I know it was a long time ago, but there was this interesting discussion about stopping a car on an episode of Car Talk. Should you just brake as hard as possible or should you brake and weave back and forth? The idea is that by weaving back and forth you increase your total distance Read more about You're Racing Toward a Wall. Should You Brake Hard—or Swerve?[…]
Two weeks shy of a year ago, researchers revealed a serious flaw in the security of Tesla's vehicles. With little more than some standard radio equipment, they were able to defeat the encryption on a Model S's keyless entry system to wirelessly clone the sedan's key fob in seconds, unlocking a car and driving it Read more about Hackers Could Steal a Tesla Model S by Cloning Its Key Fob—Again[…]
Up until a few months ago, Brazil was all set to create the country’s first herd of genetically dehorned dairy cows. In October 2018, Brazilian regulators had determined that an American biotechnology company’s efforts to produce such an animal didn’t require any special oversight. It was, after all, merely trying to edit into dairy cattle Read more about Brazil's Plans for Gene-Edited Cows Got Scrapped—Here's Why[…]
It’s the Knightley News! That’s right, with “Official Secrets” Keira Knightley is forgoing the usual hoop skirt and trying her hand at headlines — and pants. The role: Katharine Gun, a British woman who in 2003 became famous for being the Iraq War whistleblower. Gun worked as a translator for the GCHQ — the UK’s Read more about ‘Official Secrets’ review: Keira Knightley miscast as whistleblower[…]
A 64-year-old rabbi was punched and hit in the face with a paving stone — knocking out some teeth — while on a morning walk through a Crown Heights park, cops and relatives said. Rabbi Avraham Gopin, father-in-law of popular Hasidic singer Benny Friedman, was taking his usual stroll through Lincoln Terrace Park on Tuesday Read more about Attacker knocks rabbi’s teeth out with rock: cops[…]
SEATTLE — The Yankees were informed by MLB that plate umpire Gabe Morales shouldn’t have granted the Dodgers time in the ninth inning of last Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Dodger Stadium. That call likely cost the Yankees a run. Manager Aaron Boone was told Morales should not have stopped the play with Gleyber Torres on Read more about MLB admits it botched controversial Yankees-Dodgers call[…]
Gatehouse Media, which is planning to merge with USA Today owner Gannett, has quietly begun a round of newsroom cuts. More than two dozen newsroom staffers were reportedly laid off from at least 10 papers, including the Providence Journal and the Oklahoman, the Associated Press reported. The cuts began only a week after Gatehouse’s owner, Read more about Gatehouse Media quietly lays off newsroom staff before merger[…]
The season begins in earnest this weekend, but most of the big players won’t be wearing helmets or shoulder pads. They are the coaches on the sideline, the commissioners and executives in their private luxury boxes. College football is run by the men who control the money and make the most of it. Here are Read more about The 20 most powerful people in college football[…]
A former Google engineer accused of stealing trade secrets for Uber was arrested Tuesday and charged with looting Google’s top-secret files. Anthony Levandowski was charged by San Francisco federal prosecutors with downloading 14,000 documents about Google self-driving car unit Waymo in December 2015 — when he was deep in talks to sell his own self-driving Read more about Feds charge ex-Google, Uber engineer with stealing trade secrets[…]
Despite the 93,000 patients in the US seeking a kidney transplant, a new report reveals that some 3,500 donated kidneys go unused and even thrown away every year. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this week found that 17% of donated kidneys in the US were discarded during a 10-year period. By comparison, in Read more about US throws away thousands of kidneys despite donor shortage: study[…]