Commentary: Flagship phones are giving us only incremental improvements, and our upgrade culture makes less sense than ever. …read more Source:: CNet

Thriller Open Your eyes is streaming now. …read more Source:: CNet

“When residents of an affluent estate community in Alberta started hearing noise from a nearby power plant, they didn’t expect their complaints of sleepless nights would lead to a months-long investigation that would find a bitcoin mining operation had set up shop without approval,” reports the CBC: Now, Link Global, the company behind the site,…

It’s been a long road for James Webb, but it’s done with testing and ready to get packed up and shipped for launch. …read more Source:: CNet

“They avoid the bullies by looking like them.” …read more Source:: CNet

The New York Times tells the story of an Indiana physician spreading misinformation about the pandemic. Public health officials say statements like his have contributed to America’s vaccine hesitancy and resistance to mask-wearing, exacerbating the pandemic. His videos “have amassed nearly 100 million likes and shares on Facebook, 6.2 million views on Twitter, at least…

Have you ever been about to finish a puzzle, when suddenly you realize there are more holes left than you have pieces? With [Nikolaos’s] 3D printed sliding puzzles, this will be a problem of the past! <img data-attachment-id="493668" data-permalink="https://hackaday.com/2021/08/28/never-lose-a-piece-with-3d-printed-sliding-puzzles/sliding-puzzle-dovetail/" data-orig-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sliding-puzzle-dovetail.jpg" data-orig-size="1324,993" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="sliding puzzle dovetail" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" The dovetails, integrated into each piece, keep…

John Binns, claiming to be behind the massive T-Mobile theft of >50m customer records, dissed the security measures of the US’s No. 2 wireless biggest carrier. T-Mobile is “humbled,” it said, announcing new partnerships with security heavyweights on Friday. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Futurism reports: Japan’s space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a “rotary detonation engine” in space, a world’s first. Such an engine uses a series of controlled explosions that travel around a circular channel at its base. The result is a massive amount of thrust coming from a much…

“T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert published an open apology to customers Friday after hackers stole more than 50 million users’ personal data, including their Social Security numbers and driver’s license information,” reports NBC News: “The last two weeks have been humbling for all of us at T-Mobile,” he wrote. “To say we are disappointed and frustrated…