After travelling all night to return from the International Space Station, two NASA astronauts will splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 11:48 PT, reports CNET. “There will be about an hour of excitement prior to that moment as Crew Dragon deorbits and re-enters Earth’s atmosphere…” That 11-minute deorbiting burn should begin in five minutes…
Microsoft Edge Accused of Stealing Data From Chrome
Some Windows 10 users have complained that when Microsoft sets up its Edge browser, it steals data from Chrome and Firefox without asking first, writes ZDNet columnist Chris Matyszczyk. But today a reader sent him a new complaint involving Windows 7: “My wife’s computer, which is running Windows 7, got a Windows update this morning,…
NBA restart: How to watch Blazers vs. Celtics, Bucks vs. Rockets today without cable – CNET
The NBA restart continues Sunday with two prime matchups on ABC. …read more Source:: CNet
Springs and Things Wrap into a Polyhedron of Interactive LED Art
Any resemblance between The Wobble Sphere and a certain virus making the rounds these days is purely coincidental. Although as yet another project undertaken during the COVID-19 lockdowns, we can see where the inspiration came from. Wobble Sphere is another work of interactive art from the apparently spring-driven imagination of [Robin Baumgarten], whose Quantum Garden…
Gravity Error Detected?
jd (Slashdot reader #1,658) writes: The large scale maps of the universe show something is seriously wrong with current models of gravity and dark matter. The universe simply isn’t clumping right and, no, it’s not the new improved formula. As you go from the early universe to the present day, gravity should cause things to…
Samsung Unpacked: How to watch the Galaxy Z Fold 2, Note 20 announcement Aug. 5 – CNET
It takes place virtually on Aug. 5. …read more Source:: CNet
Apple and Microsoft just proved the power of advertising
What can a newly-revealed tale about Apple seeing an Amazon ad and Microsoft’s apparent interest in buying TikTok have in common? …read more Source:: ZDNet
The best indoor home security camera of 2020 – CNET
Find out which indoor home security camera is the best at keeping an eye on things. …read more Source:: CNet
While Some Top Creators Abandon TikTok, the ACLU Opposes a Ban
Late Friday night, the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted its objections to banning TikTok in the United States. “Banning an app like TikTok, which millions of Americans use to communicate with each other, is a danger to free expression and technologically impractical.” More details from TechCrunch: “With any Internet platform, we should be concerned about…
Could Randomness Theory Hold Key To Internet Security?
“In a new paper, Cornell Tech researchers identified a problem that holds the key to whether all encryption can be broken — as well as a surprising connection to a mathematical concept that aims to define and measure randomness,” according to a news release shared by Slashdot reader bd580slashdot: “Our result not only shows that…
Categories
Archives
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- August 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- March 2013
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- June 2008
- May 2008
- February 2008
- June 2007
- May 2007
- February 2007
- December 2006
- June 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- January 2006
- December 2001