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2026-10-27T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Denmark Gives Up On Replacing Microsoft Office With Collabora** Denmark's Ministry of Digitization reportedly abandoned a pilot to replace Microsoft Office with the open-source Collabora suite less than six months after it began. Tom's Hardware reports: According to Danish publication Computerworld, the pilot project was launched in 2025 and involved 38 employees, all of whom would start using the British open-sour ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/2222246/denmark-gives-up-on-replacing-microsoft-office-with-collabora?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-27T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Industry Executives Knew For Decades That Microplastics Were Infiltrating the Human Body** Susanne Rust of the Los Angeles Times reports (paywalled) that industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body. Slashdot reader joshuark shares an excerpt from the report: Scientists today say we're just beginning to understand the harm that the tiny bits ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/27/0232248/industry-executives-knew-for-decades-that-microplastics-were-infiltrating-the-human-body?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-27T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Designates Helium As a Critical Material** An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it's indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to the Energy Department. The designation by the Energy Department means that more federal financing will be availab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/227203/us-designates-helium-as-a-critical-material?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**PHP2Shell Security Flaws Now Successfully Exploited** The critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) have now been successfully exploited in the wild, just days after patches were released and initial exploitation attempts failed. BleepingComputer reports: The malicious activity was caught by Adel Karimi, detection and response lead at Perplexity, whose honeypots recorded evidence of confirmed re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/2150206/php2shell-security-flaws-now-successfully-exploited?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Skydance Offers Buyouts, Gives 5-Day RTO Order** Skydance, as it begins integrating Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees and imposing a five-day-a-week office requirement. Layoffs are also expected as the company targets more than $6 billion in annualized cost savings within three years. Variety reports: The new program was outlined by chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/2128235/skydance-offers-buyouts-gives-5-day-rto-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Firefox Tries to Bring Back the Internet's 'Good Old Days'** Mozilla launched a new ad campaign for Firefox that leverages early internet nostalgia in a bid to win back users who switched browsers. "Today's internet tracks you, interrupts you, and asks for permissions it already took. But it wasn't always that way, and it's not how it's supposed to work," writes Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo in a post on LinkedIn. "It' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1931208/firefox-tries-to-bring-back-the-internets-good-old-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Instagram Chases YouTube With a Push For Longer, Widescreen Videos** Instagram is testing a new longform, horizontal video format called "Features" as it pushes further into YouTube territory and expands its presence on TVs. The Verge reports: Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform "for a long time," he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here's the widescr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1846258/instagram-chases-youtube-with-a-push-for-longer-widescreen-videos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Walter Koenig, Chekov On Original 'Star Trek,' Dies At 90** Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: Walter Koenig, the actor who played Pavel Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and several movies, has died, his rep confirmed to CBS News. He was 90. Koenig died Sunday night at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, talent rep Zachery McGinnis said in a statement. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1828230/walter-koenig-chekov-on-original-star-trek-dies-at-90?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Highway Thieves Are Spoofing GPS To Steal Millions In Data Center-Bound Cargo** Highway thieves have stolen more than $100 million in data center equipment since June, employing increasingly sophisticated tactics such as forging driver IDs and spoofing GPS tracking systems. NBC News (paywalled) reports that thieves have "made away with more than $100 million in data center freight." Ars Technica repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1759233/highway-thieves-are-spoofing-gps-to-steal-millions-in-data-center-bound-cargo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Updates the iPad Mini With a Larger OLED Display** Apple has unveiled a redesigned iPad Mini with a larger 8.5-inch OLED display, an A20 Pro chip, twice the peak brightness and slimmer bezels while maintaining roughly the same footprint. It starts at $699 ($200 more than its predecessor) and will be available November 6. The Verge reports: Despite having a slightly bigger display than the 8.3-inch screen on its pre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1549226/apple-updates-the-ipad-mini-with-a-larger-oled-display?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Offers Mass Buyouts For Roughly a Quarter of Its Workforce** An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Seattle Times: Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to control its head count while avoiding layoffs. The Redmond-based tech giant announced Monday morning that eligible employees at the vice president level and below in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/1544243/microsoft-offers-mass-buyouts-for-roughly-a-quarter-of-its-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T15:07:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Files For IPO** Anthropic has filed to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, setting the stage for a potentially record-setting IPO that could value the Claude developer at more than $2 trillion. Alongside the extraordinary cost of its AI expansion, Anthropic warned that it "may not generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability in the future."  "While we have experienced significant revenue growth in recent periods, our bu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/156218/anthropic-files-for-ipo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Reddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: 'I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed?'** Kotaku reports:  r/opensource, Reddit's primary "subreddit for everything open source related," has banned all AI-assisted and AI-related projects.... As reported by The Verge, the subreddit's October 24 post, titled "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI," features four new main ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/0540245/reddits-largest-open-source-community-dumbfounded-by-ai-ban-i-guess-linux-is-no-longer-allowed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection** Brazil's 80-year-old president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected Sunday, reports the Guardian, "defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power."  And the results could impact the climate, suggests the Associated Press, since under da Silva the annual deforestation ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/054248/amazon-deforestation-fell-to-lowest-level-since-1988---and-silva-wins-reelection?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Announces Open Source Tool Evaluating Your Software's Optimization For AI Coding Agents** The problem? Understanding how AI coding agents interact with the software you build. "Whether you're maintaining an SDK, building a command-line interface, or publishing an MCP server or skills... you need to understand whether agents can discover and use what you ship, and what yo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/0420240/microsoft-announces-open-source-tool-evaluating-your-softwares-optimization-for-ai-coding-agents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**25% of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop, Finds Study From Linux Foundation Research** "59% of maintainers report growing contribution volume since the rise of GenAI," according to a new study published by Linux Foundation Research. But 25% of their incoming pull requests "are estimated to be low-quality, also known as 'AI slop'." And on large projects, 69% see growing contributions — a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/0131241/25-of-incoming-pull-requests-may-be-ai-slop-finds-study-from-linux-foundation-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-26T00:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Systemd Merges Support for Rust Programs** "As of today in systemd Git it's now possible for the systemd programs to be written in the Rust programming language as an alternative to C," reports Phoronix:  Core systemd code like the systemd library doesn't yet support Rust code, but for the various systemd programs / leaf components there is now support for using Rust... The new systemd-keyring-setup utility in Rust is used for provisi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2227243/systemd-merges-support-for-rust-programs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T23:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Use Convinces California Math Professor There's 'No Point' Grading Homework** From the student newspaper at the University of California, Berkeley:  Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students' homework. After seeing how many of his students used AI to consistently receive top scores, he felt there was "no point" in paying readers to grade for correc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/235241/ai-use-convinces-california-math-professor-theres-no-point-grading-homework?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T21:56:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data** BeamFS creator Aurelien Desbrieres is not calling for a merge, but is requesting feedback on an 18-patch proposal that takes the place of FTRFS, an earlier filesystem he proposed in April.  The Linux/Open Source blog It's FOSS reports:  Filesystems that can repair damage, like Btrfs and ZFS, usually do it by falling back on a spare copy of the data. BeamFS skip ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2153202/a-newly-proposed-linux-filesystem-can-fix-corrupted-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T20:42:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Delivers 'Zero Financial Payoff' To Most Companies, Economist Says** "Despite massive investments and widespread hype around AI , the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech," writes the chief economist at U.S. asset management firm Apollo Global.  