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From the sticks-and-stones department
schwit1 writes with this opinion piece from Eugene Volokh, who teaches free speech law at UCLA School of Law, about the push to ban "offensive" speech and censor websites on campus. He writes: "A large coalition of advocacy groups has asked the...
schwit1 writes with this opinion piece from Eugene Volokh, who teaches free speech law at UCLA School of Law, about the push to ban "offensive" speech and censor websites on campus. He writes: "A large coalition of advocacy groups has asked the...
From the sign-here-you're-on-your-own department
theodp writes: In "What is Computer Science?", the kickoff video for Facebook's new TechPrep diversity initiative, FB product manager Adriel Frederick explains how he was hooked on coding after seeing the magic of a BASIC PRINT statement. His simple...
theodp writes: In "What is Computer Science?", the kickoff video for Facebook's new TechPrep diversity initiative, FB product manager Adriel Frederick explains how he was hooked on coding after seeing the magic of a BASIC PRINT statement. His simple...
From the kids-vs-the-state department
jones_supa writes: China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced in 1979. The announcement followed a four-day Communist Party summit in...
jones_supa writes: China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced in 1979. The announcement followed a four-day Communist Party summit in...
From the batman-is-always-demanding-
An anonymous reader writes: Back in June, Warner Brothers removed "Batman: Arkham Knight" from sale after a lot of graphics and performance issues were found on the PC version. Now, after spending five months trying to fix this mess, Rocksteady and...
An anonymous reader writes: Back in June, Warner Brothers removed "Batman: Arkham Knight" from sale after a lot of graphics and performance issues were found on the PC version. Now, after spending five months trying to fix this mess, Rocksteady and...
From the water-and-oil department
StewBeans writes: Usually when an article references "what keeps IT leaders up at night," it's a chance to talk about "shadow IT," losing control of tech spending, hackers or some other overly hyped concept. Adam Dennison, publisher at IDG...
StewBeans writes: Usually when an article references "what keeps IT leaders up at night," it's a chance to talk about "shadow IT," losing control of tech spending, hackers or some other overly hyped concept. Adam Dennison, publisher at IDG...
From the watching-the-ball department
kstatefan40 writes: Google Fiber went down in Kansas City during one of the most-important times in the local market: Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Yesterday, I got an apology...
kstatefan40 writes: Google Fiber went down in Kansas City during one of the most-important times in the local market: Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Yesterday, I got an apology...
From the constant-flux department
Nerval's Lobster writes: The technology industry's unemployment rate crept up to 3 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Although that represents an increase from the second quarter, when...
Nerval's Lobster writes: The technology industry's unemployment rate crept up to 3 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Although that represents an increase from the second quarter, when...
From the sounds-fair-to-me department
The New York Times reports that the European Parliament has voted to adopt "a nonbinding but nonetheless forceful resolution" urging the EU's member nations to recognize Edward Snowden as a whistleblower, rather than aid in prosecuting him on...
The New York Times reports that the European Parliament has voted to adopt "a nonbinding but nonetheless forceful resolution" urging the EU's member nations to recognize Edward Snowden as a whistleblower, rather than aid in prosecuting him on...
From the safety-first department
judgecorp writes: UK contractors Balfour Beatty and Norland have been fined $580,000 after an electrician was electrocuted while working on a data center owned by finance firm Morgan Stanley. The fine follows mounting concern that...
judgecorp writes: UK contractors Balfour Beatty and Norland have been fined $580,000 after an electrician was electrocuted while working on a data center owned by finance firm Morgan Stanley. The fine follows mounting concern that...
From the too-crazy-to-make-up department
hackingbear writes: When Anthem revealed a data breach that exposed the details of more than 80 million people, the incident raised a lot of questions: Who would conduct such a hack against a health insurance firm? Investigators finally have some...
hackingbear writes: When Anthem revealed a data breach that exposed the details of more than 80 million people, the incident raised a lot of questions: Who would conduct such a hack against a health insurance firm? Investigators finally have some...
From the check-out-any-time-you-like department
AmiMoJo writes: A tweet from Tom Conrad has highlighted an issue with Apple's Siri digital assistant. When asked certain questions about music, Siri refuses to answer unless you subscribe to Apple Music. Instead of falling back to a web search for...
AmiMoJo writes: A tweet from Tom Conrad has highlighted an issue with Apple's Siri digital assistant. When asked certain questions about music, Siri refuses to answer unless you subscribe to Apple Music. Instead of falling back to a web search for...
From the break-out-the-cue-cat department
New submitter smalgin writes: While I cannot boast an extensive library, it keeps growing every week. I share the books I like the most with my friends and acquaintances. Unfortunately, some of them are sloppy and forget to return my books, so to...
New submitter smalgin writes: While I cannot boast an extensive library, it keeps growing every week. I share the books I like the most with my friends and acquaintances. Unfortunately, some of them are sloppy and forget to return my books, so to...
From the end-of-the-line department
MarkWhittington writes: According to a story in Space News, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made a speech at the Center for American Progress in which he declared that if the next President deviated from the Journey to Mars program, the space...
MarkWhittington writes: According to a story in Space News, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made a speech at the Center for American Progress in which he declared that if the next President deviated from the Journey to Mars program, the space...
From the taking-different-roads department
Hallie Siegel writes: Developers and futurologists have long talked of two paths to autonomous cars: The incremental path (where autonomous features such as adaptive cruise control, autonomous parking etc are slowly added to make the car...
Hallie Siegel writes: Developers and futurologists have long talked of two paths to autonomous cars: The incremental path (where autonomous features such as adaptive cruise control, autonomous parking etc are slowly added to make the car...
From the obscurity-helps-but-does-not-
sarahnaomi writes to describe a recent presentation by security researcher Georg Wicherski, where he outlined several steps that could be taken to render an ordinary Chromebook immune (or at least very, very...
sarahnaomi writes to describe a recent presentation by security researcher Georg Wicherski, where he outlined several steps that could be taken to render an ordinary Chromebook immune (or at least very, very...
