March 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/31/2018

Europe's new privacy law will change the web, and more

https://www.wired.com

Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked

https://blog.mozilla.org

FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Services

https://www.fcc.gov

Exocomets detected orbiting nearby stars.  In other words: alien comets!

http://www.syfy.com

Defying Theories, This Ghostly Galaxy Has Almost No Dark Matter

https://www.space.com

FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Services

https://www.fcc.gov

Roam Robotics Announces $2500 Soft Exoskeleton For Skiers and Snowboarders

https://spectrum.ieee.org

Europe's new privacy law will change the web, and more

https://www.wired.com

Defying Theories, This Ghostly Galaxy Has Almost No Dark Matter

https://www.space.com

The Ikea Manual Of The Future Looks Amazing

https://www.fastcodesign.com

Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked

https://blog.mozilla.org

Reviews: Rocket Billionaires and The Space Barons

http://www.thespacereview.com

Apple's Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy

https://www.bloomberg.com

Cory Doctorow: Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech

http://locusmag.com

Exocomets detected orbiting nearby stars. In other words: alien comets!

http://www.syfy.com

SpaceX launch last year punched huge, temporary hole in the ionosphere

https://arstechnica.com

Did a close pass by an alien star system millennia ago rain down comets on the solar system?

http://www.syfy.com

A Long Story

https://www.theplayerstribune.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/24/2018

The Moon shows us what it is to be human

http://www.syfy.com

Mars Curiosity Celebrates Sol 2,000

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov

NASA investigation linked 2015 Falcon 9 failure to design error

http://spacenews.com

Orion's filaments of star birth

http://www.syfy.com

Lost In Space: How Materials Degrade In Space

https://hackaday.com

Orion's filaments of star birth

http://www.syfy.com

Mars Curiosity Celebrates Sol 2,000

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Lost In Space: How Materials Degrade In Space

https://hackaday.com

The Moon shows us what it is to be human

http://www.syfy.com

3D Printer Halts and Catches Fire — Analysis Finds a Surprising Culprit

https://hackaday.com

World-first firing of air-breathing electric thruster

http://www.esa.int

How seawater strengthens Roman concrete

http://www.openculture.com

Delta-v map of the solar system

https://twitter.com

Google: 60.3% of potentially harmful Android apps in 2017 were detected via machine learning

https://venturebeat.com

Baidu’s new A.I. can mimic your voice after listening to it for just one minute

https://www.digitaltrends.com

Why the first state with a net neutrality law isn’t scared of lawsuits

https://arstechnica.com

Government Scientists Have A Plan For Blowing Up Asteroids With A Nuke

https://www.buzzfeed.com

NASA investigation linked 2015 Falcon 9 failure to design error

http://spacenews.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/17/2018

Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76

https://www.nytimes.com

https://uk.reuters.com

https://boingboing.net

I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroyed His Mind.

https://www.nytimes.com

Racist letter warns Idaho youth soccer coach to ‘be careful.’ Instead, he’s fighting back.

http://www.idahostatesman.com

IF, Rudyard Kipling's poem, recitated by Sir Michael Caine

Round Peg in a Square Hole - Numberphile

IF, Rudyard Kipling's poem, recitated by Sir Michael Caine

Can any composer equal Bach?

http://www.bbc.com

Vtech covered up a leak of data on 6.3m children and their families, then tried to force us not to sue - the FTC just fined them $0.09/kid

https://boingboing.net

Racist letter warns Idaho youth soccer coach to ‘be careful.’ Instead, he’s fighting back.

http://www.idahostatesman.com

Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76

https://www.nytimes.com

https://uk.reuters.com

https://boingboing.net

I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroyed His Mind.

https://www.nytimes.com

How Apple Plans to Root Out Bugs, Revamp iPhone Software

https://www.bloomberg.com

Round Peg in a Square Hole - Numberphile

Zip Tie Quadcopter Frame is as Cheap as They Come

https://hackaday.com

This robot can solve a Rubik’s Cube in .38 seconds

https://techcrunch.com

UK Researchers First to Produce High Grade Rare Earths From Coal

https://uknow.uky.edu

Uber’s self-driving trucks are now delivering freight in Arizona

https://www.theverge.com

Australia could become first country to eradicate cervical cancer

https://www.theguardian.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 3/10/2018

NASA Finds a Large Amount of Water in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere

https://www.nasa.gov

SpaceX launches Hispasat satellite, completes 50th Falcon 9 mission

http://spacenews.com

Excessive Force

https://theintercept.com

Flying blind and freezing: Navy investigating terrifying EA-18G Growler flight

https://www.defensenews.com

Everyone Is Going Through Something

https://www.theplayerstribune.com

FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites

https://spectrum.ieee.org

SpaceX launches Hispasat satellite, completes 50th Falcon 9 mission

http://spacenews.com

Zidane’s Half-Time Talk In The 2017 Champions League Final

https://www.managingmadrid.com