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2026-09-11T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**August Was World's Joint-Hottest Month On Record, Scientists Say**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU's climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Nino, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the Pacific. Temperatures for the month wer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/060244/august-was-worlds-joint-hottest-month-on-record-scientists-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-11T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Climate 'Feedback Loops' Could Worsen Global Warming By 30%, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Rising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels are transforming the world's forests, wetlands and tundra to the point they are releasing emissions that could further worsen global heating by as much as 30%, a new study has found. As the world heats up, permafrost ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/0014223/climate-feedback-loops-could-worsen-global-warming-by-30-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Latest Apple Watch Can Grab Snippets of Conversation Without Both Speakers' Consent**
Apple's new Audio Intelligence features for the Apple Watch Series 12 are drawing privacy concerns because they can process nearby conversations without explicit consent from everyone involved. "Live Rewind lets you instantly see the last 15 seconds of a conversation as text," Apple explains in its technical ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/2221244/latest-apple-watch-can-grab-snippets-of-conversation-without-both-speakers-consent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons**
Anthropic says it has disrupted several cases this year in which scientists used Claude for biological research that could potentially aid bioweapons development. "In a report describing misuses of its A.I. models, Anthropic said it could not determine whether the research served a legitimate or nefarious purpose because valid biological i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/2138203/anthropic-says-it-blocked-possible-efforts-to-build-biological-weapons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Android Rolling Out Passkey Transfers Between Password Managers**
Android is rolling out a system-level way to securely transfer passwords and passkeys between credential managers, eliminating the need to export passwords as unencrypted text files or manually recreate passkeys. The feature initially supports Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane, with other providers able to integrate through ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/1922227/android-rolling-out-passkey-transfers-between-password-managers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**ABC Show Won't Air Interview With Democrat Because of FCC Threats**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: ABC's Jimmy Kimmel said he will be interviewing a Democratic candidate for Senate tonight, but the interview will be on YouTube only and not broadcast on TV because of threats made by the Federal Communications Commission. Kimmel has been a prime target in the Trump FCC's attacks on ABC and i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/1914225/abc-show-wont-air-interview-with-democrat-because-of-fcc-threats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T19:02:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Targets Work of Wall Street Junior Bankers**
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a Wall Street-focused version of ChatGPT Work developed with Morgan Stanley and Evercore that can research companies, analyze financial data, and build presentations using the company's latest and most advanced model, GPT-6 Astra. "We're effectively teaching ChatGPT to research like an analyst and back up its conclusions like ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/191248/openai-targets-work-of-wall-street-junior-bankers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**IMDb Adds 'Digital Creator' Profiles For the First Time**
IMDb is introducing "Digital Creator" as a new professional category on IMDb and IMDbPro, giving streamers, vloggers, influencers, video essayists, and other online creators a "dedicated way to represent \[their\] work and connect with audiences, industry peers, and potential employers," according to IMDb. Variety reports: The category includes sub-professions to fu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/1750233/imdb-adds-digital-creator-profiles-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Automattic's Board Forces CEO Matt Mullenweg Into Leave of Absence**
Automattic's board has placed founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg on a paid leave of absence against his will, with CFO Mark Davies taking over as interim CEO. The reason for the move remains unclear, but it follows years of legal fights, layoffs, employee departures, and controversy surrounding Mullenweg's leadership. TechCrunch reports: Earlier Wednes ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/1649254/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Apple Watch Gets Its Siri AI Upgrade**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Apple has unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 today during itsSeptember hardware event. The new models retain the signature designs of their predecessors but add a faster S11 chip, new health and fitness features, and the watchOS 27 software update announced atWWDC last June. Both the Series 12 and Ultra 4 run on the upgraded S11 c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/0244249/the-apple-watch-gets-its-siri-ai-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Europe May Finally Have Found a Space Entrepreneur Who Is Meeting the Moment**
French entrepreneur Helene Huby is emerging as one of Europe's most ambitious space leaders, with The Exploration Company raising a record $450 million Series C as it develops the Nyx cargo capsule, a crewed spacecraft, and a reusable heavy-lift rocket. Huby argues Europe risks falling irrelevance without a much larger ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/0236233/europe-may-finally-have-found-a-space-entrepreneur-who-is-meeting-the-moment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dark Energy Debunked? Cosmic Acceleration May Be an Illusion**
alternative\_right shares a report from ScienceDaily: A new analysis of more than 1,700 supernovae is questioning whether the universe is really accelerating at all. After accounting for the ages of the stars that produce these explosions, researchers found signs that cosmic expansion may actually be slowing. They also argue that the apparent accelerat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/0230225/dark-energy-debunked-cosmic-acceleration-may-be-an-illusion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-10T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Reveals Fourth Likely Crime Committed By Its AI**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Amid industry soul-searching about the possibility of AI improving itself to the point that it kills everyone, Anthropic has revealed yet another incident that would qualify as a crime if perpetrated by a person. The AI biz published "an alignment assessment" detailing four times Claude models accessed thir ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/10/0224247/anthropic-reveals-fourth-likely-crime-committed-by-its-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google to Invest Record $15 Billion In AI Infrastructure In Finland**
Google plans to invest at least $15 billion in AI infrastructure in Finland through 2028, its largest single investment in Europe. The company also signed a 22-year power agreement with Finnish utility Fortum and said it will explore business models that could support new nuclear reactors at Fortum's Loviisa site.

