The Intercept is reporting that Central Intelligence Agency researchers have been waging a multi-year campaign to break the security systems used by Apple on its devices. Read more…
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The CIA Has Been Desperately Trying to Break Apple’s Encryption System
There is a hidden industrial gem north of Lake Balaton, near Balatonfűzfő, Hungary , and when I say hidden I mean it. Because what else do you call the bare remains of a wartime power station 30 feet deep under the ground? I recently got a chance to bring my camera inside the haunting corridors of this long gone industrial complex. Read more…
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Inside the Caverns of Hungary’s Abandoned Underground Coal Plant
Looking more like a wisp of stellar smoke than anything else, these shockwaves are anything but gentle. The twisted mass is part of the Veil Nebula, the remnants of a star that now tears through space. Read more…
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These Are the Twisted Shockwaves Produced By an Exploding Star
After years of planning , the solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 has successfully started its round the world trip . If everything goes to plan, it will become the first aircraft to fly around the globe without a single drop of fuel. Read more…
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Solar Impulse Has Successfully Started Its Round-the-World Trip
Apple design VP Jony Ive told the Financial Times that Apple had invented a new kind of ultra-hard 18 karat gold for its line of luxury Apple Watches. Though rumors about the gold’s bizarre molecular structure are false, Apple Gold is a real thing. Here’s what the patent reveals about it, and a possible Apple Diamond as well. Read more…
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How Apple Will Make Superhard "Apple Gold" for Its Watches
iOS 8.2 is coming today, bringing with it no doubt the new Apple Watch app. Start your iPhones. Read more…
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iOS 8.2 is coming today, bringing with it no doubt the new Apple Watch app.
McDonald’s announced today it will begin only sourcing chickens raised without medically important antibiotics in the U.S. When a juggernaut like McDonald’s makes such decisions, the food world listens—and sourcing only antibiotic-free chicken is a big deal. Read more…
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McDonald’s Chickens Going Antibiotic Free Is a Really Big Deal
Transparency, thy name sure as hell ain’t Hillary Clinton. During her time as Secretary of State, Clinton went to extreme lengths to ensure that her emails would stay private. Not only did she exclusively use a personal email address, she even rigged up her own homebrew computer server that routed back to her house instead of relying on government email servers. Read more…
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Hillary Clinton Also Ran Her Own Email Server As Secretary of State
Inspiration lies in the strangest of places—and for researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology & Research in Singapore, that includes the eye of moth. A new antireflective coating inspired by the creature’s ocular faculties could help bump up the efficiency of solar cells. Read more…
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How a Moth’s Eye Could Help Improve the Efficiency of Solar Cells
When Android 5.0 Lollipop launched, Google proudly claimed that full-disk encryption was a standard feature , enabled by default. But now phones with the OS are starting to appear in the wild, that appears not to be the case. Read more…
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Android 5.0 Devices Aren’t Encrypted By Default—Despite Google Promises