Linus Torvalds: Talk of Tech Innovation is Bullshit. Shut Up and Get the Work Done; FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone

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[FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone]( From the because-why-not department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: Your smartphone has an FM radio in it, only it's unlikely that you're able to use it. That's because in the U.S., less than half of phones actually have the FM tuner turned on. But FCC Chairman Ajit... [Lost Winston Churchill Essay Reveals His Thoughts On Alien Life]( From the existential-crisis department "A newly discovered essay by Winston Churchill shows that the British statesman gave a lot of thought to the existential question that has inspired years of scientific research and blockbuster movies: are we alone in the University?" reports The... [JavaScript Attack Breaks ASLR On 22 CPU Architectures]( From the drive-by-exploits department An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Five researchers from the Vrije University in the Netherlands have put together an attack that can be carried out via JavaScript code and break ASLR protection on at least 22... [Ethicists Advise Caution In Applying CRISPR Gene Editing To Humans]( From the slippery-slope department New submitter Baron_Yam quotes a report from Washington Post (Warning: may be paywalled; alternate source): Ethicists have been working overtime to figure out how to handle CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing technique that could potentially... [Bipartisan Bill Seeks Warrants For Police Use of 'Stingray' Cell Trackers]( From the civil-liberties department Tulsa_Time quotes a report from USA Today: A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday requiring police agencies to get a search warrant before they can deploy powerful cellphone surveillance technology known... [Autism Starts Months Before Symptoms Appear, Study Shows]( From the early-treatment department A new study published this week in the journal Nature suggests there is evidence of autism in the brain well before symptoms start to appear. Typically, the earliest that children are diagnosed with the disorder is at the age of two, although... [Apple's iPhone 8 To Replace Touch ID Home Button With 'Function Area']( From the rumor-mill department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Apple Insider: Apple will ditch the home button when it debuts a new 'iPhone 8' model later this year, and will dedicate the extra screen real estate to an area for virtual buttons, according to KGI analyst... [Tech Jobs Took a Big Hit Last Year]( From the how-did-we-do department Barb Darrow, writing for Fortune: Tech jobs took it on the chin last year. Layoffs at computer, electronics, and telecommunications companies were up 21 percent to 96,017 jobs cut in 2016, compared to 79,315 the prior year. Tech layoffs accounted... [Google Fiber Sheds Workers As It Looks to a Wireless Future]( From the more-changes department Mariella Moon, writing for Engadget: Alphabet is making some huge changes to steer Google Fiber in a new, more wireless direction. According to Wired, the corporation has reassigned hundreds of Fiber employees to other parts of the company and... [Check Your Privacy Filters: Facebook Wants To Be the New LinkedIn]( From the using-sheer-power department From a report on CNET: Facebook isn't just for wasting time in the office. It can now help you find a new job entirely. The social network has unveiled a Jobs page, which allows businesses to list all kinds of work for you to find. You can even... [Valve 'Comfortable' If Virtual Reality Headsets Fail]( From the they-are-prepared department VR headset developer Valve is "comfortable" with the idea that the technology could turn out to be a complete failure. Gabe Newell, head of the game studio, made the statement in an interview with news site Polygon. From a report: Valve is... [Sprint's New Unlimited Plan Adds HD Streaming, Four Lines For $90]( From the best-unlimited-HD-plan department Take that, Verizon! Sprint's unlimited data plan now has HD video too. From a report: On February 16, Sprint upped its unlimited plan, launching the "best unlimited HD plan ever", according to its press release. The new plan matches Verizon... [CloudFlare Puts Pirate Sites on New IP Addresses, Avoids Cogent Blockade]( From the fighting-back department Earlier this month, several users worldwide reported that they were unable to access pirate websites including the Pirate Bay. It was because the internet backbone network of Cogent Communications had blackholed the CloudFlare IP-address of pirate... 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.](