Tuesday 11 December 2018

The Morning After: Exiting the heliosphere, again

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It's Tuesday, December 11, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Besides our usual suggestions of new TV shows, movies and games to watch this week, we’ve got a 50-year-old video that you really should see. Also, the second human-made object has entered interstellar space, plus, there’s a confusing deal between Samsung China and "Supreme."

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50 years ago, 'the mother of all demos' foretold our tech future

50 years ago, 'the mother of all demos' foretold our tech future

Innovation usually happens in slow, measured steps over many years, but a demo in 1968 transformed the world of personal computers in just 90 minutes. In a presentation dubbed "the mother of all demos," Douglas Engelbart showed off technology that would lead directly to Apple's Macintosh, the internet, Windows, Google Docs, the computer mouse and much, much more. The most remarkable part was that it happened 50 years ago, in 1968, when microchips were just a gleam in scientists' eyes.

So long, space cowboy.

NASA’s Voyager 2 probe has entered interstellar space

NASA’s Voyager 2 probe has entered interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has exited the heliosphere -- the plasma bubble created by the sun that encompasses most of our solar system -- and entered interstellar space, making it the second human-made object to do so. Voyager 1 was the first to do it, but this spacecraft still has a working Plasma Science Experiment, used to measure solar-wind particle flow until the amount dropped to nothing at all. Both spacecraft are still technically within the solar system, however. And they will be until they exit the Oort Cloud, a large collection of distant objects that are still affected by the sun's gravity.

Cool cool cool.

Elon Musk says the SEC can't stop him from tweeting what he wants

Elon Musk says the SEC can't stop him from tweeting what he wants

In an interview with CBS program 60 Minutes, Musk declared that he's only abiding by the SEC because he "respects the justice system." He also said he handpicked Robyn Denholm as Tesla's new board chair, and that aside from not wanting to be chairman again, he would prefer "to have no titles at all."

That sounds interesting.

Netflix’s Fyre Festival documentary debuts January 18th

Fyre Festival was billed as "the cultural experience of the decade," but as we all know, it actually turned out to be a massive disaster and far from the luxurious, celebrity-filled event it was advertised to be. A new documentary, Fyre, gives viewers a look into the festival as described the organizers themselves.

But wait, there's more...

1. John Romero gifts 'Doom' 18 new levels for its 25th birthday

2. Samsung China cuts a branding deal with Supreme, but not the one you're thinking of

3. What's on TV this week: 'Below,' 'Roma' and 'Sabrina' holiday special

4. Google adds Lens AI to its iOS search app

5. China grants Qualcomm a ban on some iPhone sales, Apple files appeal

6. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft already found water on its target asteroid

7. House committee says Equifax data breach was 'entirely preventable'

8. The best books, movies and graphic novels to give as gifts

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