What does it take to get to space? Skill, courage… and a men’s size medium Besides years of training, to get to space, you must have the right body size Story byThe Conversation An independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists.An independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with Related Articles More TNW About TNW Your childhood dreams aren’t dead yet: NASA needs more astronauts How NASA’s space research ends up in earthly products Discover TNW All Access This mysterious space object pulsed for 3 months and disappeared....

What does the ‘Connection Not Private’ warning really mean? How to decide when it’s safe to proceed, and what’s at risk if you do Why did I get rerouted to this page? Today, we conduct more activities online than ever before: paying bills, buying groceries, and interfacing with doctors, to name a few. With more of these websites requesting personal information, we rely on our web browser’s security practices to ensure that our data stays safe....

What Google’s €2.4 billion appeal loss says about Big Tech’s business models Google is being fined €2.4 billion for hindering competition in the EU after a 2017 decision has been upheld on appeal by the general court of the EU The case against Google Everything startedin 2005 when a British couple, Adam and Shivaun Raff, developed Foundem, a new service for comparison shopping. Google had its own comparison service named Froogle (now Google Shopping), although by itsown admissionin 2006 in an internal document, it “simply doesn’t work”....

What Google’s €2.4 billion appeal loss says about Big Tech’s business models Google is being fined €2.4 billion for hindering competition in the EU after a 2017 decision has been upheld on appeal by the general court of the EU The case against Google Everything startedin 2005 when a British couple, Adam and Shivaun Raff, developed Foundem, a new service for comparison shopping. Google had its own comparison service named Froogle (now Google Shopping), although by itsown admissionin 2006 in an internal document, it “simply doesn’t work”....

What happened to former killer features portals and email in China? Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....