Linux developers recognize Microsoft’s contributions to Linux and security — by letting the company’s Linux developers in its closed linux-distro security list. …read more Source:: Linux
Month: July 2019
Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity
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•Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein’s theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form. …read more Source:: Science
‘You all look alike to me’ is hard-wired in us, research finds
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•We are hard-wired to process — or not process — facial differences based on race. And that process occurs in the earliest filters of our thought process, according to newly …read more Source:: Science
Canonical GitHub account hacked, Ubuntu source code safe
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•Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating. …read more Source:: Linux
Microsoft once called Linux ‘a cancer,’ and that was a big mistake
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•Microsoft’s hostility to Linux has softened dramatically in recent years, but the scars from the war against Linux are still visible today. …read more Source:: Linux
Ultra-small nanoprobes could be a leap forward in human-machine interfaces
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•Machine enhanced humans — or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction — could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Visual Studio Code vs. Atom: How they stack up
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•By Serdar Yegulalp If you’re a fan of Microsoft Visual Studio Code—and it seems more people are every day—it’s because the popular code editor offers a heap of appealing features. It’s endlessly …read more Source:: OpenSource
Neural nets to simulate molecular motion cast
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•New work is showing that artificial neural nets can be trained to encode quantum mechanical laws to describe the motions of molecules, supercharging simulations potentially across a broad range of …read more Source:: Science
A short bout of exercise enhances brain function
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•Neuroscientists, working with mice, have discovered that a short burst of exercise directly boosts the function of a gene that increases connections between neurons in the hippocampus, the region of …read more Source:: Science
Atmosphere of midsize planet revealed by Hubble, Spitzer
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•Two NASA space telescopes have identified the detailed chemical ‘fingerprint’ of a planet between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. No planets like this can be found in our own …read more Source:: Science