The dodo has been extinct for about 350 years, and it’s entirely our fault—so why not own a memento of man’s destructive tendencies in the form of a three-foot tall bird skeleton. Read more…
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This Priceless Dodo Skeleton Took 40 Years to Assemble
NSO Group, a company that sells hacking services to governments so they can spy on journalists and dissidents, exploited gaping security holes in iPhone software, according to a report byLookout Security and Citizen Lab. But don’t worry: Apple just pushed a fix. Read more…
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Israeli Cyber Weapon Dealers Figured Out How to Hack Every iPhone
Yesterday, a massive 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Italy . It was followed by nearly 200 aftershocks, devastating whole towns and burying residents under rubble. Over 4, 000 rescuers have been dispatched and the death toll has jumped to 247, the BBC reports . Read more…
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Drone Footage Shows the Earthquake in Italy Was Far Worse Than Anyone Thought
In what’s being hailed as one of the biggest astronomical discoveries of the century, scientists with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) today confirmed the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri—our nearest neighboring star. Details of the team’s discovery were just published in Nature . Read more…
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New Earth-Like Exoplanet Could Be Discovery of the Century
The Tesla Model S P90D set the standard for mass production cars with an official 0-60 mile an hour time of 2.7 seconds. Now Tesla’s keeping it 100, with the Tesla Model S P100D. It’ll do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with a heavy foot, and with a light one it’ll do over 300 miles on a charge. Read more…
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The New Tesla P100D Is The Fastest Tesla Ever, Goes 300 Miles On A Charge
According to city government officials in Puerto Princesa City , Philippines, a local fisher just dropped off this monster of a pearl to a local tourism office. If legit, it would far surpass the current Guinness record holder, the Pearl of Lao Tzu, at a comparatively measly 14 pounds, which also came from the Philippines. Read more…
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A Superstitious Fisherman Kept This $100 Million Pearl Under His Bed
Edward Snowden leaks revealed that the NSA had the ability to spy on Cisco firewall traffic for years , but just how did the agency do it? We now have a clearer idea. An analysis of data from the Equation Group hack shows that the NSA used a specialized tool, BenignCertain, that uses an exploit in Cisco’s Internet Key Exchange implementation to extract encryption keys and read otherwise secure virtual private network data. Cisco has confirmed that the attack can compromise multiple versions of its old PIX firewalls, which were last supported in 2009. The issue doesn’t crop up in PIX 7.0 or in Cisco’s newer Adaptive Security Appliance, but that isn’t going to reassure many security experts. Ars Technica warns that there appear to be over 15, 000 networks still clinging on to PIX, and there’s a real possibility that many of them are vulnerable. Other platforms have comparable security holes , too, suggesting that the NSA might have snooped on many VPNs . To make matters worse, the Equation Group breach lets any would-be hacker use the exploit. While the past surveillance is alarming, you may need to worry more about everyday criminals going forward. Via: Ars Technica Source: Musalbas , Cisco
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Here’s how the NSA spied on Cisco firewalls for years
You can’t watch Netflix in North Korea , but the Democratic People’s Republic now has something , at least: Manbang — a state-approved set-top box that streams live TV, on-demand video content and newspaper articles over the internet. It’s a step forward for digital media delivery for North Korea , but it’s still fairly limited. Manbang, which ironically translates to “everywhere, ” is only available to citizens in Pyongynag, Siniju and Sariwon. The service’s limited availability is hardly a surprise. North Korea isn’t exactly known for having widespread internet access — and what it does have is fairly limited. That seems to be the case here, too: the service’s on-demand content seems to focus on Juche ideology and documentaries about North Korean leaders (we’re guessing The Interview won’t arrive on this service anytime soon). Viewers will also be able to call up educational programs designed to learn English and Russian. Naturally, the device isn’t being marketed so much as a propaganda delivery system as a convenience — North Korea’s KCTV describes Manbang as a respite from the “radio interference” that makes television broadcasts unwatchable in border cities. That sounds all well and good for citizens who want to watch what the state wants them to watch. As for everybody else? Well, there are options . Source: NK News
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North Korea’s ‘Manbang’ is a state-approved streaming service
Autonomous cars are coming, and while it may sometimes feel like they’re already here, they’re really not. It can still be confusing, since every manufacturer with anything remotely like an autonomous vehicle seems to overstate what the cars can do . Luckily, levels of autonomy have been decided, and knowing them can help. That’s why we made some charts. Read more…
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What’s A ‘Level 4’ Autonomous Car? This Chart Explains Everything
Rumors are flying that astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighboring star. If confirmed, this is undeniably one of the biggest astronomical discoveries of the century. Read more…
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There May Be an Earth-Like Exoplanet Less Than Five Light Years Away