Day: September 17, 2019

Facebook outlines how its oversight board for content decisions will work – CNET

The social network has finalized some of the details for its content oversight board. …read more Source:: CNet


US government sues ex-IT guy for breaking his NDA (Yes, we mean Edward Snowden)

Uncle Sam tries to plug leaker’s pay, ends up plugging leaker’s book The US government today sued former CIA employee and NSA sysadmin contractor Edward Snowden to deny him payment from his newly published book, Permanent Record.… …read more Source:: Register


Uber ignites self-driving car operations in Dallas – CNET

The ride-hailing company is already testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto. …read more Source:: CNet


Tesla Model S ‘Plaid’ mode: Everything we know – Roadshow

Plaid is the newest and quickest mode set to roll out for the Tesla Model S. But what exactly is it, and how does it differ from the already-quick Ludicrous mode? …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook is reportedly working with Ray-Ban maker on smart glasses – CNET

The social media giant could finally have its AR glasses in the works. …read more Source:: CNet


Fedora Linux 31 Beta is Here

An anonymous reader shares a report: Fedora 31 is due later this year, but first, there needs to be some beta testing. And so, today, Fedora 31 Beta is made available for download. Unfortunately, details surrounding version 31 are a bit sparse. With that said, one big change involves Fedora users with ARM 64-based single…


Microsoft inches closer to releasing its AI-powered Scheduler bot

Microsoft is working to make meeting-scheduling more simple and seamless with its Calendar.help bot, which soon will be renamed Scheduler. …read more Source:: ZDNet


DevOps darling GitLab pockets another $268m to be valued at $2.75bn

Drops Enterprise (Core) into VMware Cloud Marketplace, misspells own name DevOps botherer GitLab has scored another $268m of funding, bringing the value of the outfit to $2.75bn ahead of a 2020 IPO.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


A Curiously Strong Z80 in your Pocket

Like many hackers, [Tom Szolyga] has soft spot for the venerable Z80. The number of instructions and registers made it relatively easy to program in ASM, and he still has fond memories of the refreshingly straightforward CP/M operating system he used to run on them back in the day. In fact, he loves Z80 computers…


2018 Chevy Malibu recalled for software bug that may kill fuel injectors – Roadshow

Affected models house the 1.5-liter turbo-4 engines. …read more Source:: CNet