Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth’s history. Reading it can teach us where best to look for habitable exoplanets Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332380-300-moon-rocks-can-tell-us-where-life-could-thrive-beyond-the-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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DNA Data Storage Is Closer Than You Think
“Life’s information-storage system is being adapted to handle massive amounts of information,” reports Scientific American, reports Scientific American, calling it “an alternative to hard drives” and noting that DNA “is already routinely sequenced (read), synthesized (written to) and accurately copied with ease. “DNA is also incredibly stable, as has been demonstrated by the complete genome sequencing of a fossil horse that…
India is Staring at a Water Apocalypse
A combination of climate change, bad policies and political apathy is steadily pushing India into a catastrophic water crisis that threatens stability in South Asia. From a report: Recent studies document that glaciers feeding the Indian subcontinent’s rivers will recede rapidly, while rapid ground water depletion poses an existential challenge to agriculture. The southwest monsoons remain the biggest source of water…
Trending Tech Skills
New technologies are changing the way the world works. As a result, governments and organizations are looking for talent with skills that will prepare them for the future. According to our analysis of global skills, demand for technology skills has increased 13% across the globe in the last year. Other important skills like Kubernetes, robotic […]
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Regal Cinemas Readying Unlimited Ticket Subscription Program
Regal Cinemas is prepping to launch a new unlimited movie ticket subscriptions service at the end of July in the U.S. Deadline has the details: There will be three tiers of pricing, which work out to $18, $21 and $24 per month, each granting access to unlimited tickets (really). While the monthly price of AMC Stubs A-List movie ticket subscription program…
Germany To Publish Standard on Modern Secure Browsers
Germany’s cyber-security agency is working on a set of minimum rules that modern web browsers must comply with in order to be considered secure. From a report: The new guidelines are currently being drafted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (or the Bundesamt fur Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik — BSI), and they’ll be used to advise government agencies and…
Jony Ive Left Apple Because of CEO Tim Cook’s Lack of Interest in Product Design, Report Says
To many, Jony Ive’s departure from Apple last week felt very sudden. But a narrative is forming to suggest that he’s been slowly drifting apart from the company for several years as the iPhone maker’s priorities shifted from product design to operations. Here are some of the highlights from The Wall Street Journal [paywalled] piece: Ive was “dispirited” by Tim Cook…
Former Equifax executive sentenced to prison for insider trading prior to data breach
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/29/20056655/jun-ying-equifax-breach-jail-time-insider-trading-department-of-justice…
Twitch is closing in on its Christchurch trolls
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/29/19102840/twitch-troll-deanonmyzation-anonymous-lawsuit-christchurch-spam-attack…
When asteroids photobomb galaxies
Want to spend your days looking at awesome photos of distant galaxy clusters, and possibly discovering an asteroid? Check out this new citizen-science project called Hubble Asteroid Hunter. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/hubble-asteroid-hunter-zooniverse-citizen-science…