John Gordon Ross

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.

New Scientist – News » Bizarre new deep-sea creatures discovered off Australian coast

Friday 16 June 23:46:51 UTC 2017

Faceless fish, giant sea spiders, and other strange species have been found 4-km-deep off the east coast of Australia [Link]

Slashdot » Coal Market Set To Collapse Worldwide By 2040 As Solar, Wind Dominate

Friday 16 June 23:30:00 UTC 2017

Jess Shankleman reports via Bloomberg: Solar power, once so costly it only made economic sense in spaceships, is becoming cheap enough that it will push coal and even natural-gas plants out of business faster than previously forecast. That's the conclusion of a Bloomberg New Energy Finance outlook for how fuel and electricity markets will evolve by 2040. The research group … [Link]

Mashable » German court lashes out at Google over the 'right to be forgotten'

Friday 16 June 23:29:35 UTC 2017

A German court doesn't believe Google knows what it means to be "forgotten." The Higher Regional Court of Munich recently yelled at Google via legal injunction, The Next Web reports, telling the company it's not doing enough to comply with the European Union's "right to be forgotten." SEE ALSO: New York Times is using Google’s AI to expand online comments That … [Link]

Mashable » Dude tries to take a selfie on a go-kart track and fails miserably

Friday 16 June 23:24:35 UTC 2017

There are plenty of places you should never take a selfie, like a funeral or in the middle of a movie. We can now add "during a go-kart race" to that list.  While this guy certainly got his fair share of whiplash for the failed selfie, it appears as if he did save his phone from total destruction in the … [Link]

Mashable » Gal Gadot's husband wears a 'Wonder Woman' T-shirt that makes everyone jealous

Friday 16 June 23:13:18 UTC 2017

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is an idol to people around the world, especially the one she's married to. The appreciation is clear in the lovely couple selfies Gadot and husband, Yaron Versano, have on her Instagram. SEE ALSO: Making your own 'Wonder Woman' costume is easier than you thought Happy #ValentinesDay to you all @jaronvarsano everyday with you is valentine’s … [Link]

Slashdot » T-Mobile Rolling Out 600 MHz Low-Band Wireless

Friday 16 June 22:50:00 UTC 2017

s122604 quotes a report from Yahoo Finance: T-Mobile, the third largest U.S. national wireless operator, has decided to roll out 600 MHz wireless spectrum in its footprints by this summer. Low-band spectrum is essential for wireless operators as the signals can be transmitted over longer distances and through brick-and-mortar walls in cities. Smartphones for this radio frequency are likely to … [Link]

Mashable » Jay Z calls out bail bond industry in Father's Day column

Friday 16 June 22:46:54 UTC 2017

Rapper and performance artist Shawn Carter, known as Jay Z, took a stand against the bail bond industry in a Time column ahead of Father's Day. SEE ALSO: Jay Z went on a Twitter spree and thanked dozens of rappers that inspired him In Friday's "Ideas" column, Carter talked about his work on Time: The Kalief Browder Story and how producing … [Link]

Mashable » Kid loses game of hide-and-seek in the cutest way

Friday 16 June 22:28:08 UTC 2017

This kid thought he was the hide-and-seek champion, but he was no match for every child's weakness: the fart noise. Farts will never not be funny.  Read more… More about Child, Cute Kids, Hide And Seek, Culture, and Web Culture [Link]

Mashable » Oregon driver's licenses will get a third non-binary gender option

Friday 16 June 22:15:26 UTC 2017

A new option is coming to driver's licenses and ID cards in Oregon. SEE ALSO: Twitter is incorrectly guessing the gender of trans users — and they aren't having it The Pacific Northwest state is the first in the country to offer a third non-binary gender option on ID cards. A note on the official Oregon DMV website says starting in … [Link]

Slashdot » Samsung's Bixby Voice Assistant Is Finally Coming to the US — But Only As a Preview

Friday 16 June 22:10:00 UTC 2017

When the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ went on sale in the North American market, it was missing one of its most touted features — the Bixby smart assistant. Technically, it was available on launch day but its voice functionality was missing due to issues with the English language version, thus rendering the dedicated Bixby button on the side of … [Link]

Popular Science » Spooky action at a record-breaking distance

Friday 16 June 22:06:50 UTC 2017

Science Entangled particles remain linked over 746 miles apart A Chinese satellite sent entangled photons to locations 746 miles apart—and the particles remained entangled over this record-breaking distance. [Link]

Mashable » Twitter's 2-factor authentication has a serious problem

Friday 16 June 21:57:50 UTC 2017

Adding an extra layer of security to your online accounts is a fundamental step to protect your digital life from hackers, but what's the point if the new methods are just as vulnerable as the old ones? It's a question some Twitter users are asking after discovering that the two-factor authentication on their accounts isn't as secure as it seems.  SEE … [Link]

Mashable » The CIA can turn your router into a spy

Friday 16 June 21:40:50 UTC 2017

Does your router have eyes? You sure? SEE ALSO: Microsoft says WannaCry ransomware attack is a wake-up call for governments The CIA can rewrite a part of a router's software in order to let it track the internet activity of those who use it, according to information released Thursday by WikiLeaks.  If you're reading this at home, you're probably able to … [Link]

Mashable » Father’s Day advice you can’t find on the internet

Friday 16 June 21:39:49 UTC 2017

Let’s give it up for the dads of the world. The guys who taught us so much we know about, well, everything. While we now live in a time where a simple internet search can quickly and accurately provide the answer to a burning question, there’s a certain brand of wisdom that dads seem to have engrained in their DNA. Sure, … [Link]

Mashable » Someone trolled a GOP Senator by signing him up for Nickelback newsletters

Friday 16 June 21:37:29 UTC 2017

It’s 2017 and trolling by way of Nickelback still shows no sign of slowing down. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced on Twitter Friday that he was the victim of some pretty hilarious internet trolling. Someone found a few of his email addresses, and signed him up for a bunch of promotion and fan newsletters about the most hated band … [Link]

Slashdot » You Can't Open the Microsoft Surface Laptop Without Literally Destroying It

Friday 16 June 21:30:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop may have earned glowing reviews from certain sections of the tech press, but don't tell that to iFixit. The company, which provides repair tools and manuals for popular gadgets like the iPhone and PlayStation, has handed the Surface Laptop a score of 0 out of 10 in terms of … [Link]

Mashable » 5 ways Amazon could use Whole Foods to crush the competition

Friday 16 June 21:28:50 UTC 2017

On paper, Amazon just bought a struggling overpriced grocery chain for more than $13 billion. But the online retail giant sees much more in Whole Foods than a simple supermarket.  Jeff Bezos' sprawling retail empire will no doubt squeeze every last cent out of Whole Foods' various assets in ways that only a company as large as Amazon can. SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Popular Science » Five rad and random things I found this week

Friday 16 June 21:26:06 UTC 2017

Gadgets The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 15. The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 15. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » Anchors report the news using Tupac lyrics and it's a little awkward

Friday 16 June 21:12:51 UTC 2017

Atlanta news station WSB-TV found a way to celebrate Tupac's birthday while doing their jobs at the same time. The anchors spiced up their segments by throwing in some lyrics from the late rapper in their reporting, just in time for the Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me.It's low-key cringe-y and high-key creative, but it's not the first time the … [Link]

