Day: June 15, 2019

Target down as cash registers fail at stores, leaving long lines – CNET

Surprise: Twitter notices. …read more Source:: CNet


Target Experiences A ‘Massive’ Nationwide Cash Register Outage

CBS News reports: Target acknowledged nationwide “system issues” affecting its stores on Saturday that prevented its customers from checking out at registers. The outage caused long checkout lines at Target locations, with upset customers posting images and video on social media. Slashdot reader McGruber shared an article reporting more than 5,000 posts on Downdetector.com about…


Star Trek Logo Spotted On Mars

Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot brings us news about the southern hemisphere of Mars: The University of Arizona HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) has posted a photo of curious chevron shapes in southeast Hellas Planitia that are the result of “a complex story of dunes, lava, and wind.” “Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that…


Open Source Headset With Inside-Out Tracking, Video Passthrough

The folks behind the Atmos Extended Reality (XR) headset want to provide improved accessibility with an open ecosystem, and they aim to do it with a WebVR-capable headset design that is self-contained, 3D-printable, and open-sourced. Their immediate goal is to release a development kit, then refine the design for a wider release. An early prototype…


How to Get XKCD Author Randall Munroe To Visit Your City

Since 2005 Randall Munroe has been the author/illustrator of the popular nerdy comic strip XKCD — and he’s now planning to publish “the world’s least useful self-help book.” How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems offers readers a third choice beyond simply doing things either the right way or the wrong way: “a…


US Cyber Command powers up attacks against Russia’s electrical grid – CNET

Aggressive moves to implant malware are both a warning and an effort to enable crippling attacks if necessary, says The New York Times. …read more Source:: CNet


Pixel 4 leak: 3 reasons Google did this – CNET

Apparently Google DGAF anymore. …read more Source:: CNet


New Hampshire Unveils a Historical Highway Marker For The BASIC Programming Language

“It took 10 months to get it done, but the Granite State is now officially a Geeky State,” writes Concord Monitor science reporter David Brooks. “The latest New Hampshire Historical Highway Marker, celebrating the creation of the BASIC computer language at Dartmouth in 1964, has officially been installed. Everybody who has ever typed a GOTO…


Rushing foldable phones doesn’t work. Just ask Samsung and Huawei – CNET

Commentary: Galaxy Fold and Mate X delays show that foldables aren’t ready yet. …read more Source:: CNet


KDE Plasma 5.16 Released

Long-time Slashdot reader jrepin writes: The KDE community has released Plasma 5.16, the newest iteration of the popular desktop environment. It features an improved notification system, Not only can you mute notifications altogether with the Do Not Disturb mode, but the system also groups notifications by app. Developers also focused on user’s privacy. When any…