West Virginia University assistant professor Zachariah Etienne is launching “a global volunteer computing effort” analyzing gravitational waves from colliding black holes, reports Phys.org: “As our gravitational wave detectors become more sensitive, we’re going to need to greatly expand our efforts to understand all of the information encoded in gravitational waves from colliding binary black holes,”…

Life is what happens while you wait for the next season of event TV, and then you die. …read more Source:: CNet

Pickups are a key part of an electric guitar’s sound. You can spend a king’s ransom on tracking down just the right Vintage American Original 1950s Whatevers (TM) to put in your Spudocaster, but it’s not the only way. [Keith Decent] decided to make a pickup from scratch, using only materials found lying around the…

A herd of dairy cows in the U.K. “are enjoying the benefits of 5G connectivity before you,” reports Reuters: For the cows, among the 5G-connected gadgets they are wearing is a collar that controls a robotic milking system. When the cow feels ready to be milked it will approach machine gates that will automatically open….

The Disney Plus show, starring Pedro Pascal, is getting its showcase at Star Wars Celebration Chicago. …read more Source:: CNet

Disruption comes a month after daylong outage. …read more Source:: CNet

Everything we know about the live-action Star Wars series starring Pedro Pascal as we await the Disney Plus streaming service. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: Richard Liu, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about the Chinese tech industry’s grueling overtime work culture, lamenting that years of growth had increased the number of “slackers” in his firm who are not his “brothers….” Liu, who started the company…

The South Korean band also smashed a YouTube record for views of its new single. …read more Source:: CNet

We’re getting a taste of the revived CGI animated series on Sunday. …read more Source:: CNet