Inclement weather knocked out power to more than 22,000 customers in the Gilroy and Morgan Hill areas Tuesday night, according to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The outage was reported around 9 p.m., said JD Guidi, a spokesman for the utility.
Month: January 2017
#SherlockLive: When the consulting detective gave mere mortals a chance to solve case with him
In a social media experiment, BBC One, home of Sherlock , planned an interactive case solving session with writers of the show Steve Moffat and Mark Gatiss taking over the Twitter account of the channel, sending out tweets as Sherlock Holmes. Our tech teams are looking into #SherlockLive and they believe these two men may be involved somehow.
Ion exchange technique (IET) to characterise Ag + exposure in soil…
Dina Schwertfeger A , Jessica Velicogna A , Alexander Jesmer A , Heather McShane B , Richard Scroggins A and Juliska Princz A C B Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, QuA bec, H9X 3V9, Canada. Environmental Chemistry – http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EN16136 Submitted: 30 July 2016 Accepted: 21 November 2016 Published online: 11 January 2017 Environmental context.
explains: How machines learned to speak human language
THIS past Christmas, millions of people will have opened boxes containing gadgets with a rapidly improving ability to use human language. Amazon’s Echo device, featuring a digital assistant called Alexa, is now present in over 5m homes.
US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices
This Wednesday, July 22, 2015, file photo shows St. Jude Medical corporate headquarters, in Little Canada, Minn., just north of St. Paul. The Homeland Security Department is warning the public about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer’s implantable heart devices that could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person’s defibrillator or pacemaker.
Security scare at Mumbai airport after multiple bomb alerts
Mumbai airport was put on high alert on Monday night after an Interpol input was received about a bomb on board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. Security.
Dylann Roof gets death penalty for church shootings
An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the decision, capping a trial in which the 22-year-old avowed white supremacist did not fight for his life or show any remorse.
Watch: President Obamaa s farewell speech from Chicago
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WSJ: Wal-Mart Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs This Month
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of January, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer plans to eliminate jobs at its headquarters and regional personnel that support stores, according to the report.
Tesla’s Autopilot Head Said to Depart as Apple Engineer Hired
Sterling Anderson, Tesla Motor Inc.’s director of autopilot programs since November 2015, has left the Palo Alto, California-based maker of electric cars, according to a person familiar with the matter. Tesla announced Tuesday that it hired Chris Lattner as its vice president of autopilot software.
Govt plans to cast ‘net’ wide, include backward areas
After becoming the first state in the country to complete a mass roll-out of high-speed public internet services, the Maharashtra government is planning a free daily internet usage quota of up to 1GB for school and college students and residents of backward areas on this network. The government will also launch WiFi services in other cities like Kalyan-Dombivli, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Amravati, Nashik and Aurangabad.
Lighthouse launch novel ‘first responders’ holiday program
Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website – Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Everything from floods, fires, earthquakes and cyclones; to criminal acts; pandemic outbreaks; car accidents; chemical spills and even shipwrecks are on the agenda for a new school holiday workshop.
US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices
The Homeland Security Department warned Tuesday about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer’s implantable heart devices that it said could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person’s defibrillator or pacemaker. Information on the security flaw, identified by researchers at MedSec Holdings in reports months ago, was only formally made public after the manufacturer, St. Jude Medical, made a software repair available Monday.
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This was my fifth year attending CES and every year I think I can’t be wowed more than the year before. The largest tech conference and show in the world wrapped up in Las Vegas on Sunday, and over the past four days, I have seen things even the Jetsons couldn’t have predicted.
Try and guess how long this man spent manually scrolling to the…
For centuries, mankind has sought answers to some of the universe’s most perplexing and troubling questions. While some of these questions stretch back thousands of years – what is the meaning of life? – the advent of the technological age has ushered in an endless stream of new and equally challenging questions.
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With Early Release ebooks, you get books in their earliest form-the author’s raw and unedited content as he or she writes-so you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, new chapters are available, and the final ebook bundle is released.
FDA: Cardiac device info vulnerable to hackers
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Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro and C7 Pro were just shown off in this newly leaked image
It looks like Samsung is prepping follow-ups to last year’s Galaxy C5 and C7 series. Expected to be called the C5 Pro and C7 Pro, the upcoming phones have been making the rounds in the rumor mills of late – and are expected to join the already-released C9 Pro, which was released only in China.
Obama farewell address to live-stream in 360 on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube tonight
President Barack Obama’s farewell address will stream live in 360-degree video at 9 p.m. ET tonight on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, courtesy of VRScout. The virtual reality media company has been chosen by the White House to broadcast the event live from Chicago.
