Is this the worst-designed site on the Internet?
By Michael Rosen From Fusion On Wednesday, a link surfaced to the top of the the subreddit r/crappydesign with the title “Positively the worst thing I’ve ever set my eyes on.” The post linked to a disaster preparedness website affiliated…
Hacking Team hit by breach; leak suggests it sold spyware to oppressive regimes
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day The elusive Italian spyware and hacking tool provider — particularly for law enforcement — had its corporate insides revealed over the weekend. Even hackers get hacked One of the most elusive spyware and malware…
Judiciary in ‘disaster’ mode after OPM data breach
Zoe Tillman, From The National Law Journal Scope of breach “very unsettling,” chief judge of Washington’s federal district court said. Federal judges and judiciary employees were among the millions of federal employees whose personal information was compromised in a data…
ELP Concert
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio I fell in love with musical synthesizers at an Emerson Lake and Palmer concert in Munich, June, 1971. The venue was called Cirkus Krone, a theater in the round, and seated high above the…
Firefox now blocks all versions of Flash Player by default
By Liam Tung From ZD NET In the wake of two new zero-day flaws in Flash Player, Mozilla has disabled the plugin for all versions of its Firefox browser. Mozilla’s support team has made the dramatic but justified decision to…
Gadget of the week
Mobile wallets more popular in Sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else By Mariella Moon From engadget In Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile wallets are a huge deal. While it’s been that way for years, the World Bank’s latest Global Financial Inclusion database gives…
Very soon, robotic drones will automatically follow you (or your kids) around
By Julie Bort From Business Insider By now, most of us have seen a remote-controlled camera drone flying around taking pictures from above. There’s about 1 million of them out there used by hobbyists, according to Helen Greiner, CEO of…
Apple iPhone snags 92% of smartphone profits, report says
By Adario Strange From Mashable When Apple first entered the smartphone market, its late co-founder Steve Jobs indicated that he would be happy snagging at least 1% of the existing mobile phone market. Seen by some as a bit of…
Cayman Islands and Tayzu Robotics to open commercial autonomous drone testing facility
Aerial drone developer Tayzu Robotics, in cooperation with the government of the Cayman Islands, has established the Western Hemisphere’s first autonomous Unmanned Aerial System testing facility. Located on the island of Cayman Brac, this facility will cater to major corporations…
‘Everything is awesome’: Cambridge University will get a Lego professor
By Ariel Bogle From Mashable AUSTRALIA: Everything is awesome, including this hiring news from one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: Cambridge University is getting a Lego professor. The university announced on Tuesday the school had accepted £2.5 million from…
