Despite the FBI saying just a few days ago that there was “no attribution to North Korea at this point, ” ABC News is reporting that federal cyber-security sources “close to the investigation” have indeed confirmed that the FBI does have reason to believe that North Korea may be involved in some capacity after all. Read more…
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Report: North Korea May Be Behind Sony Pictures Hack After All
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella loves cloud computing , and a new, rumored Microsoft service could be putting all that computing power to better use than every. A project codenamed “Arcadia” (yes, another Halo reference) could soon stream games and apps to Windows devices, phones and tablets and computers alike. Read more…
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Microsoft "Arcadia" Could Stream All Kinds of Games and Apps to Windows
Welcome to Reading List, a brief tour of some of the wonderful tech reads around the web. Online vigilantism, government hacking, and a brief history lesson on the early internet are just a few great reads in store. Indulge in a lazy Sunday, at least for the next hour or so, and catch up on some long form internet. Read more…
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How One of the Internet’s Most Memorable Logos Was Created
The Millennium Falcon is the king of cool when it comes to classic sci-fi spaceships. The vessel is a kitbashed masterpiece and bold image that screams Star Wars. It’s also a “piece of junk, ” a “bucket of bolts, ” and constant headache for Han Solo and company, but hey, she’s got it where it counts. Read more…
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How Sound Engineers Made the Millennium Falcon’s Most Iconic Noise
On the heels of a research paper published about a global Iranian hacking operation , Operation Cleaver, the FBI is now warning critical US businesses that they might be targets of Iran’s team of hackers. Read more…
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Report: The FBI Is Warning US Businesses About Iranian Hackers
American forces in Afghanistan have long complained of a significant drawback in their M320 rifle-mounted grenade launchers : enemies positioned behind the low, mud brick walls ubiquitous to the region’s architecture could easily avoid incoming 40mm grenade rounds simply by ducking. You’d need a direct line of sight to enemy forces in order to inflict maximum damage. But not anymore. Read more…
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The Army’s Grenade Launchers Are About to Become Twice as Deadly
The popular torrent site Isohunt just launched a new fully functional website — oldpiratebay.org — that lets you search through the Pirate Bay archives. This is a little bit silly, since Pirate Bay’s archives have been public for years . But it’s also a little bit useful if you’ve been having Pirate Bay withdrawal since the site got raided by Swedish police . Read more…
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Another Torrent Site Has Resurrected the Pirate Bay
It’s a vast understatement to say that Crossrail, London’s newest subway line, is big. It’s massive: 23 miles of huge tunnels below an ancient city, dug by a team of 10, 000 workers, to form the city’s biggest transit project since World War II. Read more…
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Inside the Vast Tunnels of Europe’s Biggest Infrastructure Project
Google Search now has a completely new look for iOS , though it’s one many Android users will be familiar with. The Search team is bringing Android Lollipop’s Material Design language to the Search app along with lots of other features and optimization for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Read more…
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Google’s iOS App Just Got a Material Design Makeover And Much More
Greenpeace can get a little aggressive with its tactics. That doesn’t mean that it’s not fighting for a good cause! But after the organization marched through the sacred Nazca Lines etched into the Peruvian desert for a climate protest, capturing it all on camera with a drone, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking. Greenpeace isn’t the best at thinking things through, though. Read more…
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How Greenpeace Wrecked One of the Most Sacred Places in the Americas