- Schrödinger's Cat and RCU (Well, Structured Procrastination, Actually) davecb writes "Paul E. McKenney, one of the Linux RCU implementors, addresses the problem of synchronization using structured deferral on, what else, Mr Schrödinger's famous cat. Courtesy of... 2013-05-25T21:58:00Z
- Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients An anonymous reader sends news of a study which found that "two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people." The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine... 2013-05-25T20:50:00Z
- Six Months Developing Software For Wearable Computing An anonymous reader writes "Twilio's Jon Gottfried has written an article about the lessons he's learned after six months of developing software for Google Glass. He has some insightful points: 'I... 2013-05-25T19:47:00Z
- Human Stem Cell Cloning Paper Contains Reused Images An anonymous reader writes "A very recent paper in the prestigious biology journal Cell — 'Human Embryonic Stem Cells Derived by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer' (openly accessible) &mdash... 2013-05-25T18:44:00Z
- How the Smartphone Killed the Three-day Weekend An anonymous reader writes "As we in the U.S. settle in for Memorial Day weekend, this article points out how our cultural addiction to technology is making it less of a vacation than it used to be... 2013-05-25T17:40:00Z
- Spain's New S-80 Class Submarines Sink, But Won't Float New submitter home-electro.com writes "In the era of total CAD and CAM, is it even possible to come up with a fundamentally flawed design ? Turns out, yes. This a fascinating engineering SNAFU... 2013-05-25T16:37:00Z
- Can the Wii U Survive Against the PS4 and Xbox One? An anonymous reader writes "Now that both Sony and Microsoft have announced their next-gen consoles, and we've gotten solid information about their hardware, technology, and features, Eurogamer asks... 2013-05-25T15:33:00Z
- World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure 00_NOP writes "'Universal Credit' — the plan to consolidate all Britain's welfare payments into one — is the world's biggest 'agile' software development project. It is now close to... 2013-05-25T14:31:00Z
- Google Unable To Keep Paying App Developers In Argentina An anonymous reader writes "Google has sent letters to app developers registered in Argentina saying they won't be able to accept payments on developers' behalf after June 27th. 'The change applies to... 2013-05-25T13:26:00Z
- Ex-Marine Detained Under Operation Vigilant Eagle For His Political Views Sues stry_cat writes "You may remember the story of Brandon Raub, who was detained without due process over some Facebook posts he made. Now with the help of the Rutherford Institute, he is suing his... 2013-05-25T12:22:00Z
- European Commission Launches $12 Billion Chip Support Campaign An anonymous reader writes "Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice president responsible for the digital economy, wants to use 5 billion euros of European Union tax payers' money, together with... 2013-05-25T09:31:00Z
- Scanner Identifies Malware Strains, Could Be Future of AV An anonymous reader writes "When it comes to spotting malware, signature-based detection, heuristics and cloud-based recognition and information sharing used by many antivirus solutions today work... 2013-05-25T06:37:00Z
- AMD Launches New Mobile APU Lineup, Kabini Gets Tested An anonymous reader writes "While everyone was glued to the Xbox One announcement, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 launch, and Intel's pre-Haswell frenzy, it seems that AMD's launch was overlooked. On... 2013-05-25T03:40:00Z
- How To Hack Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from PC Mag's SecurityWatch: "We've pointed out some problems with Twitter's new two-factor authentication. For example, since just one phone number can be... 2013-05-25T00:51:00Z
- African Soil Mapped For the Very First Time vikingpower writes "A team of international experts has drawn up the Soil Atlas of Africa — the first such book mapping this key natural resource — to help farmers, land managers and... 2013-05-24T23:50:00Z
- BeagleBone Black Ships With New Linux 3.8 Kernel DeviceGuru writes "BeagleBoard.org has begun shipping its faster, cheaper BeagleBone Black SBC with a new Linux 3.8 kernel, supporting Device Tree technology for more streamlined ARM development... 2013-05-24T23:25:00Z
- Google Releases Glass Factory System Image, Rooted Bootloader Krystalo writes "In a nod towards the modding community and hackers in general, Google has released the first factory system image and rooted bootloader for the latest version, XE5, of Google Glass... 2013-05-24T22:44:00Z
- White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care Earlier this year we discussed a petition on the White House's 'We The People' site asking the administration to adopt the metric system as the standard system of measurement in the U.S. Today, the... 2013-05-24T22:03:00Z
- A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom sciencehabit writes "Physicists have, for the first time, been able to image the quantum workings of electrons in hydrogen atoms, an advance that could open the door to a deeper understanding of the... 2013-05-24T21:22:00Z
- WHO: Intellectual Property Claims Hindering Research On Deadly Novel Coronavirus New submitter kwyjibo87 writes "The World Health Organization (WHO) publicly expressed dismay yesterday concerning news that intellectual property claims were hindering research on a deadly new... 2013-05-24T20:39:00Z
- Google Plans Wireless Networks In Emerging Markets kgeiger writes "The next billion customers have to come from somewhere. The Wall Street Journal today reports that Google will fund, deploy, and manage wireless networks in sub-Saharan Africa and... 2013-05-24T19:57:00Z
- Intel Claims Haswell Architecture Offers 50% Longer Battery Life vs. Ivy Bridge MojoKid writes "As with any major CPU microarchitecture launch, one can expect the usual 10~15% performance gains, but Intel apparently has put its efficiency focus into overdrive. Haswell should... 2013-05-24T19:14:00Z
- Facebook Cancels UK Launch of HTC First redletterdave writes "After AT&T unceremoniously canceled the HTC First after just one month on the market, Facebook announced the first phone running the Facebook Home operating system will not... 2013-05-24T18:32:00Z
- Judge Thinks Apple Will Lose E-Book Price-Fixing Case Nerval's Lobster writes "Apple could face a difficult time winning its court case against the U.S. Department of Justice over e-book pricing, according to the federal judge overseeing the trial. 'I... 2013-05-24T17:49:00Z
- Predicting IQ With a Simple Visual Test New submitter trendspotter writes "Scientists at the University of Rochester found a unique way to measure high IQ and IQ of the brain in general just by studying individuals and their abilities to... 2013-05-24T17:08:00Z