If you like nitpicking around C code and generated assembly language — and we’ll admit that we do — you shouldn’t miss [Scaramanga’s] analysis of what’s known as Kernighan’s trick. If you haven’t heard of the trick, it’s a pretty efficient way of counting bits. Like the Wheatstone bridge and a lot of other things,
Read MoreSarah Emerson / VICE: Some Twitter users receiving notifications whenever someone unfollows them, falsely saying the user “followed them back”; Twitter says it’s working on a bug fix — Twitter is telling people when someone has unfollowed them. — For several days, untold numbers of Twitter users … Some Twitter users receiving notifications whenever someone
Read MorePoppy Northcutt shares lessons from being first woman in NASA’s Mission Control Center. Apollo engineer tells women in STEM: Don't be hidden figures – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Main Event tells the story of a kid wrestler who finds a magical mask to take on WWE wrestlers. WWE teams up with Netflix for a new movie – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Valtix, which develops a suite of enterprise cloud security products, raises $14M Series A from Trinity Ventures and others — There’s no two ways about it: The state of cloud services security is alarming. About 24% of organizations have hosts missing high-severity patches in the public cloud … Valtix, which develops
Read MoreThe United Kingdom will likely delay its controversial age-verification system for online pornography ‘indefinitely,’ according to a report from Sky News. Citing multiple sources, Sky News says Jeremy Wright, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary overseeing the UK’s regulation of the internet, will announce the delay tomorrow in British Parliament. The ban
Read MoreIndia came up with one of the best and simplest forms of EV purchasing incentives we’ve yet heard of. India proposes exempting EVs from registration fees, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: Sources: Ajit Pai’s office has withheld documents from Democratic FCC commissioners on the FCC’s probe into the unauthorized sale of US cellphone location data — Democratic commissioners at the FCC are still in the dark when it comes the agency’s ongoing investigation into the unauthorized sale … Sources: Ajit Pai's office
Read MoreJames Fallows / The Atlantic: Fresno-based Bitwise Industries, which offers training for devs, says it has raised a $27M Series A, one of the largest ever by a Latinx female-led company — Four years ago, my wife, Deb, and I wrote about an ambitious and unusual tech startup called Bitwise Industries … Fresno-based Bitwise Industries,
Read MoreParker and his pal Ned Leeds need a leg up for their science fair project and Audi has jus the answer. Spider-Man gets a little science fair help from Audi in a new short – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreiPhones could be produced elsewhere if the US-China trade war escalates. Apple reportedly considers moving 30% of all iPhone production out of China – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSky News: Sources: the UK government will announce on Thursday that an upcoming age verification requirement for porn websites will be indefinitely delayed — There were fears of porn users’ identities and browsing habits being tracked, creating possible blackmail and online surveillance. — Created with Sketch. Sources: the UK government will announce on Thursday that
Read MoreXbox Live, Hulu and Reddit are now all back up and running after outages. Hulu, Xbox Live and Reddit go down Wednesday afternoon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn what is perhaps an appropriate maneuver for its subject matter, spy game Alpha Protocol has vanished from Steam with no fanfare to speak of. Unfortunately, the reason for its disappearance is not as exciting as this stealthy exit would imply — and there’s a slight chance we may see it again. First, let’s get
Read MoreThe company claims that Lite is capable of Level 4 autonomy as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Baidu unveils its camera-based Apollo Lite self-driving suite – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researchers find that an ad agency left a database open with 150K+ personal records, including names and email and home addresses, from user-filled forms — Florida ad agency leaks the keys to its entire kingdom, including invoices, campaign metrics, and all collected data. Researchers find that an ad agency left a
Read MoreGone Baby Gone, Rosemary’s Baby and Star Trek movies are coming to Amazon! Every new movie and show on Amazon: July 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company still expects to pull in $100 billion in revenue this year, Ren Zhengfei tells CNBC, adding that he would answer if President Donald Trump ever called. Huawei's CEO isn't worried about B revenue hit from US ban – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOf all the images that amateur radio conjures up, the great outdoors doesn’t usually figure heavily. People seem to think hams sit in a dark room at a desk heavy with radio gear, banging out Morse code into late into the night and heedless of the world outside the window. All of which sort of
Read MoreNo surprise, she wants Facebook to be involved in developing any rules that might affect it. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg reiterates that her company needs to be regulated – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePete Schroeder / Reuters: Senate panel says it will hold a hearing on Facebook’s Libra on July 16; source: David Marcus, who leads Facebook’s blockchain efforts, is expected to testify — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency at a July 16 hearing, the panel announced Wednesday. Senate panel
Read MoreWall Street Journal: NYSE says Slack’s reference price for its direct listing has been set at $26 per share, which would value Slack at $15.7B, per sources — This is a developing story and will be updated shortly. — WSJ opens select articles to reader conversation to promote thoughtful dialogue. NYSE says Slack's reference price
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Read MoreKano, educational startup known for creating build-your-own computer kits for kids, has partnered with Microsoft to create a DIY touchscreen laptop that runs Windows 10 S, a lite version of the OS. Called Kano PC, the laptop closely mirrors the design of a Surface PC, with a 11.6” display that latches onto a keyboard case.
Read MoreMicrosoft is making its Chromium-powered Edge browser available on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 for testing today. The release comes two months after Chromium Edge first debuted on Windows 10, and a month after it appeared on macOS. Microsoft is releasing the daily Canary builds initially, and plans to support the weekly Dev channel
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