Slashdot: Military Tech Could Be Amazon’s Secret To Cheap, Non-Refrigerated Food Military Tech Could Be Amazon’s Secret To Cheap, Non-Refrigerated Food Published on August 12, 2017 at 01:20AMAccording to CNBC, Amazon is exploring a technology first developed for the U.S. military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for …
Slashdot: Hollywood’s Bad Summer Movies Are Driving a Decline in Movie Ticket Sales Hollywood’s Bad Summer Movies Are Driving a Decline in Movie Ticket Sales Published on August 12, 2017 at 12:40AMAn anonymous reader shares a report: While some people may point at The Emoji Movie as the root of all that is wrong with Hollywood, …
Slashdot: FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Period By Two Weeks FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Period By Two Weeks Published on August 12, 2017An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: You’ll have two extra weeks to file your thoughts with the FCC on its plan to get rid of net neutrality. The proposal’s comment …
Slashdot: Former Bitcoin Developer Shares Early Satoshi Nakamoto Emails Former Bitcoin Developer Shares Early Satoshi Nakamoto Emails Published on August 11, 2017 at 11:20PMJordan Pearson, writing for Motherboard: Satoshi Nakamoto is Bitcoin’s anonymous creator and absentee head of state. In the years since she (or he, or they) disappeared into the ether and left the technology …
Slashdot: James Damore Explains Why He Was Fired By Google James Damore Explains Why He Was Fired By Google Published on August 11, 2017 at 10:30PMIn an exclusive Wall Street Journal post, the engineer responsible for the anti-diversity “Google manifesto,” James Damore, explains why he was fired by the company: I was fired by Google this …
Slashdot: MIT Team’s School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles MIT Team’s School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles Published on August 11, 2017 at 10:00PMAn anonymous reader shares a report: A trio of MIT researchers recently tackled a tricky vehicle-routing problem when they set out to improve the efficiency of the …
Slashdot: Blizzard Starts Drive To Recruit More Women and Ethnic Minorities Blizzard Starts Drive To Recruit More Women and Ethnic Minorities Published on August 11, 2017 at 07:20PMAn anonymous reader shares a report: The company behind games like World of Warcraft and Overwatch has started a drive to recruit more women and ethnic minorities. The information …
Slashdot: Microsoft Dismisses Consumer Reports’ Surface Complaints, But Doesn’t Offer Much Evidence Microsoft Dismisses Consumer Reports’ Surface Complaints, But Doesn’t Offer Much Evidence Published on August 11, 2017 at 06:40PMMicrosoft has publicly responded to Consumer Reports, saying that it disagrees with the publication’s Surface reliability findings. But the company hasn’t offered much in the way of …
Slashdot: Oracle Fiddles With Major Database Release Cycle Numbers Oracle Fiddles With Major Database Release Cycle Numbers Published on August 11, 2017 at 06:00PMAn anonymous reader shares a report: Big Red has changed its database release cycle, scrapping names that see decimal points and numbers added on for an indeterminate amount of time, instead plumping for …
Slashdot: Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in China Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in China Published on August 11, 2017 at 05:20PMA Chinese law firm has filed a complaint against Apple on behalf of 28 local developers alleging the firm breached antitrust regulations. From a report: The complaint, lodged by Beijing-based Dare & Sure …