Shamoon returns with malware in hand to wipe hard drives, nuke virtual machines
Researcher Robert Falcone of the Palo Alto Networks said on Monday that the Shamoon attack campaign has returned again to cause even more headaches than before. The campaign was first conducted in 2012 against an organization in Saudi Arabia while the second didn’t take place until 2016.
When Will Shopify Be Profitable?
This success has seen Shopify to grow its monthly subscription revenue at a . During this period of tremendous growth Shopify has not reported a profit, ever.
Alibaba leads $2.6bn bid for store chain
Hong Kong/Shanghai: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is leading a bid to take department store chain Intime Retail Group Co private for as much as $2.6 billion, as China’s largest online retailer deepens its integration with brick-and-mortar stores. The deal to buy out Intime adds to Alibaba’s burgeoning foothold in physical retail as it pursues growth beyond a slowing online business.
Adobe patches critical flaws in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat
Adobe Systems released security updates for its Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat products fixing critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to install malware on computers. The Flash Player update fixes 13 vulnerabilities , 12 that can lead to remote code execution and one that allows attackers to bypass a security restriction and disclose information.
Killer Asteroids are Hitting Earth, but NASA has a Plan
Scientists at NASA are closely monitoring an asteroid that could potentially reel towards Earth as it nears orbit. The incoming asteroid called Bennu would have catastrophic effects should it hit Earth, reports showed.
Wal-Mart plans to cut hundreds of jobs this month: WSJ
By Reuters Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of January, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. A customer pushes a shopping cart at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in Burbank, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.
DoD shows off its first successful micro-drone swarm launch
The US military is no stranger to drone development . Over the past few years we’ve seen everything from unhackable robot helicopters to harbor-defending pontoon platoons — including the the means to combat them — come out of DoD research efforts.
Hidden Figures Read More
We’ll start with three reasons to see Hidden Figures in theaters: Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer. These three brilliant actors portray the black women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, an achievement that restored the nation’s confidence and turned the Space Race around.
David Plouffe joins Zuckerberg’s philanthropy
David Plouffe, a former senior White House adviser and Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, is joining Zuckerberg’s philanthropic project as head of policy and advocacy efforts. The organization is also bringing on Ken Mehlman, a former campaign manager for President George W. Bush, to head a newly created policy advisory board.
The best-selling wireless printer on Amazon is only $70 right now
HP might not have had much luck getting into the smartphone business, but the brand is still among the top in the world when it comes to laptop computers, desktop computers and printers. Everyone knows that buying an HP printer means buying a reliable workhorse that’s going to last for years and provide consistent results time and time again.
Kaby Lake Pentiums gain Hyper-Threading and lose ECC support
Up until now, the biggest difference between Intel’s budget Pentium chips and its Core i3 offerings has been the presence of Hyper-Threading. The line between Pentiums and Core i3s is blurring with the release of Kaby Lake Pentium chips, though.
This Samsung 55-inch 4K smart TV is only $500
This Samsung 55-inch 4K smart TV is only $500 Ultra-HD resolution, ultra-low price. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ifWTnP – Our editors review and recommend products to help you buy the stuff you need.
US Intel: Russia hacked Republican groups during election
Democratic groups and figures weren’t the only ones targeted in Russia’s suspected campaign to influence last year’s U.S. election. Russian cyberspies also targeted computers from state-level Republican groups and stole information from local voter registration records, FBI director James Comey said.
Prinova’s Messagepoint Named Cloud Awards Finalist
Jan. 10, 2017 – TORONTO – Prinova Corp ., a leader in developing and delivering innovative software and services within the Customer Communications Management market, announces that for the second year its award-winning Messagepoint , a hybrid cloud-based content management platform, is a finalist in the 2016-2017 Cloud Awards Program, in the Best Hybrid Cloud Solution category. The international cloud computing awards program celebrates excellence and innovation in the rapid-growth cloud computing market.
Tiny Login
It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utlities you usually find in GNU coreutils . This package is widely used for rescue and embedded systems.
Busybox
The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system optimization and limited resources in mind.
Protestors Continue Calls for Pilgrim Reactor to Shutdown
About 30 protesters gathered in the bitter cold outside the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Monday, January 9. With hand-made signs and shouted slogans, they welcomed a team of special investigators from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC workers are on hand for their third and final week of intensive inspections at the troubled plant.
Intel Joule shipments blocked in key countries, pending certification
If you can’t find Intel’s Joule developer boards in your country, it’s because shipments have been held up. Intel’s Joule 570x and 550x are powerful computer boards that can be built as a PC, or be used to build robots, drones, or smart devices.
A snapshot of how Top 1000 retailers approach analytics
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
Job cuts may be pending at Wal-Mart this month
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
Teacup
Full description=CGI application, based on Perl 5 and PostgreSQL, designed to provide helpdesk problem report management system for small to medium sized companies. It includes web and email interfaces for submitting, updating, and querying problem reports.