Day October 21, 2016

What Is DNS and Why Does It Make the Internet Break?

GIF Today, half of America’s internet shut down when hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s still unclear exactly who carried out the attack and why, but…

New photo shows crash site of Europe’s lost Mars lander

New photo shows crash site of Europe’s lost Mars lander The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s view of the Schiaparelli landing site.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS By Miriam Kramer2016-10-21 18:47:00 UTC Well, it looks like Mars has a new crater thanks to a European spacecraft…