| China to Launch First Space-Based Quantum Communications Experiment | | 3:54:51 AM | MIT Technology Review |
| The "Chinese Quantum Science Satellite" will launch in 2016 and aim to make China the first space-faring nation with quantum communication capability. The ability to send perfectly secure messages from one location on the planet to another has obvious and immediate appeal to governments, the military and various commercial organizations such as banks.
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| PS4 Games to Include Indie and Mainstream Releases, 20 Exclusives | | PlayStation 4 is set to come out swinging with a wide variety of games that will include mainstream and indie titles alike. Shu Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, said the company already has 20 exclusive games lined up for PS4 in the first year of its launch. Sony spent much of the presentation highlighting all of them, which we describe, below.
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| 11 Disgusting Candies You Don't Ever Want to Eat | | Touting itself as "the anus that made Britain great," UK chocolatier Edible Anus is selling gourmet versions of the human derriere. Five boxes of these cringe-triggering candies — crafted in Belgian dark, milk and white chocolate — sell for $36, plus tax and shipping. Seems like a pretty steep price to pay for chocolate shaped like a human orifice.
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| Beyond Bitcoin: Your Guide to Digital Currencies | | The way we pay for goods has transformed over the years — from barter to skins, gold-backed currencies to fiat money. In the past couple of decades, however, it has taken another turn: to stateless digital currency. Once the work of science fiction or relegated to in-game monetary systems like Second Life's Linden Dollars, Tencent QQ's Q Coins and Facebook Credits, digital currencies are becoming increasingly common.
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| iTwin Connect 'Breaks' Apart to Protect Your Privacy | | 12:41:19 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| Now that we know there are people out there potentially spying on our every keystroke, we all want to find out how to be safer online. iTwin Connect is a simple measure for keeping your data more secure. The device consists of two identical halves connected by USB that help create a Virtual Private Network (VPN). In order to set up the secure network, plug the device into a USB port on a computer; at the office, for instance.
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| 9 Ways To Sweat Like a Geek | | Fitness trends come in and out of fashion, but your instinct to avoid them is forever. You might view exercise as a waste of time you that could be spending online, doing something both more enjoyable and less painful. But a little movement couldn't hurt, especially when the moves take into consideration your special set of skills. SEE ALSO: 10 Totally Geeky Keychains Grab your sweatband and prepare to perspirate, geek style.
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| Rare 'Sea Serpent' Caught on Video | | Monday, June 10, 2013 11:58 PM | Discovery News |
| The giant oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world, measuring — according to some reports — about 56 feet from tip to tail, although recorded lengths are somewhat more modest. Its size and its snake-like shape suggest that it may have been the source of at least some legends of sea serpents.
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| PS4 Will Cost $399 — Undercuts Xbox One by $100 | | Monday, June 10, 2013 11:39 PM | Emily Price |
| If you’re still debating between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Sony may have made the decision a little easier for you. During its press conference at E3 Monday night, the company announced that the PS4 will cost just $399 — $100 less than Microsoft’s Xbox One. While Sony officially announced the PS4 this February, Monday marked the first time we were able to see the console.
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| PS4 Will Support Used Games, Doesn't Require Constant Connection | | Monday, June 10, 2013 11:12 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 will not place any restrictions on used games, and won't require a constant connection. A direct challenge to the policies of Microsoft's Xbox One, the announcement was made during Sony's E3 presentation to thunderous applause. Company CEO Jack Trenton said Sony wanted gamers to do whatever they wanted with their game discs after they purchased them.
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| The State of Apple 2013: Quiet, Thoughtful And Serious | | Monday, June 10, 2013 10:14 PM | Chris Taylor |
| What a difference a year makes. At WWDC 2012, Apple CEO Tim Cook's keynote opened with a comedian. Her name was Siri. She warmed up the crowd with jokes about Samsung's new fridge, and speculation that the new flavors of Android OS were being dreamed up by Ben and Jerry's. It went on to feature the up-and-coming executive Scott Forstall loudly proclaiming how fantastic his new iOS 6 app — Apple Maps — was going to be.
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| Sony Finally Reveals the PlayStation 4 | | Monday, June 10, 2013 9:48 PM | Emily Price |
| LOS ANGELES — During a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Sony finally debuted the PlayStation 4, the latest version of its popular console. Sony announced the the device during a press event in late February. The company began developing the PS4 shortly after it released the PlayStation 3 in 2006. While we learned a bit about the fourth-generation console in February, Sony didn't reveal it at the time.
