Behold the spectacular trailer for Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms, a new Chinese animation feature that feels like a wild magic mix between Seven Samurai, Ran, and Lord of the Rings through a Studio Ghibli lenses. It looks amazing and, the cel animation was done by just two animators: Li Wei and Pei Fei. Read more…
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I can’t wait to see this awesome Chinese animation movie
blackbeak (1227080) writes The Washington Post reports that the Journal of Vibration and Control’s review system was hijacked by a ring of reviewers. 60 articles have been retracted as a result. “After a 14-month investigation, JVC determined the ring involved “aliases” and fake e-mail addresses of reviewers — up to 130 of them — in an apparently successful effort to get friendly reviews of submissions and as many articles published as possible by Chen and his friends.’On at least one occasion, the author Peter Chen reviewed his own paper under one of the aliases he created, ‘ according to the SAGE announcement.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Lasrick sends this quote from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Most people would agree that keeping track of dangerous material is generally a good idea. So it may come as a surprise to some that the arrangements that are supposed to account for weapon-grade fissile materials—plutonium and highly enriched uranium—are sketchy at best. The most recent example involves several hundreds kilograms of plutonium that appear to have fallen through the cracks in various reporting arrangements. … [A Japanese researcher discovered] that the public record of Japan’s plutonium holdings failed to account for about 640 kilograms of the material. The error made its way to the annual plutonium management report that Japan voluntarily submits to the International Atomic Energy Agency … This episode may have been a simple clerical error, but it was yet another reminder of the troubling fact that we know very little about the amounts of fissile material that are circulating around the globe. The only reason the discrepancy was discovered in this case was the fact that Japan has been unusually transparent about its plutonium stocks. … No other country does this. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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How Japan Lost Track of 640kg of Plutonium
redletterdave (2493036) writes The largest private employer in all of China and one of the biggest supply chain manufacturers in the world, Foxconn announced it will soon start using robots to help assemble devices at its several sprawling factories across China. Apple, one of Foxconn’s biggest partners to help assemble its iPhones, iPads, will be the first company to use the new service. Foxconn said its new “Foxbots” will cost roughly $20, 000 to $25, 000 to make, but individually be able to build an average of 30, 000 devices. According to Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, the company will deploy 10, 000 robots to its factories before expanding the rollout any further. He said the robots are currently in their “final testing phase.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Foxconn Beings Replacing Workers With Robots
iOS 8 is just around the corner (and potentially unjailbreakable), but for folks who have found themselves stuck on the more recent 7.1.1 update and unable to jailbreak, there’s finally an option . Thrown together by as-yet untested Chinese developers Pangu, the untethered jailbreak is windows only, but works for all devices that can run 7.1.1. Read more…
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There’s Finally a Jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1
alphadogg writes A Chinese electronics vendor accused of selling signal jammers to U.S. consumers could end up leading the market in one dubious measure: the largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The agency wants to fine CTS Technology $34, 912, 500 for allegedly marketing 285 models of jammers over more than two years. CTS boldly—and falsely—claimed that some of its jammers were approved by the FCC, according to the agency’s enforcement action released Thursday. Conveniently, CTS’ product detail pages also include a button to “report suspicious activity.” The proposed fine, which would be bigger than any the FCC has levied for anti-competitive behavior, or a wardrobe malfunction, comes from adding up the maximum fines for each model of jammer the company allegedly sold in the U.S. The agency also ordered CTS, based in Shenzhen, China, to stop marketing illegal jammers to U.S. consumers and identify the buyer of each jammer it sold in the U.S. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Chinese Vendor Could Pay $34.9M FCC Fine In Signal-Jammer Sting
Pity the poor mapmaker assigned to the South China Sea. The hotly disputed waters in the Pacific are torn between competing claims from all the countries that surround it. China, especially, has been aggressive and sly. It’s now dumping sand onto small reefs and shoals, building whole new islands to bolster its territorial claims . Read more…
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China is Building Fake Islands to Bolster Its Claim to Disputed Waters
You are looking at the new iPhone 6—at least according to Sonny Dickson, whose Apple leaks have always been accurate. If this is true, his photo confirms the rumors that claimed that Apple would start producing 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models starting in May. Read more…
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This is the new larger iPhone 6, claims reliable source
In the early hours of June 4th, the New York Police Department raided the General Ulysses S. Grant and Manhattanville housing projects in West Harlem. Its biggest gang raid ever, it saw 40 suspects arrested—and it was masterminded by mining over 1 million Facebook posts. Read more…
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The NYPD’s Biggest Gang Raid Was Informed By 1 Million Facebook Posts
Of all the Chinese cemeteries in Calcutta’s Old Chinatown, Choong Ye Thong Cemetery is almost certainly the largest and most well-maintained. The graves here are horse shoe-shaped, which (according to Chinese Feng Shui culture) is the most conducive to conserving energy. [ Rangan Datta ] Read more…
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Of all the Chinese cemeteries in Calcutta’s Old Chinatown, Choong Ye Thong Cemetery is almost certai