Watch This Awesome Oscilloscope ‘Breakout’ Game
Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:45:51 +0000
A common lab instrument was repurposed for entertainment.
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How a Matchmaking AI Conquered (and Was Exiled) from Tinder
Credit to Author: James Jackson| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:31:38 +0000
Bernie was the latest technological development in boosting human connection, until the AI-enhanced app was kicked off Tinder.
Read MoreTwitter Re-Activated an Account It Told Congress Was Connected to a Russian Troll Farm
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:28:56 +0000
Robert Delaware got his account back after the company misidentified him as a Russian troll, but Twitter won’t say if this could have happened to others.
Read MoreWatch Our New Documentary About the DIY Communities Designing the Future of Energy
Credit to Author: Motherboard Staff| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000
We visited a prolific DIY powerwall builder in Los Angeles, electric car technicians in San Diego, and the University of Michigan Energy Institute to see how our world will be powered in the years to come.
Read MoreMicrosoft yanks buggy Windows patches KB 4052233, 4052234, 4052235
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 06:39:00 -0800
As I reported last week, Microsoft released a handful of buggy patches designed to fix the “Unexpected error from external database driver” bug introduced by all of the October Windows security patches. As noted then, the bug fixes have bugs themselves, and the cure is worse than the disease.
Now comes word that Microsoft has not only yanked the bad patches; it’s also deleted the KB articles associated with the patches.
Specifically, all of these KB articles report that the page does not exist:
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How to Order Starbucks Coffee with a Commodore 128
Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000
On Thursday, Paul DeCarlo became the first person to order a Starbucks Dark Roast coffee from a Commodore 128.
Read MoreWindows 10 Insider: What's in it for us?
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:09:00 -0800
Microsoft’s motivation for pushing customers to run Windows 10 previews is obvious: It gains a huge pool of testers and millions of amateur quality control workers who help shake out software bugs before the code reaches the wild.
But is there anything in it for the customer?
“Absolutely,” said Wes Miller, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, in a recent interview when asked whether customers benefit from participating in the Insider program. “You’re testing the quality of those bits vis-a-vis your infrastructure.”
Windows Insider, which Microsoft launched in the fall of 2014 as its first-ever ongoing beta program, delivers pre-release versions of the next Windows 10 feature upgrade. As Microsoft creates an upgrade, it periodically releases builds to the Insider audience. Just before the upgrade’s actual ship date, Microsoft freezes the code, then begins work on the next version, with betas of that build reaching participants soon thereafter.
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Watch the Casting of a Giant Mirror for the First Extremely Large Telescope
Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000
A look inside the Mirror Lab, where astronomers go when they need some serious glass.
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