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The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty This colorful skyscape spans about two full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy in the royal northern constellation Cepheus . Near the edge of the region's massive molecular cloud some 2,400 light-years away, bright reddish emission region Sharpless (Sh) 155 is below and right of center, also known as the Cave Nebula . About 10 light-years across the cosmic cave's bright walls of gas are ionized by ultraviolet light from the hot young stars around it. Dusty blue reflection nebulae, like vdB 155 at upper left, and dense obscuring clouds of dust also abound on the interstellar canvas. Astronomical explorati ons have revealed other dramatic signs of star formation, including the bright red fleck of Herbig-Haro (HH) 168. Near top center in the frame, the Herbig-Haro object emission is generated by energe...

A month ago Sony added more than 200 local broadcasters to its PlayStation Vue streaming service, and today the number grew by more than 85. That puts the total number of local stations available at 540 or so, although for any individual viewers it's probably just going to matter for the several stations in their area. The list of new additions is available on Sony's website and consists mostly of ABC, CBS and Fox affiliates around the country, with a couple of new NBC stations for good measure. Now that the starting price is at $45 , at least more customers can know they'll be able to watch and DVR fall shows from the major networks without having to add an antenna to their setup. Source: PlayStation Vue Channel Additions via Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2ImfBFS ...

* Fix an interaction between Windranger's Focus Fire and Windrun. via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/2QbCsH1"

The virtual reality adaptation of Philip K. Dick's The Great C is now making its way to VR headsets after debuting at the Venice Film Festival. It will be available for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive as soon as October 9th, but PlayStation VR owners will unfortunately have to wait until 2019. Fans can expect to be thrust into a 37-minute immersive sci-fi adventure when they put on their headsets and fire up the experience. The Great C is a post-apocalyptic story that revolves around the remnants of humanity under the rule of an all-powerful supercomputer called "The Great C." Every year, a human tribe living nearby has to sacrifice a young person to the machine in order to appease it. The VR adventure by Secret Location focuses on a woman named Clare whose fiancé was chosen for that particular year's pilgrimage from which nobody ever returns. Secr...

Google is rolling out an update for Clips , its hands-free camera that automatically records short video segments when it determines something interesting is going on. When we reviewed the camera earlier this year, one of our complaints was how unpredictable it was. It wasn't fully clear why certain events were captured when others weren't, and a number of memorable moments featuring both people and pets were left unrecorded. But with the latest update, Clips now offers a "completely rebuilt" High Capture Rate so you can "capture many more hugs, jumps, smiles, dances and more." Additionally, the companion app now has a Familiar Faces management screen, which will give users more control over who the camera finds to be important. While the camera can learn who might be most important to you based on how often you're around them, you ca...

The attack began Monday and continues to have an impact on services at the port. via Dark Reading: https://ift.tt/2OeybFv If New feed item from http://www.darkreading.com/rss/all.xml , then send Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.

The Def Con Voting Village , which for two years in a row has let conference attendees try their hand at breaching voting machines, has released the report on this year's event. More than 30 voting machines and other pieces of election equipment were available this year and many of them are still used throughout the US. Troublingly, attendees uncovered multiple vulnerabilities, the number and severity of which the report described as "staggering." "What these vulnerabilities in this report and warnings from national security leaders tell us is that this is a severe national security threat," said Voting Village co-organizer Jake Braun. Among the devices analyzed was the M650 from Election Systems & Software, a machine currently in use in 23 states. The report notes that its vulnerabilities allow it to be remotely hacked through a network att...

The advanced persistent threat group's LoJax can install malware capable of surviving both OS reinstallation and hard disk replacement. via Dark Reading: https://ift.tt/2NLO1I7 If New feed item from http://www.darkreading.com/rss/all.xml , then send Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.

Health A new study suggests a cocktail of antibiotics can work just as well. Nearly one in 20 Americans will get appendicitis at some point in their lives, leading to 300,000 appendectomies performed every year. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2xHlklG"

eBay is a popular marketplace for cell phones, and now the company wants to give purchasers the option of pairing those devices with a cellular plan when they check out. It is partnering with Red Pocket Mobile to offer low-priced wireless plans to all eBay customers who purchase a cell phone. Red Pocket Mobile offers service on all major US cellular networks, and it costs much less than plans from any of these carriers. The most popular Red Pocket plan is just $30 per month for 5 GB of LTE at preferred speeds and unlimited data at throttled speeds. It also includes unlimited talk and text. The company's Basic Plan is just $5 per month for 100 minutes of talk time, 100 texts and 500 MB of LTE data. "Red Pocket Mobile is the natural partner for us to launch our add-on wireless plan," said David Grim, Category Manager at eBay in a release. "Because ...

Technology Facebook announced the device on Wednesday. The new headset uses sensors on the device to track the environment around you. via Popular Science "https://ift.tt/2InoezU"

Oculus CTO John Carmack is known for giving an unfiltered speech on day two of Oculus' annual Connect conference, and this year is no different. Today, he talked extensively on the trials and tribulations of making Oculus' latest slate of standalone headsets, and more intriguingly, gave a sneak peek as to what expect in the next generation of the Oculus Go . He also said that current Go headsets will soon get support for microSD cards over USB, a night mode and a low-power mode. The low-power mode would turn off features like chromatic aberration correction, dim the display or cap the framerate at 60fps, all of which might squeeze out an extra 15 minutes or so of usage. That doesn't seem like much, but it could be long enough to finish that movie or game. He also said that the next-generation Go would likely get a larger battery, an improved chipset, mor...