Mashable » France wants to put driverless 'drone trains' on tracks by 2023

Friday 16 June 21:04:45 UTC 2017

France’s state-run railway operator SNCF is working to develop driverless high-speed trains for its national rail system, effectively putting "drone trains" on the tracks. The conductor-free TGVs (the French acronym for high speed trains) would bring self-driving tech to some of the fastest vehicles in the world, which regularly travel at speeds around 200 mph.  The trains are projected to hit … [Link]

Mashable » Baby has an adorable reaction to her aunt's EEG leads

Friday 16 June 20:58:51 UTC 2017

The internet fell in love with a confused little girl. Blogger Jordyn Smith uploaded some photos to Twitter of her niece reacting to her EEG leads, and of course, it was simply precious. Have to wear EEG leads all over my head for the next few days.. my niece has yet to become adjusted pic.twitter.com/MTdvsI7fu3 — jo❁ (@Jorrdyyyy) June 13, 2017 … [Link]

Mashable » Atari, yes Atari, confirms it's making a new game console

Friday 16 June 20:51:22 UTC 2017

Your retro gaming icon wants back into the console business. Twenty four years after the company put out its last home console, Atari announced Friday that it will release a new console for an already crowded mass market.  In an exclusive interview with GameBeats, Atari CEO Fred Chesnais confirmed that the New York company had big plans in the works.  “We’re … [Link]

Slashdot » Google Adds Android App Support To Additional Chromebooks

Friday 16 June 20:50:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares an article: The list of Chromebooks that can officially run Android apps has been a bit limited, but that's changing. Google on Thursday updated its list of Chromebooks that now have official support, and 16 new machines have been added. They include: Acer Chromebook 11 N7 (C731, C731T), Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532), Asus Chromebook C202SA, ASUS … [Link]

Mashable » New York City is creating an oyster reef using old toilets

Friday 16 June 20:44:35 UTC 2017

The city of New York has created the "Toilet Recycling Project" in an effort to make a more sustainable living space and reduce water waste. Read more…More about Environment, Water, Nature, New York City, and School [Link]

Popular Science » American and Chinese aircraft could be flying 4,000 miles per hour by 2030

Friday 16 June 20:38:15 UTC 2017

From Our Blogs: Eastern Arsenal How China and the United States compare in the hypersonic arms race By the 2030s, the high skies could be filled with American and Chinese hypersonic aircraft flying at over 4,000 miles per hour. Read on. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Q2 Open Delivers a Fintech API Portfolio for Financial Services

Friday 16 June 20:23:22 UTC 2017

Q2 Holdings, Inc., a digital banking platform provider, has introduced Q2 Open. Q2 Open is Q2's portfolio of open API financial services. The APIs within Q2 help brands and financial institutions build financial apps and tools. Currently, the platform offers 4 services to third parties (i.e. [Link]

Mashable » Oh my gosh, don't freak out but Mark Hamill just tweeted about his own death

Friday 16 June 20:22:46 UTC 2017

Mark Hamill is very much alive and if you've heard anything about his death—even from his official Twitter account—then you've been duped by some  🚨  fake news. 🚨  The Star Wars actor poked fun at a tweet that claimed Hamill had passed away, and shared his sentiments for, well, himself with some apt hashtags. SEE ALSO: This photo of Carrie Fisher … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Final Release of OpenAPI 3.0 Specification is Coming Soon

Friday 16 June 20:11:23 UTC 2017

The Open API Initiative (OAI), an open source project guided by The Linux Foundation, has announced that the final release of the OpenAPI 3.0 Specification is tentatively scheduled for the week of July 17. [Link]

Mashable » Amazon bought Whole Foods and everyone made the same joke

Friday 16 June 20:10:05 UTC 2017

You’ve probably heard by now that Amazon has acquired Whole Foods in a $13.7 billion deal … or, if you ask Twitter, the amount a typical customer spends on a trip to Whole Foods.  Yes, pretty much everyone made that same joke. SEE ALSO: What will Whole Foods of the future, powered by Amazon, look like? Amazon buys Whole Foods for … [Link]

Slashdot » Movie Piracy Cost Australian Network 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars'

Friday 16 June 20:10:00 UTC 2017

Film television piracy and illegal downloads are partly to blame for Australian broadcaster Ten Network's woes, according to Village Roadshow co-chief executive Graham Burke. From a report: He said piracy had cost Ten "hundreds of millions of dollars" in potential advertising revenue because of lower ratings resulting from pirated versions of films supplied by 21st Century Fox under an onerous … [Link]

Mashable » CO2 is no match for this giant carbon sucking machine

Friday 16 June 19:55:51 UTC 2017

‘Climeworks’ is a modular system that uses fans to suck in CO2 from the air into a filter in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions in the surrounding area. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gases, and Fan [Link]

Mashable » Twitter Debubbler will help you transform into the square you've always wanted to be

Friday 16 June 19:48:49 UTC 2017

Twitter rocked the internet on Thursday when it debuted a new redesign to the microblogging platform. In addition to featuring a rounded aesthetic, the site's major facelift also introduced new circular profile pictures, replacing Twitter's former square format.  And let's just say: a good chunk of the online world was not into it. This new Twitter update is the worstpic.twitter.com/EGFvedd9Jj — … [Link]

Slashdot » Atari CEO Confirms the Company Is Working On a New Game Console

Friday 16 June 19:30:00 UTC 2017

Dean Takahashi, reporting for VentureBeat: Atari CEO Fred Chesnais told GamesBeat in an exclusive interview that his fabled video game company is working on a new game console. In doing so, the New York company might be cashing in on the popularity of retro games and Nintendo's NES Classic Edition, which turned out to be surprisingly popular for providing a … [Link]

Mashable » Avoid sunburn with help from this beautiful, smart bracelet

Friday 16 June 19:24:53 UTC 2017

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Burned, wrinkly skin is bad enough, but the added risk of skin cancer makes baking in the sun a dangerous activity. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, over the past three decades, more people have had skin cancer than all other cancers combined.  The … [Link]

Mashable » Kim Kardashian is selling her own fidget spinner knockoff and it's shaped like a money sign

Friday 16 June 19:19:36 UTC 2017

Welp, if you're looking to buy a Father's Day gift that won't ship in time to give it to your dad on his special day, may we suggest Kim Kardashian West's take on the fidget spinner. It's shaped like a money sign and says "daddy" on it if that's how you want to spend $15 plus shipping. SEE ALSO: Kendall Jenner … [Link]

Mashable » 'Minority Report' IRL: Japanese lawmakers want to arrest people just thinking about crimes

Friday 16 June 19:15:59 UTC 2017

Minority Report came out 15 years ago but it's now one step closer to becoming a reality.  On Thursday morning, Japanese lawmakers passed a bill that allows prosecutors to monitor and arrest terrorist groups or criminal organizations who are in the process of planning a crime, Bloomberg reported.  Did precrime just come to mind? The bill is eerily similar to the … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Daily API RoundUp: Clammr, Simplecast, Sqreen, GuruFocus, WebhookInbox

Friday 16 June 19:14:50 UTC 2017

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]

Mashable » Congrats to Katy Perry on hitting 100 million Twitter followers — most of which are bots

Friday 16 June 19:14:50 UTC 2017

Friday we witnessed history, according to Twitter.  Katy Perry, whose new album is titled "Witness," is the first person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter. SEE ALSO: Why am I watching a livestream of Katy Perry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson doing yoga? In honor of this major milestone, Katy Perry got a special emoji for the hashtag #LoveKaty and a … [Link]

