This is the Altamura Man. He’s old . In 1993, cave researchers stumbled across an odd formation in Italy: a skull that had essentially grown over time to become part of the cave, calcite budding from its features. Now, scientists have discovered that it could easily be 150, 000 years old. Read more…
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After 150,000 Years in a Cave, a Neanderthal Skull Looks Like This
Back in February, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, destroying the childhood memories of many a tech blogger , and putting 4, 000 brick-and-mortar stores in jeopardy at the same time . But as of today, a plan to co-brand remaining stores with the Sprint logo is officially approved. Read more…
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Sprint Is Officially Saving RadioShack
Amazon has started sending out Dash Buttons to Prime members. It’s a Wi-Fi button that you place next to your dishwasher, coffeemaker, washing machine, or medicine cabinet so you can instantly re-order a consumable product.
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Amazon introduces wi-fi buttons to buy products
Maker Ben Saks of KinetiGear is crowdfunding BoXZY , a desktop fabricator bringing micromanufacturing to the masses. Users can shape wood, plastics, and many metals using most commercial CAM programs. Read the rest
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BoXZY all-in-one 3D printer, CNC mill, & laser engraver
msm1267 writes Dark corners of the Internet harbor trouble. They’re supposed to. But what about when Yahoo, CNN.com, TMZ and other busy destination sites heave disaster upon visitors? That’s the challenge posed by malvertising, the latest hacker Golden Goose used in cybercrime operations and even in some targeted attacks. Hackers are thriving in this arena because they have found an unwittingly complicit partner in the sundry ad networks to move malicious ads through legitimate processes. Adding gasoline to the raging fire is the abuse of real-time ad bidding, a revolution in the way online ads are sold. RTB enables better ad targeting for advertisers and less unsold inventory for publishers. Hackers can also hitch a ride with RTB and target malicious ads on any site they wish, much the way a legitimate advertiser would use the same system. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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How Malvertising Abuses Real-Time Bidding On Ad Networks
If you want to take your bicycle off-road, you need larger and larger tires depending on how rough the terrain gets—and that makes it harder and harder to pedal. But maybe Ron Schroer has found the perfect off-road cycling alternative with his Boneshaker Big Wheel that rolls and walks all at the same time. Read more…
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This Giant Rolling, Walking Bike Can Probably Tackle Any Terrain
Even if making digital music has never been easier for beginners, a lot of the work DJs and producers do remains relatively opaque to less experienced people. A new music format could help change this. Read more…
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A New Kind of MP4 File Lets Anybody Mix Parts Like a DJ
Two former federal agents have been charged for stealing money while working on the investigation into the Silk Road, the infamous online drug marketplace that was seized in 2013. Read more…
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Feds Charged With Stealing Money During Silk Road Investigation
The only thing that sucks worse than doing taxes is a hacker stealing your identity, doing your taxes for you, and then depositing your return in a random bank account, where it can later be transferred to Nigeria. Sound impossible? It’s not, according to the story of an unlucky man named Michael Kasper. Read more…
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It’s Very, Very Easy for Hackers to Steal Your IRS Account
Like the thousands upon thousands of games it hosts, Steam has secrets . Read more…
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Eight Steam Features You Probably Don’t Know About