In an attempt to boost confidence in its Play Store offerings, Google has announced new rules designed to weed out misleading, low-quality apps from its marketplace.
Source: Gizmodo – New Google Play Store Rules Aim to Weed Out Spammy Apps
Monthly Archives: April 2021
How to Plan Your Workout Schedule Around Your COVID-19 Vaccine
The COVID vaccines are notorious for causing fatigue, sore arms, and sometimes headachy or feverish reactions. So if you have a vaccine appointment coming up, should you plan on skipping a workout or two? Maybe, but ultimately you’ll have to play it by ear.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Plan Your Workout Schedule Around Your COVID-19 Vaccine
Low-Income Households Can Soon Sign Up for the FCC's Broadband Subsidy
Low-income households can enroll in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) starting May 12.
Source: Gizmodo – Low-Income Households Can Soon Sign Up for the FCC’s Broadband Subsidy
One Month Later, Outriders Still Can’t Catch A Break
Baffling nerfs. Connection issues. Inventory wipes. Since Outriders launched a month ago, the game has been plagued by issues. For every step forward, the loot-shooter seemingly takes two back. Today’s update, the first significant one in several weeks, is no exception.
Source: Kotaku – One Month Later, Outriders Still Can’t Catch A Break
Is It OK When Passive Voice Is Used?
Even when you think you’ve got a handle on grammar, you might not realize how easy it is easy to unwittingly venture into lexical territory that would rile your freshman year English teacher. Certainly back in my college days, I had a few teacher’s assistants who would get on my case for using the passive voice.
Source: LifeHacker – Is It OK When Passive Voice Is Used?
Riot will record voice chats in 'Valorant' to tackle harassment
The publisher said it will only listen to a recording after a report is filed.
Source: Engadget – Riot will record voice chats in ‘Valorant’ to tackle harassment
Alleged Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPU Stripped To Expose Quad Chiplets With Up To 80 Cores
Past leaks have suggested that Intel’s upcoming 4th Gen Xeon Scalable server processors codenamed Sapphire Rapids will flex up to 56 cores and 112 threads of big iron, but maybe an even bigger flex is in store. A user who got their hands on a supposed Sapphire Rapids engineering sample did onlookers a solid by peeling away the integrated heatspreader,
Source: Hot Hardware – Alleged Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPU Stripped To Expose Quad Chiplets With Up To 80 Cores
Ultimate Guide to Backing Up Your Ubuntu Systems Using Timeshift
Timeshift is a fabulous tool for the backup and restoration of the Linux operating system.
Source: Linux Today – Ultimate Guide to Backing Up Your Ubuntu Systems Using Timeshift
Sea Level Rise Driven by a Crucial Ice Sheet Could Be 30% More Than Predicted
Look out world—the ice sheet is coming. New research says that the total collapse of a crucial ice sheet in Antarctica could mean that sea levels would rise an additional 30% more than scientists currently predict.
Source: Gizmodo – Sea Level Rise Driven by a Crucial Ice Sheet Could Be 30% More Than Predicted
How to Make a Summer Cocktail Out of a Popsicle
We are so lucky to have popsicles. Not only are they delicious, they offer respite from sweltering heat, and make a fantastic base for Frosé. But alcohol is unfriendly to ice crystal formation, and making one of those trendy pink slushies requires at least two pops. But you don’t have to make a slushy; a popsicle can…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Make a Summer Cocktail Out of a Popsicle
Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Introduction
Linux for Starters offers a gentle introduction to Linux for newcomers. Let’s kick off this series with the very basics.
Source: LXer – Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Introduction
Porsche rumored to be entering F1 with Red Bull Racing
Enlarge / Red Bull is assuming control of its own engine development next year once Honda leaves the sport. But could we see Porsche badges on the cars before too long? The rumors won’t stop swirling. (credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images)
Even though we’re only two races in, this year’s Formula 1 season is already shaping up to be the most competitive in years. Thanks to the resurgent Red Bull Racing, Mercedes-AMG has a real fight on its hands for the first time since the introduction of hybrid powertrains in 2014.
