Day: February 29, 2020

Telescopes Detect ‘Biggest Explosion Since Big Bang’

Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space — five times bigger than anything observed before. Iwastheone shares a report: The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth. The eruption is said to have left a giant dent in…


Activist investor seeks to replace Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, report says – CNET

Billionaire Paul Singer, founder of Elliott Management, wants to take over. …read more Source:: CNet


FCC Approves Plan To Pay Satellite Companies To Give Up Airwaves

U.S. regulators approved a plan to pay Intelsat SA and other satellite providers to give up airwaves so they can be redeployed for the fast 5G mobile networks being rolled out. From a report: The Federal Communications Commission on a 3-2 vote Friday approved Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan for as much as $9.7 billion to…


GDC postponed after coronavirus concerns prompt several firms to withdraw – CNET

The big gaming event will not happen in March. …read more Source:: CNet


Using IR LEDs To Hide In Plain Sight

Getting by without falling under the gaze of surveillance cameras doesn’t seem possible nowadays – from malls to street corners, it’s getting more common for organizations to use surveillance cameras to keep patrons in check. While the freedom of assembly is considered a basic human right in documents such as the US Condition and the…


The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez on Netflix will stay with me a long time – CNET

Commentary: This harrowing documentary is unsettling to watch, but will leave you with plenty to think about. …read more Source:: CNet


Save $231 on Bowers & Wilkins PX wireless noise-canceling headphones – CNET

They’re refurbished, but now’s your chance to save 57% on headphones that rank among the best noise-canceling cans money can buy. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple blocks Clearview AI facial recognition on iPhones after developer violation – CNET

It’s a new challenge for the controversial facial recognition startup. …read more Source:: CNet


RIP Freeman Dyson: The super-boffin who applied his mathematical brain to nuclear magic, quantum physics, space travel, and more

Science’s civil rebel dies aged 96 Video Freeman Dyson, the eminent British-American physicist and mathematician best known for his theoretical work in quantum electrodynamics, died today. He was 96.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google’s Black Box Algorithm Controls Which Political Emails Land in Your Main Inbox

Adrianne Jeffries, Leon Yin, and Surya Mattu, reporting for The Markup: Pete Buttigieg is leading at 63 percent. Andrew Yang came in second at 46 percent. And Elizabeth Warren looks like she’s in trouble with 0 percent. These aren’t poll numbers for the U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential contest. Instead, they reflect which candidates were able…