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| Everything You Need to Know From WWDC 2013 | | Monday, June 10, 2013 9:20 PM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| The anticipation for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference conference was high and the expectations higher. After weeks of rumors, the conference finally cleared the air and made some pretty big announcements. While the surprises on the hardware side were minimal, there were some major overhauls with the software.
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| 9 Daredevil Dogs Travel at Warp-Speed | | Monday, June 10, 2013 9:01 PM | Allison Reiber |
| Who knew starships came with power windows? These (inter)stellar Photoshop creations by Benjamin “The Frogman” Grelle launch dogs into space faster than the speed of light. And from the looks on these floppy faces, it seems to have been one of the most exciting days of their lives. Well, all except for the corgi — he doesn't find your silly outer space very impressive.
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| Live From Sony's PlayStation E3 Press Conference | | Monday, June 10, 2013 8:34 PM | Emily Price |
| In February, Sony announced its next-generation console, the PlayStation 4. While we know a lot about the PlayStation 4, we still haven’t seen what the final console looks like, nor do we know when it will be in gamers' hands. All that may change Monday night, when Sony takes the stage for its E3 press conference.
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| Watch Sony's PlayStation E3 Press Conference Live | | Monday, June 10, 2013 8:13 PM | Emily Price |
| LOS ANGELES — In a day full of E3 press conferences, Sony gets to play the closing act. Let's see if they saved the best for last. The event, set to begin at 6 p.m PT / 9 p.m. ET, is Sony's opportunity to showcase all things PlayStation — and perhaps they'll finally give us a glimpse of its next generation console, the PlayStation 4.
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| Xbox One Available for Pre-Order | | Monday, June 10, 2013 7:56 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Gamers: Get out your credit cards. Microsoft's Xbox One is now available for pre-order. For $499.99, you can pre-order the limited Day One edition of the Xbox One from the Microsoft Store and get it on the day it's released in November. This early-adopter deal includes the actual Xbox One console, the Kinect sensor, an HDMI cable, a bonus commemorative controller and an unspecified exclusive achievement.
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| Music Monday: Apple WWDC 2013 Edition | | Monday, June 10, 2013 7:49 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| Apple kicked off WWDC, its annual developer conference, with a few product unveilings and innovation announcements — including iOS 7, which CEO Tim Cook called "the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone," the latest version of OS X (OS X Mavericks), and its streaming music service (iTunes Radio).
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| iOS 7: Closer to the Perfect Mobile OS | | Monday, June 10, 2013 7:27 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| With iOS 7 Apple acknowledges what's good in competing Mobile OSes and takes a bounding leap toward reinventing the iPhone for a new age.
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| Why Insiders, Not Hackers, Are Biggest Threat to Cybersecurity | | Monday, June 10, 2013 6:55 PM | National Journal |
| The NSA leaks perpetrated by Edward Snowden will easily go down as one of the biggest revelations of the year, if not the decade. But the episode also raises new questions about the risk that insiders pose to government and corporate cybersecurity, in spite of the attention lavished on foreign hackers. Snowden's case is unique in that it uncovered a previously unknown surveillance apparatus that's massive in size and scope.
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| 'Pinball Rocks' App Features Alice in Chains, AC/DC | | Monday, June 10, 2013 6:39 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| If you love rock and metal and if the idea of playing a game of pinball gets you a bit misty-eyed for the past, you'll be glad to know that Sony Music's upcoming Pinball Rocks combines those into one rockin' game. The iOS app, developed by Game Prom, features tables inspired by rock legends and their music. Gamers can play on pinball tables inspired by Alice in Chains, Bullet for My Valentine, AC/DC and Slayer.
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| 25 Things the New Mac Pro Looks Like | | Monday, June 10, 2013 6:06 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Apple debuted its new Mac Pro Monday at WWDC 2013. The completely overhauled design had the Internet craning its neck and squinting its eyes trying to figure out what the heck the futuristic desktop looked like. It looked a little something like this: Image courtesy of blogspot Twitter users were quick to share their thoughts, comparing the revamped design to everything from a trashcan to Darth Vader's Diaper Genie.
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| Edward Snowden's Motivation: Internet Freedom | | Monday, June 10, 2013 5:47 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather." Those are the words that open the Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, a seminal paper by John Perry Barlow.
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| Apple Upgrades AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule | | Monday, June 10, 2013 5:40 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| In the shadow of larger announcements during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote Monday were new AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule devices. Apple updated its AirPort Extreme base station ($199.99) to include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, which supposedly works three times faster than Wireless N.
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