It’s been a long time coming, but Google Drive backups have finally arrived in the WhatsApp client for Android (if you don’t see the option yet, you should soon). Here’s how to make sure all your chats, photos, and videos are safe and sound, and how to get them back again if you need to. Read more…
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How to Back Up and Restore WhatsApp Chats with Google Drive
An anonymous reader writes: A security researcher using Shodan to probe Arris cable modems for vulnerabilities has found that 600, 000 of the company’s modems not only have a backdoor, but that the backdoor itself has an extra backdoor. Brazilian vulnerability tester Bernardo Rodrigues posted that he found undocumented libraries in three models, initially leading to a backdoor that uses an admin password disclosed back in 2009. Brazilian researcher Bernardo Rodrigues notes that the secondary backdoor has a password derived in part from the final five digits from the modem’s serial number. However, the default ‘root’ password for the affected models remains ‘arris.’ Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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600,000 Arris Cable Modems Have ‘Backdoors In Backdoors,’ Researcher Claims
Zothecula writes: Of the many new exoplanets discovered over the past two decades, all have been identified as established, older planets – none have been acknowledged as newly-forming protoplanets. Now scientists working at the Keck observatory have spied just such a planet in the constellation of Taurus, some 450 light-years from Earth (abstract), that is only just beginning its life, collecting matter and spinning into a brand new world. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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First Images Ever Taken of a Planet Being Formed, 450 Light-Years From Earth
Tesla Motors announced this morning it is issuing a voluntary recall for every Model S ever made to inspect the front seat belts after a customer’s seat belt came apart. No one was hurt or injured, but the automaker is still asking customers to bring their cars in to check out a bolt in the seat belt assembly. Read more…
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Tesla To Voluntarily Recall Every Model S Because One Seat Belt Came Apart
The Galapagos Islands are best known for their giant tortoises, but they’re also the site of one of the most bizarre homesteading misadventures ever, complete with proto-hippies, a polyamorous baroness, potentially poisoned boiled chicken, births in pirate caves, and unsolved deaths that look a lot like murder. Read more…
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The Gruesome History of the Galapagos Islands’ Nietzsche-Fueled Homesteader Death Showdown
After some conjecture earlier this week surrounding the re-release of some older PS2 Star Wars games, Sony has come out and confirmed that PS2 games are coming to the PS4 courtesy of emulation. Read more…
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PS2 Emulation Coming To The PS4
VPN subscriptions cost money, and they often require a bit of research just to figure out if they’re legit . If you have an old Mac sitting around, you can make use of it by turning it into the simplest DIY VPN around, perfect for browsing safely on public Wi-Fi or grab files from your home computer on-the-go. Read more…
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Turn an Old Mac Into a Cheap VPN with OS X Server
Imagine putting this thing on a ring. You’re looking at the biggest diamond to be found in the last 100 years, which was discovered in a mine in north-central Botswana. Read more…
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Miners Just Unearthed This Huge Diamond—the Largest To Be Found in 100 Years
Zothecula writes: In a world where lasers are sci-fi’s weapon of choice for melting away an enemy spaceship, researchers at the University of Washington have swum against the current and produced the first laser capable of cooling liquids. ” They demonstrated that the laser could refrigerate saline solution and cell culture media that are commonly used in genetic and molecular research. To achieve the breakthrough, the UW team used a material commonly found in commercial lasers but essentially ran the laser phenomenon in reverse. They illuminated a single microscopic crystal suspended in water with infrared laser light to excite a unique kind of glow that has slightly more energy than that amount of light absorbed. This higher-energy glow carries heat away from both the crystal and the water surrounding it.” The technology could be especially useful for slowing down single cells and allowing scientists to study biological processes as they happen. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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First Liquid-Cooling Laser Could Advance Biological Research
One of the Air Force Special Operations Command’s brand-spanking-new AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships has to be scrapped due to a test flight that went horribly awry. Luckily nobody was harmed but the $115 million dollar highly-modified Super Hercules will never fly again. Read more…
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Brand New AC-130 Ghostrider A Total Loss After Going Inverted While Out Of Control