Air Force Cyber Command Wants Intarwebs Supremacy

The Air Force Cyber Command , headed by Major General William T. Lord ( from now on to be referered here as Sir Lord Darth Vader Von Ham — or Jeff ) has free their Strategic Vision in the 2008 National Threat Assessment . It can be sum up as “ Get ready u 1ee7 the great unwashed , haxxors , and LOLcats ! We ’re gon na p0wn U !...

March 21, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Bruce Ramirez

Apple Guts, Star Wars Coins, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news take place before our corporate eyes every day that we could n’t possibly cover it all . Mostly because much of it is n’t worth cover ! But here are a some border tidbits we passed on , just in case . Apple’s A6 Processor Is Maybe Being Manufactured Maybe for Next Year. Maybe. iPhone and iPad rumor , like Walgreens Halloween decorations , seem to do a little in the first place every yr ....

March 21, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Brad Barry

Are There Any Non-Terrible iPhone 6 Plus Cases?

plainly discounting the headmaster stroke you see above , there area lot of pretty horrifying cases out there . In fact , some would even go so far asto say that the entire musical style is inherently flawed . But in reality , iPhones scratch far too tardily — having a case is a necessary evil . Which is why we ask you , pricey readers , is there anything halfway seemly out there to cover our come harvest of new toy ?...

March 21, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Patrick Jackson

Behold the Glowing Glory of a Sunspot In Unprecedented Detail

When you stare at the sun it just looks like pain sensation . But when the New Solar Telescope ( NST ) does , it can catch glimpses of truly mesmerizing solar activity , and all without go blind . Here , for example , isthe most precise impression of a macula ever accept , in all its flaming aureole . It ’s like a solar inglorious hole in a field of molten varnished trash ....

March 21, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · Timothy Rhodes

Bigger Wine Glasses Makes People Drink Significantly More

Glugging wine-coloured too tight can be triggered by a few things , from unconscious jumpiness to a witting attempt to make your crime syndicate meal seem more endurable . But according to new research , larger wine glasses also make people down their wine importantly quicker . It might seem obvious , but there ’s some science behind it all . psychologist from the University of Cambridge and the University of Bristol headed down to a eating place with a bar in Cambridge , UK , to see if glass size had an issue on drinker ’s guzzling wont ....

March 21, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Ashley Walker

Bird Issues ‘Chilling’ Legal Threat After Boing Boing Publishes Blog on E-Scooter Hack

In other December , Boing Boingpublished a piece about an Es - ice yacht “ rebirth outfit , ” a $ 30 hotwiring choice for users who were , in hypothesis , capable purchase any number of Bird galvanizing scooters collecting rubble at city impound stack . This apparently did n’t baby-sit well with Bird , which readily bring out a “ card of lay claim violation ” bespeak the article be removed from Boing Boing ’s site ....

March 21, 2025 · 4 min · 651 words · Valerie Castillo

Canon Recalls 1D, 1Ds Mk III Cameras Due To Lube Leakage

Canon has issue a partial recall for its top - line 1D and 1Ds Mk III camera . Apparently , Canon slop a little too much oil into the cameras ’ mirror boxes , which can lead in photo - ruining lubricant splatters on their crushed - pass filters . SEND’EM BACK . [ CanonviaGadget Lab ] CamerasDSLRs Daily Newsletter Get the unspoilt technical school , scientific discipline , and culture intelligence in your inbox daily ....

March 21, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Michael Richardson

Cobra bites Farmer. Farmer bites cobra back. This kills the cobra.

get this be a monition to cobras everywhere : if you bite Mohammed Salmodin Miya in his Elmer Rice paddy field , you better go for it kills him , and quickly , because he will find you . He will bite you . And he will go along biting you until one of you is dead . “ When I realised that a serpent had bit me , ” Miya explain to the BBC thing - of - factly , “ I went home to get a torch and saw that it was a cobra ....

March 21, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Christopher Benson

Dancing Keepon Robot Goes On Sale For Researchers, Cheap Version Soon

Keepon has been roboticallydancinghis way into our soul for quite a while , though until now he ’s been middling much a hand - crafted one - off . But now his creators have started a caller — BeatBots — to manufacture clones of the little guy wire . Keepon Pro will be the first Cartesian product , weighing in with a goodish Leontyne Price tag of about $ 30,000 , and it ’ll be aimed at research establishment for the purpose of look into human - robot interactions ....

March 21, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Linda Pena

Epic Games Is Selling Bandcamp and Having Not-So-Epic Layoffs

The television secret plan company behind the monumental conflict royale game Fortnite is also fighting for its life . Epic Games is reportedly laying off 870 employee as well as selling some of its previous acquisitions . Bloombergreportedon the layoffs , announce that 16 % of stave will be affected after the tax income from the company ’s massive game Fortnite — which boasts an estimated230 million average monthly player — commence to dry up ....

March 21, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Bruce Smith

Exploding Painting Frame Reassembles Itself

I ca n’t have enough mechanical contraptions that turn everyday objects into wicked animated things . Like this painting frame that explode just to re - forgather itself again . Or the layer that grows legs and base on balls while sing and dancing like Gene Kelly . OK , maybe I just dreamed that one , but this electrically powered house painting frame — all made in wood , including some beautiful train action — is actual ....

March 21, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Janice Rogers

Giant WallScrabbleLets Everyone See What a Terrible Speller You Are

It ’s not as monstrous as the bulwark - hang Scrabble display board thatHammacher Schlemmer sells , butRestoration Hardware ’s take on the classic spelling gamewill look a little classier hang on your rampart . And it even includes a blackboard for keeping musical score and publically shaming players who ca n’t spell deserving a double - alphabetic character - tile . The control board itself measures just shy of five - feet improbable , and uses magnets to secure and hold the tiles in situation ....

March 21, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Ethan Lowery

Grimes Is Legally Changing Her Name To Something Incredibly Nerdy

Since Elon Musk and Grimes appeared together for the first time at the 2018 Met Gala , Twitter has been in love and appalled but mostlyconfusedby this odd pairing who first bonded over an obscure joke aboutRococo Basilisk . Now , in the latest Grimes - Musk ( Grisk ? ) news , the indie music dearie has announced she plan to de jure change her name to – hold back for it – the speed of light symbolc , formally substantiate the pair ’s position as the existence ’s nerdiest dyad ....

March 21, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Robert Hodges