Thousands of Weather Satellite Bugs Won’t Be Fixed For Years
The Commerce Department inspector general is blasting a federal climate-satellite program and its supporting contractor, Raytheon, for ignoring tens of thousands of major cyber vulnerabilities.
August 27, 2014 at 12:08PM
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The LA School iPad Scandal: What You Need To Know
A massive expansion of classroom technology has come to a grinding halt in Los Angeles.
August 27, 2014 at 11:04AM
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California’s Embrace of Anti-Theft Technology in Smartphones Puts a Squeeze on Thieves
A bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Monday will require that all smartphones sold in the state after July 2015 include a so-called kill switch, which lets an owner remotely deactivate a phone after it has been stolen.
August 27, 2014 at 9:55AM
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A Fancy Cooler Has Stolen The Title Of Most-Funded Kickstarter Project From Pebble
Given that the Coolest Cooler has now knocked Pebble from its vaunted pedestal, with over $10.35 million raised — it should follow, then, that by this time next year we’ll be seeing Android-powered smart coolers from Samsung, LG and every OEM under the sun.
August 27, 2014 at 9:55AM
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Seagate Ships An 8 Terabyte Hard Drive, Perfect For All Of Your Totally Legal And Not Pirated Stuff
No pricing has been disclosed yet for Seagate’s 8TB drive — but for reference, the consumer version of the 6TB drive they announced back in April currently goes for around $300.
August 27, 2014 at 8:42AM
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Time Warner Cable Down
Reports are streaming in from both the East and West coasts with a majority of issues originating in large cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Tampa, according to DownDetector.com.
August 27, 2014 at 7:05AM
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Intelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror Center
The un-vetted computer engineer plugged into law enforcement networks and a database of 5 million Arizona drivers in a possible breach that was kept secret for years.
August 27, 2014 at 6:29AM
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Chrome 64-bit browser finally available as a stable version
Google today released a 64-bit stable version of its Chrome browser for Windows systems. The 64-bit support has been in testing since June, and as of Chrome version 37 it has made it to the mainstream version.
August 26, 2014 at 7:57PM
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How the Computer of the Future Keeps its Cool
A team of theoretical physicists at the University of Hamburg, Germany have just published the schematics for a method that tackles the biggest hurdle in quantum computing: keeping everything cool.
August 26, 2014 at 4:00PM
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The Ultimate Breakdown of How People Watch Porn Online
If there are any two things that define the tech-minded modern millennial, they are his operating system and his porn preferences. Fortunately for our inquiring minds, our data-crunching friends over at Pornhub have to access to both.
August 26, 2014 at 4:00PM
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