Child porn on the Internet is nothing new, but an international organization, Terre des Hommes , has adopted a novel method for busting the perverts who consume it. Meet Sweetie, the virtual Filipino girl who busted 1000 Humberts overseas. Read more…
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Anti-Abuse Crusaders Create Virtual Lolita to Trap Kiddie Porn Pervs
Digital storage is always getting cheaper and more capacious—but Western Digital has a plan to fill it with helium to make hard drives way more efficient than ever before. Read more…
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Western Digital’s New Hard Drives Are Filled With Helium
Everything from ads to porn is getting the 4K treatment lately, and now Netflix is experimenting with it too. This week the company posted six 4K videos at various frames per second rates to test their streaming performance. They’re all standard Netflix stock footage called “El Fuente.” Read more…
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Netflix Is Doing Streaming Tests With 4K Video
New submitter codeusirae writes “An initial round of criticism focused on how many files the browser was being forced to download just to access the site, per an article at Reuters. A thread at Reddit appeared and was filled with analyses of the code. But closer looks by others have teased out deeper, more systematic issues.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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HealthCare.gov: What Went Wrong?
Being unable to install an app on your device from the Play Store is a pain. Fortunately, a developer has created a tool that lets you pull an APK directly from Google’s servers and side load it yourself . Handy! Read more…
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APK Downloads Lets You Pull APK Files Directly From Google Play
As if we needed any further convincing of the wonderful potential of flexible displays, a Japanese company called SEL has developed a high-resolution screen that can be rolled to a tight four-millimeter radius , allowing it to wrap around the edge of a smartphone while still working. Read more…
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An Awesome Flexible Display That Wraps Around the Edges of Your Phone
Like the Samurai’s mempo , the uniforms of many of today’s Special Forces units play dual roles. Not only do they protect the wearer’s face and conceal his identity, they terrify the pants off of the enemy. Take the newly unveiled uniforms of Taiwan’s Special Forces for example. They look like something out of Army of Two . Read more…
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Taiwan’s New Special Forces Uniforms Are Wearable Nightmare Fuel
After years of will they or won’t they , the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally given permission for airlines to allow passenger to use personal electronics for the entirety of their flights. Translation: You don’t have to shut down your phone anymore. FINALLY. Read more…
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Victory! The FAA Approves Personal Electronics for All Phases of Flight
stry_cat writes “Ed Bot makes the case against Gmail: ‘Gmail was a breath of fresh air when it debuted. But this onetime alternative is showing signs that it’s past its prime, especially if you want to use the service with a third-party client. That’s the way Google wants it, which is why I’ve given up on Gmail after almost a decade.’ Personally, I’ve always thought it odd that no other email provider ever adopted Gmails “search not sort” mentality. I’ve been a Gmail user since you needed an invitation to get an account. However Gmail has been steadily moving towards a more traditional email experience. Plus there’s the iGoogle disaster that got me looking into alternatives to everything Google.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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The Case Against Gmail
It’s been a long time (centuries!) since Istanbul was the focal point of trade between Asia and the West. But, yesterday, at the opening of the deepest underwater railway ever built, Turkish officials described their vision to “restore the Silk Road” linking London and Beijing—thanks to a Japanese-funded railway beneath the Bosphorus. Read more…
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World’s Deepest Undersea Tunnel Weaves Together Two Continents