Post Overview
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Current Event
6 years ago
+27 27 0China's hackers are ransacking databases for your health data
In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware spread around the globe. As the worm locked Windows PCs, the UK's National Health Service quickly ground to a halt. 19,000 appointments were cancelled, doctor's couldn't access patient files and ema ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+15 15 0The late summer heat wave will intensify across a large part of Europe until early September, locally again near +35 °C
Europe is in for another heat wave after this weekend as strong upper level ridge / Omega blocking pattern establishes. Temperatures will be back into low/mid 30s across many parts of our continent. Very warm weather is also expected across Scandinav ...
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Analysis
6 years ago
+21 21 0Lonely, socially anxious Millennials are more likely to use dating apps compulsively, study finds
A new study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggests that lonely individuals may be at particular risk.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+20 20 0Nuclear Reactor for Mars Outpost Could Be Ready to Fly by 2022
A new type of nuclear reactor designed to power crewed outposts on the moon and Mars could be ready for its first in-space trial just a few years from now, project team members said.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+16 16 0U.S. Pay-TV Subscriber Losses More Than Triple To 1.5M In Q2
The largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. saw video subscriber losses more than triple to 1.53 million in the second quarter, according to the latest report from Leichtman Research Group. The tally marks is up dramatically from the 420,000 losses in t ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+9 9 0Young blood cocktail stops Alzheimer's decline, early clinical trial reports
Alkahest, a California-based start-up, has just revealed some compelling early results from an ongoing Phase 2 trial into the efficacy of its novel formulation of plasma proteins derived from young blood, developed to slow, or even stop, the cognitiv ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+3 3 0Will the Millennials Save Playboy?
The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine’s short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+4 4 0The Time Is Right to Rediscover Rubicon
Nine years ago, AMC was riding an original programming high. After trying to compete with Turner Classic Movies at its own game for over two decades, the veteran cable channel developed two flagship original dramas that would define their era of tele ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+10 10 0Charred forests not growing back as expected after wildfires, researchers say | CBC News
Certain tree species not growing back in low elevation areas; seedlings struggling to survive in Rocky Mountains due to warming temperatures.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+31 31 0Eating at certain times of the day may help weight loss
The time of day a person eats may help determine whether they can lose weight, new findings show. Fasting from time to time or eating earlier in the day may help people lower their body mass by reducing their appetite, according to research published ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+12 12 0Scientists Wrote a Eulogy for Iceland's First Glacier Lost to Climate Change
That may sound like an Onion headline, but alas, it is not. We’ve reached the point in our wild planetary experiment where humans are memorializing the things we’re knowingly wiping out.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+3 3 0'Fargo' Season 4: Jack Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw and Others Join Chris Rock in Cast
“Fargo” Season 4 really rounded out its cast on Thursday, naming 12 new members of Noah Hawley’s players who will join previously-announced star, Chris Rock. The cast is led by Jack Huston, Jason Schwartzman and Ben Whishaw, along with Jessie Buckley ...
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Expression
6 years ago
+36 36 07 Ways OnePlus and OxygenOS Beat Google's Stock Android
OnePlus phones just keep getting better and better, but what’s not often talked about very much is the software that comes pre-installed on board. It’s Android, but it’s OnePlus’ own brand of Android called OxygenOS and it’s getting very close to bea ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+32 32 0Report: Johnson & Johnson Under Criminal Investigation For Concealing Cancer Risks Of Baby Powder
Federal authorities have launched a criminal probe into whether pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson lied to the public about the possible cancer risks of its talcum powder, Bloomberg reported Friday, escalating a scandal plaguing the company f ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+7 7 0Pete Buttigieg Takes Aim at Religious Hypocrisy
The second night of the first Democratic debates focused on the American values that have been corrupted under Trump, in the view of the 2020 candidates.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+3 3 0Electric cars grab almost half of sales in oil-producing Norway
Almost half of new cars sold in Norway in the first six months of 2019 were powered by fully electric engines, up from just over a quarter in the same period last year, ensuring the Nordic nation retains its top global ranking in electric vehicle sal ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+7 8 1Iran executes Ministry of Defence official on charges of spying for US
Jalal Hajizavar was convicted by a military court after a probe. His death comes amid tense exchanges between the White House and President Rouhani (pictured).
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Current Event
6 years ago
+17 19 2Kuo on 2020 iPhones: 5.4-Inch and 6.7-Inch Models With 5G, 6.1-Inch Model With LTE, All With OLED Displays
Apple plans to release three new iPhones in the second half of 2020, including high-end 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch models with OLED displays and a lower-end 6.1-inch model with an OLED display, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Those display sizes line u ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+39 39 0 x 1Microsoft quietly pulls massive facial-recognition database from internet
Microsoft has quietly taken down a massive facial recognition database containing more than 10 million images of roughly 100,000 people. The images were gathered from search engines and published in 2016 to a dataset called MS Celeb and used to train ...
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Current Event
6 years ago
+41 41 0 x 1Why Amazon is going to be one of the winners of the streaming video wars
Every pay-to-stream video company is fighting a “battle royale” for your attention, and not all of them will make it. Former Amazon Studios strategist Matthew Ball says Netflix and Disney are safe bets to land on the winners list, but now as an outsi ...




















