News stories that are really big unfold over months or years, and tackling them can take almost constant media coverage. But all of that distilled information can start to feel overwhelming in itself, and that’s where the infographic recap comes in really handy. Read more…
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A Quick and Complete History of Bitcoin So You’re Not Totally Lost
Even after 40 years of service, X-ray computed tomography (better known as CT scans) can be a challenge to capture. If the patient moves even a nudge, the image will come out blurry. But with GE’s new Revolution CT, doctors will be able to image the entirety of your innards in the span of a single heartbeat. Literally. Read more…
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GE’s New Fast CT Scanner Captures Insane Images in a Heart Beat
The Washington Post is reporting that, according to a newly released internal document, the National Security Agency isn’t just swiping location data from our cell phones ; they actually have the ability to decode private, encrypted data, putting all our texts and calls right at their disposal. Read more…
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The NSA Can Decode Private, Encrypted Cellphone Conversations
Camouflage only works when it’s got the same color and pattern as your surroundings. When the foliage takes on a different hue, you don’t want to be caught wearing last season’s color. This magical new camouflage solves that problem with temperature-sensitive dyes to keep your sporting wear fashionable year-round. Read more…
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Magic Color-Changing Camo Blends In No Matter The Season
General piece of advice: don’t go around typing stuff into your computer’s terminal window based on some pictures you found randomly floating on the internet. You’re not very likely to unlock a hidden bitcoin miner in your Mac, and far more likely to brick the thing instead . Read more…
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There’s an Apple Bitcoin Prank That’s Hilarious and Devastating
alphadogg writes “The ITU has taken a big step in the standardization of G.fast, a broadband technology capable of achieving download speeds of up to 1Gbps over copper telephone wire. The death of copper and the ascent of fiber has long been discussed. However, the cost of rolling out fiber is still too high for many operators that instead want to upgrade their existing copper networks. So there is still a need for technologies that can complement fiber, including VDSL2 and G.fast. Higher speeds are needed for applications such as 4K streaming, IPTV, cloud-based storage, and communication via HD video, ITU said.” Meanwhile, I’m hoping Google Fiber, FIOS, and other fast optical options scare more ISPs into action along both price and speed axes. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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ITU Standardizes 1Gbps Over Copper, But Services Won’t Come Until 2015
Predator drones are very, very good at what they do, but $8 million will only get you about half of one. Doesn’t matter which half, that guy ain’t gonna to fly. Instead, the US Navy is investing in a smaller, lighter, more versatile recon drone. Read more…
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This New Naval UAV Is a "Blackjack"-of-All-Trades
MojoKid writes “It’s been a long time since many have seen a dreaded “blue screen of death” (BSoD), but it’s back and in the in the most unlikeliest of places. Oddly enough, some Apple iPhone 5S owners are reporting BSoD errors, though they’re a little different from the ones you may remember seeing on Windows desktops. Rather than spit out an obscure error code with a generic description, some iPhone 5S devices are suddenly turning blue before automatically restarting. The Numbers app in Apple’s iWork suite, a free program with new iPhones, seems to be the primary cause, though BSoD behavior has also been observed in other applications, according to complaints in Apple’s support forum.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Irony: iPhone 5S Users Reporting Blue Screen of Death
E-coli outbreaks crop up every now and then. Some are more widespread then others, but if they’re related to food and especially if that food may have crossed state lines, the FDA starts tracing to find the source. If foodborne bacteria cause an outbreak in the U.S. today, though, the FDA won’t do anything. Because the FDA is closed. Read more…
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The FDA Isn’t Inspecting Food During The Government Shutdown
Groups like the RIAA are putting in millions of DMCA requests to pull “pirate” links off Google, and even though it doesn’t seem to help , the landslide’s not letting up. As of last month, Google was taking down nine pirate links every single second of every single day . Read more…
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Google Is Now Deleting Nine "Pirate" Links Every Second