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How Open Source Software Helps The Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Slashdot Long-time Slashdot reader Esther Schindler quotes Hewlett Packard Enterprise: When you handle trillions of dollars a year in transactions and manage the largest known vault of gold in the world, security and efficiency are top priorities. Open source reusable software components are key to the New ....

Ransomware Sales On the Dark Web Spike 2,502% In 2017 - Slashdot Slashdot reader rmurph04 writes: Ransomware is a $6.2 million industry, based on sales generated from a network of more than 6,300 Dark Web marketplaces that sell over 45,000 products, according to a report released Wednesday by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black. While the authors of the software are....

In a Cashless World, You'd Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out - Slashdot schwit1 quotes the Mises Institue: When Hurricane Maria knocked out power in Puerto Rico, residents there realized they were going to need physical cash — and a lot of it. Bloomberg reported that the Fed was forced to fly a planeload of cash to the Island to help avert disaster. "William Dudle...

Startup Plans To Clean Up Cigarette Butts Using Crows - Slashdot AmiMoJo writes: A startup in the Netherlands is developing the "Crowbar," a bird feeder that takes discarded cigarette butts as payment for dispensing food. A camera recognises cigarette filters and rejects any other objects placed in the Crowbar. The idea isn't entirely original, a gentleman in the...

The impossible dream of USB-C – Marco.org The impossible dream of USB-C October 14, 2017∞https://marco.org/2017/10/14/impossible-dream-of-usb-c I love the idea of USB-C: one port and one cable that can replace all other ports and cables. It sounds so simple, straightforward, and unified. In practice, it’s not even close. USB-C normally tran...

First-ever 'negative emissions' power plant goes online Climeworks has effectively created the first 'negative emissions' power plant, converting CO2 into stone.

Here's Why Stop Signs Are Red I know what you’re thinking. What is this dummy trying to accomplish here? Of course, I know about stop signs. But maybe—maybe!—you didn’t know this: stop signs weren’t always red. We’ve talked about other red things before, and there’s a reason we ended up with red octagons telling you to STOP. I s...

Surreptitious cryptocurrency miners hide on Politifact and hundreds of other sites Politifact is the latest and perhaps most high-profile website to host code that secretly hijacks visitors' CPUs to mine cryptocurrency. Driven by a boom in..

FDA-approved robot assistant gives surgeons force feedback The FDA has approved the Senhance robotic surgical assistant that features eye tracking and force feedback.

Google Opinion Awards Gives You Cash For Taking Short Mobile Surveys I feel like there was a point when I was in college where I was under the impression that I was going to make a ton of money filling out surveys online. All these sites promised to pay out hundreds or thousands for my opinion, but in truth only paid pennies. Despite knowing that I’ve filled out a zi...

Ultra-Powerful Radio Bursts May Be Getting a Cosmic Boost | Quanta Magazine Repeating radio bursts are among the most mysterious phenomena in the universe. A new theory explores how some of their puzzling properties can be explained by

Facebook’s head of social VR talks about the future Rachel Franklin has spent her career at the intersection of technology and psychology