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240-Year-Old Nautical Maps Reveal How Badly We’ve Screwed Up Florida’s Reefs
Left: Key West, as mapped in an 18th century nautical chart. Right: Recent Google Earth imagery of the same area. Image: Credit: Loren McClenachan Old sailor’s tales about the seas being so full of fish you could walk on them, or oysters the size of frisbees, tend to inspire skepticism today, and for good reason—most…
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You Can Use Your Solar Eclipse Glasses to See Another Awesome Sun Feature
Photo: Getty If you’ve managed to hang onto your solar eclipse glasses since August 21st, don’t throw them away! If you haven’t already donated your shades to Astronomers Without Borders, you can use them to stare at the Sun and actually learn something cool. According to NASA, safe solar eclipse glasses can be used to…
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Why Banning Killer AI Is Easier Said Than Done
An unmanned US Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. (Image: AP) As we head deeper into the 21st century, the prospect of getting robots to do the dirty business of killing gets closer with each passing day. In Max Tegmark’s new book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the…
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The Silicon Valley Startup With an Alleged ‘Kink Room’ Settles Its Sexual Harassment Suit
UploadVR founder Will Mason is seen in VR gear at a conference. Photo: AP The founders of Silicon Valley startup UploadVR were sued for a number of damning sexual harassment allegations in May, and according to TechCrunch, have settled the case with former employee Elizabeth Scott. While the lawsuit has been settled, a former employee…
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Hackers Steal Personal Information of 143 Million US Consumers From Credit Reporting Agency Equifax
Photo: AP Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the US, revealed today that it has suffered a massive data breach at the hand of hackers. The stolen data includes names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, and other personal information for 143 million Americans. The data was accessed via a web application vulnerability, Equifax…
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Trolls Hijacked a Racist Reddit Page With Dozens of Posts About Actual Racing
Belgium’s Scheldeprijs race Image: AP Photo Activist trolls have taken ownership of Reddit’s r/race_realism, finally establishing a safe space on the “frontpage of the internet” to discuss politically incorrect opinions about NASCAR and cycling. “Race realism,” as you may already know, is yet another euphemism used by clay-brained internet fascists to try to disguise their…
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I Refuse to Believe This Rumor About the iPhone With No Fingerprint Reader
Image: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo The Wall Street Journal has the latest rumor on the iPhone 8—likely the last big rumor floated before the phone is announced on September 12. According to the WSJ, the anniversary iPhone will have no Touch ID, which means your fingerprint will not be used to unlock the phone. When images of…
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Hmm, I Wonder Why These Equifax Managers Dumped Their Stock Last Month? [Updated]
Photo: AP The credit reporting agency Equifax announced today that it suffered a massive breach, losing Social Security numbers and other personal information for 143 million U.S. consumers. Although the public is just now learning about the breach, Equifax says it discovered it on July 29—which makes the stock trades three executives made a few…
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Here’s How to (Sort of) Find Out if You Were Affected by the Equifax Hack
Image: Equifax If you enter the requested information, it either tells you that the agency believes your information has not been impacted, and asks you to enroll in their “Trusted ID Premier” or it tells you to come back in a week or so for your “enrollment date” so you can complete the process of…
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Second attempt to get Obamacare off to purchase
WASHINGTON – Two Republican senators submit next week a new proposal to the social services of Barack Obama to withdraw. The plan has, according to the authors, the support of president Donald Trump. They hope for the end of the month, at least fifty to get votes for the proposal, with the support of vice…