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France: Open Access Law Adopted
In France, the final text of a new law on Open Access has been adopted on June 29, 2016. On July 20, the Assemblée Nationale has approved the bill, and it still needs to be voted on by the Sénat on...
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UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
We are proud to announce the delivery of the first completely open source software and hardware satellite!A major step towards UPSat’s launch has being completed. Its successful delivery to Innovative...
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Alzheimer’s treatment appears to alleviate memory loss in small trial
Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library Amyloid plaque build-up (yellow) in the brain is a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.A drug called aducanumab might remove the toxic proteins thought to trigger...
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A full-featured form software built with love in python
README.mdYoung是一个用Python写的功能丰富的、界面小清新的类似NodeBB的社区软件。README in EnglishFeatures:话题按主题分类，你可以查看某一主题的话题支持匿名发帖，匿名评论社交功能（朋友圈，发状态）像QQ一样即时聊天实时提醒资源分享ScreenshotsInstallation在Unbuntu 16.04上git clone...
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Code that is valid in both PHP and Java, and produces the same output in both
This snippet of code is syntactically valid in both PHP and Java, and produces the same output in both. · GitHubSkip to content/*<?php//*/publicclassPhpJava { publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args) {...
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Apache Spark Scale: A 60 TB+ production use case
Facebook often uses analytics for data-driven decision making. Over the past few years, user and product growth has pushed our analytics engines to operate on data sets in the tens of terabytes for a...
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Hetzner introduces free DDoS protection
DDoS In a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack, an attacker will send thousands of fake requests in an attempt to exceed the bandwidth, flood a server's resources, and overload the system. By...
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Transmission BitTorrent client download was compromised for 2 days
Q. What happened?A. It appears that on or about August 28, 2016, unauthorized access was gained to our website server. The official Mac version of Transmission 2.92 was replaced with an unauthorized...
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OpenBSD 6.0 released
Contributed by tj on Thu Sep 1 09:04:12 2016 (GMT)from the puff-floyd dept. September 1st, 2016: The OpenBSD team announces the availability of 6.0! We are pleased to announce the official release of...
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Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts
By Julia Love| SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCO Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smartphone with interchangeable components,...
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Maybe Blockchain Really Does Have Magical Powers
Blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin and other digital currencies, isn’t quite as novel or omnipotent as many have advertised it to be. That doesn’t mean, however, that it can’t do wonders in the...
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Brave Browser Adds Bitcoin Payments
After months of development and hype, Brave Software Inc. has finally released an update that integrates under-the-hood bitcoin micropayments right into its browser.Also read: Private Internet Access...
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A Rocket to Nowhere (2005)
08.03.2005 The Space Shuttle Discovery is up in orbit, safely docked to the International Space Station, and for the next five days, astronauts will be busy figuring out whether it's safe for them to...
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WoSign's secret purchase of StartCom: WoSign threatened legal actions
I called for WoSign's revocation earlier this week for its utter ignorance over security. However, WoSign is cross signed by StartCom. Meaning that as long as StartCom is trusted, even if WoSign is...
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The Killer Shark Caught in the Thames in 1787
Sharks by Winslow Homer, 1885.For centuries, there have been tales of giant aquatic creatures lurking in the depths of the River Thames. Some of these tales were based on actual fact. In the 18th and...
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Commands as a Service with Cmd.io
Today I’m excited to announce a soon-to-be-released, eventually open source product for developers, operators, and power users. It’s called Cmd.io, or “Command IO” as we pronounce it. Cmd.io will let...
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Palo Alto mayor pushes for ban on large tech companies taking over downtown
The mayor of Palo Alto is pushing for a ban on large technology companies downtown, making him the latest local politician to go after the powerful firms driving the booming economy in Silicon...
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Future Airplanes Will Fly on Twistable Wings
Illustration: John MacNeillFlex It: Shape-changing wings could help futuristic blended-wing aircraft adapt their lift-to-drag ratio as conditions change during flight. In the meantime, flexible control...
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Roger Tsien’s legacy: The creations that lit up biology
He helped scientists to see things they could never have imagined. Roger Tsien, who died last week aged 64, shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work with the green fluorescent protein...
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