Airport officials decline to pay ransom demand and manually restore all affected systems. Functionality has been restored to all screens after two days. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Twitter should address anti-government bots, Iran’s foreign minister says. …read more Source:: CNet

Home cooking would be making a comeback if it ever really went away. From a report: Restaurants are getting dinged by the convenience of Netflix, the advent of pre-made meals, the spread of online grocery delivery, plus crushing student debt and a focus on healthy eating. Eighty-two percent of American meals are prepared at home…

If smartwatches and tiny Bluetooth earbuds are any indications, the future is with wearable electronics. This brings up a problem: developing wearable electronics isn’t as simple as building a device that’s meant to sit on a shelf. No, wearable electronics move, they stretch, people jump, kick, punch, and sweat. If you’re prototyping wearable electronics, it…

Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck might be hanging up their capes, but here are ideas for other actors who could put their spin on the DC Comics superheroes. …read more Source:: CNet

Apple held its annual iPhone event this past week and as a result Kevin and I spent most of the podcast talking about the three new iPhones and the Apple Watch Series 4. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The late-night dark skies at Sriharikota, India, lit up in bright orange hues as the PSLV-C42 lifted off and vanished into the thick black clouds, carrying two satellites from the United Kingdom — NovaSAR and S1-4 from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR. Local news outlet reports: The lightest version…

A new research [PDF] on students who took the ACT test, conducted by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, found that 85% of underserved (meaning low income, minority, or first generation in college) students had access to only one device at home, most often a smartphone. From a blog post: American Indian/Alaskan, Hispanic/Latino, and…

Move fast and break things doesn’t work so well on the factory floor. Startup Veo Robotics is trying a different approach, using tested technologies to add perception to existing industrial robots. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The Predator isn’t a sequel, but watching these other films first will make Shane Black’s entry all the better. …read more Source:: CNet