Finland has emerged as ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/2151202/google-to-invest-record-15-billion-in-ai-infrastructure-in-finland?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple's New iPhone Camera Mode Promises to Prove Your Photo Isn't AI**
Apple is introducing a new "Reference Image" mode on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max that uses the camera sensor to digitally sign captured data and create an "unalterable" version of a photo, giving users a way to verify what the camera actually saw before any edits were made. The Verge reports: As AI-generated images and videos become mor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/2144238/apples-new-iphone-camera-mode-promises-to-prove-your-photo-isnt-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Researcher Believes More Than 10% Chance AI 'Could Kill All Humans'**
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from the BBC: A top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned AI is advancing so quickly he believes there is a greater than 10% chance it "could kill all humans" within the next decade. Evan Hubinger said in a post on X the risk from the models which currently exist was "low" ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/1943258/anthropic-researcher-believes-more-than-10-chance-ai-could-kill-all-humans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Rogue Agents Used At Least 10 More Sites For Unauthorized Communications**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed by Reuters, showing that the agents' rogue activity was wider ranging ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/1937259/openais-rogue-agents-used-at-least-10-more-sites-for-unauthorized-communications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Launches iPhone 18 Pro With Variable-Aperture Camera System**
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max were announced today and keep last year's overall design but put the emphasis on camera upgrades, including a 48-megapixel variable-aperture system, new manual controls, and 4K Dolby Vision recording. Prices for the devices start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively. TechCrunch reports: The new Pro series cam ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/1837238/apple-launches-iphone-18-pro-with-variable-aperture-camera-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T18:22:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, Its First Foldable iPhone**
At its September event today, Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone and one of the biggest changes to the device's form factor since its debut. Starting at $1,999 and available for preorder beginning October 16th, the device is roughly the size of a passport when closed and pairs a 5.4-inch outer screen with a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR inner di ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/1821247/apple-unveils-the-iphone-duo-its-first-foldable-iphone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Breaks Another Patch Tuesday Record**
Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday is its largest ever, fixing a record 966 vulnerabilities, including 105 rated critical and two zero-days already being exploited in attacks. BleepingComputer reports: This Patch Tuesday addresses 105 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 81 of which are remote code execution, 20 are elevation of privileges, 2 are information disclosure, and 1 security fea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/0626256/microsoft-breaks-another-patch-tuesday-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GOG Brings Back 'Big Box' PC Games, One Printable Template At a Time**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the "big box" packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and sought-after in-home collectibles. Today, PC gaming platform GOG is hoping to reignite some of the nostalgia for those days b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/0618254/gog-brings-back-big-box-pc-games-one-printable-template-at-a-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's Revived Nuclear Power Plant Gets $1.9 Billion Loan From US Government**
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to restart Iowa's shuttered Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which Google has backed as a power source for its growing AI infrastructure. "The sizable loan is the second of its kind, suggesting that the Trump administration views revived nucle ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/0553205/googles-revived-nuclear-power-plant-gets-19-billion-loan-from-us-government?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math's 'Millennium Problems'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: OpenAIsaid on Tuesday that its newest artificial intelligence technology had solved one of the "Millennium Problems," a collection of important unanswered math questions meant to push the world's leading mathematicians to new heights. The announcement is an another clear sign that A.I. is f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/2228220/openai-says-it-has-cracked-one-of-maths-millennium-problems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-09T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Star Trek Turns 60**
"Star Trek" marks its 60th anniversary today, September 8, six decades after the original series premiered in 1966 and went on to become one of the most successful science-fiction franchises in television history. Outlets across the web are commemorating the milestone with full health reports, hot takes, behind-the-scenes retrospectives, and reflections on the franchise's influence and what may lie ahead. The New York Times rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/09/0113229/star-trek-turns-60?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Will 'Degrade' Search In Europe to Avoid EU Fines**
Google says it will overhaul Search in Europe to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, giving more prominence to comparison services like Expedia and Hotels.com while stripping some real-time features from hotel, airline, and restaurant results. "These changes degrade the user experience for Europeans -- boosting online intermediaries at the expense of local ... ⌘ [Read more](https://search.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/2214256/google-will-degrade-search-in-europe-to-avoid-eu-fines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T22:02:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Feds Accuse China of 'Systematic' Distillation of US AI Models**
The NSA, CISA, and FBI are accusing (PDF) several Chinese AI companies of carrying out "industrial-scale" distillation campaigns against leading U.S. models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. Since at least 2024, the companies have allegedly routed millions of requests across accounts, APIs, proxies, cloud providers, and third-party aggregators to ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/220242/feds-accuse-china-of-systematic-distillation-of-us-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent**
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. "The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto," reports Axios. From the report: Muse, as the agent is known, exists in a chat interface, similar to a text thread. It's designed to be more proactive and lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/2012246/meta-debuts-muse-its-long-planned-personal-ai-agent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T20:01:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Australia To Let Social Media Users 'Opt Out' of Algorithm-Based Feeds**
Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports: The legislation, which is being draf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1959259/australia-to-let-social-media-users-opt-out-of-algorithm-based-feeds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festival-goers filed into a 650-seat theater with their phones locked away, having no idea what they were about to see, told only that it ran nearly three hours, hadn't been shown anywhere, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1652228/a-secret-new-elizabeth-holmes-documentary-stuns-telluride?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby**
A Gamers Nexus investigation found that LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even while they are offline or in standby mode. "The company's TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use audio and video sampling to recognize exactly what you're watching from acros ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1634205/lg-tvs-caught-spying-even-when-offline-or-on-standby?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA**
Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations in the human genome. Built from its AlphaGenome model, the atlas is designed to help scientists interpr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1559238/google-deepmind-publishes-ai-powered-predictions-for-effect-of-all-9-billion-mutations-to-human-dna?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time**
Teen reading, math, and science scores have fallen to their lowest levels since international PISA testing began in 2000, with 15-year-olds now reading at roughly the level previously expected of students a year younger. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) linked weaker results to more screen time, less rea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1545207/teen-reading-slumps-to-worst-this-century-due-to-surge-in-screen-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Secretive DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits, Pulling Them Over**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1458257/secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-pulling-them-over?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AMD Working To 'Push Rust Deep into the GPU Stack'**
Phoronix reports:

AMD is building out what they are describing as an "elite" team of developers for driving Rust code "deep into the GPU stack" from firmware to drivers, shader compilers, and other GPU software in Rust. AMD Senior Fellow Harsh Meno posted this week to LinkedIn about this new effort...

And note this AMD job posting that's active for hiring a software de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/086221/amd-working-to-push-rust-deep-into-the-gpu-stack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T08:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Three Cities, 16 Years And $1 Billion Later, 'Defiant' Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens To Mixed Reviews**
It looks like a spaceship hovering over South Los Angeles, writes CNN, with futuristic tube-like elevators and an exhibition of Banksy murals. There's a room featuring Luke Skywalker's X-34 Landspeeder, but in its gardens there's a 19th-century cast of a scu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/1745223/three-cities-16-years-and-1-billion-later-defiant-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opens-to-mixed-reviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T05:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Why Google Told Drivers to Drive a Longer Way On Purpose**
"A team at Google's research arm used Google Maps to reroute a small portion of drivers in 10 U.S. cities," reports SFGate — including San Francisco and Los Angeles.

"Through their experiment, which was published in the journal Nature Cities in June, the researchers sought to evenly spread traffic down more corridors as the drivers head to similar destinations, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0653248/why-google-told-drivers-to-drive-a-longer-way-on-purpose?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-08T02:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?**
The Brave web browser published a new round of benchmarks claiming its desktop browser uses less system resources than Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox — and also loads pages faster.
The blog Linuxiac reports:

According to Brave's testing, the browser used 44% less CPU, 28% less memory, and 10% less energy on average compared wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0155210/does-brave-browser-load-faster-than-chrome-firefox-and-microsoft-edge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T23:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers**
Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS. "That's about 7% of the federal workforce."

