Slashdot: GoDaddy Expels Neo-Nazi Site Over Article On Charlottesville Victim GoDaddy Expels Neo-Nazi Site Over Article On Charlottesville Victim Published on August 14, 2017 at 04:40PMReader Big Hairy Ian writes: Web hosting company GoDaddy has given a US neo-Nazi site 24 hours to find another provider after it disparaged a woman who died in protests in …

Slashdot: Scientists Discover 91 Volcanoes Below Antarctic Ice Sheet Scientists Discover 91 Volcanoes Below Antarctic Ice Sheet Published on August 14, 2017 at 04:00PMReader schwit1 writes: Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth — two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica. The project, by Edinburgh University researchers, …

Slashdot: Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals Online Critics Decry Even More Wells Fargo Fraud Scandals Published on August 14, 2017 at 09:40AM On Saturday author/blogger Cory Doctorow launched a new barrage of criticism towards Wells Fargo:It’s been a whole day since we learned about another example of systematic, widespread fraud by America’s …

Slashdot: Microsoft Blamed Intel For Its Own Bad Surface Drivers Microsoft Blamed Intel For Its Own Bad Surface Drivers Published on August 14, 2017 at 05:59AM Paul Thurrott reveals a new internal Microsoft memo from corporate vice president Panos Panay which acknowledges “some quality issues” with their launch of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. But …

Slashdot: Astrophysicist Believes Technologically-Advanced Species Extinguish Themselves Astrophysicist Believes Technologically-Advanced Species Extinguish Themselves Published on August 13, 2017 at 11:35PM Why haven’t we heard from intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? wisebabo writes:In the Science Daily article “Where is everybody? The Implications of Cosmic Silence,” the retired astrophysicist Daniel Whitmire explains that using the principle of …

Slashdot: New ‘Asciidots’ Programming Language Uses Ascii Art (And Python) New ‘Asciidots’ Programming Language Uses Ascii Art (And Python) Published on August 13, 2017 at 10:35PM An anonymous reader quotes Motherboard:If the esoteric programming language Asciidots looks like a mess, it is at least a very different-looking and even aesthetically pleasing mess. Simply, its mechanics and …

Slashdot: SpaceX Will Deliver The First Supercomputer To The ISS SpaceX Will Deliver The First Supercomputer To The ISS Published on August 13, 2017 at 09:34PM Slashdot reader #16,185, Esther Schindler writes: “By NASA’s rules, not just any computer can go into space. Their components must be radiation hardened, especially the CPUs,” reports HPE Insights. “Otherwise, …

Slashdot: Bitcoin Just Surged Past $4,000. TechCrunch Explains Why Bitcoin Just Surged Past $4,000. TechCrunch Explains Why Published on August 13, 2017 at 08:34PM Saturday night TechCrunch reported the following about Bitcoin:24 hours ago the cryptocurrency was trading below $3,700. About an hour ago it surged passed $4,000 and has no signs of stopping. It’s now …

Slashdot: Can ‘No Man’s Sky’ Redeem Itself With Its Third Free Update? Can ‘No Man’s Sky’ Redeem Itself With Its Third Free Update? Published on August 13, 2017 at 07:29PM An anonymous reader quotes Engadget’s new article on No Man’s Sky:Developer Hello Games has gone some way to giving the people what they’ve wanted Friday with …