“Bitcoin is now trading near $18,000, up almost 100% in six months,” notes Bloomberg columnist Lionel Laurent, “and it’s flirting with an all-time high reached in 2017 (which, given it was followed by an ugly crash, faithful Bitcoiners would rather forget)…” . But what exacty does that mean? He challenges the notion that Bitcoin is…

As part of a project called Odeuropa, researchers from six countries are bringing historical European smells, including the Battle of Waterloo, to modern noses. “Smells shape our experience of the world.” …read more Source:: CNet

Elon Musk wants to connect all corners of the planet via space, but his thousands of orbiting routers may pose a risk to satellites and to science. …read more Source:: CNet

For 108 years Americans have helped their postal service perform “Operation Santa.” But this year’s program will be fully digital and nationwide, reports CNN: The program allows children and families to write letters to Santa, which will then be processed and shared online beginning on December 4 at USPSOperationSanta.com. Once the letters are live, anyone…

Looking for a deal on a digital camera or action cam? Here are the best deals we’ve spotted. …read more Source:: CNet

Great deals today, but better ones at Walmart starting Nov. 25. …read more Source:: CNet

InfoWorld reports: Firefox users can expect improved JavaScript performance in the Firefox 83 browser, with the Warp update to the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine enabled by default. Also called WarpBuilder, Warp improves responsiveness and memory usage and speeds up page loads by making changes to JiT (just-in-time) compilers… Warp has been shown to be faster than…

The skeletal remains were found in a villa’s underground corridor on the outskirts of Pompeii in Italy. The men may have escaped the first volcanic eruption that destroyed the city but died in the blast the next day. …read more Source:: CNet

Shotgun (Slashdot reader #30,919) shared these thoughts from The Register: Every now and again the U.S. Congress manages to do its job and yesterday was one of those days: the Senate passed a new IoT cybersecurity piece of legislation that the House also approved, and it will now move to the President’s desk. As we…

It’s a good time to be in the market for an Apple Watch. …read more Source:: CNet