Every year, the Caretta Plaza in Tokyo is adorned with an impressive light show to mark the end of another 365 days. This time, over 270, 000 LEDs are being used to create an elaborate six-minute audiovisual light show that you can see in these images. Read more…
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This Light Show in Tokyo Is Bewilderingly Pretty
Graphene, everybody’s favorite wonder material, has yet another trick up its sleeve. The ultra-strong, highly conductive carbon lattice is extraordinarily good at detecting faint and high frequency sound waves. Read more…
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A Graphene Microphone Could Pick Up Sounds Far Beyond the Limits of Human Hearing
The Raspberry Pi has long been one of the best credit card sized computers, but today a new version is available that comes in at about the size of a stick of gum. Plus, it’s only $5. Read more…
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The Raspberry Pi Zero Is a $5 Computer the Size of a Stick of Gum
Raspberry Pi has been making small, affordable computer for a while now, but it’s just gone and made things insanely cheap. Its latest miniature computer, the Pi Zero, will cost just $5. Read more…
Cochin International in southern India is the world’s first airport to be run solely on power from the sun. It became totally energy self-sufficient in August. How’s it holding up? Read more…
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Here’s the First Airport to Run on 100% Solar Power
If you’ve been using OS X El Capitan for a while, you might have noticed that the old option to “Secure Empty Trash” is gone from the trash can’s right-click menu. There’s a pretty good reason why, but it’s still possible to do it you don’t mind digging into the command line. Read more…
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Why "Secure Empty Trash" Is Gone in El Capitan (and What To Do Instead)
It’s been a long time coming, but Google Drive backups have finally arrived in the WhatsApp client for Android (if you don’t see the option yet, you should soon). Here’s how to make sure all your chats, photos, and videos are safe and sound, and how to get them back again if you need to. Read more…
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How to Back Up and Restore WhatsApp Chats with Google Drive
FriendlySolipsist writes: Blizzard Entertainment has been fighting World of Warcraft bots for years. TorrentFreak reports that Bossland, a German company that operates “buddy” bots, alleges Blizzard sued one of its freelancers and forced a settlement. As part of that settlement, the freelancer allegedly turned over Bossland’s source code to Blizzard. In Bossland’s view, their code was “stolen” by Blizzard because it was not the freelancer’s to disclose. This is a dangerous precedent for freelance developers in the face of legal threats: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Sued Freelancer Allegedly Turns Over Contractee Source Code In Settlement
A cache of over 4, 000 silver and bronze coins dating back to ancient Rome has been discovered by a Swiss farmer. Buried some 1, 700 years ago, it’s one of the largest treasures of its kind ever found in Switzerland. Read more…
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Farmer Discovers Priceless Trove of Ancient Roman Coins While Removing a Molehill
The Galapagos Islands are best known for their giant tortoises, but they’re also the site of one of the most bizarre homesteading misadventures ever, complete with proto-hippies, a polyamorous baroness, potentially poisoned boiled chicken, births in pirate caves, and unsolved deaths that look a lot like murder. Read more…
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The Gruesome History of the Galapagos Islands’ Nietzsche-Fueled Homesteader Death Showdown