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1. Soft Skills for Research Team Management: un'indagine al Cnr
(Italiano/CNR)

09/02/2017 Uno studio del Cnr ha esaminato le competenze proprie della figura del 'responsabile di progetto',  analizzando analogie e differenze rispetto 'project manager' del settore privato. ...

2. Internet Mob Descends Upon Facebook Page of Company That Snitched on Innocent Hacker
(Italiano/gizmodo)

If you’re looking for a lesson in how not to respond to bug reports, look no further than Budapest, where the city’s public transit system is getting savaged on Facebook for snitching on a security researcher ...

3. Even a Tiny Dip in Measles Vaccinations Could Have Disastrous Consequences
(Italiano/gizmodo)

... million, according to new research. Read more... Read all  ...

4. 'Détour,' the new film by 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' director Michel Gondry, was shot on a phone
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... show the quality of its phone's video capabilities. Follow the adventures of a small tricycle as it sets off along the French roads in search of its young owner. Here's some behind-the-scenes videos ...

5. Cool 360-degree video of a rocket launch
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... are important to the scientific community as they offer research institutes a one-stop lab in which they can perform micro-gravity experiments. Technicians receive data and can adjust parameters thanks ...

6. TSA says it doesn't know why United thought comics were banned from checked Comic-Con luggage
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... the TSA's doing, a reasonable assumption given that the agency has been repeatedly trialling programs to search passengers' literature for exploding words for some months. (more…) Read all  ...

7. Microsoft designed its own AI chip for the next HoloLens
(English/Betanews)

... of Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, said the second version of the Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) will feature the AI chip so processing can be carried out onboard rather than ...

8. No Time Bar, No Laches under the UDRP
(English/CircleID)

... is] no room for general equitable doctrines under the Policy such as would be possessed by Courts in common law jurisdictions." Edmunds.com, Inc. v. Ult. Search Inc., D2001-1319 (WIPO February 1, 2002). ...

9. Chinese State Council Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

The Chinese government's wish-list for AI researchers is pretty ambitious: "Breakthroughs should be made in basic theories of AI, such as big data intelligence, multimedia aware computing, human-machine ...

10. Geologists Have Encouraging News For Folks Hoping to Mine the Moon
(Italiano/gizmodo)

Most people (wrongly) assume the moon is barren and boring. Sure, our satellite might be a little clingy, but it also has moonquakes, orange soil, and could be hiding abundant water resources. New research ...

11. The next HoloLens will use AI to recognize real-world objects
(English/engadget)

... Recognition) conference in Hawaii, Microsoft Research... Read all  ...

12. Security researcher arrested after he warns Hungarian transit company about their dumb mistake
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

A teenager discovered that the website of Budapesti Közlekedési Központ -- the public transit authority in Budapest -- would allow you to edit the price you paid for your tickets, so that purchasers could ...

13. Scientific Journals Publish Bogus Paper About Midi-chlorians from Star Wars
(Italiano/gizmodo)

... explain feeling the Force with faux biology is now published “scientific research.” Read more... Read all  ...

14. Google delays rollout of updated feed due to technical hitches on Android
(English/Betanews)

Google's announcement last week that it was rolling out an updated algorithm-powered feed to its mobile apps led to (nonsense) speculation that the company's search page was also getting a redesign. After ...

15. Tiny robot prowls water lines in search of leaks
(English/engadget)

Twenty percent of fresh water around the world is lost to leaks, but finding tiny pipe defects is nearly impossible -- especially in non-metal ones used in the developing world. MIT researchers have come ...

16. Produce smarter, SEO-optimized content with Webtexttool
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... your search page ranks. By analyzing prior user successes, it helps you better gauge how your posts will perform at a given time. And to help you spend less time editing and more time writing, It displays ...

17. UK ministers' Broadband '2.0' report confuses superfast with 10Mbps
(English/TheRegister)

Availability is not take-up. Must do better. See us after class A report by MP Grant Shapps into the state of broadband in Blighty has been criticised for doing more harm than good, as the research appears ...

18. Boffin supercharges FPGAs with timing signal tweak
(English/TheRegister)

Plagiarists nearly spoiled his PhD party, so he's becoming a micro-brewer A Swedish researcher has discovered a new way to optimise FPGA performance, with as much as a five-fold boost on offer.… Read ...

19. Work starts on a massive underground neutrino experiment
(English/engadget)

Neutrinos are notoriously difficult to understand, but work is underway to know them a little better. Researchers have officially broken ground on the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, the home to the ...

20. Forecast data model warns you of tornadoes hours in advance
(English/engadget)

Meteorologists usually only issue warnings for tornadoes when they're imminent, which gives you precious little time to take cover -- the American average is just 13 minutes. NOAA researchers may ...

21. Researchers develop algorithm to help you identify food and find a recipe
(English/Neowin)

Researchers have launched a new system which aims to give users recipes for a meal of a photo they upload. The researchers trained the AI and managed to achieve a 65% success rate during tests. Read more... ...

22. Crushed Peacock Ore Pendant
(English/instructables)

Last year I discovered peacock ore, a really pretty and shimmery stone, and became slightly obsessed. I ordered a bunch of it from different sources (mostly eBay and Etsy). As I further researched peacock ...

23. Gluten free oat, apple and cinnamon bread / Pan sin gluten de manzana, avena y canela. (Bilingual instructions!)
(English/instructables)

This recipe is part of the result of my personal search to try to achieve a healthier life.The rhythm of this modern world has barely left us time to do anything, thus, we consume industrialized food more ...