Jorin Cowley

Lover of life! Living just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Likes the simple life, and loves technology! http://twitter.com/jorincowley

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Tim Cook
'Technology Needs to Be Regulated.’ Apple CEO Tim Cook Says No Oversight Has Led To Great Damage To Society
TIME - Alejandro de la Garza
Apple CEO Tim Cook has called for more government regulation on the technology industry in order to protect privacy in an interview at the TIME 100 Summit in New York. “We all have to be intellectually
Geneva Conventions
11-Year-Old Girl Offers Hilarious Response After Teacher Punishes the Whole Class
theepochtimes.com - Catherine Bolton
Nothing is worse than when one person ruins something for everyone in the group. Whether it’s a sibling’s bad behavior that causes a canceled outing …
FDA
FDA clears first personal ECG device to detect three heart arrhythmias
Engadget - Jon Fingas
AliveCor's KardiaMobile can spot more than just AFib. To date, personal ECG devices have only really detected one kind of heart arrhythmia: atrial fibrillation. While that's helpful, it doesn't cover conditions
Singularity
Debunking The Myths And Reality Of Artificial Intelligence
Forbes - Ahmed El Adl
Lessons learned from recent academic progress and industry adoption of AI Introduction A few years ago, it was hard to find anyone to have a serious discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI) outside
Tesla
Tesla promises ‘one million robo-taxis’ in 2020
Engadget - Roberto Baldwin
The company says self-driving cars will be on the road this year. Two days ahead of its first-quarter earnings disclosure, the company had an event to explain its autonomous technology to investors. The
Technology
NASA’s Cassini data shows Titan’s lakes are stranger than we thought
Engadget - Christine Fisher
We’re still learning from the spacecraft long after its demise. NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft made its fateful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017, but scientists are still using the data it sent
Tesla
Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’
TechCrunch - Kirsten Korosec
The Tesla computer, a new custom chip designed to enable full self-driving capabilities, is now in all new Model 3, X and S vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s Autonomy Day. Tesla switched
Tesla
Here’s how to watch Tesla’s self-driving event today
The Verge - Sean O'Kane
Elon Musk will share more about the company’s years-long push for full self-driving cars Tesla is about to hold an “Autonomy Investor Day” today at its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The event
Samsung Galaxy Fold
The Samsung Galaxy Fold Phone's Launch Has Been Delayed Because Of Screen Failures
buzzfeednews.com - Nicole Nguyen
After the screens on several Galaxy Fold review units started failing, Samsung said it is taking "measures to strengthen the display protection." The …
Tesla
‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk says
TechCrunch - Matt Burns
Today at Tesla’s first Autonomy Day event, Elon Musk took questions from the press but didn’t have time for questions about lidar. Historically, he’s been vocal about the technology, and this time he it
Campervans
10 things to ask before buying your first camper van
Curbed - Megan Barber
Things to consider before you go all-in on a purchase Maybe you saw a cool rig on Instagram, or maybe you want to relive childhood memories of camping in a vintage Volkswagen bus. After months of browsing
Technology
Podcast wars: $100 million startup Luminary launches tomorrow without Reply All or The Daily
The Verge - Ashley Carman
Spotify isn’t playing nice It took less than a day for Luminary to become enemy number one of the podcast industry. Last month, on the same day that it unveiled its subscription podcast service, the company
Apple
Mother Nature shows a savage side in Apple's Earth Day spot
Ad Age - I-Hsien Sherwood
Ahead of Earth Day, Apple presents an up-close homage to the power and ferocity of Mother Earth. Charging animals, coiled snakes, an avalanche …
Design Thinking
The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging
The Guardian - Stephen Moss
The smell in Natural Weigh, a zero-waste shop that opened a year ago in Crickhowell in mid-Wales, is lovely. The shop – filled with pasta, grains, seeds and dried fruit served from hoppers to avoid plastic
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who was Leonardo da Vinci and what can we learn from him?
