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  20       // to test:   'Display UI': 'always',
  21       'Publisher Name': 'Slashdot',
  22       'Publisher Logo': 'https://a.fsdn.com/sd/sdlogo.svg',
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  48     }
  49     if (typeof window.sdmedia.site !== 'object') {
  50         window.sdmedia.site = {};
  51     }
  52
  53     var site = window.sdmedia.site;
  54     site.rootdir = "//slashdot.org";
  55 }());
  56
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  60 };
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  72         } });
  73 }
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  76
  77                 <title>Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters</title>
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  79
  80                 <meta name="description" content="Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.">
  81
  82                 <meta property="og:title" content="Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters">
  83                 <meta property="og:description" content="Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.">
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  91                 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
  92                 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
  93
  94                 <link rel="canonical" href="https://slashdot.org">
  95
  96                 <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="http://m.slashdot.org" >
  97
  98
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 117
 118         <script type='text/javascript'>
 119 var _gaq = _gaq || [];
 120 </script>
 121
 122
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 124
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 127
 128
 129
 130 <script type="text/javascript" id="pbjs_script" data-dom="https://d3tglifpd8whs6.cloudfront.net"  src="https://d3tglifpd8whs6.cloudfront.net/js/prebid/slash-homepage/slash-homepage.min.js"></script>
 131 <script type='text/javascript'>
 132     /*global performance */
 133     var googletag = window.googletag || {};
 134     googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
 135
 136     window.Ads_disallowPersonalization = 1;
 137     bizx.cmp.ifConsent('all', 'all', function(){
 138         window.Ads_disallowPersonalization = 0;
 139       }, function(){
 140         window.Ads_disallowPersonalization = 1;
 141       }, function () {
 142         window.bizxPrebid.Ads.initPrebid(window.bizxPrebid.adUnits);
 143       });
 144 </script>
 145
 146 <!-- prep GPT ads -->
 147 <script type='text/javascript'>
 148 (function() {
 149         function page_type (loc) {
 150                 /*
 151                 only four page types:
 152                 - Story
 153                 - Poll
 154                 - Homepage (/ only)
 155                 - Other (but AdOps wants 'Homepage' again)
 156                 */
 157                 var path = loc.pathname;
 158                 var just_the_root = /^\/?$/.test(path);
 159                 var story_or_poll = /^\/(story(?=\/)|submission(?=\/)|poll(?=\/|Booth|s\b))/i.exec(path);
 160
 161                 var page_type = just_the_root ? 'homepage'
 162                               : story_or_poll ? story_or_poll[1]
 163                               :                 'other'
 164
 165                 // exceptions
 166                 if (page_type.toLowerCase() === 'submission')
 167                         page_type = 'story'; // submissions are like stories, right?
 168                 else if (page_type.toLowerCase() === 'other')
 169                         page_type = 'homepage'; // this one might move out of here
 170
 171                 return page_type;
 172         }
 173         function page_section (loc) {
 174                 //var greek = ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta'].join('|');
 175                 //var hostwise = '^([a-z]+)(?:-(?:'+greek+'))?\\.(?:slashdot\\.org|\\.xb\\.sf\\.net)$';
 176                 var pathwise = '^/(?:(recent|popular|blog)|stories/([^/]+))';
 177                 var rootwise = '^\/?$';
 178
 179                 //var hostwisely = new RegExp(hostwise,'i').exec(loc.hostname);
 180                 var pathwisely = new RegExp(pathwise,'i').exec(loc.pathname);
 181                 var rootwisely = new RegExp(rootwise,'i').exec(loc.pathname);
 182
 183                 var section = (rootwisely && 'homepage')
 184                            || (pathwisely && (pathwisely[1] || pathwisely[2]))
 185                            || ''
 186                             ;
 187
 188                 return section.replace(/[^_a-z]/ig, '');
 189         }
 190         function single_size (size) {
 191                 return '' + size[0] + 'x' + size[1];
 192         }
 193         function sz_sz (sz) {
 194                 var str = '';
 195                 var sizes = [];
 196                 if (sz[0] instanceof Array) {
 197                         for (size in sz) {
 198                                 sizes.push(single_size(sz[size]));
 199                         }
 200                         return sizes.join(',');
