Category: Transportation

Lancaster County man’s death from airbag prompts lawsuit, national recall | The Sun News

A Lancaster County man who was killed when his pickup struck a cow last month would still be alive had it not been for the >>>

Posted: January 31, 2016 in Transportation

Microsoft on the hot seat in Iowa | TheHill

Precinct officials will be filing their caucus results on a Microsoft app. Source: Microsoft on the hot seat in Iowa | TheHill

Posted: January 31, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Google sends profits worth £8BILLION a year to post box number 666

Google has no office, no staff and little more than a plain PO Box numbered 666 on the sunny Caribbean Island of Bermuda. Source: Google >>>

Posted: January 31, 2016 in Editorial, Social

Scientists build a neural network using plastic memristors

Source: Scientists build a neural network using plastic memristors

Posted: January 30, 2016 in Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Physics

Pluto Is Covered in Frozen Water. Lots of Frozen Water

A new estimate using New Horizons data shows that the dwarf planet has a lot more water ice than previously thought. Source: Pluto Is Covered >>>

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Space

Getting The Skinny On New Ultra Thin Computing Materials

To their credit, MIT aka Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has created a brand new way of creating a chip that applies multiple materials to just >>>

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Computer, Nanotechnology, Processors

Quantum Chess

Source: Quantum Chess

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Gadgetry, Gaming, Quantum Physics, Social

Laid-off IT workers muzzled as H-1B debate heats up

IT workers in the U.S. are challenging their replacement by foreign visa holders. Lawsuits are on the rise. Lawmakers are being called. And yet many of those >>>

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Editorial, Reference, Social, Technology Job Market

Ubuntu’s Secure Boot support vulnerability threatens even Windows PCs | PCWorld

Canonical is working on a fix for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but its old bootloaders will remain a problem. Source: Ubuntu’s Secure Boot support vulnerability threatens >>>

Posted: January 28, 2016 in Computer, Security

Zika virus could become ‘explosive pandemic’ – BBC News

Researchers in the US urge the World Health Organisation to take urgent action over the zika virus, linked to shrunken brains in unborn children Source: >>>

Posted: January 28, 2016 in Biological