When you’re sharing an apartment with roommates, it can be a challenge to decide who takes which bedroom, and at what price. Sit down with your roommates and use the calculator below to find the fair division. The New York Times
Month: August 2016
An Email Scam Cost One of Europe’s Biggest Companies $40 Million
Earlier this month, Leoni AG, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wires and electrical cables, informed investors that the German company lost almost 40 million euros (or about $44.6 million) to online scammers. Today, we finally know how: According to investigators, the thieves simply spoofed emails to look like official payment requests, a tactic known as “CEO fraud.”
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2canca9
HP Put a PC Into a 360-Degree Speaker
The days of the traditional box-y desktop are numbered. Apple’s Mac Pro
and Cyberpower’s Fang Trinity proved that desktops could come in strange shapes. Now HP is grabbing a piece of the new funky shaped pie with the HP Pavilion Wave and Elite Slice.
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2bKW2qO
Sphero’s BB-8 Controlling Force Band Now Lets You Wield an Imaginary Lightsaber Too
Sphero’s Force Band accessory has come a long way since it was first revealed at CES
back in January. But now that the design and feature list has been finalized, calling it an accessory doesn’t do the wearable justice. It can do a lot more than just control the Sphero BB-8 toy, even if you don’t have a tiny droid.
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2bKYIoi
Tell Us Your Best Story About Exploding Technology
Earlier today, Samsung delayed shipments
of its Galaxy Note 7
, allegedly due to (unconfirmed) reports that the phone had been exploding when charging. One of the instances was possibly due to charging the device with a cheap USB-C cable, which can wreck havoc on your electronics.
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2bTk6LJ
Half the Population Will Click On Random-Ass Links
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany conducted a study that sent out 1,700 emails that simulated a phishing scam, and made an unfortunate discovery: around half of the participants, even ones that claimed to be aware of such security risks, clicked on the links.
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2bDqv8k
A ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Starts Thursday http://nyti.ms/2bWwqsc
Thursday’s event will be visible from Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. The New York Times
Everyone Involved in This $1.8 Million Grumpy Cat Lawsuit Sucks Except for the Cat
The value of internet celebrity is hard to assess, but a new motion filed by the owners of the animal star known as Grumpy Cat seeks to do just that. In it, the holders of the “GRUMPY CAT” trademark have asked a court to triple a requested $600,000 award over alleged copyright infringement of a goddamn cat.
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2cs26sk
Two-Year-Old Prodigy Finds Viciously Perfect Solution to the Trolley Problem
The trolley problem is a classic thought experiment in ethics, which asks you to imagine a trolley headed toward a track that five people are bound to. If you pull a lever, you can redirect the trolley to another track, where one person is bound. Do you do nothing at all and watch five people die? Or pull the lever, change fate and be personally responsible for the death of one person?
via Gizmodo http://bit.ly/2c1GelX
Picture of the day for September 1, 2016
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 1, 2016: Long exposure of the subway station Hasenbergl, opened in 1996 and serving line 2 of Munich’s U-Bahn. http://bit.ly/2bSRsuf
