New Maine Law Ends Non-Medical Excuses for Avoiding Vaccination
The state of Maine has joined California, West Virginia, and Mississippi in barring the use of religious and philosophical exemptions to opt out of school immunization...
An original Apple I in a briefcase just sold for nearly $500k
Most people wouldn’t think too much of a computer crammed into a briefcase — but if it’s one of the few remaining examples of the...
Powerful Earthquake Strikes Miles Below Amazon Rainforest in Peru, Limiting Casualties
An 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Peru on Sunday, killing at least one man and causing several injuries, the Associated Press reports. Read more… Source :...
Movie Companies Sue ‘YTS’ and ‘YIFY’ Site Operators in US Court
With millions of visitors, YTS.am is the most visited torrent site on the Internet, beating even the legendary Pirate Bay. The site ‘unofficially’ took over the...
Murray Gell-Mann, the Physicist Who Came Up With Quarks, Has Died
Pioneering physicist Murray Gell-Mann has passed away at the age of 89. Among his many scientific contributions, the Nobel laureate will be remembered for bringing order...
Teen Hacker Whom Apple Reported to FBI Just Wanted a Dang Job
The lawyer for an Australian teenager who twice breached Apple’s internal security says he did so because he thought it might land him a job at...
Leatherman’s New One-Handed Wonder Is All You Need
The memory of buying my first Leatherman is unusually clear in my head. I was 16, broke, and incredibly passionate about backpacking in the Smoky Mountains,...
Apple starts collecting data for Apple Maps in Canada
Apple has issued a short statement on its website and in various newspapers announcing Apple Maps plans in Canada. The company plans to drive around the...
Reminiz automatically indexes and tags videos in real time
Meet French startup Reminiz, a computer vision company that can index any type of video — it’s a sort of Googlebot, but for video content. Reminiz can...
Breathtaking View of SpaceX Starlink Satellite ‘Train’ Triggers Wave of UFO Sightings
A satellite tracker in the Netherlands has captured stunning video of dozens of SpaceX Starlink satellites passing overhead. Launched together late last week, the chain of...