 201                 } else {
 202                         return single_size(sz);
 203                 }
 204         }
 205
 206         function unique_tpc_array(array1,array2) {
 207                 var j = array1.concat(array2);
 208                 j.forEach(function (v,i,a) {
 209                         a[i] = v.replace(/[^_a-z]/ig, '');
 210                         });
 211                 return j.filter(function (v,i,a) {
 212                         return v != '' && a.indexOf(v) === i;
 213                         });
 214         }
 215
 216         /* LEGEND:
 217                 - 'sz' = "size"
 218                 - 'npt' = "no page type" in ad unit name
 219         */
 220         var tags = {
 221         '728x90_A': { 'sz': [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250], [980, 66]] },
 222         '728x90_B': { 'sz': [728, 90] },
 223         '728x90_C': { 'sz': [728, 90], 'skip': { 'homepage': 1 } },
 224         'HubIcon_200x90_A': { 'sz': [[200, 90], [220, 90]]},
 225         'PowerSwitch_980x66_A': { 'sz': [980, 66], 'skip': { 'homepage': 1 } },
 226         'PollPeel': { 'sz': [200, 90], 'skip': { 'homepage': 1 } },
 227         //'VideoWidget_300x250': { 'sz': [300, 250], 'npt': 1 },
 228         '300x250_A': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600], [300, 1050]] },
 229         '300x250_B': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600]] },
 230         '300x250_C': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600]] },
 231         '300x250_D': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600]] },
 232         'Pulse_300x600_A': { 'sz': [300, 600] },
 233         //'Polls_Detail_300x250_A': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600]], 'npt': 1 },
 234         //'Poll_300x250_A': { 'sz': [[300, 250], [300, 600]], 'npt': 1 },
 235         //'SD_Story_1x1': { 'sz': [1, 1] },
 236         '1x1': { 'sz': [1, 1] }
 237         };
 238
 239         //var network_path = '/41014381/Slashdot/';
 240         var network_path = '/41014381/Slashdot/';
 241         var tag_name_prefix = 'SD';
 242         var tag_name_linkage = '_';
 243         var tag_name_pagetype = page_type(location);
 244         var tag_topic = page_section(location);
 245         if(tag_name_pagetype == 'poll'){
 246                 tag_name_pagetype = 'Poll';
 247         }
 248         var before_tag_pagetyped    = network_path
 249                                     + tag_name_prefix
 250                                     + tag_name_linkage
 251                                     + tag_name_pagetype
 252                                     + tag_name_linkage
 253                                     ;
 254         var before_tag_pagetypeless = network_path
 255                                     + tag_name_prefix
 256                                     + tag_name_linkage
 257                                  /* + tag_name_pagetype */
 258                                  /* + tag_name_linkage */
 259                                     ;
 260
 261
 262         googletag.cmd.push(function() {
 263
 264                 function remove_sticky_top() {
 265                     setTimeout(function(){
 266                         $('#div-gpt-ad-728x90_a').parent('div').addClass('adwrap-viewed-banner');
 267                         $('#div-gpt-ad-728x90_a').addClass('viewableImpression');
 268                         }, 1000);
 269                 }
 270                 function remove_sticky_railad() {
 271                     setTimeout(function(){
 272                     $('#slashboxes .adwrap-unviewed').addClass('adwrap-viewed-railad');
 273                     $('.railad').addClass('viewableImpression');
 274                     }, 1000);
 275                 }
 276                 function viewable_imp (slot) {
 277                     for(var i in slot) {
 278                         if(typeof slot[i] !== 'string') continue;
 279                         switch(slot[i]){
 280                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_728x90_A":
 281                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_story_728x90_A":
 282                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_Poll_728x90_A":
 283                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_728x90_Ref_A":
 284                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_story_728x90_Ref_A":
 285                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_Poll_728x90_Ref_A":
 286                                 remove_sticky_top();
 287                                 break;
 288                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_300x250_A":
 289                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_story_300x250_A":
 290                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_Poll_300x250_A":
 291                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_300x250_Ref_A":
 292                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_story_300x250_Ref_A":
 293                           case "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_Poll_300x250_Ref_A":
 294                                 remove_sticky_railad();
