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Month: July 2019

‘Missing Link’ Planets Discovered Nearby

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Agitator!!

TESS discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate ‘sub-Neptune’. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new worlds that are among the smallest, nearest exoplanets known to date. The planets orbit a star just 73 light years away and include a small, rocky super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes — planets about half the…

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Massive Capital One data breach

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Agitator!!

Capital One’s massive data breach may affect more than 100 million customers. On Monday, Capital One announced a massive breach involving more than 100 million customers, compromising information such as Social Security numbers, credit scores and credit card transaction data. For more, check out this USA Today story.

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Device could automatically deliver drug to reverse opioid overdose

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Agitator!!

Purdue University researchers are developing a device that would automatically detect an overdose and deliver naloxone, a drug known to reverse deadly effects. For more, check out this Purdue.edu story.

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SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype takes its first flight

Posted on July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by Agitator!!

The brief flight was a key step in the development of a rocket that the company hopes will take people to Mars. The [Starhopper] rocket is the prototype for SpaceX’s vehicle called Starship. The company is building the enormous rocket to achieve its goal of transporting up to 100 people in the space flights. For…

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NASA tracked three large asteroids passing by

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Agitator!!

And one was closer to the Earth than the moon! The asteroid 2019 OD passed the closest, flying closer to the Earth than the moon. It will cross Earth’s orbit within 222,164 miles of the surface. The moon is 238,900 miles away. For more, check out this CNN story.

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CBS blackout on DirecTV

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Agitator!!

The CBS blackout on DirecTV is the latest frustration for TV viewers caught in the middle of price wars. More than 6.5 million CBS viewers found their screens dark on Saturday, after a dispute with AT&T led to the network’s feed getting blacked out in markets from Los Angeles to New York. It’s the latest…

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Equifax’s $700 million settlement could benefit you

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Agitator!!

Americans will now get compensation for losses tied to one of the biggest data security failures ever. Starting in 2020, all U.S. consumers will be entitled to six free Equifax credit reports each year for seven years. This can help you to monitor for any suspicious activity. All Americans are entitled to get free identity…

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Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as “Kioxia”

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Agitator!!

The new brand name will begin in October. The future will bring many new challenges. Global society is becoming ever more complex, connected and borderless in the face of dramatic technological innovation. There is a tremendous amount of data being generated, analyzed and stored. Sitting at the very heart of this trend, we will build…

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Privacy concerns with FaceApp

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Agitator!!

While using FaceApp to age your photos may be fun, you could be giving up your privacy by doing so. Some privacy and security experts have expressed concerns that users granting the St. Petersburg, Russia-based FaceApp access to photos on their smartphones is a grand giveaway of privacy and personal information. For more, check out…

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Microsoft unveils Personal Vault for OneDrive

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Agitator!!

Microsoft’s new OneDrive Personal Vault is designed to bring added security to your most important files. Additionally, OneDrive is getting additional storage options. Personal Vault is a protected area in OneDrive that you can only access with a strong authentication method or a second step of identity verification, such as your fingerprint, face, PIN, or…

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