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Is a gun-firing drone legal under the Second Amendment? — Hopes&Fears — flow “Question”

  Did you see that civilian-grade drone equipped with a semi-automatic handgun that was being fired remotely? We asked the experts if it was legal. >>>

Cablevision Sued for Turning User Routers into Public Hotspots | DSLReports, ISP Information

News: Cablevision is being sued by a man who claims the company’s decision to turn his home gateway into a publicly-available hotspot violates the Computer >>>

Posted: July 21, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

Will this battery change everything? – Fortune

Source: Will this battery change everything? – Fortune

Posted: July 21, 2015 in Energy, Storage

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It

I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Source: Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep >>>

Posted: July 21, 2015 in Computer, Security

Massive Alberta oil spill bigger than Kalamazoo disaster | National Observer

Source: Massive Alberta oil spill bigger than Kalamazoo disaster | National Observer

Posted: July 18, 2015 in Editorial, Environmental

Nanowires give ‘solar fuel cell’ efficiency a tenfold boost: Researchers make important step towards a solar cell that generates hydrogen

Researchers have developed a very promising prototype of a new solar celll. The material gallium phosphide enables their solar cell to produce the clean fuel >>>

Posted: July 18, 2015 in Energy, Hydrogen, Solar

After 85-year search, massless particle with promise for next-generation electronics found

Source: After 85-year search, massless particle with promise for next-generation electronics found

Posted: July 17, 2015 in Physics

Radiation found in Greene County stream near water supply

Action News Investigates has learned high levels of radiation — up to 60 times higher than the maximum allowed in drinking water — have been >>>

Posted: July 16, 2015 in Biological

Astronomers discover our long-lost ‘solar twin’

Extrasolar system could harbor right conditions for life Source: Astronomers discover our long-lost ‘solar twin’

Posted: July 16, 2015 in Space

Privacy talk at DEF CON canceled under questionable circumstances

Earlier this month, several news outlets reported on a powerful tool in the fight between those seeking anonymity online, versus those who push for surveillance >>>

Posted: July 13, 2015 in Computer, Security