Making Untraceable Guns at Home Just Got Easier; Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay?

Elon Musk's Plan to Save Humanity: Put 1M People on Mars | Apple Fixes 'Shellshock' Bug in OS X  To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Making Untraceable Guns at Home Just Got Easier Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? Elon Musk's Plan to Save Humanity: Put 1M People on Mars Apple Fixes 'Shellshock' Bug in OS X How Would the World's Religions Cope with E.T.? Hot Comment: "Yes, the point has come up again and again that ebola has mutated..." From the Vault: Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs Watch It: Boy Genius Becomes Celebrity Maker, Intel Intern Poll Booth: Why did Microsoft skip Windows 9? Sponsored Resource: Email Far from Dead and Could Get Better Making Untraceable Guns at Home Just Got Easier Cody Wilson, the man behind the world's first 3D-printed gun, built a company behind the ideals of DIY gun-making, and now he's come out with another device: the "Ghost Gunner," a $1,200 CNC mill designed to create the lower receiver of an AR-15 rifle. Wired reports, "That simple chunk of metal has become the epicenter of a gun control firestorm.... Selling that untraceable gun body is illegal, but no law prevents you from making one." Sound Off>> Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? colinneagle writes, "The real question on my mind is whether Windows 10 will finally address a problem that has plagued pretty much every Windows OS since at least 95: the decay of the system over time. ... Even if you try aggressively to maintain your system, eventually it will slow, and very few people aggressively maintain their system. So, I wonder if Microsoft has found a solution to this." Sound Off>> Elon Musk's Plan to Save Humanity: Put 1M People on Mars First, Elon Musk wanted to make the trip to Mars affordable, then he wanted to establish a city-sized colony, and now he's got his eye on the future of humanity. Musk says we need a million people on Mars to form a "sustainable, genetically diverse civilization" that can survive as humanity's insurance policy. How fast could we do it? Within a century, once the spacecraft reusability problem is solved, he says. Sound Off>> Apple Fixes 'Shellshock' Bug in OS X Apple has released the OS X Bash Update 1.0 for OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion, a patch that fixes the "Shellshock" bug in the Bash shell. Bash, which is the default shell for many Linux-based operating systems, has been updated two times to fix the bug, and many Linux distributions have already issued updates to their users. An Apple representative told Ars Technica that OS X Yosemite, the upcoming version of OS X, will receive the patch later. Sound Off>> How Would the World's Religions Cope with E.T.? At the current rate of discovery, astronomers will have identified more than a million exoplanets by the year 2045. That means, if life is at all common in the Milky Way, astronomers could soon detect it. So, the nature of the debate about life on other worlds is about to fundamentally change. And lead Vanderbilt astronomer David Weintraub decided to find out what theologians and leaders from the world's major religions have to say about the matter. Sound Off>> Re:Contagiousness "Yes, the point has come up again and again that ebola has mutated to an airborne form before. In 2012 Canadian researchers showed that Ebola Zaire could be transmitted in an airborne fashion from pigs to monkeys. Being transmitted between humans that way doesn't seem like a very large leap. My thoughts are that it wouldn't exactly have to "go airborne" to become a catastrophe. MRSA isn't exactly airborne, but its nasty, sometimes fatal, and endemic to hospitals and health clubs all over the pretty sanitary (compared to Liberia) United States. Replacing MRSA with something that is essentially untreatable..."  --by david_bonn Read More>>   Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs Three years ago, Free Software Foundation Founder Richard Stallman posted his not-so-fond memories of Steve Jobs on his personal site, writing, "As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, 'I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone.' Nobody deserves to have to die -- not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing." His statement has spurred reaction from the community; some even asking to the Free Software movement to find a new voice." Read More>>   Boy Genius Becomes Celebrity Maker, Intel Intern Joey Hudy has won a number of awards for his engineering creations, including a solar-powered computer and two LED Arduino Shields. If that wasn't enough, the editors of Brilliant.org named him "one of the 10 smartest kids in the world," and he recently met the President of the United States. He's also the youngest person Intel has ever hired through its corporate internship program. Timothy Lord caught up with the busy high schooler at IDF14. Watch to Video>>   Why Did Microsoft Skip Windows 9? Off-by-one error Because 7 8 9 Graphic designer got it wrong and it was easier to leave it Trying to dispel the even/odd rule Marketing! Marketing! Marketing! Distancing from Windows 8 Base 9 notation I don't know but I'm mad Cast Your Vote>> Email Far from Dead and Could Get Better While there is prevalent speculation that social software and other real-time communications applications will replace email, email nevertheless remains a stalwart in business operations. In addition, as relationships across all business communication channels continue to be redefined, innovative modes and methods of communication are emerging. As a result, locating the right data and information at the right time -- while still critical -- becomes increasingly complex. IDC expects that organizations will use social software to complement existing tools and address these business needs for the foreseeable future. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. 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Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild?; The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus

Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger | Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?  To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild? The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger Emma Watson Photo Leak Threat Was Hoax Aimed at Taking Down 4chan Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?   Hot Comment: "Finally! Wi-Fi enabled thermostats have found a set of customers who..." From the Vault: The Stigma of a Tech Support Background Watch It: Sci-Fi Predictions, True and False Poll Booth: It's Banned Books Week; I recommend ... Sponsored Resource: Develop in the Cloud, Deploy Anywhere Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild? The recently disclosed bug in bash was bad enough as a theoretical exploit. But now, Ars Technica reports,  "The vulnerability reported in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) yesterday, dubbed 'Shellshock,' may already have been exploited in the wild to take over Web servers as part of a botnet." And some experts say it could be worse than Heartbleed. Sound Off>> The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus iPhone 6 Plus weighs six ounces, and it's a scant 7.1mm thick. As an added bonus, according to a number of users, it has a hidden feature -- it bends! Hot Hardware reports, "And no, we don't mean it bends in a 'Hey, what an awesome feature!' sort of way. More like a 'Hey, the entire phone is near to snapping' kind of way." Sound Off>> Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger Three Irish teenagers have won the Google Science Fair 2014 with their project, Combating the Global Food Crisis. The project's aim is to provide a solution to low crop yields by pairing a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that naturally occurs in the soil with cereal crops it does not normally associate with, such as barley and oats. And the results were incredible. Sound Off>> Emma Watson Photo Leak Threat Was Hoax Aimed at Taking Down 4chan After Emma Watson gave a speech on the need for feminism to the United Nations, 4chan users reportedly threatened to release nude photos of the Harry Potter star in retaliation, setting up a website with a countdown clock. Now it has been revealed that the site was an elaborate hoax intended to publicize a movement to shut down 4chan. Sound Off>> Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?   An anonymous reader, who recently completed a Ph.D. in computer science and is not having any luck so far finding a job: "Online resume submittals get no response and there is no way to contact anybody. When I do manage to get a technical interview, it is either 'not a good match' after I do the interviews or get rejected after an overly technical question ... What am I doing wrong?" Sound Off>> Customers for Wi-Fi enabled thermostats "Finally! Wi-Fi enabled thermostats have found a set of customers who have a genuine need for them: security researchers. But if the thermostats were truly secure, even that small market would dry up. After all, who wants to play a game that can never be won? Personally, rather than buy a Wi-Fi thermostat, I've been training my cat to..." --by Marginal Coward Read More>>   The Stigma of a Tech Support Background Six years ago, an anonymous reader, who works in tech support while searching for a "real job," wondered if the choice was wise: "I've had several employers tell me to my face, and in rejection letters, that my 'professional background' isn't what they're looking for even when they've clearly stated that they're looking for recent graduates. In fact, a few have even told me that they decided against hiring me simply because I've worked in tech support at a call center for the last two years. I'm wondering if others have experienced similar problems and if there are any good ways to get employers to realize that my experience from tech support is actually a good thing and not a sign of incompetence." Read More>>   Sci-Fi Predictions, True and False From Star Trek's communicators to nanotech and cloning, science fiction is the domain of predicting future technology. But we rarely stop to account for which predictions come true, which don't, and which are fulfilled in... unexpected ways. A panel--that included a forensic science expert, a professor, and an expert in Aeronautical Management--at a recent science fiction convention in Detroit explored this subject in depth. The panelists ran down a list of science fiction predictions, both successful and unsuccessful, and evaluated how realistic or far-fetched each now seems. 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Apple Can't Read Users' Emails and iCloud Wasn't Hacked, Cook Says; Linus Torvalds Has No Opinion on Systemd

