NASA on Thursday released pictures of Pan, one of Saturn’s many moons, and its distinctive shape is drawing comparisons to flying saucers and stuffed pasta. The images of the moon come courtesy of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, and reveal the UFO-like form of the tiny satellite, which has an average radius of just 8.8 miles.
Day: March 10, 2017
Cal Thomas: Learning from the Wiki-flood
Most Americans, I suspect, have the attitude that if the government is spying on someone there is probably a good reason. Assange, who is viewed by some as a patriot and by others as a traitor for exposing American secrets and putting the country in jeopardy has, reports The Washington Post, “obtained a vast portion of the CIA’s computer hacking arsenal” and has begun “posting the files online in a breach that may expose some of the U.S. intelligence community’s most closely guarded cyber weapons.”
Baidu’s Billionaire CEO Envisions a Spinoff of Robot Cars Arm
Baidu Inc.’s billionaire founder has shed more light on the Chinese search giant’s plans to sell robot cars around the world, revealing his intention to spin off its driver-less car division once it reaches maturity to attract funding and partners. Baidu is among Chinese corporations that’ve joined a race with Alphabet Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. to develop autonomous driving, aiming for mass car production by 2021.
Computers in the news – how much can we trust what we read?
The phrase “Never send a boy to do a man’s job” often comes to mind when a computer story hits the mainstream news. The idiom refers to neither age nor gender, it simply means , don’t send someone unqualified to do a job they will inevitably fail at.
French fries on Mars could soon be a reality
Potatoes can be grown even in the extreme environment of Mars, according to a new study that has implications for future manned missions to the red planet as well as helping people survive in harsh climates on Earth. The International Potato Centre in Peru launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme climates on Earth.
Boney Kapoor’s Twitter account hacked, complaint registered against culprits
Five days after the film Producer Boney Kapoor’s Twitter account was hacked, Bollywood producer has filed a complaint at the cyber police station of Bandra-Kurla complex against an unknown person. Boney’s account was inactive since September 20, 2015 when he last retweeted the picture of his wife and actress Sridevi.
Wikileaks releases more than 8700 Central Intelligence Agency cyber-espionage documents
“As we’ve reviewed the documents, we’re confident that security updates and protections in both Chrome and Android already shield users from many of these alleged vulnerabilities”, Heather Adkins, Director of Information Security and Privacy, told Mashable in a statement . WikiLeaks’ publication of the documents reignited a debate about whether USA intelligence agencies should hold on to serious cyber security vulnerabilities rather than share them with the public.
WikiLeaks claims publication of secret Central Intelligence Agency hacking tools
This was replaced by an updated version of iOS previous year – the latest release is 10.2 – and “nearly 80 per cent of users run the latest version of [the] operating system”, according to Apple, potentially protecting them from older forms of malware. Apple said in a statement on Tuesday that “many of the issues” leaked had already been patched in the latest version of its operating system.
Central Intelligence Agency warns: Americans should be deeply troubled by WikiLeaks breach
“The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure created to damage the Intelligence Community’s ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries”, the CIA said in a terse statement . “Considering what we think is the best way to proceed and hearing these calls from some of the manufacturers, we have chose to work with them to give them some exclusive access to the addition technical details that we have so that the fixes can be developed and pushed out, so people can be secure”, Assange said, speaking from the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he has been holed up since 2012.
Iron Ore Rally Starts to Crack as Capital Economics Sees $45
Iron ore’s rally is showing signs of cracking. After a drumbeat of warnings that the gains won’t last, the commodity is heading for the biggest weekly slump in almost four months amid rising concern about the underlying strength of demand in China at a time of still-rising supplies.
Apple, Samsung, Microsoft express concern about Central Intelligence…
“It lools like not only is [the Central Intelligence Agency arsenal] being spread around contractors and former American computer hackers for hire, but now maybe around the black market or being used by these American hackers who sometimes, you know cross both sides of the fence-they’re called grey hats-for attacking others”, Assange said . To Snowden, the biggest story about ” Vault 7 ” is that US intelligence services have purchased software vulnerabilities so it could use them to spy on people, when, in the interests of public safety, it should have turned over the information to the makers of the software.
Oil Traders Are Having Some Fun Again as Price Bubble Bursts
As futures in New York slipped to the lowest since OPEC’s output deal in November, options trading surged and signaled the biggest bias toward a price decline in six weeks. That’s a stark departure from last month, when the West Texas Intermediate benchmark traded at the narrowest price band since 2003.
Trudeau Walks a Thin Tightrope Between Fossil Fuels, Renewables
Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s government is playing both sides of the fence in its national energy strategy. During Trudeau’s first 16 months, three energy projects — a pipeline and two export terminals — were approved by the government with the aim of helping drillers ship their products abroad from the resource-rich West Coast, a boost to the country’s economy.
Arpeggio Robotic Piano Player Tickles the Ivories
Arpeggio is an impressive self-driven robotic player piano system developed by Nick Morris of Majestic Pianoworks . This robot performs at a virtuoso level and it actually does so while sitting at the piano, just like a human does.
Ohio National Guard Brings Together Businesses and Individuals to Combat Cyber Threats
U.S. Air Force Major Gen. Mark Bartman has spent decades protecting the nation from assaults.
New Game: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Extended Edition
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal. Be Van Helsing, monster-hunter extraordinaire and save the day with your charming and beautiful companion, Lady Katarina .
March 30, 2017 – Electric Utility 101: Substations
APPA is offering a series of webinars that will provide an overview of the electric utility industry for policymakers, non-technical and new employees at public power utilities. These webinars will provide a broad overview of the electric industry, focusing on generation, substations, transmission, distribution and strategic issues and trends.