Day: August 2, 2020

NASA Astronauts Fire Deorbiting Burn. Watch Splashdown Back to Earth

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…