"Father of MIDI" Dave Smith Dies At 72
Sad news from long-time Slashdot reader NormalVisual: Synthtopia reports that Dave Smith, founder of the legendary synthesizer manufacturer Sequential Circuits and creator of the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standard, died this past.....»»
The father of Nvidia’s controversial AI gaming tech wants to set the record straight
We spoke with the architect of CES' most controversial announcement to discuss the ethical and existential concerns of generative AI in video games......»»
How "True Detective: Night Country" brought the corpsicle to life
An oral history of "True Detective: Night Country"s corpsicle, as told by production designer Daniel Taylor and prosthetics team Dave and Lou Elsey. The second episode of True Detective: Night Country introduces what might just be the greatest.....»»
"True Detective: Night Country": Is Travis the father of Rust Cohle?
Let's explore the "True Detective" fan theory — and what the showrunner has to say. Update: showrunner Issa López has commented on the fan theory. See below. True Detective Season 4 has returned with a chilling new mystery of missing.....»»
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985. Enlarge / A photo of David L. Mills taken by David Woolley on April 27, 2005. (credit: David Woolley / Benj Edwards / Getty Images).....»»
Q&A: Veganuary—the environmental benefits of a low and no meat diet
Dr. Mike Clark, Director of the Food Program at the Oxford Smith School, discusses the environmental impacts of eating meat, the key research questions we still need to answer, and what individuals can do today......»»
Musical comedy "Schmigadoon!" dies in Schmicago, won"t return for a third season
Apple TV+ has chosen not to renew its award winning comedy "Schmigadoon!," and is ending the series after just two seasons.Apple cancels 'Schmigadoon' after second seasonMusical comedy "Schmigadoon!" debuted on Apple TV+ in. The series was well liked.....»»
Study provides rare field-based evidence of opportunistic cannibalism in mini marsupial
The mouse-sized marsupial famed for its mighty mating until it dies has now been observed eating its own dead......»»
Illuminating plant water dynamics: The role of light in leaf hydraulic regulation
A recent study led by Prof. Menachem Moshelion from The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at The Hebrew University, along with Dr. Yael Grunwald and Dr. Adi Yaara from the same institute, has unveiled the intricate relation.....»»
Mintrocket’s new game Wakerunners couldn’t be more different from Dave the Diver
Dave the Diver developer Mintrocket just revealed Wakerunners, a multiplayer action game that's a major departure from one of 2023's best surprise hits......»»
The Chaos in Trump’s New York Civil Trial Portends Bad News for Jack Smith
The Chaos in Trump’s New York Civil Trial Portends Bad News for Jack Smith.....»»
Lincoln University president on paid leave days after VP of student affairs dies by suicide
Lincoln University president on paid leave days after VP of student affairs dies by suicide.....»»
26-Year-Old Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Relationship With 16-Year-Old Student, Father of Teen Also Arrested
26-Year-Old Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Relationship With 16-Year-Old Student, Father of Teen Also Arrested.....»»
New equations will better estimate protein utilization by beef cattle, benefit producers
Knowing exactly how beef cattle utilize protein is important to answering many nutrition questions producers and industry nutritionists pose to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists like Jason Smith, Ph.D., Amarillo......»»
Billie Jean Ellis, co-founder of Jim Ellis Automotive, dies at 89
Billie Jean Ellis co-founded the group with her husband, Jim Ellis......»»
With only the pawprints, researchers study elusive bobcat
One Sunday morning in February of 2021, Dave Duffy's kids told him they had just seen a bobcat through the window of their home near the University of Florida's Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience outside St. Augustine, Florida. They knew their.....»»
2024 may be a year of reckoning for Apple’s $85 billion services business
US court cases and tougher EU regulation will pose challenges to Apple's bottom line. Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Apple faces a legal reckoning in 2024, with a series of regulatory decisions by U.....»»
Father says his daughter’s car is melting in the driveway. Honda says it’s not covered by warranty
Father says his daughter’s car is melting in the driveway. Honda says it’s not covered by warranty.....»»
Xfinity waited to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price
Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado ) Comcast waited as many as nine days to patch its network against a high-severity vulnerabi.....»»
Xfinity waited 13 days to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price
Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers. Enlarge / A Comcast Xfinity service van in San Ramon, California on February 25, 2020. (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado ) Comcast wa.....»»
As climate warms, that perfect Christmas tree may depend on growers" ability to adapt
Christmas tree breeder Jim Rockis knows what it looks like when one dies long before it can reach a buyer......»»