GIF Today, half of America’s internet shut down when hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s still unclear exactly who carried out the attack and why, but…
This morning a ton of websites and services, including Spotify and Twitter, were unreachable because of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Dyn, a major DNS provider. Details of how any the attack happened remain vague, but one…
If you’ve tried to visit Twitter throughout the day you might’ve found that at times the social network wasn’t working. The same goes for Reddit, Yelp, the New York Times, PayPal, FOX News, Business Insider, and a shit ton of…
This is the tale of two Tinder strategies. Let’s start with the first one, which seems like a recipe for disaster using Tinder Social: Shockingly: No luck. But now let’s see something equally aggressive that actually worked! This dude is…
When the European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact with its Schiaparelli lander on October 19, the probe was headed toward its doom: a 60-second free-fall that ended in an explosion — and a new crater on Mars. The 8-foot-wide probe,…
It sounds like something out of a Dan Brown book, but it isn’t: The whole internet is protected by seven highly protected keys, in the hands of 14 people. And in a few days, they are going to hold a historic ritual…
New photo shows crash site of Europe’s lost Mars lander The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s view of the Schiaparelli landing site.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS By Miriam Kramer2016-10-21 18:47:00 UTC Well, it looks like Mars has a new crater thanks to a European spacecraft…
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The difference between introverts and extroverts isn’t as important as we make it out to be. As this video explains, though, there are some scientific reasons why some lean more towards one end of this spectrum or the other. As…
Without hearing a single note, you can probably hum the Super Mario Brothers or Legend of Zelda theme. Nintendo’s games have a rich musical history and this week’s playlist rounds up some of the best renditions. One of the greatest…