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Friday, 24 May 2019

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Watch live: SpaceX launches its first 60 Starlink satellites tonight - CNET

The rocket company is taking a major step toward realizing its broadband satellite aspirations, flinging a hefty payload into orbit this evening.

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Facepalm cookies make one of Picard's best Star Trek memes taste good - CNET

Picard's famous exasperated gesture from Star Trek: The Next Generation gets a tasty tribute. Here's hoping we see more facepalms in the new Picard​ series.

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Rocketman review: Elton John biopic is a stylish musical journey - CNET

A long, long time coming, the movie honors the legendary musician's gift, his song, but doesn't always go deep enough.

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Walmart-brand Android tablets launch for just $64 - CNET

The 10-inch tablet comes in at just $79, but has only 5.5 hours of battery life.

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Pokemon Go alert! More Shiny Slakoth come out to play June 8 - CNET

You'll also be able to evolve a Vigoroth to obtain a Slaking with a special move.

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iPhone XR vs. Galaxy S10E: Which $750 phone should you buy - CNET

Apple and Samsung's cheapest flagship options both cost the same. But which one is truly better?

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Which Google Home speaker should you buy? - CNET

Google's lineup of smart speakers and smart displays is growing. Which one is right for you?

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Plastic Bank treating plastic like currency to tackle waste and poverty

Tackling ocean plastic and global poverty with blockchain-based token rewards.

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Huawei compares US trade restrictions against it to the Berlin Wall

Earlier this week, CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei did not think European companies would follow the footsteps of its United States counterparts.

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Aussie grains corporation looks to machine learning for help with crop production

The Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation wants to use machine learning to aid the Australian grains industry in the future.

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Human Services finally reveals details of bungled child support IT project

The Department of Human Services blew AU$135 million on a bad and functionally incomplete system. Now we know just how bad it is.

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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites

The payload sent on the Falcon 9 rocket weighs around 30,000 pounds.

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VMware talks up multi-cloud era, need to transform security

Laws of physics, economics, and land will drive enterprises towards hybrid cloud environments, says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, who also urges the need to transform security, which has become too complex for businesses to manage.

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United States rolls out new 18-count indictment on Assange

Long-awaited superseding indictment contains 17 new felony charges against the WikiLeaks founder.

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Mobile Chrome, Safari, and Firefox failed to show phishing warnings for more than a year

Google Safe Browsing didn't show phishing warnings for mobile browsers between mid-2017 and late-2018.

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Systems administrators: You need to know about this Windows 10 1903 patching change

Microsoft is changing how WSUS and Configuration Manager will handle patches as of Windows 10 1903. Here's what admins need to know.

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HPE reports mixed Q2 as hybrid IT sales decline

HPE said quarterly revenue for its hybrid IT group was $5.6 billion, down 4% year-over-year.

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Splunk adds 400 enterprise customers in Q1, ups outlook

The company is looking to move beyond its core IT and security market.

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HP's Q2 revenue remains flat with drop in PC units and printers sold

While sales of desktop units were up slightly year-over-year, HP still saw an overall drop in the number of PCs sold due to the decline in Notebooks units.

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Nord VPN review: An in-depth look at a popular VPN

Nord VPN is a hugely popular VPN service. But how does it perform? We take a deep dive into features, capabilities, and performance of this well-known VPN offering.

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DoorDash secures $600 million Series G amid last-mile delivery boom

DoorDash is now valued at $12.6 billion.

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How to better engage the remote worker? There are apps for that

Remote workers are more likely to have a higher rate of disengagement from the companies they work for. So how can technology solve these issues?

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Manda tu nombre a Marte con el rover Mars 2020 de la NASA

La EEI de Cristohp

Como en otras misiones anteriores –y es una tendencia cada vez más extendida– la NASA está dando la oportunidad a cualquiera que lo desee de enviar su nombre a Marte en un microchip que irá montado en la parte superior del rover Mars 2020.

Lo único que hay que hacer es rellenar los datos que piden (nombre y apellidos, país de residencia, código posta y un correo electrónico) y listo. Aunque los nombres serán revisados antes de ser incluidos en el microchip para evitar graciosetes y similares. Si has mandado tu nombre en otras misiones puedes ver tus puntos de pasajero frecuente en esta página.

¿Que por qué? Si tienes que preguntarlo el espaciotrastorno poderoso en ti no es. Pero la respuesta es porque se puede y porque es lo más parecido que podremos tener a ir a Marte.

El rovers Mars 2020

El rover Mars 2020, que aún no tiene nombre pero todo se andará, es muy similar a Curiosity. De hecho usa piezas de repuesto construidas en su momento para Curiosity. Pero habrá cambios al menos en el diseño de las ruedas, que han demostrado ser problemáticas, y en el del taladro, que también está dando muchos dolores de cabeza. Llevará un conjunto nuevo de instrumentos, ni más ni menos que 23 cámaras, y por primera vez pondremos un micrófono en Marte. Y también irá acompañado por un pequeño helicóptero.

