Tag: operating

08 AUG

An underground injection site for heroin users has been operating in the US for years

Thomson Reuters (NEW YORK) — A safe haven where drug users inject themselves with heroin and other drugs has been quietly operating in the U.S. for the past three years, a report reveals. None were known to exist in the U.S. until the disclosure in a medical journal, although several states and cities are pushing […]

27 JUL

Samsung Q2 operating profit up 73 percent, a record propelled by memory chip boom

(Reuters) — Samsung Electronics said a memory chip boom that propelled it to record profit in the second quarter is likely to continue in the third, just as revenue is widely expected to benefit from sales of OLED screens to Apple. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs is set to smash […]

10 APR

Chat app Line to end support for BlackBerry and other older operating systems on July 3, 2017

Mobile messaging giant Line has announced that it will discontinue its service on BlackBerry, Firefox OS, and Nokia Asha mobile platforms on July 3, 2017. Additionally, Line says that it’s killing its Windows 8 app too. The news may not come as a huge surprise, given that BlackBerry itself is no longer a phone company and is all-but […]

07 APR

Samsung expects to post record operating profit for Q1 2017

Samsung expects to post stellar earnings for the first quarter of 2017 despite its head honcho’s scandal in Korea and the lack of a new flagship phone for the period. The company believes its consolidated operating profit will reach approximately 9.9 trillion Korean won ($ 8.75 billion) for January to March this year. That’s significantly […]

25 MAR

Operating in Autonomous Mode, Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Involved in Crash

– A tumultuous time for Uber continues. – One of the company’s autonomous vehicles was involved in a collision Friday in Tempe, Arizona. The incident has prompted company executives to ground their fleet of self-driving Volvo XC90s in Arizona while an investigation takes place. – An Uber spokesperson said the vehicle’s autonomous mode was engaged […]

11 MAR

Apple’s iPhone-destroying robots are ‘operating’ in California and Europe (AAPL)

Apple Last spring, Apple introduced a new robot at its spring event, Liam, whose job it is to take apart iPhones so more of the valuable materials inside could be recovered and reused.   Liam “production line” systems are currently operating in California and the Netherlands, Apple said in a report published on February 21. One Liam system […]

08 MAR

This Isn’t An Operating System, It’s An RPG

In Kingsway, Andrew Morrish’s upcoming PC role-playing game, monsters are pop-ups, quests are emails and your backpack is a cluttered file folder. That’s right, it’s an OSRPG. Coming to PC later this year via Adult Swim games, Kingsway is a role-playing adventure that takes the form of the Kingsway Operating System, which is basically a […]

07 MAR

Chinese troops are reportedly operating in Afghanistan, but it’s unclear why

REUTERS/Claro Cortes Chinese troops are reportedly operating in Afghanistan, but it is unclear what they’re doing there. There is evidence that China has security forces operating inside eastern Afghanistan, and the Pentagon is reportedly very aware of their presence. “We know that they are there, that they are present,” a Pentagon spokesman revealed to Military Times, without going […]

04 MAR

Entire operating system written into DNA at 215 Pbytes/gram

Enlarge / Genetics background. 3D render. (credit: NIH) With humanity’s seemingly insatiable desire for data, archiving it safely has become a bit of a problem. The various means we’ve been using all have tradeoffs in terms of energy and space efficiency, many of which change as the technologies mature. And, as new tech moves in, […]