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Pakistan Plans to Demolish Bin Laden’s Compound—With RPG’s

Osama Bin Laden may have gone out with a whimper but his secret lair in Abbottabad will soon be going out with a bang. A rocket-propelled bang, that is. Pakistani officials announced today that, in order to prevent the site from becoming a shrine, “We will hit it like an enemy fort,” the New York…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Japan Prepares to Declare the Fukushima Reactor “Shutdown”

Japanese officials are preparing to finally declare the Fukushima power plant in a state of cold shutdown as early as 9am tomorrow (GMT). Now they can begin the estimated 40-year process of dismantling the site and repopulating the area. Cold shutdown is when the water used to cool the fuel rods is lowered below the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Superman’s Debut “Steels” Title of World’s Most Expensive Comic

The first issue of Action Comics sold for 10 cents in 1938 and featured a brand new hero: Superman. Fast forward 73 years and that same comic leaps to over $2 million dollars in a single bound. That’s right, the Man of Steel’s debut issue just fetched a whopping $2.16 million dollars on an online…

Books & Comics Andrew Tarantola

FCC Turns the Screws—Releases Damning Report on Withdrawn AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

While AT&T’s withdrawl from their merger position does allow the telecom giant to resubmit its request if it can beat a Justice Department antitrust suit over the deal, it may not want to now that the FCC has released its findings. The 109-page staff report details exactly why FCC chairman Julius Genachowski put the kibosh…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Rolling Stone is Coming to the iPad After All—But Not Before The Beatles

In a rather unexpected about-face, Rolling Stone’s parent company, Wenner Media, has announced that the iconic music magazine will soon be available on the iPad. But first, it’s porting The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide to Apple’s tablet—like this week. Wenner Media announced that the Beatles guide will be available as a $10 app and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

FCC Chief Puts the Kibosh on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski, issued a draft statement yesterday lashing out against AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, calling its concentration of the wireless market contrary to the public interest. He’s also requested an administrative hearing, placing the onus on AT&T to prove the deal benign to wireless consumers. AT&T called the draft statement “disappointing” while…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

TSA Could Skip Independent Backscatter Tests Because Existing Studies, “May Suffice”

Backscatter X-ray machines may or may not be carcinogenic. The European Union isn’t taking any chances, but the TSA is so confident in their safety that it likely won’t conduct the additional tests it promised the Senate. https://gizmodo.com/eu-bans-airport-x-ray-machines-5860169 During his testimony at a Senate hearing this month, TSA administrator John Pistole asserted that the agency…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Your Daily Commute Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Whether you’re crammed into a trolley car or inching your way through crosstown gridlock, getting to and from your office can often be the worst part of the work day. Now, a new study suggests that some commutes aren’t worth the cost to your health. According to a report published in the BMC Public Health…

Health Andrew Tarantola

Did the TSA Ignore Early X-Ray Scanner Cancer Risks?

The FDA, which regulates medical technology, has long opposed large-scale X-ray machine deployment, arguing that people shouldn’t be irradiated without a direct medical benefit. So how did 250 X-ray “backscatter” scanners, which potentially increase cancer rates, land in American airports? Because the TSA insists they’re safe. As it turns out, The Food and Drug Administration…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Research in Motion Denies BBX Infringement Claims, Doesn’t Know What All the Fuss Is About

After numerous public gaffes, RIM is banking on BBX, its newest platform, to help drag the company back into respectability. Unfortunately, the “BBX” name itself could be infringing on a New Mexican software maker’s trademarks. https://gizmodo.com/so-1-000-blackberry-playbooks-have-been-recalled-5802160 Basis International makes a software language and database toolset and, according to the firm, has thousands of product licenses…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Build an Apple Store of Your Very Own

What better tribute to Steve Jobs than building a miniature Apple store in your basement? That’s not creepy at all, right? Our friends at Oobject have compiled this exhaustive set of everything you’ll need (Geniuses not included). You may also want to loop the best speeches by Steve Jobs on an MBP or display this…

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Paris Rolls Out a Fleet of Rentable Electric Runabouts

While Paris isn’t nearly as god-awful as Mexico City in terms of traffic, it’s by no means a commuter’s Shangri-La. So, Parisian officials are testing a new fleet of electric four-seaters to ease its congestion woes. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-horrific-traffic-in-the-entire-world-5838333 The concept of shared-vehicle rentals isn’t exactly new and is already establishing itself here in the US (heck,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NASCAR’s Jet Dryers Were Once Real Jets

NASCAR—a celebration of horsepower reveling in the roar of the engine and the aroma of gasoline, grease, and burning rubber. You shouldn’t ask why NASCAR uses modified jet engines to dry its racetracks, you should ask why doesn’t everybody? Jet Dryers have been around since the early 1970s but at that time they were used…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

US Army is Paying Big Bucks for Intelligent Clothing, Smarty Pants Still Worth Nothing

As any armed forces member who’s served in the Middle East can tell you, it’s ludicrously hot there—even without the additional 50+ pounds of clothing and armor. That’s why the DoD is offering cash money for some “Thermally Responsive Fibers.” The DoD has issued a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation for the design and fabrication…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Pakistan Plans to Demolish Bin Laden’s Compound—With RPG’s

Japan Prepares to Declare the Fukushima Reactor “Shutdown”

Superman’s Debut “Steels” Title of World’s Most Expensive Comic

FCC Turns the Screws—Releases Damning Report on Withdrawn AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Rolling Stone is Coming to the iPad After All—But Not Before The Beatles

FCC Chief Puts the Kibosh on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

TSA Could Skip Independent Backscatter Tests Because Existing Studies, “May Suffice”

Your Daily Commute Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Did the TSA Ignore Early X-Ray Scanner Cancer Risks?

Research in Motion Denies BBX Infringement Claims, Doesn’t Know What All the Fuss Is About

How to Build an Apple Store of Your Very Own

Paris Rolls Out a Fleet of Rentable Electric Runabouts

NASCAR’s Jet Dryers Were Once Real Jets

US Army is Paying Big Bucks for Intelligent Clothing, Smarty Pants Still Worth Nothing

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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