A JAXA spacecraft and a gaggle of daring rovers and landers are investigating a rocky, alien asteroid world. …read more Source:: CNet

Greg Miller, writing for National Geographic: This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey. The map, created by the German cartographer Henricus Martellus, was originally…

The band plays The Hand Of John L. Sullivan, Life Is Good and If I Ever Leave This World Alive — all in the living room of the Xfinity CNET Smart Home. …read more Source:: CNet

Plus, we preview Google’s Pixel event and talk about more denials of Bloomberg’s spy story. …read more Source:: CNet

China has issued a new regulation setting out wide-ranging police powers to inspect internet service providers and users, as the government tightens its grip on the country’s heavily restricted cyberspace. Local media reports: Under the new rule, effective from November 1, central and local public security authorities can enter the premises of all companies and…

It’ll hit 60 mph in about two seconds, the same as current rallycross racers. …read more Source:: CNet

The last challenge of The Hackaday Prize has just ended. Over the past few months, we’ve gotten a sneak peek at over a thousand amazing projects, from Open Hardware to Human Computer Interfaces. This is a contest, though, and to decide the winner, we’re tapping some of the greats in the hardware world to judge…

The denial comes in response to a Bloomberg report published last week that said Chinese spies implanted chips in data centers to snoop on tech companies like Amazon and Apple. …read more Source:: CNet

But the search giant didn’t disclose the vulnerability because it feared regulatory scrutiny, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. …read more Source:: CNet

The update is said to address problems some iPhone XS users were experiencing. …read more Source:: CNet