Mashable » Ed Sheeran doesn't get why we're so hyped about his 'Game of Thrones' cameo because he apparently hasn't met the internet

Friday 16 June 19:11:21 UTC 2017

Read more… {"player":{"descript~ will his character even survive?","image":&q~ Sheeran is set to make a tour stop in Westeros","sources":~ of thrones,ed sheeran,got,maisie williams,arya stark,season 7,real-time,game of thrones season 7,real-time video,real-time-video,cameo",&~ of thrones,ed sheeran,got,maisie williams,arya stark,season 7,real-time,game of thrones season 7,real-time video,real-time-video,cameo",&~ More about Game Of Thrones, Ed Sheeran, Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones Season 7, and Entertainment [Link]

Mashable » I got so worked up over the new Twitter design that it has cost me everything

Friday 16 June 18:50:06 UTC 2017

I sit before you a broken man. My job, my house, my car, even my family… every luxury I enjoyed but a week ago, has vanished.  SEE ALSO: 8 Twitter improvements that could actually help out It all began yesterday morning. I sat in my cubicle at work, refreshing Twitter, when I noticed a peculiar difference in the layout. Negligible to … [Link]

Slashdot » Life On Mars: Elon Musk Reveals Details of His Colonisation Vision

Friday 16 June 18:50:00 UTC 2017

Elon Musk has put his Mars-colonization vision to paper, and you can read it for free. SpaceX's billionaire founder and CEO published the plan, which he unveiled at a conference in Mexico in September 2016, in the journal New Space. From a report: The paper outlines early designs of the gigantic spacecraft, designed to carry 100 passengers, that he hopes … [Link]

Mashable » This pet snake ate barbecue tongs and then threw it up like a good snek

Friday 16 June 18:46:33 UTC 2017

Oh, Snickers.  Snickers the snake got itself into a little bit of trouble recently when it decided that a pair of barbecue tongs would make a delicious meal. We're not judging Snickers here — maybe the tongs were covered in the remnants of a past grilling session.  Regardless, Snickers ate them right down, and the tongs needed to come back … [Link]

Mashable » Disturbing images show what SpongeBob would look like as a human

Friday 16 June 18:44:23 UTC 2017

These human-like depictions of SpongeBob Squarepants and his best friend Patrick Star might make you slightly uncomfortable. OK, really uncomfortable.  SEE ALSO: The 'SpongeBob SquarePants' musical is coming to Broadway and just wait 'til you hear who is involved Image: Miguel Vasquez via storyful Image: MIGUEL VASQUEZ VIA STORYFULThese nightmarish creations are 3D renderings, and artist Miguel Vasquez from Montclair, California, … [Link]

Mashable » Pharrell, Katy Perry, and Big Sean spill some feels on a new Calvin Harris track

Friday 16 June 18:36:31 UTC 2017

If you're a popular musician not on DJ Khaled's star-studded album this year, you're probably on Calvin Harris' forthcoming Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1.  The Scottish DJ has dropped another song in preparation for the album's June 30th release and it's a sunny treat.  SEE ALSO: Song of the Summer talking points to sound like you know what you're talking about … [Link]

Mashable » Tupac Shakur just zoomed past 'Cars 3' at the box office

Friday 16 June 18:36:30 UTC 2017

There were more opening-night eyes on Tupac Shakur than Pixar’s talking cars – but this race is rigged, folks. All Eyez on Me took in $3.1 million on Thursday night in North America, zooming past Cars 3 — an impressive start for the Tupac biopic, indeed. The Disney/Pixar three-quel, meanwhile, put up $2.8 million in overnight previews. But make no mistake: … [Link]

Mashable » Here's why NASA keeps postponing its really cool mission to make glowing clouds

Friday 16 June 18:31:46 UTC 2017

For any space fan, rocket launch delays are a part of life. Certain rocket companies (I'm looking at you SpaceX) are even known for calling off launches somewhat unexpectedly at the last minute. And of course, weather can consistently be a problem. Rockets function at the upper level of our understanding of physics and materials sciences, meaning that even a rogue … [Link]

Mashable » A Facebook glitch unmasked moderators to the terror groups they shut down

Friday 16 June 18:26:32 UTC 2017

A glitch in Facebook's content moderation tools exposed its moderators' personal profiles to members suspected of having ties to radicalism and terror, potentially putting the moderators at risk and causing one to upend his life in fear of retaliation.  The security flaw was discovered in Nov. 2016, according to a report by The Guardian, after Facebook moderators started getting friend requests … [Link]

Mashable » Last minute Father’s Day gift: Subscription boxes for the win

Friday 16 June 18:17:51 UTC 2017

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. So it’s the Friday before Father’s Day and you’re currently gift-less. Don’t freak out. SEE ALSO: Get these Father’s Day gifts in two days or less Drop the gift idea and go for a subscription box. From geeky boxes to monthly bagel subscriptions, this … [Link]

Slashdot » Facebook Exposes Employee Data To Terrorists

Friday 16 June 18:10:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader writes: The Guardian is reporting that Facebook accidentally exposed the personal information of the moderators that remove terrorist content to the groups that posted that very content. From the article it looks like 6 of them actually had their profiles viewed. From the article, "The security lapse affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook … [Link]

Mashable » Jada Pinkett Smith is not happy about that new Tupac Shakur biopic

Friday 16 June 18:06:42 UTC 2017

If box office is any indication, All Eyez on Me might be the biopic Tupac fans have been waiting for – it did big business in its first day in theaters, beating out even Pixar's Cars 3. But not everyone is thrilled with the film's portrayal of Shakur's life. SEE ALSO: Summer movie preview: What to watch if you're feeling nostalgic … [Link]

Popular Science » Buying Whole Foods could complete an Amazon ecosystem a decade in the making

Friday 16 June 18:04:34 UTC 2017

Technology Maybe the Dash Wand was a good idea after all A day after rolling out seemingly frivolous hardware, Amazon's impending Whole Foods purchase may have tipped its hand about why. [Link]

Mashable » Trump says he has over 100 million social media followers. Wrong!

Friday 16 June 18:04:34 UTC 2017

President Donald Trump, as we know, enjoys inflating the size of crowds. Even digital crowds … The president implied he had more than 100 million social media followers in a tweet on Friday morning and, well, that's… (almost certainly) not true, unless he's counting several government accounts. SEE ALSO: Trumpniks have no defense for the James Comey mess, so duh, they're … [Link]

Mashable » With a ton of cardboard boxes, you could make your very own Optimus Prime costume

Friday 16 June 18:00:00 UTC 2017

Time to transform and roll out… the duct tape and cardboard boxes! Here's how you can make your own DIY Optimus Prime costume using a bunch of old boxes, popsicle sticks and some spray paint.  Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more…More about Entertainment, Mashable Video, Robot, Robotics, and Costume Squad [Link]

Mashable » 'Game of Thrones' won't let critics see Season 7 episodes in advance

Friday 16 June 17:44:14 UTC 2017

Game of Thrones has become the great equalizer — it's the only major TV show that won't give critics an advanced look at episodes before they air. (Boo-hoo for us, right?) It may not seem important (or fair, especially when everyone else in the world has to wait), but advanced episode "screeners" do fulfill an important function in helping outlets to … [Link]

