To mark the release of Destiny 2, the Microsoft Store is offering some really excellent prices on Xbox One S consoles that come bundled with the game as well as two other free games. Microsoft is offering either the 500GB console bundle or 1TB console […]
Day: September 6, 2017
Slashdot: Only 13 Percent of Americans Are Scared Robots Will Take Their Jobs, Gallup Poll Shows
Only 13 Percent of Americans Are Scared Robots Will Take Their Jobs, Gallup Poll Shows Published on September 06, 2017 at 02:10AM According to the results of a Gallup poll released mid-August, most employed U.S. adults aren’t too worried about technology eliminating their jobs. Only […]
Natural selection weeding out Alzheimer’s, high cholesterol and asthma, study finds
Alzheimer’s disease, high cholesterol and asthma are steadily being “weeded out” of the human gene pool by natural selection, the first major study of its kind has revealed. Analysis of the genetic blueprints of 150,000 Britons and 60,000 Americans found the variations associated with the […]
Researchers propose Iron Man style flight for humanoid robot
The way Iron Man flies may be cool, but if we’re honest it’s also kind of impractical. Even if your core strength is off the chart, as I assume Tony Stark’s is (you’re basically planking the whole time, right?), putting jets on your hands and […]
Google’s New Street View Cameras Will Help Algorithms Index The Real World
Steve Silverman helped build cameras for two NASA rovers that went to Mars. In the less exotic landscape of a Google parking lot, he looks up fondly at his latest creation, bolted onto the roof of a Hyundai hatchback. The gawky assemblage almost doubles the […]
Retro sci-fi RPG ‘Songbringer’ arrives for PS4, Xbox One, Mac and PC
[embedded content] Songbringer is from Nathan Weiss‘ one-man studio Wizard Fu, and while it features lots of hacking and slashing, it’s surprisingly light on actual gore. According to the Xbox One announcement, the in-game maps you traverse are generated by players with a six-letter world […]
Slashdot: Only 13 Percent of Americans Are Scared Robots Will Take Their Jobs, Gallup Poll Shows
Only 13 Percent of Americans Are Scared Robots Will Take Their Jobs, Gallup Poll Shows Published on September 06, 2017 at 02:10AM According to the results of a Gallup poll released mid-August, most employed U.S. adults aren’t too worried about technology eliminating their jobs. Only […]
Slashdot: A Critical Apache Struts Security Flaw Makes It ‘Easy’ To Hack Fortune 100 Firms
A Critical Apache Struts Security Flaw Makes It ‘Easy’ To Hack Fortune 100 Firms Published on September 06, 2017 at 01:30AM An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: A critical security vulnerability in open-source server software enables hackers to easily take control of an […]
Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards — You can’t fix the US broadband problem by redefining it, senators tell FCC. via /r/technology
Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards — You can’t fix the US broadband problem by redefining it, senators tell FCC. http://ift.tt/2vJwasc Submitted September 06, 2017 at 12:37AM by mepper via reddit http://ift.tt/2wFRCM7
Slashdot: Microsoft Extends Free Windows 10 S-To-Pro Upgrade Deadline
Microsoft Extends Free Windows 10 S-To-Pro Upgrade Deadline Published on September 06, 2017 at 12:10AM BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: Windows 10 S is a really great idea in theory. By limiting the operating system to applications from the Windows Store, it could make […]