Red Bull is in the final year of a partnership with Honda, and the Japanese OEM has pulled out all the stops in an effort to leave the sport with a little glory. Starting next year, Red Bull will take over the engine program from Honda, developing its own engines à la Mercedes-AMG, Ferrari, and Alpine. But could we see the energy-drink team partner with Porsche?
Rumors that Volkswagen Group is going to enter F1, either through its Porsche or Audi brands, are almost ever-present in the sport. Both Porsche and Audi scaled back their factory racing efforts as a result of dieselgate and then the pandemic, although both companies are planning to return to endurance racing at Le Mans and here in the US by 2023.
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Source: Ars Technica – Porsche rumored to be entering F1 with Red Bull Racing
Abolish Intellectual Property
Virologist and medical researcher Jonas Salk developed a successful polio vaccine that was approved in 1955, helping the world all but eradicate the disease.
Source: Gizmodo – Abolish Intellectual Property
It's 2021 & The FSF Is Still Endorsing 802.11n WiFi Hardware
As the first announcement of a newly-certified product by the Free Software Foundation since early 2020 as “Respect Your Freedom” compliant, the FSF is backing another 802.11n WiFi adapter…
Source: Phoronix – It’s 2021 & The FSF Is Still Endorsing 802.11n WiFi Hardware
Cybersecurity Tiger Team Assembled To Maul Ransomware Thugs, Intercept Their Money Trail
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and both organizations, such as the Washington D.C. Police Department, and individuals like QNAP NAS owners, are being targeted relentlessly. To help combat this, leaders from Amazon, Cisco, FireEye, McAfee, Microsoft, and other firms joined forces with the U.S. Department of Justice, Europol, and the U.K.
Source: Hot Hardware – Cybersecurity Tiger Team Assembled To Maul Ransomware Thugs, Intercept Their Money Trail
Samsung Galaxy Book Go Emerges As An Affordable Windows 10 On Arm Laptop
It looks as though Samsung is ready to take another stab at an Arm-powered Windows 10 laptop. The company entered the fray with its Galaxy Book S, which features a Snapdragon 8cx SoC, a 13.3-inch display, and a starting price of $949. However, Samsung is looking to deliver Arm performance and battery life at a much lower price point with the
Source: Hot Hardware – Samsung Galaxy Book Go Emerges As An Affordable Windows 10 On Arm Laptop
Lucifer's New Trailer Gives Us a Devil With a God Complex
The second half of Lucifer’s fifth season is soon to arrive, and now we’ve got a trailer that shares rather a lot about what we can expect, including an outright explanation as to why a sweater-clad God (Dennis Haysbert) has visited Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and the rest of his squabbling family on Earth: he wants to retire!
Source: Gizmodo – Lucifer’s New Trailer Gives Us a Devil With a God Complex
How to Score 50%-Off Amtrak Fares for Your Summer Travel
Amtrak has been putting out some pretty good deals lately, but this one has the best value: As part of a 50th anniversary celebration, Coach and Acela Business class fares are currently 50% off the regular price for select routes across the country. The deal also includes $50 flat fares between major cities, provided…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Score 50%-Off Amtrak Fares for Your Summer Travel
Climate law jeopardizes freedoms, German court rules—but not how you think
Enlarge / Wind turbines spin as steam rises from the cooling towers of the Jäenschwalde coal-fired power plant in the distance. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Germany’s top court struck down part of the nation’s sweeping climate law, saying it violates people’s freedoms.
By many standards, the law is aggressive, requiring the country to slash emissions 55 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. The country has already trimmed 35 percent of its carbon pollution, leaving just another 20 percent to be cut over the next nine years. And that’s where the court found fault with the law, saying that it left too much of the burden to future generations.
“The regulations irreversibly postpone high emission reduction burdens until periods after 2030,” the Constitutional Court wrote in a release explaining the ruling.
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Source: Ars Technica – Climate law jeopardizes freedoms, German court rules—but not how you think
Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought
Cancer may have been a bigger menace in medieval times than previously assumed, new research this week suggests. The study, based on X-ray and CT scans of preserved bones, estimates that around one in every 10 residents of medieval Britain died with cancer in their body.
Source: Gizmodo – Scans of Medieval Skeletons Show Cancer Has Been Common Longer Than We Thought