According to a report from AllThingsD , Apple will be taking the lid off of its new iPhone a month from today, on September 10th. Save the date. Read more…
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Report: Apple’s Next iPhone(s?) Coming September 10th (Updating)
To be slightly more transparent and/or spew numbers to confuse the common citizen, the Obama administration released two documents to show the scope of the NSA’s data collection program. Those documents reveal that the NSA monitors 1.6% of the world’s Internet traffic and reviews .00004% of all traffic. Read more…
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The NSA Monitors 1.6% of the World’s Internet Traffic
Roku’s updated iOS app now lets you stream video directly from your iPhone to its set-top boxes. Which is neat. Read more…
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Roku’s updated iOS app now lets you stream video directly from your iPhone to its set-top boxes.
Nothing feels worse than getting a speeding ticket in the mail. What. The. Truck. As if they weren’t bad enough as-is, a report from the Washington DC metropolitan area suggest that the cameras used to catch you might not be playing by the rules. In fact, the camera contractors might be fudging the evidence to make sure you can’t challenge the tickets. Read more…
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A Speeding Ticket Camera Company Is Doctoring Evidence Photos
OH MY GLOB. The voice of John DiMaggio will collide with the voice of John DiMaggio when Jake the Dog — and Finn, natch — make a guest appearance on the next episode of Futurama (airing Wednesday the 9th, at 10:00 pm EST). Read more…
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A Futurama/Adventure Time crossover is real and is happening
The Canadian sucessor to the Liberator’s attempt at bringing plastic firearms to the masses has apparently just gotten one step closer to his goal. After firing one semi-successful, barrel-cracking shot from his newly designed 3D-printed rifle, the Grizzly, a YouTube user going only by “Matthew” was able to fire a full 14 shots before the gun gave way. Read more…
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The First 3D Printed Rifle Now Fires Multiple Rounds—Without Breaking
BREAKING: Effective 5:00 PM ET, Time Warner Cable has dropped CBS in NYC, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other markets. $TWC $CBS — CNBC (@CNBC) August 2, 2013 Read more…
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Time Warner Cable Drops CBS Programming
Torre de David is a 45-story, partially-finished office tower that houses a vibrant community of squatters in Caracas. It’s also an internationally-known symbol of Venezuela’s economic troubles, to which the The New Yorker and The New York Times have both devoted long profiles. But there hasn’t been much video documentation of life inside—until now. Read more…
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Rare Video From Inside a 45-Story Venezuelan Slum
Gigabit internet is fast and amazing . But that “Download entire movies in mere seconds!” line gets real old if you, like the vast majority of the country, don’t have access to those lightning fast fiber lines. But thanks to a new approach from Alcatel-Lucent, your creaky old copper phone lines might be good enough. That’s a really big deal if it actually works. Read more…
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New Tech Could Allow Super-Speed Internet on Old Phone Lines
In conventional combat aircraft, the target generally needs to be in both the pilot’s field of vision and within the sights of the plane itself. That is, the plane needed to be pointed in the general direction of whatever you’re shooting at. But in the case of the new Eurofighter Typhoon, pilots can squeeze off a few Sidewinders at bogies incoming from any direction thanks to a super helmet that links their eyes to the plane’s electronic brain. Read more…
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This Helmet Gives Eurofighters X-Ray Vision