A team of researchers were able to wirelessly attack a Tesla Model S and gain control over some of its internal electronic components including the car’s brakes. And they pulled it off from 12 miles away. Read more…
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Researches Hack a Tesla From 12 Miles Away
There’s no word on when you’ll be able to buy it, or to what extent you’ll need to mortgage your home to afford one, but today SanDisk revealed a prototype of a one-terabyte SDXC card that will help ensure your camera never runs out of space for photos or videos. Read more…
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SanDisk Just Revealed a Monstrous 1 Terabyte SD Memory Card
The comic book industry spent years on the edge of irrelevance, struggling to find an audience after the boom of the 1990s ended. Nowadays, thanks in no small part to the surge in superhero movies, comic book distribution is higher than it’s been in decades. Read more…
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We Haven’t Seen This Many Comic Books in Stores Since 1996
If simply popping into the command line isn’t enough to make you feel like a ‘90s hacker, GitHub user bartobri created a silly decrypting text effect pulled from the movie Sneakers . Read more…
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Give Terminal a Ridiculous Hollywood Hacker Special Effect
The US. Consumer Product Safety Commission has officially recalled 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones at risk of exploding. Read more…
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Samsung Finally Launches Official Recall of the Exploding Note 7
Some may call excessive, unreasonable, exhibitionist. What kind of masochist wants to stare at a billion pinpricks of light all at once, anyway? Why, the scientifically inclined one, of course. The astronomer who’s hellbent on picking apart the universe and reducing your life to a clump of dust needs absurdly detailed star charts in order to do so. Read more…
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The Largest 3D Map of the Galaxy Contains Over a Billion Stars
An arctic research mission claims that it’s discovered the HMS Terror , one of two Franklin Expedition ships that sunk during a doomed attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage. Incredibly, the 168-year-old wreck would probably not have been found if it weren’t for information provided by an indigenous crew member. Read more…
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Archaeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved 168-Year-Old Ship in the Arctic Ocean
When you swipe a credit or debit card at the store, your done with the transaction instantly. So why can’t your account statement keep up? If you’ve wondered why it takes so long for purchases to show up on your credit card statement or withdraw from a bank, it’s because of a long, complicated process behind the scenes. Read more…
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This Is Why Your Credit Card Transactions Take So Long to Clear
In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation. The vote took place just hours before the close of Univision’s purchase of Gawker Media’s assets, and was carried out under a provision in Gawker’s existing collective bargaining agreement. That provision states that “once a story has been posted it can only be removed by a majority vote of the Executive Editor, the CEO, and the General Counsel, unless required by law.” Read more…
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Univision Executives Vote to Delete Six Gawker Media Posts
Get ready for a price hike from the United Parcel Service (UPS). The company recently announced that rates for ground, air, and international service will increase by about 4.9 percent. The good news is they’re waiting until the tail end of the holiday season to increase those rates. Read more…
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UPS Is About to Increase Their Rates