See the Doctor’s new friends. …read more Source:: CNet

Tweet comes after diver accuses billionaire of engaging in a “PR stunt.” …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1881 classic Treasure Island tells of Jim Hawkins’s adventures on board the Hispaniola, as he and his crew — along with double-crossing pirate Long John Silver — set out to find Captain Flint’s missing treasure on Skeleton Island. Now, more than a century…

The Mandelbrot Set is a mathematical oddity where a simple function creates an infinitely complex landscape that you can literally zoom into forever. Like most people, I’ve downloaded Mandelbrot set viewers and marveled at the infinite whorls and spirals, and then waited while each frame took minutes or hours to render as I zoomed in….

Epic Games’ battle royale game crosses over to the World Cup. …read more Source:: CNet

New or refurb, you can already save $100 or more off the regular price. Plus: A free (with purchase) Google Home Mini. …read more Source:: CNet

Last week, Apple refreshed the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models, bringing newer Intel processors and quieter keyboards. The new 13-inch MacBook Pro also just so happens to feature the fastest SSD ever in a laptop, according to benchmarks from Laptop Mag. Mac Rumors summarizes the findings: The site’s tests were performed on the $2,499…

Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based digital currency exchange, announced that it is “exploring the addition” of five new cryptocurrencies to its platform. The five cryptocurrencies being considered are Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX). Bitcoinist reports: Coinbase’s announcement claims to arrive for both employees and the public at…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: The latest country to consider a website blocking proposal is Japan, and EFF has responded to the call for comment by sharing all the reasons that cutting off websites is a terrible solution for copyright violations. In response to infringement of copyrighted material, specifically…

We always think it is interesting that a regular DC motor and a generator are about the same thing. Sure, each is optimized for its purpose, but inefficiencies aside, you can use electricity to rotate a shaft or use a rotating shaft to generate electricity. [Andriyf1] has a slightly different trick. He shows how to…