El objetivo principal de la misión será buscar señales de vida en el pasado de Marte. La novedad está en que el nuevo rover irá tomando muestras que dejará preparadas en unos pequeños tubos para que una futura misión los recoja los traiga de vuelta a Tierra… aunque, la verdad sea dicha, yo no las tengo todas conmigo respecto a que esa segunda parte de la misión llegue a ejecutarse.

Si todo va según lo previsto despegará, como pone en la tarjeta de embarque, en julio de 2020 para aterrizar en Marte en febrero de 2021 tras haber recorrido 504.668.791 kilómetros.

Es importante, por cierto, no confundirlo con el rover ExoMars 2020 que la Agencia Espacial Europea planea enviar a Marte ese mismo año.

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La Estación Espacial Internacional de Lego de Cristoph Ruge tendrá una segunda oportunidad

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Hace unos días hablábamos del modelo en Lego de la Estación Espacial Internacional diseñado por Cristoph Ruge. A pesar de que consiguió reunir los 10.000 votos necesarios para que Lego considere una propuesta para su comercialización al final la empresa decidió no producirla.

Pero para celebrar el décimo aniversario de Lego Ideas, el sitio en el que aficionados de todo el mundo pueden proponer nuevos modelos, la empresa ha decidido recuperar cuatro propuestas que en su momento no lo consiguieron y someterlas de nuevo a votación. Sólo que en este caso, tras haber sido revisadas, las cuatro están ya preaprobadas por la empresa. Así que la que consiga reunir más votos se convertirá en un producto oficial que saldrá a la venta en 2020.

Y la EEI de Cristoph es una de las candidatas junto con Stitch, un conjunto de máquinas Sega de sala de juegos, y una versión en miniatura de Yellow de Nathan Sawaya.

Tienes hasta el 4 de junio a las 15:00, hora peninsular española, para emitir tu voto.

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En marcha el segundo intento de lanzamiento de los primeros 60 satélites Starlink de SpaceX

El cohete en la paltaforma

Después de actualizar el software de a bordo de los satélites y comprobar por tercera o cuarta vez que todo está bien SpaceX está lista para volver a intentar en lanzamiento de la primera tanda de 60 satélites Starlink. El primer intento de lanzamiento, que tuvo lugar el pasado día 17, fue cancelado porque había vientos demasiado fuertes. Y antes de que se abriera la ventana de lanzamiento del día siguiente la empresa decidió posponer todo para hacer esa actualización de software.

Pero con todo listo el reloj está en marcha para intentar por segunda vez el lanzamiento en una ventana que va de las 4:30 a las 6:00, hora peninsular española, del 24 de mayo de 2019. Será retransmitido a través de la web de SpaceX desde unos 15 o 20 minutos antes de que se abra la ventana.

La primera etapa del cohete, que es la misma que se utilizó para el lanzamiento del Telstar 18 Vantage y del lote de satélites Iridium-8 intentará aterrizar en el espaciopuerto flotante Of Course I Still Love You.

Starlink será, si todo va según los planes y SpaceX consigue la financiación necesaria, algo en lo que aún está trabajando, una constelación de casi 12.000 (sí, doce mil, no se nos ha colado ningún cero) satélites que orbitarán la Tierra en tres «esferas» a distinta altitud. La idea es que de acceso a Internet a zonas en las que no hay cobertura de redes tradicionales o en las que esta es defectuosa y a vehículos en movimiento en zonas en las que no hay otro tipo de cobertura. Pero dado que los satélites también sobrevolarán ciudades no se descarta que Starlink ofrezca también sus servicios para abonados urbanitas.

Primera fase de la constelación
Primera fase de la constelación Starlink – Prof Mark Handley / University College London

Pero para que la constelación empiece a dar algo de servicio necesita tener al menos 420 satélites en órbita y para que la cobertura sea ya moderada –en términos de Elon Musk– necesitan tener 780 satélites en órbita. Así que tienen que hacer 6 lanzamientos más como este para que Starlink empiece a servir para algo y 12 más para que empiece a tener pinta de ser lo que puede llegar a ser.

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Lift off for SpaceX rocket carrying 60 satellites

A Falcon-9 rocket launches from Florida, packed with 60 satellites capable of giving users on the ground high-speed connections to the internet.

