An anonymous reader shares their thoughts on language popuarity: In the PYPL index, which is based on Google searches and is supposed to be forward looking, the trend is unmistakable. Python is rising fast and Java and others are declining….
New iOS 11 Settings Will Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location
An anonymous reader quotes The Verge: Apple is giving users the option to enable much stricter location rules with iOS 11, according to MacRumors. The company began this effort last year by adding a new option to iOS 10 that…
Has the 40-year Old Mystery of the 'Wow!' Signal Been Solved?
“Astronomers have confirmed that the Wow! signal, thought to be the most promising detection by SETI of alien life, was actually caused by a comet,” writes schwit1. New Atlas reports: Last year, a group of researchers from the Center of…
Delays In Unlocking Cellphones Seized In Inauguration Day Protests?
Cellphone data may play a key role in prosecuting people arrested at inauguration day protests, according to an article shared by Slashdot reader Mosquito Bites. A U.S. attorney acknowledged that “the government recovered cell phones from more than 100 indicted…
Developer Accidentally Deletes Production Database On Their First Day On The Job
An anonymous reader quotes Quartz: “How screwed am I?” asked a recent user on Reddit, before sharing a mortifying story. On the first day as a junior software developer at a first salaried job out of college, his or her…
Linux Malware Infects Raspberry Pi Devices And Makes Them Mine Cryptocurrency
An anonymous reader quotes Hot Hardware: If you’re a Raspberry Pi user who’s never changed the default password of the “pi” user, then heed this warning: change it. A brand new piece of malware has hit the web, called “Linux.MulDrop.14”,…
DARPA Funds Development of New Type of Processor
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is funding a completely new kind of non-von-Neumann processor called a HIVE — Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit. According to EE Times, the funding is to the tune of $80 million over four-and-a-half years,…
App Store Now Requires Developers To Use Official API To Request App Ratings, Disallows Custom Prompts
One of the new App Store policy changes made this week is the addition of section 1.1.7, which requires developers to use the official in-app rating UI added in iOS 10.3 and states that they “will disallow custom review prompts”…
Tesla Plans To Disconnect 'Almost All' Superchargers From the Grid In Favor of Solar and Battery Power
Only half a dozen Supercharger stations or so out of the over 800 stations have solar arrays and batteries, but that may be about to change. Elon Musk said Tesla plans to deploy more battery and solar systems with the…
Pirate Bay Founder: We've Lost the Internet, It's All About Damage Control Now
Mar Masson Maack reports via The Next Web: At its inception, the internet was a beautifully idealistic and equal place. But the world sucks and we’ve continuously made it more and more centralized, taking power away from users and handing…