The Senate overwhelmingly approved a defense appropriations bill Thursday that contains a provision intended to help thousands of California National Guard soldiers and veterans facing repayment demands for enlistment bonuses. The final version of the bill, which already has passed the House, was approved 92 to 7 and now moves to President Obama ‘s desk for his signature.
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Ohio universities receive $8.5 million for high tech research
Public and private universities in Ohio, including Case Western Reserve University, received $8.5 million from the Ohio Federal Research Network to lead high tech research for the defense and aerospace industries. The statewide initiative supports university Centers of Excellence , which highlight strong research areas.
Cargo ship readied for launch to space station
This file photo shows an H-II rocket on the pad at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. An H-IIB rocket carrying the Japanese HTV-6 cargo ship loaded with nearly four tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station is scheduled for launch Friday morning U.S. time.
Warriors stock report: Andre Iguodalaa s bounce up, Steph Currya s Staples Center sniping down
Up: Andre Iguodala’s lift – From November 3rd to November 13th, Andre Iguodala coasted through a six-game stretch in which he scored 3, 3, 2, 2, 2 and 4 points. As Steve Kerr would continue to tell reporters, Iguodala’s plus/minus remained monstrous, despite minimal output.
Ex-Raiders coach Kiffin set to go back to school with Houston job
Lane Kiffin, the one-time Raiders head coach, is close to being named the boss at the University of Houston. Lane Kiffin didn’t have much of a career with the Raiders, but even in going 5-15 in a year-plus with Oakland in 2007-08, he proved at least once to be an astute judge of college talent.
Why Verint Systems Inc. Shares Are on the Decline Today
Verint Systems, which offers communication analyzing software and other cyber intelligence services, has seen its profit declining at a fairly drastic rate. The $0.13 loss this quarter follows a $0.12-per-share profit in Q3 2015.
Machines Vs. Media-Buying Jobs: Is Your Position On The Line?
” Data-Driven Thinking ” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. The robots have arrived, quipped a very recent Newsweek article, and they are “coming to take your jobs, your homes, your children.”
Leapwing Audio Unveils CenterOne Plugin
For final mixes and mastering, CenterOne is an innovative processor that separates phantom center content from left and right content. With CenterOne, you can zero in on the phantom center and bring out or bring down the vocals without affecting everything else.
Alibaba Targets Thailand With Latest International Expansion Push
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak stopped by Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou during a six-day trip to China and signed an agreement with Alibaba’s Executive Chairman and founder Jack Ma to cooperate on e-commerce initiatives. Alibaba will provide training to 30,000 small and medium-sized Thai enterprises and 10,000 Thai individuals in digital technology while also helping to enhance the supply chain and logistics capabilities in Thailand, the company said in a statement Thursday.
New Audis can now talk to traffic lights
Audi has announced that select 2017 Audi A4, Q7 and allroad models will be able to communicate with Wi-Fi-enabled traffic lights that can inform drivers when red lights will turn green. Traffic Light Information, an Audi connect PRIME feature, was first announced in August; the automaker demonstrated the technology at a Las Vegas launch event this week.
Turkish Cybercriminal Turns Hacking Into A Game, Awards Points And Prizes
A Turkish cybercriminal is convincing individuals to hack political institutions and other groups by awarding points and prizes on an online platform. The internet structure, , requests hackers infiltrate and attack certain political websites by using a distributed denial-of-service tool called Balyoz.
AutoComplete: Volkswagen readies another electric Microbus for Detroit video – Roadshow
We take an American icon to the track and compare it with the UK’s latest quick cat. Which of these sports cars is worth your money? Volvo’s latest V60 may still lack a lot of the niceties found on the new XC90 and S90, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth considering.
Top 5 things you should know about 4K TVs video – CNET
The latest version of iOS is out for developers. Find out what you can look forward to in your iPhones and iPads.
AWS Expands Internet of Things Suite With GreenGrass Service For Real-Time Edge Applications
Amazon Web Services on Wednesday lifted the curtain on AWS GreenGrass, a new service it says will bring better compute capabilities for Internet of Things devices. CEO Andy Jassy said during the company’s Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas that GreenGrass will allow IoT devices to respond to local events in real time, operate offline, and reduce the cost of running IoT applications.
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Trump’s Gifts to Wall Street Threaten Retirees-and Robots
Retirees who lost big in the 2008 financial crisis have good reason to worry about President Trump’s new rollbacks of Wall Street regulations. So do the robots.
Review: The Way of the Web Tester
A beginner’s guide to automated testing, though not specific to the web, despite the title. Covering the quintessential pyramid of UI, integration, and unit tests as well as basic building blocks of HTML, CSS, HTTP and REST APIs, and JavaScript.
Microsoft’s market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years
Shares of the world’s biggest software company rose as much as 2.1 percent to $65.64, an all-time high, in early trading, valuing the company at $510.37 billion. The last time Microsoft was valued more was in March 2000, during the heyday of the dotcom era, when it had a market value of a little above $550 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
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Presidio CLEAR for MacBook is made with IMPACTIUM CLEARa , a dynamic transparent material that absorbs and disperses shock upon impact and protects MacBooks from drops up to 4 feet. IMPACTIUM CLEAR is co-molded into a raised edge around the perimeter of the case that also provides a secure, no-slip grip, so you’re less likely to drop your device.
Reaching a Higher Orbit Means a World of Opportunity
How does a young girl get from Murfreesboro into space? Would you dare to strap yourself onto a rocket? What do you do when interesting possibilities come your way – discount them as impossible and let them float away or choose to take a leap and change your life? Dr. Rhea Seddon is a nationally-recognized surgeon-turned-astronaut who has asked herself these questions – and more – throughout the years, and she plans to share her experiences with RUTHERFORD Cable members and guests at the organization’s February breakfast meeting. “Where do opportunities come from?” Seddon asks.
Theodore Wallace Denton v. Nooth
Before Duncan, Presiding Judge, and Lagesen, Judge, and Wollheim, Senior Judge.James N. Varner filed the brief for appellant. Theodore Wallace Denton filed a supplemental brief pro se.
Bosch’s connected appliances are coming to the US video – CNET
The German manufacturer will begin to sell a Wi-Fi-enabled coffee maker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer in the US this year. You can control all of them throughly Bosch’s Home Connect app.
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade station with new batteries
NASA reported that all three lithium-ion batteries were up and running, a successful start to the space agency’s long-term effort to upgrade the aging solar power system. Before venturing out, Commander Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson got a hand from a robot that took care of most of the grunt work – Dextre, a hulking machine with 11-foot arms.
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces 2016 Year-End Results
“Through this process, and with the help of our expanding senior team, we thoughtfully and deliberately put in place a plan that initially contemplates combinations with chemotherapy for late-stage clinical development, but will expand to include targeted immunotherapies over the longer term as we look to leverage the role of the immune system in patient treatment. In the coming months we will specifically define our first registration pathway.
Acorn International Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016
Under new leadership, Acorn significantly improved gross margin, made meaningful reductions in operating expenses and completed the sale of non-core assets. Net income for 2016 was in 2015, marking the first year of profitability since 2011.
Acorn International Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016
Under new leadership, Acorn significantly improved gross margin, made meaningful reductions in operating expenses and completed the sale of non-core assets. Net income for 2016 was in 2015, marking the first year of profitability since 2011.
Hour Power and a Free Graphic Novel
Each day for the past two weeks I’ve been writing a story in one hour, taking a screenshot of it, and attaching it as an image to a tweet – they’re generally a screen long and definitely a violation of Twitter’s 140 character limit. It’s fun to scope a story to super short pieces, explore whimsical sci-fi ideas, try different tones and styles, and spend a moment or two with some characters.
3D XPoint Technology
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today unveiled 3D XPointTM technology, a non-volatile memory that has the potential to revolutionize any device, application or service that benefits from fast access to large sets of data. Now in production, 3D XPoint technology is a major breakthrough in memory process technology.
UPDATE 1-Rocket Internet drops after major investor halves its stake
Sweden’s Kinnevik, which clashed with Rocket last year over the valuations of some of their joint investments, sold a 6.6 percent stake in Rocket at 19.25 euros per share late on Wednesday, netting 209 million euros . At 1155 GMT, Rocket shares were down 13.1 percent at 18.55 euros, off an earlier 2-1/2 month low of 18.275 euros.
Catastrophe tests show capital risks to London insurers
A major $200 billion loss from a combination of a cyber attack, U.S. hurricane and the failure of a reinsurer could strip insurers of up to 120 percent of their net capital base, tests of insurers in London showed. However, capital-raising or asset sales meant losses would not put the insurers out of business, according to the results of the tests published on Tuesday.
Are SSL-Only WordPress Features a Good Idea for WordPress Security?
WordPress will also stop promoting web hosting companies that don’t make SSL available by default on WordPress hosting accounts. The idea that every site should use SSL / TLS is a relatively new one.
Is the end of the world? One conspiracy theorists thinks so
Conspiracy theorist David Meade is pitching the idea that Planet X, also known as Nibiru, will collide with Earth in October, bringing about the apocalypse. There’s no proof that the planet even exists and NASA has shot down the theory before.
News Spotlight — Genre Books and Media: a column by Sandy Auden
Two exciting new series begin for science fiction and fantasy fans alike: Tony Ballantyne introduces us to the robot infested planet of Penrose as it descends into war in Twisted Metal ; and Juliet McKenna takes us behind the scenes of Irons in the Fire as rebellion causes chaos in the dukedoms of Lescar. Tony Ballantyne’s science fiction stories are always thoughtful, layered and fun.