 295                                 break;
 296                         }
 297                         //if(slot[i] === "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_728x90_A") remove_sticky_top();
 298                         //if(slot[i] === "/41014381/Slashdot/SD_homepage_300x250_A") remove_sticky_railad();
 299                     }
 300                 }
 301                 function define_me_a_slot (tag) {
 302                         if (tags[tag].skip && tags[tag].skip[tag_name_pagetype])
 303                                 return;
 304                         var sandbox_regex = /\.xb\.sf\.net$/i;
 305                         var full_name = tags[tag].npt  // "no page type"
 306                                       ? before_tag_pagetypeless + tag
 307                                       : before_tag_pagetyped    + tag
 308                                       ;
 309                         var div_id = 'div-gpt-ad-' + tag.toLowerCase();
 310
 311                         var service;
 312                         // extend jQuery and get URL query params
 313                         jQuery.extend({
 314                           getQueryParameters : function(str) {
 315                               return (str || document.location.search).replace(/(^\?)/,'').split("&").map(function(n){
 316                               return n = n.split("="),this[n[0]] = n[1],this
 317                               }.bind({}))[0];
 318                           }
 319                         });
 320
 321                         var queryParams = $.getQueryParameters();
 322
 323                         if( queryParams.source === 'autorefresh' ) {
 324                             full_name = full_name.replace(/(\d+x\d+)/,'$1_Ref');
 325                             //console.log('TAG NAME: ', full_name);
 326                         }
 327
 328                         service = googletag.defineSlot(
 329                                   full_name
 330                                 , tags[tag].sz
 331                                 , div_id
 332                         ).addService(googletag.pubads());
 333
 334                         service.setTargeting('sz', tags[tag].sz);
 335
 336
 337                         var frontend_tpc = tag_topic.split(",");
 338                         var backend_tpc = [  ];
 339
 340                         var tpc_final = unique_tpc_array(frontend_tpc, backend_tpc);
 341                         service.setTargeting('tpc', tpc_final);
 342                         if (location.hostname.match(sandbox_regex)) {
 343                                 service.setTargeting('test', 'adops');
 344                         }
 345
 346                 }
 347
 348                 for (tag in tags) {
 349                         define_me_a_slot(tag, false);
 350                 }
 351                 googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) {
 352                         viewable_imp(event.slot);
 353                     });
 354
 355                 googletag.pubads().setTargeting('requestSource', 'GPT');
 356                 googletag.pubads().setRequestNonPersonalizedAds(window.Ads_disallowPersonalization);
 357                 googletag.pubads().enableAsyncRendering();
 358
 359
 360                 googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs();
 361                 window.bizxPrebid.SAFEFRAMES = true;
 362                 bizxPrebid.Ads.pushToGoogle();
 363                 googletag.enableServices();
 364         });
 365 })();
 366 </script>
 367
 368
 369
 370 <!-- CrossPixel -->
 371 <script type="text/javascript"> try{(function(){ var cb = new Date().getTime(); var s = document.createElement("script"); s.defer = true; s.src = "//tag.crsspxl.com/s1.js?d=2397&cb="+cb; var s0 = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s0.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s0); })();}catch(e){} </script>
 372
 373 <!-- AdBlock Check -->
 374 <script>
 375 var isAdBlockActive = true;
 376 </script>
 377 <script async src="//a.fsdn.com/sd/js/scripts/ad.js?8f5016a67a2f2048"></script>
 378
 379 </head>
 380 <body class="anon index2 ">
 381
 382
 383         <script src="//a.fsdn.com/sd/all-minified.js?8f5016a67a2f2048" type="text/javascript"></script>
 384
 385
 386         <script type="text/javascript">
 387 (function(){
 388 var regexp=/\s*(?:\d+|many)\s+more\s*/i;
 389
 390
 391         var auto_more_count = 1;
 392
 393         function auto_more(){
 394                 var $more_link = $('#more-experiment a');
 395                 $more_link.each(function(){
 396                         var $lastitem = $('#firehoselist>article.fhitem:visible:last');
 397                         if ( Bounds.intersect(window, $lastitem) ) {
 398
 399
 400                                 !--auto_more_count && (auto_more=undefined);
 401                                 // don't allow a call till the next paginate gets built and |more_possible|
 402                                 $(document).unbind('scroll', call_auto_more);
 403                         }
 404                 });
 405         };
 406
 407         function call_auto_more(){ auto_more && auto_more(); }
 408
 409
 410 $('#more-experiment a').
