Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers

If you want your Zoom video calls to be as secure as possible, you may need to pay up. Zoom security consultant Alex Stamos told Reuters in an interview that the company plans to offer stronger videoconference encryption to paying customers, enterpri…

Tom Ellis Signs On for an Almost Inevitable Sixth Season of Lucifer

Lucifer, Fox’s formerly orphaned Satanriffic
procedural and now Netflix’s beloved child, is one step closer to yet another
season renewal.

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What's the Deal With All These Cicadas?

It’s like clockwork. Seasons change. Fads come and go. And, once every 17 years, millions of cicadas emerge from the ground to scream. And scream. And scream.

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Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic

Worst. Deal. Ever.Noah Kirsch, ForbesIn November, Eric Baker’s online ticket marketplace Viagogo purchased rival StubHub for $4 billion. Baker was actually one of StubHub’s co-founders before he was fired from the company. The deal closed in February…

Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight

Four decades after Tesla and Edison waged their “War of Currents,” a similar struggle unfolded in the skies overhead as a pair of daring entrepreneurs — Hugo Eckener, protege of Count von Zeppelin, and Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airwa…

Minnesota Gov. Calls For ‘Full Mobilization’ Of National Guard In Response To Protests

Gov. Tim Walz’s announcement comes after days of charged protests against police brutality in Minneapolis.

Saturday's Best Deals: Birds of Prey, Gaming Chairs, Stylish Chinos, and More

A three-piece multi-function wrench set, JACHS NY chinos, a sleek gaming chair, the Show Your Pride bundle, and more are some of Saturday’s best deals.

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NASA reveals 8 US companies that will make its COVID-19 ventilator

Weeks ago, NASA revealed that it was working on a special ventilator designed specifically for COVID-19 patients. The prototype was created by NASA engineers in a little over a month and soon after was granted an Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA. Now, only a couple of weeks later, the space agency is back with an update: it has selected … Continue reading

The Morning After: Why would anyone buy a $350 'anti-5G' USB stick?

It’s normal for our weekend newsletter to recap some of the highlight stories posted earlier in the week. It’s a bit unusual for them to include one about Pablo Escobar’s brother trying to sell refurbished iPhone 11 Pros. Back on our usual beat, we’l…

Earth’s first off-world colonies will be built on soil

As Apollo astronauts trundled and trod awkwardly across the desolate lunar landscape, an insidious menace scuffed up their spacesuits. Moondust. Fine as talcum powder, sharp as glass and seemingly everywhere, these super-fine particles coated the ast…