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Reddit user allowed to remain anonymous following court ruling


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This is why self-driving cars suck at making unprotected left turns


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Fake 'drunk' Nancy Pelosi video goes viral, and it wasn’t even that hard to make


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Facebook reveals more details on AR glasses in new patent


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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange charged under the Espionage Act


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Audi’s latest self-driving concept car is pure luxury and style — Future Blink


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Elon Musk's Boring Company wins contract to build Las Vegas tunnel


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NYC subway will soon accept Google Pay at select turnstiles


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Facebook has already removed more than 2 billion fake accounts this year


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Ivanka Trump was just given the Internet Freedom Award. LOL.


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Facebook Removed Nearly 3.4 Billion Fake Accounts In Last Six Months

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured earlier this month in France, told reporters on Thursday, the tech giant is making great strides in fighting hate speech and crime online.

Nearly all the phony accounts were caught by artificial intelligence and a boost in human monitoring. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said breaking up the company would make purging abusive accounts harder.

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Global Aviation Regulators Meet To Consider Timetable For Boeing's 737 Max

A Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner being built for Turkish Airlines takes off on a test flight in Renton, Wash., on May 8. Passenger flights remain grounded worldwide as investigations continue into two fatal crashes involving the 737 Max aircraft.

Global aviation safety officials are meeting in Fort Worth to discuss how they will certify Boeing's 737 Max as airworthy and how soon the troubled plane can fly again.

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Computerized Model Reveals Details Of How Human Cells Divide

Allen Institute in Seattle has produced a visualization of human cell division.

The nonprofit Allen Institute in Seattle has produced a visualization of human cell division that promises to be useful for professional scientists and curious amateurs alike.

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U.S. Postal Service Tests Self-Driving Trucks

A mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service makes deliveries at a Florida apartment complex in June 2018. The USPS has partnered with TuSimple to launch a multistate driverless semitruck test program on Tuesday. It doesn

The two-week pilot program will put five autonomous semitrucks on the road, making the journey between Phoenix and Dallas.

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Ransomware Cyberattacks Knock Baltimore's City Services Offline

Ashley Merson and her brother Kevin sit on the porch of the house Ashley is trying to buy in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore. A ransomware attack on the city

Baltimore is just the latest municipality hit with a ransomware attack. Residents can't use the city servers they need to purchase homes, pay online bills or email city workers.

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Turtles

Turtles are reptiles with hard, bony shells and have been around a really long time. With a history that dates back 215 million years, they are older than both lizards and snakes. Whether your interest lies in wild endangered sea […]

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SpaceX successfully launches first 60 satellites in massive Starlink internet constellation

Update May 23rd, 11:35PM ET: SpaceX successfully deployed all 60 Starlink satellites into orbit following liftoff, and the individual vehicles will fan out in orbit over time. The company also landed its Falcon 9 rocket following launch, marking this particular rocket’s third time going to space and back.

Update May 123rd, 00:57AM ET: All 60 Starlink satellites are now online. The solar array deployment should be happening soon.

Original Story: Tonight, SpaceX will attempt to jumpstart its ambitious internet-from-space initiative known as Starlink, by launching the first 60 production satellites of nearly 12,000 planned spacecraft into a low orbit above Earth. These inaugural probes do not have all of the capabilities that the finalized...

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Trump’s latest explanation for the Huawei ban is unacceptably bad

T-Mobile rebrands its unlimited plans as ‘Magenta’ and downgrades free Netflix

T-Mobile today announced that its unlimited data plans will soon be called Magenta and Magenta Plus — a change from their current “T-Mobile One” branding. With the new names come some tweaks to how each plan works. First, T-Mobile is now including 3GB of LTE hotspot usage with the base Magenta plan. Previously, T-Mobile One was limited to 3G tethering speeds.

But there’s bigger adjustment for people on family plans: T-Mobile is downgrading the quality of its “Netflix on Us” promotion on Magenta to Netflix’s basic subscription, which is limited to standard definition quality — no HD streaming allowed — and limits you to watching on a single device at a time. T-Mobile is squarely laying the blame for this change on Netflix’s most recent...

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Google shut out Baltimore officials using Gmail after ransomware attack

Julian Assange is facing 17 new criminal charges

The Justice Department has filed 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The charges follow a much more limited indictment unsealed in April, when Assange was charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. According to the indictment, he’s now facing several counts of obtaining and disclosing national defense information without authorization, relating to what the Justice Department calls “one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States.”

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Snapchat: Your latest reminder anyone a company hires could theoretically breach your privacy

Companies store a ton of data. You know this. Everyone knows this. But we’re not always happy about the kinds of data they store. We rightfully get pretty touchy when we hear our address, credit card number, mental health inquiries, or private conversations are just hanging out on some internet server where they might wind up in the wrong hands — like, say, an employee of the company that collected them.

The latest example: Motherboard is reporting that Snapchat employees have a special tool called SnapLion that can give them access to your location, phone numbers, email addresses, even your saved Snaps — and that some employees have actually abused it to spy on users.

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