On the UK’s best tech podcast this week, we chat with Ready Player One writer Zak Penn about superhero fatigue, toxic fandom and rebooting The Matrix. …read more Source:: CNet

For several years now, a more energy-efficient version of Bluetooth has been available for use in certain wireless applications, although it hasn’t always been straightforward to use. Luckily now there’s a development platform for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) from Texas Instruments that makes using this protocol much easier, as [Markel] demonstrates with a homebrew video…

Developer advocates sing the praises of Kubernetes. What’s in it for enterprises? …read more Source:: ZDNet

The gadget repair site says it’s a “cover-up” — in both senses of the word! …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Daily Beast: The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource for doctors, researchers and others in the medical community. Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], part of the…

Quantum computing is coming, so a lot of people are trying to articulate why we want it and how it works. Most of the explanations are either hardcore physics talking about spin and entanglement, or very breezy and handwaving which can be useful to get a little understanding but isn’t useful for applying the technology….

Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards. According to the BBC, Facebook said publishers often had “very different points of view” and removing fabricated posts would be “contrary to the basic principles of free speech.” Instead, it is choosing to demote posts in…

According to a new study by Hub Entertainment Research, viewers are increasingly defaulting to on-demand sources like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu instead of live TV. The study found that only 39% of viewers tune into live programming from a traditional pay-TV provider, down from 47% last year. On-demand sources, collectively, were the first…

Coming to you from from one of the greatest car events in the world, this week the Carfection team spent some time surrounded by some of the most rare and exotic cars on the planet at the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed. …read more Source:: CNet

A network’s only as strong as its weakest link or worker Hackers are developing new techniques to obtain access to corporate emails and calendars, even if multi-factor-authentication defenses are in place.… …read more Source:: Register