He adds that "there are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth... \[M\]ainstream corporate America is pulling b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2040212/ai-delivers-zero-financial-payoff-to-most-companies-economist-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T18:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads** The blog Android Authority offers this TLDR:  Google updated its privacy policy to clarify that it could use information shared through Personal Intelligence to personalize ads. Gmail, Drive, and Photos content isn't used for targeted ads by default, but connecting them to eligible Google services could ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/1528213/google-says-gmail-and-photos-data-shared-with-ai-search-could-be-used-for-targeted-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T16:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Free Software Foundation Hosts Free 'Encryptfest' Event on Sunday** The Free Software Foundation's "EncryptFest" today covers both encryption and privacy. The free two-hour event runs from 13:00-15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00-19:00 UTC), and includes:  — A discussion on "bulk surveillance, and how encryption protects personal privacy"  — A short video from renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier.  — A discussio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0526257/free-software-foundation-hosts-free-encryptfest-event-on-sunday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T15:33:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**As eMudhra Exits Cert Business, Users Face New PKI Trust Decisions** "As of 2026, the company has issued more than 60 million digital certificates," notes Wikipedia. But now, InfoWorld reports:  A certificate authority's decision to abandon the global SSL/TLS market is exposing a weakness many organizations rarely examine: their dependence on complex PKI trust chains. Following the compromise of private keys behi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0653231/as-emudhra-exits-cert-business-users-face-new-pki-trust-decisions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Getty Images Files For US Bankruptcy, Advances Restructuring Plan** Reuters reports:  Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset after its planned merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed under the weight of heavy debt and growing competition from AI-generated imagery. Getty said the affiliates of the Getty family and Koch Equity Development, which committed to provide up to $533 m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/24/2319225/getty-images-files-for-us-bankruptcy-advances-restructuring-plan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger** "Scientists have transformed old blood cells into young brain stem cells, which continued to grow younger as they grew older," reports ScienceAlert:  Cellular transformations can be done in two main ways. The first, more circuitous route turns a specific cell back into a pluripotent stem cell, or an embryonic "blank slat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/062240/old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T07:36:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**CIOs Admit They Are Being Forced To Upgrade Enterprise IT** Computer Weekly reports:  A Censuswide survey of 2,018 CIOs and senior IT decision-makers at large organisations in the US and UK for independent software maintenance provider Origina has found that organisations spend almost $13m on upgrades pushed by IT providers. On average, 28% of enterprise software budgets go on upgrades, migrations and licensing changes d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0446228/cios-admit-they-are-being-forced-to-upgrade-enterprise-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-25T04:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency'** America's Defense Department "has spent months quietly building an elite new tech agency," reports Politico, "to help covertly disrupt and sabotage foreign technology programs considered threats to American military superiority."  Information on the Technology Support Office, or TSO as it is called internally, is nearly impos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0335236/americas-defense-department-is-building-an-elite-new-tech-sabotage-agency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Singapore Boffins Weave a GUI Into Fabric** Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a machine-washable electronic fabric that can turn clothing into an interactive graphical user interface. The prototype reportedly survived 50 gentle machine washes and 1,000 bending cycles, though it still relies on external batteries and controllers. The Register reports: The development could lead - at some point - to a "f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/2048215/singapore-boffins-weave-a-gui-into-fabric?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**People Are Vibe Coding Their Way to Better TVs** Frustrated by intrusive ads, sluggish interfaces, and data tracking, smart TV owners are using AI coding tools and open-source projects to strip unwanted software from their televisions and build customized home screens. The Verge reports: Several vibe-coded TV-debloating projects exploded in popularity over the weekend. Cleanyourtv (known as tv-vibehack until the 19th), t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/2034217/people-are-vibe-coding-their-way-to-better-tvs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15** Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from social media platforms beginning January 1, 2027. The legislation requires platforms to implement reliable age verification and parents to use government-backed apps to restrict access, with penalties for noncompliance under the EU's Digital Services Act. Engadget reports: "It would have been very easy to do absolutely noth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1928227/greece-enacts-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-15?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SpaceX In Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites For New Network** SpaceX is reportedly seeking access to at least 80,000 cellular tower sites across the U.S. as it prepares to launch Starlink Mobile as a fourth nationwide wireless carrier. "We will be building out our terrestrial networks so there's broad-based connectivity anywhere that SpaceX and Starlink are allowed to operate," Musk said during SpaceX's earnings cal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1916222/spacex-in-talks-to-access-80000-cell-sites-for-new-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T19:05:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Knicks Sent Employees Fake Offer of Championship Rings In Phishing Test** The New York Knicks reportedly sent employees a fake offer of complimentary NBA championship rings as part of an internal phishing test, requiring anyone who clicked the link to attend mandatory cybersecurity training. "Congratulations, your Employee Championship Ring is here," the email said. According to The New York Times, Madison S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/193208/knicks-sent-employees-fake-offer-of-championship-rings-in-phishing-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Left Alone With Nothing To Do, AI Agents Started Playing** An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the hallmarks of play. The researchers put 13 AI agents called Eko, each running on Claude Opus 4.7, alone on a simulated desert island for 30 hours. They describe the ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1647249/left-alone-with-nothing-to-do-ai-agents-started-playing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Announces Per-Hour Cost for Xbox Cloud Gaming Service** Microsoft has revealed pay-as-you-go pricing for Xbox Cloud Gaming, with introductory packages costing $3.99 for 10 hours, $7.99 for 25 hours, or $11.99 for 50 hours. Starting in November, Game Pass subscribers will receive only 5 to 15 included cloud-gaming hours depending on their tier and will have to buy additional time -- even to stream games ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1636239/microsoft-announces-per-hour-cost-for-xbox-cloud-gaming-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ukraine Is Wiping Out Data Centers Across the Border** Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged three major Yandex data centers as well as facilities serving Sberbank and VKontakte (the country's equivalent to Facebook), disrupting cloud services, banking, e-commerce, ride-hailing and other digital services across Russia. The attacks may deal a longer-lasting blow to Russia's AI ambitions: Yandex's affected facilities housed it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0153232/ukraine-is-wiping-out-data-centers-across-the-border?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Comcast Loses More Customers, Claims Other ISPs' Cheap Prices Are 'Irrational'** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers. Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from a 91,000-customer loss in the same quarter a year ago, the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0143254/comcast-loses-more-customers-claims-other-isps-cheap-prices-are-irrational?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Physicists Trap a Single Antimatter Particle For a Month** Physicists at Northwestern University have successfully trapped a single positron for an entire month, allowing researchers to study its quantum properties with unprecedented precision. "Further investigations using the trap might reveal the secret of why the world around us is made of matter and not antimatter, when things could have presumably gone either wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/021237/physicists-trap-a-single-antimatter-particle-for-a-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**UN Says Breaching 1.5C Warming Limit Is 'Imminent and Unavoidable'** For the first time, the UN has declared that exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5C warming limit is "imminent and unavoidable." "We are now saying this window has closed, but we can open it again by making the overshoot as brief as possible," UN Environment Program Executive Director Inger Andersen said on a call with reporters. "This is about ho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0031209/un-says-breaching-15c-warming-limit-is-imminent-and-unavoidable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-23T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Unvetted AI Agents Are Accessing US Bank Accounts** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios. The difficulty in distinguishing between a human and an unauthorized bot is forcing banks to block the technolog ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0023257/unvetted-ai-agents-are-accessing-us-bank-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**To Make Way For Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power** Google is funding one of the nation's largest "virtual power plants," paying homes and businesses indirectly to reduce electricity consumption during periods of peak demand so more grid capacity can be available for data centers. Under its expanded deal with Voltus, the program could provide up to 1,070 megawatts in the Mid-Atlantic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/180226/to-make-way-for-data-centers-google-will-pay-others-to-use-less-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Says