Tag: blog

In-Store WiFi Provider Used Starbucks Website To Generate Monero Coins Published on December 12, 2017 at 12:20AM hjf writes: On December 2nd, Twitter user Noah Dinkin tweeted a screenshot that showed that Starbucks’ in-store “free WiFi” is using their captive portal to briefly mine the […]

Iron Mountain announced today that it’s acquiring the U.S. data center assets of IO Data Centers for a cool $1.3 billion — and the price tag could potentially go higher. With today’s purchase, Iron Mountain gets some serious assets, including four state-of-the-art data centers in […]

A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally (source Medium)

Mastercard and Discover both pointed to similar reasoning and they’ll also be discontinuing signature requirements in April of next year. However, while Discover is eliminating signature requirements in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean and Mastercard is ending them in the US and Canada, […]

The largest and most destructive fire burning in California continues to grow, consuming dry brush as it races not just through but across the canyons north of Los Angeles. Strong winds and dry conditions mean flames can leap large distances, prompting thousands to evacuate their […]

By KEVIN ROOSE Hard-right activists, censored and banned by Twitter and Facebook, tried to create their own digital services. But they appear to have hit obstacles. Published: December 11, 2017 at 01:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2iSNqSZ via IFTTT

A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally (source Medium)

Apple Buys Shazam To Boost Apple Music Published on December 11, 2017 at 11:00PM An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Apple agreed to acquire music-identification service Shazam, taking ownership of one of the first apps to demonstrate the power of the iPhone, recognizing […]

AI-Assisted Fake Porn Is Here and We’re All Screwed Published on December 11, 2017 at 11:40PM New submitter samleecole shares a report from Motherboard: There’s a video of Gal Gadot having sex with her stepbrother on the internet. But it’s not really Gadot’s body, and […]

President Trump Is Sending NASA Back To The Moon Published on December 11, 2017 at 10:20PM President Trump has formally told NASA to send U.S. astronauts back to the moon. From a report: “The directive I’m signing today will refocus America’s space program on human […]