Tensions between the two economic powerhouses will lead to fragmented technology markets and, if prolonged, drag down Singapore’s economy, says its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, who urges both countries to find ways to establish mutual trust. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Open floor plans create “a minefield of distractions,” writes CNBC. But now they’re being countered by a new trend that one office interior company’s owner says “started with tech companies and the need for privacy.” They’re called “office pods…” They provide a quiet space for employees to conduct important phone calls, focus on their work…

When running a hacker camp or other event, one of the many challenges faced by the organisers concerns the production and distribution of event videos. As the talks are recorded they must be put online, and with a load of talks to be processed it quickly becomes impractical to upload them one by one through…

The first couple days with Samsung’s 6.8-inch superphone have been illuminating. …read more Source:: CNet

“Slackware is the longest active Linux distribution project, founded in 1993,” writes TheBAFH (Slashdot reader #68,624). “Today there are many Linux distributions available, but I’ve remained dedicated to this project as I believe it still holds an important place in the Linux ecosystem,” writes Patrick J. Volkerding on a new Patreon page. He adds that…

Friday Google open-sourced “the speech engine that powers its Android speech recognition transcription tool Live Transcribe,” reports Venture Beat: The company hopes doing so will let any developer deliver captions for long-form conversations. The source code is available now on GitHub. Google released Live Transcribe in February. The tool uses machine learning algorithms to turn…

“A team of physicists has uncovered a new state of matter — a breakthrough that offers promise for increasing storage capabilities in electronic devices and enhancing quantum computing,” according to an announcement from NYU: “Our research has succeeded in revealing experimental evidence for a new state of matter — topological superconductivity,” says Javad Shabani, an…

The speed of 5G news is impossible to track, so we get you up to date on the latest highlights. …read more Source:: CNet

Infection blamed on a strain of ransomware known only as the “.JSE ransomware.” …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader quotes Neowin: Both WordPad and the classic Paint app can now be found in the list of optional features for Windows 10, joining the ranks of other hallmarks of the Windows of yore, such as Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. This means that both these apps will be uninstallable in a…