Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Slashdot » Radio, Not YouTube, Is Still King of Music Discovery
journovampire writes: We might live in an age of YouTube and Spotify being the go-to music players of teenagers, but radio was still the top method of music discovery in the U.S. last year. According to the research, "59% of music listeners use a combination of over-the-air AM/FM radio and online radio streams to hear music," and "243 million U.S. … [Link]
Mashable » Meryl Streep wasn't cast in 'King Kong' because of her looks
Further proof that Hollywood can be a cold-hearted industry. Meryl Streep appeared on The Graham Norton Show to chat about her career and the conversation turned to one of her all-time worst audition experiences. Streep recalled the disheartening experience of auditioning for Dino De Laurentiis (the producer of 1976's King Kong), only to learn she wasn't pretty enough to take … [Link]
Slashdot » Canadian Government Steps In To Stop Misleading Infringement Notices
Dangerous_Minds writes: Recently, misleading notices were spotted being sent out by Rightscorp. Michael Geist posted the letter which, among other things, cites U.S. laws, says the Canadians could be on the hook for $150,000 (does not actually exist in the recent copyright reforms now in force), and that payments should be made directly to the company. Apparently, the Canadian government … [Link]
Mashable » Anonymous claims first victim in 'Operation Charlie Hebdo'
Hacking collective Anonymous declared war on Islamic extremists after Wednesday's deadly attack on Paris-based satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and the group has now claimed its first victim Anonymous, a loosely organized group of hackers with no leaders, announced its operation — codenamed #OpCharlieHebdo — on Wednesday after the attack. A Twitter account with the same codename, @OpCharlieHebdo, shared a video about … [Link]
Slashdot » Back To the Social Media Future
theodp writes: Decades before WhatsApp, Gmail, Facebook, and multiplayer Call of Duty, there was TERM-talk, P-Notes, Notesfiles, and Battlestar. Brian Dear goes back to the future, penning A 1980 Teenager's View on Social Media, as written by his 19-year-old UDEL undergrad self, an avid user of PLATO, the 55-year-old granddaddy of today's MOOCs. (His article is a response to "A … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Seldon Predictive API makes Life Easier for Data Scientists
Seldon will soon release an open-source predictive API aiming to ease the demand on data scientists. The API makes it easy to apply multiple algorithms which can recommend content tailored to customers and offer app personalisation, as well as many other powerful features.
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Mashable » Trampoline jumper nearly squashes kid during slow-mo backflip
When mom warned you to stay away from dangerous trampolines, this probably wasn't on her list of concerns Watch as this trampoline jumper just narrowly avoids squashing a child who's run out behind him. Their incredibly close call is caught entirely in slow motion for maximum viewing pleasure. That is one very lucky kid. Delightful supercut of a French bulldog … [Link]
Mashable » France steps up security ahead of Sunday's unity rally
The massive unity rally planned for Sunday in Paris will be challenging for officials trying to secure the area, especially since several foreign leaders will be in attendance Citing the event's "exceptional" nature, the French Interior Ministry announced that thousands of additional police will be on the streets, and several metro stations will be closed ahead of the event, planned for … [Link]
Slashdot » Big Names Dominate Open Source Funding
jones_supa writes: Network World's analysis of publicly listed sponsors of 36 prominent open-source non-profits and foundations reveals that the lion's share of financial support for open-source groups comes from a familiar set of names. Google was the biggest supporter, appearing on the sponsor lists of eight of the 36 groups analyzed. Four companies – Canonical, SUSE, HP and VMware – … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Man Dramatically Saves his Drone From Utter Destruction [Video]
After flying his new DJI phantom 2 drone for a whole day, Zwier Spanjer had to plunge into a pond to save it from certain death after the battery got depleted. [Zwier Spanjer] The post Man Dramatically Saves his Drone From Utter Destruction [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » It’s Dangerous to go Alone, Take This! [Comic]
[Source: Pictures in Boxes] The post It’s Dangerous to go Alone, Take This! [Comic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Researchers Create Program that “Solves” Texas Hold’em Poker
Researchers in Canada say they’ve created a computer program that has “weakly solved” a form of poker. It may be the first such solution for a game where players don’t have all relevant information available to them. Cepheus, developed at the University of Alberta, is said to be able to play a perfect game of two-player limit Texas Hold’em Poker. … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » One Latté To Rule Them All [Pic]
One latte to rule them all, one latte to grind them, one latte to bring them all, and in the dark roast bind them. [Source: i_am_hawkeye on Reddit] The post One Latté To Rule Them All [Pic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Mashable » New video shows ex-Taliban members joining ISIS, beheading man
