Microsoft’s New Anti-Abuse Tools

Microsoft has announced it’s joining the fight against online harassment by launching two new tools: “one for reporting hate speech so that the company can take it down, and another for requesting that the company reinstate content once it comes down.” While most people tend to think of social media when it comes to internet bullying, Microsoft hopes that the new resources will make reporting …

Our Nearest Habitable Planet

As the Atlantic puts it, the exoplanet Proxima b exists in its galaxy’s “Goldilocks” habitable zone: “No one will ever find a closer alien world than this.” The reason this happens to be a big deal: all signs point to the planet being able to support water and arguably existing life. There are still plenty of variables that could negate all of this wondrous news: …

Save Your Soggy iPhone With This Dryer

Apparently some 43,000 Americans per week drop their phone in water—then presumably run to the pantry for rice and hope for the best. But Redux (created back in 2013 by by Reuben Zielinski and Joel Trusty is a commercial-grade machine that promises to dry your phone much more effectively than a bowl of rice can. With a success rate of almost 84% the drying machine …