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This Day in History, August 16
On August 16th, 1896, gold was discovered in the Klondike. Read More
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Uber settles federal probe over alleged spying on passengers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber must beef up its privacy protections and submit to 20 years of outside monitoring after failing to safeguard both drivers' and passengers' sensitive information, federal regulators said Tuesday.
The ...Read more
Amazon launches Instant Pickup service at five college campuses
SEATTLE -- Amazon.com has launched yet another brick-and-mortar experiment, this time geared to college students in a hurry on their campuses.
The service, dubbed Instant Pickup, offers a limited stock of basic items that...Read more
This Day in History, August 15
On August 15th, 1519, Panama City was founded.
Severing ties with utilities isn't as easy as cutting the cable cord
LOS ANGELES -- If disaster ever struck, Joe Fleischmann could keep the lights, refrigerator and big-screen TV running in his Orange County home, even if the power company went dark.
Fleischmann is an early adopter of home...Read more
Protests against Google are postponed as culture wars roil Silicon Valley
Conservative protesters scuttled plans to gather outside Google's offices this weekend, putting on hold an effort to take America's culture wars directly to Silicon Valley.
The region was long insulated from political ...Read more
How Facebook is tackling hate speech after the Charlottesville rally
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Facebook has cracked down on hate speech in the wake of a violent Charlottesville, Va., rally by removing online accounts and posts from white supremacists.
A company spokesperson on Tuesday pointed to...Read more
Should We Reverse Reverse Engineering?
Reverse engineering. No, I don't mean backing up a locomotive or designing cars that parallel park all by themselves.
This scientific term refers instead to examining a device or product to discover how it was put ...Read more
A thought for the day
A thought for the day: Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has enemies. -- Robert F. Kennedy
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Other Notable Events for August 16
On this date in history:
In 1812, British forces foiled plans for a U.S. invasion of Canada by capturing the city of Detroit.
In 1896, the North Country gold rush began with the discovery of gold in ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for August 16
Those born on this date include:
- French physicist Gabriel Lippmann, inventor of color photography, in 1845
- British soldier/writer T.E. Lawrence (subject of Lawrence of Arabia) in 1888
- former ...Read more
Astronomy
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2017 with 137 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning star is Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mercury
Today's Word "hauteur"
hauteur \haw-TUR; (h)oh-\ (noun) - Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance.
"The earl's eyes were momentarily hurt, his expression baffled; then he dismissed the emotions and replaced them with cold ...Read more
Evolution
Make CARP (fish) evolve into GOAT (mammal) by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. The evolution must go through NEWT (amphibian) and CROW (bird). No word can be used more than once.
CARP ---- NEWT ---- CROW ---- GOAT
View full teaser and answerTech Q&A: Avoiding Android 'drive-by' malware
Q: Several times a day, I get a pop-up on my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone that says "Kskas.apk" is ready to download. I assume this is malicious software, so I always delete the message. But is there any way to stop these pop-...Read more
New non-native species emerges in Great Lakes after a mostly clean decade
MILWAUKEE--The stew of non-native species known to be swarming in the Great Lakes just got a little thicker.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that a new type of zooplankton, commonly reported in ...Read more
This odd-looking creature may be the 'missing link' in dinosaur evolution
Chilesaurus, a two-legged dinosaur with a Frankenstein-like mix of features, could be the "missing link" that fills a mysterious gap in the dinosaur family tree, a new analysis shows.
The findings, published in the ...Read more
2 more waves crossing Atlantic as Hurricane Gert heads offshore
MIAMI -- Hurricane forecasters are tracking two more waves crossing the Atlantic as Hurricane Gert begins turning east and heads out to sea.
In their Tuesday evening advisory, National Hurricane Center forecasters said ...Read more
Other Notable Events for August 15
On this date in history:
In 1914, a U.S. ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, officially opening the Panama Canal.
In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were killed when ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for August 15
Those born on this date include:
- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1769
- Scottish novelist Walter Scott in 1771
- longtime Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey in 1859
- British ...Read more
Today's Word "deliquesce"
deliquesce \del-ih-KWES\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To melt away or to disappear as if by melting. 2 : (Chemistry) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts,...Read more
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