Windows 9: What to Expect | Apple Tries to Hide Embarrassing iPhone 6 Camera Bulge To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Apple Can't Read Users' Emails and iCloud Wasn't Hacked, Cook Says Linus Torvalds Has No Opinion on Systemd Windows 9: What to Expect NSA Still Trying to Figure Out Cyber Operations, Says Director Apple Tries to Hide Embarrassing iPhone 6 Camera Bulge Hot Comment: "I still don't understand which problem these smart devices would solve..." From the Vault: Take This GUI and Shove It Watch It: Robot Hexapods: Creepy or Cute? Poll Booth: On Independence for Scotland... Sponsored Resource: Mobility, Location and iOS 8: New Context for New Apps Apple Can't Read Users' Emails and iCloud Wasn't Hacked, Cook Says Apple CEO Tim Cook insists that his company doesn't and cannot read users' emails, and that Apple's iCloud service wasn't hacked. ZDNet presents highlights from Cook's two-part interview with Charlie Rose, including his claim that "if the government 'laid a subpoena,' then Apple 'can't provide it.' He said, bluntly: 'We don't have a key... the door is closed.'" Sound Off>> Linus Torvalds Has No Opinion on Systemd It's no secret that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has strong opinions and is not shy about expressing them. But when asked about systemd, which has caused a fair degree of angst in the world of Linux, he told ITWire he was neutral. "When it comes to systemd, you may expect me to have lots of colourful opinions, and I just don't. ... I don't personally mind systemd, and in fact my main desktop and laptop both run it." Sound Off>> Windows 9: What to Expect With about two weeks before Windows 9's official unveiling, an InfoWorld article provides a roundup of what to expect and the open questions around the new OS, given Build 9834 leaks and confirmations springing up all over the Web. The desktop's Start Menu, Metro apps running in resizable windows on the desktop, virtual desktops, Notification Center, and Storage Sense, are among the presumed features in store for Windows 9. Sound Off>> NSA Still Trying to Figure Out Cyber Operations, Says Director In a keynote speech at a security conference this week, new NSA Director Mike Rogers emphasized a need to establish behavioral norms for cyber war. "We're still trying to work our way through distinguishing the difference between criminal hacking and an act of war," said Rogers. "If this was easy, we would have figured it out years ago. We have a broad consensus about what constitutes an act of war, what's an act of defense." Sound Off>> Apple Tries to Hide Embarrassing iPhone 6 Camera Bulge If you've been browsing Apple's site leading up to the iPhone 6 launch, you might've noticed something a little odd. Apple has edited the handset's protruding camera out of every single side-on view of the phone. (The camera is, necessarily, retained for images showing the back of the device.) The absence is particularly conspicuous given the number of side views Apple uses to emphasize the device's thinness. Sound Off>> One day, someone will explain it to me. "I still don't understand which problem these smart devices would solve for me. It's a light switch. It's on when I want the lights on. It's off when I flick it. The thermostat requires my attention four times per year, when the season changes -- and software doesn't help because the floor registers need to be adjusted manually, and it's still no more than 5 minutes of "effort" per year. I sure as hell ain't letting software turn on my oven, and I'm not letting water nor fire run when I'm not home -- because I've read my house insurance policy; can you say "negligent behaviour"? And again, none of this was difficult to begin with. How about solving a problem that I have, instead of trying to convince me that I have a problem?" --by holophrastic Read More>>   Take This GUI and Shove It Four years ago, Deep End's Paul Venezia spoke out against the overemphasis on GUIs in current admin tools, saying that GUIs are fine and necessary in many cases, but only after a complete CLI is in place, and that they cannot interfere with the use of the CLI, only complement it. Otherwise, the GUI simply makes easy things easy and hard things much harder. Read More>>   Robot Hexapods: Creepy or Cute? "Roboticist, Electrical Engineer, Musician, and Rock Crawler" Matt Bunting built his first robot hexapod a few years ago for a robotics class geared toward implementing cognition in a machine. Since then, his creation has undergone a huge makeover, thanks to a 3D printer. In addition to bringing you footage of Matt's latest robots in action, Timothy Lord talks to him about lessons learned through building his crawling bots, and some advice for aspiring roboticists. Watch the Video>> On Independence for Scotland: I'm staunchly opposed I'm opposed, but not strongly I don't care I'm in favor, but not strongly I'm staunchly in favor There's some better compromise possible Give it back to the Picts! Cast Your Vote>> Mobility, Location and iOS 8: New Context for New Apps The mobile revolution is here. Phones, tablets, wearables and who-knows-what-will-come, all with IP addresses and Internet connectivity are finding homes in pockets, on wrists, even on eyewear. As a result, location services are changing the way developers and marketers think about how to utilize the knowledge of where a user -- consumer or business -- is located and turn that into an action that can drive revenue, improve productivity or give a competitive advantage. Take a look at research about the latest iOS 8 announcements, and how they might impact development in general and provide fuel for the coming wearable and contextual revolutions in app development and deployment. Learn More>> 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.