October Updates Didn't Actually Fix VPN Issues** joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it mistakenly flagged a bug causing Always On VPN connection issues as fixed in the October 2026 Windows 11 cumulative updates. Always On VPN replaced the legacy DirectAccess technology and supports domain-joined, non-domain-joined, and Microsoft Entra ID-joined devices running Windows 10, Win ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1950254/microsoft-says-october-updates-didnt-actually-fix-vpn-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Browser Company Retires Its Arc Browser, Pushes Users to Dia** The Browser Company is shutting down its Arc browser on December 22 and encouraging users to migrate to Dia, its newer AI-powered browser for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows 11 PCs. Thurrott reports: In the message explaining why it was sunsetting Arc, The Browser Company explained that maintaining two separate browsers was difficult to justify, es ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1944228/the-browser-company-retires-its-arc-browser-pushes-users-to-dia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T20:01:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Moderna Shares Plunge After Leak of Cancer Vaccine Data** Moderna shares plunged as much as 25% after partial clinical trial data leaked for its personalized cancer vaccine developed with Merck, despite the full results showing promising outcomes for melanoma patients. Analysts attribute the selloff largely to inflated investor expectations rather than disappointing clinical results. CNBC reports: The personalized vaccine, kno ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/200209/moderna-shares-plunge-after-leak-of-cancer-vaccine-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bose Is Buying Skullcandy** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Longtime audio giant Bose announced on Wednesday that it's acquiring Skullcandy, the lifestyle brand known for its bass-heavy headphones. Skullcandy will remain a separate company within Bose's Premium Consumer Audio business and will still be based in Park City, Utah.  The acquisition isn't out of left field. Bose has lent its audio expertise to Skullcandy over the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1737238/bose-is-buying-skullcandy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Zoe Kleinman: PHP Is the Cyber Equivalent of an Unexploded Bomb** BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman likens the recently discovered PHP security vulnerabilities to an unexploded bomb, writing, "The PHP story feels like the cyber equivalent of an unexploded bomb -- I have never seen such a dramatic, public and global response to a cyber event that hasn't happened yet." Although no successful attacks have been confi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1717246/zoe-kleinman-php-is-the-cyber-equivalent-of-an-unexploded-bomb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Takes On Muse With Claude Duet** Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, an AI agent aimed at professionals and small businesses that competes with Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. Here's Anthropic's description of what it can do: Each morning, it sends you a short brief on the most important items across your connected apps. Throughout the day, it keeps tabs on those apps and messages you only when something needs your attention. You c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1629209/anthropic-takes-on-muse-with-claude-duet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T16:16:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List** Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative appears to have accidentally disclosed several unpatched Linux kernel vulnerabilities on the public LKML instead of the private security list, including two CVSS 9.0 flaws that could enable remote code execution through SMB Direct and KSMBD. "This seemingly was a mistake ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1612227/several-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-accidentally-posted-to-public-kernel-mailing-list?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Staff Resign In Backlash Over Its AI Contracts With Military** An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Google is facing a backlash from some staff members over the company's deployment of its AI technology for military use. The BBC has spoken to several tech workers who have either recently resigned from Google's AI company, Google DeepMind, or are in the process of leaving, over concerns wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0043216/google-staff-resign-in-backlash-over-its-ai-contracts-with-military?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Airbnb Bans Making Guests Do Dishes, Take Out the Trash** Airbnb is banning hosts from requiring guests to perform time-consuming checkout chores, including washing dishes, stripping beds, doing laundry, and taking trash off-site. The updated policy applies to reservations booked on or after November 20. The Verge reports: Airbnb is displaying hosts' requests more prominently now in a new "rules and requests" section on listin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0026211/airbnb-bans-making-guests-do-dishes-take-out-the-trash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**America's War Department Will Test Heat Ray Weapon For Potential Use** Longtime Slashdot reader destinyland shares a report from CNN: The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month and obtained by CNN ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0020206/americas-war-department-will-test-heat-ray-weapon-for-potential-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-22T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Startup Claims To Use AI-Created Viruses To Treat a Patient** An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat a human patient. Researchers announced on Tuesday that they had administered the virus, known as a phage, to a patient suffering from a deadly bacterial infection. Phages attack bacteria, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/2054216/startup-claims-to-use-ai-created-viruses-to-treat-a-patient?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**eBay to Cut 9% of Workforce** eBay plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, as CEO Jamie Iannone moves to redirect resources toward the company's fastest-growing businesses. Reuters reports: The company had 12,300 employees at the end of last year. It also let go about 6% of its workforce, or 800 employees, in February as part of efforts to streamline operations. EBay has set itself apart from rivals by pushing into authenticated luxury goo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/2040246/ebay-to-cut-9-of-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AMD Brings Ryzen Overclocking Driver to Linux** AMD has published Linux kernel patches for an official Ryzen overclocking driver that allows users to adjust CPU power and current limits through a firmware interface exposed via sysfs. Phoronix reports: AMD engineer Shyam Sundar S K posted the patches for the AMD Overclocking "AOD" WMI driver as an interface to the platform firmware for managing overclocking and power/current limit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/2030239/amd-brings-ryzen-overclocking-driver-to-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked** A CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a breach of the P3 Global Intel tip-management platform. About 850,000 records contained personally identifiable information, including addresses, phone numbers, emails, license plates and some banking details. Longtime Slashdot reader doconnor sha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1729218/more-than-15-million-canadian-crime-stoppers-tips-leaked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Reportedly Projects $1,200 To $1,800 Price For Next-Gen Xbox** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We haven't heard many details about Microsoft's upcoming "Project Helix" gaming hardware since the company announced it in March as a device that will "play your Xbox and PC games." In a new wide-ranging profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, though, Fortune alludes to a dual release strate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/180214/microsoft-reportedly-projects-1200-to-1800-price-for-next-gen-xbox?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy On Facebook** A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy during the Cambridge Analytica scandal. State Attorney General Raul Torrez called it "one of the largest, if not the single largest state verdict against a company in American his ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/188251/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25-billion-for-deceiving-users-about-privacy-on-facebook?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T18:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**EA Is Shutting Down BioWare** "According to a recent report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier (paywalled), EA has reportedly decided to shut down BioWare," the studio behind the Dragon Age and Mass Effect games, writes longtime Slashdot reader atari\_kid. Quartz reports: Chief Studios Officer Cam Weber and Chief Operating Officer David Tinson wrote that "over the past several months, we've taken a hard look at our business." They said a small BioWare ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1738206/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Models Are Now On All Three Major US Cloud Platforms** OpenAI is bringing its models to Google Cloud's model garden and Antigravity coding tool, putting its technology on all three major U.S. cloud platforms after Microsoft's exclusive license ended earlier this year. "Google Cloud's longstanding investment in machine learning and AI has made it a destination for AI workloads and the developers and data scient ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1637221/openai-models-are-now-on-all-three-major-us-cloud-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Government Websites Go Dark After Severe PHP Vulnerabilities Disclosed** "PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in their programming language and urged web site operators to immediately apply the fix," writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. "As a result, government web sites in Europe and elsewhere temporarily went dark on Wednesday as operators worked to protect their systems." The Inde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1644235/government-websites-go-dark-after-severe-php-vulnerabilities-disclosed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**PHP Warns It Plans To Release 2 Emergency Patches Imminently** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Website admins, brace yourselves. Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere. PHP maintainers said Monday that they planned to release patc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/054204/php-warns-it-plans-to-release-2-emergency-patches-imminently?