Mike Griffin to Lead Defense Procurement (opens the source in a new tab)
In his defense, he got really good at wasting money as head of NASA
One-Shots
Coinhive Using You to Mine Cryptocurrency (opens the source in a new tab)
Covert miners using your CPU for profit
The Trillion Dollar Storm (opens the source in a new tab)
Solid review of solar storm/carrington event/emp
50th Anniversary of First Saturn V Launch (opens the source in a new tab)
Nice excerpt from Apollo: Race to the Moon
Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Off Again (opens the source in a new tab)
Probably for the best, competition-wise
Automated Mining and Factories on Earth Precursors for Space (opens the source in a new tab)
Of course, automated factories are also precursors for SkyNet.
Ancient Oceans on Ceres (opens the source in a new tab)
I'd like to think its part of the long lost fourth planet.
Charter CEO Blames Netflix Password Piracy for Cord-Cutting (opens the source in a new tab)
They'll blame anything but their own high prices and bad service
Apple iPhone X Sells Out (opens the source in a new tab)
Looks like Apple made the right bet on super expensive premium phones
Anti-Aging by Killing Senescent Cells (opens the source in a new tab)
Fascinating. This actually works in mice.
AMD Ryzen Chips One-Up Intel (opens the source in a new tab)
AMD is getting its game together, just in time to be sidelined by ARM
NSA Exploit becomes Bad Rabbit Ransomware (opens the source in a new tab)
Yet another of the NSA's toys wreaks havoc on the interwebs
Free Speech is Downstream from Territory (opens the source in a new tab)
Relevant to all the recent social media / 'extremist group' infighting
Lightsail Tech Test Flight (opens the source in a new tab)
Private Lightsail 2 craft scheduled for launch on Falcon Heavy
Apple Pay: 90% Share Wherever It's Available (opens the source in a new tab)
Their smartphone market share is much smaller - this is remarkable.
Magnetic Fields in Space (opens the source in a new tab)
I think they're even more significant than Dr. Sutter does. Good read.
Microsoft ARM Laptops (opens the source in a new tab)
Apple can do the same - this will happen, and Intel will suffer
Google Pixelbook Review (opens the source in a new tab)
If you're into the whole google thing, looks like decent kit.
JJ Abrams Now Writer/Director for Star Wars IX (opens the source in a new tab)
Trevorrow gone, Abrams in, release date pushed back 6mos.
Russia's Evolving Rocket Plans (opens the source in a new tab)
Great backgrounder on Russian rocket development efforts.