Google launches developer preview of Android Things
Google today announcedAndroid Things, its new comprehensive IoT platform for building smart devices on top of Android APIs and Google’s own services. Android Things is now available as a developer...
View ArticleGoogle Web Designer
Note: Installing Google Web Designer will add the Google repository so your system will automatically keep Google Web Designer up to date. If you don't want Google's repository, do "sudo touch...
View ArticleMoody's: U.S. Telecoms are underinvesting in broadband
AT&T, Verizon and other large incumbent providers are not putting as much capital into their wireline network infrastructure, leaving them open to further challenges from cable operators, says...
View ArticleReversing Go Binaries Like a Pro
GO binaries are weird, or at least, that is where this all started out. While delving into some Linux malware named Rex, I came to the realization that I might need to understand more than I wanted to....
View ArticleScientists Say the Clock of Aging May Be Reversible
At the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., scientists are trying to get time to run backward.Biological time, that is. In the first attempt to reverse aging by reprogramming the genome, they have...
View ArticleTom Wheeler Resigns from the FCC
The man who saved net neutrality is stepping aside.Federal Communication Commission chairman Tom Wheeler will resign on January 20, the agency announced today. Wheeler’s decision to step down means...
View ArticleWorld Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind
Emerging markets are leapfrogging the developed world thanks to cheap panels. by December 15, 2016, 1:00 AM ESTDecember 15, 2016, 1:04 AM ESTA transformation is happening in global energy markets...
View ArticleUber is stubbornly refusing to apply for a $150 permit for its self-driving cars
Uber is sticking to its guns in refusing to apply for a $150 permit that the California Department of Motor Vehicles says it needs to operate self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco. In a...
View Article360 Video and Photo Capture in 4K for Three.js
README.mdThis project shows how to export 4K resolution 360 Videos and Photos from inside of Three.js scenes.The process is described in this blog post: https://medium.com/p/788226f2c75fexample 4k...
View ArticleShow HN: 30 Days of React
Interested in Learning React but having trouble getting started?We'll teach you how it all works - for freeOver the next 30 days, we'll walk through everything you need to know to work with React. From...
View ArticleWhy don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory?
Error 429 (Too Many Requests) - QuoraThis page may be out of date. Save your draft before refreshing this page.Submit any pending changes before refreshing this page.429.Too Many Requests.Too many...
View ArticleIntroducing Murphy: Helping you imagine “what if”
Introducing Murphy: Helping you imagine "what if"Last year at Microsoft's Build Conference, our team created the HowOldRobot to showcase new machine learning technologies in Azure. This little demo...
View ArticleHow to make Linux more trustworthy
Image modified by Sebastian AnthonyWhile the fight against government-mandated software backdoors raged for most of 2016—including the showdown between Apple and the FBI over the San Bernardino...
View ArticleMacOS FileVault2 Password Retrieval
macOS FileVault2 let attackers with physical access retrieve the password in clear text by plugging in a $300 Thunderbolt device into a locked or sleeping mac. The password may be used to unlock the...
View ArticleVR Resources
How to Become a Virtual Reality DesignerLessons from a VR intern at Facebook.In Summer 2016 I got the opportunity to intern at Facebook as a product designer. A few weeks prior to my internship, I...
View ArticleWeb Fundamentals
Web Push Notifications, a new way to engage usersWeb push notifications makes it easy to re-engage with users by showing relevant, timely, and contextual notifications to the user, even when the...
View ArticleThe third (and final) Python bindings for LLVM
README.rstGoalThe main goal of llvmcpy is to provide Python bindings for the LLVM project that are fast and require the lowest possible maintainance effort. To achive this, we use CFFI to parse the...
View ArticleUber's predatory pricing is undermining public transit and density
Photo: Alper Çuğun, via FlickrThis post pulls together everything I’ve had to say on the subject of how ride-sourcing companies like Uber could impact cities. Hope to leave this topic for a...
View ArticleNatural Language Corpus Data: Beautiful Data
Natural Language Corpus Data: Beautiful Data This directory contains code and data to accompany the chapter Natural Language Corpus Data from the book Beautiful Data (Segaran and Hammerbacher, 2009)....
View ArticleAmerican Firms Want to Keep Older Workers a Bit Longer
David Warsen has refurbished hundreds of machines at Steelcase’s Kentwood, Mich., plant, from 50-year-old presses to new laser cutting equipment. When a press stopped operating recently, the 39-year...
View Article