upstart writes:Organizations must educate themselves and their users on how to detect, disrupt, and defend against the increasing volume of online disinformation:
fliptop writes:Human-shaped robots with dexterous hands will be staffing warehouses and retail stores, tending to the elderly and performing household chores within a decade or so, according to a Silicon Valley startup working toward that vision:
fliptop writes:The U.S. government database provided access to a treasure trove of sensitive data. "I can request information on anyone in the U.S.," one of the alleged hackers wrote:
upstart writes:Californian court has ruled that "gig" economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors:
guest reader writes:Hackaday has a story about a simple non-scientific calculator that packs an Alwinner A50 tablet SoC and the Android operating system:
upstart writes:The pioneering project cuts cement from the recipe and replaces it with industrial waste and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere:
upstart writes:To check that atomic weapons work, scientists run simulations of explosions using high-energy lasers—and Russia is building the strongest one of all:
guest reader writes:The Register has a story about a Python compiler called Codon that turns Python code into native machine code without a runtime performance hit.:
upstart writes:Millions of pieces of debris orbit the Earth, prompting scientists to call for a legally binding treaty to address our planet's mounting orbital trash problem: