CBS and Paramount, the two studios that own the rights to Star Trek, announced a list of 10 guidelines for fan film creators this week. The studios are saying that they “will not object to, or take legal action against” filmmakers that follow the new rules (although the studios added that “CBS and Paramount Pictures reserve the right to revise, revoke and/or withdraw these...
Unswayed by Axanar, CBS and Paramount offer 10 rules for fan film makers
Searching for the rules that govern hadron construction
Just as quantum electrodynamics describes how electrons are bound in atoms by the electromagnetic force, mediated by the exchange of photons, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) describes how quarks are bound inside hadrons by the strong force, mediated by the exchange of gluons. QCD seems to allow hadrons constructed from increasingly many quarks to exist, just as atoms with increasing numbers of electrons exist, yet such...
Host-microbe interaction: Rules of the game for microbiota
Are the dynamics of our microbial communities unique to us or does everyone's microbiota follow the same rules? The emerging insights into this question could be of relevance to health and disease. See Letter p.259
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One billion hours on, and HGST still rules the roost for hard disk reliability
(credit: Alpha six)
Cloud backup provider Backblaze has published the latest data it has accumulated about the reliability of the hard drives it uses. In the first quarter of the year, the company passed more than a billion hours of aggregate drive usage since it started tracking reliability in April 2013.
HGST's drives have long stood out...
FAA creates panel to come up with rules for letting drones come near innocent bystanders
What are the rules for letting a drone get in your face? Right...
Oculus Rift lawsuit can move forward, judge rules
Oculus Rift is facing several legal claims against its makers, which is unsurprising given the attention the device has received in general. Oculus is already combatting one lawsuit from Zenimax, which claims Oculus outright stole VR technology. But a new suit has come to the surface, this one aimed directly...
Kim Dotcom to be finally extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules
This week, Kim Dotcom tweeted this photo, with the tagline: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" (credit: Kim Dotcom)
On Tuesday afternoon (Wednesday, Auckland time) a New Zealand judge ordered that founder Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants are eligible to be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges over alleged massive copyright infringement on...
Sign up your drone, or else: FAA issues registration rules that take effect Dec. 21
The Federal Aviation Administration has laid out the rules for registering recreational drones, starting Dec. 21, plus the penalties for those who don’t. It’s not likely that drone police will be watching the skies, but if your unregistered drone gets...
Guest Commentary: Don’t impose antiquated rules on the Sharing Economy
Seattle has been on the leading edge of many of the cultural shifts transforming our nation for nearly a quarter century – from the music we listen to, to the coffee we drink, to the technology that we use every day. Now, a new...
Tech companies urge Congress to drop fight against net neutrality rules
Net neutrality protest at the White House in November 2014. (credit: Stephen Melkisethian)
A group of tech companies has urged Congressional leadership to abandon a GOP plan to kill the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.
Budget proposals have included provisions preventing the FCC from continuing to enforce the rules that took effect in June, at least...
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