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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.

Popular Science » Here's what happens when lightning doesn't hit the ground

Saturday 24 June 23:11:04 UTC 2017

Science Upside down lightning is a seemingly rare weather event. Lightning usually strikes Earth. Except when it doesn't. Read on. [Link]

Slashdot » Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux

Saturday 24 June 22:58:00 UTC 2017

Linus Torvalds appeared in a new "fireside chat" with VMware Head of Open Source Dirk Hohndel. An anonymous reader writes: Linus explained what still surprises him about Linux development. "Code that I thought was stable continually gets improved. There are things we haven't touched for many years, then someone comes along and improves them or makes bug reports in something … [Link]

Mashable » Ice Cube kicks off celebrity 3-on-3 basketball league in new ad

Saturday 24 June 22:06:04 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookNow that the Olympics has added three-on-three basketball as a medal-worthy competition, the usually street ball/playground-based game is big time, and Ice Cube is about to cash in on it.  SEE ALSO: Warriors star Klay Thompson now famous for the worst dunk fail in history Actually, the rapper/actor announced his Big 3 league long before the Olympics added the sport to … [Link]

Slashdot » State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers

Saturday 24 June 21:54:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: A Rhode Island legislative committee has approved a bill that would greatly expand the surveillance state through the deployment of license plate readers. For the first time in the US, these devices would be attached along Rhode Island highways and roads for the stated purpose of catching uninsured motorists from any state… The legislation … [Link]

Popular Science » A storm chaser talks about the most dangerous storms of her career

Saturday 24 June 21:40:00 UTC 2017

storm chaser illustration Environment Not just a weather girl. Jaclyn Whittal has chased some intense storms, but nothing compares to the El Reno tornado. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » 'Westworld' star James Marsden gives us a peek at Season 2 gunslinging

Saturday 24 June 21:07:16 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThe next season of Westworld is still a long ways away, but that doesn't mean the cast isn't hard at work putting together the next installment of robots vs. humans drama.  SEE ALSO: Snapchat is adding more big-name TV channels, including HBO We got our first sort-of-peek at Westworld Season 2 on Friday thanks to show regular James Marsden. The actor, … [Link]

Mashable » Everything you'd possibly wanna know about Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 just got leaked

Saturday 24 June 20:56:40 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint api production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fvideo uploaders%2fdistribution thumb%2fimage%2f15590%2f13cb5838 fba4 4e1e b1af ae908cdf4c27 Read more… {"player":{"descript~ is what we've been waiting for.","image":"~ gonna delay the Galaxy S8 again, report says","sources":[{&q~ headset,delay,vr experience,standalone-featured,vr camera,real-time,real-time video,real time,vr headsets,real-time-video,galaxy s8,real time video,samsung galaxy s8,s8,s8+","sec0":nu~ headset,delay,vr experience,standalone-featured,vr camera,real-time,real-time video,real time,vr headsets,real-time-video,galaxy s8,real time video,samsung galaxy s8,s8,s8+","videoSeriesNa~ More about Android, Samsung, Smartphones, Galaxy Note 8, and Note 8 [Link]

Slashdot » Survey Says: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, But X86 SBCs Have Made Gains

Saturday 24 June 20:50:00 UTC 2017

DeviceGuru writes: Results from LinuxGizmos.com's annual hacker-friendly single board computer survey are in, and not surprisingly, the Raspberry Pi 3 is the most desired maker SBC by a 4-to-1 margin. In other trends: x86 SBCs and Linux/Arduino hybrids have trended upwards. The site's popular hacker SBC survey polled 1,705 survey respondents and asked for their first, second, and third favorite … [Link]

Mashable » Twitter Moment shows exactly how devastating the GOP healthcare bill would be for one family

Saturday 24 June 20:30:29 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookBefore the Senate votes on its bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, many people are sharing stories of how the bill would affect them.  One story struck a chord with thousands of Twitter users this weekend. The mom of 3-year-old Ethan Vikash shared a photo of a medical bill for her son's open heart surgery. The 24-line item bill came … [Link]

Mashable » President Trump's Disney Hall of Presidents installation delayed, big time

Saturday 24 June 20:24:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookYou’ll have to wait a little longer for your robot Donald Trump. New reports coming out of the most magical place on earth claim that Disney World's Hall of Presidents won't be showing off its 45th robot President any time soon. The venerable hall, which has been closed for renovations since shortly before Trump took office in January, was originally scheduled … [Link]

Mashable » Turn your dog into a disco ball with this light up vest

Saturday 24 June 20:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThe Disco Dog is a smartphone-controlled LED light vest that can keep your dog safe in the dark and also light up the party. Read more…More about Dogs, Animals, Pets, Light, and Animal [Link]

Mashable » Is Uber the MySpace of ride-hailing companies?