 

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Apple Pay, New iPhones, Apple Watch Unveiled; Microsoft Reportedly to Buy Minecraft Maker for $2B

First Law to Stop Businesses from Banning Consumer Reviews | What Happens When Scientists Give Up To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Apple Pay, New iPhones, Apple Watch Unveiled Microsoft Reportedly to Buy Minecraft Maker for $2B+ First Law to Stop Businesses from Banning Consumer Reviews What Happens When Scientists Give Up Buses, Not Cars Will Lead Electric Vehicle Revolution Hot Comment: "What's funny is that Apple is pushing for it so gradually that..." From the Vault: Linux Torvalds Says 'Linux Is Bloated' Watch It: Real-Time Linux Embedded OS Offering Poll Booth: To prepare for a cornal mass ejection, I ... Sponsored Resource: Develop in the Cloud, Deploy Anywhere Apple Pay, New iPhones, Apple Watch Unveiled Apple's September press conference announced several new offerings, including the new iPhone 6 models, the company's entry into the mobile payments market, and the long-anticipated Apple Watch. The new iPhones are thinner than earlier models and sport a faster CPU and better battery life. Sound Off>> Microsoft Reportedly to Buy Minecraft Maker for $2B+ Citing a person with knowledge of the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is looking to buy Minecraft developer Mojang. The reported price tag is "more than US$2 billion." According to the report, "For Microsoft, "Minecraft" could reinvigorate the company's 13-year-old Xbox videogame business by giving it a cult hit with a legion of young fans." Sound Off>> First Law to Stop Businesses from Banning Consumer Reviews ericgoldman writes that some businesses are so paranoid about negative consumer reviews that they have contractually banned their customers from writing reviews or imposed fines on consumers who bash them. California has told businesses to stop it with a new law that any contract provisions restricting consumer reviews are void. Sound Off>> What Happens When Scientists Give Up All Things Considered has a report about how the struggle for scientific funding in today's political and economic environment is forcing scientists to give up on the types of research that led to so many of today's marvels. At the same time, many promising young scientists are giving up on the field altogether. "There are far more scientists competing for grants than there is money to support them." Sound Off>> Buses, Not Cars Will Lead Electric Vehicle Revolution Slate reports that if we really want to reduce vehicle emissions, it's unglamorous buses, not flashy sedans, that need to go electric. "Forget about Tesla and its futuristic new Gigafactory. When it comes to using electricity for transportation, the real action may lie in the polar opposite of the fancy sports car. Municipal intracity buses may be declasse, unloved, slow, lumbering behemoths. But they're the workhorses of America's transit systems." Sound Off>> Re: Deprecating the telephone system "What's funny is that Apple is pushing for it so gradually that the carriers still haven't realized what's happening. The sooner they wake up and realize we only need data (and a lot more of it), the better." --by ArcadeMan Read More>>   Linux Torvalds Says 'Linux Is Bloated' Five years ago, Cnet reported that Linus Torvalds made a somewhat surprising comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore. "While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success has come added heft, heft that makes Linux 'huge and scary now,' according to Torvalds." Read More>>   Real-Time Linux Embedded OS Offering Enea A.B. produces a commercial embedded Linux distribution based on the Yocto project called Operating System Embedded. Timothy Lord recently caught up with Enea's Jon Aldama at LinuxCon in Chicago to get the details about the "solution." Watch the Video>> To prepare for a cornal mass ejection, I ... Do nothing. Stockpile toilet paper, guns, and water. Back up my data. Back up my data and foil-wrap the drive. Just duck and cover. Cast Your Vote>> Develop in the Cloud, Deploy Anywhere Enterprise applications today are becoming increasingly complex, leveraging components across multiple platforms, including cloud. Learn how you can provide full multi-stage release and deployment management to facilitate development, test and staging of complex applications. Learn More>> 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.