Mashable » Facebook invented the perfect stalking tool — but it won’t let you have it

Friday 16 June 17:34:51 UTC 2017

Facebook is testing a simultaneously useful and creepy feature for profiles.  I opened my Facebook profile Friday morning and discovered a tiny new box at the top, below my profile picture—a search bar. SEE ALSO: In search of Facebook’s conscience But doesn't Facebook already have a search bar? Yes, they do, but this one apparently is limited to searching within my … [Link]

Slashdot » Amazon Says It Won't Replace Whole Foods Cashiers With Computers… Yet

Friday 16 June 17:30:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon said it has no current plans to automate the jobs of cashiers in Whole Foods stores after it finishes acquiring the grocery chain. It also isn't planning any layoffs, according to a spokesperson. There is some speculation, however, that Amazon may change its plans and use new technology inside of Whole Foods locations. … [Link]

Mashable » Samsung Bixby is finally coming to America… soon

Friday 16 June 17:27:19 UTC 2017

Does Samsung even understand how to launch a tech product? On Friday, the South Korean tech giant finally let customers sign up for preview access to the eagerly anticipated Bixby personal assistant, which was supposed to launch with its brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones. The devices even include a dedicated Bixby button. SEE ALSO: Samsung's Galaxy S8 and … [Link]

Mashable » Bill Cosby’s gassing up his supporters while his jury stays deadlocked

Friday 16 June 17:24:36 UTC 2017

The jury is still out on Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial but on Friday, as deliberations continued for a fifth day, the actor and comedian took to Twitter to thank his supporters.  Cosby has been on trial for the alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand, the former director of operations for Temple University's women's basketball team. Constand says Cosby gave her … [Link]

Mashable » What Amazon's Whole Foods means for workers everywhere

Friday 16 June 17:23:21 UTC 2017

Six months ago, Amazon caused fear for the long-term future of grocery store jobs with Amazon Go, its first experimental cashier-less grocery store.  But it was just one store. Amazon didn't have much of a presence in the real world. It's something to worry about but maybe not immediately. On Friday, those concerns suddenly become a lot more tangible when Amazon … [Link]

Mashable » Uh..did Barack Obama inadvertently reveal the gender of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's twins?

Friday 16 June 17:22:50 UTC 2017

Former president Barack Obama might be getting a little too comfortable outside of the office.  He's out here doing good work, sure, but he's also possibly leaking some seriously classified information without a care in the world.  At least that's what some fans of Beyoncé and Jay-Z think. Many have noticed that during the beautiful introduction Obama made for Jay-Z's induction … [Link]

Popular Science » A Texas-size chunk of Antarctica partially melted last year

Friday 16 June 17:02:33 UTC 2017

Environment It could be a sign of more damage to come. El Niño has given us a preview of West Antarctica’s future, and things do not look good. [Link]

Mashable » Here's Apple's biggest move yet to take on Netflix and HBO

Friday 16 June 16:57:16 UTC 2017

Apple is taking its Netflix-esque ambitions seriously.  SEE ALSO: Apple Originals The tech giant best known for making and selling iPhones, among other gadgets, has hired two executives from Sony Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, in an effort to boost its credibility in original programming.  Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg were top executives at Sony Pictures Television and … [Link]

Mashable » Microsoft's slick new keyboard comes with a fingerprint sensor built in

Friday 16 June 16:51:25 UTC 2017

Your next keyboard could have a fingerprint scanner built right into it. Microsoft has put up product pages for two new Surface accessories – the Modern Keyboard and the Modern Mouse.  For the new Modern Keyboard, the company has built a fingerprint reader right into the keyboard, similar to Apple's offering on the Macbook Pro. The fingerprint scanner looks like any … [Link]

Slashdot » The Size of iPhone's Top Apps Has Increased by 1,000% in Four Years

Friday 16 June 16:50:00 UTC 2017

Research firm Sensor Tower shares an analysis: As the minimum storage capacity of iPhone continues to increase — it sits at 32 GB today on the iPhone 7, double the the iPhone 5S's 16 GB circa 2013 — it's not surprising that the size of apps themselves is getting larger. In fact, Apple raised the app size cap from 2 … [Link]

Mashable » Addicted to Switch? These 12 items will make your game stronger

Friday 16 June 16:46:04 UTC 2017

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. So you’ve got yourself a Switch, and already tested out half of the new Nintendo games on the shelf. Now what? Time to up the ante. Docked or handheld, on a couch or in the backseat of a car, you’re going to need some … [Link]

Mashable » What will Whole Foods of the future, powered by Amazon, look like?

Friday 16 June 16:41:44 UTC 2017

There’s no greater hell than waiting in a long line at Whole Foods on a Saturday afternoon. Luckily, there could be some sweet relief coming soon.  Alexa to the rescue? Maybe. Amazon announced on Friday its plans to acquire the grocery store chain in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. So why in the world is America's biggest online retailer suddenly … [Link]

Mashable » Cry of the Week: Let 'Rough Night' bring forth your tears of laughter

Friday 16 June 16:37:55 UTC 2017

Welcome to our weekly series "Cry of the Week," in which we highlight whatever moment made us ugly cry on our couches* the most in the past seven days.  Crying over movies and TV is poignant and cathartic, and that still holds true if you're crying with laughter. Summer comedies aren't designed to be the kind of movies you'll buy … [Link]

Slashdot » Bat-Signal Shines In LA In Honour of Batman Star Adam West

Friday 16 June 16:30:00 UTC 2017

From a BBC report: LA's skyline has been lit up with the Bat-Signal to honour Batman star Adam West, who died last week. Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Police chief Charlie Beck were expected to be at the public event at City Hall, which started about 21:00 local time (05:00 BST). The signal originated in the DC Comics strip as … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Strange ice lolly icicles seen floating in clouds above the UK

Friday 16 June 16:21:00 UTC 2017

Tiny icicles shaped like lollipops can form and exist in clouds – and may even affect the weather [Link]

New Scientist – News » From industry to education

Friday 16 June 16:07:00 UTC 2017

Scientists are making the transition to teaching after successful careers in other industries. But why? [Link]

New Scientist – News » Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

Friday 16 June 16:01:00 UTC 2017

Who pays what in a flat-share is a tricky problem. Results from website Spliddit show the maths of fair division gives the solutions people think are best [Link]

Popular Science » This eBook Bundle is the ultimate handbook for all current & future developers

Friday 16 June 16:00:02 UTC 2017

Sponsored Post Get nine ebooks on topics ranging from web development to software engineering. This eBook Bundle is the ultimate handbook for all current & future developers. Get nine ebooks on topics ranging from web development to software engineering. Read on. [Link]

Slashdot » Putin Claims Russia Proposed a Cyber War Treaty In 2015 But the Obama Admin Ignored Them

Friday 16 June 16:00:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader writes: Russian president Vladimir Putin (who denies any Russian part in the hacking) claims the Obama administration ignored a proposal in 2015 that might have avoided all of this. His administration suggested working out a cyber treaty with the US but was ignored by Obama officials, Putin told film director Oliver Stone in Showtime's four-part series broadcast … [Link]

Popular Science » A 99 million-year-old baby bird, Mario's high-flying odyssey, and other amazing images of the week

