68-year-old technology writer Charles Petzold wrote about Windows programming for 25 years, including several books published by Microsoft Press. In 1994 he was one of seven “Windows Pioneers” honored in a special ceremony (with an award presented by …
Major UK Science Funder Will Require Grantees To Make Papers Free
The UK’s leading funding agency has announced that all research it funds must be freely available for anyone to read.
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger shared this report from Science:
The policy by the funder, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), …
Apple Watch Credited with Saving Man’s Life After Fall
“Apple Watch has been credited with saving yet another life after alerting emergency services to what could have been a fatal fall,” reports Apple Insider:
On July 12, 25-year-old Brandon Schneider of Long Island visited the emergency room after suffe…
At Disney World’s Star Wars-Themed Hotel, a Weekend for Two Costs $4,800
“If you’ve ever dreamed of living ‘a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,’ now is your chance — as long as you’ve got a spare four to six thousand dollars sitting around,” writes SFGate:
This week, Walt Disney World announced more details ab…
The Lucrative Business of Spreading Vaccine Misinformation is Being Crowdfunded
“Part of the reason that misinformation about vaccines is so intractable is that it can be very lucrative,” argues a new article in Slate:
For years anti-vaccine figures have made money publishing books and giving speeches, and only in the past couple…
US Lawmakers Propose a $2.5 Billion Pilot Guaranteed Income Program
Amid fears that technology may be quietly eliminating many basic jobs, late last month several U.S. lawmakers “proposed legislation that would dole out regular stimulus checks — or guaranteed income — through monthly payments of up to $1,20…
Some Unions, Legislators, and Communities Continue Pressuring Amazon Over Labor Practices
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama might hold a second election to decide whether to join a union. But today the New York Times reports Amazon is also facing “a widening campaign to rein in the power it wields over its employees and their workpl…
Microsoft is Recruiting US Teens To Be Influencers on Social Media for Its Educational Coding Platform
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Just ahead of the new school year, Microsoft and its nonprofit partner Code.org took to Twitter to recruit teens for Microsoft’s inaugural MakeCode Insiders Program. Microsoft MakeCode is a code platform that al…
Google Chrome Criticized For Breaking Change Over Disabling Alert() and Confirm() in Cross-Origin Frames
Google Chrome will disable JavaScript functions like alert() and confirm() inside cross origin-frames,” reports Inside.com’s developer newsletter.
“As this is a breaking change, developers are encouraged to update their apps and debugging tools befor…
Will a New Gig Worker Exception Proposed in Massachusetts Change the Future of Work?
“Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart succeeded in getting Californians to vote in favor of a ballot measure exempting them from classifying drivers and delivery workers as employees,” remembers CNN. So after their success with Californian’s P…