Day: July 1, 2019

Sarin gas said to be discovered at a Facebook office – CNET

A local report says two people at the social networking giant’s mail sorting facility may have been exposed. …read more Source:: CNet


Fiat joins the electric cargo van movement with Ducato Electric – Roadshow

It may never come to the US, but it’s a start. …read more Source:: CNet


Government imposter scams just hit an all-time high, FTC says – CNET

The commission received more reports in May than ever before. …read more Source:: CNet


Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Restores Mission Control In Houston

Gene Kranz may be the most famous flight director in NASA’s history. He directed the actual landing portion of the first mission to put men on the moon, Apollo 11, and led Mission Control in saving the crew of Apollo 13 after an oxygen tank exploded on the way to the lunar surface. Now Kranz,…


Trouble in paradise: Just a day after G20 love-in, Japan throttles chip part exports to South Korea

Move believed to be response to Seoul’s stance on forced labour during WW2 Just a day after the G20 free trade summit ended, Japan has restricted exports of some mobile phone components to South Korea.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


TweetDeck is having an outage – CNET

Looks like the Twitter dashboard is down for the count this Monday morning. …read more Source:: CNet


Ikea introduces Soffa Sans, ‘world’s comfiest font’ – CNET

Amusing responses to Ikea’s “design your own sofa” tool inspire a new free font configured from couches. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook creates civil rights task force, vows to protect 2020 census – CNET

COO Sheryl Sandberg will chair the group. …read more Source:: CNet


Scientists Took an MRI Scan of an Atom

The hospital technology, typically used to identify human ailments, captured perhaps the world’s smallest magnetic resonance image. weiserfireman shares a report: Different microscopy techniques allow scientists to see the nucleotide-by-nucleotide genetic sequences in cells down to the resolution of a couple atoms as seen in an atomic force microscopy image. But scientists at the IBM…


What do we want? Decentralised, non-siloed social media with open standards! When do we want it? Soon!

Wikipedia co-founder calls for strike against Facebook et al The other Wikipedia co-founder has called for a 48-hour boycott of all social media platforms to demonstrate users’ desire to regain control of their data and privacy.… …read more Source:: TheRegister