The blimp that caught fire over Wisconsin is technically a 'thermal airship.'
Daily Archives: June 15, 2017
Routers aren't great at security—and apparently no one knows that better than the CIA
Latest WikiLeaks Release Shows How the CIA Hacks Your Router
When it looks, feels and is packaged like a competitor’s, is it really competition or just a knockoff?
The Juiced Board comes dangerously close to echoing that sort of sentiment. Juiced and Boosted are words that loosely share the same meaning, but it’s the appearances where both electric skateboards really seem to converge.
Until now, I never would have recommended a sub-$1,000… Read MoreThe Juiced Board is a valiant attempt at securing the ...
As the DHS, FBI, and NSA pin cyberattacks on North Korea, here's how to understand the motivations of the Hermit Kingdom's hackers.
North Korea’s Cyberattacks Are Chaotic, But Also Make Perfect Sense
Launched last August, China's QUESS satellite recently achieved its goal: it sent single entangled photons between two cities 750 miles apart. Quantum cryptography, here we come.
Chinese Satellite Relays a Quantum Signal Between Cities
Slack is in the midst of raising another $500 million in financing at what could be a $5 billion valuation — money it will likely critically need as it goes after major corporate clients and construct a functional business — according to a report by Recode. Slack also got some interest with a $9 billion price tag from Amazon, according to a report from Bloomberg last night. All… Read MoreSlack is reportedly raising another huge $500M round of funding
Scopely just announced that it has raised $60 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Revolution Growth, a firm led by former AOL executives Steve Case and Ted Leonsis (AOL owns TechCrunch), which targets startups outside Silicon Valley and New York. (Scopely is headquartered in Los Angeles.) Revolution’s Donn Davis is joining Scopely’s board of directors, while… Read MoreMobile gaming company Scopely raises $60M
We aren’t fully sounding the :siren: bells just yet, but Snap today took yet another dive as it tapped $17.20 this morning — and is now hovering just above the price that it set for its initial public offering. Snap’s last earnings report resulted in a disaster, and while the company still managed to stay above $20 for an extended period of time, a string of bad days for… Read MoreSnap hit another major low and is rapidly tumbling toward ...
New outdoor and adventure gear considers women's physiology, not just a preference for pink.
Outdoor Gear For Women Evolves Beyond ‘Shrink It and Pink ...
Lip-syncing social network Musical.ly is getting into original content, thanks to new deals with Viacom, NBCU and Hearst, which will bring short-form video series to the app. However, unlike the original videos found on Snapchat – an app that’s often the next step up for the tween-age Musical.ly audience – these shows are designed to be interactive. That is, the shows… Read More