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Weeks after a SpaceX rocket exploded inexplicably, engineers at Elon Musk’s company have traced the flaw to its source. Space today released the initial results of its investigation, in which it says that a breach in helium system in the Falcon 9’s liq… Continue reading SpaceX Blast Investigation Suggests Breach in Oxygen Tank’s Helium System
To many’s surprise, Amazon introduced a consumer-focused storage option — unlimited photo backup for only $12 per year. This was Amazon’s attempt to lure customers away from Google, Dropbox, and iCloud. But it seems, even for Amazon, $12 per year for … Continue reading Amazon Is Killing Off Its $12/Year Plan For Unlimited Photo Storage
It’s no secret that more companies are getting hacked now than ever. The government is getting hacked, major corporate companies are getting hacked, and even news outlets are getting hacked. This raises the obvious question: why aren’t people investing… Continue reading Sad Reality: It’s Cheaper To Get Hacked Than Build Strong IT Defenses
According to data from Leichtman Research’s annual study, pay TV subscriptions keep going up and up. So much so that in the last five years, they have gone up by 40 percent. In 2011, subscribers were paying an average of $73.63 for cable or satellite, … Continue reading You’re Paying 40% More For TV Than You Were 5 Years Ago
An anonymous reader writes: Siri may soon be making the jump from your pocket to your end table. Apple has been working on a standalone product to control internet-of-things devices for a while, but a new report from Bloomberg suggests that the company… Continue reading Apple Is Getting Ready To Take On Google and Amazon In a Battle For The Living Room
Amazon UK has been found guilty and fined 65,000 euro for breaking aviation safety laws after repeatedly trying to send dangerous goods by airmail, reports The Guardian. From the article: A judge at Southwark crown court in London said on Friday that A… Continue reading Amazon UK Found Guilty Of Airmailing Dangerous Goods
Joseph Menn and John Walcott, reporting for Reuters: A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russi… Continue reading Probe Of Leaked US NSA Hacking Tools Examines Operative’s Mistake
WhatsApp announced last month that it would stop begin sharing some of users’ information — phone number, contact information of people in your address book etc — with Facebook. Two Indian students last month expressed their concern over this, adding… Continue reading Indian Students Score a Partial Win in Facebook Privacy Dispute
Twitter is in conversation with a number of tech companies for a potential sale. The social company is in talks with Google and cloud computing company Salesforce (which also wanted to purchase LinkedIn), and may receive a formal offer soon, reports CN… Continue reading Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon Are In Talks With Twitter For a Potential Acquisition
Facebook has admitted inflating the average time people spend watching videos for two years by failing to count people who watched for less than three seconds. CNET reports: The metric was artificially inflated because it only counted videos as viewed … Continue reading Facebook Inflated Video Viewing Stats For Two Years