Astronomers report on the very distant galaxy XMM-2599. It existed when the universe was very young, yet contains some 300 billion stars. It must have formed stars at a very rapid rate and then stopped. Why? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mysterious-massive-galaxy-xmm-2599-early-universe…
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Himalayan glacier shows evidence of start of Industrial Revolution
Human beings altered one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas hundreds of years before a person ever set foot there, new research has found. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/himalayan-glacier-evidence-start-industrial-revolution…
New timeline rewrites history of Easter Island collapse
Easter Island society did not collapse prior to European contact, and its people continued to build its iconic moai statues for much longer than previously believed, according to a team of researchers. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/new-timeline-easter-island-collapse…
Elementary OS Wants to Crowdfund a Better Distro-Independent ‘AppCenter for Everyone’
In 2017 Elementary OS built a pay-what-you-want app store — funded with $10,000 raised on IndieGogo. Now they’re trying to raise another $10,000 for a one-week, in-person sprint in Denver, Colorado, Forbes reports, to upgrade the store while bringing an even grander concept to reality:
That concept comprises 4 main goals: – Enable open source developers to monetize their apps on every…
Uber Self-Driving Cars Allowed Back On California Roads
Nearly two years after one of Uber’s self-driving cars was involved in a fatal crash in Arizona, the ride-hailing firm has been allowed to test its autonomous vehicles on public roads in California. “Receiving a permit in California — which has granted permits to 65 other transport firms — is the latest step in Uber’s revival of the program,” reports the…
Do Proof-of-Concept Exploits Do More Harm Than Good?
secwatcher writes:
When it comes to the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits, more security experts agree that the positives outweigh the negatives, according to a recent and informal Threatpost poll. In fact, almost 60 percent of 230 security pundits thought it was a “good idea” to publish PoC code for zero days. Up to 38 percent of respondents, meanwhile, argued it wasn’t…
71-Year-Old William Gibson Explores ‘Existing Level of Weirdness’ For New Dystopian SciFi Novel
71-year-old science fiction author William Gibson coined the word “cyberspace” in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. 36 years later he’s back with an even more dystopian future in his new novel Agency. But in a surprisingly candid interview in the Daily Beast, Gibson says he prefers watching emerging new technologies first because “To use it is to be changed by it; you’re…
TiVo’s Unreleased Roku and Apple TV Apps Are ‘In Limbo’
Although TiVo has an exciting new product at CES with the TiVo Stream 4K media player, it also has some bad news for DVR owners: The promised ability to stream live and recorded video from TiVo to other streaming players in the home won’t happen any time soon. From a report: TiVo’s vice president of consumer products and services Ted Malone…