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So how can you ensure you have the right training for your IT staff? Download this eBook today to get the data you need to make informed decisions for your company. [Learn More!]( [Former Engineer Says Uber Is a Nightmare of Sexism; CEO Orders Urgent Investigation]( From the what-in-the-world department An anonymous reader shares a report on The Verge: A former Uber engineer has published an explosive account of sexism and power struggles in the workplace, with allegations beginning from her very first official day with the company. The engineer,... [NASA Is Studying A Manned Trip Around The Moon On A $23 Billion Rocket]( From the shape-of-things-to-come department An anonymous reader shares a report on NASA's ongoing work on a manned trip to the moon. From the report: Without a new administrator even nominated yet, NASA's acting head Robert Lightfoot on Wednesday requested a study of whether next year's... [ZDNet: Linux 'Takes The World' While Windows Dominates The Desktop]( From the decade-of-the-Linux-desktop department ZDNet editor-in-chief Steve Ranger writes that desktop dominance is less important with today's cloud-based apps running independent of operating system, arguing that the desktop is now "just one computing platform among many." An anonymous reader... [Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited, Rules A New Zealand Court]( From the residency-shmesidency department Kim Dotcom -- and Megaupload's programmers Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk, as well as its advertising manager Finn Batato -- could soon be in a U.S. courtroom. A New Zealand judge just ruled they can all be extradited to the U.S. An... [Amazon Quietly Lowered Its Free Shipping Minimum to $35]( From the small-changes department Retailers have been busy over the weekend with Presidents Day promotions and sales, but Amazon had a significant surprise discount of its own. From a report: In a blink-and-miss-it move, the online retail giant quietly reduced its free shipping... [The Death of the Click]( From the moving-on department Sara Fischer, writing for Axios: For the past 10 years, we've operated on the premise that the most important digital metric is the click that refers a person to a website. That click usually comes from a social distribution channel, like Facebook... [NASA Scientist Revive 10,000-Year-Old Microorganisms]( From the bacteria-to-the-future department "Scientists have extracted long-dormant microbes from inside the famous giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves in Mexico -- and revived them," reports the BBC. An anonymous reader writes: "The organisms were likely to have been encased in the... ['Counter-Strike' Gets Invaded By An Unblockable Chat-Bot]( From the first-person-chatter department An anonymous reader writes: "At least one intruder is taking advantage of a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive exploit to flood lobbies (even private ones) with text from chat bots that can't be kicked," writes Engadget. The attack "allegedly... [Microsoft Has Cancelled the Second-Gen HoloLens, Working on Third-Gen For 2019 Launch]( From the change-in-plan department Citing several unnamed sources, long-time blogger Brad Sams is reporting that Microsoft has canceled the second iteration of the HoloLens in an attempt to focus on even more advanced HoloLens. The company, he says, now plans to launch that third... [Google and Microsoft To Crackdown On Piracy Sites In Search Results]( From the tightening-the-screws department Google and Microsoft pledged on Monday to crack down on sites hosting pirated content that show up on their search engines. In what is being called a first of its kind agreement, Google and Microsoft's Bing will demote U.K. search results of... [Linux Kernel 4.10 Officially Released With Virtual GPU Support]( From the tarballs-from-Torvalds department "Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the Linux 4.10 kernel series, which add a great number of improvements, new security features, and support for the newest hardware components," writes Softpedia. prisoninmate quotes their... [Of Course Facebook Is Putting a Snapchat Clone Inside WhatsApp]( From the we-will-never-change department Karissa Bell, writing for Mashable: Facebook is about to start pushing its next Snapchat clone on a new set of 1 billion+ users. WhatsApp is now starting to roll out its own version of Stories with an update to its Status feature. Launching now in... Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [Submit a Story to Slashdot!]( You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . 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