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When choosing a storage solution, it is important to consider flexibility, availability, and agility. And of course--do not forget cost. [Learn More!] [Trump's Next Immigration Move To Affect H-1B Visas; Require Tech Companies To Try To Hire Americans First: Bloomberg] From the close-to-home department AdamnSelene writes: A report in Bloomberg describes a draft executive order that will hit the tech industry hard and potentially change the way those companies recruit workers from abroad. The H-1B, L-1, E-2, and B1 work visa programs would be... [Indian IT Sector Warns Against US Visa Bill] From the meanwhile-in-India department India's IT lobby warned on Tuesday that a bill before the U.S. Congress aimed at imposing tougher visa rules unfairly targets some of its members and will not solve a U.S. labor shortage in technology and engineering. From a report on Reuters:... [Woman Built House From the Ground Up Using Nothing But YouTube Tutorials] From the fill-in-the-blank department schwit1 quotes a report from Digital Trends: In this generation of self-starters and self-made women and men, do-it-yourself isn't just an option, it's a way of life. And if there's not an app for that, chances are there's a YouTube video for it.... [Tesla's Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass] From the battery-revolution department Tesla is all set to cut the ribbon on a massive battery storage facility in the California desert -- the biggest of its kind on earth. It joins similarly huge facilities built by AES and Altagas, which are both set to launch around the same time.... ['It's Tricky': Apple Misses the Deadline To Pay $13.9 Bn To Ireland in Illegal Tax Benefit] From the tax-savings department Apple has not fully paid the 13 billion euros ($13.9 billion) it owes to Ireland in illegal tax benefits even though the deadline has passed, the European Union's competition said on Tuesday. From a report: "Well the recovery is not done yet but... [LG's UltraFine 5K Display Becomes Useless When It's Within Two Meters of a Router] From the water-and-oil department The LG UltraFine 5K Display was designed in part by Apple to work with the New MacBook Pro and as a replacement for the Thunderbolt Display, which was discontinued late last year. According to 9to5Mac, the display apparently wasn't designed to... [Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy For the FBI To Spy On Journalists] From the shrouded-in-secrecy department schwit1 shares with us a report on a 11-part series led by The Intercept reporter Cora Currier: Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists' phone records with approval from two internal officials -- far less oversight than under normal... [Why An LSD High Lasts For So Long] From the revolutionary-idea-making department Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has been credited, in part, for the creation of the iPhone, the polymerase chain reaction, as well as some pretty abstract artwork. Since the drug is classified as a Schedule 1 substance in the U.S., it's been more... [Scientists Find 'Oldest Human Ancestor' -- A Big-Mouthed Sea Creature With No Anus] From the foul-mouthed department An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Researchers have discovered the earliest known ancestor of humans -- along with a vast range of other species. They say that fossilized traces of the 540-million-year-old creature are "exquisitely well... [Apple Sets a New Record For iPhone Sales] From the record-breaking department Apple has reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2017. According to CEO Tim Cook, the "holiday quarter results generated Apple's highest quarterly revenue ever, and broke multiple records along the way." The company took in... [Elon Musk Thinks We Will Have To Use AI This Way To Avoid a Catastrophic Future] From the profile department Elon Musk has long said that artificial intelligence will have to augment human abilities, rather than compete with them, in order to avoid a portentous future. He has been active in trying to find ways to evaluate and reduce potential risks posed... [Scientists Create Electronic Glasses That Can Automatically Focus On Whatever You're Looking At] From the phase-detection-auto-focus department mmell writes: University of Utah scientists have created a prototype electronic lens which uses several technologies to customize the lens optics focusing on whatever the wearer is looking at. [Just like] the "oil lenses" in Frank Herbert's Dune... [Roku Owners: Comcast Is About To Sell You Cable TV Without the Cable Box] From the hassle-free department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Comcast is making its Xfinity TV service available to subscribers with Roku set-top players via a new app, paving the way for customers of the nation's largest cable provider to watch live... [Google Quietly Makes 'Optional' Web DRM Mandatory In Chrome] From the flip-of-a-switch department JustAnotherOldGuy quotes a report from Boing Boing: The World Wide Web Consortium's Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) is a DRM system for web video, being pushed by Netflix, movie studios, and a few broadcasters. It's been hugely controversial... [KDE Plasma 5.9 Released] From the come-and-get-it department KDE has announced the release and general availability of the KDE Plasma 5.9 desktop environment for GNU/Linux operating systems. While it only took a few months to develop and isn't a long-term supported (LTS) version like KDE Plasma 5.8, 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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