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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!]( [Microsoft Research Developing An AI To Put Coders Out of a Job]( From the on-the-street department jmcbain writes: Are you a software programmer who voted in a recent Slashdot poll that a robot/AI would never take your job? Unfortunately, you're wrong. Microsoft, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, is developing such an AI. This... [Most Scientists 'Can't Replicate Studies By Their Peers']( From the sad-state department Science is facing a "reproducibility crisis" where more than two-thirds of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, research suggests. From a report: This is frustrating clinicians and drug developers who... [Owning a Cat Does Not Lead To Mental Illness, Study Finds]( From the sigh-of-relief department An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Cats host a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii that other research has linked to various mental illnesses. So, for some time, people have wondered whether cats are unsafe; for example, pregnant... [NASA Scientists Propose New Definition of Planets, and Pluto Could Soon Be Back]( From the fine-line department Rei writes: After several years of publicly complaining about the "bullshit" decision at the IAU redefining what comprises a planet, New Horizons program head Alan Stern and fellow planetary geologists have put forth a new definition which they... [Google Releases an AI Tool For Publishers To Spot and Weed Out Toxic Comments]( From the ai-to-rescue department Google today launched a new technology to help news organizations and online platforms identify and swiftly remove abusive comments on their websites. The technology, called Perspective, will review comments and score them based on how similar... [Inside Uber's Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture]( From the how-they-work department Excerpts from Mike Isaac's report for the New York Times: Interviews with more than 30 current and former Uber employees, as well as reviews of internal emails, chat logs and tape-recorded meetings, paint a picture of an often unrestrained... [Scientists Discover a Way To Get Every Last Drop of Ketchup Out of the Bottle]( From the karate-chop department Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a report from BBC: Scientists in Boston have found a way to get every last drop of ketchup out of the bottle. They have developed a coating that makes bottle interiors super slippery. The coating can also be used to... [Social Media Are Driving Americans Insane]( From the big-impacts department Deena Shanker, writing for Bloomberg: If you pull out your phone to check Twitter while waiting for the light to change, or read e-mails while brushing your teeth, you might be what the American Psychological Association calls a "constant... [Tech Reporting Is More Negative Now Than in the Past]( From the news-we-read department Wayne Williams, writing for BetaNews: A new study finds that tech reporting is generally more pessimistic now than in the past, and for two very different reasons. The new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF),... ['Social Media Needs A Travel Mode']( From the genuine-concern department Maciej CegÅowski, a Polish-American web developer, entrepreneur, and social critic, writes on a blog post: We need a 'trip mode' for social media sites that reduces our contact list and history to a minimal subset of what the site normally... [Judge Blocks California Law Limiting Publication of Actor's Ages]( From the come-and-rejoice department mi writes: IMDb has a reason to rejoice. Politico reports: "A federal judge has barred the State of California from enforcing a new law limiting online publication of actors' ages. Acting in a case brought by online movie information website IMDb,... [Google Has Demonstrated a Successful Practical Attack Against SHA-1]( From the amazing department Reader Artem Tashkinov writes: Ten years after of SHA-1 was first introduced, Google has announced the first practical technique for generating an SHA-1 collision. It required two years of research between the CWI Institute in Amsterdam and... [Amazon Argues That Alexa Is Protected By the First Amendment in a Murder Trial]( From the know-your-rights department Amazon is sticking to its guns in the fight to protect customer data. The ecommerce giant has filed a motion to quash the search warrant for recordings from an Amazon Echo in the trial of James Andrew Bates, accused of murdering friend Victor... [FCC Votes To Lift Net Neutrality Transparency Rules For Smaller Internet Providers]( From the life-isn't-fair department The Federal Communications Commission today voted to lift transparency requirements for smaller internet providers. According to The Verge, "Internet providers with fewer than 250,000 subscribers will not be required to disclose information on... [Tech Breakthroughs Take a Backseat in Upcoming Apple iPhone Launch]( From the shape-of-things-to-come department Stephen Nellis, reporting for Reuters: The new iPhone is expected to include new features such as high-resolution displays, wireless charging and 3-D sensors. Rather than representing major breakthroughs, however, most of the innovations have been... 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