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Delta Air Lines says it has suffered a computer outage throughout its system, and is warning of “large-scale” cancellations after passengers were unable to check in and departures were grounded globally. The No. 2 U.S. carrier said in a statement Monda… Continue reading Delta Air Lines Grounded Around the World After Computer Outage
John Timmer, writing for Ars Technica: Toward the end of last year, the people behind the Large Hadron Collider announced that they might have found signs of a new particle. Their evidence came from an analysis of the first high-energy data obtained af… Continue reading CERN Confirms Hints of Hypothetical Particle Have Disappeared
Joseph Cox, reporting for Motherboard: On Friday, activist group Privacy International and five internet and communications providers lodged an application before the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the UK’s use of bulk hacking powers abroa… Continue reading Challenge Over UK Bulk Hacking Powers Taken To European Court of Human Rights
Steven Levy, who has been extensively covering the world of hackers for decades (fun fact: the first time he wrote about it, the word “hacker” didn’t really mean much), is sharing the changing perception about hacker conferences, and hackers themselves… Continue reading Hackers Bring Ethics To Las Vegas
Dami Lee, writing for The Verge: Even if you didn’t grow up in Asia, chances are you’ve had this ubiquitous Japanese snack before. Walk into most grocery stores in America and you’ll find a box of Pocky, and in multiple flavors like strawberry and gree… Continue reading Kids Can Now Learn To Code With Pocky, the Delicious Japanese Snack
Bloomberg has an article on a new project that MIT’s Daniela Rus has been working on. They have developed a “robot,” squeezed into an inch-long, 0.09-ounce pill, but it “unfolds like an origami after it’s swallowed”. This robot can be guided with a tin… Continue reading The Pill Robot Is Coming
Reader schwit1 writes: Every move you make. Every click you take. Every game you play. Every place you stay. They’ll be watching you. IDI, a year-old company in the so-called data-fusion business, is the first to centralize and weaponize all that infor… Continue reading This Company Has Built a Profile On Every American Adult
The pistol emoji has become a heated topic of debate among people. Apple’s decision to replace the gun with a toy pistol is getting a mixed response. Amid all this, Microsoft has announced it is replacing the toy gun emoji with a symbol for a real revo… Continue reading Microsoft Swaps Toy Gun Emoji For Revolver — Days After Apple Does the Opposite
In what can be seen as a turning point for BlackBerry, the Canadian iconic company has filed a patent lawsuit against internet telephony firm Avaya. BlackBerry claims Avaya has infringed eight of its U.S. patents, and that BlackBerry should be paid for… Continue reading BlackBerry Enters New Phase Of Patent Monetization, Sues Internet Telephony Firm Avaya
Things are not looking good in Zimbabwe. Amid tensions between the citizens and longtime president Robert Mugabe, the country’s army commander said today that his soldiers will “deal with threats” from activists using social media to mobilize anti-gove… Continue reading Zimbabwe Military Threatens To ‘Deal With’ Social Media-Powered Protesters