NASA’s Cassini probe is nearing the end of its lifetime, and the little spacecraft is going out with a bang. Today, the spacecraft begins a series of 20 “ring-grazing” orbits, bringing Cassini the closest it’s ever been to Saturn’s vast, majestic discs of ice and dust.
Source: Gizmodo – Cassini Spacecraft Begins Dramatic, ‘Ring-Grazing’ Orbits Today
The British Film Institute (BFI) has a plan in motion to save old, at-risk TV programmes stored on obsolete video formats. As part of a new five-year strategy, the organisation has vowed to digitise and preserve “at least 100,000” shows for future ge…
Source: Engadget – BFI to digitise 100,000 old TV shows before they disappear
A Belgian photographer recently visited an old mining tunnel in central France filled with classic cars that he thinks may have been hidden away against Nazi forces during World War II. The decaying old cars he found are astonishing.
Source: Gizmodo – This Quarry Is Filled With Classic Cars Possibly Hidden From The Nazis
Jackery’s Thunder battery packs include Quick Charge 3.0, and both the 10,050mAh and 20,100mAh varieties are marked down to their lowest prices today. Just pick your favorite size, and be sure to use the appropriate promo code at checkout.
Source: LifeHacker – Jackery’s Thunder Battery Packs Include Quick Charge 3.0 at Standard Charging Prices
Photo-filter app Prisma, the popular program which makes pictures and video look like painterly art, had its access to Facebook’s Live Video API revoked this month. From a report on NYMag:According to Prisma, Facebook justified choking off Prisma’s access by stating, “Your app streams video from a mobile device camera, which can already be done through the Facebook app. The Live Video API is meant to let people publish live video content from other sources such as professional cameras, multi-camera setups, games or screencasts.” This is the implied aim of Facebook’s video API, the technical entry point for producers to pump video into Facebook’s network: The API is meant for broadcasting setups that are not phone-based. The problem is that none of this is explained in Facebook’s documentation for developers. In fact, it states the opposite. Here is the very first question from the company’s Live API FAQ: “The Live API is a data feed and the “glue” needed to create higher-quality live videos on Facebook. It allows you to send live content directly to Facebook from any camera.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Facebook Cuts Off Competitor Prisma’s API Access
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There are a ton of different advent calendars these days, filled with everything from from whiskey to nail polish to LEGO bricks. They’re a lot of fun, but they lack a certain personal touch. If you want to give one, or build one for yourself, here are some superior DIY advent calendar suggestions to celebrate the…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Make the Ultimate DIY Advent Calendar
Two days ago we brought up Devuan, the systemd-free fork of Debian turned two years old, and now it seems they are celebrating the anniversary by the release of the second beta…
Source: Phoronix – Systemd-Free Debian Fork Devuan Releases Its Second Beta
Nobody should have to figure out these basic life skills as adults. Better to start teaching them from a young age.
Source: TreeHugger – Start “adulting school” when your kids are young
Offline playback is now on Netflix. Finally! This is a feature we’ve wanted for so long and it’s very exciting that it is finally available. But not everything in Netflix’s catalog is actually available to download.
Source: io9 – The Best 50 Movies and TV Shows You Can Download From Netflix Right Now
An original Gen-X team member will be leading the charge in Marvel’s new young mutants series! Jubilee is back at the Xavier Institute, and this time she’s in charge… although the group she’s been left with leaves much to be desired.
Source: io9 – Jubilee Will Lead a New Team of Teen Mutants In Generation X
Offline playback is now on Netflix. Finally! This is a feature we’ve wanted for so long and it’s very exciting that it is finally available. But not everything in Netflix’s catalog is actually available to download.
Source: Gizmodo – The Best 50 Movies and TV Shows You Can Now Download From Netflix
In the words of Google, “Live has never looked so good”, as the company has just rolled out 4K live streaming on YouTube with standard and 360-degree viewing at up to 60 frames per second. According to Google, “Supporting this new format will let creators and partners stream incredibly high-resolution video, and let viewers enjoy the clearest
Source: Hot Hardware – Google Rolls Out 4K Live Streaming On YouTube With Standard And 360-Degree Viewing
After letting its users virtually queue up for restaurants with a previous update, now Yelp wants them to put a face to the person behind each star-rating. With the service’s amateur reviews shaping restaurant scenes around the globe, the influential…
Source: Engadget – Yelp wants you to add a ‘Yelfie’ to your restaurant reviews
Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Vizio M50-D1 50″ 4K UHD HDR HDTV rith 6″ Tablet Remote, a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 2-in-1 Intel Core i7-7500U based laptop, and more. Full details for all of today’s deals area available below. See Cyber
Source: Hot Hardware – 0 Gift Card With Vizio M-50 4K UHD Smart HDTV With HDR, Up To 50% Off Amazon Cyber Monday Deals Week, And More
This is a shot of the faceprint that Twitter user hellocojo left on the headrest of the front seat after a minor car accident. Wait — was she wearing teeth makeup? Maybe she’s born with it, maybe It’s Maybelline. Or maybe that’s just a reflection. Or maybe I just invented teeth makeup. Hello, L’Oréal? Let’s talk numbers.
‘I’m mad as hell lmao. All this Becca and Makeup Forever just wasted,’ she responded, but she had no problem looking at the bright side.
‘I’m just glad that’s the worst of it,’ she noted.
She went on to joke that her ‘setting spray ain’t stand a chance [sic].’
Man, there is so much I have to learn about makeup. It’s just so intimidating, you know? Like I’ve been to the store with girlfriends before and it seems like even they don’t know what they’re doing. We come looking for one thing and leave with three others, two of which we have to return later because they’re the wrong shade. You know what I’m talking about.
Keep going for a shot of the damage to the car and a closeup of the faceprint.
Source: Geekologie – Woman Leaves Faceprint Of Makeup Covered Face On Seat After Minor Car Accident
Hidden deep in the world of Final Fantasy XV, there’s a dungeon unlike anything else in the game. Let me tell you how to find it—and why it’s so cool. (One tip: You can’t get there until you’ve finished the game.)
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XV’s Secret Dungeon Is One Of The Coolest Things I’ve Ever Played
At the beginning of the month, we challenged you to clean out your closets and sell your unwanted stuff. If you accepted our challenge, how’d it go?
Source: LifeHacker – How’d You Do During the November Money Challenge?
Speculations have turned out be true. The Chinese government is now testing systems that will be used to create digital records of citizens’ social and financial behavior. In turn, these will be used to create a so-called social credit score, which will determine whether individuals have access to services, from travel and education to loans and insurance cover. Some citizens — such as lawyers and journalists — will be more closely monitored. From a report on MIT Technology Review: Planning documents apparently describe the system as being created to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.” The Journal claims that the system will at first log “infractions such as fare cheating, jaywalking and violating family-planning rules” but will be expanded in the future — potentially even to Internet activity. Some aspects of the system are already in testing, but there are some challenges to implementing such a far-reaching apparatus. It’s difficult to centralize all that data, check it for accuracy, and process it, for example — let alone feed it back into the system to control everyday life. And China has data from 1.4 billion people to handle.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – China Pilots a System That Rates Citizens on ‘Social Credit Score’ To Determine Eligibility For Jobs, Travel
