Every software glitch is at least a little irksome, but Microsoft’s latest bug is driving some people up the wall. Office users running a recent update have noticed a bug that ever-so-briefly pops up a background task window… every hour. It’s ann…
Source: Engadget – Microsoft Office bug nags you with a pop-up every hour
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Sean Spicer Was Weirdly Unprepared to Talk About Trump's Favorite Subject: Fake News
On Tuesday, Sean Spicer held his first press briefing in two weeks, following Donald Trump’s first trip abroad as president. It didn’t go well.
Source: Gizmodo – Sean Spicer Was Weirdly Unprepared to Talk About Trump’s Favorite Subject: Fake News
An Early Look At Debian 9.0 Performance vs. Debian 8.8, Ubuntu 17.04, CentOS 7, Clear Linux
With Debian 9.0 “Stretch” being released in a few weeks, you can expect to find a number of Debian GNU/Linux comparisons coming up on Phoronix in June. For those curious how the performance of Debian Stretch is looking now that it’s nearly finalized, here are some initial benchmarks compared to the current stable Debian 8.8 release as well as Ubuntu 17.04, CentOS 7, and Clear Linux.
Source: Phoronix – An Early Look At Debian 9.0 Performance vs. Debian 8.8, Ubuntu 17.04, CentOS 7, Clear Linux
Photo: Fawn and doe linger in the dappled light
Our photo of the day provides a lesson in spots.
Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Fawn and doe linger in the dappled light
Denny’s mobile ordering is your lazy ticket to bad food choices
Denny’s, which likes to think of itself as “America’s diner,” is making it easier to get its food without any human interaction — very American, indeed. The company announced today that customers can now order delivery or takeout on its website, wit…
Source: Engadget – Denny’s mobile ordering is your lazy ticket to bad food choices
Don't Let That Global Warming Sleep Study Keep You Up at Night
Climate change is bad—it’s causing sea levels to rise, it’s exacerbating heat waves, it’s damaging coral reefs, the list goes on. But that doesn’t mean every time researchers find a correlation between some bad thing and the temperature, we should freak out about how global warming is going to everything on this round…
Source: Gizmodo – Don’t Let That Global Warming Sleep Study Keep You Up at Night
Intel's Super Portable Compute Card Could Be Your Real Pocket PC
An anonymous reader writes (edited and condensed for length): Smartphones are already computers in our pockets, but Intel’s new Compute Card turns an actual PC into something you can take with you wherever you go. Equipped with a range of processor options — including an ultra-efficient Celeron, and notebook-class Core i5s, this slap that looks like a USB backup battery is attracting a range of interest from Intel OEM partners hoping to use it for everything from smart signage to modular notebooks. The Intel Compute Card, which was originally revealed at CES earlier this year, will come in a range of configurations that include up to 4GB of RAM and 128GB of flash storage, as well as built-in AC 8265 wireless networking and Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity, the company said today at Computex. Intel also announced availability of the Compute Card Device Design Kit today, which will let OEM partners create devices that work with the modular computing core. LG Display, Sharp, Dell, HP and Lenovo are already working on accessory solutions for Compute Card, Intel said.
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Source: Slashdot – Intel’s Super Portable Compute Card Could Be Your Real Pocket PC
How to Check If Your Credit Card Info Was Stolen in the Recent Chipotle Hack
Chipotle announced back in April that their payment system had been hacked and customer credit card info may have been stolen. Turns out, that’s exactly what happened.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Check If Your Credit Card Info Was Stolen in the Recent Chipotle Hack
Adequate Man Should NBA Games Play To A Score Instead Of A Clock?
Adequate Man Should NBA Games Play To A Score Instead Of A Clock? | Jezebel I Auditioned for America’s Got Talent to Find Out If I’ve Got Talent | The Root #DariusSmith: 15-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot by Customs Agent; Family Demands Answers | Fusion Today’s White House Press Briefing: Waaaaaaaahhhh Waaaaaaaahhh |
Source: Gizmodo – Adequate Man Should NBA Games Play To A Score Instead Of A Clock?
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Hallo mein Name ist Exploiter und ich bin ein ps4 dev und ich habe an meinem eigenen privat gearbeitet
Hello my name is Exploiter and I am a ps4 dev and I have been working on my own private
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European Union Will Fund Public Wifi
An anonymous reader writes: The European Union is moving towards getting free public wifi into unconnected locations around the bloc. A new agreement will provide 120 million euros to “fund equipment for public free Wi-Fi services in 6,000 to 8,000 municipalities” across the E.U.
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Source: Slashdot – European Union Will Fund Public Wifi
Vanishing star hints at direct collapse to black hole
Enlarge / First you see it, then you don’t. (credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Kochanek)
The rules for a stellar death seem pretty simple. If the star isn’t that massive, it burns out into a carbon-rich remnant called a white dwarf. If it’s big enough, the star ends in a bang, exploding in a supernova that can leave behind a neutron star or a black hole. But a number of simulations have suggested that there’s another option: big stars that go out not with a bang but a whimper.
