Trump’s presidency sees Swedish interest in US trips halve

New data from Sweden’s biggest airline ticket search engine shows that interest in booking trips between Sweden and the US halved following Donald Trump’s inauguration as President. Flygresor.se analyzed 2.5 million flight searches carried out on their website and app, focusing on the two weekends following Trump’s inauguration on January 20th, 2017.

NT Security Now Offers ControlByNet’s i-flashback Cloud Video Solution

ControlByNet , a leader in cloud-based hosted video security surveillance solutions, announced today the addition of NT Security as a new integrator for CBN’s i-flashback Cloud video surveillance. ControlByNet’s i-flashback Cloud provides web-based controls for video hosting providers and enterprise customers to host video across multiple servers, users and accounts.

IDX, LLC Announces Rollout of Enhanced IDX Broker System

This new system will ensure that you are getting the freshest data possible while maintaining the speed and efficiency you’ve come to expect from a leading IDX service. IDX, LLC, a leading provider of Software as a Service tools for real estate websites, recently announced the rollout of an enhanced IDX data acquisition system designed to give REALTORS access to near real-time active, pending, and sold IDX/MLS data for their professional real estate websites.

Eurofound Adopt FlowForma BPM to Drive 75% Efficiency Improvement

FlowFormaA , the leading provider of BPM tools for Microsoft Office 365A , today announced that its FlowForma BPM tool has become a strategic asset for European Union agency, Eurofound. -based Eurofound provides research and knowledge in the area of social and work-related policies for the improvement of living and working conditions.

HPE acquires security startup Niara to boost its ClearPass portfolio

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired Niara, a startup that uses machine learning and big data analytics on enterprise packet streams and log streams to detect and protect customers from advanced cyberattacks that have penetrated perimeter defenses. Operating in the User and Entity Behavior Analytics market, Niara’s technology starts by automatically establishing baseline characteristics for all users and devices across the enterprise and then looking for anomalous, inconsistent activities that may indicate a security threat, Keerti Melkote, senior vice president and general manager of HPE Aruba and cofounder of Aruba Networks, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Kim Wolhuter followed cheetah family for 2 years

Elite California school forced to cancel speech by right-wing firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos as students shoot fireworks at cops, tear down barricades and set the campus ablaze in protest Former US serviceman who shot and killed a Denver transit officer was a ‘radical Muslim who had jihadist material in his backpack’ and had recently been kicked out of a mosque Emma Stone’s personal trainer reveals how YOU can get her toned abs, arms and legs – with these simple tips Pair arrested in London over crippling cyber attack on Washington DC’s CCTV network just days before Trump was sworn in as president F-16 jet pilot accidentally kills civilian and injures Air Force service member by releasing munitions during training exercise on New Mexico military range Mother-of-one teacher, 28, at school for children with behavior problems ‘had an eight-month affair with a student, 16, and said she was her … (more)

New bat-inspired flying robot developed13 min ago

Washington, Feb 2 Scientists have developed a new robotic bat with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the key flight mechanisms of the flying mammals. Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivalled agility and manoeuvring characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing conformations as well as more than forty active and passive joints on the wings.

Bat Bot: Scientists build robot that flies just like a bat

PanARMENIAN.Net – In what would make an excellent sidekick for Batman, scientists have built a fascinating, unconventional flying robot that moves its wings and flies just like a bat, Fox News reports. Covered with a thin, silicon skin, the flexible wings of this mechanical creature – called Bat Bot – can move like bat wings do, making use of nine different artificial joints .

certbot 0.11.1

Certbot is part of EFF’s effort to encrypt the entire Internet. Secure communication over the Web relies on HTTPS, which requires the use of a digital certificate that lets browsers verify the identify of web servers Web servers obtain their certificates from trusted third parties called certificate authorities .

Bob Tamasy: Upside And Downside Of Imagination

Where would we be without imagination? Through the centuries, imagination has propelled inventors to new horizons – such as the Wright brothers and their flying machines, Thomas Edison and the incandescent lightbulb, and George Washington Carver, who found many uses for the humble peanut.

World Patent Marketing Invention Team Presents Saint’s Light, A…

The renewable energy industry is worth $680 billion,” says Scott Cooper, CEO and Creative Director of World Patent Marketing. “There is a worldwide push to increase the prevalence of green energy among major markets… World Patent Marketing, a vertically integrated manufacturer and engineer of patented products, introduces Saint’s Light, a renewable energy invention that uses solar panels to provide homes everywhere with much-needed electricity.

