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[Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code?]( From the pins-for-privacy department Slashdot reader gordo3000 writes: Given all the recent headlines about border patrol getting up close and personal with phones, I've been wondering why phone manufacturers don't offer a second emergency pin that you can enter that wipes all... [Microsoft To Introduce a New Feature In Windows 10 Which Will Allow Users To Block Installation of Desktop Apps]( From the shape-of-things-to-come department Microsoft is planning to introduce a new feature to Windows 10 that will allow a user to prevent installation of desktop apps. The latest Windows Insider build comes with an option that allows users to enable app installations only from the... [Supersmart Robots Will Outnumber Humans Within 30 Years, Says SoftBank CEO]( From the bold-predictions department Computers running artificial intelligence programs will exceed human intelligence within three decades, Masayoshi Son, founder of the Japanese technology and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Group, said on Monday. From a report on Fortune:... [Intel Reacts To AMD Ryzen Apparently Cutting Prices On Core i7 And i5 Processors]( From the price-war department Less than a week after AMD announced the first line up of Ryzen processors, Intel is apparently fighting back by dropping the price of several of its processors. Rob Williams, writing for HotHardware: So, what we're seeing now are a bunch of Intel... [SpaceX Plans To Send Two People Around the Moon In 2018]( From the private-spaceflight department Today, SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced that in 2018, the company will fly two private citizens around the Moon in its Dragon 2 spacecraft, carried by its Falcon Heavy rocket. "While the voyagers' names have not been disclosed, according to... [Can Streaming Companies Replace Hollywood Studios?]( From the Oscar-dead-pool department "Movie-theater attendance is down to a 19-year low, with revenues hovering slightly above $10 billion," reports Vanity Fair, arguing that traditional studios should feel threatened by nimble streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon, which... [Canada's Top Mountie Issues Blistering Memo On IT Failures]( From the enough-is-enough department Reader Freshly Exhumed writes: RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has levelled a blistering memo obtained by the CBC on how critical IT failures have increased by 129 per cent since Shared Services Canada took over tech support for the entire... [In Twenty, Fifty Years, 'We May Be Entertaining AI', Says Netflix CEO]( From the shape-of-things-to-come department "If you are starting to look ahead what do you see?" a journalist asked Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at the Mobile World Congress. An anonymous reader shares a report: Hastings cited the work of Charlie Booker on "Black Mirror," saying "He tells many... [LG Unveils G6 Android Nougat Smartphone With a Compact 5.7-Inch QHD+ 18:9 Display]( From the compact-and-gorgeous department MojoKid writes: LG recently unveiled the new G6 smartphone, going completely back to the drawing board versus its predecessor -- the not so well-received G5. In its place is a very compact aluminum unibody design and a large 5.7-inch QHD+ display... [Indian State Saves $45 Million As Schools Switch To Open Source Software]( From the switch-to-foss department From a report: The Kerala government has made a saving of Rs 300 crore ($45 million) through introduction and adoption of Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) in the school education sector, said a state government official on Sunday. IT became... [Questioning The Privacy Policies Of Data-Collecting Cars]( From the shut-up-and-drive department Remember when Vizio's televisions started collecting data about what shows people were watching? One transportation reporter is more worried about all the data being collected by cars. schwit1 quotes Autoblog: Nowadays, auto manufacturers seem to... [Sony Launches Phone With World's First 4K HDR Screen; Nokia Brings Back the 3310 Handset]( From the new-phones department Rumors were true. Nokia did launch its 3310 handset at MWC. It's been almost 17 years since the 3310 first came out. In that time the Nokia brand has been bought, sold, and stripped for parts. From a report on Wired: The 3310 is still very much a... [Mozilla Acquires Pocket and Its More Than 10 Million Users]( From the read-it-later department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser, is buying Pocket, the read-it-later service, for an undisclosed amount. Pocket, which is described by Mozilla as its first strategic acquisition,... 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.](