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Microsoft tests new tool to remove OEM crapware
Windows 10 already includes ways to clear out applications and data to repair misbehaving systems or prepare them to be sold, courtesy of the Refresh and Reset features added in Windows 8. Microsoft is now adding a third option: a new refresh tool.
Currently available only for Windows Insiders, the new tool fetches a copy of Windows online and performs a clean installation. The only...
Amazon venturing onto Powell’s home turf, picks Portland for third brick-and-mortar bookstore
For 45 years, Powell’s Books has defined what success means in the bookstore business.
Now, the highly-regarded Portland bookstore is getting some serious competition in its hometown from a company that...
A CRISPR screen defines a signal peptide processing pathway required by flaviviruses
Flaviviruses infect hundreds of millions of people annually, and no antiviral therapy is available. We performed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9-based screen to identify host genes that, when edited, resulted in reduced flavivirus infection. Here, we validated nine human genes required for flavivirus infectivity, and these were associated with endoplasmic reticulum functions including translocation, protein degradation, and N-linked glycosylation. In particular, a subset of endoplasmic reticulum-associated...
Whoa, Canada! Prime Minister Trudeau tries HoloLens at Microsoft’s new Vancouver office
Some politicians create their own reality, but today Justin Trudeau got to experience Microsoft’s augmented reality.
Canada’s Prime Minister tried out a Microsoft HoloLens holographic headset at...
AMPK–SKP2–CARM1 signalling cascade in transcriptional regulation of autophagy
Autophagy is a highly conserved self-digestion process, which is essential for maintaining homeostasis and viability in response to nutrient starvation. Although the components of autophagy in the cytoplasm have been well studied, the molecular basis for the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of autophagy is poorly understood. Here we identify co-activator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) as a crucial component of autophagy in mammals. Notably, CARM1...
Latin American video giant Samba Tech opens Seattle office, launches new app
Samba Tech, a Latin American online video distributor, is opening a Seattle office and launched a new app this week.
The company is setting up shop in Seattle to be closer to Microsoft, a major partner, and to tap the region’s talent pool....
VLC 3.0 nightlies arrive with (sort of working) Chromecast support
What Seattle needs to be a digital health leader — and why it isn’t one yet
Guest Commentary: Fred Wilson’s comments about Seattle being a “third-tier” startup city stirred up much debate. As the CEO of Seattle-based health games startup Litesprite, I view this topic from a healthcare point of...
Biogeochemistry: Synergy of a warm spring and dry summer
An analysis suggests that high carbon uptake by US land ecosystems during the warm spring of 2012 offset the carbon loss that resulted from severe drought over the summer — and hints that the warm spring could have worsened the drought.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature18450