The attackers who infiltrated LinkedIn-controlled Lynda.com’s and Uber’s Amazon web servers have confessed in federal court of California to charges of extortion conspiracy and computer hacking. Brandon Glover (Florida resident) and Vasile Mereacre (Canadian national) were indicted last year for pinching data from LinkedIn training website Lynda.com in a hack that impacted 55,000 accounts. It…
New Platform Of GoFundMe Is Just For Nonprofits And Charities
The GoFundMe service has been used to crowdfund everything from back payments of royalties for a typical early hip hop track to payments for employees of U.S. government at the time of the latest shutdown. Shortly, the website will support even more charitable offering, with a latest fundraising service for nonprofit agencies. The service, dubbed…
NASA’s New Super Spectrometer To Analyze Extraterrestrial Planets
NASA is always keen on researching and analyzing about interesting facts of the outer space. The institute has revealed several secrets in outer space with the help of its high-end technology. Recently NASA has decided to use its telecommunication technology for making a super spectrometer. The technology has been beneficial for NASA as it has…
462. Type 3 polio virus eradicated, says World Health Organization
Another milestone in polio eradication has been achieved with the eradication of the second type of polio virus. There are three types of polio virus. Although they are different scientifically, the symptoms of these are the same which includes paralysis or sometimes even death. Type2 virus was eradicated before four years and now the WHO…
Countries Must Contribute To Artemis to Win a Seat to Moon
Numbers of countries are desperate to have their astronauts abroad the lunar missions that the United States is set to launch over the next few years. However, NASA says that their chance to get a ride will be determined by the extent of their contribution to the missions. This was announced by Jim Bridenstine, the…
461. Youngster using flavored tobacco likely to switch to tobacco later
A new study has found that youngsters using flavored tobacco are more at risk of switching to tobacco in the latter stages of life. The study has been published in the journal JAMA Network Open. About 12,000 youngsters and nearly 26,000 adults in US were analyzed for the study. The data was collected over the…
India and Japan Join Hands for Their Moon Mission in 2023
Shrugging off the disappointment of the collapse of its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2, India is looking forward with renewed vigor towards another attempt to set foot on the far side of the lunar surface. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to make another attempt to land on the moon, this time in collaboration with…
Mark Zuckerberg Protects Free Speech On Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO) at Georgetown this week took to the stage to defend freedom of expression. Lately, Facebook has been condemned for letting politicians to post deceptive ads. But Zuckerberg is asking for more free speech and warned against “possibly slaughtering down too much” on social media platforms. In a statement with the media,…
Lyft To Offer Users Discounted And Free Rides To Job Interviews
Lyft has declared a plan to assist users “going for the employment pipeline” get to and from professional training programs, job interviews, and new locations of work with discounted or free rides. It is collaborating with different nonprofit associates on the Jobs Access Program. This list of partners comprises the USO, Goodwill, and the National…
Los Angeles Fire Department Needs To Grow Its Drone Fleet 2 Times
It is not just law enforcement getting success using drones. The Battalion Chief Richard Field of Los Angeles Fire Department claimed to the media that he aimed to increase the drone fleet by 2 times just 5 Months after an association with DJI started. Besides the current 11 drones, the new ones might offer assistance…