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But did they discuss chimney sweeps and VCR repairmen?
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The NextMind controller is a sensor that reads electrical signals from your brain’s visual cortex, and translates those into input signals for a connected PC. I could do with the next mind. This one's a little worn out.
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On January 1st, Cloud Print turns into a pumpkin. So, print all the clouds you can before it's gone
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A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what they hope will be the world's first satellites made out of wood by 2023. Now the astronauts will have to worry about splinters
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They can watch their low-res version of 'Shrek' on a custom VCR. What's a floppy disk?
"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" - part 1.44MB
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Microsoft is developing a new way to navigate Windows 10 computers, a “voice launcher” that will let users interact with the computer using their voice. And by "exciting", they mean, "irritating"
They're going to keep trying to get us to use Cortana until we actually do, aren't they?
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One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small numbers. Now they'll only be 5-10 years in the future
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We're running out of stones
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GameGAN, a generative adversarial network trained on 50,000 PAC-MAN episodes, produces a fully functional version of the dot-munching classic without an underlying game engine. At least now the AI are coming for the ghosts
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In the age of the cloud, containers and unikernels, the role of operating systems is changing. "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
Sorry, that's just what I thought of when I thought of getting rid of operating systems. Brain might return soon.
No promises.
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We’ve all heard the arguments for the age-old debate between Java and .NET, and as with many things, there are many factors to consider to determine what best suits your application. But what if we take it a bit deeper to the virtual machine level? "There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference"
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According to sources, Microsoft is developing a new virtualized Windows PC experience called 'Cloud PC' that allows administrators to deploy remotely accessible Windows 10 PCs in the cloud. Windows VT 100
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Learn about LLVM and you’ll be the envy of your friends. All the cool kids have their own language
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Under new proposed regulations from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, it may become much easier for the government to track bitcoin transactions. Potentially sad news for that money laundry you run on the side
Sorry, almost a week old. Hardly news, but using up a few items left from last week.
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The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees (Celsius). Bacon... where did I put the bacon?
I wonder too... what for a factor has the sun creme of that guys?
On a more serious note...  pretty impressive stuff.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Dyson drools at the possibility of marketing home Dyson Spheres...
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Quick - trademark Mr. Fusion.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Interesting stuff.
Wonde Tadesse
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hxxps://blog.lockdownprivacy.com/2020/12/18/Apples-Privacy-Nutrition-Facts.html
Most people are already aware that Facebook has terrible privacy practices, but Apple still deserves a lot of credit for exposing Facebook so publicly on their official platform. Raising awareness about privacy is terrific, and this is definitely the right direction. So what’s the catch?
The problem with Apple’s App Privacy is that it’s entirely self-reported. The app developer gets to make whatever privacy claims they want, and none of that information is vetted. There’s no verification by Apple or by any other source.
App Privacy is not new. It’s re-branding and simplification of the Privacy Policy, aka the “We Pinky-Promise to Not Steal Your Data” document. Unfortunately, App Privacy doesn’t fix the Privacy Policy’s inherent and critical flaw: Privacy Policies contain no proof of the privacy claims they make.
Apple doesn’t verify any of the App Privacy information that app developers submit - because they can’t. There is currently no way for Apple to know what an app does with user data after the data is sent to the app. But by calling it equivalent to “Privacy Nutrition Labels”, Apple irresponsibly implies that this privacy information is vetted, when that is absolutely false.
This results in two unintended consequences: it creates a false sense of security for users, and an incentive for more dishonest and privacy-invasive apps in the App Store.
hxxps://apps.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215
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Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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abmv wrote: This results in two unintended consequences: it creates a false sense of security for users,
Unintended? Got news for you, that consequence was entirely intended!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Google’s Project Zero has released proof of concept code for a high severity elevation of privilege flaw in Windows 10. Maybe just a tie next year?
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Those who clicked were told they ‘failed’ the test. GoDaddy can Go{Somewhere else} for this stunt
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Emails from IT and HR are now phishing?
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They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an asteroid and returned to Earth by a Japanese spacecraft were hardly disappointing. Barbeque time!
I suppose Unagi to be culturally appropriate
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