 

Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court; You Got Your Windows In My Linux

Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak | Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak You Got Your Windows In My Linux Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls Uber Hit with Ban in Germany Hot Comment: "All these parties want to make coding an 'unskilled' job - not as..." From the Vault: 'Creator' of TSA Wants to Kill It Watch It: IBM's Big Open Source Push Poll Booth: Did you use technology to get into mischief as a child? Sponsored Resource: 10 Ways APM Helps You Build Better Apps Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court The second of two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government regarding domestic mass surveillance, ACLU vs. Clapper, was heard this week by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The proceeding took an unprecedented two hours, and C-SPAN was allowed to record the whole thing and make the footage available online. Sound Off>> Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak In a recent post, Apple said the celebrity photo leak was not due to any flaw in iCloud or Find My iPhone, but rather the result of "a targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions." Despite this, Wired reports that hackers on a web board have been discussing a piece of software designed for use by law enforcement that is being used to impersonate a user's device in order to download iCloud backups. Sound Off>> You Got Your Windows In My Linux Ultimately, the schism over systemd could lead to a separation of desktop and server distros, or Linux server admins moving to FreeBSD, writes Deep End's Paul Venezia. "Although there are those who think the systemd debate has been decided in favor of systemd, the exceedingly loud protests on message boards, forums, and the posts I wrote over the past two weeks would indicate otherwise." Sound Off>> Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls Popular Science magazine recently published an article about a network of cell towers owned by unknown third parties. Many of them are built around U.S. military bases. "Interceptors vary widely in expense and sophistication -- but in a nutshell, they are radio-equipped computers with software that can use arcane cellular network protocols and defeat the onboard encryption." Sound Off>> Uber Hit with Ban in Germany Following the blocking of Uber in Berlin, DE, the district court of Frankfurt/Main has issued a restraining order for Uber services all over Germany. The district court is alleging "uncompetitive behavior" on Uber's part, and has proclaimed that not following the restraining order will result in a fine up to 250,000 euros or imprisonment. Sound Off>>  Makes sense "All these parties want to make coding an 'unskilled' job - not as in making it require any less skill, but as in not requiring any higher education. This will make one of the few jobs that still pays decently (coding work in a select few US cities) dirt cheap, and that means more money running up the tech billionaires' scoreboards." --by GameboyRMH Read More>>    'Creator' of TSA Wants to Kill It Three years ago, U.S. Representative John Mica (R-Florida), the sponsor of the original House bill that helped create the TSA, became an outspoken opponent of the agency. In an interview, "Mica said screeners should be privatized and the agency dismantled." Mica seems to agree with other TSA critics that the agency "failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years." Read More>>  IBM's Big Open Source Push Last year, IBM pledged to spend a billion dollars on open source development. Timothy Lord recently caught up with general manager for IBM Power Systems Doug Balog at Linux Con in Chicago to find out where some of that money is going. Balog also talks about how much IBM loves Linux and open source, and how the company is partnering with multiple distros, recently including Ubuntu. Watch the Video>>  Did you use technology to get into mischief as a child? Nope, I was a good kid Nope, I got into trouble the old-fashioned way A few minor incidents, but nothing serious Fairly often, but nothing serious Occasionally to the significant detriment of my targets Constantly The authorities were involved at least once Not really, but I made people think I did Cast Your Vote>> 10 Ways APM Helps You Build Better Apps Every developer works hard to write the best possible code, but achieving excellence is difficult. See how developers can improve the quality and performance of the software they ship by gaining insight into the performance, scalability, and reliability of their apps. Learn More>> 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.

