Collaborate Disseminate
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: China will let scientists from six countries, including the U.S., examine the rocks it collected from the Moon — a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in… Continue reading China Shares Rare Moon Rocks With US
Sometimes, a flat display just won’t cut it. If you’re looking for something a little rounder, perhaps your vision could persist in in looking at [lhm0]’s rotating LED sphere RP2040 …read more Continue reading RP2040 Spins Right ‘Round inside POV Display
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Multiple studies and investigations have found that about half of American households watch TV and movies with subtitles on, but only a relatively small portion of those include someone with a hear… Continue reading Netflix Introduces a New Kind of Subtitles For the Non-Hearing Impaired
TV producer Alex Berger criticized Apple TV+ as “the worst marketer in the universe” for failing to promote his French-language show La Maison, despite its success in Europe. Berger said he initially partnered with Apple out of hope, but ultimately fel… Continue reading Apple TV+ Is ‘Worst Marketer In the Universe,’ Says Producer
In the realm of computer science, it’s hard to go too far without encountering hashing or hash functions. The concept appears throughout security, from encryption to password storage to crypto, …read more Continue reading Hash Functions with the Golden Ratio
YKK, the world’s largest zipper maker, has unveiled a prototype self-propelled zipper that uses a motorized worm gear to zip itself closed at the push of a button. It currently relies on a wired remote and external power, and can zip spans up to 16 fee… Continue reading World’s Biggest Zipper Maker Is Developing a Self-Propelled Zipper
Some developers are “crying foul” after Microsoft’s C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code stopped working with VS Code derivatives like VS Codium and Cursor, reports The Register. The move has prompted Cursor to transition to open-source alternatives,… Continue reading Devs Sound Alarm After Microsoft Subtracts C/C++ Extension From VS Code Forks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast executives apparently realized something that customers have known and complained about for years: The Internet provider’s prices aren’t transparent enough and rise too frequently. This mig… Continue reading Comcast President Bemoans Broadband Customer Losses: ‘We Are Not Winning’
Infosec is a team sport … unless you’re in the White House Opinion Just when it seems they couldn’t be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that puts American critical infrastructure, national security,… Continue reading Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed
DoorDash has sent a proposal to buy the British meal delivery company Deliveroo for $3.6 billion. “The current offer marks the first formal approach since the last report in the summer,” notes Reuters. From the report: The deal is expected to face no r… Continue reading DoorDash Makes $3.6 Billion Offer For Deliveroo