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Red Sox may have used Fitbit, not Apple Watch, to steal signs – CNET
Apple’s smartwatch was initially identified as helping the team steal signs from the New York Yankees. …read more
Source:: CNet
Pepe the Frog’s creator goes after the ‘alt-right’ – CNET
Artist behind co-opted cartoon issues a flurry of cease-and-desist orders and DMCA takedown notices. …read more
Source:: CNet
Look up! The moon is in very rare formation right now – CNET
In the latest lunar rarity since August’s total solar eclipse, the moon is busy covering for a half dozen other heavenly bodies in a single day. …read more
Source:: CNet
AWS announces per-second billing for EC2 instances
The new, more granular billing for compute resources will be introduced next month for Linux instances in all AWS regions. …read more
Source:: ZDNet
Intel has invested more than $1 billion in AI companies
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich penned an op-ed Monday that touts the company’s AI investments. …read more
Source:: ZDNet
NASA Earthonauts emerge from eight-month isolation in simulated Mars visit
‘Hang on, Trump has done what??!?’
Video Six would-be Mars colonists have emerged from eight months of isolation on top of a Hawaiian volcano as part of preparations for an eventual manned mission to the Red Planet.…
Source:: TheRegister
Roku could be hopping on the Echo train – CNET
A Variety report suggests the streaming device maker, which has filed for an IPO, could be working on its own smart speaker. …read more
Source:: CNet
Bloke fesses up: I forged judge’s signature to strip stuff from Google search
Jewelry exec faces up to five years in the clink for SEO backfire
It may have seemed like a good idea at the time – treating a judge’s takedown order as a Photoshop template that could be modified as needed to demand that Google remove any unwanted information.…
Source:: TheRegister
Oracle unveils next-gen SPARC platform
Oracle claims that it can deliver encryption and hashing two times faster than Intel’s x86 platform. …read more
Source:: ZDNet
Microsoft’s AI is so good it steered Renault into bottom of the F1 league
Does someone need to take the handbrake off this thing?
Microsoft on Sunday bragged its artificial intelligence technology is behind the, er, success of a massively underperforming Renault Formula One team.…
Source:: TheRegister
D5 Creation