Slashdot: Netflix Discussing Keeping Streaming Rights To Disney’s Marvel, Star Wars Films

Slashdot: Netflix Discussing Keeping Streaming Rights To Disney’s Marvel, Star Wars Films Netflix Discussing Keeping Streaming Rights To Disney’s Marvel, Star Wars Films Published on August 12, 2017 at 02:45AMAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Netflix is in “active discussions” with Disney about keeping […]

Slashdot: SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside

Slashdot: SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside Published on August 12, 2017 at 02:05AMLast month, SoundCloud announced it was cutting about 40 percent of its staff in a cost-cutting move […]

Slashdot: Military Tech Could Be Amazon’s Secret To Cheap, Non-Refrigerated Food

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 […]

Slashdot: Hollywood’s Bad Summer Movies Are Driving a Decline in Movie Ticket Sales

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 […]

New story in Business from Time: The North Korean Threat Is Good for the Doomsday Prepper Business

New story in Business from Time: The North Korean Threat Is Good for the Doomsday Prepper Business President Trump’s inflammatory warnings to North Korea appear to have unsettled the stock market as fears of nuclear war likely triggered a global sell-off this week. But far away […]

New story in Business from Time: The North Korean Threat Is Good for the Doomsday Prepper Business

New story in Business from Time: The North Korean Threat Is Good for the Doomsday Prepper Business President Trump’s inflammatory warnings to North Korea appear to have unsettled the stock market as fears of nuclear war likely triggered a global sell-off this week. But far away […]

Slashdot: Former Bitcoin Developer Shares Early Satoshi Nakamoto Emails

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, […]

Slashdot: MIT Team’s School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles

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 […]