Apple removes VPN
Sunday, July 30 2017
Source: Hacker NewsIn order to comply with Chinese censorship law, Apple has started removing all virtual private network (VPN) apps from the App Store in China, making it harder for internet users to...
July 2017
Online abuse and my
Sunday, July 30 2017
Source: iMoreAs a father of three active children, I'm no stranger to calls from school in the middle of the day.They happen a lot, and for all different reasons. Lunchboxes left at home, bruises...
Tesla en Puerto Rico
Friday, July 28 2017
Fuente: MaximoSolar¿POR QUE POWERWALL?Las baterías Tesla para el hogar maximizan lautilidad de los paneles solares y ofrecen unavariedad de soluciones de suministro deelectricidad de...
Es preciso
Friday, July 28 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaGozar de buena salud es un justo reclamo que hacen los residentes de Peñuelas, por lo que el gobierno, en el descargue de su responsabilidad, debe velar por este derecho,...
Plans for a research
Thursday, July 27 2017
Source: Science MagazinePaola Ayala knew it was a gamble to dial down her physics research at the University of Vienna in May 2015 and spend most of her time at Yachay Tech University, a nascent...
This Story About
Tuesday, July 25 2017
Source: GizmodoIn his recent adventures beyond the valley, Mark Zuckerberg has made a point of hammering on the issue of income inequality, saying the US should “explore ideas like universal basic...
Científicos contra
Tuesday, July 25 2017
Fuente: SciDev [BELO HORIZONTE] Científicos reunidos en la 69ª Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Brasileña para el Avance de la Ciencia (SBPC, por sus siglas en portugués), realizada del 16 al 22 de...
US defence agencies
Monday, July 24 2017
Source: NatureThe JASONs, a group of elite scientists that advises the US government on national security, has weighed in on issues ranging from cyber security to renewing America’s nuclear arsenal....
Acreedores piden
Monday, July 24 2017
Fuente: NoticelEl Comité de Acreedores No Asegurados (CANA), uno de los grupos reconocidos para tener participación formal en el caso de la reestructuración de la deuda de Puerto Rico, pidió a la...
Se muere Río Piedras
Monday, July 24 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaRío Piedras está gravemente herido, languidece y parece estar olvidado a su suerte. Su primer gran golpe fue la explosión en el Paseo de Diego, que dejó decenas de muertos y...
Those weird radio
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: The VergeLast week, astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico announced they had picked up some strange radio signals coming from a small red dwarf star, and they couldn’t quite...
Senator blasts FCC
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: ARS TechnicaUS Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) criticized the Federal Communications Commission for failing to turn over its internal analysis of the DDoS attacks that hit the FCC's public comment...
FCC has no
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: ARS TechnicaThe US Federal Communications Commission says it has no written analysis of DDoS attacks that hit the commission's net neutrality comment system in May.In its response to a Freedom...
The FCC Is Full of
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: Gizmodo On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission fired back against negative coverage of its response to a public records request filed by Gizmodo in May.“Media reports claiming that...
Update to iOS 10.3.3
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: MacWorldiOS users should update immediately to version 10.3.3 to eliminate the risk of a Wi-Fi-based exploit that can be carried out by an attacker in proximity to a device—or potentially...
Chile closer to
Saturday, July 22 2017
Source: MercoPressChilean lawmakers took a major step toward legalizing abortion in some cases on Wednesday, a dramatic development in one of Latin America’s most traditionally conservative countries....
Trump Nominates Sam
Thursday, July 20 2017
Source: GizmodoPresident Donald Trump managed to sneak a few minutes from his busy schedule of threatening federal investigators to make official his nominee for the United States Department of...
Peñuelas: Comunidad
Thursday, July 20 2017
Fuente: Claridad"Esta es una comunidad que precisamente por ese largo historial de lucha, de combatividad, por la contaminación que han generando estas compañías y los abusos que se han cometido...
Los humanos ya han
Thursday, July 20 2017
Fuente: El PaisDesde que empezara la producción masiva de plásticos, en los años cincuenta, los humanos han generado 8.300 millones de toneladas métricas de plástico. De esa ingente cantidad, solo el...
