Schmitt made his mark first by listening to the needs and wants of the musicians he’s recorded, and then making them sound great. …read more Source:: CNet

Star Trek — as much as we love it — was guilty sometimes of a bit of hyperbole and more than its share of inconsistency. In some episodes, ion drives were advanced technology and in others they were obsolete. Make up your mind! The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo probe is on its way to Mercury riding on…

Seattle’s increase in the minimum wage “brought benefits to many workers employed at the time, while leaving few employed workers worse off,” reports the New York Times — citing a new study by the same researchers who’d claimed last year that workers were hurt by the wage increase. “The dire warnings about minimum-wage increases keep…

The Grado GW100 is the first open-back Bluetooth headphone we’ve tested, maybe that’s why is sounds so open and spacious! …read more Source:: CNet

We dropped a brand-new iPhone XR on the sidewalk to find out just how tough this phone is compared to the more expensive iPhone XS and yes, we broke the camera. …read more Source:: CNet

Canonical is applauding what it calls “exceptional adoption” of snaps — and has shared some new statistics about its whole “Snappy” software deployment and package management system. Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this article from Neowin: snaps are seeing 100,000 installs every day on cloud, server, container, desktop and on IoT devices, which works out…

A survey of 705 executives released by Capgemini, finds enterprise-class automation is still a rarity, but taking root within IT functions. …read more Source:: ZDNet

“In 2012, most CS teacher professional development was paid for by the National Science Foundation or Google.” And in the years that followed, 80,000 primary and secondary school teachers received opportunities to learn how to teach computer science without paying any fees — thanks to tech-bankrolled Code.org. But is anyone taking the classes? Slashdot reader…

Minecraft is over and Red Dead Redemption II has barely even started yet. The biggest thing on the planet right now is Fortnite, and oh man, is it awesome. It’s the best game ever, and we wish every day was a Battle Royale. But what if Fortnite was real life? That’s exactly what [Giaco] and…

We also get more hints about its first foldable phone. …read more Source:: CNet