Apple Ordered To Pay $625M To Patent Troll In FaceTime Lawsuit
Apple has been ordered to pay $625 million to VirnetX after a U.S. court judged that the iPhone-maker had infringed on patents used in its iMessage and..
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WikiLeaks' Assange 'unlawfully detained' in Ecuador embassy, U.N. panel to rule, BBC says
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounts to 'unlawful detention', a United Nations panel examining his appeal will rule on Friday, the BBC reported.
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Posted on 2016-02-04T16:08:51+0000
The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace — Hacker Daily
As a software engineer, changing jobs is a way of life. Every day, beautiful recruiters from top tech companies reach ou…
Hasnain says:
This is pure gold.
"Be the first one at your daily stand-up, and run it like the Scrum master you know you are. If someone talks for more than ten seconds, immediately interrupt them and tell them to take it offline."
Posted on 2016-02-03T16:28:48+0000
Yahoo ex-employee sues, alleging manipulation of performance reviews and gender bias
A former Yahoo Inc. employee is suing the Internet company, alleging that a manipulated employee-rating system, as well as gender bias, led to his illegal termination.
The Silicon Valley Children Who Get Left Behind
Thousands of low-income kids—most of whom have immigrant parents—are missing out on the early education they need to keep up with their affluent peers.
Hasnain says:
" The sticker price for enrolling full time in one of these preschools? $1,365, $1,320, and $1,200 a month, respectively."
Posted on 2016-02-02T06:58:47+0000
Here's the full text of Bernie Sanders' Iowa speech
"I think the people of Iowa have sent a very profound message to the political establishment,."
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"What amazes me, what totally amazes me, is that we have not one Republican candidate for president prepared to come up and tell us, and agree with what virtually all scientists agree with, and you know why they are not prepared to do that? Because on the day that they do acknowledge the reality of climate change and call for change, you know what happens? They're going to lose their campaign funds from the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel (industry) ...
So I say to the Republicans, stop worrying about your campaign funds from big oil or the Koch brothers worry about the planet you're going to be leaving your children and your grandchildren."
Posted on 2016-02-02T06:18:33+0000
Yahoo to cut 15 percent jobs, close several units: WSJ
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans that include a reduction of 15 percent of the internet company's workforce and the closure of several business units, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Hasnain says:
Just shortly after "There are no layoffs ... this week". Ouch
Posted on 2016-02-02T06:12:02+0000
oss-security - Socat security advisory 7 - Created new 2048bit DH modulus
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The Feeling Of Power
Jehan Shuman was used to dealing with the men in authority on long-embattled earth. He was only a civilian but he originated programming patterns that resulted in self-directing war computers of the highest sort. Generals, consequently listened to him. Heads of congressional committees too.
Hasnain says:
Asimov's writing always amazes me with how he considered every possibility. I need to hunt down all his works that I haven't read and get started
"The general drove on. "At the present time our chief bottleneck is the fact that missiles are limited in intelligence. The computer controlling them can only be so large, and for that reason they can meet the changing nature of anti-missile defenses in an unsatisfactory way. Few missiles, if any, accomplish their goal, and missile warfare is coming to a dead end, for the enemy, fortunately, as well as for ourselves.
"On the other hand, a missile with a man or two within, controlling flight by graphitics, would be lighter, more mobile, more intelligent. It would give us a lead that might well mean the margin of victory. Besides which, gentlemen, the exigencies of war compel us to remember one thing. A man is much more dispensable than a computer. Manned missiles could be launched in numbers and under circumstances that no good general would care to undertake as far as computer-directed missiles are concerned . . ."