CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Use These Lasers To Beam Internet From The Sky

On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he envisions a world where we can digitally send our emotions to others. But that technology is still a few years out, so it looks like now Zuck will have to settle for drones that shoot internet through lasers from the sky.

Zuckerberg gave us a sneak peak at some of the lasers the Facebook Connectivity Team are building in their project to project to expand internet connectivity around the world.

Video: Yes To Giant Robot Duel With America - Japan

Last week, American giant robot makers Megabot challenged Japanese giant robot makers Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a giant robot battle. The video, subtitled in Japanese and filled with waving American flags, coincidentally happened to come out right before a striking Women’s World Cup championship match where the U.S. handily beat the Japanese national team. Yesterday, Suidobashi Heavy Industries posted their response:

Network Outages, Like NYSE, United Airlines, Are The New Natural Disasters

The ups and downs of network infrastructure are a growing problem without a solution.

This week saw two nearly simultaneous infrastructure failures in major industries: finance and transportation.
On Wednesday, July 8th, the New York Stock Exchange abruptly went down for a big chunk of the trading day. Suspicions of a cyber attack erupted almost immediately after the exchange went dark, but the NYSE denied this, and later clarified that the problem had resulted from gateway software compatibility.
The same day United Airlines experienced a network crash due to what they say was a faulty router connection that degraded network connectivity. After 59 cancelled flights, the network was mostly back online.