Category: Technology
Microsoft partners with colleges to address skills gap in high tech fields
A partnership between Microsoft and university systems hopes to stem the tide of a growing skills gap in high tech fields
After 10-hour standoff, cops arrest burglar found hiding in attic of Essex home
Police surrounded the home and challenged the suspect as he attempted to escape through a window; but the suspect retreated back inside resulting in a lengthy barricade situation.
Amazon awarding $40K Scholarships and Internships to college students majoring in Computer Science
Scholarship recipients awarded $10,000 per year for 4-years to study computer science starting this fall at the college of their choice. All of the recipients demonstrated financial need and more than half of the students are from an underrepresented group in the computer science field. Students also receive a guaranteed, paid internship opportunity at Amazon after their freshman year of college.
Maryland man who secretly taped 1000+ videos of kids using bathroom gets 20 years in prison
Between May and July 2017, Oldale recorded more than 1,000 videos using the hidden cameras in his home bathrooms. The videos depict minor children changing into and out of bathing suits, taking showers, and using the toilet.
New Verizon tools and apps to block spam and robocalls to your cell phone
New free service for wireless phone customers will identify and block robocalls
DC Super Hero Girls: Weird Science #1
DC Super Hero Girls master their science skills in new digital series ‘’DC Super Hero Girls: Weird Science’
Eric Eoin Marques: Dark Web’s largest child porn distributor extradited from Ireland to U.S.
The Dark Web’s alleged largest child porn facilitator allegedly made available more than one million images of child pornography from a server he personally operated
Historic first all-female spacewalk postponed due to spacesuit availability
There weren’t enough of the necessary medium-sized space suits on the International Space Station to accommodate all the female astronauts
‘Kids Cheer Free’ returns to Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Adults purchasing a regularly-priced individual game ticket in the Upper Deck will be invited to bring up to two kids, 9 and under, to the ballpark for free.
What we now know about near-Earth asteroid ‘Bennu’
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu, only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building, may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.
