Shooting Down a Tiny Drone Is Nearly Impossible, Even with Machine Guns

Turns out, those drone hunting permits that Colorado wisely declined to issue earlier this year man not have done much good anyway. As this video shows, hitting a drone on the wing is really, really hard. Even if you bring fully automatic weapons to the party.

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Google Search Ranking Boost For Websites With Encryption [Report]

Google Search Ranking Boost For Websites With Encryption [Report]

A new report published today claims that Google may considering boosting search engine ranking of websites that use encryption. Google’s web spam chief Matt Cutts hinted at this possibility recently at a conference. He’s a powerful voice as far as the search team goes, and has long been a liaison between the search team and web developers.

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    Ace Attorney Objection! T-Shirt: Sustained

    Prove that you’re an Ace Attorney fan with Fangamer’s Objection! t-shirt. Designed by Maximo Lorenzo, the shirt features a silhouette of Phoenix Wright doing what he does best. It also comes with a 1″ button that resembles the game’s all-important attorney’s badge. It shows that you are a defense attorney…’s friend.

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    Present $23 (USD) at Fangamer to get the t-shirt and button. Get the Attorney Pin from the store as well if you want a more realistic replica of the badge.

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    Crooks use Heartbleed exploit to steal 900 Canadian tax IDs

    While it might not be the worst-case scenario, a security breach at the Canada Revenue Agency could be the worst known real-world exploit of the Heartbleed vulnerability since it went global last week. The CRA claims that almost 1,000 Social…

    British Scientists Say They’ve Created Artificial Blood for Humans

    British Scientists Say They've Created Artificial Blood for Humans

    Somebody ring the bell at the blood factory, because it’s almost time to get those assembly lines running. Almost. A team of British scientists say they’ve created red blood cells suitable for transfusion into humans, a breakthrough that could change the lives of millions—if it works.

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    Robohand: 3D-printed open source hand replacements

    Supposing you’ve had several fingers chopped off in the recent past and you understand how to operate a scissors, Robohand may well have a solution for you. The company began … Continue reading

    Girl Tweets Mock Threat At American Airlines, Gets Arrested

    Girl Tweets Mock Threat At American Airlines, Gets Arrested

    Airlines take security very seriously, even more so after 9/11. They certainly don’t take threats lightly, in fact, they report them to the FBI. That’s what American Airlines did when a 14-year old Dutch Twitter user fired a tweet to AA’s account, claiming she was from Afghanistan, a part of “Al Qaida” and that on “June 1st I’m gonna do something really big.” AA’s account promptly replied that they take these threats very seriously, and that her IP address and details would be forwarded to security and the FBI.

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    Facebook Reportedly Working On An E-Money Service

    Facebook Reportedly Working On An E Money Service

    Gone are the days when you could think of Facebook as just an online service that lets you keep in touch with friends and family. It still lets you do that to this day, but the company itself has tested a variety of new services ever since it went public. It acquired cross-platform messaging behemoth WhatsApp, plans to spread the internet using drones and even released an Android launcher. It seems the next avenue in Facebook’s sights is financial services. The company is reportedly developing an e-money services and is close to getting approval in Ireland.

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    LogAnalysis maps the structure of gangs using phone records

    It’s no surprise that law enforcement agencies use mobile phone records to investigate criminal activity, but a platform called LogAnalysis could facilitate some of the most sophisticated analysis for all that raw data. Developed by Emilio Ferrara…

    The Cool Promise of Machines That Run on Body Heat

    The Cool Promise of Machines That Run on Body Heat

    The human body at rest radiates 100 watts of heat—heat that does nothing other than make crowded rooms stuffy. But body heat can be converted to electricity, and new technology is always improving the process. With the rise of wearables, the body heat-powered device becomes an ever more tantalizing promise.

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