ISLAMABAD — A video posted Saturday purports to show former militants of the Pakistani Taliban pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group, and beheading a man they identify as a Pakistani soldier. The video shows former Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, along with dozens of other militants in a wooded area. Shahid already announced his support for ISIS in an audio … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » 10 Nonfiction Books That Will Incite Conversations in 2015
What is amazing about nonfiction books is their ability to spark debate and spark conversation among people. They are not fables with heavy mythology, and are often the catalyst of great discussions that may not have otherwise happened had the book not breached the subject first. Flavorwire’s Elisabeth Donnelly has combed over some very powerful nonfiction set to drop in … [Link]
Mashable » Brother of slain Paris policeman: 'One must not confuse extremists with Muslims'
The family of slain Muslim police officer Ahmed Merabet is urging people not to equate Muslims with extremists, following a string of deadly attacks in three days in Paris that left 20 dead and the city reeling. In an emotional statement issued Saturday, Merabet's brother Malek asked that no one try to avenge his brother's death, and reiterated that Islam is … [Link]
Slashdot » The Mystery of Glenn Seaborg's Missing Plutonium: Solved
KentuckyFC writes: In the early 1940s, Glenn Seaborg made the first lump of plutonium by bombarding uranium-238 with neutrons in two different cyclotrons for over a year, The resulting plutonium, chemically separated and allowed to react with oxygen, weighed 2.77 micrograms. It was the first macroscopic sample ever created and helped win Seaborg a Nobel prize ten years later. The … [Link]
Mashable » Walt and Jesse won't appear on Season 1 of 'Better Call Saul'
PASADENA, Calif. — Breaking Badspinoff Better Call Saul may have brought people back from the dead for the prequel, but don't look for appearances from Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in its first season "We really want this to stand on its own, and we don't want to mislead people, and have them expect something that's not going to happen," executive … [Link]
Mashable » 10 fun facts about Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's 20-year friendship
When Amy Poehler and Tina Fey walk on stage to host their third Golden Globes Awards this Sunday, the world will be treated to yet another brilliant team-up from Hollywood's most down-to-Earth best friends As Amy notes in her recently released memoir Yes Please, she and Tina have been friends for 20 years ("Our relationship is the same age as Lourdes … [Link]
Slashdot » Short-Term Exposure To Diesel Fumes Causes Changes In Gene Expression
BarbaraHudson writes: The Vancouver Sun is reporting on experiments using human volunteers showing that just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes led to biological changes; some genes were switched on while others turned off. The air quality during the diesel fume exposures is said to be comparable to a Beijing highway or shipping ports in British Columbia. The … [Link]
Mashable » Woman wanted in Paris attacks left France before they began, reports say
UPDATED 3:10 p.m. ET A woman named in connection with the deadly Paris attacks that began Wednesday with an assault on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo may have left France before the attacks even began. According to a report on Saturday morning in the French newspaper Le Monde, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, left France on Jan. 2 and has by now crossed … [Link]
Mashable » 5 ways to take control of your Facebook News Feed
Whether it's never-ending posts from annoying "friends" with verbal diarrhea, or repetitive links to stupid survey sites, the truth is that sometimes spending time on Facebook is more irritating than productive The bad news is that Facebook's algorithms to determine what appears in your News Feed are a closely guarded secret. The social media giant simply says, "The stories that show … [Link]
Slashdot » Cryptocurrency Based Basic Income Program Started In Finland
jovius writes: Krypto Fin ry, the association behind Fimkrypto cryptocurrency (FIMK), has started to provide each registered Finnish citizen a payment of 1000 FIMK per month in December. 1000 FIMK equals few dimes at the moment, and a bit over 100 people have registered so far. (The registration is free.) FIMK is based on NXT 2nd generation crypto system; the … [Link]
Mashable » If Kim Jong-un directed 'The Interview'
Few people watching the The Interview are likely to feel even a modicum of sympathy for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un But what if it had it been directed by the dictator/propagandist? One clever YouTube editor combed through The Interview to build a parody that almost makes Kim Jong-un look heroic in the eyes of his people. Check it out, … [Link]
Slashdot » LAPD Orders Body Cams That Will Start Recording When Police Use Tasers
HughPickens.com writes: Lily Hay Newman reports that the LAPD has ordered 3,000 Tasers which, when discharged, will automatically activate cameras on officers' uniforms, creating visual records of incidents at a time of mounting concern about excessive force by U.S. law enforcement officers. The new digital Taser X26P weapons record the date, time, and duration of firing, and whether Taser wires … [Link]
Mashable » Everything we learned from CES 2015
The future is ultra-high resolution, connected and driverless — that's the clear message we took away from the 2015 International CES, which wrapped on Friday after a week of gadget-filled insanity. CES is the first tech event of the year — and it's the biggest. Manufacturers, developers, enthusiasts and everyone in between attend the show to explore the tech landscape, and … [Link]
