian Project finally found a way to switch their rebranded Iceweasel web browser back to Mozilla Firefox, both the ESR (Extended Support Release) and normal versions, but one question remained: what about the Mozilla Thunderbird email, news, and calendar client? Well, that … [Link]
Mashable » The newest Barbie is a smart doll you can't touch
Over her nearly 60-year life, Barbie has taken on many forms, but she’s never been a hologram. Now, though, she is having a truly out-of-body experience, showing up in her first holographic figure, Hello Barbie Hologram. Barbie parent company Mattel unveiled the semi-translucent and chatty AI figure, which lives inside a pink plastic box, on Friday at the New York Toy … [Link]
Slashdot » GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: General Motors Co plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the automaker's plans said this week. It is expected to be the largest such test of fully autonomous vehicles by any major automaker before … [Link]
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