What happened earlier this week in Paris is a tragedy. I’ll start out with a couple of articles about how technology can be used to assist in the rebuilding efforts.
- Historian uses lasers to unlock mysteries of Gothic cathedrals
- How Notre Dame Could Be Rebuilt With The Help Of Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Big news for the last two years has been Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election. You are now able to download a redacted version of his report so you can read his exact findings and not have to rely on what gets reported.
Whew, we’ve gotten the biggest news of the week already covered. Now let’s get into our regular weekly dose of tech news. Hackers are still hacking. Facebook is still having privacy problems. Samsung has a folding phone, but could it have problems? Helvetica gets a massive makeover. Men and alligators in Florida are still making headlines. These and many more headlines are listed below. Click on the headlines to get the full story.
- Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords
- Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts
- The Facebook Portal gets a huge price cut: $99
***** Get Facebook Portal on Amazon ***** - Facebook’s privacy crisis makes its Portal video device a tougher sell than ever
- America Is Losing the World’s Biggest Manufacturing and Climate Race: Electric Vehicles
- This Poor Man Accidentally Got His Testicle Trapped in an IKEA Stool
- Stratolaunch, the world’s biggest airplane, takes flight
- Logitech Harmony Express builds in Alexa to simplify TV systems for $250
***** Get Logitech Harmony Express on Amazon ***** - Smart speakers installed base to top 200 million by year end
- Unfolding the Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Galaxy Fold broken screens and more: The good and bad of Samsung’s new foldable phone
- Samsung responds to reviewer complaints about its Galaxy Fold phone
- Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crashes on the moon
- How much will the Moon plan cost? We should know in two weeks
- Pink Moon: April 2019 Full Moon rises TOMORROW – But will it turn pink?
But Wait, There’s More…
- Blobs 500 times the size of Earth are being burped from the sun
- I wear fitness trackers all the time… and I still gained weight. Here’s why
- Strictly living room: ‘breathtakingly horrific’ Sydney real estate ad goes viral
- Behind the Process of Helvetica’s 21st Century Facelift
- The most iconic long song intros in pop music
- Aretha Franklin earns posthumous Pulitzer Prize
- Developers love Python and TypeScript, get paid for Clojure, and aren’t using blockchain
- Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show
- Yangtze giant softshell, world’s rarest turtle, dies in China zoo leaving only 3 known alive
- Florida man threatened to destroy town with army of turtles: police
- Florida man nabbed for allegedly speeding tells cops, ‘the car is a Ferrari and it goes fast’: report
- ‘Still want to move to Florida?’ Watch a giant alligator stroll through a busy intersection
- Florida Man Used Tractor to Stop His Wife From Leaving With ‘His Stuff’
- Florida man attacks neighbors with frying pan, lamp pole, deputies say
- Why airlines make flights longer on purpose
- Xbox One does away with discs in new $249 All-Digital Edition
***** Get Xbox One S All-Digital Edition on Amazon ***** - Why $249 is an unsustainable price for the first all-digital Xbox
- Connected cruising: Remote work options when you just can’t stay away
- A new state-backed hacker group is hijacking government domains at a phenomenal pace
- Lori Loughlin’s Daughter Reportedly Under Criminal Investigation in College Cheating Scandal
- Celebrate the Nostalgia of Every First ‘Star Wars’ Movie Teaser
- Duct-tape bikini trend invades Coachella, receives mixed feedback from festivalgoers
- Facebook Rolled Out a Tributes Section for Memorialized Accounts
If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.
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