canopic jug writes:Professor J. Alex Halderman, the noted election security researcher, along with his co-authors, have published a summary of Let's Encrypt, its components, and what it does. (Warning for PDF.) The service Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, open certificate authority (CA) to provide TLS certificates. These are usually for web sites, enabling them to provide HTTPS connections.
upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337VoltServer adds a data layer to electricity distribution in a move that could help smart grid rollout – TechCrunch
An Anonymous Coward writes:Having written an IDE, an API, and having gone through the copyright process for software before, I have at least a little understanding the current debate between Google and Oracle. While the general consensus seems to be that Google is right, I disagree. Here are my reasons.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for Bytram.Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information
barbara hudson writes:In 1951 Isaac Asimov inflicted psychohistory on the world with the Foundation Trilogy. Now, thanks to data sets going back more than 2,500 years, scientists have discovered the rules underlying the rise and fall of civilizations, after examining more than 400 such historical societies crash and burn - or in some cases avoid crashing. More here:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/12/history-as-a-giant-data-set-how-analysing-the-past-could-help-save-the-future
RandomFactor writes:New research from the University of Rochester describes an innovative superhydrophobic (SH) metal array that is effectively unsinkable. The