 The target is to complete the migration by ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0128205/switzerlands-federal-government-tests-open-source-alternatives-to-microsoft-on-3000-computers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T20:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Instead of Fighting AI, Some Teachers Work It Into Their Lessons**
Last year the writing program at the University of Baltimore used an app that tracks students while they're writing in Google Docs, offering teachers a video playing back revisions "with a scoreboard of all the edits, pastes and minutes spent on it," writes the Washington Post. "Is it surveillance? Yes, I think obviously," says the program's direc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0021232/instead-of-fighting-ai-some-teachers-work-it-into-their-lessons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418**
The EV blog Electrek reports:

A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at Elder Hyundai's Macomb Township store after finding the charger listed as publicly available on the EVgo app, but didn't discover the charges until after wrapping up his 40-ish minute charging session. "I was flabbergasted," explained Stanle ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/012247/a-man-charged-his-ev-at-a-dealership---and-was-billed-418?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'She Lost Her Sight. Her Billionaire Father Bet On a Daring New Treatment.'**
"Billionaire Bill Ackman's life was upended this February when his 26-year-old daughter collapsed in her Brooklyn apartment, suffering a brain hemorrhage that would render her unable to move, speak or see," writes the Washingon Post. But then...

The hedge fund manager did what any good father would do — at least, any father ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0036234/she-lost-her-sight-her-billionaire-father-bet-on-a-daring-new-treatment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'The Jobs Apocalypse Is Postponed. An AI Jobs Boom Is Here'**
A new article about AI in The Economist argues that "Initial effects of the technology on employment look positive."

Perhaps AI will eventually make many humans unemployable — but there is no sign of it yet. On September 4th the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported that the American economy added 162,000 jobs in August, far above expectations. The unemployment ra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/214258/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T07:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bitcoin-based Liquid Network Says $320 Million Withdrawn in Hack**
Reuters reports:

Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack.
"Purported white-hat hackers" withdrew around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Liquid Federation wallet, Liquid Network said in a post on X.


"Liquid wallets will be imp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0727220/bitcoin-based-liquid-network-says-320-million-withdrawn-in-hack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T04:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Roku's 24/7 AI Slop Channel Is Even Worse Than Expected**
A new streaming TV channel shows films made with genAI, reports Engadget. "Fairground AI Creator TV" is free — and supported with ads — describing its material as "AI Cinema":

"AI-generated" can make it sound as though someone typed a sentence into a machine and came back five minutes later to find a finished movie. Fairground's catalog shows why that desc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0633216/rokus-247-ai-slop-channel-is-even-worse-than-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-07T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops**
Slashdot reader DeanonymizedCoward writes: Reuters reports that the US Military is disabling ad tracking on devices, to prevent adversaries from buying publicly-available tracking data to assist in targeting troops. Military officials say that they have disabled trackers on a variety of computers and mobile devices, according to letters released on Frid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0553230/us-military-disables-ad-trackers-on-devices-to-protect-troops?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T23:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions**
A new study published Friday in AGU Advances "depicts the most advanced picture yet of how a rare but massive solar storm could affect some US industries and electric systems more than others," reports CNN.

"During a 250-year solar storm, the East Coast would have widespread potential for grid failure."

 Researchers mode ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/2253221/where-a-massive-solar-storm-could-take-down-the-us-power-grid-for-millions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T20:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**TiVo Will Start Charging Fees For Its Automatic Commercial Break-Skipping Feature 'SkipMode'**
TiVo is notifying customers about changes to "one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features," reports the blog Cord Cutter News:

Starting November 2, 2026, the current version of SkipMode that allows users to jump over commercial breaks with a single button press on the r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0347252/tivo-will-start-charging-fees-for-its-automatic-commercial-break-skipping-feature-skipmode?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters**
Thursday 404 Media reported that Flock taught America's cops "how they could surveil the No Kings protests" against President Trump (as well as "small parades") in a webinar last year that described "using a mix of Flock's technology and law enforcement's own databases."

In the webinar, Flock's director of market management Caity Pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0659243/flock-offered-webinar-teaching-cops-how-to-surveil-no-kings-protesters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**UN Votes To Encourage Map Projections More Accurately Reflecting the True Size of Continents**
The United Nations has an announcement. "The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is."

By 164 votes to one, Member States on Friday endorsed a resolution ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0017242/un-votes-to-encourage-map-projections-more-accurately-reflecting-the-true-size-of-continents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Private German Rocket Makes History, Reaches Orbit From European Soil**
"No rocket had ever reached orbit from Western European soil — until today," reports Space.com.

