TikTok confirms that it’ll tap the judicial system to challenge an executive order that bans transactions with the app and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. …read more Source:: CNet

The Texas Advanced Computer Center talks to Masahiro (Hiro) Ono, who leads the Robotic Surface Mobility Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory which led all the Mars rover missions (also one of the researchers who developed the software that allows the current rover to operate): The Perseverance rover, which launched this summer, computes using RAD…

See Kristen Wiig’s wild-hair and leopard print look (and Chris Pine in parachute pants)! …read more Source:: CNet

Long-time Slashdot reader simpz writes: The Guardian is reporting that Bletchley Park Museum is planning to make a third of it’s staff redundant. This, of course, the museum of British wartime codebreakers, including famously Alan Turing. I personally think Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Twitter etc should all chip in to stop this from happening….

Microsoft looks to be building a new foundational layer on top of SharePoint, the Office 365 substrate, Azure, Microsoft’s machine-learning infrastructure in the name of improving users’ experiences when using its productivity cloud. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Gal Gadot returns as the star-spangled superhero, and Steve Trevor wears parachute pants, because 1980s. …read more Source:: CNet

At DC FanDome, director James Gunn leads the team of DC antiheroes, including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and SNL’s Pete Davidson as Blackguard. …read more Source:: CNet

If your current chair is causing you pain, it might be time for an upgrade. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Rolling Stone: To mark what would have been author Ray Bradbury’s 100th birthday on August 22nd, the Library of Congress, the Los Angeles Public Library and libraries from across the nation have banded together for a virtual “read-a-thon” dedicated to Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Actors William Shatner and Rachel Bloom, authors Susan…

With no fans in the stands, the company is using its 5G service to offer an interactive, socially distanced way to enjoy the race weekend. …read more Source:: CNet