Satya Nadella also says he’s looking closely at his own attitudes. …read more Source:: CNet

Yesterday we reported that Lattice Semiconductor had inserted a clause that restricted the reverse engineering of bitstreams produced by their FPGA toolchains. Although not explicitly stated, it’s assumed that this was directed toward several projects over the past five years that have created fully open source toolchains by reverse engineering the bitstream protocols of the…

An anonymous reader quotes The Register: IPv4 is here to stay with us for a good few years yet, reckons the the Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre’s (RIPE NCC) public policy manager, eight years after IPv6 was supposed to replace it. Marco Hogewoning, public policy for the Amsterdam, Netherlands-based European regional internet registry, told…

Help Dad enjoy his tunes while keeping his hearing safe. Plus: Get a 2nd-gen Amazon Echo for $45. …read more Source:: CNet

This week’s free game from Epic is a charming diversion for one to four players. …read more Source:: CNet

TechRepublic calls it “a tectonic shift in the landscape… a massive company showing serious support for both Ubuntu Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.” Forbes reports: Beginning this month, Lenovo will certify its ThinkStation PCs and ThinkPad P Series laptops for both Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Every single model, every single configuration…

The videos paid tribute to George Floyd and slammed “radical leftwing groups” for the unrest seen across the US. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: British scientists halted a major drug trial on Friday after it found that the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the pandemic, was “useless” at treating COVID-19 patients. “This is not a treatment for COVID-19. It doesn’t work,” Martin Landray, an Oxford…

An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: British scientists halted a major drug trial on Friday after it found that the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the pandemic, was “useless” at treating COVID-19 patients. “This is not a treatment for COVID-19. It doesn’t work,” Martin Landray, an Oxford…

Snowpiercer’s showrunner, Graeme Manson, and its production designer talk about the challenges of setting a show inside a train. …read more Source:: CNet