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tesla-SpaceX Merger Being Considered** Elon Musk says a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is under active consideration, with special committees at both companies evaluating a deal that could combine businesses valued at roughly $3.5 trillion. "Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes," Musk said during a call with financial analysts over the quarterly business results of SpaceX on Tuesday. The BBC reports: While Musk noted the certainty of s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/0458211/tesla-spacex-merger-being-considered?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Russian Satellite's Close Shadowing of Radar Imaging Satellite Is a Big Deal** Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from TWZ: A Russian satellite, Kosmos 2612, may have passed within approximately 85 feet (26 meters) of a U.S.-registered satellite belonging to commercial imagery provider ICEYE. This would be an extraordinarily close and potentially dangerous pass-by for two objects in s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/0449230/russian-satellites-close-shadowing-of-radar-imaging-satellite-is-a-big-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-21T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Judge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, Libgen** An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Last month, Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson ordered Meta to hand over the command histories of the servers it used to torrent pirated books. These logs would presumably reveal how Meta's torrent clients were set up, including any changes to their upload setting ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/2055251/judge-orders-meta-to-name-employees-who-approved-torrenting-annas-archive-libgen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ukraine Claims World's First Drone Evacuation of Wounded Soldier** Ukraine says it carried out the world's first evacuation of a wounded soldier by aerial drone, using a heavy-lift hexacopter after enemy drones and landmines made conventional ground evacuation too dangerous. NBC News reports: Shared by the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade on Monday, the video shows the soldier strapping himself into a large drone an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1929211/ukraine-claims-worlds-first-drone-evacuation-of-wounded-soldier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Sony Updates the Walkman As a $5,900 Gold-Plated MP3 Player** Sony has revived its Walkman lineup with three Android 16-powered high-end music players ranging from $1,900 to $5,900, topped by the gold-plated NW-WM1ZM3 with 256GB of storage. The Register reports: The Japanese giant named the new models the NW-WM1ZM3, NW-WM1AM3 and NW-ZX900. All can store and play many codecs, including MP3s, WMA, and FLAC files, plu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1923237/sony-updates-the-walkman-as-a-5900-gold-plated-mp3-player?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AMD Is Bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox Consoles and Handhelds** AMD is expanding its FSR 4.1 upscaling technology beyond Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs to Xbox Series X/S consoles, Xbox Ally handhelds, laptops, and Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards. The Verge reports: AMD launched its FSR 4.1 update for Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards in March, and promised to bring the technology to older GPUs and handhelds this year. FSR 4 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1917248/amd-is-bringing-fsr-41-to-xbox-consoles-and-handhelds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Support Pages Start Defaulting to AI Chatbots** Google is beginning to replace traditional support articles with "Ask Google Help," a Gemini-powered interface that summarizes documentation and lets users troubleshoot through a chatbot. 9to5Google reports: "Ask Google Help" will display a condensed version of the support article with direct troubleshooting steps, with the user then able to type in queries to have Gemin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/199206/google-support-pages-start-defaulting-to-ai-chatbots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**DHS Lied About Why It Wanted To Search Activist's GrapheneOS Phone** New court records reportedly show that DHS targeted Stop Cop City activist Samuel Tunick at an Atlanta airport because he was under investigation for suspected "terrorist activities." However, the CBP officers told him instead that they wanted to search his phone for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Tunick, who is not accused of terrorism or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1740207/dhs-lied-about-why-it-wanted-to-search-activists-grapheneos-phone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenBSD 8.0 Released** OpenBSD 8.0 has been released with major virtualization and hardware upgrades, including support for up to 64 vCPUs per VM, Intel Arc graphics, ARM64 hibernation, and expanded RISC-V support. Linuxiac points out that it marks the "61st release of the security-focused Unix-like operating system." From the report: Several fixes improve compatibility with 32-bit Linux guests, while changes to virtual machine ownership management and inte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/171229/openbsd-80-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Muse Exposes Users' Personal, Business Secrets When They Share Conversations** Security researchers say Meta's Muse AI assistant exposed thousands of users' shared conversations because conversation titles were placed in subdomains that could be discovered through public DNS records. Meta has since suspended the sharing feature while it considers making changes. Ars Technica reports: Like many ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1655247/meta-muse-exposes-users-personal-business-secrets-when-they-share-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Bans DeepSeek From Government Use** The Trump administration has banned DeepSeek AI from most US civilian federal agencies, ordering the removal of the Chinese company's models and technology developed using them. The Department of Homeland Security did not specify the security threats behind the decision. The BBC reports: The order (PDF) is broad, as it requires agencies to ditch "all DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0546213/us-bans-deepseek-from-government-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nscale, Anthropic In Talks For New $45 Billion AI Cloud Deal** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nscale is in talks to sell AI computing power to Claude maker Anthropic in a new deal that could be worth about $45 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The data center developer is seeking another major deal with the AI lab for a second facility at its Monarch data center campus in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0536218/nscale-anthropic-in-talks-for-new-45-billion-ai-cloud-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Abandons UK AI Supercomputer As Grid Struggles to Keep Up** Microsoft has reportedly abandoned plans to serve as the anchor customer for Britain's largest proposed AI supercomputer after learning that the project's Essex data center might not receive sufficient grid power until the early to mid-2030s. "Its departure leaves Nscale without a publicly announced customer for the site, although the n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0529215/microsoft-abandons-uk-ai-supercomputer-as-grid-struggles-to-keep-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Japan Launches Historic MMX Sample-Return Mission to Mars' Moon Phobos** Japan has successfully launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to study Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Scheduled to arrive in August 2027, "MMX will become the first spacecraft to land on and return samples from Phobos for study back on Earth, which scientists think could shed light on a decades-old mystery about t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0522251/japan-launches-historic-mmx-sample-return-mission-to-mars-moon-phobos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-20T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon To Fund 12 Small Nuclear Reactors At Former Indiana Coal Plant** An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer to buy its power, the companies announced Monday. Utility company American Electric Power (AEP) would operate the plant. X-energy, which designs small modular nuclear ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/2133234/amazon-to-fund-12-small-nuclear-reactors-at-former-indiana-coal-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Professor Calls To Abolish Business Schools For Failing Society** joshuark writes: Professor Christopher Marquis makes a provocative argument about business schools: "We need to abolish them." A 20-year business educator at Harvard, Cornell and Cambridge, Marquis argues in The New York Times and on LinkedIn that MBA programs sanctify profit-driven dealmaking at the expense of public life. "That's not the institut ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/2126207/professor-calls-to-abolish-business-schools-for-failing-society?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**TP-Link Moves to Assemble Routers In the US Following Import Ban** TP-Link plans to begin assembling routers in Mississippi as early as 2027 after the FCC banned imports of new foreign-made consumer routers over security concerns. Engadget reports: The company has signed a letter of intent with manufacturer Key Tronic and, pending approval from regulators, TP-Link says stateside assembly of its routers could st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/211219/tp-link-moves-to-assemble-routers-in-the-us-following-import-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump DHS Officials Asked CISA To Secretly Aquire and Hack a Voting Machine** Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from ProPublica: A few months into President Donald Trump's second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wanted Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. The appointees wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/2055248/trump-dhs-officials-asked-cisa-to-secretly-aquire-and-hack-a-voting-machine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Hacker Broke Into John Deere, SharkNinja With an Army of AI Agents** An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge doesn't name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, SharkNinja, and C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/1746204/a-hacker-broke-into-john-deere-sharkninja-with-an-army-of-ai-agents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T19:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Announces October 28 'Pro and Tell' Event** Following its October 13 HomeView launch, Apple is gearing up for its second hardware event of the month. The event is scheduled for October 28 in Los Angeles and carries the tagline "Pro and tell." 9to5Mac reports: Rumors say Apple has a slew of new products to announce at its next event, headlining by its first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and OLED. According to Bloomberg's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/1737252/apple-announces-october-28-pro-and-tell-event?