Day: December 17, 2018

Bloodhound 1,000 mph SSC project gets a jump-start – Roadshow

The owner of a turbocharger company gives the supersonic car the boost it needed. …read more Source:: CNet


TCL’s Series 6 Roku TV is now $500, cheaper than its Black Friday price – CNET

Plus: Save an extra 10 percent on refurbished gear from Decluttr and get a seriously excellent PC game bundle for just $5. …read more Source:: CNet


Boffins don’t give a sh!t, slap Trump’s face on a turd in science journal

Crouching monkey, hidden leader of the free world A pair of boffins are in hot water after the image of president Donald Trump made an unexpected cameo in a paper on how to gather animal DNA from their poop at scale.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Welcome to the Slow Death of Satellite TV in America

During an earnings call on November 29th, CEO of AT&T Communications John Donovan effectively signed the death warrant for satellite television in the United States. Just three years after spending $67 billion purchasing the nations’s largest satellite TV provider, DirecTV, he made a comment which left little doubt about the telecom giant’s plan for the…


Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Poses New Questions for Religious Leaders

Lab-grown meat is becoming closer to a reality. But this new technology poses new questions for people who typically avoid meat for religious or ethical reasons. An anonymous reader shares a report: Lab-grown meat has sparked a debate among rabbis in Israel about whether cell-cultured is the same as conventional meat and should fall under…


SAP can’t thwack away Teradata’s copyright infringement, antitrust sueball

But US firm must get specific on which trade secrets it claims were nicked – judge SAP has failed to have a copyright infringement and antitrust lawsuit lodged against it by Teradata thrown out.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


PewDiePie Hackers Launch Second Printer Siege, According to Reports

The hackers behind the attack said they have targeted 100,000 more printers in the latest attack dubbed #PrinterHack2. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Google To Invest $1 Billion in New Campus in New York City

Google will invest $1 billion in a new campus in New York City, the company said Monday. From a report: The new 1.7 million square foot “Google Hudson Square” campus will include two buildings located at 315 and 345 Hudson Street and an office space situated at nearby 550, Washington Street in Manhattan, Google said…


Brexit-dodging SCISYS Brits find Galileo joy in Dublin

UK space specialist’s holding company ups sticks for €11.2m Chippenham-based space systems specialist SCISYS has announced that it will trouser €11.2m as part of a contract to keep the Galileo project running.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


​Google is building a new $1billion New York campus

20 years after it arrived in NYC, Google’s new campus will allow it to double its 7,000 strong workforce in the city. …read more Source:: ZDNet