Ground is an interesting topic when it comes to engineering. Either it’s the reference level for a digital circuit (not necessarily at zero volts, either), or it’s the return path for current, or it’s the metal chassis, which shouldn’t be the return path for current or else something’s terribly broken. Erika Earl’s talk at this…

In Soviet Russia, comrade find small hole by making much bigger hole Spacewalking cosmonauts clambered outside the ISS yesterday to get an external view of the mystery hole drilled into the Soyuz, which is due to return three crew members to Earth next week.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Dell EMC, HPE and ODMs frolic as cloud rains cash The continued data centre refresh cycle and seemingly insatiable demand from the big cloud slingers to bulk out their infrastructure saw server vendors make hay while the sun shone in Q3.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Consumers are much more likely to fall for spam during the season of giving. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The popular narrative around artificial intelligence research is that it’s mainly a war between China and the United States. Not so fast, says Europe. From a report: New data released today (Dec. 12; PDF file) by the AI Index, a project to track the advancement of artificial intelligence, shows a trend of Europe releasing more…

Ain’t no marketplace like a third-party marketplace Scale-out software filer supplier Elastifile has buddied up with Google to thrust its NAS file system into Mountain View’s Cloud Platform.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A new report indicates that Apple’s looking for a Cellular Modem Systems Architect. …read more Source:: CNet

Pr0n to be gated despite misgivings, says UK.gov minister Age checks for online porn are expected to come into force around Easter 2019, as peers yesterday signed off on the final regulations and guidance despite acknowledging they will not be wholly efficient.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Long criticized for reusing old cores in its recent CPUs, Intel on Wednesday showed off a new 10nm Sunny Cove core that will bring faster single-threaded and multi-threaded performance along with major speed bumps from new instructions. From a report: Sunny Cove, which many believe will go into Intel’s upcoming Ice Lake-U CPUs early next…

One of them is seeing the end of a couple of Smash Bros. Ultimate fighters’ games. …read more Source:: CNet