The Guardian - Nicola Davis
As Europe prepares to mark the 500th anniversary of his death, we look at his achievements in art, science – and even flight Leonardo was born in 1452, apparently in a Tuscan village called Anchiano, far
Thermodynamics
Scientists: New Device Appears to Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics
futurism.com - Jacob Banas
Chill Out The laws of thermodynamics are pretty straightforward: Normally, heat from a hot object will flow to a cold one until they reach the same …
Recipes
Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe
allrecipes.com
Homemade Flour Tortillas 43 Recipe by: LaDonna "Traditional flour tortillas - homemade and much better than store bought. Do not substitute vegetable …
Technology
Earth's magnetic north pole is moving too fast for experts to keep up. Now scientists might know why.
Business Insider - Aylin Woodward
In the Hollywood blockbuster "The Core," the planet's core suddenly stops rotating, which causes Earth's magnetic field to collapse. Then bursts of deadly microwaves cook the Colosseum and melt the Golden
SpaceX
Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the Crew Dragon accident
Ars Technica - Eric Berger
The company undoubtedly had a busy Easter weekend. During a series of engine tests of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this past Saturday, the vehicle …
Boeing
SpaceX Astronauts Will Almost Certainly Beat Boeing to ISS
The Motley Fool - Rich Smith
When it comes to the space race, even if Boeing loses, it can still be a winning investment. Boeing (NYSE:BA) is losing the space race. And worse than …
Parks Canada
North Face climbers confirmed dead after Banff National Park avalanche
CNN - By Amir Vera, CNN
(CNN) — The bodies of three professional mountain climbers were found Sunday, days after they were presumed dead in an avalanche at Canada's Banff National Park. David Lama, Jess Roskelley, and Hansjörg
Canadian News
Bodies of 3 world-renowned climbers recovered from Banff avalanche
cbc.ca - Sarah Rieger
Parks Canada says the bodies of three climbers have been recovered from an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains. Austrian climbers Hansjörg Auer, 35, and …
Panasonic
Musk Duels Panasonic in Rare Public Battle With Key Supplier
Bloomberg - Dana Hull, Pavel Alpeyev
Elon Musk has engaged in Twitter spats with a long line of folks, from rival automakers to short sellers and the Securities and Exchange …
Technology
The UK's latest list of most hacked passwords is as bad as you'd think
TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker
Names, soccer players, musicians and fictional characters make up some of the worst passwords of the year, according to the U.K. government’s National Cyber Security Center. But nothing beats “123456”
Technology
What you missed in cybersecurity this week
TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker
It’s been a busy week — it’s tough to keep up with all the cybersecurity news. We’ve collected some of the biggest cybersecurity stories from the week — from TechCrunch and afar — to keep you up to date
SpaceX
Video appears to show SpaceX's new spaceship for NASA exploding during a safety test
Business Insider - Andy Kiersz
A test of the emergency escape system for SpaceX's new spacecraft designed to carry NASA astronauts into orbit went awry on Saturday, and an unverified video making the rounds on Twitter claims to show
Ultramarathons
'Uphill Athlete' Confirms: Kilian Jornet Is Superhuman
Outside Magazine - Hayden Carpenter
Most people can’t ski for 24 hours straight, let alone whip off a cool 78,274 feet of vertical gain in that time frame. But then again, most people aren’t Kilian Jornet. The 31-year-old Spaniard is a athlete,
Bottled Water
Firefighters Are Warning To Never Leave Bottled Water in Your Car
Women's Health - By Maria Carter
Oddly enough, it could be a serious fire hazard. A battery technician with the Idaho Power Company was on lunch break when he noticed smoke coming from beneath the center console of his truck. The culprit,
DNA
Hitting the Books: How calculus is helping unravel DNA's secrets
Engadget - Andrew Tarantola
It's not just for the hard sciences anymore! Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet
Jesus
ERICKSON: The Truth
dailywire.com - Erick Erickson
Around 1,986 years ago, Jesus was crucified on a cross. No major historian disputes this. Much about Jesus is disputed, but there really is no …