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Why it’s so hard to detect dangerous asteroids before they hit Earth

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by on March 30, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Earth is often in the firing line of fragments of asteroids and comets, most of which burn up tens of kilometers above our heads. But occasionally, something larger gets through. That’s what happened off Russia’s east coast on December 18 last year. A giant explosion occurred above the Bering Sea when an asteroid some ten meters across detonated with an explosive energy ten times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. So why didn’t we see this asteroid coming? And why are we only hearing about its explosive arrival now? Nobody saw it Had the December explosion occurred near a…

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PR lessons from Boeing’s poor handling of the 737 MAX crisis

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by on March 30, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Imagine for a second you run the largest aircraft manufacturing company in the world. You have orders worth +$600-billion of an aircraft model that, as of March 10th 2019, has had it’s second tragic crash. The first being mere months earlier. But instead of stepping ahead of the problem, tackling the hard things and taking an immediate loss – you do the complete opposite. There’s a lot of talk about Boeing 737 Max aircraft crash recently. And rightfully so. Over 300 lives were lost in a series of consecutive accidents, with the same type of aircraft, in mere months, in…

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No, viewing publicly shared Google Docs don’t reveal your identity

Mar30
by on March 30, 2019 at 12:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Every day, millions of people use Google Docs to share and collaborate on documents. And when it comes to working on documents online, few tools match the power and versatility of Google Drive and Google Docs. But like all online tools that provide an open environment for many people to share data, Google Docs entails privacy risks. A while back, one of the readers of TechTalks raised expressed concern that a malicious actor was using Google Drive to stalk him and find his identity. “[A] person sent me a public link to a video on their Google Drive. I clicked and…

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CHEAP: This Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant is HALF OFF

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by on March 30, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our brand-new series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Yes, this is my hype. The Lenovo Smart Display (with, of course, Google Assistant) is on offer for only $99.99 – in other words, HALF PRICE! Fast, go get it! I have this exact device and, well, I’m sorry to say it makes me pretty happy. Look, I never thought I’d be into voice-activated assistants, but, lord, I was wrong. Maybe it’s the screen? On second thought, it’s definitely the screen –  it adds an extra little something to the experience. So, what can…

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