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https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/optoelectronics/topological-laser-cavities-could-revolutionize-optoelectronics  A new type of laser cavity that builds off a Nobel-winning development in physics can take on any shape and switch the flow of light with a magnetic field. Kante and his colleagues describe their so-called topological cavities in the current issue of Science.  Normally, a laser cavity, where light amplification takes place, is shaped like →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/09/a-chat-with-the-creators-of-arduino/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook  They’ve essentially created a world in which anyone can make amazing hardware - Technotopia talked to Massimo Banzi and Fabio Violante, the co-creators of Arduino.  →

Numerous companies have shamed themselves by posting their sensitive data and encryption keys to public cloud without any protection, where cyber criminals and security researches find them. What is the better way to get a bad dent to the “professional” cover of the data security consultanting company than doing exactly this? And yet those companies →

http://nordic.businessinsider.com/finland-has-a-huge-deficit-in-software-developers-and-its-growing-rapidly-2017-6/  According to the Finnish Information Processing Association, TIVIA, the country has an immediate need for 7,000 more software development professionals with the anticipated demand further expected to grow by up to 3,800 people annually. This can mean EUR 3-4 billion annually in lost GDP. So, if the pay is good, why the massive headcount deficit? Roughly →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/08/comparing-alexa-google-assistant-cortana-and-siri-smart-speakers/  The smart home assistant race has been building to a fever pitch over the course of the last couple of years. Things really came to head this past two weeks, when Amazon, Google and Sonos all held big events highlighting their latest smart speaker plays, making the already busy field a heck of a lot more crowded. →

http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2017/07/11/tuning-for-zero-packet-loss-in-red-hat-openstack-platform-part-1/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY For Telcos considering OpenStack, one of the major areas of focus can be around network performance. While the performance discussion may often begin with talk of throughput numbers expressed in Million-packets-per-second (Mpps) values across Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) hardware, it really is only the tip of the performance iceberg. The most common requirement is to have →

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/09/saunas-cut-pneumonia-risk/ Sauna is good for you in many ways has been known in Finland for a long time. Here is another proof:  Sweating in a sauna at least twice a week could slash the risk of potentially deadly infections like pneumonia, research shows. Men who enjoyed sauna sessions on a regular basis were almost 30 per cent less likely to develop the →

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3230519/linux/examining-network-connections-on-linux-systems.html Linux systems provide a lot of useful commands for reviewing network configuration and connections. Here’s a look at a few, including ifquery, ifup, ifdown and ifconfig. You might now most of them, but most propably not all of them… so check out to learn the rest. →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/its-time-to-give-firefox-another-chance/ Many people have switched to Chrome. It’s now time to give Firefox another chance. Mozilla seems to have found its groove and focus again — and it’s starting to show. Version 57 is the most important Firefox release in years. Mozilla has dubbed this release “Firefox Quantum.” Many of the updates in Quantum come from Mozilla’s experimental Servo browser and →

I have earlier posted about soldering irons. Here is a continuation to it with a set of interesting soldering iron tear-down and DIY videos from YouTube. Inside the cheapest soldering iron on ebay. How To Make a MINI USB Power Soldering Iron Hot! Hot! Hot! Weller ROBUST Soldering Gun, BEB #21 Homemade Soldering Gun How →