Drones provide terrorists with a DIY air force

their  fault...

Air power has been one of the defining characteristics of US military supremacy for the last six decades. The ability to see what is happening, and strike at anytime and anyplace, has given us a unique advantage in every war, skirmish and anti-terrorist strike. The sheer cost and complexity of developing and operating military-grade aircraft and airbases, along with training pilots and equipping supply lines, has meant that no other country or organization has been able to compete for air superiority with us. However, our own enthusiasm for unmanned drone use throughout the middle east may have helped sow the seeds of a new challenger to our monopoly on air power — the DIY drone air force.

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10

Having tested this tablet myself for some time, I can say.....

This tablet is terrible, I would NOT recommend it.

Check out this review here:

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 -- a cruel joke [Review]

The Chief Technomancer
VB Kid

Hackers take down PSN with DDOS, and Sony president’s plane with a bomb threat

No one is safe with a hacker on the prowl...

In a rather bizarre twist of events, a group by the name of Lizard Squad has taken hacking to the next level: Not only did the hackers take down the PlayStation Network with a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, but they also took down Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley’s airplane with a bomb threat. Sony has since restored service to PSN, and says there’s no evidence of any personal information being stolen. Smedley’s San Diego-bound American Airlines flight was quickly landed in Phoenix, but the only harm done was a lot of annoyed and delayed passengers. Perpetrating a DDOS attack is one thing, but bomb threats are an entirely different can of worms. Heads will undoubtedly roll in the next few days as federal investigators identify the members of Lizard Squad.

Nerds Love Twitch Because There, They Can Be Heroes

Everyone must Twitch, just Twitch....

Why do so many people watch others play video games on Twitch? Because the fans don’t look much different from the celebrities. They all play the same games. In a world of muscle-clad athletes and beautiful pop stars, on Twitch all that matters are your skills and your wits.

Be funny or fast on the trigger, and you can be famous, too. It’s aspirational. That lets viewers identify with the stars they tune into, and that emotional connection keeps them coming back to cheer, laugh and commiserate. It’s more fun to rally around your peers than someone you could never be. And that loyalty helped Twitch get acquired by Amazon today for $970 million.

SpaceX rocket self-destructs after detecting an ‘anomaly’

Hmmm....

At its test site in Texas, a new SpaceX rocket has self-destructed mid-flight. As far as we’re aware, this marks the first major failure for SpaceX’s commercial space launch program. In a statement, SpaceX says the rocket detected an anomaly and automatically initiated its self-destruct sequence. No one (and no cows) were harmed in the explosion. A commercial Falcon 9 launch, which was scheduled to put AsiaSat 6 into orbit on Tuesday, has been delayed while SpaceX analyzes the data from the failed test rocket.