Day: May 29, 2018

ABC cancels Roseanne reboot after star’s racist tweet – CNET

Roseanne Barr apologizes after a Twitter rant, but the damage is done. …read more Source:: CNet


Walking Dead actor Andrew Lincoln reportedly leaving season 9 – CNET

Zombie hunter character Rick Grimes may finally see his end as a character on the hit AMC horror series. But who will fill his bloody shoes? …read more Source:: CNet


Why Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal

An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via The Guardian, written by Neil Lawrence, the founding editor of the freely available journal Proceedings of Machine Learning Research: Machine learning has demonstrated that an academic field can not only survive, but thrive, without the involvement of commercial publishers. But this has not stopped traditional…


Facebook caught up in court battle with Amazon and pals over ‘ageist job ads’ that targeted young

How’s this any different to advertising in a teen mag, asks social network A lawsuit alleging that Amazon.com, Cox Media Group, Cox Communications and T-Mobile US used Facebook ads to discriminate against older jobseekers has been expanded to finger other organizations, including Facebook.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Ask Slashdot: What Is the Latest and Greatest In Computer Graphics Research?

OpenSourceAllTheWay writes: In the world of 2D and 3D Visual Content Creation, new tricks that ship with commercial 2D or 3D software are almost always advertised as “fantastically innovative”. But when you do some digging as to who precisely invented the new “trick” or “method” and when, you often find that it was first pioneered…


Shazam superhero movie with Zachary Levi: Release date, plot, cast – CNET

Here’s our ongoing guide to the upcoming DC Comics film starring Zachary Levi. …read more Source:: CNet


Intel reportedly faces age discrimination claims following layoffs – CNET

The company launched large-scale layoffs more than two years ago. Some former employees say they were let go because of their age. …read more Source:: CNet


Who had ICANN suing a German registrar over GDPR and Whois? Congrats, it’s happening

Time for plan C, says DNS overlord stuck in a privacy bind A fight over private information and the internet’s domain name system is heading to a German court, in a proxy battle between European legislators and American intellectual property lawyers.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


A new Intellivision console is coming in 2018 – CNET

Intellivision Entertainment will announce a new console on October 1. …read more Source:: CNet


LG ThinQ TVs get their Alexa update – CNET

As promised at CES 2018, LG adds Amazon Alexa voice control to its compatible TVs as a SmartThinQ skill. …read more Source:: CNet