“Completely implausible”—a controversial paper exists, but so do black holes

Top stories: Feb 27 - Mar 06 Law & Disorder Republicans’ “Internet Freedom Act” would wipe out net neutrality by Jon Brodkin US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week filed legislation she calls the "Internet Freedom Act" to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's new network neutrality rules.Read More Features “Completely implausible”—a controversial paper exists, but so do black holes by Xaq Rzetelny There once was a time when the existence of black holes was very much in doubt. Even Albert Einstein was an early doubter despite the fact that black holes were predicted using his equations of general relativity—he simply believed nature wouldn’t permit them. At best, Einstein thought black holes might be theoretically possible, but they weren't the sort of thing that would, or even could, ever be observed.Read More Features Review: The new Moto E is the most phone you can get for $150 by Andrew Cunningham The new Moto E with LTE.Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Two weeks on, Superfish debacle still causing pain for some Lenovo customers Sling TV has 100,000 users, Re/code source says Islamic State takes to social media, has about 46K Twitter accounts “Straight Pride” group slapped with $25K fine for DMCA claim against blogger Climate contrarian’s fossil fuel funding ignites disclosure debate VMware alleged to have violated Linux’s open source license for years Windows 10 Start menu turns transparent in new leaked build Military court: Army must not refer to WikiLeaks leaker Manning as a male NASA’s Dawn mission slips into orbit at dwarf planet Ceres Verizon and AT&T beat T-Mobile, Sprint in network ratings across the US