Whoosh! Swish! Meet Bat Bot, the new flying batlike drone

This photo provided by Alireza Ramezani, University of Illinois, shows a Bat Bot, a three-ounce flying robot that they say can be more agile at getting into treacherous places than standard drones. Because it mimics the unique and more flexible way bats fly, this new robot prototype can do a better and safer job getting into disaster sites and scoping out construction zones than those bulky drones with spinning rotors, said the three authors of a study released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in the journal Science Robotics.

With mini-vessels, mini-brains expand research potential

IMAGE: Under the microscope, staining highlights a network of vasculature amid the ball of neurons that make up a minibrain. view more PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Scientists have recently made a wondrous variety of mini-brains — 3-D cultures of neural cells that model basic properties of living brains — but a new finding could add to the field’s growing excitement in an entirely new “vein”: Brown University’s mini-brains now grow blood vessels, too.

Facebook’s revenue surges 50.8 pct

Facebook has reported a strong end to its financial year as the social network’s monthly users jumped to more than 1.86 billion. The technology giant, which also owns virtual reality firm Oculus as well as Instagram and WhatsApp, revealed its revenue had risen 54 per cent per cent in the last year to $US27.6 billion , while net income more than doubled from $US3.7 billion to $US10.2 billion .

New Hampshire figures out how to deal with self-driving cars

In 2013, when a state representative put forward a bill to study autonomous vehicles, proponents faced an image problem: “Scary robot cars!” That’s how Rep. Steven Smith, a Republican from Charlestown, described the past image of self-driving cars after discussing his new bill, which would shape how New Hampshire should prepare for autonomous vehicles. Judging from Tuesday’s hearing on the bill before the House of Representatives’ transportation committee, robot cars aren’t scary anymore.

Samsung Electronics may build a U.S. manufacturing base for appliances: source

A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2016. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may build a manufacturing base in the United States for its home appliances business, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, amid growing concerns about protectionist policies pursued by the new Trump administration.

Arkansas bill aimed at forcing Amazon to collect sales taxes

Forcing Amazon and other e-commerce companies to collect Arkansas sales taxes could generate up to $100 million annually in extra revenue, a senator said Wednesday, arguing his plan would put the state in a better position to enact deeper tax cuts in two years. The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday advanced a proposal that would require out-of-state companies with no physical presence in the state to collect the tax if they sell more than $100,000 worth of products or make at least 200 transactions.

Facebook’s Oculus facing $500 million bill in copyright case

Facebook’s virtual-reality subsidiary and two of its founders are facing a sobering reality after a jury hit them with a $500 million bill for violating the intellectual property rights of video-game maker ZeniMax Media. The verdict reached Wednesday in a Dallas federal court represents about one-fourth of the $2 billion that Facebook paid two years ago to buy Oculus, a developer of virtual-reality gear and software.

New York AG sues Charter for poor internet service

Attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed the suit in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court after a 16-month investigation determined the company provided customers with internet speeds that were slower than advertised. New York AG sues Charter for poor internet service Attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed the suit in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court after a 16-month investigation determined the company provided customers with internet speeds that were slower than advertised.

AsmIDE

Full description=This release includes a new debugger, source code generator, disassembler, updated reference tool, library expansion and numerous other changes. Full description=This release includes a new debugger, source code generator, disassembler, updated reference tool, library expansion and numerous other changes.

Linux-libre

It removes non-free components from Linux, that are disguised as source code or distributed in separate files. It also disables run-time requests for non-free components, shipped separately or as part of Linux, and documentation pointing to them.

Cybersecurity EO postponement: Lessons learned from immigration EO?

Mystery solved? The White House had announced that Donald Trump would sign an executive order on cybersecurity that would, among other new policies, move the executive responsibilities for the effort into the White House itself. The signing ceremony got postponed without much explanation, and it appeared that Trump and his team decided to take a little more time to mull over their new directives.

Arkansas bill aimed at forcing Amazon to collect sales taxes

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, shakes hands with Senate President Jonathan Dismang on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, after signing legislation outlining a $50 million tax cut for thousands of low-income residents. A Senate panel endorsed a separate proposal aimed at forcing Amazon to collect state sales taxes, and lawmakers are eyeing the potential revenue from the move to help pay for future income tax cuts.