Mashable » Muslim man hid customers in a fridge during siege of Paris kosher market
Stories of heroism have begun to emerge in the wake of Friday's deadly attack at a kosher market in central Paris. One Muslim man, who worked at the store, is being hailed for reportedly hiding several customers in a fridge during the siege. The attack, described by French President Francois Hollande as an anti-Semitic attack, left four hostages and the attacker … [Link]
Mashable » AMC announces return date for final season of 'Mad Men'
PASADENA, Calif. — The end of Mad Men is now closer than ever AMC announced on Saturday that the Emmy-winning series will begin airing its final batch of episodes on April 5 at 10 p.m. ET See also: HBO has set a return date for 'Game of Thrones' Officially, Mad Men's seventh and final season kicked off a year ago, with … [Link]
Mashable » The many looks of each 'Friends' character over 10 seasons
If you haven't already started and/or finished the Friends binge-watch now that every season is available Netflix, the post-holiday slump lends a good reason to start. It's easy to lose track of time when glued to your couch for days on end, so perhaps you missed the subtle (and not so subtle) ways the characters have changed their looks over the … [Link]
Mashable » George Zimmerman arrested on aggravated assault charge
George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted in the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, was arrested Friday on an aggravated assault charge. Zimmerman was arrested around 10 p.m., local time, in Lake Mary, Florida, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. During a court appearance Saturday morning, a judge set Zimmerman's bond at $5,000, and ordered … [Link]
Slashdot » SpaceX Rocket Launch Succeeds, But Landing Test Doesn't
New submitter 0x2A writes: A Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station early Saturday— and then returned to Earth, apparently impacting its target ocean platform during a landing test in the Atlantic. "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well … [Link]
Mashable » Utah Jazz's Trevor Booker makes the craziest shot of the NBA season
When there's only two-tenths of a second left on the clock, it's time to get creative. Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker made the greatest shot of the NBA season during Friday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a once-in-a-lifetime shot when he lightly tapped the ball over his head, and into the basket behind him. See also: 10 … [Link]
Mashable » 10 'Cat Fancy' covers to celebrate an immeowculate magazine
Nothing gold can stay — not even Cat Fancy I-5 Publishing announced its plans last month to discontinue the world's preeminent cat magazine, which launched in 1965, in favor of two new magazines aimed to suit modern times: Catster and Dogster, which will debut in February. See also: 5 cats that found fame before the Internet The rebranding is clearly a … [Link]
Mashable » Rupert Murdoch: Muslims should be held responsible for 'jihadist cancer'
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp, joined the debate on religion and extremism Friday night with a tweet that some condemned as racist and Islamophobic. Reacting to the deadly attack on Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Murdoch said Muslims should "be held responsible" for "their growing jihadist cancer." Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist … [Link]
Mashable » 100 years ago, the House denied women's right to vote — for the last time
Imagine an American woman who had no right to vote. It may be hard to believe, but she existed just 100 years ago. And on Jan. 12, 1915, Congress overwhelmingly denied her the right to cast a ballot alongside her fellow man.On that day suffragists lined the galleries as a 10-hour debate in the House of Representatives unfolded, according to an … [Link]
Slashdot » Anonymous Declares War Over Charlie Hebdo Attack
mpicpp writes with news that hackers claiming to represent Anonymous have declared war on terrorists. They pledged to take down websites and social media accounts being used by jihadists as retaliation for the Charlie Hebdo attack. They said, "It is clear that some people do not want, in a free world, this inviolable and sacred right to express in any … [Link]
Mashable » 4 ways you're ruining your chances for a promotion
It’s been a few years, and you’ve been exceptionally diligent. Ever since you realized it was a possibility, that promotion has been your goal, and you’ve been gunning for it with everything you’ve got. But, wait. Before you keep charging blindly ahead, make sure your grand plans aren’t derailed by any of these easy-to-make mistakes. 1. Winning over your boss but … [Link]
Mashable » #RIPFidel fuels false rumors of Cuban leader's death after another Fidel Castro dies
Rumors of the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been spotted in months, went into overdrive on Friday night due in part to an unrelated death thousands of miles away. As the #RIPFidel hashtag began to spread online, it became clear that rumors of Castro's death were being fueled by the high-profile death of a different man … [Link]
Mashable » This is your future smart home — and no, it doesn't look like 'The Jetsons'
LAS VEGAS — In just a few years, you'll awake in the morning to the sound of your alarm, and the hidden sensors in the room will know you're getting up. The lights will automatically, but gradually turn on and the thermostat will warm the rooms you're about to use — the bathroom, the kitchen and, a few minutes later, your … [Link]
Mashable » Why do we run so slowly in our dreams?