 

Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group; Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram

Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? | Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' Uber Reportedly Has a Playbook for Sabotaging Lyft Hot Comment: "True, but the gap of 'standard knowledge' isn't as bad as..." From the Vault: Hawking Picks Physics Over God for Big Bang Watch It: Grumpy Programmer's Advice for Young Computer Workers Poll Booth: Should police have cameras recording their work at all times? Sponsored Resource: The Truth About Cloud Security   Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram Four years ago, Fermilab proposed testing the theory that the universe could be a hologram, and the experiment is finally going online. Researchers operating with cutting-edge technology out of a trailer in rural Illinois, say the set of experiements they launched this week will help them determine whether or not we are living in a two-dimensional holographic universe, Jason Koebler reports. Sound Off>> Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? Google's vision of the car of the future drives itself, doesn't have a gas or brake pedal, and no steering wheel. But that last one might be an issue. California's DMV, which published safety guidelines aimed at manufacturers of self-driving vehicles in May, told the company it needs to add all those things back to their traditional locations so that occupants can take "immediate physical control" of the vehicle if necessary. Sound Off>> Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group A conservative group with strong ties to the Koch brothers has been bombarding inboxes with emails filled with disinformation and fearmongering in an attempt to start a "grassroots" campaign to kill net neutrality -- at one point suggesting that "Marxists" think that preserving net neutrality is a good idea. The group also suggests that reclassifying the Internet as a public utility is the "first step in the fight to destroy American capitalism altogether." Sound Off>> Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' Ars Technica reports, "For the past couple of years, Comcast has been trying to convince journalists and the general public that it doesn't impose any 'data caps' on its Internet service. ... That's despite the fact that Comcast in some cities enforces limits on the amount of data customers can use and issues financial penalties for using more than the allotment." Sound Off>> Uber Reportedly Has a Playbook for Sabotaging Lyft The folks over at The Verge claim that "Uber is arming teams of independent contractors with burner phones and credit cards as part of its sophisticated effort to undermine Lyft and other competitors." Interviews and documents show Uber reps ordering and canceling Lyft rides by the thousands, following a playbook with advice designed to prevent Lyft from flagging their accounts. Sound Off>>   Re: Truly the best scams "True, but the gap of "standard knowledge" isn't as bad as it used to be. At least it's getting better. If any message has gotten through, it's been not to give out information to an unknown phone caller. I'm sure it must work sometimes or they wouldn't be doing it, but since email spam has been largely eliminated from most end-user experiences, it seems going back to the phone scams is a bit..." --by AudioEfex Read More>>   Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang Four years ago, The Guardian reported that in his then-new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking wrote. Read More>>   Grumpy Programmer's Advice for Young Computer Workers Bob Pendleton, who is over 60 years old and has been programming since he was in his teens, shares his career experiences with younger programmers so they can avoid making his mistakes and possibly avoid becoming as grumpy as he is. Watch the Video>>   Should police have cameras recording their work at all times? It's not needed It should be at the officers' discretion It should depend on an officer's training/history It should be incentivized but not required It should happen whenever a city/state has funding It should happen everywhere, regardless of cost It's not feasible from a data storage/IT standpoint The cameras are likely to "accidentally" break anyway Cast Your Vote>>   The Truth About Cloud Security Security is the number one issue holding business leaders back from the cloud. But does the reality match the perception? Before you assume that on-site is the only way to keep data safe, you should take a comprehensive approach to evaluating risks. Doing so can lead to big benefits. Learn More>> 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.