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Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far – ExtremeTech

Microsoft has finally acknowledged that its “Get Windows 10” campaign made a significant mistake by pushing a malware-style update that changed how the GWX.exe application functioned. The company’s explanation of how it ‘learned things’ from the process, however, still rings

Researchers have found a surprisingly powerful effect of sleeping more – The Washington Post

They find that a one-hour increase in average weekly sleep in a location increases wages by 1.3 percent in the short run, which include changes of less than a year, and 5 percent in the long run. By moving to

Tesla’s $5-billion Gigafactory begins production – CSMonitor.com

On Tuesday, Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk opened the doors to the Gigafactory – a $5-billion project with the capacity to double the world’s production of lithium-ion batteries and maybe even fuel the CEO’s increasingly ambitious goals…. By Rowena Lindsay, Staff – JULY 27,

Tesla Powerwall: What’s the verdict from the family who installed Australia’s first unit? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Nick Pfitzner was the first person in Australia to have the Tesla Powerwall installed in his home in January. So was it worth it? Six months on, he has cut his daily power bill by nearly 90 per cent and

MacStadium Awarded Two Patents for Custom Data Center Racks to Support its Apple Mac Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offerings

Combining MacStadium’s proprietary data center rack designs with innovative engineering techniques and commercially available network adapters, MacStadium is able to transition the small form factor design of the Apple Mac mini and Mac Procomputers into enterprise class computing environments for mobile