Cuts imperil
Wednesday, July 19 2017
Source: Science MagazineSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—Strapped for cash after 3 years of austerity budgets, Brazilian scientists are bracing for an even harsher year ahead. The federal government is planning to...
Rivera Schatz
Wednesday, July 19 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaEl presidente del Senado, Thomás Rivera Schatz, defendió esta mañana la nueva ley que regula la disposición de cenizas en Puerto Rico, al señalar que provee medidas que protegen a...
Scientists Warn
Tuesday, July 18 2017
Source: GizmodoIf there’s anything that just about sums up the desperation of the Great Depression in one filthy package, it’s photos of the Dust Bowl, when over-farming resulted in roving dust storms...
EN TORNO A LA
Tuesday, July 18 2017
Fuente: ASPPROLa Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico (ASPPRO) lamenta la decisión de GFR Media y del diario Primera Hora de cancelar la columna gráfica (caricatura) de Pepito, de la autoría de...
Las cenizas de
Monday, July 17 2017
por Rodrigo FernósLa verdad que es patético cuando un senador alude ‘a las malas decisiones y acciones del gobierno’ como si el mismo no tuviera papel alguno es ‘esos asuntos’. Tal acaba de hacer el...
Ubuntu Linux for
Sunday, July 16 2017
Source: HackerNewsWindows and Linux in the same line? Yes, you heard that right... and that too, on the same computer and within the same operating system.Two months ago, Microsoft announced its plans...
How poverty affects
Sunday, July 16 2017
Source: NatureIn the late 1960s, a team of researchers began doling out a nutritional supplement to families with young children in rural Guatemala. They were testing the assumption that providing...
Fallece Maryam
Sunday, July 16 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaWashington - La iraní Maryam Mirzakhani, la primera mujer ganadora de la medalla Fields, considerada el premio Nobel de las Matemáticas, falleció hoy en Estados Unidos a los 40...
Los gigantes
Friday, July 14 2017
Fuente: El PaisDecenas de empresas tecnológicas se aliaron este miércoles para protestar contra la propuesta del Gobierno de Donald Trump dirigida a limitar la neutralidad en la Red. A través de sus...
Engineered cell
Friday, July 14 2017
Source: NatureThe benefits of cells used as CAR-T therapies (orange) make them attractive options for certain people with cancer.External advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have...
Researcher Claims
Thursday, July 13 2017
Source: Hacker NewsA researcher has claimed that Samsung's Tizen operating system that runs on millions of Samsung products is so poorly programmed that it could contain nearly 27,000 programming...
Study: The Internet
Wednesday, July 12 2017
Source: GizmodoA nationally-representative study on online harassment released by Pew Research today confirms what most of us already know: the internet is absolutely chock full of abusive...
Marie Curie: The
Wednesday, July 12 2017
Source: LA TimesThough its subject might have been known for her scientific expertise, “Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge” takes a decidedly poetic approach to the life of the Nobel-Prize-winning...
World's largest
Wednesday, July 12 2017
Source: NatureRadiocarbon dating has long been used to reveal the age of organic materials — from ancient bones to wooden artefacts. Scientists are now using the amassed dates for wider applications,...
US Tangles With the
Sunday, July 9 2017
Source: GizmodoNegotiations over the wording of the final communiqué from the G20 meeting of the world’s wealthiest nations carried on late into Saturday morning. The sticking point? Disagreements...
Crean una ventana
Sunday, July 9 2017
Fuente: El Pais En España se trata de una situación que conocemos bien: durante el verano tratamos de evitar a toda costa que el sol entre por las ventanas y achicharre el interior, pero durante el...
WHO warns about the
Saturday, July 8 2017
Source: MercopressOral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization says. It is warning that if you contract gonorrhea, it is...
The Black Death May
Saturday, July 8 2017
Source: GizmodoFrom 1347 to 1351, a nightmare disease ravaged Europe, afflicting victims with putrid black boils, fevers, vomiting, and in short order, death. Daily life ground to a halt as the Black...
