Two Major ISPs Are Suffering Outages, Making the Internet Really Slow Right Now Published on December 18, 2017 at 11:00PM Freshly Exhumed writes: Two major backbone internet service providers — Level 3 and Cogent — appear to be suffering from massive outages and downgraded service, […]
Day: December 18, 2017
Commentary: 3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Worth So Much Right Now
As investors near the Bitcoin iceberg, the first thing they see is payments—after all, it's a cryptocurrency, right? … Even if you could, very few investors would pay for their coffee with Apple (AAPL) stock because that's simply not the reason they bought Apple stock […]
‘There Will Be a [Senate] Vote’ To Reinstate Net Neutrality, Schumer Says
‘There Will Be a [Senate] Vote’ To Reinstate Net Neutrality, Schumer Says Published on December 18, 2017 at 09:45PM An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will force a vote on a bill that […]
New on Sports Illustrated: Burnley’s Tarkowski Charged With Violent Conduct After Off-the-Ball Fracas With Brighton’s Murray
Amazon’s Echo Spot Is a Good-as-Hell Alarm Clock
All images: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo The smartphone made the standalone alarm clock worthless. Sure you probably know some alarm clock holdouts (a parent or grandmother perhaps), but you probably just use your phone, which is already resting on the nightstand and has a decent enough alarm. […]
NASA engineers stare at the sun to see shockwaves from supersonic flight
Before the eclipse this summer, NASA warned us over and over again not to stare directly at the sun — but now they’re doing just that. Its researchers have reinvented a photography technique more than a century old, using the sun itself as a backdrop […]
New on Sports Illustrated: Burnley’s Tarkowski Charged With Violent Conduct After Off-the-Ball Fracas With Brighton’s Murray
SFGATE: The Latest: 2 critical, 11 seriously injured in derailment
The Latest: 2 critical, 11 seriously injured in derailment Published on December 18, 2017 at 10:01PM by DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Hospital officials say at least two people are in […]
NASA Awards Contract for Aircraft Operations Support
NASA has awarded the Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics, Integration, Configuration Management and Engineering (ALICE) contract to Yulista Tactical Services, LLC in Huntsville, Alabama. from NASA http://ift.tt/2BbV1I8 via IFTTT
More dead commenters appear to come out against net neutrality via /r/technology
More dead commenters appear to come out against net neutrality http://ift.tt/2CWvD6o Submitted December 18, 2017 at 08:44PM by Philo1927 via reddit http://ift.tt/2BFCp2u