Det går en nationalistisk våg över Burma – och den buddhistiska munken Wirathu hör till dem som surfar högt på dess vågor. Han hävdar att landet hotas av islam och den muslimska världen.

Larry Sanger writes: Online news has become ridiculously confusing. Interesting bits are scattered among repetitive articles, clickbait, and other noise. Besides, there's so much interesting news, but we just don't have time for it all. Automated tools help a little, but give us only an unreliable selection; we still feel like we're missing out. Y'know, back in the 1990s, we used to have a similar problem about general knowledge. Locating answers to basic questions through the noise of the Internet was hit-and-miss and took time. So we organized knowledge with Wikipedia ("the encyclopedia that Slashdot built"). Hey, why don't we do something similar for the news? Is it possible to make a Wikipedia for news, pooling the efforts of newshounds everywhere? Could such a community cut through the noise and help get us caught up more quickly and efficiently? As co-founder of Wikipedia, I'm coming down on the "yes" side. I have recently announced an open content, collaborative news project, Infobitt (be gentle, Slashdot! We are still in early stages!), and my argument for the affirmative position is made both briefly and at length.

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Krismötet mellan regeringen och Alliansen är nu avslutat. Alliansen står fast vid att rösta på sin budget under onsdagens omröstning.

Antalet förare som rattsurfar ökar.

USA:s president Barack Obama tros nominera en av försvarshögkvarteret Pentagons tidigare tungviktare till posten som försvarsminister. Medier rapporterade på tisdagen att Pentagons tidigare andreman Ashton Carter toppade listan bland kandidater till den tunga posten.

Att Sverigedemokraterna röstar med Alliansen och därmed fäller regeringens budgetalternativ är en unik situation i svensk politisk historia. Enligt statsvetare Jonas Hinnfors kan effekten bli att det parlamentariska arbetet på sikt förändras.

Sverigedemokraterna tog väl vara på chansen att föra ut sin politik under tisdagens pressträff rörande budgeten. I sociala medier haglade kritiken, men enligt en expert handlar det om en felfritt utförd pr-kupp.

En strejk som pågått sedan i torsdags på Malmbanan har avslutats sedan parterna kommit överens, uppger LKAB i ett pressmeddelande.

An anonymous reader writes: Stephen Hawking and Intel have worked together for the past several years to build a new communication system for those suffering from diseases that severely impair motor function. The system is called ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit), and it will be free and open source. Hawking's previous system had been in use for over 20 years, so the technological upgrade is significant. His typing rate alone has doubled, and common tasks are up to 10 times faster. ACAT uses technology from SwiftKey, a cell phone keyboard enhancement. "Over three million people around the world are affected by motor neuron disease and quadriplegia and because the system created for Hawking is based on open-source software, it could potentially be adapted to suit many of them. Different functions can be enabled by touch, eye blinks, eyebrow movements or other user inputs for communication. Hawking and Intel hope that because the system is open and free it will be adopted by researchers who will want to use it to develop new solutions for those with disabilities."

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An anonymous reader writes: Stephen Hawking and Intel have worked together for the past several years to build a new communication system for those suffering from diseases that severely impair motor function. The system is called ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit), and it will be free and open source. Hawking's previous system had been in use for over 20 years, so the technological upgrade is significant. His typing rate alone has doubled, and common tasks are up to 10 times faster. ACAT uses technology from SwiftKey, a cell phone keyboard enhancement. "Over three million people around the world are affected by motor neuron disease and quadriplegia and because the system created for Hawking is based on open-source software, it could potentially be adapted to suit many of them. Different functions can be enabled by touch, eye blinks, eyebrow movements or other user inputs for communication. Hawking and Intel hope that because the system is open and free it will be adopted by researchers who will want to use it to develop new solutions for those with disabilities."

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