AvatarTmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTrump denies Tillerson out as secretary of stateapnewsarchive.comWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday denied he wants to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling reports to that effect “fake …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatar7 Dentists Share the Most Horrifying Things They’ve Ever Seen At WorkMen's Health - Krissy BradyThey might just inspire you to brush up on your brushing game It’s no secret that out of all the medical professions, dentistry tends to get a bad rap. But who was there when you spit out a piece of molar along with your chewing gum? It was your dentist. And while we all have our own dental-related …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarWhat Those Huge Numbers at the End of the Runway Really Meanverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Eric LimerThey tell you more than just what number runway it is. Have you ever looked out the airplane window on takeoff or landing to spot the big numbers painted on the end of the runway. Yes, they help pilots tell one runway from another, but they also tell them something more. Atlas Obscura explains, the …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarSee the Moon Move In Startling Ultra-High Definitionverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - John WenzThe new video from NASA can go up to 4K for maximum lunar enjoyment. A good pair of binoculars can give you a great view of the moon and its craters, but for those cloudy nights, there's a way to watch the moon move that's nearly as crisp and clear. NASA Goddard Space Center prepared this video from …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarDJI announces $15,000 agricultural drone designed to spray cropsverified_publisherThe Verge - Sam ByfordDJI is known for its consumer drones; the Phantom 3 series is our recommendation for the best drone you can buy. But the Chinese company's latest model, the eight-rotor Agras MG-1, goes in another direction entirely — it's designed for agricultural use. The primary use of the Agras is spraying …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarThis Is How a Crane Erects Itselfverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Jake SwearingenStop laughing. Why are you guys laughing? Cranes! Very useful, especially when building massive objects like skyscrapers or just about any major piece of infrastructure. The problem, of course, is that they need to shift exactly how tall are as a building continues to grow. So do they do that? You …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarMost Of The Web Is Invisible To Google. Here’s What It Containsverified_publisherPopular Science - OrganicA roadmap of the Internet's darkest alleys Below The Surface You thought you knew the Internet. But sites such as Facebook, Amazon, and Instagram are just the surface. There’s a whole other world out there: the Deep Web. It’s a place where online information is password protected, trapped behind …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatar'USB Killer' Is a Booby Trap That Electrocutes Your Computerverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Andrew MosemanSure, infecting a computer with evil code via malware is a great way to ruin your nemesis. But where's the physicality? Where's the flair? It's here, inside this booby trap designed to look like an ordinary USB drive. A description by the Russian creator was recently translated into English for the …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarDeath to Stock aims to be a stock photo agency like no otherCult of Mac - David PieriniDavid Sherry and Allie Lehman are not out to kill anything. But when they named their growing photo agency Death to Stock, they were sending out a pretty strong signal. Not with malice toward this segment of the photo industry, but a tongue-in-cheek invitation to any person who has ever had to …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarYes, there is such a thing as iPhone separation anxietyCult of Mac - Luke DormehlWith the exception that most of us don’t routinely change our wives or husbands every couple of years for a newer, slimmer model, owning an iPhone can be a lot like being in a relationship. And just like any relationship, time apart can lead to separation anxiety and other negative psychological …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarWikigalaxy Visualizes Wikipedia as a Cosmic Web of Ideasverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Andrew MosemanWikipedia is a beautifully expansive network of articles with one big problem: It's ugly. The open-source encyclopedia's grayscale, text-heavy design isn't easy on the eyes, nor does it suggest the rich web of connections that exist between Wikipedia entries. Owen Cornec, a French computer science …
AvatarTmanAvatarAvatarThe Imitation Game review: turning Alan Turing's life into a code-breaking thrillerverified_publisherThe Verge - By Jacob KastrenakesBut while the film broadly covers the process of breaking Enigma, the movie’s heart is really Turing himself. The film has two central mysteries — both expressed quite clearly to the viewer — and they’re exactly what you’d want to know walking into the theater: who is Alan Turing, and how did he …