Blacksmiths will frequently work to a customer’s commission, and sometimes those commissions can be somewhat unusual. [Copperrein] had just such a piece of work come his way, a ceremonial sword to be made from a supplied collection of iron and steel items. To render them into something useful he had to melt them together, and…

An anonymous reader quotes MSPoweruser: Google Chrome always had a bit of a love-hate relationship when it comes to managing FTP links. The web browser usually downloads instead of rendering it like other web browsers. However, if you’re using FTP then you might have to look elsewhere soon as Google is planning to remove FTP…

ZenGo’s wallet will support Libra, a cryptocurrency Facebook plans to launch in 2020. …read more Source:: CNet

We’re going to spend the better part of a year with Indian’s newest and arguably most exciting motorcycle. …read more Source:: CNet

After Google hires Bill Nye to explain that people are just scared to leave their decrepit Windows laptops for Chromebooks, I thought I’d get another opinion. It was harsh. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Commentary: One era of nuclear brinksmanship was enough for CNET’s Stephen Shankland, who visited the Russian nuclear weapons center of Sarov just after the first Cold War ended. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: The next iPhone doesn’t need a radical redesign, but it does need some solid upgrades and new features to be a success. …read more Source:: CNet

We’re spending the better part of a year getting to know Indian’s latest and maybe greatest modern motorcycle. …read more Source:: CNet

There can be more than one correct answer for academic tests of programming ability, writes long-time Slashdot reader theodp: Take the first of the Free-Response Questions in this year’s AP CS A exam, which asked 70,000 college-bound students to “Write the static method numberOfLeapYears, which returns the number of leap years between year1 and year2.”…

Built in just 6 weeks, the SS Jeremiah O’Brien survived being a part of the D-Day invasion fleet and still cruises nearly 80 years later. Here’s a look inside. …read more Source:: CNet