The steering council of Python said it is adopting a 12-month release cycle as it seeks to bring more consistency to schedule. In their mailing list they announced the change would mean developers would: 1. Know when to start testing the beta to provide feedback.
2. Know when the expect the RC so the community can prepare their projects for the final…
Tag: testing
Motorola Is Building a New Kind of Walkie-Talkie For First Responders
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company: Motorola Solutions (not to be confused with Motorola Mobility, which makes the smartphones you know), the biggest global player in these LMR walkies, is releasing what appears to be the most advanced walkie-talkie ever. Called the APX Next, it’s a chunky black brick with a thick antenna and a giant push-to-talk button…
Protected: DESI’s 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
A new instrument on the 4-m Mayall telescope has opened its array of thousands of fiber-optic “eyes” to the cosmos and successfully captured the light from distant galaxies. The milestone marks the beginning of final testing for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which is poised to begin creating the most detailed map of the Universe ever undertaken. The Mayall telescope…
Gartner Predictions Reveal How AI Will Change Our World
Gartner research has announced 10 “strategic technology trends that will drive significant disruption and opportunity over the next 5 to 10 years.” And the trends include “hyperautomation” — applying advanced technologies like AI and machine learning to tasks “that once required humans,” combining robotic process automation with intelligent business management software to provide “real-time, continuous intelligence about the organization…with a goal…
Researchers Transmit Energy With A Laser In ‘Historic’ Power-Beaming Demonstration
“First the first time, hundreds of watts of power were wirelessly transmitted hundreds of meters [video], with an integrated system that ensured the safety of operators and bystanders,” writes an anonymous Slashdot reader — sharing a new press release from the U.S. Naval Research Lab. “This could be the first step towards drones that never have to land…” According to the…
‘Ocean Cleanup’ Project Unveils New Solar-Powered Robot That Collects Plastic From Rivers
Today the Ocean Cleanup unveiled its new “Interceptor” solar-powered robot to collect waste plastic from rivers before it can enter the ocean, Fast Company reports: The system was designed by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup, which spent the past four years secretly developing and testing the technology while it continued to work on its main project — a device that can…
Symantec Antivirus Crashed Chrome 78
SmartAboutThings tipped us off to an interesting bug reported by ZDNet Thursday: For the fourth time in three months, a Symantec security product is crashing user apps, and this time it’s the latest Chrome release, v78, which rolled out earlier this week, on Tuesday, October 22. According to reports on Reddit [1, 2] the Google support forums [1, 2], and in…
Autobraking Tech Will Be Standard In Cars By 2022
pgmrdlm shares a report from CBS News: Automatic emergency braking will be standard in most cars in 2022. The technology is expected to cut the number of rear-end crashes in half, but hundreds of drivers say sometimes the system slams on the brakes — apparently for no reason. CBS News found reports of several accidents and injuries that drivers blamed on…
Netflix Launches $4 Mobile-only Monthly Plan in Malaysia
Netflix is ready to take its lower-cost, mobile-only offering beyond India as it looks to expand the reach of its service in other international markets. From a report: The American on-demand video streaming giant today launched a new price tier in Malaysia that would allow people in the nation to access the video service for RM 17 ($4) a month. The…
‘Codes of Conduct: Speech Bans Are Poor Strategy’
Christine Peterson, a long-time futurist who co-founded the nanotech advocacy group the Foresight Institute in 1986 and coined the term “Open Source software” among other things writes: I am currently cited on the home page of the Ethical Source Movement, home of the Ethical Source Definition: “In the twenty years since Christine Peterson first coined the term ‘open source’, our community…