Friday 16 June 16:00:00 UTC 2017

Science Newsworthy eye candy From fossils to video-game sneak-peaks, a roundup of the most exciting images in science, space, and technology news. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » Yet more confirmation that WannaCry ransomware attack was from North Korea

Friday 16 June 15:58:19 UTC 2017

North Korean hackers are allegedly behind the widespread ransomware attack that hit the UK's National Health Service, affecting computers and hospitals and doctors' offices last month, according to the BBC.  The hackers belong to a group known as Lazarus, who is believed to have targeted Sony Pictures in 2014 as it planned to release the movie The Interview. SEE ALSO: Step … [Link]

Mashable » How Microsoft built a hardware empire with Surface

Friday 16 June 15:57:55 UTC 2017

The Microsoft Surface line has grown a lot in the five years since its debut. It now encompasses the Surface Pro tablet, Surface Book convertible, Surface Studio all-in-one, Surface Hub digital "whiteboard," and the brand-new Surface Laptop. SEE ALSO: Microsoft's hardware boss explains the strangest thing about the Surface Pro The man in charge of it all: Panos Panay, Microsoft's … [Link]

Mashable » Grand Central is crowded — something this woman didn't like in her review

Friday 16 June 15:34:02 UTC 2017

This woman hates Grand Central Terminal — to the point where she felt the need to write a review about it. Internet Comment Theater is a Mashable original series that takes the internet’s weirdest comments and reviews and brings them to life. Read more…More about Grand Central, Internet Comment Theater, Entertainment, and Web Culture [Link]

Mashable » Michael Phelps is seriously gonna race a great white shark

Friday 16 June 15:24:50 UTC 2017

Twenty-three Olympic gold medals aren't going to protect you from a shark, Michael Phelps. SEE ALSO: The 2020 Olympics will have more mixed-gender events than ever As part of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, during its kick off on July 23, Phelps will apparently race a great white shark. It's not really clear how the two beasts of nature will spar off, … [Link]

Mashable » Climate change efforts still 'not nearly enough' to meet Paris targets

Friday 16 June 15:20:23 UTC 2017

A new clean energy report has a mixed outlook for the future: Wind and solar power will soar in coming decades, but we'll still be heading toward dangerous levels of global warming.  The big takeaway from Bloomberg New Energy Finance's (BNEF) latest analysis is that, despite the explosive growth we'll see in renewables — thanks to plummeting prices and improving technology … [Link]

Slashdot » Mathematical Biology Is Our Secret Weapon In the Fight Against Disease

Friday 16 June 15:20:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares excerpts from a Scientific American article: In recent years, increasingly detailed experimental procedures have lead to a huge influx in the biological data available to scientists. This data is being used to generate hypotheses about the complexity of previously abstruse biological systems. In order to test these hypotheses, they must be written down in the form … [Link]

Mashable » NASA engineer invents nicest car horn ever

Friday 16 June 15:16:05 UTC 2017

Road trips are fun. You're just singing in the car with your friends, Carpool Karaoke-style, and then you hear that awful noise: a blaring horn. Former NASA engineer and current YouTuber Mark Rober has apparently been in our shoes and decided to take matters into his own hands. Welcome to the world, nicest car horn ever.  SEE ALSO: Charge your electric … [Link]

New Scientist – News » My patrol with armed guards to protect Burmese star tortoises

Friday 16 June 15:15:52 UTC 2017

The magnificent reptiles were on the verge of extinction in Myanmar, but are now being reintroduced to the wild. Alice Klein joins the effort to save them [Link]

Popular Science » Tuning a golf club's signature "thwack" sound costs millions

Friday 16 June 15:15:03 UTC 2017

Technology The wrong timbre can make even a great stick seem terrible Players don't like golf clubs with bad acoustics, so manufacturers pull out all the stops engineering sweet sounding clubs. [Link]

Mashable » Here's why you get butterflies in your stomach when your crush walks by you

Friday 16 June 15:15:00 UTC 2017

Physician Dr. Roshini Raj explains what causes those butterflies in your stomach. Love 101 is a new mini-series from Mashable and Bravo. Dr. Raj guides you through the effects of falling in and out of love. For more videos, subscribe to Mashable: http://on.mash.to/subscribe Read more… More about Sex, Bravo, Butterflies, Love 101, and Science [Link]

Mashable » How to create the ultimate DIY Optimus Prime costume

Friday 16 June 15:15:00 UTC 2017

Time to transform and roll out… the duct tape and cardboard boxes! Here's how you can make your very own Optimus Prime costume using a bunch of old boxes, popsicle sticks and some spray paint.  Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more… More about Entertainment, Robots, Mashable Video, Transformers, and Transformers Age Of Extinction [Link]

Mashable » The Hidden History of Emoji

Friday 16 June 15:08:56 UTC 2017

Read more…More about Emoji, Mashable Reels, Tech, Consumer Tech, and Web Culture [Link]

New Scientist – News » NASA eyes Neptune and Uranus for missions in the 2030s

Friday 16 June 15:05:00 UTC 2017

Four possible missions to the ice giants are being proposed, including orbiters and a fly-by, to tell us what they’re made of and how such planets form [Link]

Mashable » Chemistry lessons go high-tech with this amazing VR program

Friday 16 June 14:57:11 UTC 2017

‘MEL Chemistry VR' is a virtual reality chemistry class where kids can take 3-7 minute lessons while interacting with atoms, ions, and molecules.  Read more…More about Science, Mashable Video, Kids, Vr, and Chemistry [Link]

Mashable » Justin Bieber got a new tattoo to commemorate the good dude he hopes to be in 50 years

Friday 16 June 14:49:35 UTC 2017

Justin Bieber never likes to admit when he's wrong, but when he does, he gets a tattoo and writes a song. The new ink reads "Better at 70" (NOT "Better A+ 70") right above his knee and the phrase also shows up in the chorus of his new song, a heartfelt piano ditty. Actually, those are the only lyrics.  "I look … [Link]

Mashable » Mickey and Minnie communicate with a little boy in sign language, and it's the sweetest

Friday 16 June 14:46:03 UTC 2017

If you are one of those people who's a little freaked out by amusement park characters, this video will absolutely change how you feel.  Olive Crest, a nonprofit whose mission is to prevent child abuse, recently posted a YouTube video of Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto communicating with one of their children in sign language. Afterwards, Minnie gives the little boy … [Link]

Slashdot » EU Poised To Fine Google More Than $1 Billion in Antitrust Case

Friday 16 June 14:40:00 UTC 2017

Google is braced for a fine of potentially more than 1bn euro ($1.18 billion) as Brussels prepares to make the first of three antitrust decisions on the search group's practices, the first sanction by a leading competition regulator on the way it operates. From a report: The penalty, expected to be announced in the coming weeks, could exceed the record … [Link]

Mashable » These solar panels are actually creating drinking water out of thin air

Friday 16 June 14:36:10 UTC 2017

An Arizona State University spin-off company, Zero Mass Water, is creating access to water for all, just like the air we breathe. Their special solar panels pull vaporize the air, condense it into water and then filter it using minerals. Read more…More about Arizona, Innovations, Solar Panels, Real Time Video, and Water Access [Link]

Mashable » Is video really the future of VR?

