Someone hacked The Weather Channel
We live in an age where companies suffer data breaches and hacks of various types on a disturbingly regular basis. Credit card companies, social networks, …
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Facebook now says ‘millions’ of Instagram passwords were exposed, not ‘tens of thousands’
Well, that’s a heck of a revision. Back in March, as part of a disclosure about Facebook having learned that some user passwords were being …
A robot that kind of looks like Wall-E’s big brother helped save Notre Dame
Notre Dame was reportedly only about 15 to 30 minutes away from a fire completely destroying the historic cathedral earlier this week when Paris firefighters …
Student used a ‘USB Killer’ to destroy $58,000 worth of computers at his old college
In a rather bizarre tale, a former MBA student who attended the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York recently destroyed nearly 70 college-owned …
NASA just sent robotic ‘bees’ to the International Space Station
Do robots have a place in the future of crewed space missions? NASA thinks so, and it’s not the only one. Late last year the …
New ISS astronaut assignments mean Christina Koch will break a huge NASA record
A few weeks back, NASA had anticipated conducting the first all-female spacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClaine on the International Space Station. Unfortunately, …
Apple’s got a credit card, and now T-Mobile is launching a checking account
Tech companies and telcos, all of a sudden it seems, have decided to start making money by getting into, well, money. The same way Apple …
The 12 Marvel movies you need to see to make the most of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ next week
We only have about a week to go until Avengers: Endgame hits theaters — April 26th is the official launch date for the film, but …
Watch a massive fireball light up the sky over the East Coast
Not all meteor sightings are create equal. Seeing any space rock streaking across the night sky is pretty darn cool, but some of them put …
A fossil hunter is selling a baby T-rex on eBay, and scientists are livid
One of the great things about the world of science is that researchers in most fields tend to be incredibly open with their work. Many …
T-Mobile and Comcast are now working together to fight robocalls
The fight against the barrage of spam calls and robocalls continues to pick up steam, as a pair of rival carriers announced today that they’re …
NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon’s South Pole in five years
NASA is moving forward with plans to send a crewed mission to the lunar surface by 2024, a goal that will be impossible to achieve …
China is sending teens to the desert to simulate life on Mars
Mars is a mostly dry, dusty, barren place. Earth, our big blue-green marble of a planet, has a few places like that too, which makes …
Facebook is developing its own Alexa-like voice assistant that nobody asked for
Facebook is continuing to build out new technology that promises to extend its reach and capabilities well beyond the main blue app with its simple, …
Verizon just made it more expensive to activate or upgrade a phone in-store
Verizon appears to be incentivizing consumers to make purchases online rather than at one of its brick-and-mortar retail stores, as CNET reports that the mobile …
All the new spoilers from Marvel’s brand new ‘Avengers: Endgame’ commercials that you might have missed
Tuesday was a huge day for Avengers fans, and not just because a certain clip featuring never before seen Avengers: Endgame footage leaked on social …
Earth may have been struck by an interstellar meteor way back in 2014
It was late 2017 when the astronomy world was buzzing over what appeared to be the first-ever interstellar visitor observed by mankind. It was a …
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter found its first Earth-size planet, but you wouldn’t want to visit
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunting telescope has been on the job for less than a year, but it’s already racking up some impressive discoveries. Following the …
Hackers unleashed 40 million cyberattacks on Ecuador after Julian Assange’s arrest
Julian Assange’s arrest at the end of last week by British officials who finally snatched him at the London embassy in Ecuador where he’d been …
Nearby exoplanet may have the potential to support life
Finding planets outside of our solar system is a challenge, and determining the size, composition, and surface conditions of such planets is more difficult still. …
Netflix just added another 10 million subscribers, will experiment with top 10 lists
Netflix is just out with its earnings results covering the first three months of the year, and a key highlight of the companion shareholder letter …
NASA’s Cassini discovers shockingly deep lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan
It’s been well over a year since NASA’s incredibly trusty Cassini probe performed its final act, plunging into Saturn’s atmosphere where it was obliterated by …
Apple helping rebuild Notre Dame is a perfect example of how it’s changed under Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted early Tuesday morning that the company would be donating money as a way of helping French officials rebuild the Notre …
SpaceX lost its Falcon Heavy core booster to the ocean
Last week, SpaceX finally accomplished something it had never done before. It launched the Falcon Heavy on its first commercial mission, and when its trio …
NASA sent mice into space, and the results are unintentionally hilarious
At some point in the not-so-distant future, NASA and other space groups around the world will begin embarking on manned missions deeper into our solar …
Facebook is copying Snapchat again with a new way to browse the News Feed
Facebook’s new Snapchat-like “Stories” format could be about to completely transform your News Feed, if the latest scoop from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong comes …
The world’s largest airplane finally took off
It didn’t take long for SpaceX to become a leader in commercial spaceflight. The company’s reusable rocket technology makes it possible for the company to …
SpaceIL’s first lander crashed into the Moon, but they’re already planning a second try
It’s been a very interesting month thus far for SpaceIL, the Israeli organization which sent the Beresheet lunar lander into space and subsequently crashed it …
This is the last thing Israel’s lunar lander saw before smashing into the Moon
Last week, Israel attempted to do something that only three other countries have accomplished in the history of mankind by landing a spacecraft on the …
Florida man killed by gigantic pet bird
Lots of people around the world keep birds as pets, and the vast majority of the time they pose no danger to their owners. A …
