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Big data, big picture: Swiss reveal VR software for the universe

This is the final frontier, or at least it has been close. One of Switzerland's most prestigious universities has released open-source beta software Tuesday. It allows virtual visits to the cosmos, including past the Moon,...

Facebook could sue Frances Haugen, whistleblower

Facebook recently took a more harsh tone towards Frances Haugen, a whistleblower. This suggests that the social media network might be considering legal retaliation for Haugen's public disclosure of internal research she had done...

Microsoft: Russia is behind 58% of state-backed hacks

Microsoft detected most state-sponsored hacking in Russia over the past year with a 58% share. This mostly targeted government agencies and think tank in the United States. The UK, Ukraine and European NATO members...

Facebook blames error in routine maintenance for outage

The global outage that post, that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp went dark "not by malicious activity but because of an error of our own making." This problem happened as engineers were working on Facebook's global backbone...

UAE launches probe to target asteroid between Mars and Jupiter

Tuesday's announcement by the United Arab Emirates was that a probe will be sent to land on an Asteroid between Mars, Jupiter and collect data about the origins of our universe. This is the...

After week of scandal, Ozy CEO says it is ‘premature to close down’

Ozy Media's CEO said Monday that it was premature to close down the company. He stated that he wanted to continue operating, despite scandals that exposed Ozy as a media outlet that had little...

Dubai Expo 2020: 5 workers die on the site for the first time

Expo 2020 in Dubai acknowledged Saturday that five workers were killed during construction of the huge world's fair. This was the first time that worker fatalities have been recorded. Expo stated that the site was...

Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology over borders

The Daily Stormer website promotes the purity of white race and posts hateful, conspiratorial screeds about Blacks and Jews. It has also inspired at least three racially motivated killings. Andrew Anglin, its founder, has been...

California launches Earth-monitoring Landsat 9 satellite

To ensure that climate change is not a problem, the U.S. launched Monday's latest satellite into orbit from California. Landsat 9 was launched into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. It lifted...

Neo-Nazis still use Facebook. They’re still making money

It is the most prominent European group of martial artists for right-wing extremists. Their signature tournament has been banned twice by German authorities. However, Kampf der Nibelungen (or Battle of the Nibelungs) is still alive on...