 411         live('more-possible', function( event ){
 412                 var $more_link=$(this);
 413                 if ( regexp.test($more_link.text()) ) {
 414
 415                         $(document).bind('scroll', call_auto_more);
 416                 } else {
 417                         $(document).unbind('scroll', call_auto_more);
 418
 419                 }
 420         });
 421 })();
 422 </script>
 423         <!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="//a.fsdn.com/sd/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->
 424
 425
 426         <script type="text/javascript">
 427                 (function() {
 428                         if (typeof window.janrain !== 'object') window.janrain = {};
 429                         if (typeof window.janrain.settings !== 'object') window.janrain.settings = {};
 430
 431                         /* _______________ can edit below this line _______________ */
 432
 433                         janrain.settings.tokenUrl = 'https://slashdot.org/token_callback.pl';
 434                         janrain.settings.type = 'embed';
 435                         janrain.settings.appId = 'ggidemlconlmjciiohla';
 436                         janrain.settings.appUrl = 'https://login.slashdot.org';
 437                         janrain.settings.providers = [
 438                             'googleplus',
 439                             'facebook',
 440                             'twitter',
 441                             'linkedin'];
 442                         janrain.settings.providersPerPage = '5';
 443                         janrain.settings.format = 'one column';
 444                         janrain.settings.actionText = 'Sign in with';
 445                         janrain.settings.showAttribution = false;
 446                         janrain.settings.fontColor = '#666666';
 447                         janrain.settings.fontFamily = 'lucida grande, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif';
 448                         janrain.settings.backgroundColor = '#ffffff';
 449                         janrain.settings.width = '300';
 450                         janrain.settings.borderColor = '#cccccc';
 451                         janrain.settings.borderRadius = '5';    janrain.settings.buttonBorderColor = '#CCCCCC';
 452                         janrain.settings.buttonBorderRadius = '0';
 453                         janrain.settings.buttonBackgroundStyle = 'gray';
 454                         janrain.settings.language = '';
 455                         janrain.settings.linkClass = 'janrainEngage';
 456
 457                         /* _______________ can edit above this line _______________ */
 458
 459                         function isReady() { janrain.ready = true; };
 460                         if (document.addEventListener) {
 461                           document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", isReady, false);
 462                         } else {
 463                           window.attachEvent('onload', isReady);
 464                         }
 465
 466                         var e = document.createElement('script');
 467                         e.type = 'text/javascript';
 468                         e.id = 'janrainAuthWidget';
 469
 470                         e.src = 'https://rpxnow.com/js/lib/login.slashdot.org/engage.js';
 471
 472                         var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
 473                         s.parentNode.insertBefore(e, s);
 474                 })();
 475         </script>
 476
 477                 <script src="//cdn-social.janrain.com/social/janrain-social.min.js"></script>
 478                 <script type="text/javascript">
 479                         (function($) {
 480                                 $(function(){
 481                                         janrain.settings.appUrl = "https://login.slashdot.org";
 482                                         $twitter = $('body .janrain_twitterButton');
 483                                         $twitter.append('<i class="icon-twitter"></i>');
 484
 485                                         janrain.settings.social = {
 486                                                 providers: [
 487                                                         "native-facebook",
 488                                                         "twitter",
 489                                                         "linkedin",
 490                                                         "native-googleplus",
 491                                                         "native-reddit"
 492                                                 ],
 493                                                 shareCountMin: "100",
 494                                                 shareCountMode: "combined"
 495                                         };
 496                                 });
 497                         })($j);
 498                 </script>
 499         <!-- index2_variant |A|-->
 500
 501         <!-- TABOOLA -->
 502         <script type="text/javascript">
 503         if (!window.is_euro_union) {
 504           window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
 505           _taboola.push({home:'auto'});
 506           !function (e, f, u) {
 507                 e.async = 1;
 508                 e.src = u;
 509                 f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);
 510           }(document.createElement('script'),
 511           document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],
 512           '//cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/slashdot/loader.js');
 513         }
 514         </script>
 515
 516         <!-- html-header type=current end --><!-- header type=current begin -->
 517
 518
 519
 520         <link rel="top"       title="News for nerds, stuff that matters" href="//slashdot.org/" >
 521 <link rel="search"    title="Search Slashdot" href="//slashdot.org/search.pl">