Saturday 24 June 19:47:05 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook After this week, Uber is forever changed. Co-founder Travis Kalanick was forced to resign as CEO after pressure from investors over recent scandals. Those scandals? Where to begin: There are the allegations of sexual harassment and HR incompetence from Susan Fowler Rigetti. There's the ongoing lawsuit from Alphabet's Waymo that alleges Uber benefited from intellectual property that the now-fired head … [Link]

Slashdot » Should Your Company Switch To Microservices?

Saturday 24 June 19:46:00 UTC 2017

Walmart Canada claims that it was microservices that allowed them to replace hardware with virtual servers, reducing costs by somewhere between 20 and 50 percent. Now Slashdot reader snydeq shares an article by a senior systems automation engineer arguing that a microservices approach "offers increased modularity, making applications easier to develop, test, deploy, and, more importantly, change and maintain." The … [Link]

Mashable » Warriors star Klay Thompson now famous for the worst dunk fail in history

Saturday 24 June 19:12:21 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookYou just won your second NBA championship, so now it's time to go pay respects to your shoe sponsor in China aaaand… embarrass yourself, the NBA, and said shoe sponsor, in epic fashion.  SEE ALSO: LeBron James and Draymond Green are in the best Instagram flame war On Saturday, a tragic video of Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson began making … [Link]

Mashable » Woman kicked out of own apartment pool for high leg, one piece swimsuit

Saturday 24 June 19:04:51 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookA sincere question: is there anything women are allowed to wear in the summer? The latest example of a ludicrous "dress code violation" comes from Tennessee, where 20-year-old Tori Jenkins was allegedly asked to leave the pool at her own apartment complex for wearing the below swimsuit. SEE ALSO: Woman kicked out of a mall for wearing what women wear in … [Link]

Mashable » Mark Zuckerberg is still the only one using Facebook Stories and he really likes Iowa

Saturday 24 June 19:00:59 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookEveryone’s best friend, Mark Zuckerberg, has a new Facebook story and he's having a great time in Iowa.  Zuckerberg used Facebook stories—that product Facebook introduced to add onto Instagram Stories but that hasn't quite caught on yet—to document his trip midwest. The Facebook CEO traveled to Iowa as part of his 2017 promise to visit U.S. states he's never been to.  … [Link]

Slashdot » Researcher Finds Critical OpenVPN Bug Using Fuzzing

Saturday 24 June 18:42:00 UTC 2017

"Guido Vranken recently published 4 security vulnerabilities in OpenVPN on his personal blog," writes long-time Slashdot reader randomErr — one of which was a critical remote execution bug. Though patches have been now released, there's a lesson to be learned about the importance of fuzzing — bug testing with large amounts of random data — Guido Vranken writes: Most of … [Link]

Geek Culture » Because it's fun…

Saturday 24 June 18:04:15 UTC 2017

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Mashable » 'Star Wars' diamond encrusted Yoda brings The Force to your wallet

Saturday 24 June 17:54:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThere’s a limit to the level of Star Wars fan obsession we can accept before we are forced to question whether or not you're missing a few midi-chlorians.  Such is the case with the latest piece of Star Wars fan swag that comes to us in the form of a gold, diamond encrusted pendant currently up for auction online.  SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Slashdot » UK Parliament Emails Closed After 'Sustained And Determined' Cyber-Attack

Saturday 24 June 17:38:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes the Guardian: Parliament has been hit by a "sustained and determined" cyber-attack by hackers attempting to gain access to MPs' and their staffers' email accounts. Both houses of parliament were targeted on Friday in an attack that sought to gain access to accounts protected by weak passwords… The estate's digital services team said they had made … [Link]

Mashable » People are mad at Twitter for promoting the Obamacare repeal hashtag #HellerVoteYes

