Long-time Slashdot reader DesertNomad summarizes a report from EE Times: It’s been known for a long time that the various Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) systems are easily jammed; the more “interesting” problem is the potential to spoof a GNSS signal and by spoofing use that to cause GNSS receivers to determine incorrect positions. The…

Miley Cyrus will make her sixth appearance as SNL musical guest. …read more Source:: CNet

And for the Instagram likes, of course. …read more Source:: CNet

“An Oklahoma woman was recently informed that she was charged with felony embezzlement of rented property for not returning a VHS tape over 20 years ago,” reports Business Insider: Caron McBride reportedly rented the “Sabrina The Teenage Witch” tape at a now closed store in Norman, Oklahoma in 1999, according to KOKH-TV. She was charged…

In the streaming era, few of us think about MP3s on a day to day basis anymore. Our music collection is managed by warring executives in streaming companies from far-off lands. However, for [vinod], they’re still useful — seeing as he just built himself an MP3 player that fits in a clay pot. The build…

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The Associated Press reports: In a ruling that reversed one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, 39 people who ran local post offices had their convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting overturned Friday because of what an appeals court said was clear evidence of “bugs, errors or defects” in an…

The electric crossover gets a lift and more for its inaugural rally on the Baja peninsula. …read more Source:: CNet

From Mike Melanson’s “This Week in Programming” column: “The Rustening at Microsoft has begun,” tweeted Microsoft distinguished engineer Miguel de Icaza. What de Icaza is referring to is a newly-offered course by Microsoft on taking the first steps with Rust, which much of the Twitterverse of Rust devotees sees as a sign that the company…

“Hugs abound,” says NASA, as the four astronauts join those already aboard the International Space Station. …read more Source:: CNet