At a Chicago coffee shop, “the cashier wouldn’t take my order until I took off my AirPod!” complained a patron named Kevin. “And it was only in one ear! Am I the asshole here?” ZDNet’s “Technically Incorrect” column shares the answer he got from the “Salty Waitress” etiquette columnist at a foodie site called The Takeout:
She replied, in part: “I am…
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2009 Crash of Boeing 737 NG Now Receiving New Scrutiny
Slashdot reader JoeyRox shares a disturbing story about a Boeing 737 NG flight carrying 128 passengers that crashed in 2009, killings its three pilots, another crew member and five passengers. But “the Dutch investigators focused blame on the pilots for failing to react properly when an automated system malfunctioned and caused the plane to plummet into a field,” the New York…
Antibiotic resistance genes can be passed around by bacteria in dust
Disease-causing bacteria living in dust can pass antibiotic resistance genes to one another, a study of samples of dust in public buildings suggests Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231210-antibiotic-resistance-genes-can-be-passed-around-by-bacteria-in-dust/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Bacteria hiding in indoor dust could spread antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria may be able to pass their genes on to others. Source: https://www.livescience.com/dust-carries-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria.html
Exploit Fully Breaks SHA-1, Lowers the Attack Bar
ThreatPost reported on some big research last week: A proof-of-concept attack has been pioneered that “fully and practically” breaks the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) code-signing encryption, used by legacy computers to sign the certificates that authenticate software downloads and prevent man-in-the-middle tampering. The exploit was developed by Gaëtan Leurent and Thomas Peyrin, academic researchers at Inria France and Nanyang Technological…
Negotiation Tips and Tricks (From Salary to Price)
Want to know how to negotiate your salary or how to avoid the biggest mistakes in negotiation? Get advice from Dr. George Siedel, a master negotiator and Professor Emeritus of Business Law at the University of Michigan. Read on to learn his insights on: Why negotiation is an important skill His number one tip on […]
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A Quick Look At the Fight Against Encryption
b-dayyy shared this overview from the Linux Security site: Strong encryption is imperative to securing sensitive data and protecting individuals’ privacy online, yet governments around the world refuse to recognize this, and are continually aiming to break encryption in an effort to increase the power of their law enforcement agencies… This fear of strong, unbroken encryption is not only unfounded –…
Will Apple’s Next iPhones Get Rid of Charging Ports Too?
“First they came for our headphone jacks. Now, they’re taking our ports,” writes CNET: Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reported that the company is gearing up to remove the Lightning connector from the flagship iPhone released in 2021… Kuo predicts that having a totally wireless phone will help differentiate the flagship iPhone from all other models in the lineup. Having…
Why So Many Japanese Children Refuse To Go To School
In Japan, more and more children are refusing to go to school, a phenomenon called “futoko.” As the numbers keep rising, people are asking if it’s a reflection of the school system, rather than a problem with the pupils themselves. From a report: Ten-year-old Yuta Ito waited until the annual Golden Week holiday last spring to tell his parents how he…
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
For the first time, researchers have been able to record, frame-by-frame, how an electron interacts with certain atomic vibrations in a solid. The technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the exact opposite—the absence of resistance, or superconductivity. …