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Florida DMV Hacked After Police Dept Insecurely Stored Login Info** Florida's DMV says a September 4 breach exposed driver's license and motor vehicle records after attackers obtained credentials that a local law-enforcement employee had "improperly stored on an electronic device." The ShinyHunters group has been linked to the intrusion. Ars Technica reports: In a notice posted Friday, \[Florida Department of Hi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/1726218/florida-dmv-hacked-after-police-dept-insecurely-stored-login-info?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Elon Musk Vows To Give a SpaceX Share To 'Every Kid In America'** An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. "Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America," he wrote on X on Monday. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/1721258/elon-musk-vows-to-give-a-spacex-share-to-every-kid-in-america?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T17:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Wine Ported to OpenBSD** Wine has been successfully ported to OpenBSD, with developers reporting that dozens of 64-bit Windows applications now run on the operating system. "Even the Remaster of The Witcher 3 which released just last month runs, and runs well," writes Thomas Frohwein, OpenBSD developer and ports maintainer. OSnews reports: The biggest limitation seems to be the lack of support for WoW64, so 32bit Windows software won't work. Still, this ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/176251/wine-ported-to-openbsd?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Elizabeth Holmes Doc 'You Can See Everything' Shocks With Massive Opening** Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" earned more than $15 million in its limited opening weekend, making it one of the biggest documentary launches in decades and the strongest opening for a film on fewer than 1,000 screens since Borat in 2006. It was also "the biggest ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/1451201/elizabeth-holmes-doc-you-can-see-everything-shocks-with-massive-opening?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**America Tries Reviving Shuttered Nuclear Plants - Partly to Help Power Data Centers** America is "making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand," reports the Los Angeles Times, "Two of the plants have contracts with Big Tech companies that will pay a premium to get large amounts of carbon-free energy for data centers..."  No commercia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/0448253/america-tries-reviving-shuttered-nuclear-plants---partly-to-help-power-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Mozilla is Calling Out Microsoft for Forcing Edge on Users** "Mozilla reps tell me they've met with Microsoft about their concerns," reports PC Magazine, "but that the company wasn't responsive."  "They'll do the minimum the law requires to respect user choice," explains Kush Amlani, Mozilla's counsel overseeing global competition and regulatory work... Mozilla recently marked 100 days since it released an 87-page rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/0655217/mozilla-is-calling-out-microsoft-for-forcing-edge-on-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Announces 'Public Benefit Fund', Committing 5% of Its Shares** "Anthropic says it's committing 5% of its shares to a 'public benefit fund'," reports TechCrunch, "structured as a wholly-owned entity within the company — with the option to contribute an additional 2% for every 50% increase in Anthropic's value."  Important context from CNBC:  The timing of Anthropic's public fund announcement is both man ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/0252201/anthropic-announces-public-benefit-fund-committing-5-of-its-shares?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-19T00:57:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Human Vs. Robot' Cage Match Was Illegal, Says California** "A human defeated two of the three robots he faced in a cage fight recently held in San Francisco," reports the Los Angeles Times, noting that videos of the event drew more than 10 million views on YouTube.  But "the humans behind that fight could face a battle of their own — the legal type — if they want to hold another event like 'Human Vs. Robot,' the Sept. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/19/0055210/human-vs-robot-cage-match-was-illegal-says-california?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T23:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Video Game Law Proposed: 'If You Pay For It, You Own It'** "When you pay for a game, you should own it," says U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), introducing a new bill to fight the practice of "a rental disguised as a sale".   Kotaku reports:  The fifth best-selling game of 2024 in the U.S. was NBA 2K25. Every year, fans dump hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars into the grindy NBA basketball sim. But ju ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/235244/new-video-game-law-proposed-if-you-pay-for-it-you-own-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T22:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Planned UK Data Center Delayed Until 2030s Over Power Grid Delays. Microsoft Pulls Out** July: Nvidia-backed Nscale is building a £2bn data centre at Loughton in Essex, with Microsoft signed up as its anchor tenant. But it can't get the electricity to switch on, reported The Next Web: Nscale's problem is not really Nscale's. It is Britain's. Grid-connection times have become the single bigges ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/226212/planned-uk-data-center-delayed-until-2030s-over-power-grid-delays-microsoft-pulls-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T20:24:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Researchers Discover How To Lead Dying Coral Reefs To a 'Fast And Full Recovery'** Gizmodo reports:  Roughly 84.4% of the world's coral reefs suffered bleaching-levels of heat stress during the last major marine heat wave from January 2023 to September 2025, with over half already lost compared to coral coverage in the 1950s... But there's some good news, thanks to a new study published this Wed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/2016240/researchers-discover-how-to-lead-dying-coral-reefs-to-a-fast-and-full-recovery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T19:24:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Websites Are Closing Their Doors to AI Agents** The Verge reports:  OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behalf, doing anything from booking a dinner reservation and cleaning out your inbox to buying new shoes. But what happens when the rest of the internet won't play nice?  In recent weeks, users of services like Meta's Muse, xAI's Grok, OpenAI's Dots, and Instinct have reporte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/1715218/websites-are-closing-their-doors-to-ai-agents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**More Details on Arrested Saudi OpenAI Employee, Who is Seeking Release on Bail** More details are emerging about Saudi OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly planting a recording device in an executive conference room. Previously Alfozan "was an engineer at Meta," notes the New York Times, "before joining a start-up that went through Y Combinator, the Silicon V ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/0318232/more-details-on-arrested-saudi-openai-employee-who-is-seeking-release-on-bail?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**LinkedIn Fights AI Slop, Now 40% of Its Long-Form Posts** "Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts," writes CNN, reporting that the Microsoft-owned, job-oriented social media site "is upping its fight against slop." A report published in July by Pangram, a research firm that tracks AI content online, found that more than 40% of long-form posts on the platform were AI-generated, compared to around 30% on X a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/1553202/linkedin-fights-ai-slop-now-40-of-its-long-form-posts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Programming Language Popularity Increases for R, Julia, and Rust (but Not Go)** TechRepublic reports:  The TIOBE Index is a monthly indicator of programming-language popularity based on factors including skilled engineers, courses, and third-party vendors. The October 2026 rankings show a largely stable top 10, with R overtaking SQL and Julia returning to the top 20 for the first time in three yea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/0547202/programming-language-popularity-increases-for-r-julia-and-rust-but-not-go?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Releasing Palm OS Archive, Developer Rediscovers Working Virus After 25 Years** Long-time Slashdot reader ardiri remembers his days writing applications for the Palm OS. And he's now released approximately 1.5 GB of historical Palm OS development resources, "accumulated during the early days of handheld computing and preserved on hard drive backups for more than 25 years... to preserve the tools and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/002223/releasing-palm-os-archive-developer-rediscovers-working-virus-after-25-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FSF Criticizes Raspberry Pi DRM Blocking RAM Upgrades** The Free Software Foundation "has never supported Raspberry Pi," writes their deputy directory Sean O'Brien, "as it depends on nonfree software for the boot process, leaving an important part of the computer outside the user's control."  But they're now decrying "an even more intrusive restriction on user freedom" — the binary-blob bootloader changes that limit your a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/0632229/fsf-criticizes-raspberry-pi-drm-blocking-ram-upgrades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tech Journalist Robert X Cringely has Died** BoingBoing reports: Mark Stephens, better known under the pen name Robert X. Cringely, died last week at 73. Stephens chronicled the tech industry of the late 1980s and early 1990s — the age of Bill Gates' rise, Steve Jobs' repose, the dawn of the world wide web — and produced the famed documetary Triumph of the Nerds, based on his own bestselling Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/050211/tech-journalist-robert-x-cringely-has-died?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Saudi OpenAI Employee's Arrest Revives Fears US Tech Companies Are Hiring Spies** That Saudi national working at OpenAI and arrested by the FBI "has not been charged with foreign espionage," writes the Washington Post, "and the U.S. government has not said whether he was acting alone or as an agent of a foreign government."  But "there are signs that the U.S. government is exploring the latter possi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/18/0323207/saudi-openai-employees-arrest-revives-fears-us-tech-companies-are-hiring-spies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-18T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Woman Arrested After Blocking Delivery Robot to Protest Job Displacements** A Philadelphia newscast reports on a grey-haired lady who allegedly refused to move out of the path of a delivery robot as a form of protest because "I know they're taking the jobs of human delivery workers."  She was arrested, but says her actions were protected speech:  According to police, Marvin repeatedly blocked the ro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/2247220/woman-arrested-after-blocking-delivery-robot-to-protest-job-displacements?