Computer Simulation Confirm Popular Viking Navigation Myth
Apr 05, 2018 10:23 am UTC| Technology
Its no secret that the old Nordic raiding tribes or Vikings, as they are more commonly known were some of the best navigators that the world had ever seen. With limited mapping knowledge and dangerously ill-equipped...
Mark Zuckerberg Can Already Protect Facebook User Information, He Just Won’t
Apr 05, 2018 10:23 am UTC| Technology
Of the many things about the recent betrayals of user privacy that Facebook has been involved in, one of the most galling aspects of every single incident is that Mark Zuckerberg could have prevented any one of them. The...
Fortnite Now Has Vending Machines, Exchange Materials For Weapons
Apr 05, 2018 10:23 am UTC| Technology
Proving once again that it is a creative content monster of a developer, Epic Games just announced that it was adding vending machines to its hugely popular Fortnite Battle Royale game. These dispensers will basically sell...
Disgruntled YouTuber Shoots Up YouTube HQ, Kills 3 And Shoots Herself
Apr 05, 2018 10:22 am UTC| Technology
Yet another shooting incident has occurred in the U.S. and this time, the site was not a small town high school but YouTubes headquarters in Silicon Valley. The attacker seems to have been a disgruntled content creator who...
Facebook Updates Cambridge Analytica Casualty List, Adds 37 Million To First 50 Million
Apr 05, 2018 10:13 am UTC| Technology
For those who thought that the Cambridge Analytica issue could not get any worse, Facebook just added 37 million users on top of the initial 50 million that they estimate were affected by the nefarious scheme cooked up by...
Action Combat MMO TERA Available For Free On PS4 And Xbox One
Apr 05, 2018 10:12 am UTC| Technology
Free games are always great and in the case of a massive multiplayer online game, not having to pay anything to enjoy the experience is an absolute joy. This is the kind of feeling that PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners...
NASA Wants Supersonic Plane With No Sonic Boom, Lockheed Martin Gets The Contract
Apr 05, 2018 10:10 am UTC| Technology
For decades, supersonic flight has been possible thanks to planes that were specifically designed to reach speeds that exceed that of sound. However, in every single instance of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, a...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects