-
Former Opera CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Browser For Power Userstechcrunch.com
Opera's former CEO Jon von Tetzchner is launching the first preview of Vivaldi today, a new Chromium-based browser that is squarely aimed at power users... -
bbc.com
-
derstandard.at
-
What has AngularJS ever done for us? - Joe Kampschmidt's Codejokecamp.com
A Monty Python skit regarding the AngularJS javascript framework -
anandtech.com
- facebook.com
-
Main is usually a function. So then when is it not?jroweboy.github.io
It began when my coworker, despite already knowing how to program, was forced to take the intro level Computer Science course at my university. We joked with... -
Facebook Said to Block Pages Critical of Muhammad to Avoid Shutdown in Turkeynytimes.com
An employee said the company had acted to comply with an order from a court in Turkey, whose government has not hesitated to cut access to services like Twitter and YouTube for political reasons. -
Winklevoss twins expect first quarter debut of bitcoin exchangereuters.com
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (Reuters) - Winklevoss Capital, the firm run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, expects to get regulatory approval to launch a U.S. exchange for investors to buy and sell the virtual currency -
news.ycombinator.com
-
What is the Average Color of the Universe?priceonomics.com
How a team of physicists calculated the "color of the universe", and how, at first, they got it wrong. -
The Fight to Save Japan’s Young Shut-Inswsj.com
A city reaches out to its ‘hikikomori’ population. Some sufferers stay inside their homes for years. -
Wake No Moremedium.com
What if you could sleep 50 hours yet never feel awake? Welcome to the bizarre, distressing, totally exhausting world of … -
At Sundance, the VR Filmmaking Revolution Is Officially Underway | WIREDwired.com
If the offerings at this year's Sundace Film Festival are any indication, VR filmmaking is coming—as soon as these folks figure out how to master it. - grugq.github.io
-
NIST Revises Crypto Standards Guidegovinfosecurity.com
Nearly a year after issuing a first draft, NIST has released a substantially revised proposal for changing the way it develops cryptographic standards. The effort -
Hybrid memory device for superconducting computingphys.org
A team of NIST scientists has devised and demonstrated a novel nanoscale memory technology for superconducting computing that could hasten the advent of an urgently awaited, low-energy alternative to power-hungry conventional data centers and supercomp... -
On Wolf Hall: Musings of a ‘historical accuracy expert’historymatters.group.shef.ac.uk
Last week I was interviewed on local radio about my role as a historical adviser on the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall. I was trailed as a 'historical accuracy expert'. Now, in the context of media reports about Wolf Hall, that doesn't surprise me. Much of... - cs.stanford.edu
- huffingtonpost.com