Napster founder plans set-up-box to offer same day movie release service at home for $50

The films would cost $50 per view. Presumably, the film could be watched multiple times during the rental access window. Interestingly, Screening Room would cut in movie theater chains as much as 40 percent for each rental. source: www.techworm.net

March 11, 2016 · 1 min · 39 words · Frank Dennis

NVIDIA GTX 1080 may be announced during April; gamers, get ready

Dont purchase a new graphics card just yet, NVIDIA GTX 1080 is coming! NVIDIAs Pascal series might finally be upon us in the form of a GTX 1080 GPU. NVIDIA has not disclosed the pricing details, but we should be looking at a $599-649 price tag. source: www.techworm.net

March 11, 2016 · 1 min · 48 words · Mark Johnson

Russia believes that it can use ‘Nukes’ to fly to the Mars in 45 days

However, Russia will be able to reach this goal only by 2025. Many of those challenges were resolved by the Soviet scientists by 1967, when they started launching fission-powered satellites. Americans had their own program, called SNAP-10A, which was launched in 1965. The really expensive thing will be designing a ship around these things. One flavor of nuclear propulsion is nuclear thermal. Burning stuff goes one direction, spaceship goes the other....

March 11, 2016 · 2 min · 250 words · George Norris

This drone can hack your smartphones using Wi-Fi while flying above you

This is what a drone named Snoopy can do. The drone targets mobile users with Wi-Fi running on their gear, seeking an open connection. Aerial Assault is available and retails at $2500.00 Read More source: www.techworm.net

March 11, 2016 · 1 min · 36 words · Crystal Smith

This fastest hydrogen-powered car ever designed could be the future of automobiles

Cars that run on hydrogen are becoming more popular by automakers. Similarly, less mainstream automakers are interested in the technology as well, like Welsh firm Riversimple. However, Pininfarina is the first one to create a hydrogen-powered vehicle that is this fast. The car comes with two electric motors and a hydrogen fuel cell. It is equipped with the ability to regenerate energy from braking. And it just refuels in three minutes!...

March 11, 2016 · 1 min · 101 words · Jonathan Hill

Typo error prevents hackers from stealing $1billion from a bank

The Fed allowed four requests to go through totaling $81 million to the Philippines. According to one official, the money saved added up to between $850 million and $870 million. We are suspecting that Chinese hackers have done it. Meanwhile, the Fed is basically shrugging. There is no evidence that any Fed systems were compromised. Last year, Russian hackers reportedly got away with up to $1 billion from 100 banks using malware....

March 11, 2016 · 1 min · 74 words · Jessica Odonnell

Apple says FBI could force them to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones

Apples head of services, Eddy Cue feels the same. We cant do that now, but what if were forced to do that? Where will this stop? In a divorce case? In an immigration case? In a tax case? Some day, someone will be able to turn on a phones microphone. That should not happen in this country. Not all believe that FBI cant hack the iPhone without Apples help. Many other security researchers and experts have held similar opinions....

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 109 words · Alice Kelly

Engineers unable to understand the working of Google’s Search AI

Google understands how RankBrain works but not really what it is doing. Actually, this gut feeling is what most engineers are unable to understand. source: www.techworm.net

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 26 words · Morgan Hatfield

FCC proposes low-income broadband subsidy plan for Americans

The agency is expected to vote on their proposal on March 31. The proposal announced by the FCC would involve reorganizing the Lifeline plan that is now available for telephone service. Lifeline was updated in 2005 to include support for mobile phones. The biggest reason these Americans dont sign up for broadband is cost. From 1 December this year, subsidised mobile services must also include unlimited voice minutes. We can do better....

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 90 words · Tracy Oliver

Google’s DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in first game

Go is a complex Chinese board game that is considered the ultimate for machine intelligence. Goa game is played by more than 40 million people worldwide. The number of possible positions in the game are more than the number of atoms in the universe. The win came in the first tie of the five-match series being held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament, Google Deepmind Challenge match, started on March 8 and will conclude on March 15....

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 157 words · John Holmes

PlayStation 4 capable of booting Linux due to the latest hack

Does this mean that Sonys PlayStation 4 will be open to run pirated copies of future games? Additionally, you will need the leaked PS4 BadIRET kernel exploit. source: www.techworm.net

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 29 words · Angelica Johnson

This secret hack can make your iPhone run faster

Not many iPhone users like these animations and so they could very well have a faster iPhone instead. From there, turn on the Assistive Touch switch. Leave it there and get the Spotlight search menu up by swiping down on the home screen. The glitch should now be in place, and you might notice iPhone more responsive. This glitch was found by a Redditor and pointed out by 9to5mac. source: www....

March 10, 2016 · 1 min · 71 words · Samuel Mitchell

4chan Founder Chris Poole Gets A Job At Google

for Google Photos and Stream. However, he did not provide any details regarding the position he would be working as. Since Gundotra left, weve seen Google+ getting split up with Photos being removed and Streams as well. At the age of 15, Poole founded 4chan about 12 years ago. After his success with 4chan, Poole ventured out with a pair of start-ups. Nine months later, 4chan was sold to a Japanese messaging board....

March 9, 2016 · 1 min · 93 words · Alexis Carson