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Does a Universal Basic Income Bring Long-Term Changes?** For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of a universal basic income program who received $1,330 a month for an entire year.  There were benefits, but also the everyday challenges of being poor, and turning their life around "did not turn out to be quite that simple."  Across Silicon Valley, experimental guaranteed income programs have quietly take ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/1915216/does-a-universal-basic-income-bring-long-term-changes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Court Agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility** "When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works," argues an EFF blog post, "users rely on courts to recognize that laws can't make technical impossibilities a reality."  "That's why we were happy to see that a court has blocked Utah's attempt to outlaw the privacy protections of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)."  In a w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/2153207/court-agrees-with-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-a-technical-impossibility?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**MapQuest Shows Location of Flock (and Other ALPR) Cameras** MapQuest creates a new layer (that can be toggled on and off), Gizmodo reports:  After promising not to comply with the Trump administration's "Lake America" gimmick, the platform announced a new "Surveillance Layer" that displays the locations of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), including those from Flock Safety. Per MapQuest, its new tool will identify ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0115242/mapquest-shows-location-of-flock-and-other-alpr-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Blue Origin Announces $330M Upgrades to Rocket Facilities for 'Multiple Flights Per Week'** "Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said Friday it plans to make extensive upgrades to its Florida launch facilities," reports CNBC, "with the goal of supporting multiple flights per week by the end of the decade."  "The company will add two more launch and landing pads for New Glenn, its heavy-lift, partial ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0641232/blue-origin-announces-330m-upgrades-to-rocket-facilities-for-multiple-flights-per-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linux Maintainers Can Now Submit AI-Generated Code Without Declaring It** Linux maintainers "have ruled that people no longer have to declare their LLM usage," reports XDA Developers, "as Torvalds himself calls a ban on AI 'utterly stupid.'"  The first part of this story comes via a message sent to the Linux mailing list. It announces one of the major changes decided during the Maintainers Summit on Octo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0723207/linux-maintainers-can-now-submit-ai-generated-code-without-declaring-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Deno Acquired by Cloudflare, Will Work on Open Source Self-Hosting Platform for Applications** "Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the company behind the \[server-side\] JavaScript and TypeScript runtime created by Ryan Dahl, the inventor of Node.js," Forbes reported last week.  But Deno "has no future at Cloudflare, which will maintain the runtime for another year before ending its d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0549255/deno-acquired-by-cloudflare-will-work-on-open-source-self-hosting-platform-for-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Personal Data for Millions of California Students Stolen in Massive Breach** Millions of current and former students at California's public school have had their data stolen — including names, date of birth, and addresses — stolen in a breach, reports the Los Angeles Times.  The breach affects students "who took the state's mandated standardized tests that annually assess their academic proficiency, ed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0618213/personal-data-for-millions-of-california-students-stolen-in-massive-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Will New Documentary Make Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes More Sympathetic?** TechCrunch writes:  "Isn't it weird that I, like, did a TV show about kind of a business scam, and you got in trouble for like ... a business scam?" comedian and filmmaker Nathan Fielder gently asks Elizabeth Holmes.  One month before the notorious Theranos CEO surrendered to begin her 11-year criminal fraud sentence in 202 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/034203/will-new-documentary-make-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-more-sympathetic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists Discover Why Microplastics Trigger Inflammation** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Microplastics are a source of extreme concern for health: the presence of these tiny pieces of plastic has been linked to heart attacks, stroke, dementia and brain tumors. But what drives these associations is unclear. Now a study published in Nature offers a tantalizing clue: microplastics int ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0024214/scientists-discover-why-microplastics-trigger-inflammation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Updates Android Earthquake Alerts With 200+ Regions** Google is expanding its Android Earthquake Alerts System from 98 to more than 200 regions worldwide, using smartphone sensors to detect early earthquake activity and warn users before potentially dangerous shaking begins. The update also enhances the system's "Be Ready" alerts with estimated earthquake magnitudes, epicenter information, maps showing affected ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0016213/google-updates-android-earthquake-alerts-with-200-regions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Astronomers Discover the First Green Star** Astronomers have identified what may be the first genuinely green star, a white dwarf called WD J1330+6435 located about 326 light-years from Earth. Space.com reports: The researchers found that some dead star white dwarfs can go a little green around the gills after snacking on orbiting planets. An example of this is WD J1330+6435, a cool white dwarf located around 326 light-years away, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/17/0011226/astronomers-discover-the-first-green-star?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-17T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Over $600 Million In Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Prediction market boosters often tout the platforms as barometers of public opinion, or even "truth machines" offering a clearer picture of where things are headed than polling or other data. In 2024, for example, Kalshi beat many pollsters in forecasting the outcome of the US ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/2051209/over-600-million-in-polymarket-election-trades-took-place-after-races-ended?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy** The collaborative reverse-engineering site decomp.dev is shutting down, with its administrator saying AI has made game decompilation so fast and accessible that the community's human-driven model has effectively broken down. "The administrator of the website said that it has become impossible to keep track o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/2057225/video-game-reverse-engineering-community-shuts-down-because-ai-has-made-it-too-easy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China's Tencent Says AI Agents Showed Unintended Browsing Behavior** Tencent says AI agents used to evaluate third-party models engaged in unintended web-browsing behavior while trying to retrieve data from Alibaba's Amap service. The announcement marks a rare acknowledgment of "rogue" agent activity by a major Chinese tech company. Reuters reports: Tencent Hunyuan, the company's artificial intelligence unit, said i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/2036237/chinas-tencent-says-ai-agents-showed-unintended-browsing-behavior?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Steam For Linux Finally Goes 64-Bit** Valve has released a new Steam Client beta that finally moves the Linux client to 64-bit architecture, while also placing it inside a containerized Steam Runtime environment. However, Linux users still need 32-bit libraries and graphics drivers for compatibility, meaning fully 64-bit-only systems remain unsupported. VideoCardz.com reports: Valve's updated requirements explicitly state that 64-bit-only ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/2028232/steam-for-linux-finally-goes-64-bit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta May Use Sweeping New Commercial TOS to Avoid Millions In AI Licensing Fees** Meta is facing criticism over updated commercial terms taking effect October 30 that could give the company broad permission to scrape content from websites linked to business accounts and use it to train AI. Legal experts warn the changes could undermine lucrative AI licensing deals for news publishers, with no dire ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1614257/meta-may-use-sweeping-new-commercial-tos-to-avoid-millions-in-ai-licensing-fees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**An OpenAI Research Agent 'Stole' Test Ethereum to Finish a Coding Task** An OpenAI research model reportedly accessed an Ethereum testnet wallet without permission in order to complete a coding task during internal training. "This case shows that a model can substitute its own judgment about likely harm for the account holder's permission, then act on that judgment without authorization," OpenAI wrote. Engadget re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/167204/an-openai-research-agent-stole-test-ethereum-to-finish-a-coding-task?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**CoreWeave's Debt Stress Tests Private Credit's AI Financing Boom** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Private credit's expanding role in financing AI infrastructure faced one of its clearest market tests this week as CoreWeave's bonds fell to distressed levels, raising questions about how lenders are pricing a boom built on chips, data centers and customer contracts. CoreWeave has about $50 billion ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1548245/coreweaves-debt-stress-tests-private-credits-ai-financing-boom?