Monthly Archives: August 2022

Review: HP’s Elite Dragonfly Chromebook is the cream of the ChromeOS crop

Enlarge / HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook. Specs at a glance: HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook Worst Best As reviewed Screen 13.5-inch 1920 x 1280 IPS touchscreen 13.5-inch 1920 x 1280 IPS touchscreen 13.5-inch 2256 x 1504 IPS touchscreen OS Chrome OS CPU Intel Core i3-1215U Intel Core i7-1265U vPro Intel Core i5-1245U vPro RAM 8GB LPDDR4-4266 32GB LPDDR4-4266…

Were bones of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer? It’s not yet case closed

Enlarge / The Morning after the Battle of Waterloo, by John Heaviside Clark, 1816. (credit: Public domain) When Napoleon was infamously defeated at Waterloo in 1815, the conflict left a battlefield littered with thousands of corpses and the inevitable detritus of war. But what happened to all those dead bodies? Only one full skeleton has…

4 ways the Inflation Reduction Act invests in healthier forests and greener cities

The High Line in New York City is an example of a project funded by the USDA’s urban forestry program, which will now be sustained by the Inflation Reduction Act. Lance Cheung/USDA This week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which included $369 billion in funding for climate change mitigation projects, into law….

Law Commission proposes revolutionary rules for ownership of crypto tokens and NFTs

Dr. Adam Sanitt Contributor Dr. Adam Sanitt is a Knowledge Director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. There is a major earthquake happening in the sphere of digital assets, which is expected to create shockwaves that will impact tech not only in the real world but also…

Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

Modern DevOps turned back the clock on agile software development. Them’s fighting words, but they’re words Cory O’Daniel, the CEO of Massdriver, stands by. From his point of view, engineers today are often stuck waiting on other teams so that they can write code, creating frustrating bottlenecks. “DevOps was supposed to be practices,” O’Daniel told…

Saints Row release time – here’s when you can play Volition’s reboot

After nine years of waiting, Saints Row’s reboot is almost here and if you’re taking a trip to Santo Ileso next week, you might be wondering when exactly it’ll launch.  We’ve spent considerable time with Volition’s Saints Row reboot already, which abandons Saints Row 4’s shenanigans for a more serious tone, though you can still…