Day: January 6, 2014

Government Security

The NSA Is Building a Quantum Computer? We Already Knew That

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERT MCMILLAN NSA Director Keith Alexander speaking at the 2009 Cyberspace Symposium. Photo DoD/Dan Rohan   The internet is abuzz over revelations that the NSA is building its own quantum computer, a machine that could crack the computer encryption codes exponentially faster than any machine available today. But this should come as no surprise. “It’s an interesting topic,” says Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist at MIT who has followed quantum computing efforts…

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Story Travel

Hidden camera in a bathroom forces plane to make emergency landing

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick An American Airlines flight between San Francisco and New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City on Sunday after a device was found “ominously taped” to a bathroom wall. The device was initially thought to be a flash drive, but after investigation, appears to be “a camera disguised as a flash drive.” The 215 passengers on board American Airlines flight 24 were reportedly told an issue with the plane’s…

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TV

H&M Super Bowl commercial will let you buy Beckham’s clothes through your Samsung TV

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick American owners of Samsung Smart TVs will be able to use their TV remotes to buy David Beckham’s clothes during the Super Bowl. Clothing retailer H&M will run a 30-second commercial for the soccer star’s Bodywear spring collection during FOX’s telecast of Super Bowl XLVIII, in which viewers with compatible TVs will be able to purchase items through their television using a “t-commerce platform.” That platform is provided by Delivery…

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Games Hardware Dev

Parrot Shows Off New MiniDrone And Leaping Sumo Rolling Bot

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington French Bluetooth company turned drone-maker Parrot has some new hardware for CES 2014, including two brand new smartphone-controlled bots. One is the rolling, jumping Sumo and the other is the MiniDrone, a super small version of its popular AR Drone that flies, rolls and hugs the ceiling and the walls. The MiniDrone is remarkably small, coming in at about a tenth of the size of the full version, which…

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Culture

When Growth Hacking Goes Bad

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Sarah Perez Andreessen Horowitz-backed music lyrics and annotations Rap Genius was the latest to stray over to the darker side of so-called “growth hacking,” with its spammy SEO tactics disguised as an affiliate program. Called out, exposed and now punished by Google, the site’s traffic has tanked. But Rap Genius, thanks in part to that $15 million investment, will probably recover. They’ll clean up their links, make amends, and maybe even get back into Google’s good graces.…

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