NASA advisory committee questions SpaceX's unorthodox fueling process
A NASA advisory committee has twice questioned SpaceX’s fueling process — a procedure that came under closer scrutiny after one of the company’s rockets exploded on a launch pad in September while being fueled.The group’s concerns — expressed before and after the explosion — show ongoing doubt with the Hawthorne company’s unorthodox fueling practice as it plans to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. Those worries, analysts say, aren’t likely to affect the company’s return t..>> view originalWindows zero-day exploited by same group behind DNC hack
Enlarge / That bear looks familiar. reader comments 42 On Oct. 31, Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed a vulnerability in most versions of Windows that is actively being exploited by malware attacks. Today, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft's Windows and Devices group, acknowledged the exploit was being used actively by a sophisticated threat group—the same threat group involved in the hacks that led to the breach of data from the Democratic National Committee and ..>> view originalBiggest telescope may swap continents
Image copyright TMT Image caption Artist's impression: How the huge telescope might look when built One of the world's biggest telescope projects might be forced to move its location to a different continent.The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) was due to be built in Hawaii, but ran into opposition with indigenous groups which consider its proposed site sacred.Now the TMT's board says a site in the Canary Islands, Spain, could act as a potential alternati..>> view originalUber's New Car Rental Partner Is None Other Than a Major Lyft Investor
Uber has a new short-term car leasing partner for its drivers, and it’s none other than General Motors—a major investor in rival ride-hailing company Lyft. On Tuesday, Uber and a 10-month-old car-sharing division within GM announced a new pilot program in San Francisco that will let Uber drivers rent cars by the week for both work and personal use. As part of the 90 day test, drivers will be able to rent cars for $179 weekly (plus taxes and fees) including unlimited miles and insurance. Uber dr..>> view originalNew twist explains how a single giant impact could blast the moon into being
The moon. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) Four-and-a-half billion years ago, something humongous sideswiped our planet. The debris from the collision was tossed into the sky and eventually coalesced into a brand-new body that began following Earth around its orbit, mimicking Earth's spin as it circled tightly around it. Gradually, like a tiring partner in a very long dance, the smaller body began to slow down and drift away until it reached its current spot in space. For years, that has b..>> view originalThe first Google Tango phone delivers true augmented reality gaming
If it weren’t for Pokémon Go, augmented reality might have stayed another forlorn futurist technology the public paid little attention to. Instead, the AR mobile game from developer Niantic Labs, a former Google subsidiary, catapulted the technology to hundreds of millions of smartphone owners around the world. Now a few months after the game’s launch, the first fully capable AR smartphone has started shipping. It’s Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro, and under the hood it contains the hardware and software n..>> view originalGoogle Wallet's Web App Gets New Interface & Features
Google Wallet unlatching itself from NFC payments and users' Google payment histories was only the beginning of a refinement of Google's finance-related apps. Each one of the three, being Google Wallet, Google Payments, and Android Pay, all have their ...>> view originalFirst Click: Microsoft is delivering on its vision of the future
Every once in a while, Microsoft updates its vision for the future with an impressive look at a world beyond beige PCs on every desk. I’ve seen many over the years, and I study them obsessively for any hints at what the company might be planning in real life. So when I sat at Microsoft’s Surface Studio unveiling in New York last week, everything felt a little familiar, but I couldn’t work out why at first. I’ve written many times that Microsoft is obsessed with giant screens, and methods of tu..>> view originalFacebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor
After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After months of name changes, beta tests and dev solicitation, Facebook opened up the beta build for all developers and officially named it Gameroom. The app is openly available for users to download on Windows 7 and up. Gameroom let users play web, ported mobile and native Gameroom games in a dedicated PC app free from t..>> view original
Saturday, December 10, 2016
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