You know how to run You've done it thousands of times, swishing your arms back and forth, tackling ground one leg at a time. And yet, when you enter a dream, running becomes much more complex. You feel sluggish, weighed down, forced to pull your body through some kind of invisible quicksand hellbent on trapping you It feels like you're running … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: 79% Off Soul Electronics SE5BLK Elite High Definition Active Noise Canceling Headphones – $59 + FREE Shipping
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Soul Electronics SE5BLK Elite High Definition Active Noise Canceling Headphones for just $59 plus free shipping. That’s 79% off on the headphones’ regular list price of $279.99. Within every pair of SOUL SE5 headphones, advanced electronics use microphones inside and outside each ear cup to sense the sounds around … [Link]
Mashable » Tail of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lifted from sea floor, but no black boxes found
The first large section of the crashed AirAsia flight, a tail section emblazoned with the airline's logo, was lifted from the sea floor on Saturday. But investigators didn't find the black boxes they hoped would be inside. The recovery comes nearly two weeks after Flight 8501 went down in the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board the aircraft. See … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Can a Dog Understand the Human Language? [Science Video]
Can dogs actually understand what we’re saying when we talk to them? Recent research show that the creatures that we’ve been selectively breeding from wolves to what they are today for the past 10,000 years might know more about our language and emotions that we might think! [It’s Okay To Be Smart] The post Can a Dog Understand the Human … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » A bounty hunter, a smuggler and an archaeologist walk into a bar… [Pic]
Click Picture to Enlarge! [Source: Rabittooth on Deviantart | Via NA] The post A bounty hunter, a smuggler and an archaeologist walk into a bar… [Pic] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » These Alien Rage Shoes are Xenomorphly Beautiful
These “Alien Rage” shoes featuring the beautiful artwork of an attacking Xenomorph by artist Orlando Arocena are available for sale from Teefury right now. Sizes available: Men – 4 to 15. Women: 6 to 11. [Alien Rage Shoes] The post These Alien Rage Shoes are Xenomorphly Beautiful appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Dying Light: When Parkour Meets the Zombie Apocalypse [POV Video]
Inspired by the highly-anticipated action survival game, Dying Light, this Real-Life Parkour video puts you in the POV of a runner and takes you on a frantic escape from zombies through the rooftops of Cambridge, UK. [Ampisound] The post Dying Light: When Parkour Meets the Zombie Apocalypse [POV Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Wazer Wifle: An Epic Fallout 3 Rap Music Video
Warning: Language. One of the best games of all time, combined with a cool beat and catchy lyrics. How can this not be awesome? [Openmindedmusick | Via Dorkly] The post Wazer Wifle: An Epic Fallout 3 Rap Music Video appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
New Scientist – News » SpaceX rocket crashes in first attempted boat landing
"Close, but no cigar this time," tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after his firm's Falcon 9 rocket was destroyed as it attempted to land on a barge at sea 
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Slashdot » For the First Time In 3 Years, Investments In Renewable Energy Increased
Lucas123 writes: Driven largely by oil price weakness, 2015 could be the best year to date for investments in renewable energy technology, according to several new reports. According to Bloomberg Energy Finance, new funding for wind, solar, biofuels and other low-carbon energy technologies grew 16% to $310 billion last year. It was the first growth since 2011 (PDF), erasing the … [Link]
Mashable » French government urges extreme vigilance after attacks
PARIS — France's interior minister is calling for "extreme vigilance" after three days of attacks by terrorists that left 20 dead, including the three men who carried out the attacks in Paris. Bernard Cazeneuve said after an emergency security meeting Saturday that the government is deploying hundreds of troops in addition to thousands of police and other security forces. He said … [Link]
Mashable » SpaceX comes close, but fails to land rocket on ocean platform
SpaceX’s attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a floating ocean platform Saturday was unsuccessful, the company has announced The rocket, which carries supplies for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, has been launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:47 a.m. ET Saturday See also: Watch SpaceX try to land a rocket on … [Link]
Slashdot » Linux Controls a Gasoline Engine With Machine Learning
An anonymous reader writes: Here's a short (2 min) video of PREEMPT_RT Linux controlling a gasoline engine from one burn to the next using a Raspberry Pi. It's using an adaptive machine learning algorithm that can predict near chaotic combustion in real-time. A paper about the algorithm is available at the arXiv. 