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**ChatGPT Can Peek At Your Chrome Tabs Now** OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension to let users access information from their open browser tabs. A demo video shows the new functionality in action. The Verge reports: It's also updated ChatGPT in the sidebar, with the full power of ChatGPT and your entire conversation history in Chat or Work to use without leaving the page you're viewing. It also enables ChatGPT Work to "control" ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1537233/chatgpt-can-peek-at-your-chrome-tabs-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**iPhone Duo Sells Out Immediately, Now Backordered Until Next Year** Apple's first foldable iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, sold out within minutes of preorders opening, with every configuration slipping to late January 2027. "All color and storage combinations show an estimated ship date of January 25," reports 9to5Mac. "Some users are even seeing January 29 for their estimated shipping date." From the report: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1530254/iphone-duo-sells-out-immediately-now-backordered-until-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**KDE Plasma 6.8 Released, Marks 30 Years of the KDE Project** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix: The feature-packed and polished Plasma 6.8 KDE desktop is now available. Making this release all the more special is that it coincides with the 30th anniversary of the KDE project. KDE Plasma 6.8 ships many exciting improvements including vRAM usage optimizations, dwell clicker support on Wayland, Wayland comm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/2248252/kde-plasma-68-released-marks-30-years-of-the-kde-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hackers Hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti Devices To Resell Your Stolen Bandwidth** An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims' internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network. The operator installed Pawns.app, a legitimate bandwidth-sharing application that lets users earn money by sharing their intern ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/2315217/hackers-hijack-d-link-ubiquiti-devices-to-resell-your-stolen-bandwidth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**World's Timekeepers Vote to Eliminate the Leap Second** Timekeepers have officially voted to eliminate the leap second, allowing Coordinated Universal Time to drift as much as one hour from Earth's rotation before a correction is needed. The change ends decades of occasionally adding or subtracting seconds and replaces it with a hypothetical "leap hour" that likely wouldn't be necessary for hundreds or even thousands of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/2258254/worlds-timekeepers-vote-to-eliminate-the-leap-second?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T03:03:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tesla Reveals SpaceX-Powered 'Flying' Roadster** Tesla has unveiled a dramatically redesigned Roadster concept capable of performing midair flips, controlled landings, and a claimed 0-60 mph sprint in just 0.81 seconds. CarScoops reports: Tonight, Tesla debuted the new Roadster by driving it up a vertical ramp that then went horizontal. Then, it repeated the feat but drove off of the ramp and used thrusters to flip itself over and m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/030228/tesla-reveals-spacex-powered-flying-roadster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-16T01:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Police Seize Robot that Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl** Slashdot reader alternative\_right shares a story that has drawn international attention for being potentially the first documented instance of a robot being used directly in a sexual assault. According to the Associated Press, German police have opened a sexual harassment investigation after a robot allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl's buttocks and made thrusting ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/2241202/police-seize-robot-that-sexually-assaulted-teen-girl?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ubuntu 26.10 Released** prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) has been released today, and it is now available for download for those eager to update their Ubuntu systems to a newer release. Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/2013231/ubuntu-2610-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**IMF Warns of the Real AI Threat: Debt** "Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk," writes Slashdot reader databasecowgirl, citing the IMF's latest semiannual Global Financial Stability Report. Here's a summary: Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. We ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/1949215/imf-warns-of-the-real-ai-threat-debt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock CEO Defends Surveillance Tech Amid National Backlash** An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Flock's founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn't think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards. "If we want to live in a society where, if you commit a crime, you have a higher probability of being held accountable, we shouldn't pause progress," Langley said, speaking o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/1941247/flock-ceo-defends-surveillance-tech-amid-national-backlash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**First-Ever Public Confirmation of 'Zero-Click' Spyware Delivered Via Targeted Ads** Citizen Lab says it has documented the first publicly confirmed case of zero-click mercenary spyware being delivered through targeted online ads, a technique it calls "AdFection." "There has been a lot of buzz that online ads can be used to identify and automatically hack targets with pinpoint precision, but now fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/1822259/first-ever-public-confirmation-of-zero-click-spyware-delivered-via-targeted-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta and Apple Bring Muse Spark Open AI Model to Mac Studio** Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model optimized to run locally across two 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studios using Apple's MLX framework. Meta says it's the "most capable U.S. open-weight model to date." MacRumors reports: Muse Spark Open has 816 billion total parameters with 42 billion active parameters and a 1 million-toke ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/189249/meta-and-apple-bring-muse-spark-open-ai-model-to-mac-studio?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Says Windows 11 Is Now 'More Responsive', Runs Better On 8GB of RAM** Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates have made the operating system up to 20% more responsive by improving memory management and reducing background resource use. "A big part of that work is making smarter use of memory and system resources," says Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows experiences at Microsoft ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/1741225/microsoft-says-windows-11-is-now-more-responsive-runs-better-on-8gb-of-ram?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T17:20:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Launches New Bee 'Personal AI' Devices That Listen to Conversations** Amazon has unveiled two new Bee "personal AI" devices designed to continuously record, transcribe, and analyze conversations: the $75 wearable Bee Frontier and the $100 phone-mounted Bee Eclipse. Amazon says the devices can generate conversation summaries, surface recurring themes, and recommend actions or purchases, while claimi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/15/1718232/amazon-launches-new-bee-personal-ai-devices-that-listen-to-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Uber Begins Self-Driving Robotaxi Trial In Manchester** An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Uber has begun a trial of autonomous vehicles on the streets of Manchester as it looks to bring robotaxis to cities around the UK. The first self-driving cars are operating, using the technology of its partner firms Pony and Verne, with whom Uber recently launched Europe's first autonomous taxi service in the Croat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/220233/uber-begins-self-driving-robotaxi-trial-in-manchester?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bank of America Hired 1,000 Contractors to Patch Software Flaws Exposed By Anthropic's Mythos** Bank of America hired 1,000 outside contractors to help patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced AI models, including Anthropic's Mythos. The effort added hundreds of millions of dollars in third-quarter expenses. CNBC reports: In an interview after the bank's third-quarter earnings ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/2143253/bank-of-america-hired-1000-contractors-to-patch-software-flaws-exposed-by-anthropics-mythos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Mini Organs Launching to Space For Study On Aging** Researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA, and Space Tango have launched miniature human hearts and brains to the International Space Station to study how microgravity and radiation affect organs and potentially accelerate aging. "If people are going to be living and working in space, then we need to understand what's going to happen to them," David Sachs, assistant professor of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/2153247/mini-organs-launching-to-space-for-study-on-aging?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-15T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Schools Across US Protest FCC Plan That Could Disconnect Kids From Internet** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Schools and libraries from around the U.S. pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to drop the idea of ending E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year program that connects students and library visitors to the Internet. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has criticized school distr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/2136207/schools-across-us-protest-fcc-plan-that-could-disconnect-kids-from-internet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms Young Users** Eight US states, including Kansas, Arizona, and Montana, have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encourages children to harm themselves. The states are seeking changes to how the company's products interact with young users and the forfeiture of profits generated from their activity. Reuters reports: Attorneys general from the states, which include Iow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/2127240/eight-us-states-sue-openai-claiming-chatgpt-harms-young-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Defender Now Supports Linux Desktops** "Starting today, Linux desktops are now officially supported by Microsoft Defender," reports Neowin. A public preview of the threat detection app extends its enterprise security platform beyond servers to developer workstations running distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and RHEL. The offering includes antivirus protection, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/2121212/microsoft-defender-now-supports-linux-desktops?