Day: December 27, 2019

Employee safety is for sale

Location data is a risk to the enterprise. CISOs will need to invest in anti-surveillance technologies in 2020. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Facebook Messenger requires a Facebook account to sign up now – CNET

Before, you could sign up just with a phone number. …read more Source:: CNet


3D Printed Pulsejet Uses Tesla Valve

For most people, a jet is a jet. But there are several different kinds of jet engines, depending on how they operate. You frequently hear about ramjets, scramjets, and even turbojets. But there is another kind — a very old kind — called a pulsejet. [Integza] shows how he made one using 3D printed parts…


First Active Fault Zone Found on Mars

Rumbling quakes on the red planet have been traced back to Cerberus Fossae, suggesting this geologically young region is still alive and cracking. From a report: Millions of miles away, a robot geologist stands alone on the dusty surface of Mars, listening for faint seismic echoes in the ground below. Its finger on the red…


Information Teleported Between Two Computer Chips For the First Time

Michael Irving, writing for New Atlas: Scientists at the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have achieved quantum teleportation between two computer chips for the first time. The team managed to send information from one chip to another instantly without them being physically or electronically connected, in a feat that opens the…


GoPro’s $50 Light Mod is available and does more than light up your video – CNET

The company’s other two Mod kits for the Hero 8 Black are shipping soon, too. …read more Source:: CNet


Russia’s Newest Weather Satellite May Have Be Killed by Space Junk

For humans and satellites alike, making a living is space is hard. First, there’s the problem of surviving the brief but energetic and failure-prone ride there, after which you get to alternately roast and freeze as you zip around the planet at 20 times the speed of sound. The latter fact is made all the…


Scientists Attempt To Recreate ‘Overview Effect’ From Earth

Researchers aim to recreate intense emotional experience astronauts reported on seeing Earth from space for the first time. From a report: The spectacle of Earth suspended in space was so overwhelming for Edgar Mitchell that the Apollo 14 astronaut and sixth man on the moon wanted to grab politicians by the scruff of the neck…


Get a Vitamix Explorian E320 pro-grade blender for $179.95 – CNET

It’s a refurb, but with a full 3-year warranty. This top-rated machine sells new for $350. Plus: 3 bonus deals! …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook Security Debacles: 2019 Year in Review

2019 was a tumultuous year for Facebook as it continued to grapple with privacy fallout after Cambridge Analytica, as well as dealing with a slew of security challenges. …read more Source:: Threatpost