Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist (opens the source in a new tab)

  One fake job interview, $6.3B gone. Hire slowly.

  4 Nov · theregister.com Implications

• The Grand Canyon Is Missing 1.2 Billion Years of History (opens the source in a new tab)

  A billion years of rock, gone. What does gone mean, though?

  4 Nov · gizmodo.com Weird

• A barbarian tribe’s mythic origin story is true, DNA says (opens the source in a new tab)

  The Goths really did come from Scandinavia, and not my daughter's wardrobe.

  4 Nov · science.org Implications

• China Launches Stealth Drone from Amphibious Assault Ship (opens the source in a new tab)

  China says its stealth drone flies off an amphib. If true, that's the future.

  

  4 Nov · twz.com Implications

Thursday, November 9, 2017

• 50th Anniversary of First Saturn V Launch (opens the source in a new tab)

  50 years today. Good summary at space.com

  

  9 Nov · space.com

• Russia Buys Ground Combat Robots (opens the source in a new tab)

  In the middle term, robot tanks will be increasingly important.

  9 Nov · nextbigfuture.com

• SpaceX Rocket Goes 'Splodey (opens the source in a new tab)

  Test rocket for the block 5 Falcon. Won't hit current manifest.

  9 Nov · arstechnica.com

• Logitech Will Brick the Harmony Link Hub (opens the source in a new tab)

  If you don't own the infrastructure, you don't own it.

  9 Nov · daringfireball.net

• No Space Corps Today (opens the source in a new tab)

  New version of the bill drops provision for a new US Space Corps. Damn

  9 Nov · defensetech.org

• The Improbable Origins of PowerPoint (opens the source in a new tab)

  Created by ex-Apple employees. Who'd a thunk it?

  9 Nov · spectrum.ieee.org

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

• Dark Matter Refuses to Be Found (opens the source in a new tab)

  Perhaps because it isn't real?

  8 Nov · scientificamerican.com

• First Americans Were Boat People (opens the source in a new tab)

  The Bering Land bridge was used by the second wave.

  

  8 Nov · arstechnica.com

• Linux has a USB Security Problem (opens the source in a new tab)

  Not just Linux - do you know where that drive has been?

  8 Nov · linux.slashdot.org

• Facebook's Shadow Profiles - How The Creepiness Works (opens the source in a new tab)

  Excellent bit on how the 'people you may know' feature works

  8 Nov · boingboing.net

• One Percent of Wikipedia Editors Created 77% of Site Content (opens the source in a new tab)

  Not that I've even been to the site in months.

  8 Nov · tech.slashdot.org

• Commercial Cargo Already a Bargain for NASA (opens the source in a new tab)

  NASA already made back all money spent on commercial space. Bargain.

  8 Nov · arstechnica.com

• Firefox Adds TOR Canvas Fingerprint Blocking (opens the source in a new tab)

  Firefox seems to be getting good again.

  8 Nov · news.slashdot.org

• Wooden (Space) Ships (opens the source in a new tab)

  Ranger lunar probes 3, 4, and 5 had balsa wood 'impact-limiter' shells

  8 Nov · blogs.scientificamerican.com

• Dust at Proxima Indicates a Complicated System (opens the source in a new tab)

  Since this is the closest star to Earth, fascinating.

  8 Nov · centauri-dreams.org

• Would Natural Selection Create Aliens Like Us? (opens the source in a new tab)

  Not an unreasonable speculation. But aliens might just be *alien*

  8 Nov · space.com