Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas'; Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are Top Distraction in Workplace, Study Says

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[Learn More!] [Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas'] From the flexed-biceps department An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Telegraph: Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the United Kingdom or France. The RS-28 Sarmat thermonuclear-armed... [Renewables Overtake Coal As World's Largest Source of Power Capacity] From the green-energy department The world's largest source of power capacity is now renewables, as roughly half a million solar panels were installed every single day last year. In addition, two wind turbines were erected every hour in countries such as China, according to the... [Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are Top Distraction in Workplace, Study Says] From the please-keep-quiet department Sounds, especially those made by other humans, have ranked as the top distraction in the workplace, according to design expert Alan Hedge of Cornell. A staggering 74 percent of workers say they face "many" instances of disturbances and... [Apple's Annual Sales Fall For First Time Since 2001] From the blast-from-the-past department An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNNMoney: Apple just posted its first annual sales decline since 2001, the year it launched the iPod and kicked off a tremendous run of groundbreaking products. The tech company revealed Tuesday that annual... [Google Fiber Pauses Operations, CEO Leaves, and About 9 Percent of Staff Is Being Let Go] From the new-strategy department The future of Google Fiber has been shaky ever since Google's parent company, Alphabet, was founded. The original plan was to expand Fiber's blazing fast internet service to more than 20 cities, with the goal of eventually delivering nationwide... [Microsoft Announces Ultra-Thin, Pixel-Dense Surface Studio Touchscreen PC] From the giant-systems department An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft's first Surface-branded desktop PC now exists, and it is called the Surface Studio. The PC features a 28" display with 13.5 million pixels, which means the display is roughly 63 percent denser than a "4K"... [Apple Has Created 'Detailed Mockups' of iMessage For Android] From the fuel-to-the-fire department One of the biggest features on iOS that isn't available on Android is iMessage, an instant messaging service that allows users to send information over Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, and other forms of internet access to other iOS or OS X users. Earlier this... [In China, Some Apple Users Opt For iPhone Makeover Rather Than Buy New] From the interesting-things department Instead of buying a new iPhone model, some Chinese iPhone owners are giving their old models a makeover to look like the latest version -- a trend that could dent Apple's efforts to boost sales in what has been its biggest growth driver.... [Canadian Police Are Texting Potential Murder Witnesses] From the privacy-concerns department On Thursday, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will send text messages to anybody who was in the vicinity of a murder in the hopes that one of them will have information that can help catch the culprit. One of the recipients may even be the... [Repeat Infringers Can Be Mere Downloaders, Court Rules] From the setting-records-straight department A 10-year-old copyright case has prompted an interesting opinion from a US appeals court. In determining the nature of a "repeat infringer" (which service providers must terminate to retain safe harbor), the court found these could be people who... [Microsoft Announces Paint 3D, the Biggest Update Ever To the Classic App] From the 3d-things department Microsoft is releasing a revamped and modernized Paint app for Windows 10 that let people draw and convert things in 3D. The company announced the app at its keynote today where it stressed the future of making things in 3D. The Verge adds:Users... [Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 Creators Update, Coming in Early 2017] From the windows-update department Microsoft today announced Creators Update for Windows 10. The company said Creators Update will release with a slew of new features at no charge in early 2017. From a report on Fortune: The Windows 10 Creators Update lets users on mobile devices... [Comcast Sues Nashville To Halt Rules That Give Google Fiber Faster Access To Utility Poles] From the throttled-service department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast yesterday sued the Nashville metro government and mayor to stop a new ordinance designed to give Google Fiber faster access to utility poles. Comcast's complaint in U.S. District Court... [Scientists Create AI Program That Can Predict Human Rights Trials With 79 Percent Accuracy] From the moral-right-and-wrong department An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Computer scientists have created an AI program capable of predicting the outcome of human rights trials. The program was trained on data from nearly 600 cases brought before the European Court of... [Dyn DNS DDoS Likely The Work of Script Kiddies, Says FlashPoint] From the amateur-hackers department While nobody knows exactly who was responsible for the internet outrage last Friday, business risk intelligence firm FlashPoint released a preliminary analysis of the attack agains Dyn DNS, and found that it was likely the work of "script kiddies"... Follow us on [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Submit a Story to Slashdot!] You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . To [change your preferences]- receive this in html or text, visit the [Preference Center!] To unsubscribe, [click here] or send an email to: unsubscribe-47676@elabs10.com Slashdot | 1660 Logan Ave. Ste A | San Diego, CA 92113 To view our Privacy Policy click [here.]