IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 03/03/2016

Liveblog: Scott Kelly comes home from space tonight after nearly a year
At 10:30pm ET let's talk about Kelly's return, and where NASA goes from here.

Scientists may have found molecular gatekeeper of long-term memory
Dialing up the amount of the molecule strengthens recall, fly study suggests.

DJI shows off the semi-automated Phantom 4—leave the flying to the drone
The new Phantom has a computer vision system that can detect and avoid objects.

Stupid Patent of the Month: 100+ companies sued over “personalized content”
Patent owner says EFF "calls inventors names" to help the "anti-patent movement."

Men behind Diffie-Hellman key exchange receive top computer science prize
Pioneering work 40 years ago lead to PGP, TLS, and all your fav crypto protocols.

John McAfee better prepare to eat a shoe because he doesn’t know how iPhones work
John McAfee's plan to crack the iPhone will not even begin to work.

FBI is asking courts to legalize crypto backdoors because Congress won’t
The most lawmakers have done is float bill to create a "commission" to study issue.

Butt procedures, male breast reduction growing slices of plastic surgery
Every 30 min of 2015, a rump was remodeled. Men had 40% of all breast reductions.

It took Verizon seven months to fix Internet outage in NYC building
DSL and phone was out, and residents can't get FiOS.

US military launches cyber attacks on ISIS in Mosul, and announces it
Secretary of defense reveals cyber attacks in advance of ground battle for city.

Xiaomi Redmi 3 review: A $100 metal phone that crushes other $100 phones
It delivers specs that other OEMs struggle to match at twice the price.

The Rimac Concept_One electric car will do 0-186mph in 14.1 seconds
Bugatti-rivaling speed without the gasoline bill.

No coal: Solar, wind, gas dominate new US generating capacity in 2016
First new nuclear plant in 20 years is only 4% of the nation's additions.

“People will fall for it like a drug”—Game devs on the future of VR
Industry luminaries discuss the promise and pitfalls of impending headsets with Ars.

Fujifilm will stop making FP-100C Polaroid-compatible film
Stock up now—the peel-apart film won't be around for much longer.

Stream PS4 games to your PC or Mac with next system update
PS4 version 3.5 expands the useful feature past Vita, PlayStation TV.

Minecraft finally gets a combat overhaul with v1.9 update
You can now dual-wield like a pro.

Dark Souls 3: Cowards and newcomers need not apply
FromSoftware and Miyazaki weave together the best bits from Souls and Bloodborne.

Quantum Break’s time-bending gameplay gets caught in the uncanny valley
Preview: Gorgeous designs, cool powers are dogged by serious pacing issues.

Microsoft makes big Xbox-on-PC push with 4K, 60 fps Forza 6 Apex
Joined by Gears of War Ultimate, Killer Instinct Season 3, Minecraft for Oculus.

Available Tags:McAfee , other , Fujifilm , PS4 , Mac , Microsoft ,

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 03/03/2016

No comments: