Last week, WikiLeaks released a trove of web pages describing sophisticated software tools and techniques used by the C.I.A to break into smartphones, computers, and IoT devices including smart TVs. Despite the initial media coverage, it appears normal people don’t…
It's About Time Astronauts Got Healthcare For Life
Miriam Kramer, reporting for Mashable: NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria flew to space four times for the space agency between 1995 and 2007. While in space, his eyesight deteriorated, a well-documented medical issue NASA’s known about for years, and one that…
Proof Daylight Saving Time Is Dumb, Dangerous, and Costly
From a report on Bloomberg: The case for daylight saving time has been shaky for a while. The biannual time change was originally implemented to save energy. Yet dozens of studies around the world have found that changing the clocks…
How Seven Movie Studios Forced A Pirated Movie Site Offline
A major pirated movie site went offline last month after seven Hollywood studios won a preliminary court injunction. An anonymous reader quotes the Hollywood Reporter: The MPAA-member studios sued the operators of PubFilm/PidTV in February, asking the court for a…
Hyperloop One Reveals Test Track Progress
Hyperloop One has released the first photographs of its “proof of concept” test track near Las Vegas, Nevada, and there’s now also a couple short videos online. Slashdot reader angry tapir quotes Computerworld: The company revealed its progress on Tuesday…
Volkwagen Finally Pleads Guilty On 'Dieselgate' Charges
Friday Volkswagen admitted in court that they’d committed fraud in their diesel emissions tests, also pleading guilty to falsifying statements and obstruction of justice. An anonymous reader quotes CNET: It marks the first time VW admitted guilt in any court…
Australian Farmers Switch To Diesel Power As Electricity Prices Soar
“As power prices rise, some farmers have been forced to turn off the pumps,” reports the Australian Broadcast Corporation. Long-time Slashdot reader connect4 shared their report from the coast of Queensland, where the price of pumping water to sugarcane fields…
California Says Autonomous Cars Don't Need Human Drivers
Currently, California law requires that all self-driving cars used for testing purposes be done with a human behind the wheel, so that they can take control if necessary. While California has been fairly strict on how self-driving cars are to…
Police Allegedly Threaten A UK Photographer With Seizure Of All His Computers
Andy Smith is a Scotland-based news photographer (and a long-time reader of Slashdot). He writes Recently the police wanted to seize some of my work photos to use as evidence in a prosecution… Rather than trying (and likely failing) to…
Microsoft Continues Porting Visual C++ To Linux
Long-time Slashdot reader Billly Gates shared some news from Microsoft’s Visual C++ blog: Visual Studio 2017 now lets developers write C++ code for Linux desktops, servers, and other devices without an extension, targeting specific architectures, including ARM: Visual Studio will…