Saturday 24 June 17:35:45 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookNevada Sen. Dean Heller became the first Republican on Friday to say he wouldn't vote for the Senate's bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act because of its cuts to healthcare benefits for low-income Americans.  Naturally, a conservative, pro-Trump interest group is lobbying the senator to change his mind about the GOP effort to replace Obamacare. One of them promoted a … [Link]

Mashable » Drone footage shows Apple's nearly finished spaceship campus against stunning sunset

Saturday 24 June 17:19:02 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook Apple's massive new spaceship campus, officially called "Apple Park," is nearly complete and should officially open later this year. New drone footage reveals how glorious the main campus and the Steve Jobs Theater look just as the sun is setting. The new 2.8 million-square-foot headquarters will be home to over 12,000 Apple employees. It's Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive's … [Link]

Mashable » Divers use custom Snapchat Spectacles to explore deep underwater

Saturday 24 June 17:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook Https%3a%2f%2fvdist.aws.mashable.com%2fcms%2f2017%2f6%2fcc0e3758 a5d1 d2a6%2fthumb%2f00001 Read more… {"player":{"descript~ use custom Snapchat Spectacles to explore deep underwater","sources&quot~ More about Snapchat, Diving, Royal Caribbean, Underwater Photography, and Spectacles [Link]

Slashdot » 'Stack Clash' Linux Flaw Enables Root Access. Patch Now

Saturday 24 June 16:34:00 UTC 2017

msm1267 writes: Linux, BSD, Solaris and other open source systems are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability known as Stack Clash that allows an attacker to execute code at root. Major Linux and open source distributors made patches available Monday, and systems running Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD or Solaris on i386 or amd64 hardware should be updated soon. The … [Link]

Mashable » Jennifer Lopez calls out commenters who accused her of Photoshopping her abs

Saturday 24 June 16:12:19 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookTo be a female celebrity means that you cannot even Instagram your perfect abs without being attacked by trolls. Luckily, Jennifer Lopez knows how to keep the peace. Because the internet is both a wonderful and a terrible place, J.Lo's delightful Instagram mirror selfie was instantly met with comments accusing her of Photoshopping the image. SEE ALSO: Remember George Clooney's tequila … [Link]

Mashable » Augmented reality could be the biggest reason to buy an iPhone 8

Saturday 24 June 16:03:04 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook Https%3a%2f%2fvdist.aws.mashable.com%2fjw%2f2017%2f5%2f7ffd6765 9376 8cc7%2fthumb%2f00001 Read more… {"player":{"descript~ the speculation begin! ","image":"http~ 8 rumors include a 'Smart Connector' for AR headset","sources":[~ reality,vr,ipad pro,apple store,augmented reality,vr headset,cupertino,standalone-featur~ video,real time,dongle,real-time-video,iphone 8,real time video,apple news","sec0":null,&q~ reality,vr,ipad pro,apple store,augmented reality,vr headset,cupertino,standalone-featur~ video,real time,dongle,real-time-video,iphone 8,real time video,apple news","videoSeriesName&qu~ More about Tech, Apple, Iphone, Cameras, and Ar [Link]

Mashable » Someone actually created a live feed of Trump's tweets as artwork for his living room

Saturday 24 June 16:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThink you've had enough of @realDonaldTrump? Try stepping into your living room and having a live feed of the president's hotly debated tweets on your wall. No need to turn on the news, no need to open your Twitter app — or any other form of social media. All you have to do is look at your wall.   SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Mashable » Instagram is actively ruining my life with its inhumane algorithm

Saturday 24 June 15:56:11 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookAs a rule, social networks are terrible at understanding their human users — no matter the ooey-gooey platitudes about bringing us "closer together" their executives piece together.  Never has this been more clear than over the past few days, when Instagram's algorithm continually shoved well-meaning but emotionally ruinous "happy Father's Day!" garbage down my throat. SEE ALSO: In praise of Justin … [Link]

Mashable » Nike tries out AR for limited-edition sneakers on its SNKRS app

Saturday 24 June 15:36:10 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookNike’s SNKRS app will soon move shopping for sneakers on the app partly into the real world.  The app is adding augmented reality technology for the drop of the Nike SB Dunk High Pro "Momofuku."  App users have to find a copy of the menu for the New York restaurant Fuku, part of David Chang's Momofuku empire, online or even on … [Link]

