Nemesis Theory Not Dead Yet (opens the source in a new tab)
Never dies, but never proven either. Interesting Speculation
One-Shots
25 Years Since the Ozone Hole Killed Us All (opens the source in a new tab)
The list of climate scares that killed us all is getting very long
Review of HP Spectre Surface Pro Clone (opens the source in a new tab)
Microsoft isn't my bag, baby, but this looks like nice kit
Google Downranking Climate Change Skeptic Sites (opens the source in a new tab)
Because scientific consensus, though that has been repeatedly debunked
Luxembourg Adopts Space Resources Law (opens the source in a new tab)
Luxembourg angling for the good real estate.
Galactic Internet in Only 300k Years (opens the source in a new tab)
Faster than comcast customer service, so I'm down with that
Playing the Games Behind Clickbait Ads (opens the source in a new tab)
Great Rock Paper Shotgun piece.
Navy Deploys Operational Laser Weapon (opens the source in a new tab)
LaWS deployed on the USS Ponce. Which name seems tragic or oddly apt.
Ubuntu 16.10 Reaches End of Life (opens the source in a new tab)
I suppose I'd better update my VM from 12.4
Moore's Law Not Dead Yet (opens the source in a new tab)
It thinks it will go out for a walk. Roadmaps down to 1nm.
CCIA Backs Apple Against Qualcomm (opens the source in a new tab)
CCIA represents Amazon, Facebook, Google, Intel... Qualcomm is hosed
TSMC Might Remain Sole Supplier for Apple A12 Chip (opens the source in a new tab)
Samsung not riding quite as high as previous - but, they're still huge
Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligences (opens the source in a new tab)
What odds for communicating with ET? And how advanced might they be?
2017, Like EVERY OTHER YEAR, Hottest on Record (opens the source in a new tab)
If you adjust your data sets upward, then these things happen
Apple Privacy Policies Griefing Nosy Governments (opens the source in a new tab)
Apple's flown to Oz twice in the last month to lobby against new laws
Tectonics Might Be Connected to Chances of ET Life (opens the source in a new tab)
Beyond the wild hand-waving, interesting speculation
IBM Builds Blockchain Tool for London Stock Exchange (opens the source in a new tab)
It's not there yet, but blockchain tools are only going to get bigger
DOJ Announces Takedown of AlphaBay Dark Web Market (opens the source in a new tab)
FBI claims it was 10x the size of silk road. Hansa Market also down.
Mozilla Creating Open Source Speech Recognition (opens the source in a new tab)
via Spacenookie. Looks cool, but Mozilla has a lot of struggle ahead