The idea is that, rather than exploding, much of the mass of the star falls inward to the core, forming a larger black hole. While some of the outer layers of the star are shed and it brightens briefly, there’s no catastrophic explosion. Now, researchers about to publish in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society have identified one of these collapses in the form of a star that seems to have vanished.
No bang
While supernovae are often called explosions, they’re actually a bit more complicated than that. Deep within the soon-to-be supernova, all the lighter elements have been fused, leaving the core to undergo reactions that absorb energy. Without any excess energy to push back against gravity, the interior of the star collapses, forming a black hole or neutron star. It’s only the outer layers that are jettisoned, creating an outburst of light and material.
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Source: Ars Technica – Vanishing star hints at direct collapse to black hole
Apple Music-exclusive 'Carpool Karaoke' arrives August 8th
Fans of Late Late Night’s “Carpool Karaoke” have a lot to look forward to. Apple’s newly-acquired exclusive series has been planned for a while now (though it’s already been delayed ), and will include celebrities like Ariana Grande, Will Smith, Alic…
Source: Engadget – Apple Music-exclusive ‘Carpool Karaoke’ arrives August 8th
How to Share the "Mental Load" of Chores With Your Partner
My wife and I try to divide our household chores equally: She cooks, I do the dishes. She buys groceries, I do the laundry. My easiest chore is setting the table. It takes about one minute and she has to remind me every time.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Share the “Mental Load” of Chores With Your Partner
Wonder Woman Writer Is Glad He Changed Diana's Origin Because World War I Is So Relevant Right Now
One very interesting choice made for Wonder Woman was changing the time of Diana’s entry into the world of man from World War II to World War I. Writer Allan Heinberg feels like the change, made awhile ago, showed foresight because of the relevance of that war to today.
Source: Gizmodo – Wonder Woman Writer Is Glad He Changed Diana’s Origin Because World War I Is So Relevant Right Now
The Hardest Word to Spell in Wisconsin Is 'Wisconsin'
We’ve all been there: violently ill with elbows on your knees and pants around your ankles, vigorously tapping on a phone screen looking for any advice to alleviate the symptoms. Then suddenly you ask yourself, “How the hell do I spell ‘diarrhea?’”
Source: Gizmodo – The Hardest Word to Spell in Wisconsin Is ‘Wisconsin’
How Facebook Praises and Pressures a Country's Leader To Get Exactly What It Wants
The Irish Independent has published correspondence between Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Irish prime minister Enda Kenny, obtained through a freedom of information law request. Facebook’s European headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. The document reveals that Sheryl Sandberg lobbied Irish Prime Minister to influence Ireland’s choice of official who would regulate them. From a report: The documents provides a rare window into how one of the world’s most powerful technology companies conducts its business. In one email, after a meeting between Sandberg and Kenny at the annual World Economic Forum conference in Davos in early 2014, the Facebook executive praises the Irish politician’s position on a set of sweeping, new, Europe-wide data privacy laws. “You and your staff really internalized our concerns,” she writes. “And were able to present them in a reasonable way, which has had a positive impact.” After that compliment, Sandberg turns to the matter of global tax law reform at the OECD, which Kenny was also involved in. Here, she raises the prospect of Facebook shifting its investment strategy in Europe. After noting that the tax discussions would be “very complicated,” Sandberg wrote: “We hope to be helpful to you identifying the implications with different options for future investment and growth in Europe.” That suggestion came as Facebook was in the process of expanding its Dublin office and headcount.
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Source: Slashdot – How Facebook Praises and Pressures a Country’s Leader To Get Exactly What It Wants
How to Be an Adult with Author Andy Boyle
This week on The Upgrade we spoke with Andy Boyle, author of Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You. Adulthood for Beginners is a funny book filled with life advice on everything from dating to job seeking to “generally not looking like a dumbass.” Andy is also a comedian, web…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Be an Adult with Author Andy Boyle
Decrypted: American Gods showed us who Wednesday really is
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For the weirdest episode of American Gods so far this season, I was delighted to have on our podcast a guest whose job is to translate Old Norse, the language of the Vikings. Jackson Crawford teaches Old Norse at UC Berkeley and University of Colorado at Boulder, and he explains Norse culture and language delightfully on his YouTube channel. He joined us to discuss some of the myths behind the gods in this show.
Spoilers ahead and in the podcast! Also: my profound apologies for the sound in this episode. There were about a zillion technical problems on my end as I recorded this on the road, and our engineer Jennifer Hahn worked heroically to fix it. But it still sounds kind of echoey in places.
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Source: Ars Technica – Decrypted: American Gods showed us who Wednesday really is
Russian internet giant Yandex shows off its self-driving car
When Russia’s Yandex revealed that it, too, was working on self-driving cars, it was hard not to be a bit skeptical. Wouldn’t it be well behind American counterparts with a years-long head start, like Waymo? Clearly, it’s making up for lost time: Yan…
Source: Engadget – Russian internet giant Yandex shows off its self-driving car