Looks like NASA is onboard with Trump’s militarization of space. …read more Source:: CNet

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing for ZDNet: Google couldn’t exist without Linux and open-source software. While you may not think of Google as a Linux company in the same way as you do Canonical, Red Hat, or SUSE, it wouldn’t be the search and advertising giant it is today without Linux. So, it makes sense that…

An emerging industry of microrobotics involves using tiny robots to deliver payloads to precise locations inside the body for non-invasive, personalized medicine. …read more Source:: ZDNet

PlayStation America CEO Shawn Layden spoke at a Gamelab conference about the PlayStation 4’s cross-play problem. …read more Source:: CNet

But a decade of legal war still leaves unresolved issue behind An infamous and long-running copyright lawsuit over a dancing baby has finally come to a close, albeit with a critical legal question unresolved.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader shares a report: Intel’s delayed release of a new processor is going to have a noticeable effect on the laptop market this year. As there is little chance of seeing anything new until towards the end of this year, laptop designers will not be able to offer new models for the holidays…

Feds bust up group of shady people doing shady things In news that will surprise no one who has had internet access in the last 25 years, police have found criminals using anonymous online markets to ship contraband.… …read more Source:: Register

Google is joining The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member. Google executive Sarah Novotny will become a Linux Foundation board member. …read more Source:: ZDNet

If the booths at CES are to be believed, the future is full of home robots: everything from humanoid robots on wheels to Alexas duct taped to a Roomba. Back in reality, home robots really aren’t a thing yet. There’s an obvious reason for this: getting around a house is hard. A robot might actually…

It’s up to everyone — users, security pros, government — to be critical about the online information we encounter. …read more Source:: DarkReading