Friday 16 June 14:30:06 UTC 2017

You probably don't have a virtual reality headset. In that case, you might be wondering why "VR" has been the buzzword for "hot, new, possibly-a-fad tech" the last couple of years, occasionally serving as an easy tech punch line now that hoverboards are finally dead. VR is even showing up as a major plot point in the new seasons of House … [Link]

Mashable » Rihanna has a new song in time for summer, thanks to DJ Khaled

Friday 16 June 14:29:29 UTC 2017

Is it truly summer without a new Rihanna song blasting from every speaker, headphones or car system?  The answer is no, it is not, and thankfully, DJ Khaled and his son/executive producer Asahd have come through with the Rihanna vocals for his latest single "Wild Thoughts."  The song is a relaxing and smooth—with Carlos Santana guitar samples that are unmistakable. … [Link]

Mashable » Lorde continues to be great by bumming chicken nuggets off of a fan

Friday 16 June 14:26:51 UTC 2017

After discovering that Lorde used to run an entire Instagram page dedicated to reviewing onion rings, she is officially our favorite human. Since her album Melodrama drops Friday, we thought she might've spent Thursday night celebrating the big release with some kind of fancy party. But no — she spent the night graciously taking a ton of wonderful selfies with a … [Link]

Popular Science » Seven tips for shooting nature photos with your smartphone camera

Friday 16 June 14:19:13 UTC 2017

Environment Make every day Nature Photography Day! A few quick tips to help you get the most out of your next nature photography adventure. [Link]

New Scientist – News » Mindfulness and meditation dampen down inflammation genes

Friday 16 June 14:08:00 UTC 2017

Mind-body practices like yoga relieve stress, but do they also make you healthier? An analysis of 18 trials suggest they might, through changes in gene activity [Link]

Mashable » The Queen is heckled as she visits London tower fire victims

Friday 16 June 14:04:32 UTC 2017

There is a lot of anger among survivors and relatives of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire for a tragedy that they believe could have been prevented.  Not even the Queen was safe from criticism.  SEE ALSO: Determined teen takes her exams even after deadly London fire destroys her home At the end of her visit to the Westway sports … [Link]

Mashable » Barack Obama paid tribute to Jay-Z during the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction

Friday 16 June 14:03:33 UTC 2017

Barack Obama has a few kind words for his friend and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jay-Z. In a pre-recorded clip that played during Thursday night’s ceremony, the former president gave a brief tribute to Jay-Z, citing the commonalities that draw them to one another.  This includes, of course, that they "both have wives who are significantly more popular than [they] … [Link]

Slashdot » Amazon To Buy Whole Foods Market For $13.7 Billion

Friday 16 June 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Amazon said Friday it would buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion as the giant internet retailer makes a deeper push into the grocery space. From a report: Amazon has dabbled in brick-and-mortar operations, experimenting with a bookstore that opened in New York last month and plans to open "no-checkout" convenience stores. But the Whole Foods acquisition represents a dramatic … [Link]

Mashable » This course will teach you how to win at digital marketing for under $20

Friday 16 June 13:54:04 UTC 2017

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. The field of digital marketing is extremely, well, vague. From copywriters to data analysts to coders, nearly any professional could be performing digital marketing tasks at this very moment.  Digital marketing skills are extremely beneficial for a wide variety of people to know, and … [Link]

Mashable » Celine Dion wore a shirt that says 'the biggest prick'

Friday 16 June 13:48:28 UTC 2017

Oh what do you know, Celine Dion did something perfect.  The icon, who has a storied history of wearing graphic sweatshirts, took the stage in Copenhagen Thursday night wearing a fun tee scribbled with messages like "love," "the biggest prick,"and "your soul?" It's torn in just the right places, like a shirt that's dealt with a lot of pricks.  SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Mashable » YouTube broke for a hot sec and the internet couldn't handle it

Friday 16 June 13:39:30 UTC 2017

UPDATE: June 16, 2017, 10:16 a.m. EDT YouTube is back up, and life is ALL GOOD again. Carry on! The original story follows below. The world's largest online video platform is not loading… and ahhhh… what the heck are we gonna do? YouTube went down on Friday morning and sent the internet into a tizzy. Instead of seeing the familiar YouTube … [Link]

Mashable » Walmart is definitely buying Bonobos for $310 million

Friday 16 June 13:37:17 UTC 2017

After two months of speculation, Walmart has confirmed it's buying Bonobos for $310 million.  The retail mega-giant will buy the men's e-commerce site to join its growing roster of online brands. Walmart has been on an acquisition spree this year, led by Jet.com founder and now Walmart U.S. e-commerce CEO Marc Lore.   Walmart bought Jet.com almost a year ago to … [Link]

Mashable » This ethereum-based project could change how we think about digital art

Friday 16 June 13:27:08 UTC 2017

Someone owns this picture. Image: CryptopunkNo, not the copyright to the picture. They own the picture itself. You can, of course, download a version, but that's just a copy. Someone owns the original. It is art, and it has an owner. What does that mean in the digital age? That's what the guys at Larva Labs want to find out. The … [Link]

Mashable » Amazon buys Whole Foods(!) for $13.7 billion

Friday 16 June 13:08:05 UTC 2017

Amazon has acquired Whole Foods, a move that marks the ecommerce giant's official entry into the world of brick-and-mortar stores as well as groceries. It's Amazon's biggest acquisition ever—and it's not even close. The company is paying $13.7 billion in cash for the grocery chain, which now operates some 465 stores across the U.S. Starting out as a online book seller, … [Link]

Slashdot » Amazon Granted a Patent That Prevents In-Store Shoppers From Online Price Checking

Friday 16 June 13:00:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Amazon's long been a go-to for people to online price compare while shopping at brick-and-mortars. Now, a new patent granted to the company could prevent people from doing just that inside Amazon's own stores. The patent, titled "Physical Store Online Shopping Control," details a mechanism where a retailer can intercept network … [Link]

Popular Science » Get up-close and personal with these incredible sharks

Friday 16 June 13:00:00 UTC 2017

Animals Excerpt: Shark Gaze in awe at some of the most incredible creatures on Earth: Sharks. [Link]

New Scientist – News » The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Friday 16 June 12:48:00 UTC 2017

Without a new interplanetary internet to support the imminent boom in Martian probes, those with hopes of walking on the Red Planet will be stuck on Earth [Link]

Mashable » The 13 most annoying Facebook notifications, ranked

Friday 16 June 12:30:00 UTC 2017

Facebook has a notifications problem. For whatever reason (maybe to help fix that pesky engagement problem), Facebook has really amped up the notifications spam lately. And it sucks.  Call me old fashioned, but I remember when a Facebook notification meant that one of your friends was intentionally interacting with you in some way. Wild, right? SEE ALSO: Here's how to remove … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Time to embrace our odd place in the cosmos, inside a huge void?