Read more of this story at Slashdot. 
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Mashable » 15 intimate snapshots of the Romanov family, shortly before their execution
Anastasia Romanov pulling a faceImage: Laski Diffusion/Getty ImagesMany of these rare pictures of the imperial Romanov family were taken by head of the family and Russia's last tsar himself, Nicholas II. An insatiable photographer, the tsar took great care of his pictures, filing them carefully in numerous albums. He passed down his love for photography to Maria, his third daughter, who was responsible for … [Link]
Slashdot » Virgin Galactic Test Flights To Restart This Year
astroengine writes: Test flights of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo are on schedule to begin again this year – this time with its own pilots, the chief executive of Richard Branson's space startup said Friday. The first in a series of planned passenger spaceships was destroyed on Oct. 31, 2014, during a fatal test flight being conducted by manufacturer Scaled Composites. The … [Link]
Slashdot » EFF Takes On Online Harassment
Gamoid writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has identified online harassment as a major challenge facing free speech on the Internet, and lays out its plan to fix it. They say, "Online harassment is a digital rights issue. At its worst, it causes real and lasting harms to its targets, a fact that must be central to any discussion of harassment. … [Link]
Slashdot » OpenSSL Patches Eight New Vulnerabilities
itwbennett writes: Server administrators are advised to upgrade OpenSSL again to fix eight new vulnerabilities, two of which can lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Although the flaws are only of moderate and low severity, "system administrators should plan to upgrade their running OpenSSL server instances in the coming days," said Tod Beardsley, engineering manager at vulnerability intelligence firm Rapid7. Read … [Link]
Mashable » Divers tackle waves as they hoist tail of crashed AirAsia 8501 jet out of Java Sea
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers fought strong currents and waves as they worked to hoist the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks ago after it went down, killing all 162 people on board. Inflatable bags were being attached to the rear of the aircraft, and a crane will be used to lift … [Link]
Mashable » Through the Looking Glass: Virtual Reality gets real at CES
LAS VEGAS — Along with all the incremental improvements of existing tech-related staples (audio equipment, cars, etc.) as well as cutting-edge tech (wearables and drones) showcased at CES, we witnessed a major shift: Virtual reality matured into a serious category It's not that the show floor was laden with VR technology, but the ones that did show up were no longer … [Link]
Mashable » Hecklers shout 'We believe the women' during Bill Cosby show
Heckling at Bill Cosby shows appears to be mounting as yet another disturbance occurred while he performed Friday night in Hamilton, Ontario. As seen in the video above, a group of women can be heard shouting "We believe the women," referring to the more than a dozen women who have recently accused Cosby of raping them over the past few … [Link]
Slashdot » Intel 5th Gen Core Series Performance Preview With 2015 Dell XPS 13
MojoKid writes: Intel's strategically timed CES 2015 launch of their new 5th Gen Core Series processors for notebooks was met with a reasonably warm reception, though it's always difficult to rise above the noise of CES chatter. Performance claims for Intel's new chip promise major gains in graphics and more modest increases in standard compute applications. However, the biggest bet … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Fans and the Doctor’s Regeneration Cycle [Pic]
Yep, totally true. I haven’t watched series 8 yet (I’m at 7,) but so far, it’s been like that for all versions of the Doctor. I’m not so sure about Capaldi though, what I saw online about the new series hasn’t really impressed me, but I’ve seen very little. Do you guys like the 12th doctor? Or did you prefer … [Link]
Mashable » Missouri leaders held secret talks to oust Ferguson Police Chief, Darren Wilson
ST. LOUIS — Some of Missouri's top leaders tried unsuccessfully to pressure Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson to resign after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, interviews with several elected officials and records released Friday show. Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III told The Associated Press that top state officials had several meetings where they applied pressure on the city to force … [Link]
