This effort came as officials started the day with some encouraging, albeit small news: engineers had succeeded in shutting off one of the three leaks from the damaged well late Tuesday night, BP said.
Where editors were told to independently verify trending topics surfaced by the algorithm, even by cross-referencing "Google News and other news sources," engineers were told to accept every trending topic linked to three or more recent articles, from any source, or linked to any article with at least five related posts.
In a blog post announcing the news, Facebook engineer Mike Vernal writes that developers will now have access to a 'News Feed' tab as part of Facebook Insights (their analytics product).
The finding is not good news for engineers trying to develop "smart" air bags that would determine the size and weight of a front-seat passenger and use that information to determine how fast to inflate the air bag, or whether to deploy it at all.
On Aug. 4, the nation rejoiced at news that engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory had landed Curiosity, its scientific vehicle, on Mars.
No matter how wonderfully Fox engineers its product, it cannot engineer news, a problem that plagues its competitors to the same degree.
The sad news of kidnapped engineer Chris McManus's death in Nigeria is a stark reminder of just how dangerous engineering in conflict zones can be.
There was better news for smaller engineer Hampson Industries, which gained 4p, or 7.6%, to 57p after Investec resumed coverage of the company with a "buy" recommendation and 80p target price, highlighting its healthier balance sheet following this week's £59.5m fundraising.
He works on policy decisions, plans television publicity spots and engineers news conferences.
