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U.K. postmasters were mistakenly sent to prison due to a bug in their “Horizon” accounting software — as first reported by Computer Weekly back in 2009. Nearly 16 years later, the same site reports that now the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Comm… Continue reading Were Still More UK Postmasters Also Wrongly Prosecuted Over Accounting Bug?
[Ben Eater]’s breadboard 6502 computer is no stranger to these parts, so it was a bit of a surprise that when [Mark] wrote in asking us if we’d covered [Ben]’s …read more Continue reading Ben Eater vs. Microsoft BASIC
The Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, “But as Starliner’s thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to mov… Continue reading Starliner’s Space Station Flight Was ‘Wilder’ Than We Thought
If you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when …read more Continue reading Inside an Edison Phonograph
Microsoft has created a real-time AI-generated rendition of Quake II gameplay (playable on the web).
Friday Xbox’s general manager of gaming AI posted the startling link to “an AI-generated gaming experience” at Copilot.Microsoft.com “Move, shoot, ex… Continue reading Microsoft’s New AI-Generated Version of ‘Quake 2’ Now Playable Online
The tech companies are warring for supremacy as they seek to eliminate cell phone dead spots and claim the most satellite airwaves. Continue reading Apple vs. Starlink: The Tech Feud That Could Shape the Next Frontier of Mobile Service
If you’re living your life right, you probably know what as MOSFET is. But do you know the MESFET? They are like the faster, uninsulated, Schottky version of a MOSFET, …read more Continue reading How Shrinking Feature Size Made Modern Wireless Work
If the ERROR.TYPE function in Excel is not working on your Windows 11/10 PC, this post will help you fix the issue. The ERROR.TYPE() function is one of the most useful functions for diagnosing errors in Excel. It helps identify the error by returning a… Continue reading ERROR.TYPE function in Excel not working
Berkeley, California is “the latest city to try to block landlords from using algorithms when deciding rents,” reports the Associated Press (noting that officials in many cities claim the practice is driving up the price of housing).
But then real est… Continue reading Makers of Rent-Setting Software Sue California City Over Ban
Over on Reddit’s “selfhosted” subreddit for alternatives to popular services, long-time Slashdot reader Zoup described a pain point:
– Landlock is a Linux Security Module (LSM) that lets unprivileged processes restrict themselves.
– It’s been in th… Continue reading ‘Landrun’: Lightweight Linux Sandboxing With Landlock, No Root Required