Making a GPS clock is a relatively straightforward process on the face of it. Buy a GPS module for a few dollars, hook it up to a microcontroller board of your choice, pick the appropriate library and write a bit of code, et voila! A clock with time-wonk bragging rights! Of course, your GPS clock…

“It’s a complicated question,” admits a New York sustainability advocate: If an item in a bin of recyclable materials is greasy, covered in food or, in the case of paper goods, soaking wet, the entire bin is typically rejected and sent to the landfill or incinerated… While we want to do the right thing, most…

Company behind Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever said hackers breached employee accounts, stole personal data. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader quote CRN: IBM chief executive Ginni Rometty and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared the keynote-session stage with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst at the 15th-year installment of the open-source technology event. Rometty talked up IBM’s pending $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat and their future relationship. Nadella was there to help herald…

So far so good with AIOps, which applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to help unravel IT hairballs. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Red Hat’s chief marketing officer discovered their logo was rendering poorly in digital formats (especially on small devices like smartphones). But then they discovered even bigger problems in surveys (including with potential customers) about what feelings the logo evoked: Sinister. Secretive. Evil. Sneaky. These respondents might not have known anything about Red Hat, but they…

The price of Bitcoin “is surging again,” now up to more than $6000, writes Inc. columnist Eric Mack: In its decade-long history, the value of the pioneering cryptocurrency has actually followed a pretty reliable trajectory. That is to say, over the full term Bitcoin’s value has only grown, much like many stocks, real estate and…

Bits and bobs from the week’s AI news Roundup Hello, this week’s AI roundup is short and sweet. If you’ve been waiting to play with OpenAI’s GPT-2 model, here’s your chance. Also, Waymo and Lyft are working together to bring self-driving taxis on the road.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Marvel’s record-breaking blockbuster had its share of cringey moments. …read more Source:: CNet

You’ve seen a landline phone converted into a Bluetooth headset. There’s nothing new there. It’s great for confusing kids when asking them to dial a rotary phone, but that’s about it. It’s the same phone, built by Ma Bell for fifty years, converted with a little Bluetooth breakout board. You’ve never seen a landline conversion…