“Microsoft has joined forces with LF Energy, a Linux Foundation nonprofit working to accelerate the energy transition of the world’s grids and transportation systems through open source,” reports ZDNet:
Microsoft has become a strategic member of the fo…
With HTTPS Everywhere, EFF Begins Plans to Eventually Deprecate ‘HTTPS Everywhere’ Extension
The Record reports:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation said it is preparing to retire the famous HTTPS Everywhere browser extension after HTTPS adoption has picked up and after several web browsers have introduced HTTPS-only modes.” “After the end of …
US Military Seeks Comments on Its Plan to Build a Small, Transportable Nuclear Reactor
America’s Department of Defense “is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho,” reports the Associated Press:
The department began a 45-day comment period on F…
Samsung Engineers Propose ‘Copying and Pasting’ the Brain onto AI Chips
Samsung has proposed a way to build brain-like computer chips by “copying and pasting” a brain’s neuron wiring map onto 3D neuromorphic chips. Engadget reports:
The approach would rely on a nanoelectrode array that enters a large volumes of neurons to…
A Cryptocurrency-Trading Hamster Beats Warren Buffett’s Performance – and the S&P 500
“What if we told you there was a hamster who has been trading cryptocurrencies since June — and recently was doing better than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500?” asks NPR:
Meet Mr. Goxx, a hamster who works out of what is possibly the most hig…
Former Reddit CEO Asks: Why Is Theranos’ Holmes the Only Tech CEO Facing Prosecution?
Federal prosecutors allege that Elizabeth Holmes and the No. 2 at Theranos, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, “broke the law by deceiving investors about how well the business was doing and the capabilities of its testing machines, in addition to allegedly provi…
Report: In 2017 America’s CIA Plotted to Kidnap Julian Assange From Ecuador
“In 2017, as Julian Assange began his fifth year holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder,” reports Yahoo News, “spurring heated debate among Trump administration officials over the legality and practical…
The World’s Longest Cave System Just Got Even Longer
schwit1 shared this report from LiveScience: The world’s longest known cave system just set a new record after surveyors spent hours mapping an additional 8 miles (13 kilometers) of the passageways at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.
The corri…
Chipmakers To Carmakers: Time To Get Out of the Semiconductor Stone Age
Long-time Slashdot reader BoredStiff shares this report from Fortune:
Moore’s law of ever-increasing miniaturization seemingly never reached the automotive industry. Dozens of chips found in everything from electronic brake systems to airbag control u…
Scientists Find Hormone That Allows Seeds To Germinate In Low Water Conditions
Slashdot reader StellarThoughts shares an announcement from the University of California, Riverside. (Alternate URL):
Plants have the ability to perceive drought. When they do, they emit a hormone that helps them hold on to water. This same hormone, AB…