An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In the last four or five years, Intel’s “Next Unit of Computing” (NUC) hardware has evolved from interesting experiments to pace cars for the rest of the mini desktop business. Mini…
Legal Sparring Continues in Bitcoin User's Battle with IRS Tax Sweep
In a strange twist, Coindesk reports that the IRS has, somewhat indirectly, removed one target from its broad request for data about U.S. users of the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase. It no longer wants data about Jeffrey Berns, a lawyer who…
Windows 10 Gains 14% Desktop Market Share in 2016, Edge Continues to Struggle
From a report by long time Microsoft watcher Brad Sams on Petri.com: With 2016 now behind us, we can take a look at how far Windows 10 has come thanks to usage-share with statistics from Net Marketshare. At the end…
Family Sues Apple For Not Making Thing It Patented
An anonymous reader writes: A lawsuit filed against Apple last week argues that, by not actually making a product that it patented, the company is partly responsible for an automobile accident. According to Jalopnik, James and Bethany Modisette are suing…
Scribd Pulls Digital Comics From Its Subscription Reading Service
Popular ebooks platform, Scribd has quietly removed digital comics from its subscription reading service. According to a report on The Digital Reader, the feature was added in February 2015, and may have been pulled as part of a cost-cutting measure….
Specs of Qualcomm's First ARM Processor Capable of Running Windows 10 Leaks
Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 835’s specs have leaked ahead of its CES reveal. An anonymous reader writes: According to the leaked press release, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 sports the Qualcomm Kryo 280 CPU (quad-core), Qualcomm Adreno 540 GPU, and Qualcomm Hexagon DSP…
Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid
Those anonymous U.S. officials who reported Russian hacking code had been found “within the system” of a Vermont power utility must’ve been surprised to learn the code was on a laptop that wasn’t actually connected to the grid. The Washington…
Work Emails After Hours Finally Banned in France
An anonymous reader quotes Fortune: A new French law establishing workers’ “right to disconnect” goes into effect today. The law requires companies with more than 50 employees to establish hours when staff should not send or answer emails. The goals…
Lucasfilm Creates A 4K Ultra-HD Restoration of the Original 'Star Wars'
An anonymous reader quotes 4K.com: When the first ever of the Star Wars films, “A New Hope” turns 40 in 2017, millions of dedicated fans of the immensely popular franchise might get a very unique treat in the form of…
Wikipedia Announces Their Most Viewed Articles Of 2016
Slashdot reader westand writes, “Wikipedia’s 5000 most-visited articles of 2016 have been released, and Donald Trump leads the pack.” (Though the site’s second-most popular article was about a porn site.) The top 5000 pages account for 21.6 billion views, with…