Month: September 2019

Planes, boats and autocrats: US Treasury Dept. slaps more sanctions on accused Russian troll funder

US wants to take St. Vitamin, the yacht of Yevgeniy Prigozhin On Monday, the US Department of the Treasury (DoT) expanded its sanctions against entities associated with the Internet Research Agency (IRA), the Russian organization accused of meddling with US elections in 2016 and 2018.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


China Grew Two Cotton Leaves on the Moon

The team behind a pioneering biological experiment sent to the lunar far side has released an image showing two green leaves grown on the moon. From a report: The experiment began shortly after China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft made the first ever landing on the far side of the moon, on 3 January this year. Cotton, arabidopsis…


OneDrive adds Personal Vault option for sensitive files and photos

A new feature in the consumer version of Microsoft’s OneDrive lets you store sensitive files in the cloud with extra encryption and authentication options. But you’ll need an Office 365 subscription for unlimited access. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Top Oracle Lawyer Attempting To Gaslight Entire Software Community: Insists APIs Are Executable

Mike Masnick, reporting for TechDirt: Last week, the Solicitor General of the White House weighed in on Google’s request for the Supreme Court to overturn the Federal Circuit’s ridiculously confused ruling in the Oracle/Google case concerning the copyrightability of APIs (and whether or not repurposing them is fair use). Not surprisingly, as the Solicitor General…


Fortnite season 10: Exploding mechs and skill-based matchmaking – CNET

Challenge yourself to put up the fastest time in the Combine limited-time mode. …read more Source:: CNet


Keeping Kids in School the Smart Way

For institutions with high traffic, such as schools and movie theaters, it can be difficult to keep track of individuals moving in and out, especially without a critical mass of security. For schools especially, keeping track of student attendance and preventing kids from leaving campus in the middle of the day can be a costly…


NASA will air a gazillion ISS spacewalks over the next few months – CNET

Mark your calendar and tune in for a fiesta of live spacewalks on NASA TV. …read more Source:: CNet


SpaceX Has Starry-Eyed Ambitions for Its Starship

Elon Musk has laid out an ambitious future for his spaceship project, the effort to deliver people to the moon and Mars. Marina Koren, writing for The Atlantic: The whole thing felt like an Apple event. The weeks of anticipation and breathless guesses from fans and critics. Onstage, the greatest-hits reel highlighting the company’s beloved…


Apple Maps update adds new details, features to your hunt for directions – CNET

The newest version of the app will launch on Monday. …read more Source:: CNet


Windows 10 Users Fume: Microsoft, Where’s Our ‘Local Account’ Option Gone?

New submitter xack shares a report: Microsoft has annoyed some of its 900 million Windows 10 device users after apparently removing the ‘Use offline account’ as part of its effort to herd users towards its cloud-based Microsoft Account. The offline local account is specific to one device, while the Microsoft Account can be used to…