The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe; Thrilling Discovery of Seven Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting Nearby Star

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A new whitepaper from ABI Research outlines the top trends to watch in the IoT market over the next year, from technology advancements in connectivity and rapid application enablement to augmented reality, analytics automation, and the rise of IoT marketplaces. [Learn More!]( [The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe]( From the run-to-the-hills department ColdWetDog writes: The Atlantic has an interesting article on how societies have decreased economic equality. From the report: "Calls to make America great again hark back to a time when income inequality receded even as the economy boomed and the... [AMD Launches Ryzen, Claims To Beat Intel's Core i7 Offering At Half the Price]( From the how-about-that department Reader MojoKid writes: AMD CEO, Dr. Lisu Su took to the stage at AMD's Ryzen tech day yesterday and opened the event with official speeds, feeds, pricing, and benchmark scores for the company's upcoming Ryzen series processors. AMD's goal with... [Thrilling Discovery of Seven Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting Nearby Star]( From the breakthrough department At a press conference on Wednesday, NASA scientists announced that they have spotted seven Earth-sized planets orbiting closely around a small, ultra-cool star. The star is 39 light years away. From a report on The Guardian: It is the first time... [Valve's Gabe Newell Says Only 30 SteamVR Apps Have Made $250,000+]( From the one-step-at-a-time department New submitter rentarno writes: According to Valve President, Gabe Newell, only 30 virtual-reality apps on Steam (of some 1,000) have made more than $250,000. But that isn't stopping the company from throwing the bulk of their weight behind virtual... [Studies Show Testosterone Offers Little Benefits To Aging Men]( From the lasts-for-more-than-4-hours department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In decades of research, scientists have found only one medical condition that's clearly and effectively treated with testosterone supplements: pathological hypogonadism -- that's low... [iPhone Owners in US Spent $40 Each on Apps in 2016]( From the how-we-shop department Zoey Chong, writing for CNET: iPhone users in the US are spending more and more on apps and in-app purchases. Spending climbed to an average of $40 per person last year, according to research released Monday by Sensor Tower. This is up from $35 in... [Tinder Wants AI To Set You Up On a Date]( From the shape-of-things-to-come department Dave Lee, writing for BBC: Tinder is growing up. It's now a serious technology company tackling one of life's most important matters, and is by far the most popular dating app worldwide. After a lot of boardroom musical chairs, Mr Rad is the... [College Senior Turns His Honda Civic Into a Self-Driving Car Using Free Hardware, Software]( From the do-it-yourself department holy_calamity writes: University of Nebraska student Brevan Jorgenson swapped the rear-view mirror in his 2016 Honda Civic for a home-built device called a Neo, which can steer the vehicle and follow traffic on the highway. Jorgenson used hardware... [Cellphones As a Fifth-Order Elaboration of Maxwell's Theory]( From the blast-from-the-past department schwit1 shares a report from IEEE Spectrum that reflects on the "Stages of Electronics" based on James Clerk Maxwell's theory: Now that the world has become addicted to portable electronics, billions of people have come to see the companies... [US Homeland Security Employees Locked Out of Computer Networks]( From the trouble-in-connection department Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: Some U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area and Philadelphia were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter. It... [GE, Intel, and AT&T Are Putting Cameras and Sensors All Over San Diego]( From the more-connected-things department An anonymous reader shares a Fortune report: General Electric will put cameras, microphones, and sensors on 3,200 street lights in San Diego this year, marking the first large-scale use of "smart city" tools GE says can help monitor traffic and... [Uber's Self-Driving Cars Are Now Picking Up Passengers in Arizona]( From the it's-here department Almost two months to the day after Uber loaded its fleet of self-driving SUVs into the trailer of a self-driving truck and stormed off to Arizona in a self-driving huff, the company is preparing to launch its second experiment (if you don't count... [Apple's New Spaceship Campus Gets a Name, Lifts Off In April]( From the to-be-continued department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple has been building its giant new "spaceship" campus in the company's hometown of Cupertino, California, since December of 2013, and since then fans have paid obsessive attention to the... [Disney Develops Room With 'Ubiquitous Wireless' Charging]( From the cost-of-convenience department An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: The scientific and tech arm of the entertainment giant Disney has built a prototype room with "ubiquitous wireless power delivery" that allows several devices to be charged wirelessly in much the way... [HP Is Advertising Its Real, Modern Printers on This Fake, Awkward '80s Computer Show]( From the nicely-done department T.L. Stanley, writing for AdWeek: It's a fine line between effective '80s homage and clumsy retro spoof, with the latter usually involving a lot of overplayed visual gags like brick-sized cell phones and VHS tapes. Cue pointing and laughing. This... Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [Submit a Story to Slashdot!]( You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . 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