What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for the phrase "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for standalone instant messaging clients when it arrived in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and th.....»»
Rain Falls at the Summit of Greenland Ice Sheet for First Time on Record
Greenland just experienced another massive melt event this year. But this time, something unusual happened. It also rained at the summit of the ice sheet, [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] nearly two miles above sea level.....»»
Hacker returns $600M to Poly Network, is offered position as Chief Security Advisor
This week nearly all of the crypto stolen from Poly Network has been returned, but then something bizarre happened. Instead of turning the thief, who Poly Network refers to as Mr. White Hat, over to authorities, the company hired him to be its Chief.....»»
Hacker returns $600M to Poly Network and got hired as its Chief Security Advisor
This week nearly all of the crypto stolen from Poly Network has been returned, but then something bizarre happened. Instead of turning the thief, who Poly Network refers to as Mr. White Hat, over to authorities, the company hired him to be its Chief.....»»
Memorial Health System hit with ransomware attack, hospitals begin turning away patients
The attack on Memorial Health System happened early Sunday morning. The original press release announcing the attack and the response is inaccessible because the non-profit's website is down. However, Hack Notice was able to pick up and repost the pr.....»»
A CyberSecurity CEO Used Apple"s AirTags to Locate His Stolen Scooter
Dan Guido's cybersecurity consulting firm Trail of Bits claims its clients range from Facebook to DARPA. CNET tells the story of what happened after someone stole Guido's electric scooter: The cybersecurity CEO, located in Brooklyn, New York, had hi.....»»
How to watch the Star Trek movies and TV shows in order
Confused about what happened in the fantastic galaxy of Star Trek and in what order? Our comprehensive guide will tell you what order to watch it all in......»»
VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups (so far)
Slightly falling quarterly venture capital totals and a notable decline in unicorn formation does not a startup winter make. So let’s look at what's happened more recently. China’s technology scene has been in the news for all the wrong.....»»
How to watch the Marvel movies in order
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving into its fourth phase, it's time to look back on what's happened. Here's a recap of the 70+ years of the MCU so far......»»
Shark diversity unaffected when the dinosaurs were wiped out
A global catastrophe 66 million years ago led to the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs, and large marine reptiles like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. But what happened to the sharks? According to a study of sharks' teeth publishing August 10th in the.....»»
Study finds the cost of partisanship among federal workers
When Donald Trump became president in 2017, federal employees who lean Democratic found themselves working for an administration they didn't agree with. The same thing happened eight years earlier to Republican bureaucrats when Barack Obama took offi.....»»
RentCheck raises $2.6M in seed funding to help renters get their security deposits back
We’ve all been there. (Or at least I have.) You’re getting ready to vacate a property you’ve rented, only to be told by the landlord that you won’t be getting your security deposit back. This happened to me the first time I ever rented a plac.....»»
Indiegogo’s CEO on how crowdfunding navigated the pandemic
'If you take the leap that the pandemic happened because there's just a lot of things happening in the environment, it means we have to build the future that we want.' Andy Yang joined Indiegogo at a turbulent time. As the crowdfunding plat.....»»
Control of the US Senate: What does history tell us about how much it affects legislative policymaking?
With the U.S. Senate evenly split between the Republican and Democratic caucuses—something that's only happened three other times—two political science scholars at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences were inspired to study one.....»»
The MCU that never was: Marvel movies that (thankfully) never got made - CNET
Before Scarlett Johansson played Black Widow, the role could have gone to... David Bowie's wife. Here are weird and wonderful adaptations that never happened......»»
Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences–it happened in the Little Ice Age
In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan. Heat and drought fanned wildfires in the N.....»»
Goldman Sachs says Apple Card users can combine accounts even if there are active installment plans [U]
Update: According to some of our readers, it’s possible to combine Apple Card accounts even with an active installment plan. We reached out to Goldman Sachs to understand what happened to the case described below and a spokesperson s.....»»
Sexual harassment is rife in many African media workplaces
Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum through high-profile cases like Hollywood executive Har.....»»
What Ever Happened to IBM"s Watson?
After Watson triumphed on the gameshow Jeopardy in 2011, its star scientist had to convince IBM that it wasn't a magic answer box, and "explained that Watson was engineered to identify word patterns and predict correct answers for the trivia game.".....»»
What"s in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains its dangerous components
Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, it was only a matter of time befo.....»»
TCL NXTWear G review: The almost unwearable wearable display
I was really looking forward to using the TCL NXTWear G wearable display, but my face was not prepared for what happened when I did......»»