The problem of law enforcement and encryption is mostly talked about in vague terms of “backdoors” and “a new Manhattan Project”, but here’s something concrete: a District Court Judge just ordered Apple to help the FBI access files on one of the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters. Read more…
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Judge Orders Apple to Help the FBI Hack San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone
Want to make sure you back something up indefinitely? Then you could do worse than a new digital data storage technique that uses laser light to store 360 terabytes of information on nanostructured quartz for up to 14 billion years. Read more…
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Optical Data Storage Squeezes 360TB on to a Quartz Disc—Forever
R. Hurt, Caltech/JPL. Since Albert Einstein first predicted their existence a century ago, physicists have been on the hunt for gravitational waves , ripples in the fabric of spacetime. That hunt is now over. Gravitational waves exist, and we’ve found them. Read more…
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Holy Shit! Scientists Have Confirmed the Existence of Gravitational Waves
The Star Wars expanded universe is huge. Really huge. Like, you just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly huge it really is. To grasp the full extent of this hugeness, a team of data scientists used a new computer program to analyze it, revealing some unexpected things about the extended saga. Read more…
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Computer Analysis Reveals the Stunning Complexity of the Star Wars Expanded Universe
The mollusks pictured above are either getting ready for Coachella, or showcasing an intriguing new species of sea creature. This just-discovered type of polyp spends its life decorating the shells of snails. Read more…
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A Newly-Discovered Organism Turns Mud Snails Into Tiny Ravers
You probably know that shooting in RAW is, for most photography buffs, better than using JPGs—but you might not know exactly why. This image should help. Read more…
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RAW and JPG File Formats Are Very Different Indeed
Scientists have long pondered what lies beneath the surface of comet 67P, but a study out in Nature this week has the answer: dust. Lots and lots of dust. I was hoping for space gremlins, but to planetary scientists this result is almost as exciting. Read more…
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We Finally Know What’s Inside Rosetta’s Comet
By flushing out cells worn-out with age, researchers from the Mayo Clinic have extended the lifespans of mice by as much as 35 percent. It’s an encouraging finding that could eventually lead to similar therapies in humans. Read more…
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Promising New Therapy Extends Lifespans of Mice by 35 Percent
If you want fast 4G, you should live in Singapore, New Zealand or Hungary. But perhaps most importantly, you should definitely not live in the US. Read more…
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US LTE Speeds Rank a Dire 55th Fastest in the World
There’s no denying that 360 video is wonderful, immersive and, in some cases, almost exhilarating . But YouTube isn’t content: Apparently it’s building capabilities that will allow it to stream 360-degree video live. Read more…
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YouTube Said To Be Working to Stream Live 360 Video