Friday 16 June 12:19:00 UTC 2017

Evidence is growing that our neck of the universe is a whole lot of nothing. This alluring idea could settle a cosmological bun fight, says Geraint Lewis [Link]

Mashable » Don't believe those ugly conspiracy theories around the Grenfell Tower fire

Friday 16 June 12:16:14 UTC 2017

Another tragedy, another sad opportunity for ugly conspiracy theories.  SEE ALSO: Firefighter's tweet goes viral in the wake of the London tower fire In the aftermath of the horrendous fire that ripped through a 24-story high-rise block in West London killing at least 30 people, there was an abundance of these theories on 4chan /pol/, the hotbed of the alt-right. The … [Link]

Mashable » Lorde admits she is, indeed, an Instagram onion ring reviewer

Friday 16 June 12:04:01 UTC 2017

On Thursday's Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon got to the bottom of a story that rocked the internet this week: Lorde's alleged Instagram account devoted solely to onion rings.  Lorde — a guest on Thursday's show — admitted that she was indeed the moderator behind the now-deleted account. "I sort of naively didn't realize it would be, like, a thing … [Link]

Mashable » Here's a draft of the Senate's healthcare bill they so don't want you to see

Friday 16 June 12:00:00 UTC 2017

For weeks, Republicans in the Senate have done everything they can to try and hide their proposed healthcare bill from the public — because transparency is sooooo 2016. Thankfully, we've obtained a very special draft of the proposed legislation, courtesy of an anonymous owl that flew by and dropped it on my desk. The owl asked that he not be named … [Link]

Mashable » The first phone maker to put a fingerprint reader into the screen may be Vivo

Friday 16 June 11:51:52 UTC 2017

The biggest question regarding both Apple and Samsung's upcoming flagship phones is currently this: Will they come with a fingerprint reader embedded into the screen? And while the jury is still out on both the upcoming iPhone 8 and Samsung's Note 8, a new report claims that the first phone maker to launch a phone with this feature is China's Vivo.  … [Link]

Mashable » An eerie, empty walk through Doha, Qatar

Friday 16 June 11:30:00 UTC 2017

Besides functioning as an actual hub between the West and Asia, Qatar is a place of passage, often a magnified non-place, a term the French anthropologist Marc Augé uses to describe spaces that don’t hold enough meaning for the people who populate them to qualify under the category of “place”. Foreigner~ make 88% of Qatar’s population. A lot of them come from … [Link]

Mashable » Man builds a sick beach hut with hidden rooms and now we want one

Friday 16 June 10:43:35 UTC 2017

Subterranean beach huts might be the way forward. SEE ALSO: 10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet's favourite mad scientist In the video above, Colin Furze takes viewers on a tour of the beach hut he built. He points out the clock and the decorative piece of driftwood placed artfully on the the wall. He then lifts … [Link]

Mashable » A firefighter did a Reddit AMA after the London tower fire and it was everything

Friday 16 June 10:31:29 UTC 2017

London firefighters are undoubtedly the unsung heroes who worked relentlessly to tackle the massive fire at the Grenfell Tower in West London and rescue people from the building. SEE ALSO: Firefighter's tweet goes viral in the wake of the London tower fire While many praised them for their inhuman effort, there were many incorrect statements about their job and fire safety … [Link]

Mashable » 7-year-old Bruce Lee fan is way fitter than you

Friday 16 June 10:25:42 UTC 2017

You wouldn't want to mess with this seven-year-old. Ryusei "Ryuji" Imai — a 7-year-old Bruce Lee fan — has gained a sizable following on Facebook and Instagram with his slick training videos and martial arts moves. SEE ALSO: 9-year-old girl stuns 'America's Got Talent' judges with her incredible voice Imai — often dubbed the 'mini-Bruce Lee' — first became an international … [Link]

Slashdot » The Quirky Habits of Certified Science Geniuses

Friday 16 June 10:00:00 UTC 2017

dryriver shares a report from the BBC: Celebrated inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla swore by toe exercises — every night, he'd repeatedly "squish" his toes, 100 times for each foot, according to the author Marc J Seifer. While it's not entirely clear exactly what that exercise involved, Tesla claimed it helped to stimulate his brain cells. The most prolific mathematician … [Link]

Mashable » Emoji expert documents Britney Spears' first Philippines concert perfectly

Friday 16 June 9:57:41 UTC 2017

What do you do when you meet the Queen of Pop? You troll her, of course. Filipino model Coleen Garcia will definitely go down in history for her epic trolling at Britney's concert in Manila. SEE ALSO: Listen to Britney Spears absolutely nail 'Toxic' without auto-tune With front-row tickets to the epic concert, Garcia documented her night on Instagram Stories with … [Link]

Mashable » 'Are you yellow?': Radio presenter's interview attracts controversy

Friday 16 June 9:50:04 UTC 2017

It was meant to be a light-hearted bit of cross promotion. An interview between ABC Melbourne radio presenter Red Symons and podcaster Beverley Wang became the subject of controversy on Friday, after Symons' tone deaf comments about race. SEE ALSO: Wonder Woman's message is exactly what we need in these dark times — but there's more to do Wang's podcast, It's … [Link]

Mashable » Jamie Foxx and Ansel Elgort crooning in this riff-off will make you swoon

Friday 16 June 9:35:03 UTC 2017

Jamie Foxx arrived on the the set of the Late Late Show ready for a battle. SEE ALSO: James Corden worked in Harrods for a day and it was a disaster In the video above, Foxx interrupts Corden's "dogs in sunglasses" segment to demand a riff-off. Corden steps up to the challenge and the two men duke it out with … [Link]

Mashable » Friendly island doggo followed a street view mapper and photobombed all his shots

Friday 16 June 9:29:11 UTC 2017

It’s not easy carrying a street view camera backpack around, but we imagine it's much better with a fluffy doggo following you the whole time.  In these pictures of Jukdo, a small idyllic island in South Korea, you can see the friendly dog is in nearly all of the pictures. Good doggo goes to what appears to be a public washroom.Image: … [Link]

Mashable » Forget driving to the supermarket, this one wants to come to you instead

Friday 16 June 9:10:52 UTC 2017

Read more… {"player":{"descript~ grocery store wants to drive itself to your door.","image":&quot~ autonomous, self-driving vehicle is the supermarket of the future","sources":[{~ store,amazon go,moby mart,self driving,wheelys inc","sec0":null,&qu~ store,amazon go,moby mart,self driving,wheelys inc","videoSeriesName&quo~ More about China, Grocery Store, Moby Mart, Self Driving, and Wheelys Inc [Link]

Mashable » 'Thor: Ragnarok' director joins anti-racism campaign with clever video

Friday 16 June 8:45:38 UTC 2017

Reverse psychology doesn't seem like the most obvious tool against racism, but here we are. Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has become the face of an anti-racism campaign organised by New Zealand's Human Rights Commission. It comes shortly after being awarded New Zealander of the Year for 2017. SEE ALSO: There’s an epidemic of LGBTQ hate violence. Here's how you can … [Link]

Mashable » Konami doesn't forgive and forget if you quit the company, apparently

Friday 16 June 8:15:52 UTC 2017

Apparently Konami will bear a serious grudge if you quit the company. The Japanese video game giant behind classics like Dance Dance Revolution and the Metal Gear franchise is in the news right now for apparently punishing employees within the industry for leaving the firm. Konami's pretty influential, so being on its sh*tlist is pretty bad if you're trying to develop … [Link]

Slashdot » New Evidence That All Stars Are Born In Pairs

Friday 16 June 7:00:00 UTC 2017

InfiniteZero shares a report from Phys.Org: Did our sun have a twin when it was born 4.5 billion years ago? Almost certainly yes — though not an identical twin. And so did every other sun-like star in the universe, according to a new analysis by a theoretical physicist from UC Berkeley and a radio astronomer from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory … [Link]

Mashable » The late Adam West remembered with a Bat-Signal in Los Angeles

Friday 16 June 6:16:46 UTC 2017

Just how else do you commemorate the Batman, Adam West. Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to pay tribute to the late actor's life on Thursday night, with the main act being the Bat-Signal shining on City Hall. SEE ALSO: 'You will always be Batman': Celebrities post tributes to Adam West The Bat-Signal is used in the series by … [Link]

Mashable » Jay Z went on a Twitter spree and thanked dozens of rappers that inspired him

Friday 16 June 5:28:19 UTC 2017

Jay Z seems to be in a really good mood right now. And why wouldn't he be. He's just been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming the first hip hop artist to do so.  SEE ALSO: Tidal, where everyone already loves Jay Z, celebrates Jay Z Jay hopped on Twitter Thursday night to thank those who've inspired him: Like … [Link]

The Joy of Tech » JoT #2430: iPhone's 10th anniversary!

