Samsung leader named a suspect in South Korea political probe
SEOUL A South Korean special prosecutor's office will question Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee as a suspect in a widening influence-peddling scandal that may force President Park Geun-hye from office.Prosecutors have been looking into whether Samsung payments of about 30 billion won ($25 million) for a business and foundations backed by Park's friend, Choi Soon-sil, were connected to a 2015 decision by the national pension fund to back a controversial merger of two group affiliates. ..>> view originalSpying on Our Stellar Neighbors: New Strides Made in Alpha Centauri Planet Hunt
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Earth's lonely sun is an outlier: most of the nearest sun-like stars have a stellar buddy or two in orbit with them. And researchers are getting closer to probing those complicated systems to directly image their planets. At last winter's meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Space.com reported on a talk by Ruslan Belikov, a scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, about how to complete a seemingly impossible task: using a deformable mirror ..>> view originalAirlines can stop warning passengers about the Galaxy Note 7 before boarding
The Department of Transportation has lifted a requirement that airlines notify passengers that the recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a prohibited flight risk, according to a press release from the Federal Aviation Administration. The phone remains ...>> view originalAn asteroid had a semi-close encounter with Earth
A previously undetected asteroid that could rival the size of a mid-sized Boston office building passed by Earth this week in a close shave that brought the object within half the distance of the moon. The space rock — with the catchy name 2017 AG13 — was likely somewhere between 36 feet and 115 feet across, a relatively small size that makes asteroids difficult to detect when they are far away from Earth but could be very dangerous if they broke up or hit the ground near a city. Advertisement..>> view originalSonos CEO resigns amid high competition
Sonos makes smart speakers, like this Play:5.Photo by Sarah Tew/CNET John MacFarlane, CEO and co-founder of smart speaker company Sonos, said Tuesday he's stepping down. MacFarlane led the company for 15 years but faced increased competition from companies like Google and Amazon over the past couple of years."There are no typical transitions of leadership, especially for founder-led companies where the strength l..>> view originalHere's What Happened To One Company That Refused To Pay Off Hackers
Hackers continue to use ransomware to attack and extort businesses and other organizations, highlighting the dangers of failing to put up adequate cyber defenses.E-Sports Entertainment Association, a company that hosts competitive video game tournaments, is among the latest to be hit. The gaming company said this week that hackers had released stolen data about its users, including emails, private messages, and phone numbers after it refused to pay $100,000.ESEA did not say how many users were i..>> view originalChina says no — for now — to 'Pokémon Go,' cites potential security risks
It may have taken the rest of the world by storm, but Pokémon Go is nowhere to be found in China. And based on the latest reports, it’s going to stay that way. According to Reuters, Nintendo’s hugely popular augmented reality game will not make its way to China, as government officials have indicated they will not license it or similar apps “until potential security risks had been evaluated.” If you’re one of the few people who isn’t familiar with the app (or are living in China), Pokémon Go is..>> view originalThe guy who created one of Apple's most beloved technologies is leaving Apple
Chris Lattner, the inventor of Apple's relatively new programming language called Swift, is leaving Apple, he announced on the Swift mailing list on Tuesday as spotted by MacStories' John Voorhees. Lattner didn't at first give a reason for his exit, simply saying he would leave later this month "to pursue an opportunity in another space." However, Tesla later announced via a blog post that Lattner was joining Tesla as its Vice President of Autopilot Software. (He's replacing Jinnah Hosein, Spa..>> view originalStudy suggests Earth once had many moonlets — until they merged to form the moon
This narrow-angle image taken by NASA's Cassini shows the moon in August 1999. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) The moon is the most obvious and familiar object in Earth's night sky — constant, consistent, predictable in its monthly cycles and its daily rising and setting. Astronomers understand the moon's movements so thoroughly that even a break from the routine, like an eclipse, can be anticipated 1,000 years in advance. But we don't know the moon as well as we think. In fact, for years..>> view originalNew Video Pits iPhone Click Wheel Prototype Against Scott Forstall's Icon-Based iPhone Prototype
Like you know them so well eh? Forstall was a motor mouth who thought he was as important as Jobs or Ives. One can see his arrogance during his presentations. This is based purely on his stage presence, I don't think anyone here can say what he was like behind the public eye, but I reckon he was a royal pain in the ass. For the record, Forstall was more important than Ives. Ives developed industrial design cases that met Steve's ideals. He didn't introduce cases and Steve went, ``that's perfect..>> view original
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
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