The popular group chat system Campfire is currently being nailed with a DDoS attack. Turns out some blackmailing hackers are trying to extort money from the provider. They’re refusing to negotiate. Read more…
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Blackmail DDOS Attack Takes Out Major Online Chat Service Campfire
For three years, the fate of Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower has hung in the balance. Originally conceived in the heady days of the 2000s, the project has gone through multiple false starts since 2008. Now reduced to a mere kilometer, the tower has finally been given a start-date for construction. Read more…
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They’re Finally Building the World’s New Tallest Tower
Check out the incredible footage of a ball breaking a glass filmed at an uncanny 10 million frames per second by the HyperVision HPV-X Camera of Shimadzu, a Japanese corporation that makes precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment. Read more…
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Holy crap, watch a ball breaking glass at 10 million frames per second
If you’re a hardcore gamer, you probably know Snowdrop, the new game engine used in the new Tom Clancy’s The Division. I’m not, so I learned about Snowdrop through this new video just released for the Game Developers Conference 2014. It’s unbelievable. Read more…
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I can’t believe this is not a real forest but a game engine
This serpent-like hotel, coiled around the glacial outcroppings of Norway’s gorgeous Lofoten Islands north of the Arctic Circle, has been proposed by the architecture firm Snøhetta . The building’s central loop will enclose a courtyard, offering a “spectacular view and the feeling of being ‘in the middle’ of the elements, ” according to the architects. [ Dezeen ] Read more…
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This serpent-like hotel, coiled around the glacial outcroppings of Norway’s gorgeous Lofoten Islands
A bulletproof, air-conditioned, diamond-covered, $3.2 million suit? Even James Bond would drool over this. Not that it would matter; it’s also waterproof. Naturally. Read more…
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The $3.2 Million Bulletproof, Diamond-Studded Suit With a Built-In A/C
Facebook has been working on facial recognition for years to auto-tag photographs, but has now reached a point where its technology is ‘ closely approaching human-level performance .’ In fact, in some ways it might even be better. Read more…
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Facebook’s Facial Recognition ‘Approaching Human-Level Performance’
If you’re a regular on the internet, you probably know how a DDoS can choke your favorite site with garbage traffic . Well get used to it because they’re not going away; they’re actually getting worse. Read more…
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The New Kind of DDoS That Could Cripple the Internet
The number of Californians who walk, bike, or take transit on an average day has doubled in the last decade, according to a new study by Caltrans. Also notable: More people in their 20s and 30s are not getting their licenses at all. [ Los Angeles Times ] Read more…
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The number of Californians who walk, bike, or take transit on an average day has doubled in the last
Well, that didn’t last long. Just a little over a week ago, Popcorn Time descended upon the masses as a way to easily (if perhaps not entirely legally) stream torrents straight to your computer. Now, though, amidst pressure regarding piracy, Popcorn Time has officially closed its doors. Read more…
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Popcorn Time, the Netflix of Piracy, Has Already Shut Down