Electronic Voting To Enter Australian House of Representatives

The federal government has announced electronic voting will be introduced into the Parliament of Australia, with Leader of the House of Representatives Christopher Pyne confirming it will be implemented in the lower house next year. From a report: “The implementation of electronic voting will reduce significantly the time required for each vote in the chamber,” Pyne said. “Voting outcomes will be transparent, accurate, and known immediately, freeing up more time for important parliamentary business to be conducted each day the house sits. Electronic voting will also provide an electronic solution for recording division voting and improve online accessibility to division process and results,” he added. While the details are scarce at this stage, Pyne said the Department of Parliamentary Services will shortly call for tenders for the project, also giving “innovative” businesses and individuals an opportunity to contribute.

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Source: Slashdot – Electronic Voting To Enter Australian House of Representatives

AirPod-holstering Apple Watch band is equal parts obnoxious and useful

Just when you thought goofy AirPod shirt-collar pockets were bad, another company comes along to prove you wrong. Elago (not to be confused with Elgato) has come out with an AirPod-holding wristband accessory for the Apple Watch, as spotted by Macrum…

Source: Engadget – AirPod-holstering Apple Watch band is equal parts obnoxious and useful

Xbox E3 2018 Predictions 10 Announcements That Need to be Made

COGconnected: Check out our Xbox E3 2018 predictions to see what 10 games we think have a chance to be announced and steal the show during Microsoft’s exciting press conference.

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Source: PS4 News – Xbox E3 2018 Predictions 10 Announcements That Need to be Made

Nintendo Classic Consoles Replacing the Virtual Console

Nintendo Classic Consoles Replacing the Virtual Console – Instead of taking the traditional approach, Nintendo is releasing a line of classic consoles which are replacing their fabled Virtual Console which began 12 years ago on the Nintendo Wii.

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Source: PS4 News – Nintendo Classic Consoles Replacing the Virtual Console

A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks

There may be a digital fence around that emergency department. (credit: KOMUnews)

With digital traps in hospitals, there’s no need for personal injury lawyers to chase ambulances these days.

Law firms are using geofencing in hospital emergency rooms to target advertisements to patients’ mobile devices as they seek medical care, according to Philadelphia public radio station WHYY. Geofencing can essentially create a digital perimeter around certain locations and target location-aware devices within the borders of those locations. Patients who unwittingly jump that digital fence may see targeted ads for more than a month, and on multiple devices, the outlet notes.

While the reality may seem like a creepy nuisance to some, privacy experts are raising alarms.

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Source: Ars Technica – A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks

Nature, as Ranked by Google Users

When it comes to informed consumption, online user reviews can be pretty damn meaningless. Amazon products are chock full of paid approbations. Movies, TV, and games—god forbid they become a source of controversy—have had their crowdsourced ratings intentionally tanked by the sore and sour. Unless you’re trying to…

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Source: Gizmodo – Nature, as Ranked by Google Users

NPM Fails Worldwide With 'ERR! 418 I'm a Teapot' Error

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: Users of the NPM JavaScript package manager were greeted by a weird error yesterday evening, as their consoles and applications spewed a message of “ERR! 418 I’m a teapot” whenever they tried to update or install a new JavaScript/Node.js package. JavaScript developers from all over the world received the error, and not just in certain geographical regions. The bug did not affect all users, but only those behind a proxy server.

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Source: Slashdot – NPM Fails Worldwide With ‘ERR! 418 I’m a Teapot’ Error

Russian search giant Yandex built a smart speaker for its AI assistant

Russia isn’t going to sit on the sidelines while American companies like Amazon and Google conquer the smart speaker world. Search giant Yandex has launched the Yandex.Station, billed both as Russia’s first smart speaker and the company’s first hard…

Source: Engadget – Russian search giant Yandex built a smart speaker for its AI assistant

Dark Souls Remastered Gets Tech Accolades

Seven years after its introduction, Dark Souls has made its way back to us. Those of us who want to beat our heads on our keyboards over, and over, and over again. Digital Foundry has a great review of the new features in the game from a graphic’s and tech perspective. Yeah, we like that geeky stuff.



It’s the port we were most concerned about after the disastrous PC ‘Prepare to Die’ Edition… but developer QLOC has pulled it off. You get fresh new visuals, improved performance and proper resolution support. But as Alex reveals, perhaps it’s just a bit too close to the console versions for its own good.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Dark Souls Remastered Gets Tech Accolades

What's Your Favorite Summer Side Dish?

Hello, and welcome back to What’s Cooking?, the open thread where you get to share your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes, and opinions on all things food-related. Now that the season of grilling has officially begun, I’d like to talk about the most important part of the barbecue: the sides.

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Source: LifeHacker – What’s Your Favorite Summer Side Dish?

Everyone Needs to Calm Down About Solo's Box Office Performance

Solo is an extremely fine Star Wars movie that just so happens to not have made nearly as much money as Disney initially expected it to. For some reason, everyone seems to think that this is a big deal. I regret to inform everyone that it is not.

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Source: Gizmodo – Everyone Needs to Calm Down About Solo’s Box Office Performance