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Lovely. Now someone's ported IoT-menacing Mirai to Windows boxes

Malware can spread to gizmos and gadgets after slipping into internal systems The Mirai malware that hijacked hundreds of thousands of IoT gadgets, routers and other devices is now capable of infecting Windows systems.…

Android's instant tethering is now officially available

Instant tethering started making its way to some Android users in late January, allowing them to set up an automatic hotspot connection between devices. Now that the feature is officially available, more people should have access to it -- b…

HBO's 'Silicon Valley' returns April 23rd

HBO's tech-industry satire Silicon Valley will return for its fourth season on April 24th. Despite its usual lead-in Game of Thrones likely getting a late start on its seventh season, Pied Piper & Co. are returning in their usual spring…

NASA Plans to Drill Into Europa's Crust In Search of Life

Since early 2016, a NASA-employed Science Definition Team (SDT) of 21 researchers has been crafting a plan to send a robotic probe to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, located over 390,000 miles from Earth. On February 7th, that team delivered their f…

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Remains of the Day: Quora Curbs Spam and Harassment by Limiting Anonymous Usage

Quora is a useful site that’s also filled with interesting and occasionally bizarre questions and answers from all walks of life. But crowdsourcing the all of the Q&As invites anonymous users to game the system, so they’re taking steps to curb anony…

Apple, Kill the LG UltraFine 5K and Make Your Own Displays

As if it weren’t bad enough that the LG UltraFine 5K performed poorly when placed too close to a wireless router, now Apple’s shipping times for the display have slid to five to six weeks. Jeff thinks that it just might be time for Cupertino to resu…

Photo of Magic Leap AR prototype leaks out, backpack and all

In December, a report by The Information indicated that well-funded startup Magic Leap wasn't nearly as close to producing its vaunted augmented reality headset as demo reels had suggested. CEO Rony Abovitz responded by claiming it had comp…

Make Your Own Raspberry Pi Laptop Using the Official Screen and This 3D Printed Case

We’ve seen a few different portable Pi projects, but over on Thingiverse, user surferboy put together a laptop that’s pretty slick looking and on the easier end to actually build.Read more...

Appel CEO Cook on Augmented Reality: ‘I regard it as a big idea like the smartphone’

Tim Cook has been having quite the week. On Monday and Tuesday he was whistlestopping round France and Germany...

Self Publish Your Books With iBooks

If you’re an author, you can self publish your books on iBooks. You’ll want to leverage multiple platforms to increase your visibility, but don’t forget Apple. As The Mac Observer editor-in-chief, Bryan Chaffin, wrote, Apple’s eBook platform isn’t p…

Voila! Bazinga! Amazon turns Alexa into an annoying 'cool' aunt

The one who went to France once and loves sitcoms Say what you like about Amazon, it has never been cool.…

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he regards AR ‘as a big idea like the smartphone’

Tim Cook really wants people to know that he’s deeply interested in AR. The Apple CEO hypes augmented reality every chance he gets, and he’s doing it in the same way he teased the wrist as an interesting space before the Apple Watch and the living …