Mashable » Intel's Compute Stick is a $150 PC in the size of a Chromecast
HDMI-based streaming sticks are hot. Whether it's the Chromecast, the Roku Streaming Stick, Amazon's Fire TV Stick or Mozilla's Matchstick, putting a bunch of electronics into n stick that can plug into the HDMI port on your TV (or computer monitor) is all the rage That's why Intel's new Compute Stick — which the company showed off at CES 2015 — … [Link]
Slashdot » Closure On the Linux Lockup Bug
jones_supa writes: Dave Jones from Red Hat has written a wrap-up of the strange bug that has made some machines running Linux to freeze. (Previous discussion.) Right down to his final week at Red Hat before Dave gave all his hardware back, Linus Torvalds managed to reproduce similar symptoms, by scribbling directly to the HPET timer. He came up with … [Link]
Mashable » 'Glee' season opener inspires hope that show's gotten its groove back
One-time Gleeks who quit the club: The final season might be the time to sign up once agin At least, that's the impression given by the former network Golden Child's Friday season premiere episode See also: Lea Michele belts out 'Let it Go' on 'Glee' season premiere In the episode, Rachel (Lea Michele) heads back to Ohio after her live TV … [Link]
Mashable » Authorities weigh criminal charges for ex-CIA Director David Petraeus
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is weighing bringing criminal charges against former CIA Director David Petraeus over the handling of classified information, a U.S. official says. Federal investigators have been looking into whether Petraeus provided classified information to his biographer, Paula Broadwell, with whom he admitted having an affair when he resigned from the CIA in 2012. FBI officials discovered classified … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Sees Biggest Search Traffic Drop Since 2009 As Yahoo Gains Ground
helix2301 writes: Google's grip on the Internet search market loosened in December, as the search engine saw its largest drop since 2009. That loss was Yahoo's gain, as the Marissa Mayer-helmed company added almost 2% from November to December to bring its market share back into double digits. Google's lead remains overwhelming, with just more than three-quarters of search, according … [Link]
Mashable » A 'Princess Bride' iPhone game? As you wish!
You may know to never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line. You may actually know what inconceivable means. But can you survive a climb up the Cliffs of Insanity? iOS users can try their luck at that and three other mini-games in The Princess Bride – The Official Game, released Thursday by Gameblend. Those include … [Link]
Mashable » Anatomy of a standoff: How the French hostage crises went down
On Friday, French security forces killed the two brothers — Cherif and Said Kouachi — suspected of murdering 12 people in an attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The suspects were killed after an hours-long standoff with police near the Charles de Gaulle Airport. Meanwhile in Paris, a third gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, was killed by police at a kosher … [Link]
Mashable » Obama's free community college plan faces uphill battle
President Barack Obama wants the first two years of community college to be free for many Americans, but his plan to make that happen is mostly talk for now The president proposed the idea at Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee on Friday after announcing the plan in a video posted on Facebook Thursday night. The proposal would reportedly cost $60 … [Link]
Mashable » President Hollande: Attack on Paris market an "anti-Semitic" act
French President Francois Hollande on Friday referred to a deadly attack on a kosher market in Paris as an "anti-Semitic act" and urged France to remain "implacable" in the face of racism. See also: 4 pieces of evidence linking al-Qaeda to the Paris terror attack Hollande says hostage situation at kosher market in Paris was "an appalling anti-Semitic act." pic.twitter.com/50l0IEkRpQ — … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Forging Dante’s Rebellion Sword in Real Life [Video]
Every other Monday, our team of blacksmiths and craftsman will be building some of your favorite weapons, and some weapons that you’ve never seen before. This week, we’re recreating Dante’s Rebellion Sword from Devil May Cry! [Awe Me] The post Forging Dante’s Rebellion Sword in Real Life [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]
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