Slashdot » Former Slashdot Contributor Jon Katz Believes He Can Talk To Animals

Saturday 24 June 15:34:00 UTC 2017

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland got a surprise when he visited his local bookstore: Jon Katz turns 70 this August, and he's published a new book called Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You. Katz was a former newspaper reporter (and a contributing editor to Rolling Stone) who wrote for HotWired, the first online presence … [Link]

Mashable » Trust the reviews: Toilet seat covers are a great skincare product

Saturday 24 June 15:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookDespite the general vibe of a trip to Sephora, good skincare products do not need to be expensive. In fact, your office bathroom might already have them … just above the place dozens of people poop! Yes, wax paper toilet seat covers currently have a score of 4.6/5 on the "Misc Beauty Tools" section of MakeupAlley, the mother of all beauty … [Link]

Mashable » Terrified dog does not want to be anywhere near hamster, thanks

Saturday 24 June 14:52:08 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook We all have our own irrational fears — and the less sense they make, the worse they often are. This dog, for example, is afraid of this tiny hamster, even though it is much, much larger than the hamster and would certainly win in a fight. Just don't make eye contact, dog! Don't do it! Read more… More about Dogs, … [Link]

Slashdot » Phoronix Announces '2017 Linux Laptop Survey'

Saturday 24 June 14:34:00 UTC 2017

Phoronix is hosting a 2017 Linux Laptop Survey. From their site: While Linux laptop compatibility is much better than where it was years ago, it's still not too uncommon to run into display/hybrid issues, shorter battery life under Linux than Windows or macOS, touchpad problems, and other occasional compatibility/performance shortcomings. So we've established this Linux Laptop Survey in conjunction with … [Link]

Mashable » NBD, it's just a Bengali cat skateboarding down the street like a boss

Saturday 24 June 14:07:56 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook This is Boomer. No, not Michael Phelps' adorable baby Boomer, but Boomer, the Bengali cat who skateboards. Yes, this cat skateboards. And skateboards really well. Boomer's probably better at skateboarding than most people. He's also most definitely more talented than most cats, whose skills mostly consist of eating, sleeping, and playing games on iPad.  Just look at how cool and … [Link]

Mashable » Jowls for days: Meet the 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner

Saturday 24 June 14:05:59 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThe 2017 World's Ugliest Dog winner is perhaps the floppiest yet. Martha, a three-year-old 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff from Sebastopol, California, took the top prize at the Petaluma competition on Friday. Martha will triumphantly return home with $1,500, a trophy, and a free trip to New York City for media appearances. SEE ALSO: Dogs, ranked And she seems absolutely thrilled. Image: M. … [Link]

Popular Science » So, you want to terraform Mars? Here's one way to do it.

Saturday 24 June 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Space Climate change could make the red planet livable within 100 years. Mars is known as the Red Planet, but we could color it green. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » Take your summer picnics to the next level with this portable grill

Saturday 24 June 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThe 'UNA Grill' is a shoebox-sized charcoal grill that you can carry with you wherever you go. Read more…More about Food, Design, Portable, Coal, and Barbecue [Link]

Mashable » In 1943, a farmer's cornfield suddenly sprouted a 1,300-foot volcano

Saturday 24 June 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookImage: Ed Clark/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesFor Dionisio Pulido and his family, Feb. 20, 1943 began as an average day of clearing and burning shrubbery from their cornfields near the village of Parícutin, Mexico to prepare for the spring sowing.Later that afternoon, as Pulido moved to a different field to continue his work, he stumbled upon a small hill that had … [Link]

Mashable » Trump's rural internet access drive is one of his few ideas everyone seems to support —but is he serious about it?

