FCC "confused the leash for the dog" — Judges reluctantly accepted claim that broadband isn't "telecommunications." Jon Brodkin - Oct 2, 2019 6:42 pm UTC Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai with his oversized coffee mug in November 2017.The Federal Communications Commission has mostly defeated net neutrality supporters in court even though judges expressed skepticism…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Internet access has been cut off across much of Iraq including the capital Baghdad with connectivity falling below 70%, internet blockage observatory NetBlocks said, amid renewed anti-government protests that turned violent and spread nationwide. Earlier on Wednesday social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as messaging application WhatsApp all appeared…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFootage of the shooting shows the police officer fire one bullet at close range The 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China was "one of Hong Kong's most violent and chaotic days", the city's police chief has said.An 18-year-old protester was shot in the chest with…
Optimized — Figuring out what algorithms could see D-Wave's annealer beat a regular computer. John Timmer - Oct 1, 2019 5:10 pm UTC Enlarge / The D-Wave hardware is, quite literally, a black box.D-WaveThe D-Wave quantum annealer isn't a general-purpose computer, in that it can only solve a set of problems that can be structured…
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to make his priority getting a Brexit deal to protect the economy, rather than wooing voters with a political promises, business groups attending the Conservative Party conference said. FILE PHOTO: People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon DawsonLess…
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i'm projecting? no, you're projecting — Cinemood's little 360P projector works, but you can do better for the money. Jim Salter - Sep 30, 2019 4:30 pm UTC Jim SalterCinemood is a $300 ultra-portable, lithium-ion-powered projector in a lightweight (8oz) form factor roughly the size of a Rubik's Cube. It's an Android device with no…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chris Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York, is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday in a case charging him with taking part in an insider trading scheme involving an Australian biotechnology company. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Chris Collins is interviewed during the 2017 "Congress of Tomorrow" Joint Republican Issues…
Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade.One group of nature lovers has taken matters into its own hands.When the volunteer firefighters of Alter do Chão learn of a fire in their area, they head there armed with rudimentary equipment. Often they are the…
Apple — It's only a slight update to the iPhone XR, but it's the best iPhone for most. Samuel Axon - Sep 29, 2019 12:00 pm UTC Enlarge / It still has a notch!Samuel AxonLike the iPhone XR before it, the iPhone 11 is the default iPhone. It's priced where flagship phones used to be…
