An anonymous reader quotes The Verge: Cybersecurity stock images are predictable at this point: a hooded man with a shadowy face in front of a keyboard or a mysterious person in front of binary code. A design firm called OpenIDEO thinks these images can be better, so it’s hosting a contest to entice visual creators…

schwit1 quotes Space News: SpaceX plans to build facilities at the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A for launches and, eventually, landings of its next-generation launch vehicle, according to a newly released report. An environment assessment prepared by SpaceX, and released by NASA Aug. 1, discusses plans to develop additional facilities at LC-39A, which currently…

While the rest of the world has by and large forgotten the Atari Jaguar, the generously marketed console still has a fan base, and even some dedicated hackers prodding away at it. [Cyrano Jones] is one of them, and he managed something many considered unthinkable: restoring in-game music to the Jaguar port of Doom. The…

McGruber quotes UPI: NASA has cut down trees on more than 385 acres of Kennedy Space Center in Florida to allow a better view of launch pads where human spaceflight is set to return after a lull of many years. The last astronauts to launch into space from the site were aboard space shuttle Atlantis…

Users of the social networks complain of not being able to share status updates or photos. …read more Source:: CNet

The PC maker has released a preview video that provides a good look at the new laptops, some of which will be available in colorful hues like purple and pink. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: MIT Technology Review’s Karen Hao reports on China’s grand experiment in AI education that could reshape how the world learns. “While academics have puzzled over best practices, China hasn’t waited around,” Hao writes. “It’s the world’s biggest experiment on AI in education, and no one can predict the outcome.” Profiled…

Franky Zapata drew comparisons to Spider-Man’s archnemesis as he flew a hoverboard through Paris last month. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader writes: “The voter information of more than 14.3 million Chileans, which accounts to nearly 80% of the country’s entire population, was left exposed and leaking on the internet inside an Elasticsearch database,” reports ZDNet. “The database contained names, home addresses, gender, age, and tax ID numbers (RUT, or Rol Único Tributario) for…

NASA needed a small and lightweight computer to send humans on their journey to the Moon and back, but computers of the day were made out of discrete components that were heavy, large, complicated, and unreliable. None of which are good qualities for spaceflight. The agency’s decision to ultimately trust the success of the Apollo…