“Amazon Web Services on Wednesday launched Amazon Honeycode, a fully-managed service that enables companies to build mobile and web applications without any programming,” reports ZDNet: Customers can use the service to build apps that leverage an AWS-built database, such as a simple task-tracking application or a more complex project management app to manage multiple workflows….

The iPhone that Moroccan journalist Omar Radi used to contact his sources also allowed his government to spy on him (and at least two other journalists), reports the Toronto Star, citing new research from Amnesty International. Slashdot reader Iwastheone shares their report: Their government could read every email, text and website visited; listen to every…

Unless you’re in a carnival funhouse, mirrors are generally dead flat and kind of boring. Throw in some curves and things get interesting, especially when you can control the curve with a touch of your finger, as with this variable surface convex mirror. The video below starts off with a long but useful review of…

Get a sensational view of the International Space Station. …read more Source:: CNet

Lesbian romances, gay thrillers, queer comedies, trans documentaries, drag queen reality shows and more await. …read more Source:: CNet

“A proposal under consideration by Python’s development team would finally bring pattern matching statements to the language,” reports InfoWorld: The creators of the Python language are mulling a new proposal, PEP 622, that would finally bring a pattern matching statement syntax to Python. The new pattern matching statements would give Python programmers more expressive ways…

Meet the new female superhero Stormfront, plus get the latest on Amazon Prime’s dysfunctional superhero series The Boys, starring Karl Urban and airing Sept. 4. …read more Source:: CNet

Both Edge and Chrome already allow users to try unreleased, experimental features (by typing about:flags in the address bar). Soon there’ll be a similar “Firefox Experiments” option starting in Firefox 79. Slashdot reader techtsp shares this report from the Windows Club: Mozilla has a dedicated Experimental Features page on MDN just for that. But limiting…

Part of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy’s spacesuit breaks off and floats away into space. …read more Source:: CNet

Amazon is offering this kid-friendly smart bundle for just $60, close to its lowest price ever. …read more Source:: CNet