Friday 16 June 5:26:55 UTC 2017

Wish you were here. [Link]

Mashable » Joe Biden totally surprised a grad with a big kiss on the cheek

Friday 16 June 4:20:30 UTC 2017

Brieana Carter got quite the surprise on graduation day—a kiss on the cheek from former Vice President Joe Biden.  Carter posted the video on Wednesday several weeks after graduating from Morgan State University in Baltimore. papajoe 😻#morganstatealum '17 A post shared by GUNNA 🔪💣 (@beautyyallure_) on Jun 14, 2017 at 8:54am PDT SEE ALSO: Joe Biden, president of ice cream, is … [Link]

Slashdot » Trump Orders Government To Stop Work On Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later

Friday 16 June 3:30:00 UTC 2017

The federal government will finally stop preparing for the Y2K bug, seventeen years after it came and went. Yes, you read that right. Bloomberg reports: The Trump administration announced Thursday that it would eliminate dozens of paperwork requirements for federal agencies, including an obscure rule that requires them to continue providing updates on their preparedness for a bug that afflicted … [Link]

Mashable » We can finally see inside the VIP world of Tinder Select and it's… meh?

Friday 16 June 3:00:00 UTC 2017

The world first learned about the existence of Tinder Select earlier this year, but details have been hard to come by. Until now.  Thankfully, Business Insider reporter Nathan McAlone managed to wrangle himself entrance into dating’s most exclusive club. And what he uncovered is…underwhelming. At least when compared to the VIP booth jammed with A-listers and unimaginably hot people that we'd … [Link]

Slashdot » Arctic Climate Change Study Canceled Due to Climate Change

Friday 16 June 2:25:00 UTC 2017

A Canadian expedition to study climate change in the Arctic has been canceled due to climate change. Specifically, the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen had to be cancelled "due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice," reports University of Manitoba. From the report: This regrettably postpones the much-anticipated Hudson Bay System Study (BaySys) involving 40 scientists from … [Link]

Mashable » Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he's going to leak his interview with Megyn Kelly

Friday 16 June 2:13:40 UTC 2017

Alex Jones leaked audio from his interview with NBC News' Megyn Kelly and claimed he would release the entire thing later Thursday night.  The leak comes in light of NBC News being slammed in the wake of news that they'd given Jones and his infamously inflammatory website Infowars the anointment that comes with mainstream news coverageInfowars is by reputation a self-styled … [Link]

Slashdot » Six Companies Awarded $258 Million From US Government To Build Exascale Supercomputers

Friday 16 June 1:45:00 UTC 2017

The U.S. Department of Energy will be investing $258 million to help six leading technology firms — AMD, Cray Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Intel, and Nvidia — research and build exascale supercomputers. Digital Trends reports: The funding will be allocated to them over the course of a three-year period, with each company providing 40 percent of the overall project … [Link]

Mashable » UK company sold spy tools to the repressive governments battling the 'Arab Spring'

Friday 16 June 1:33:04 UTC 2017

A UK company sold surveillance tools to authoritarian governments that could be used to stamp out signs of dissent.   BAE Systems, according to an investigation conducted by the BBC and the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information, began shopping surveillance tools to governments in the Middle East after they bought a Danish company called ETI, which built a surveillance system known as … [Link]

Mashable » Super rare two-headed porpoise captured in photos

Friday 16 June 1:11:45 UTC 2017

A fishing vessel in the North Sea between the UK, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia found quite the catch last month: the first-ever documented two-headed harbor porpoise. Dutch trawler caught a siamese porpoise calf yesterday. Fishermen threw it back overboard in fear of prosecution, so no chance for researchpic.twitter.com/9XrwqKMnLI — Daniel Moore (@dm_moore_) June 7, 2017 The dead conjoined porpoise twins were … [Link]

Slashdot » CIA Created 'CherryBlossom' Toolkit For Hacking Hundreds of Routers Models

Friday 16 June 1:05:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader writes: After a two-week hiatus, WikiLeaks dumped new files as part of the Vault 7 series — documents about a CIA tool named CherryBlossom, a multi-purpose framework developed for hacking hundreds of home router models. The tool is by far one of the most sophisticated CIA malware frameworks in the CIA's possession. The purpose of CherryBlossom is … [Link]

New Scientist – News » UK’s hunger for prawns is killing thousands of turtles a year

Friday 16 June 1:01:00 UTC 2017

Up to 29,000 marine turtles are being killed by nets used to catch tropical prawns for sale in the EU, predominantly in the UK, a report suggests   [Link]

Mashable » Watching people retweet Trump in real time is both mesmerizing and depressing

Friday 16 June 0:54:09 UTC 2017

One hundred and sixty-two thousand retweets. Two hundred and eighty-nine thousand likes. Donald Trump's tweets routinely garner engagement on such a scale that it's hard to really understand what any of those numbers actually mean.  That just changed.  A new Twitter feature, announced in a June 15 blog post, displays retweets and likes in real time as they come in — … [Link]

Slashdot » Spotify Continues To Grow Faster Than Apple Music Thanks To Free Tier

Friday 16 June 0:35:00 UTC 2017

Joe Rossignol reports via Mac Rumors: Spotify today announced it now has over 140 million subscribers worldwide, including users that only listen to the free ad-supported tier. Spotify last said it had over 100 million subscribers in June 2016, so it has gained around 40 million listeners in one year to remain the world's largest streaming music service. Spotify didn't … [Link]

Mashable » Amazon files oh-so-ironic patent to block people from comparing prices in its stores

Friday 16 June 0:17:30 UTC 2017

Amazon has earned plenty of sales from shoppers comparing its prices to those of items on the store shelves in front of them. Now the online retail giant has locked down a patent on technology to prevent people from doing just that in its own stores. SEE ALSO: Amazon’s homegrown products are moving beyond batteries and baby wipes The system, filed … [Link]

Mashable » Man rescues cat that got itself wedged between 2 walls

Friday 16 June 0:16:48 UTC 2017

Campbell Baird of Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland stumbled across a curious cat that got itself in a bit of trouble recently. Somehow, the cat managed to get itself wedged between two walls of a building, and was unable to slip its body through the small opening. With a little bit of coaxing and some gentle pulls, Baird was able to help … [Link]

Slashdot » eBay Urges Customers To Oppose Washington Internet Tax

Friday 16 June 0:05:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from KNKX: If you live in Washington state, you might have gotten the email from eBay. It begins: "The Washington State Legislature is threatening to impose new Internet sales tax burdens on you." It goes on to urge the recipient to send a form letter to Washington lawmakers opposing "harmful tax laws." So what's … [Link]

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