Earlier this week, Buzzfeed reported that a computer security flaw in has left Army computers vulnerable for at least two years; today, the Army confirmed to Buzzfeed that this was, in fact the case. And that they have no plans to do anything to fix it. Read more…
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An IT Flaw Has Let Unauthorized Users Exploit Army PCs for Years
You can now post GIFs on Facebook thanks to a workaround from Giphy. Read more…
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You Can Finally Put GIFs on Facebook, Here’s How
Trent Reznor has a treat for audio nerds. When Nine Inch Nails’ new record Hesitation Marks drops next week, it’ll be available in regular and audiophile versions. The two sonic flavors will be mixed differently—One mix for the headphone clutching masses who demand “loundness, ” and one mix for the nerds who want to hear every frequency the way it sounded in the studio. Read more…
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NIN’s Hesitation Marks Will Come In an Audio-Nerds-Only Version
Take this with a grain of salt for now, but the Syrian Electronic Army claims it’s taken over Twitter’s domain registration. Indeed, several public Whois listings show sea@sea.sy as the contact information for Twitter.com. We’ve reached out to Twitter, and the company responded that they’re “looking into it” Read more…
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Syrian Electronic Army Claims to Have Taken Over Twitter’s Domain (Updating)
If you haven’t been able to convince publishers your life would make for an awesome comic book, and can’t draw more than a crude stick figure facsimile of yourself, you can thank the imaging researchers at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. They’ve created a fun system that can automatically generate manga-style comics starring anyone striking a pose in front of its camera. Read more…
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You No Longer Need To Be an Artist To Appear In Your Own Comic Book
Swiss designer Till Könneker recently came up with a fantastic way to maximize the space in his studio apartment, which lacked room for storage. He created a loft bed called the Living Cube that incorporates everything from an entertainment center, to a clothes rack, to even a walk-in closet for stashing things he wants kept out of sight. Read more…
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A Multi-Purpose Living Cube That Fits Life Into 100 Square Feet
Gravity’s often assumed to be constant across the entire planet, but because the Earth varies in shape and density, that’s not really the case. Now, this super-accurate gravity map reveals that the fluctuations are even more extreme than scientists previously thought. Read more…
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A Super-Accurate Gravity Map Shows You Where You Can Weigh Less
Today I found out what happens when you stick your head into a particle accelerator. Read more…
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What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator
After its acquisition of Waze this past June, Google announced this morning that it is deploying real time incident reports from Waze users to Google Maps mobile and apps users. Waze users can now search with Google, too. And if you’re into mapmaking, the Waze Map Editor now includes Google Street View. [ Google and Waze ] Read more…
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After its acquisition of Waze this past June, Google announced this morning that it is deploying rea
Khalil, a Palestinian white hat hacker, submitted bug reports to Facebook about a vulnerability that allowed him to post on anyone’s wall. But Facebook’s security team didn’t do anything. So Khalil wrote on Mark Zuckerberg’s wall about it and was generally a badass. Read more…
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A Guy Hacked Zuck’s Wall After Facebook Ignored His Bug Report