Collaborate Disseminate
Soulskill writes: In a recent Facebook post, AMD’s Robert Hallock hinted that the company is working on a standardized solution for external GPUs. When people are looking to buy laptops, they often want light, portable machines — but smaller devi… Continue reading AMD Wants To Standardize the External GPU
sciencehabit writes: Although humans have about 20,000 genes, exactly what most of them do inside our body’s cells is still murky. One way to learn more is to find people who lack a working copy of a particular gene and see how that affects their healt… Continue reading DNA ‘Knockouts’ Reveal Genes Humans Don’t Need
Okian Warrior writes: Dstillery gets information from people’s phones via ad networks. When you open an app or look at a browser page, there’s a very fast auction that happens where different advertisers bid to get to show you an ad. Your phone sends t… Continue reading Tracking Caucusgoers By Their Cell Phones
jeffengel writes: When Facebook’s news feed and Google’s search bar have the power to influence voter decisions, is it time for government oversight? That’s what Dries Buytaert, creator of Drupal and co-founder of Acquia, is proposing: an “FDA for data… Continue reading Drupal Creator Floats an “FDA For Data and Algorithms”
An anonymous reader notes an effort in the UK, as reported by the Guardian, to clamp down on the so-called “iPlayer loophole” which allows BBC programs to be time shifted in a way that avoids paying the television tax. From the article: In a speech on … Continue reading Government To Bring Forward Law To Close BBC ‘iPlayer Loophole’
szczys writes: Google is building a 100kW transmitter at Spaceport America. As is becoming the regular source of early info, this comes via an FCC filing in which Google has asked the agency to keep the project secret. The signal strength itself isn’t … Continue reading Google Building a 100kW Transmitter at Spaceport America
MarkWhittington writes: One of the more substantive issues that was discussed during the Republican presidential debate in Detroit concerned the latest threat to come out of North Korea. That country’s mad, bad, and dangerous to know leader Kim Jong-Un… Continue reading Ted Cruz Proposes Reviving SDI To Counter N. Korean Nuclear Threat
New submitter _merlin writes: MAMEdev just announced that MAME (formerly Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is now entirely available under OSI-comliant, FSF-approved licenses. The project as a whole is available under the GNU General Public License, ve… Continue reading MAME Released Under OSI-Compliant, FSF-Approved License
HughPickens.com writes: Ben Popper writes at The Verge that bitcoin’s nightmare scenario has come to pass as the bitcoin network reached its capacity, causing transactions around the world to be massively delayed, and in some cases to fail completely. … Continue reading Bitcoin’s Nightmare Scenario Has Come To Pass
Deathspawner writes: Last March, Canada’s regulatory agency for all things broadcasting, CRTC, ruled that cable TV providers would soon be forced to offer $25/mo packages. With enforcement having kicked-off on March 1, these inexpensive packages have n… Continue reading CRTC Enforced $25/mo Cable TV Is Now Available To Canadians, But With Caveats