NASA studies cosmic phenomena of all sorts, but here it’s tackling something very close to home. It recently launched two rockets as part of the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment, or AZURE, meant to study the Earth’s aurora. Each rocket measures the density of the […]
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Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts
On the heels of a trove of 773 million emails, and tens of millions of passwords, from a variety of domains getting leaked in January, Microsoft has faced another breach affecting its web-based email services. Microsoft has confirmed to TechCrunch that a certain “limited” number […]
Julian Assange, a Big Yahoo Fine, and More Security News This Week
It was another busy week in the security world, and perhaps the biggest story was the arrest of Julian Assange in London on Thursday. The WikiLeaks founder is facing criminal charges in the US over allegations that he conspired to help Chelsea Manning hack into […]
Facebook spent $20 million last year on Zuckerberg’s personal protection
2018 was by all means a very rough year for Facebook. The company, which spent the year reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and a general bubbling-up of public anger, also had to deal with animosity toward the company’s founder, and gave the executive a […]
Fitbit Versa vs Fitbit Versa Lite: do you lose much by getting the cheaper edition?
Fitbit now offers two versions of the Fitbit Versa, with the standard model joined by the Fitbit Versa Lite. As the name suggests, the latter is a cheaper version of the smartwatch with some features stripped away. But just what’s missing here? What remains? How […]
Juul’s pilot program could trace retailers that sell to teen users
All authority figures have to do is report a Juul’s unique tracking identifier — essentially, a serial number — via the new portal. According to TechCrunch, the company will open an investigation for each report and will apparently go as far as talking to shop […]
Spy on your smart home with this open source research tool
Researchers at Princeton University have built a web app that lets you (and them) spy on your smart home devices to see what they’re up to. The open source tool, called IoT Inspector, is available for download here. (Currently it’s Mac OS only, with a […]
How the Huawei P30 got me excited for phone photography again
I’ve reviewed a few phones for TechRadar now, but I hadn’t found the camera a particularly compelling part of them – until I picked up the new Huawei P30. With its tri-lens offering and range of features, the Huawei P30 got me to re-think how […]
How to Watch the Star Wars Celebration Livestream: Episode IX, The Mandalorian, and More
Just as millions of monarch butterflies migrate to Piedra Herrada each winter, thousands of Star Wars faithful have descended on Chicago for Star Wars Celebration 2019. But if you couldn’t make the trip—or very reasonably had something else going on—you can watch the five-day festival […]