 522 <link rel="alternate" title="Slashdot RSS" href="http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain" type="application/rss+xml">
 523         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
 524
 525
 526                 <div id="top_parent"></div>
 527                 <a name="topothepage"></a>
 528
 529                 <div class="container">
 530                         <div class="nav-wrap">
 531                                 <nav class="nav-primary" role="navigation" aria-label="Global Navigation">
 532                                         <h1 class="logo">
 533         <a href="//slashdot.org"><span>Slashdot</span></a>
 534 </h1>
 535
 536 <ul class="nav-site">
 537         <li><a href="//slashdot.org"><i class="icon-book" title="Stories"></i><span>Stories</span></a></li>
 538         <li>
 539                 <ul class="filter-firehose">
 540                         <li class="nav-label">Firehose <i class="icon-angle-right"></i></li>
 541                         <li><a href="//slashdot.org/recent">All</a></li>
 542                         <li><a href="//slashdot.org/popular">Popular</a></li>
 543                 </ul>
 544         </li>
 545         <li><a href="//slashdot.org/polls"><i class="icon-chart-bar" title="Polls"></i><span>Polls</span></a></li>
 546
 547         <!--
 548         <li><a href="//ask.slashdot.org"><i class="icon-question-circle"></i><span>Ask</span></a></li>
 549
 550         <li><a href="//events.slashdot.org"><i class="icon-calendar"></i><span>Events</span></a></li>
 551         -->
 552         <li><a href="http://deals.slashdot.org/?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=navbar&amp;utm_campaign=dealshp_1" target="_blank"><i class="sd-mini" title="Deals"></i> <span>Deals</span></a></li>
 553 </ul>
 554 <a href="//slashdot.org/submission" class="btn btn-success">Submit</a>
 555                                 </nav>
 556                                 <nav class="nav-user" role="navigation" aria-label="user access and account controls">
 557                                         <form id="search" class="form-inline nav-search-form" method="get" action="//slashdot.org/index2.pl">
 558 <!-- //slashdot.org/index2.pl" -->
 559         <div class="form-group">
 560                 <label class="sr-only" for="sitesearch">Search Slashdot</label>
 561                 <div class="input-group">
 562                         <input type="text" id="" class="" name="fhfilter" value="" placeholder="Search">
 563                 </div>
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1168 The scientists also compared the gut microbiomes of the gut intestinal tract of 25 volunteers with that of their stools. They found that stool bacteria only partially correlated with the microbiomes functioning inside their bodies. "So the fact that we all almost exclusively rely on stool in our microbiome research may not be a reliable way of studying gut microbiome health," said Elinav. In the <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31108-5">second paper</a>, the researchers examined the colonization and impact of probiotics on 15 people by sampling within their gastrointestinal tract. They divided the individuals into two groups: one were given a preparation made of 11 strains of very commonly used probiotics and the other were given a placebo. Of those who were given probiotics, he said, "We could group the individuals into two distinct groups: one which resisted the colonisation of the probiotics, and one in which the probiotics colonized the gut and modified the composition of the gut microbiome and the genes of the host individual."</i><br>
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1324                                 Earlier today, British Airways said <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/ba-calls-in-police-over-customer-data-theft-from-website-11491980">credit card information of at least 380,000 customers have been "compromised" in a data breach</a> that occurred between August 21 and September 5. The information stolen includes customer names, email addresses, home addresses and payment card information -- but not travel or passport details. Sky News reports: <i> In an email to affected customers, BA said: "We're deeply sorry, but you may have been affected. We recommend that you contact your bank or credit card provider and follow their recommended advice. We take the protection of your personal information very seriously. Please accept our deepest apologies for the worry and inconvenience that this criminal activity has caused." The breach has been "resolved" and the website is "working normally," it said. In a statement, the airline added: "We have notified the police and relevant authorities... [and] will continue to keep our customers updated with the very latest information. We will be contacting customers and will manage any claims on an individual basis." </i><br>
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1794                                 <a href="/~pgmrdlm">pgmrdlm</a> shares a report from The Verge: <i>Best known for coining the phrase "net neutrality" and his book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, Wu has a new book coming out in November called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Bigness-Antitrust-New-Gilded/dp/0999745468">The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age</a>. In it, he argues compellingly for a return to aggressive antitrust enforcement in the style of Teddy Roosevelt, saying that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other huge tech companies <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17816572/tim-wu-facebook-regulation-interview-curse-of-bigness-antitrust">are a threat to democracy as they get bigger and bigger</a>. "We live in America, which has a strong and proud tradition of breaking up companies that are too big for inefficient reasons," Wu told me on this week's Vergecast. "We need to reverse this idea that it's not an American tradition. We've broken up dozens of companies."
