While the recommended dosage for Nexium, Prevacid and Prilose is just two weeks, doctors often advise patients to continue taking them for years. But now Scientific American reports that “Chronic use of popular heartburn medicines may be riskier than was…
Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Care About Tech Conferences?
An anonymous user is “just starting a programming career,” and has several questions for Slashdot’s readers: What exactly is the role of tech conferences? I always assumed they were mostly for exhibitors to pitch me things, but then what’s in…
The Brief, Bumbling Tech Careers of Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, and Will.i.am
“Four years ago this week, Blackberry named Alicia Keys its global creative officer… Keys was really going to work for Blackberry — to participate in weekly calls addressing product development; develop ideas and content for the Keep Moving Projects, which…
DRM Company Denuvo Forgets To Secure Its Server, Leaks Two Years Of Emails
Denuvo “left several private directories on its website open to the public,” TorrentFreak wrote Sunday, calling it “an embarrassing blunder” for the digital rights management company. “Members of the cracking community are downloading and scrutinizing the contents,” the site reports,…
97 Tech Companies Including Apple, Google, Microsoft Call Travel Ban Unlawful In Rare Coordinated Legal Action
An anonymous reader shares a WashingtonPost report: Silicon Valley is stepping up its confrontation with the Trump administration. On Sunday night, technology giants Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, Uber and many others filed a legal brief opposing the administration’s…