Day: October 23, 2020

Don’t Guess, Listen to Your Plants’ Pleas for Water

Plants are great to have around, but they all have different watering needs. If only they could cry out when they’re thirsty, right? Well, now they can. All you need to hear them suffer is your very own Klausner Machine. [RoniBandini] based the Klausner machine on one of Roald Dahl’s short stories, which features an…


NASA astronaut votes from ISS – CNET

“If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground, too,” Kate Rubins says. …read more Source:: CNet


Best TV streaming service for cord cutters: Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling TV, and more compared – CNET

If you’re looking to save money on your cable bill but want to keep live news, sports and other channels, these are the best live TV streaming alternatives. …read more Source:: CNet


US Treasury sanctions Russian research institute behind Triton malware

US imposes sanctions against Russia’s Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM). …read more Source:: ZDNet


Super cool white paint basically creates ‘free air conditioning’ – CNET

The radiative cooling paint could help chill out houses, cars and even the planet. …read more Source:: CNet


Dotcom era data wrangler Tibco to buy Information Builders, reportedly for a whopping $1bn

Like a dotcom dude vs ’70s veteran buddy movie Six years after it considered putting itself up for sale, dotcom era data wrangler Tibco is set to buy Information Builders, a privately held data management biz with a 45-year history.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


NASA To Announce New Science Results About Moon

NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website. From a press release: This new discovery contributes to NASA’s efforts to learn about the…


The Adorable Robot Spot, Now In Affordable Form

If you’ve been following the Boston Dynamics project Spot, you’ve seen its capabilities and how we’re starting to see it being used in public more since its official release last year. But in a true display of how hobbyist electronics have been evolving and catching up with the big companies over the past few years,…


There is no escape from Borat – CNET

Borat’s second film is up on Amazon Prime! Very… something. …read more Source:: CNet


2020 presidential debate memes: Who muted the mute button? – CNET

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off for the final time, but the much-promised mute button seemed to have gone missing. …read more Source:: CNet