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1796 "I think if you took a hard look at the acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram, the argument that the effects of those acquisitions have been anticompetitive would be easy to prove for a number of reasons," says Wu. And breaking up the company wouldn't be hard, he says. "What would be the harm? You'll have three competitors. It's not 'Oh my god, if you get rid of WhatsApp and Instagram, well then the whole world's going to fall apart.' It would be like 'Okay, now you have some companies actually trying to offer you an alternative to Facebook.'" Breaking up Facebook (and other huge tech companies like Google and Amazon) could be simple under the current law, suggests Wu. But it could also lead to a major rethinking of how antitrust law should work in a world where the giant platform companies give their products away for free, and the ability for the government to restrict corporate power seems to be diminishing by the day. And it demands that we all think seriously about the conditions that create innovation. "I think everyone's steering way away from the monopolies, and I think it's hurting innovation in the tech sector," says Wu.</i><br>
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1952                                 A 28-year-old MIT graduate named You Wu spent six years <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90232363/this-leak-seeking-robot-just-won-the-u-s-james-dyson-award">developing a low-cost robot designed to find leaks in pipes early</a>, both to save water and to avoid bigger damage later from bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks like a badminton birdie," reports Fast Company. "A soft 'skirt' on the device is covered with sensors. As it travels through pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at the device when there's a leak, and it records the location, making a map of critical leaks to fix." From the report: <i> MIT doctoral student You Wu spent six years developing the design, building on research that earlier students began under a project sponsored by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most drinking water comes from expensive desalination plants and around a third of it is lost to leaks. It took three years before he had a working prototype. Then Wu got inspiration from an unexpected source: At a party with his partner, he accidentally stepped on her dress. She noticed immediately, unsurprisingly, and Wu realized that he could use a similar skirt-like design on a robot so that the robot could detect subtle tugs from the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from MIT in June, and is now launching the technology through a startup called <a href="http://watchtowerrobotics.com/">WatchTower Robotics</a>. The company will soon begin pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One challenge now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies can use the device on their own. </i><br>
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2266                                 An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: <i>As our global economy increasingly comes to run on technology-enabled rails and every company becomes a tech company, demand for high-quality software engineers is at an all-time high. A recent study from <a href="https://stripe.com/reports/developer-coefficient-2018">Stripe and Harris Poll</a> found that 61 percent of C-suite executives believe access to developer talent is a threat to the success of their business. Perhaps more surprisingly -- as we mark a decade after the financial crisis -- <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/companies-worry-more-about-access-to-software-developers-than-capital.html">this threat was even ranked above capital constraints</a>. And yet, despite being many corporations' most precious resource, developer talents are all too often squandered. Collectively, companies today lose upward of $300 billion a year paying down "technical debt," as developers pour time into maintaining legacy systems or dealing with the ramifications of bad software. This is especially worrisome, given the outsized impact developers have on companies' chances of success. Software developers don't have a monopoly on good ideas, but their skill set makes them a uniquely deep source of innovation, productivity and new economic connections. When deployed correctly, developers can be economic multipliers -- coefficients that dramatically ratchet up the output of the teams and companies of which they're a part.</i><br>
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2890                                 <a href="/~MAXOMENOS">MAXOMENOS</a> writes: <i> <i>EVE Online</i> developer CCP Games <a href="https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2018/black-desert-online-creators-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp-games-makers-of-eve">has been acquired by Pearl Abyss</a>, the South Korean studio behind the action-oriented MMORPG Black Desert Online. According to <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/06/black-desert-online-creator-pearl-abyss-acquires-eve-online-maker-ccp-games-for-425-million/">VentureBeat</a>, the deal was worth $425 million and will close in early October. It's a surprise announcement for CCP, which has long operated as an independent developer. Eve Online isn't the biggest MMORPG on the market, but it has maintained a steady and loyal userbase through continuous updates and a well-timed switch to a hybrid premium and free-to-play model. The 15-year-old game is unique, too, with its large-scale battles and notoriously complex economic and political systems.</i><br>
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3178                                   msmash
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3358                                 An anonymous reader writes: <i>For the first time an autonomous sailing robot has completed the <a href="https://www.microtransat.org/">Microtransat Challenge</a> by <a href="https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada">crossing the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada to Ireland</a>. The Microtransat has been running since 2010 and has seen 23 previous entries all fail to make it across. The successful boat, <a href="https://www.microtransat.org/2018_sailbuoy_boat.php">SB Met</a> was built by the Norwegian company <a href="http://sailbuoy.no/">Offshore Sensing AS</a> and is only 2 metres (6.5 ft) long. It completed the crossing on August 26th, 79 days and 5000 km (3100 miles) of sailing after departing Newfoundland on June 7th.</i> <b>Further reading:</b> <a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/18/05/16/228245/a-fleet-of-sailing-robots-sets-out-to-quantify-the-oceans">A Fleet of Sailing Robots Sets Out To Quantify the Oceans</a>.<br>
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