An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: The “Mars Ice Home” is a large inflatable dome that is surrounded by a shell of water ice. NASA said the design is just one of many potential concepts for creating a…
Seattle Man Accused of Using Social Media To Set Up Fake Porn Agency
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has charged a Seattle man for setting up a fake talent agency for adult entertainers in order to trick women into posing nude and having sex with him. NBC News reports: Michael-Jon Matthew Hickey…
Toshiba Is 'Burning Cash At An Alarming Rate'
bsharma quotes a report from Reuters: Faced with the prospect of a multibillion-dollar write-down that could wipe out its shareholders’ equity, Japan’s Toshiba is running out of fixes: It is burning cash, cannot issue shares, and has few easy assets…
Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources Site No Longer Says Humans Cause Climate Change
The website of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources has been updated with new language and no longer says that humans and greenhouse emissions cause climate change. Instead, the site says that the causes of global warming “are being debated and…
Facebook Buys Data From Third-Party Brokers To Fill In User Profiles
An anonymous reader quotes a report from International Business Times: According to a report from ProPublica, the world’s largest social network knows far more about its users than just what they do online. What Facebook can’t glean from a user’s…
Paintings Reveal Signs of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's In Famous Artists
Researchers from the University of Liverpool believe it is possible to detect cognitive decline in the paintings of famous artists by analyzing subtle changes in their brush strokes over time. The technique may one day be used to flag Alzheimer’s…
Czech Republic Sets Up Counter-Terrorism Unit To Counter Fake News Threat
According to CNN, the Czech Republic is setting up a new counter-terrorism unit to combat the rise of fake news or “foreign disinformation campaigns.” The counter-terrorism unit is called “The Center Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats,” and is due to…
Some Google Pixel Devices Are Shutting Down At 30% Battery
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Android Authority: It seems that some Pixel devices are affected by the same infamous shutdown bug that plagued the Nexus 6P where the device would prematurely turn off at 25 to 35 percent….
More Than One-Third of Schoolchildren Are Homeless In Shadow of Silicon Valley
Alastair Gee writes via The Guardian about Palo Alto’s problem with homeless children. Palo Alto is one of the most expensive cities in the United States, yet “slightly more than one-third of students (1,147 children) are defined as homeless here,…
Scientists Develop a Breathalyzer That Detects 17 Diseases With One Breath From a Patient
randomErr quotes a report from Quartz: In the last 10 years, researchers have developed specific sniff tests for diagnosing tuberculosis, hypertension, cystic fibrosis, and even certain types of cancer. A group of global researchers led by Hossam Haick at the…