Earlier today, news broke of a fatal crash involving one of Uber’s self-driving cars in Tempe, Arizona. In response, Uber halted its self-driving car programs where it currently operates, including in Pittsburgh, Toronto, San Francisco and Phoenix. The U.S. Department…
Tether’s USDT, a controversial cryptocurrency, is becoming more and more popular among traders, research from Morgan Stanley finds. Bitcoin trades paired against USDT now make up 14% of bitcoin trading volumes. Tether skeptics have questioned whether the company actually…
Sky watchers discovered a glowing purple, aurora-like phenomenon. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center confirmed the discovery, caused by fast-moving ions, and officially named it STEVE. Really. Read more… More about Space, Nasa, Science, Mashable Video, and Aurora from Mashable! …
Marijuana soda startup California Dreamin’ wants to replace booze “Enjoy a light, social high” says the funky bottle of California Dreamin’ cannabis-infused sparkling pomegranate juice. Launching today at Y Combinator Demo Day, California Dreamin’ is serving up an alcohol alternative…
The vernal or spring equinox of 2018 happens Tuesday, March 20. Earth’s rotation does not cause equinoxes. Equinoxes occur when Earth’s tilted axis is perpendicular to the sun’s rays. During an equinox at Earth’s equator, the sun appears almost directly overhead.…
Zuckerberg’s silence reminds us that, in his eyes, we’re all just ‘dumb f*cks’ Use the mic, Zuckerberg.Image: DAVID RAMOS/GETTY IMAGES By Kerry Flynn2018-03-19 22:25:05 UTC Facebook’s getting rocked by yet another electioneering crisis, but we still haven’t heard anything from…
A team of ophthalmologists from the Bar-Ilan University‘s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials are developing eye drops to correct your vision. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Eye, Eyeglasses, Research, and See from Mashable! via IFTTT
Last night Facebook announced bans against Cambridge Analytica, its parent company and several individuals for allegedly sharing and keeping data that they had promised to delete. This data reportedly included information siphoned from hundreds of thousands of Amazon Mechanical Turkers…
If there’s one downside to powerful computers, it’s that they’re too damn big. Luckily, that’s about to change. At least, if IBM has anything to say about it. March 19 is the first day of IBM Think 2018, the company’s…
Facebook is once again in hot water over the role its policies may have played in the election. On Saturday, two explosive reports from The Guardian and The New York Times surfaced alleging that more than 50 million Facebook users…
