Global internet outage knocks out Amazon, Reddit, Google, Instagram, Twitter
Major outage this morning. DownDetector, a site that tracks website outages, reported that a long list of sites, which also included Zoom, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Hulu, Spotify, Etsy and Paypal, started experiencing problems just after 5:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday. The outage may be linked to Fastly, a cloud platform that powers websites such as The…
FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug developed by Biogen
After reading this article, I wonder if it is a victory for Alzheimer patients. Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease. For more, check out this Philly…
Phenomenal explosion in space captured
The explosion happened one billion light years away, which is incredibly close to the Earth by cosmic standards. A phenomenal cosmic explosion of gamma radiation from a collapsing star has been captured by scientists in Nambia. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) was captured by the High Energy Stereoscopic System on 29 August 2019, after the Fermi…
Science, Solar Arrays Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Cargo Mission
The ISS continues to be a busy destination. This 22nd contracted resupply mission for SpaceX will deliver the new ISS Roll-out Solar Arrays (iROSA) to the space station in the trunk of the Dragon spacecraft. After the Dragon docks to the space station’s Harmony module, the robotic Canadarm2 will extract the arrays and astronauts will…
Microsoft looks ready to launch Windows 11
A new version of Windows is on the way. Microsoft has been teasing a “next generation” of Windows for months now, but new hints suggest the company isn’t just preparing an update to its existing Windows 10 software, but a new, numbered version of the operating system: Windows 11. For more, check out this The…
Google Photos unlimited storage for photos and videos goes away today
Be aware…a big perk of Google Photos goes away today – unlimited storage for photos and videos. Any uploads after Tuesday will now count toward the 15GB of storage available with every Google account. The storage available on all Google accounts is shared between Photos, Gmail and Google Drive. For more, check out this USA…
Phishing attack uses a call center to trick people
There is a phishing attack that is using a call center to trick people into installing malware on their Windows PC. BazaLoader phishing emails tell people to dial a phone number to cancel a phoney subscription – and that’s when cyber criminals posing as ‘customer support’ guide victims towards downloading a malicious payload commonly used…
iPhone Update Good News for CarPlay Users
Apple has released a new iPhone update that should be good news for CarPlay users. While Apple hasn’t included any mention of CarPlay fixes in the official release notes of this new iPhone operating system update, I’m seeing several reports online that claim it addresses some rather widespread glitches in the car. Those include a…
Mexico City is Sinking
Woah…the world’s second largest city could sink as much as 100 feet. Using radar-based ground measurement tools that can go up to 100’ into the earth, geologists think areas of the world’s second largest city could sink as much as 100’ over the next 150 years. For more, check out this IEN story.
Voyager 1, now in interstellar space, hears an ominous hum
Kind of like Horton Hears a Who… Sound doesn’t pass through the vacuum of space. Sound travels through the air as waves, and if there is no air to act as a medium for those waves to pass through, sound doesn’t travel. Interstellar space is largely a vacuum, but gas can still exist out there,…
