Since 2003 Vox Media has been covering California’s sports on its SB Nation blogs largely with independent contractors. But they’re making big changes to comply with a new California law targetting companies in the gig economy, according to the Los Angeles Times: Vox Media will end contracts with about 200 people, including non-California freelancers who…

[Gabor Horvath] thinks even two monitors is too little space to really lay out his windows properly. That’s why he’s building a VR Desktop straight out of our deepest cyberpunk fantasies. The software runs on Windows and Android at the moment. The user can put up multiple windows in a sphere around them. As their…

Lots of electrified powertrains here, but there’s something for everybody. …read more Source:: CNet

“An eight-year-old boy who reviews toys on YouTube has been named by Forbes as the platform’s highest earner in 2019,” reports CNN: Ryan Kaji, whose channel Ryan’s World has 22.9 million subscribers, earned $26 million in 2019 — up $4 million from his earnings in 2018, when he also gained the highest-earning YouTuber spot… Another…

The Navy reportedly tells personnel they can’t have the app on government-issued mobile devices and warns them about safeguarding personal information. …read more Source:: CNet

James Scapa built Altair Engineering over 35 years as a leader in simulating manufactured objects. His next move is taking the company into the AI age. He just has to convince investors of his vision. …read more Source:: ZDNet

A billion here, a half-billion there: Calculating the installed base of PCs, including those still running Windows 7, is a tricky task, filled with uncertainty. After clearing away the noise, I think I’ve got a reliable estimate. …read more Source:: ZDNet

b-dayyy shared this article from Linux Security: The United States government’s respect for and acceptance of open-source development has steadily grown stronger over the past decade, and the U.S. government is increasingly using open-source software as a way to roll out advanced, highly secure technology in an economical manner. On August 8, 2016, the White…

The latest Star Wars movie is being dissected and debated around the world. From San Francisco to Sydney, what did CNET’s editors think? (Warning: spoilers.) …read more Source:: CNet

“India has been aggressively pivoting away from coal-fired power plants and towards electricity generated by solar, wind, and hydroelectric power,” writes the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Lasrick shared their report: The reasons for this change are complex and interlocking, but one aspect in particular seems to stand out: The price for solar electricity has…