Monday, 8 May 2017

American Mortality In The US

It's also the bad news. Cutting the difference in mortality rates between African and white Americans by a bit more than half is good but its not good enough. Black Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 are between 40% and 45% more likely to die than their white counterparts.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega


As I mentioned in my post on the Attack on the Cybermen DVD, the doctor Who audio lays from Big Finish Productions have really given Colin Baker a chance to shine. The quality of writing on the audios allows Baker to demonstrate precisely what he could carried out if he received material this good to work with on the actual television show in the mid-1980s.

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Successful Launch Of Vector Rocket Is One Giant Leap For The Industry

Space startup Vector successfully launched its Vector-R rocket for the first time on Wednesday. The company, which was founded by engineers from rockstar companies such as SpaceX, Virgin and Boeing, is setting its sights on small satellite startups by offering prices as low as $1.5 million per launch, with opportunities to get satellites to orbit at least once per week. That flexibility and low cost is important to this growing part of the commercial space industry.

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Facebook publishes fake news ads in UK papers

They include checking the article date and website address, as well as making sure it isn't intended as satire. Facebook is under fresh political pressure to tackle fake news in the run up to the UK general election.

Facebook publishes fake news ads in UK papers

Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press.

The ads, in papers including The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, carry a list of 10 things to look out for when deciding if a story is genuine.

They include checking the article date and website address, as well as making sure it isn't intended as satire.

Facebook is under freshpolitical pressureto tackle fake news in the run up to the UK general election.

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Intel Fixes A Security Flaw That Plagued Its Processors For Years

With Intel chips shipping in about 70% of all PCs, the AMT flaw is about as serious as they come... especially when you consider that the first Core processors that were vulnerable started shipping nine years ago. That's an awfully long time for a threat to go unpatched.

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

What's The Largest Galaxy In The Universe?

The Andromeda Galaxy resides in our local group, and is perhaps twice as large in diameter as our Milky Way. In our own local group, the Andromeda galaxy is significantly larger, reaching 220,000 light years across.