Saturday 24 June 13:10:31 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookIf you live in the country, there's a good chance you don't have broadband-speed internet. Only one in ten Americans lack access to a connection that meets the government's new standard for the designation, but more than two thirds of them live in rural areas. In those regions, nearly 40 percent of people can't get broadband. Experts worry this digital divide … [Link]

Mashable » Hauntingly real video game is about the failures and triumphs of remembering the dead

Saturday 24 June 13:01:30 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook“A lot of this isn’t going to make sense to you. And I’m sorry about that.” They're the first words Edith passes down to me, as I open her journal, and begin the saga of the Finch family curse I'll come to know the Finches well through Giant Sparrow’s two-hour narrative-driven game exploring the series of unfortunate events that make up the family’s … [Link]

Slashdot » The People GoFundMe Leaves Behind

Saturday 24 June 13:00:00 UTC 2017

citadrianne shares a report from The Outline: President Donald Trump's proposed budget seeks to slash $54 billion from social services including programs like Medicaid and Meals on Wheels. As these resources dry up, crowdfunding websites will further entrench themselves as extra-governmental welfare providers in order to fill the gap. For a lucky few, these sites are a lifeline. For most … [Link]

Mashable » How couples use Instagram to spotlight black queer love

Saturday 24 June 13:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookFor soon-to-marry couple Dominic Spence and Nick Gilyard, Instagram has become a place where together they show others what a young, black, queer relationship looks like.  SEE ALSO: 9 LGBT families that will diversify your Instagram feed Their joint page, @dom_and_nick, recently had a moment when the Instagram account The Way We Met profiled the 27- and 25-year-olds, who live in … [Link]

Mashable » Dear Corporate America, leave our LGBTQ Pride celebrations alone

Saturday 24 June 12:30:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookListen up, "prideful" corporations. Pack up your branded rainbow swag and leave my community alone.  The LGBTQ community has put up with your "rainbow-washing" during Pride Month for far too long. And in the Trump era, when LGBTQ rights are under alarming attack, we need you to step off our movement. We need to reclaim Pride and its resistance roots — … [Link]

Popular Science » Set phone reminders for anything

Saturday 24 June 12:00:00 UTC 2017

Todoist DIY Outsource your memory. One of the smartest tricks your phone can do: Remind you about an event at just the right time or even place. Here's how to set up custom reminders. [Link]

Mashable » Extend your smartphone's camera on a budget with these accessories

Saturday 24 June 12:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookJust to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to Instagram and the relative quality of even the most basic smartphone cameras, nearly anyone can take "artsy" photos these days. But the same principles that applied to film photography for a century still hold true in the digital realm: if you want … [Link]

Mashable » Prepare to be entranced by these tiny cooking videos

Saturday 24 June 12:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThere is something undeniably mesmerizing about watching our favorite dishes made in their teeniest, tiniest form.  From fancy Italian dishes to dessert specialties, there are so many mini food videos it's hard to know where to start.  SEE ALSO: Baby snake holding tiny toy donut is unexpectedly cute Fear not – we've rounded up all the best tiny foods videos from … [Link]

Mashable » Watch your raw memories become mind-blowing abstract art

Saturday 24 June 11:54:36 UTC 2017

Twitter Facebook Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint api production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fvideo uploaders%2fdistribution thumb%2fimage%2f80499%2ff20d1ecd c0ee 421b b2ff 40c3bc253814 Read more… {"player":{"descript~ awesome brain wave.","image":&quot~ your raw memories become mind-blowing abstract art","sources":[{&qu~ paintings","sec0":nu~ paintings","videoSeriesNa~ More about Science, Art, Paintings, Memories, and Brain [Link]

Slashdot » Sci-Hub Ordered To Pay $15 Million In Piracy Damages

Saturday 24 June 10:00:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Two years ago, academic publisher Elsevier filed a complaint (PDF) against Sci-Hub and several related "pirate" sites. It accused the websites of making academic papers widely available to the public, without permission. While Sci-Hub is nothing like the average pirate site, it is just as illegal according to Elsevier's legal team, who … [Link]

Mashable » Every single Stephen King novella, ranked

Saturday 24 June 8:30:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThere aren't many best-selling authors out there who still write novellas. In publishing terms, the form is a tricky one: often too short to stand alone but too long to include in a short story collection, books in the 20,000-40,000 word range can sometimes hang in a kind of literary no man's land. It's tricky to make them work. SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Slashdot » FCC Grants OneWeb Approval To Launch Over 700 Satellites For 'Space Internet'

