SpaceX Argues for Deep Space Public-Private Partnerships (opens the source in a new tab)
It's been a big success closer to Earth, no reason not to do more
One-Shots
Connecticut Bans Civil Forfeiture Without Criminal Conviction (opens the source in a new tab)
This needs to spread, and quickly.
6 Million Verizon User's Data Exposed (opens the source in a new tab)
They just kind of left it on an openly-accessible server.
Air-Enhanced Nuclear Thermal Rocket (opens the source in a new tab)
Sounds like a warmer, fuzzier, Project Pluto
Robot Lawyer Now Available in all 50 States (opens the source in a new tab)
I think a lawyer-AI skynet is more frightening than terminator skynet
Google Dodges $1.3B Tax Bill (opens the source in a new tab)
I think they owe me $1.3 billion.
EFF Appeals Browser DRM Standard (opens the source in a new tab)
Really surprised that this even got off the ground, should be ended
Gallery of Juno Images of Jupiter (opens the source in a new tab)
Cool stuff. This is one thing that NASA does right.
Coffee, Already Awesome, Also Lowers Risk of Stroke and Heart Disease (opens the source in a new tab)
Coffee, red wine, chocolate, red meat, butter = health foods
Moon Express Aims to Bring Moon Rocks Back to Earth in Three Years (opens the source in a new tab)
Ambitious, but the R2-D2 sized probe can go up on a standard launcher
Hyperloop Completes First Full-Up Systems Test (opens the source in a new tab)
Baby steps, but it looks increasingly real
New Google Pixel XL Images Leaked (opens the source in a new tab)
Squeezable frame, AMOLED screen, brought to you by the letters X and L
PayPal added as iPhone Payment Source (opens the source in a new tab)
Convenient for those in the middle of the Apple/PayPal Venn Diagram
Windows Phone Dead, Dead, Dead (opens the source in a new tab)
Microsoft ends support for Windows Phone 8.1
Former GCHQ Head Calls Out Backdoors for End-to-End Encryption (opens the source in a new tab)
Says attack the end points. Sensible, if uncommon, opinion in the IC
Google Academics Payola (opens the source in a new tab)
Google pays academics for favorable articles. Don't be what, again?
Who Built Stonehenge? (opens the source in a new tab)
Not the dinosaurs. Good long read from EvolutionistX
Monster Solar Minimum Approaching? (opens the source in a new tab)
Cycle 24 at solar minimum levels three years early, for 12 year cycle
Rumors that iPhone 8 Is Troubled (opens the source in a new tab)
Wireless charging, 3d face recognition said to have software issues
Your Fingerprint Is Not a Password (opens the source in a new tab)
Because for one, you can't change it.