“One of the more unique future uses for blockhain may be thwarting fake news,” writes Computerworld’s senior reporter, citing a recent report from Gartner: By 2023, up to 30% of world news and video content will be authenticated as real by blockchain ledgers, countering “Deep Fake technology,” according to Avivah Litan, a Gartner vice president…

[MJKZZ] sends in this entertaining little tutorial on building a small automated cannon out of a syringe. He starts the build off by modifying an arc lighter, the fancy kind one might use to light a fire on a windy day, so that it can be controlled by a micro-controller. The arc is moved to…

Here’s what you need to know about both ride-hailing apps. …read more Source:: CNet

After 32 years of service with the US Navy, the USS Sarsfield found a second life — and 27 more years of service — in Taiwan. Let’s go aboard. …read more Source:: CNet

A WWII-era American destroyer is a museum ship in Taiwan. Here’s a look at this ship’s long history. And its bears. …read more Source:: CNet

Apple’s iPhone lineup could be getting a shakeup in 2020 with four new iPhone 12 models released in the fall and one surprise iPhone before then. …read more Source:: CNet

Want a security camera with facial recognition? Here are your best options. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s a story that may be familiar to many of us, that of bidding on an item in an online auction and discovering once we go to pick it up that we’ve bought a bit more than we’d bargained for. We told you earlier in the year about the trio of Brits who bought an…

From games to social media to dating: These 25 apps had the most impact on our lives in the last 10 years. …read more Source:: CNet

“The prospect of Russian interference in Britain’s election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people from Russia leaked confidential British government documents on Brexit trade talks just days before the general U.K. vote,” reports the Associated Press: Reddit said in a statement that it has banned 61 accounts suspected of…