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[Learn More!] [Consensus On Consensus: Climate Experts Agree On Human-Caused Global Warming] From the climate-consensus department mspohr quotes a report from The Guardian written by Dana Nuccitelli, environmental scientist and contributor to SkepticalScience.com: There is an overwhelming expert scientific consensus on human-caused global warming. Authors of seven previous... [Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code] From the undo-undo-oh-god department Reader JustAnotherOldGuy writes: Marco Marsala appears to have deleted his entire company with one mistaken piece of code. By accidentally telling his computer to delete everything in his servers, the hosting provider has seemingly removed all... [Dyson Airblades 'Spread Germs 1,300 Times More Than Paper Towels'] From the achoo-cough-cough department An anonymous reader writes: The Journal of Applied Microbiology published a report claiming Dyson Airblade hand-driers spread 60 times more germs than standard air dryers, and 1,300 times more than standard paper towels. The researchers from... [Burr-Feinstein Anti-Encryption Bill Is Officially Released] From the backdoors-and-loopholes department An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein released the official version of their anti-encryption bill today after a draft appeared online last week. The bill, titled the Compliance with Court... [Phone-Friendly Movie Theaters For Millennials Could Be Reality Soon] From the that-escalated-quickly department An anonymous reader writes: AMC Entertainment realizes Millennials' increasingly growing love for and reliance on smartphones for things, which is why it says it is open to the idea of phone-friendly movie theaters. "When you tell a 22-year-old to... [Jobless Claims In US Decline To Match Lowest Since 1973] From the increasing-workforce department Sho Chandra, reporting for Bloomberg: The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly declined last week to match a more than 42-year low, indicating employers are upbeat about an economy that bogged down in the... [DARPA's Latest Chip Is Designed To Be Bad At Arithmetic] From the deliberately-getting-your-sums-wrong department Reader holy_calamity writes: Pentagon research agency DARPA has funded the creation of a chip incapable of correct arithmetic, in the hope of making computers better at understanding the real world. A chip that can't guarantee that every... [Chrome 50 Updates Push Notifications, Drops Support For Old Windows and OS X Versions] From the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new department An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Google today launched Chrome 50 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, adding the usual slew of developer features. You can update to the latest version now using the browser's built-in silent updater,... [Obama Is Threatening To Veto the GOP's Latest Assault On Net Neutrality] From the thanks-Obama department An anonymous reader cites a Motherboard article: President Obama has long been a vocal supporter of net neutrality. In a " Statement of Administration Policy" (PDF) released Tuesday, Obama signaled that he intends to veto Republican-backed... [Microsoft Sues US Justice Department, Asks Court To Declare Secrecy Orders Unconstitutional] From the fighting-for-your-rights department Todd Bishop, reporting for GeekWire: Microsoft is suing the U.S. Justice Department, asking a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a provision of U.S. law that lets the government keep Microsoft and other tech companies from informing their... [Zika Virus Officially Causes Rare Microcephaly Birth Defects, CDC Says] From the known-causes department An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday the Zika virus causes microcephaly and other birth defects. "This study marks a turning point in the Zika outbreak. It is now clear that the virus... [iOS 1970 Bug Is Back, Can Be Exploited Via Rogue WiFi Networks] From the weird-bugs-strange-exploits department An anonymous reader writes: Back in February iOS users noted that setting your phone/tablet's date to January 1, 1970 would permanently brick their devices. After Apple fixed the issue in iOS 9.3.1, two security researchers have now uploaded a... [FBI Couldn't Tell Apple What Hack It Used, Even If It Wanted To] From the apple-vs-government department An anonymous reader writes: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn't own the technique used to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone, so it can't reveal the method to Apple even if it wanted to, Reuters reported, citing unnamed White House... [Report: Feds To Ban Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes For 2 Years] From the three-strikes-you're-out department An anonymous reader writes: According to the Wall Street Journal, health regulators have proposed pulling the federal license for the company's California laboratory and banning its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, and company president Sunny... [Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three] From the 73 department Charles Bethea has written a fascinating piece on the number '73' for The New Yorker. Below are some tidbits from the story but I urge you to hit the New Yorker link and read the story in entirety there. Bethea writes: "I am aware of the... Follow us on [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Submit a Story to Slashdot!] You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . 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