IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/02/2016

NASA budget proposal widens divide between White House and Congress
Budget battles likely over Earth science, and the Space Launch System

Relive your worst MS-DOS file-deletion memories at the Malware Museum
Classic, defanged files at archive.org won't actually wipe your hard drive.

Supreme Court halts Obama’s climate-change initiative
Carbon emissions regs shelved until legal wrangling is over—which could take years.

White center lines are being removed from roads in the UK—for safety
A trial began in August 2014 to see if lines made drivers unnecessarily confident.

Obama wants you to join CyberCorps Reserve to help feds get their act together
A full scholarship comes with multi-year commitment to battle entrenched bureaucracy.

A smart fan that decides whether you are worthy of being cooled
The "Ethical Things" project crowdsources ethical decisions, with disturbing results.

Intel to shut down renegade Skylake overclocking with microcode update
Skylake's design opened the door to easier overclocking; Intel is closing it back up.

NIH gets a flat 2017 budget—if Congress can find another $1.8 billion
Fewer and smaller research grants ahead, even if it does come up with the cash.

Martin Shkreli’s troubles deepen—from allegations of fraud to IP infringement
Plot thickens for former pharma CEO, now accused of copyright violations.

A full catalog of the Antarctic ice shelves that should terrify us
The ones nearest collapse are holding back meters of sea-level rise.

Fans rejoice: Bryan Fuller named showrunner on new Star Trek series
He has already hinted at what might be in store.

Windows 10 updates finally get some release notes
Microsoft responds to customer feedback, tells us what goes in each update.

“Huge” number of Mac apps vulnerable to hijacking, and a fix is elusive
Apps that use 3rd-party updater over insecure HTTP channels subject to MiTM attacks.

Oculus reveals first “Oculus Ready” PCs, in bundles starting at $1,499
Asus, Dell, and Alienware towers certified to run virtual reality.

Budget “bow wave” causes Air Force to cut 45 F-35s from purchase plans
Nuclear modernization, new bomber, and other expenses get priority over next 10 years.

New report outlines NFL interference in concussion research
Questions raised over helmet sensors as study links successive blows to brain damage.

Study finds that sleep deprivation leads to false confessions
But relevance is unclear, as the participants faced no consequences for confessing.

Game cracking group takes a year off as a “genuine sales” experiment
But other piracy groups will no doubt fill the gap they leave.

North Korea’s “successful” satellite in orbit, but tumbling and useless
Meanwhile, North's plutonium production is ramping up for building warheads.

AT&T and FCC chairman square off in set-top box fight
FCC set to vote on a card-less replacement for CableCard.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 11/02/2016

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