Assault at McDonald's Over Digital Glasses; Why Amazon Wants to Pay Sales Tax Now

Don't miss a single issue of this newsletter. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Inventor Assaulted at McDonald's for Wearing Digital Glasses Tree Rings Tell Story of Global Cooling Temperature Trend Building Better Browser Cryptography Will Speed Limits Inhibit Autonomous Car Adoption? Why Amazon Wants to Pay Sales Tax Now Hot Comment: If you're going to ban clones... From the Vault: Tech-Interview Riddles Watch It: See Stars and Space the Way Astronauts Do Inventor Assaulted at McDonald's for Wearing Digital Glasses Pioneer in wearable computing Steve Mann says he was physically attacked at a Paris McDonald's for wearing his EyeTap Digital Eye Glass, which is permanently attached to his skull and can only be removed with special tools. Sound off>> Tree Rings Tell Story of Global Cooling Temperature Trend Temperatures in Roman times were actually higher than current temperatures and world has been cooling for 2,000 years, according to a first of its kind analysis of tree rings published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The findings could possibly force scientists to rethink current theories of global warming. Sound off>> Building Better Browser Cryptography Imagine a world where you could use cloud services without allowing the provider to read your data. That is a world Cryptocat author Nadim Kobeissi is working toward. At the recent HOPE conference, he shared the problems he faced while developing his browser-based secure chat system, his solutions and the future of client-side cryptography. Sound off>> Will Speed Limits Inhibit Autonomous Car Adoption? Self-driving cars are gaining traction. They're legalized in Nevada and California and Google has been testing them on public roads for years. But these auto-autos will only go the speed limit--something that might slow mass adoption. Sound off>> Why Amazon Wants to Pay Sales Tax Now Amazon aggressively fought off states' efforts to force the online retail giant to collect sales tax, but then suddenly, it caved. Now we know why. Amazon is setting up same-day delivery warehouses everywhere--a move that could put most normal retailers out of business. Sound off>> Re: If you're going to ban clones... "And no one should copy the source of the horse, of course...That is, of course, unless the source of the horse is released as open source!" --by Anonymous Coward Read More>> Tech-Interview Riddles Ten years ago, a computer engineering student at UC Berkeley made a comprehensive archive of riddles from technical interviews. Very challenging and loads of fun. Also useful for interview preparation. Read More>> See Stars and Space the Way Astronauts Do Neuroscientist and fine art photographer Alex Rivest has spliced together images taken from the International Space Station, enhancing the natural brilliance of the lights and giving us an astronaut's-eye view of the stars. Watch the stunning video he put together. Watch the Video>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.