Hillary Clinton Didn’t Encrypt Her Secretary of State Emails For Months 

New details have emerged about exactly how Hillary Clinton secured the homebrew private email servers she used as Secretary of State. The punchline? Clinton didn’t encrypt her emails or use a certificate for her first three months running the State Department. Read more…

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The World’s Largest Vertical Farm Is Being Built In an Old Steel Mill 

Across the Hudson and over Newark Bay, about 15 miles from Manhattan, a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs is financing the construction of what will become the largest vertical farm in the world inside a former steel mill. Read more…

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120,000 Pounds of Cosmic Dust Floats Down From Space Every Day

NASA may be endlessly fascinated with microbial life on far-flung moons in our solar system or testing powerful rocket boosters that will propel humanity off its ancestral home, but there’s still tons we don’t know about our own planet—and cosmic dust is one of those mysteries. Read more…

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Apple admits the App and iTunes Stores are down for ‘all users’ (update)

Good luck trying to buy anything that isn’t hardware from Apple right now. The company recently confirmed on its services status dashboard that the iOS and Mac App Stores, as well as the iTunes Store, are “unavailable for all users.” The silver lining? Some people might still have luck picking up some new reading from the iBooks Store, but we wouldn’t count on it. Don’t be fooled, either: For now you can still sift through the stores’ wares and listings as though nothing happened, but you won’t actually be able to purchase anything. The first spate of issues started making the rounds at about 5AM Eastern, and Twitter’s slowly been swelling with confused, clamoring consumers ever since. At time of writing, Apple hasn’t yet said how far along it is in the recovery process, or when users can expect to access the stores once more. Update after the break This widespread outage is Apple’s second big burst of bad luck in as many days. After showing off a near-ready Apple Watch and a svelte new Macbook on Monday to considerable acclaim, a report from The Intercept outlined the CIA’s multi-year effort to crack the security of Apple’s devices and create a hush-hush customized version of XCode that would build security backdoors into apps created with it. Update: Apple’s issued statement to CNBC , saying that the fault was due to an internal DNS error: “We apologize to our customers experiencing problems with iTunes and other services this morning. The cause was an internal DNS error at Apple. We’re working to make all of the services available to customers as soon as possible, and we thank everyone for their patience.” Filed under: Mobile Comments Source: Apple , CNBC

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PS4’s next update brings Suspend for games, 60fps Share Play

Confirming the leaked information from last week , Sony announced tonight that it’s testing a big update for the PS4. Codenamed “Yukimura”, v2.50 it will add the Suspend/Resume feature we’ve been awaiting since before the system launched . That feature will let gamers put the system in standby, then come right back and resume playing like nothing happened. According to a blog post the feature will be supported by “almost” all PS4 games, although there’s no word yet on which ones. We’re also getting the ability to upgrade PSN sub-accounts to Master accounts (especially useful for gamers that have gone from kids to adults since the PS3 launched), 60fps Remote Play / Share Play and the ability to find the PSN account of your Facebook friends. Other features that leaked out have also been confirmed. As a part of an accessibility update, the PS4 will let gamers reassign buttons to suit their needs, but it doesn’t stop there. They can also enable text to speech, enlarge text, invert colors, increase contrast just on the UI, zoom into pictures and more. For players with any number of disabilities, these changes will be a significant help and we applaud Sony for adding these features. Besides that, Trophies are getting tweaked, with the ability to take a screenshot at the moment a trophy is earned so you can show it off. If you have a 0 percent completed game that you don’t intend to go back to, you can just delete it from the trophy list, and the ones that are left will have new sorting options. Finally, it’s also adding the ability to share video clips to Dailymotion. We’re still waiting for word on features like friend notifications and DLNA, but in the comments of the post, Sony’s Scott McCarthy says “We want PS4 versions of these features, not a cut/ paste from last gen. Stay tuned.” The only other question not answered so far is exactly when this update will arrive, but if the leaks continue to hold true then we should see it on PlayStation 4 consoles either this month or in April. Filed under: Gaming , HD , Sony , Facebook Comments Source: PlayStation Blog

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Panda’s antivirus software accidentally tried to eat itself

It wasn’t just Apple that had a day to forget yesterday — Spanish antivirus outfit Panda Security managed to give its products the digital equivalent of lupus. An update to the company’s various tools caused the software to think that parts of its own technology was a nefarious attacker. According to users on Reddit , Panda also (incorrectly) put Office, Chrome, Firefox and even Windows Updates on the hit list, wreaking havoc with people’s computers. Last update about issue with the signature file in Panda Cloud Office Protection and Retail 2015 http://t.co/Le2urbNLCM – Panda Security (@Panda_Security) March 12, 2015 The company quickly moved to address the problem, and has already deployed a fix to prevent your computers waging war on themselves. For those who have been affected, Panda is advising users not to restart their machine and wait for things to settle down. If you’re still having trouble, however, then you can download a tool on the company’s website that’ll help you put your digital life back together. [Thanks, Alex] Filed under: Software Comments Source: Reddit , Panda Security , (2)

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‘Star Wars’ first spinoff movie is ‘Rogue One’, Episode VIII due May 2017

Because every movie must have its own cinematic universe, Disney is expanding the reach of Star Wars . While we wait for Episode VII to arrive later this year , today at a shareholder meeting Disney’s CEO Bob Iger announced details on two more movies in the saga. The first Star Wars movie taking place outside of the core saga will be Rogue One . It’s written by Chris Weitz ( Antz, About a Boy ), directed by Gareth Edwards ( Godzilla ), and so far has cast actress Felicity Jones ( The Theory of Everything ). It’s scheduled for release December 16, 2016, while the next big Star Wars saga film, Episode VIII will arrive the following spring. Written and directed by Rian Johnson ( Looper ), it’s coming to the screen on May 16, 2017 Filed under: Home Entertainment , HD Comments Source: Star Wars

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Google Art Project Puts an Art Masterpiece on Every New Chrome Tab

Just as your browser’s homepage can be a source of inspiration , so can the new tab page, since you probably open it quite often. How about some fine art throughout your day? Read more…

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