Saturday 24 June 7:00:00 UTC 2017

OneWeb has been granted approval from the FCC to launch a network of internet-beaming satellites into orbit. FCC chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement: "Humans have long sought inspiration from the stars, from the ancient Egyptians orienting the pyramids toward certain stars to the Greeks using constellations to write their mythology. In modern times, we've done the same, with … [Link]

Slashdot » Obama Authorized a Secret Cyber Operation Against Russia, Says Report

Saturday 24 June 3:30:00 UTC 2017

Jessica Conditt reports via Engadget: President Barack Obama learned of Russia's attempts to hack U.S. election systems in early August 2016, and as intelligence mounted over the following months, the White House deployed secrecy protocols it hadn't used since the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, according to a report by The Washington Post. Apparently, one of the covert … [Link]

Mashable » The first 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' reviews are in

Saturday 24 June 2:44:17 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookAre your Spidey senses tingling yet? One of the first media screenings of Spider-Man: Homecoming took place Friday night, and while official reviews are still under embargo, audience members were allowed to share their general thoughts on social media following the film. SEE ALSO: 'Spider-Man' spinoff 'Venom' has a villain (and no, we don't mean Venom) And boy, did people have … [Link]

Slashdot » 32TB of Windows 10 Internal Builds, Core Source Code Leak Online

Saturday 24 June 2:05:00 UTC 2017

According to an exclusive report via The Register, "a massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online." From the report: The data — some 32TB of installation images and software blueprints that compress down to 8TB — were uploaded to betaarchive.com, the latest load of files provided just earlier … [Link]

Slashdot » 6 Female Founders Accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of Making Unwanted Advances

Saturday 24 June 1:25:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Yesterday The Information reported on allegations made by half a dozen women working in the tech industry who say they have faced unwanted and inappropriate advances from Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Justin Caldbeck, co-founder and managing partner of Binary Capital. The women include Niniane Wang, co-creator of Google Desktop and a prior … [Link]

Mashable » Explore dishes from the weird and wonderful world of 'Twin Peaks'

Saturday 24 June 1:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookHOT DAMN the cherry pie from the Double R Diner looks good, but what about the other dishes from the weird and wonderful world that David Lynch created in Twin Peaks? Read more…More about Watercooler, Entertainment, Mashable Video, Twin Peaks, and David Lynch [Link]

Slashdot » Tesla Is 'In Talks' To Build a Factory In China

Saturday 24 June 0:45:00 UTC 2017

Tesla confirmed yesterday that it is "in talks" with the municipal government of Shanghai to manufacture its vehicles in the country. Tesla said in a statement: "Tesla is working with the Shanghai Municipal Government to explore the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in the region to serve the Chinese market. As we've said before, we expect to more clearly … [Link]

Mashable » Mets fan proves you should either hold your baby or catch a foul ball — not both

Saturday 24 June 0:38:42 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookThe GIF below, which rose to the front page of Reddit Friday afternoon, truly contains multitudes. It's got apparent marital discord, rage-bait, an inarguably impressive but morally questionable feat, and so much more. Really, what more can you ask for from a single GIF?  Now behold this Mets fan risk a baby's life to catch a foul ball.  Here's a longer … [Link]

Mashable » Virgin Media thinks 800,000 users should change their router passwords

Saturday 24 June 0:17:15 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookVirgin Media wants you to change your router password.  The company recently published guidance on how to do that for older router models after Which? magazine — a publication "known for testing household products" — found that Virgin Media routers weren't so hard to hack.  SEE ALSO: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into hackers Which? found that Virgin … [Link]

Slashdot » 'Chiropractors Are Bullshit'

Saturday 24 June 0:05:00 UTC 2017

From an article on The Outline, submitted by two readers: If you're one of the approximately 80 percent of Americans who have suffered from back pain, you may have been referred to a chiropractor for medical help. In the modern-day internet landscape, you'll find chiropractic celebrities like Dr. Josh Axe (1.7 million Facebook followers), Dr. Billy DeMoss (20,000 Facebook followers), … [Link]

Mashable » Why Sean Spicer is actually a genius

Saturday 24 June 0:00:00 UTC 2017

Twitter FacebookWhen it comes to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, most people would not immediately label him as a "smart guy." He has drawn criticism for making false and often controversial statements, and his general combativeness with the press. But he is human, is he not? Are you perfect? He deserves a champion. And that champion is me.  I'm going to … [Link]

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