He joins sci-fan fans making fun of President Trump’s US Space Force with the new Twitter meme #IGotKickedOutOfSpaceForce. …read more Source:: CNet

Just like last time, the Star Wars baddie can’t control his temper. …read more Source:: CNet

Microsoft is about to force Bing onto Office 365 Plus users. But does even Bing think it’s better than Google? I asked each search engine five relevant questions to find out which is better. The results were fascinating. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Back in 2018, [Paul-Louis Ageneau] created a 3D printed network-attached storage (NAS) enclosure for his Raspberry Pi. The design worked well, the Internet liked it when he posted the details on his blog, and all was right with the world. But of course, such glories are fleeting. Two years later that design needs updating, and…

Commentary: A brand-new design, foldable phones might not make it to the next generation unless they can continue to evolve. …read more Source:: CNet

“How does a 67-year-old hack with three minor children recover from going blind, losing his home and business in a horrible fire (like 2,000 others, we are still fighting with insurance companies), while appeasing an angry crowd of Kickstarter supporters armed with pitchforks and shovels?” That crowd still wants long-time tech pundit Robert X. Cringely…

Commentary: New phone, new name, new chance to reinvent Samsung’s flagship phone brand. …read more Source:: CNet

When the first thermal cyclers for the polymerase chain reaction came out in the 1980s, they were as expensive as a market driven by grant money could make them. Things haven’t got much better over the years, largely shutting STEM classes and biohackers out of the PCR market. That may be about to change, though,…

Slashdot reader PrimeGoat has used Linux for 20 years, “10 of which were during my career as a Linux sysadmin…” “However, there’s more to being a sysadmin than just knowing how to use Linux.” There are best practices that evolve, new methods of doing things and new software that constantly comes out and evolves. This…

Those of us who have not been in that position can only imagine the anguish of learning that your teenager has cancer. This happened to [Rob], whose child was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. It’s a condition that can be treated with surgery followed by a course of radioactive iodine to kill any remaining cancer…