Our obsession with
Saturday, July 8 2017
Source: NatureWe can quantify exactly how much faster Usain Bolt is than the next-fastest sprinter. It's much harder to say who is the best scientist, let alone how much better they are than the...
New Observations
Friday, July 7 2017
Source: GizmodoNew research suggests our galaxy contains as many as 100 billion brown dwarfs—a type of celestial object that didn’t have quite what it takes to become a full-fledged star. The finding...
Face of the woman
Friday, July 7 2017
Source: MercoPressThe face of the Lady of Cao, considered to be a queen who ruled northern Peru 1,700 years ago, was revealed on Tuesday thanks to 3D technology developed by private companies, as was...
Hypnotic Video
Thursday, July 6 2017
Source: GizmodoThe Earth is a giant magnet, with a north and a south pole just like any magnet you’ve ever played with. But the Earth’s magnetic field plays a vital role: It field helps to prevent...
Salud: “Lo primero
Thursday, July 6 2017
Fuente: ClaridadPara lidiar con la visión imperante en Puerto Rico de que la salud es un negocio, “lo primero que hay que hacer es sacar a los mercaderes del templo. Hay que sacar a las aseguradoras...
No al muro:
Wednesday, July 5 2017
Fuente: ClaridadEl diseñador de aplicaciones y videojuegos, Carlos Marcial Torres ha recibido centenares de mensajes de odio en la última semana. Es una buena señal. La derecha pro-Trump ha visto su...
Let science be a
Tuesday, July 4 2017
Source: NatureAs they make plans for Fourth of July fireworks and barbecues, many Americans also think of Thomas Jefferson penning the US Declaration of Independence. Fewer realize that Jefferson...
Bayamón será la
Tuesday, July 4 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaDe la mano del espacio de cotrabajo Engine-4, el Municipio Autónomo de Bayamón se ha ofrecido como laboratorio para convertirse en la primera ciudad inteligente de Puerto...
La Junta gastará $52
Tuesday, July 4 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaAunque la mayor parte irá a pagar honorarios de abogados, el primer presupuesto aprobado para la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF) contempla que los empleados de ese organismo...
La Junta oficializa
Monday, July 3 2017
Fuente: El Nuevo DiaLa Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF) presentó formalmente, ante el Tribunal Federal en Puerto Rico, la petición de reestructuración de la deuda de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica...
¿A dónde van los $60
Monday, July 3 2017
Fuente: NoticelTal como aseguró José Carrión III, una vez finalizada la octava reunión de la Junta de Control Fiscal (JCF) el viernes, el ente federal publicó su presupuesto operacional para el año...
Latinoamérica
Monday, July 3 2017
Fuente: SciDev.net [SANTIAGO] Este año ningún país latinoamericano o caribeño aparece entre los “artífices de innovación” en el Índice Global de Innovación 2017, que mide 81 indicadores tales como...
NATO Considering
Monday, July 3 2017
Source: Gizmodo On Saturday, Kevin Scheid, a Department of Defense veteran, was placed in charge of NATO’s cyber operations. The appointment wouldn’t be big news if it weren’t for the fact that he’s...
Scientists Find 100
Sunday, July 2 2017
Source: GizmodoThis has been a huge year for finding specimens in amber, from bird wings to dinosaur feathers to this ugly-ass bug. But this new finding might be the best one yet: a nearly complete...
Desmantelan la AEE
Sunday, July 2 2017
Fuente: ClaridadLa creación de las corporaciones públicas a principios de la década de 1940 tuvo como propósito pasar a manos del gobierno servicios esenciales para el país como la energía eléctrica,...
Audrey Tang, la
Sunday, July 2 2017
Fuente: El Pais No hay muchos superdotados en la política. Esto no es una afirmación prejuiciosa, sino una evidencia estadística. Los superdotados -o con “altas capacidades intelectuales”,...
El gobernador
Sunday, July 2 2017
Fuente: Benjamín Torres Gotay / ENDISi el destino o el azar hubieran llevado por otros rumbos al gobernador Ricardo Rosselló, no habría sido extraño verlo por el Fideicomiso de Ciencias, Tecnología e...