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• Nikola Tesla, the brilliant inventor who avoided all stimulants except for alcohol

  By raincoaster on October 27, 2015 • ( 10 )

  

  GASP! Tesla was a teetotaler? Our love for him just suffered a potentially mortal blow. Oh wait, we just re-read that. He drank alcohol (which is a depressant, not a stimulant) but avoided caffeine. D’oh, now we’re right back to… Read More ›

• Relearning How to Talk in the Age of Smartphone Addiction

  By raincoaster on October 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  We are HUGE fans of Sherry Turkle around The Cryptosphere: her book The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit, which discusses the ways in which personal computers serve as personal portraits, as autobiography, belongs on every bookshelf. And, yes,… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 27

  By raincoaster on October 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s always a Happy Tuesday, kittens, when we’ve got a new Banksy to share! As for the rest of the day’s breaking news, well, as always some of it is more leaning towards a net and overall state of positivity,… Read More ›

• 18 Foods and Supplies You Need Before a Big Storm

  By raincoaster on October 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are the essential supplies you need to ride out major storm, according to Time Magazine. Wonder if a hard copy of Time is on the list? Us, we only trust the advice of Canada’s Greatest Gift to Meteorology, Frankie… Read More ›

• Wal-Mart wants to take on Amazon with its own delivery drones

  By raincoaster on October 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This should end well. Just wait till the OpWalmart people find out about it. CHICAGO (By Nathan Layne) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse… Read More ›

• Searching The Deep Web and The Unmapped Internet

  By raincoaster on October 26, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Today’s post comes to us in slightly altered form from Joe Howard of the WeeklyPique, which specializes in deep-dive looks at a particular subject, once a week. Consider this your quick intro to the Deep Web. And you don’t even need… Read More ›

• Interwebbed @Bjork Themed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 26

  By raincoaster on October 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m 90% sure that GIF conversation was transcribed verbatim. We’re very fond of Bjork chez Cryptosphere, because reasons, and so our Monday cyberwar and hacktivism news links for today are dedicated to her unique brand of “crazy-like-an-arctic-fox.” Indeed, are we… Read More ›

• The Two Funniest, Most Important Videos from the Canadian Election

  By raincoaster on October 23, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  As all the world has heard by now, hunky, eloquent dynastic Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau is the new Prime Minister Elect of the People’s Republic of Canuckistan, his (arguably right-)centrist Liberal party having taken the most seats on Monday, October… Read More ›

• Terrorist attack to be simulated in downtown Montreal Saturday

  By raincoaster on October 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Oh, this should go down well with the tourists! Let’s just hope the border guards have done their duty and confiscated their handguns. If you hear gunshots in downtown Montreal Saturday afternoon, don’t panic! Montreal police are planning a simulated… Read More ›

• After the apocalypse: Inside the Arctic vault that could help keep mankind alive

  By raincoaster on October 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  We just can’t help ourselves when it comes to Super Cool Apocalyptic Stuff In The Little-Understood Far North because if you think humans are strange in the south, you should see them once they get to the land of the… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 23

  By raincoaster on October 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  We made it to Friday again, kittens! Another work week behind us, another 48 hours of R&R to be anticipated, one mere shift away. Can you make it till then? You can, with the help of these news links. Wouldn’t… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 22

  By raincoaster on October 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Did you miss us, kittens? We went away for a whole week and then took some hardware-failure-induced time off from doing our news roundup, but we’re back and, as you can see, quite excited about it. To your stations, everyone…. Read More ›

• Breaking news: Michael J Fox arrested for insider sports betting

  By raincoaster on October 21, 2015 • ( 9 )

  

  Originally posted on Stubhill News:
  Los Angeles—Michael J Fox was arrested Wednesday morning in relation to insider sports betting on DraftKings. Fox aroused suspicion after achieving a statistically-impossible, perfect record on the site under the username NoChicken. Authorities found an unusually worn…

• Muslim Hacking Crew The Intrud3rs Attacks, Defaces NASA sites, French Universities

  By raincoaster on October 20, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Well, this is a new one: a Muslim hacker crew attacking the US because they believe the US created ISIS, and ISIS makes Muslims look bad. And then moving on to French universities in protest of what they say are… Read More ›

• Celebrate Back to the Future Day With This Doc Brown Facebook Bot

  By raincoaster on October 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Oh hell, this is just flat-out cool. We’re normally no fans of robots around these parts (seen too many Terminator movies) but a Doc Brown bot that interacts with fans on Facebook? That’s something we can get legitimately excited about…. Read More ›

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