Boeing engineers were nearly done redesigning software on the grounded 737 Max in June when some pilots hopped into a simulator to test a few things. It didn’t go well. From a report: A simulated computer glitch caused it to to dive aggressively in a way that resembled the problem that had caused deadly crashes off Indonesia and in Ethiopia months…
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The Cost For Each SLS Launch Is Over $2 Billion
Acting director of the White House budget office Russell Vought said in a letter that the cost estimate to build and fly a single NASA large Space Launch System rocket in a given year is “more than $2 billion.” “The article then notes how this cost is affecting the Europa Clipper mission, which has three launch options, with SLS mandated by…
Microsoft’s Rust Experiments Are Going Well, But Some Features Are Missing
Microsoft gave a status update today on its experiments on using the Rust programming language instead of C and C++ to write Windows components. From a report: Microsoft began experimenting with Rust over the summer. The Redmond-based software giant said it was interested in Rust because, over the past decade, more than 70% of the security patches it shipped out fixed…
Sequencing the genome of every UK baby would be an ethical minefield
The UK health minister Matt Hancock has announced plans for the NHS to analyse everyone’s DNA at birth, but the idea may breach current ethical guidelines on genetic testing Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222754-sequencing-the-genome-of-every-uk-baby-would-be-an-ethical-minefield/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Now Googlers Are Protesting Company’s Cloud Deals With Big Oil
Activists inside Google are calling on management to ditch deals with oil and gas companies, the latest flare-up inside the technology giant. Bloomberg reports: In a letter published on Monday, more than 1,100 workers asked Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to release a “company-wide climate plan” that commits to cutting carbon emissions entirely. The letter also asks Google to drop…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – October 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 50+ courses on our platform in October. This month brings a number of new courses focused on innovation and disruption, from developing a systems mindset to digital transformation, AI workflows, and futures thinking. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past month: October 2019’s […]
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‘I Worked on Political Ads at Facebook. They Profit By Manipulating Us.’
Yael Eisenstat, a visiting fellow at Cornell Tech in the Digital Life Initiative and a former elections integrity head at Facebook, CIA officer, and White House adviser, writes for the Washington Post: As the company continues to struggle with how to handle political content and as another presidential election approaches, it’s clear that tinkering around the margins of advertising policies won’t…
Waymo’s Completely Driverless Cars Are Now Picking Up Passengers
“Congrats! This car is all yours, with no one up front,” announces the cheery pop-up notification from Waymo’s app. “This ride will be different. With no one else in the car, Waymo will do all the driving. Enjoy this free ride on us!” TechCrunch got one of the first completely-driverless rides as a journalist, writes long-time Slashdot reader galgon. “It appears…
Python Creator Guido van Rossum Retires, Heads To Python Conference
“Guido van Rossum, the creator of the hugely popular Python programming language, is leaving cloud file storage firm Dropbox and heading into retirement,” reports ZDNet: That ends his six and half years with the company, which hired in him in 2013 because so much of its functionality was built on Python. And, after last year stepping down from his leadership role…
Amazon Is Poorly Vetting Alexa’s User-Submitted Answers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and Cortana can answer all sorts of questions that pop into users’ heads, and they’re improving every day. But what happens when a company like Amazon decides to crowdsource answers to fill gaps in its platform’s knowledge? The result can range from amusing and perplexing to concerning. Alexa Answers…