Month: August 2018

Single-Rotor Drone: a Thrust-Vectoring Monocopter

We’re not entirely sure what to call this one. It’s got the usual trappings of a drone, but with only a single rotor it clearly can’t be called by any of the standard multicopter names. Helicopter? Close, but not quite, since the rotor blades are fixed-pitch. We’ll just go with “monocopter” for now and sort…


ThreatList: Security Pros Confident They Could Compromise Their Own Orgs

Only a third believe it would be difficult or impossible to carry out a successful insider attack. …read more Source:: Threatpost


We can show you where serverless works … and where it doesn’t

Lambda, Azure Functions, OpenWhisk? Take your pick Events Serverless is the next wave of computing change, but what does it mean for your existing infrastructure and legacy applications?… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Who wants to read 34 pages about getting VMware Private Cloud to run on NetApp HCI?

Deployment in ‘less than 30 min’ – but not including reading the manual NetApp has produced a verified architecture for VMware on its Element hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), promising deployment in under 30 minutes if its rules are obeyed.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


China cuts out gaming time to take care of kids’ eyesight – CNET

More bad news for China’s huge gaming industry. …read more Source:: CNet


FirstBuild’s Forge may soon make clear ice spheres super easy – CNET

Someday the FirstBuild Forge may make clear cocktail ice spheres a snap. …read more Source:: CNet


Google, Harvard Use AI To Predict Earthquake Aftershocks

Scientists from Harvard and Google have fed a neural network with historical seismological data “and more accurately predicted where ‘more than 30,000 mainshock-aftershock pairs’ from an independent dataset occurred, more accurately than previous ways like the Coulomb forecast method,” reports Engadget. “That’s because the AI method takes multiple aspects of stress shifts into account versus…


Hello ‘WOS’: Windows on Arm now has a price

Full Windows on new Qualcomm silicon at last IFA Microsoft’s long journey away from Intel reached escape velocity this week, as the first traditional laptop machine with Qualcomm’s Arm processor was revealed by Lenovo, in the shape of the Yoga C630 WOS.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Apple Watch allegedly hardcoded not to display pride face in Russia – CNET

The rainbow won’t appear if the watch is paired to an iPhone in Russia, according to a developer. …read more Source:: CNet


Former Qualys exec charged with insider trading after protecting brothers from financial loss

The former Chief Commercial Officer tipped off his family in advance of poor financial results. …read more Source:: ZDNet