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Epic Games' New Vibe-Coded Launcher Is 46% Faster Than Steam** Epic has launched a preview of a new AI-generated Games Launcher that it says cold-starts 46% faster than Steam. Neowin reports: Epic commissioned a third-party company to benchmark this new launcher in its current Preview build versus the Steam client on Windows machines. The results reported that Epic's client is 46% faster than Valve's client during co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/1928203/epic-games-new-vibe-coded-launcher-is-46-faster-than-steam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Tech Giants Warn Europe That Data Sovereignty Requirements Could Cost $128 Billion** A study commissioned by CCIA Europe, whose members include Amazon, Google, and Meta, estimates that the EU's proposed Cloud and AI Development Act could impose 115 billion euros ($128 billion) in costs over a decade as governments and companies migrate workloads and rewrite software. The figure is more tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/1849228/us-tech-giants-warn-europe-that-data-sovereignty-requirements-could-cost-128-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Is Silently Linking Your Phone Number Across All Signed-In Accounts** Google has made Android's phone-number verification opt-out, automatically verifying and associating a device's phone number with every Google account signed in on that phone, including secondary and work accounts. Android Authority reports: As spotted in a recent Reddit thread, users report receiving confirmation emails out o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/1832230/google-is-silently-linking-your-phone-number-across-all-signed-in-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate Through IoT Devices** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models could soon usher in a new era of self-replicating malware that's capable of infecting smart fridges, vacuum cleaners, and a wide range of other Internet-of-things devices and is more resistant to takedown. By next ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/1743259/anthropic-warns-small-ai-models-could-self-replicate-through-iot-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Play Now Lets Anyone Build Private, Vibe-Coded Apps That Run On Android** Google Play is adding support for private personal Android apps, allowing users to build an app with tools like Google AI Studio and run it on their own devices without publishing it publicly to the Play Store. "These personal apps won't show up in Google Play's search or listing pages, and won't be shared with anyone e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/1529232/google-play-now-lets-anyone-build-private-vibe-coded-apps-that-run-on-android?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Netflix Cuts About 6% of Jobs In Biggest Layoffs Since 2022** Netflix is laying off about 1,000 employees, or 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of cuts since 2022. The company says its business remains strong, but it is facing growing pressure from YouTube, TikTok, and other rivals. Reuters reports: The bulk of the job cuts would be in Netflix's product, tech, legal and human-resources teams, the email Co-CEOs Greg ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/151250/netflix-cuts-about-6-of-jobs-in-biggest-layoffs-since-2022?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dutch Tax Authorities Cancel Microsoft 365 Cloud Rollout, Turn Toward Open Source** An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Netherlands' Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its planned Microsoft 365 public-cloud rollout. Why? The reasons were clear at the Open Source Summit Europe conference, where the Linux Foundation (LF) released the 2026 State of Open Source in Europe. In ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/033258/dutch-tax-authorities-cancel-microsoft-365-cloud-rollout-turn-toward-open-source?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Reinvents Source Control As Claude Floods the World With Code** Anthropic says Claude-generated code has scaled so quickly that its existing Git-based infrastructure could not keep up. In response, the company built a custom centralized source-control system called Scion, along with AI-assisted review and search tools. The Register reports: "In May 2026, Anthropic averaged around 2,500 cod ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/0244248/anthropic-reinvents-source-control-as-claude-floods-the-world-with-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Skydance's Discovery+ Prices Increase By Up to 20%** Discovery+ has raised prices for new subscribers, increasing its ad-free plan from $10 to $12 per month and its ad-supported plan from $6 to $7. The hike comes shortly after Paramount Skydance acquired Warner Bros. Discovery. Ars Technica reports: The new prices take effect for new subscribers immediately. Current subscribers to the streaming service, which primarily features ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/0315235/skydances-discovery-prices-increase-by-up-to-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-14T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FBI Arrests Saudi OpenAI Employee For Planting Recording Device In Conference Room** An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: An OpenAI employee was arrested after a "sophisticated recording device" was found hidden inside the executive conference room. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, who is a national of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was arrested in connection with the matter, the DOJ said. The c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/14/0231224/fbi-arrests-saudi-openai-employee-for-planting-recording-device-in-conference-room?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GTA 6 Is Reportedly Coming to PC In Early 2027** GamesBeat reports that Rockstar plans to release Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, just a few months after its November 19, 2026 launch on consoles. The report follows Microsoft's announcement last week that it had secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights to the game. Since Rockstar has yet to officially announce a PC version, "this deal will allow Xbox to mar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/204232/gta-6-is-reportedly-coming-to-pc-in-early-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Disney Offers $20 Million For Character.AI Assets As Startup Files For Bankruptcy** Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to sell substantially all of its assets, with Disney offering $20 million as a "stalking-horse bidder" for select intellectual property and company claims. However, the company said Disney's bid is subject to "higher or better offers." Deadline re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/1956200/disney-offers-20-million-for-characterai-assets-as-startup-files-for-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Kroger to Lay Off 3,000 Corporate Employees In AI Restructuring** Kroger says it will cut 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years as it expands its use of AI and other technology to streamline operations. "Technology is reshaping what's possible," CEO Greg Foran wrote in a memo to employees on Monday. "The way work gets done is changing across every industry; we must adapt and take advantage of technology. We ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/1945200/kroger-to-lay-off-3000-corporate-employees-in-ai-restructuring?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ledger Confirms Spy Chip Implant Behind Wallet Crypto Thefts** Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from BleepingComputer: Ledger has confirmed that some of its devices distributed through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' cryptocurrency wallets. The company has been investigating reports of users losing funds from wallets purchased through Cr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/192236/ledger-confirms-spy-chip-implant-behind-wallet-crypto-thefts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Bans Cruelty Toward Claude** New submitter CubicleZombie writes: Anthropic has updated its Usage Policy to prohibit "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its Claude AI models. While ordinary frustration, criticism, and adversarial testing remain acceptable, repeated cruelty could result in account restrictions. Anthropic acknowledges there's no evidence Claude can suffer but argues that uncertainty about AI conscio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/1857238/anthropic-bans-cruelty-toward-claude?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Launches Flagship AI Model Gemini 4 Argon** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet's Google on Wednesday released its flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon to developers and businesses worldwide, seeking to regain ground against rivals OpenAI and Anthropic after months of delays and a leadership shakeup at its DeepMind lab. The model excels at "deep work" on complex, multi-step tasks in coding, finance, la ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/1643231/google-launches-flagship-ai-model-gemini-4-argon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FBI Arrests Canadian Cybersecurity Expert In ShinyHunters Hacking Case** Canadian cybersecurity figures say they were shocked after ransomware negotiator Edward Dubrovsky was reportedly arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the FBI's ShinyHunters hacking investigation. "We will continue to work closely with our partners to disrupt what's left of the ShinyHunters group and their associates, no matter w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/0456223/fbi-arrests-canadian-cybersecurity-expert-in-shinyhunters-hacking-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Launches HomeView, Its First Smart Display For the Home** Apple has unveiled the $299 HomeView, a 7-inch smart display that combines Siri AI, FaceTime, customizable widgets, and Apple Home controls in a countertop or wall-mounted design. It also acts as a Matter controller and Thread Border Router, supports up to six facial-recognition profiles, and can use personal context from messages, calendars, and email ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/1529244/apple-launches-homeview-its-first-smart-display-for-the-home?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Reveals Maia 300 AI Chip As It Works To Reduce Dependence On Nvidia** An anonymous reader quotes a report from Yahoo Finance: Microsoft has debuted its latest AI chip, the Azure Maia 300, as it looks to reduce its reliance on third-party processors from the likes of Nvidia and AMD. Unveiled at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Jose on Monday, the Maia 300 will join Microsoft's Maia 200 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/0443232/microsoft-reveals-maia-300-ai-chip-as-it-works-to-reduce-dependence-on-nvidia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**After a 10-Year Redemption Arc, No Man's Sky Is Coming to the iPhone and iPad** No Man's Sky is coming to iPhone and iPad on October 28, more than a decade after its rocky launch and long-running redemption arc. The title will cost $19.99, but a free trial will let users try it out before purchasing. Ars Technica reports: It will run on devices as far back as the iPhone 11 and the third-generation iP ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/0435236/after-a-10-year-redemption-arc-no-mans-sky-is-coming-to-the-iphone-and-ipad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

2026-10-13T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A New 'Super Ice' Is 10 Times Stronger, Bringing It Close to The Strength of Concrete** Researchers have created a strengthened "BioPykrete" by combining ice with cellulose nanocrystals and a custom protein that binds the plant-based crystals to the ice structure. In small-scale tests, the material was about 10 times stronger than regular ice and absorbed 70 times more energy before breaking ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/13/0428248/a-new-super-ice-is-10-times-stronger-bringing-it-close-to-the-strength-of-concrete?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)

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