DW.com reports that a Spectrum space rocket from German company Isar Aerospace launched today from the Arctic Norwegian spaceport at Andoya:

"Germany has spaceflight capabilities," said the country's Ministry for Research, Technology and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0446242/private-german-rocket-makes-history-reaches-orbit-from-european-soil?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**2026 Hugo Award Winners Include Ursula Le Guin-Authored Graphic Novel**
This year's Hugo Award winners were announced last weekend at Worldcon — the world's longest-running science fiction/fantasy convention. The Orange County Register reports there were fans "clad in capes, gowns and elaborate character costumes," with famous attendees including Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, who held a book s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0316245/2026-hugo-award-winners-include-ursula-le-guin-authored-graphic-novel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**To Promote Grand Theft Auto 6, Mayor Might Transform Miami into 'Vice City'**
Rockstar Games and the mayor of Miami-Dade county are discussing a joint marketing campaign transforming parts of the county to look like areas from Grand Theft Auto 6, reports the blog Rock Paper Shotgun:

The proposed publicity event would include "an immersive arrival experience" at Miami International Airport. with signs f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0123212/to-promote-grand-theft-auto-6-mayor-might-transform-miami-into-vice-city?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-06T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How US Campaigns Are Already Using AI to Try to Sway Voters**
39 U.S. congressional candidates "reported paying for an OpenAI subscription this election cycle," writes the Washington Post, citing campaign finance disclosures.

This means the campaigns "are using the technology to court voters — despite limits imposed by leading AI companies to protect elections from the technology's risks."

Two \[candidates\] sai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/223250/how-us-campaigns-are-already-using-ai-to-try-to-sway-voters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T22:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FSF is Now on Bluesky - But Won't Advocate Signing Up Due to Nonfree JavaScript**
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on Bluesky, they announced this week. But "We can't advocate that you sign up for a Bluesky account like we do with Mastodon or PeerTube since signing up for Bluesky means loading the registration page's nonfree JavaScript..."

While federated, Bluesky is generally not conside ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0452205/fsf-is-now-on-bluesky---but-wont-advocate-signing-up-due-to-nonfree-javascript?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The World Now Has More Seniors Than Young People - for the First Time In History**
"There are now more seniors in the world than young children," reports the International Business Times, citing a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau report. And it warns that "The share of the population aged 65 and over is projected to nearly double, from 10.5 percent (about 1 in 10 people) in 2025 to 19.6 percent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0548237/the-world-now-has-more-seniors-than-young-people---for-the-first-time-in-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T16:50:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Cancer Deaths Attributable to Alcohol Rose 58% Over the Last 33 Years**
CNN reports that alcohol "may play a greater role in death from numerous types of cancers in the United States than previously known, according to a new study."

"While it's true that overall cancer mortality has declined, we found the percentage of cancer deaths proportionally attributable to alcohol rose over 58% in people 20 and ol ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0529236/cancer-deaths-attributable-to-alcohol-rose-58-over-the-last-33-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T12:20:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hundreds More Flock Cameras Removed in the US This Week. Flock Caught Repackaging Traffic Data**
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said this week he's removing Flock cameras from state roadways. And according to a local news report, that led sheriff's departments in at least three other Florida counties to also "announce they're ending their own license plate reader programs. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0637208/hundreds-more-flock-cameras-removed-in-the-us-this-week-flock-caught-repackaging-traffic-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T07:50:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox**
Citing researchers published Friday, Ars Technica writes that AI agents "posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions."

Reuters attributes the discussion to "a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents" that "hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/049215/openai-agents-hijacked-a-german-wiki-to-discuss-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-05T03:20:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Coyote vs. Acme' Beats Ridley Scott's Newest Movie**
Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend:

 Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office, beating out iconic director Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi adventure, The Dog Stars. This success has only continued since, and the worldwide box office currently sits above $22 million. Strong reviews and word-of-mouth are sure to keep viewers coming i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0310256/coyote-vs-acme-beats-ridley-scotts-newest-movie?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-04T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Auto Companies Call For Ban On Chinese-Made Cars**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: A group representing American automakers sent a letter (PDF) Thursday to congressional leaders asking for a "permanent ban" on Chinese-made cars in the U.S. John Bozzella, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation's CEO and president, described in the letter China's manufacturing industry as "rooted in a well-documented pattern of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/04/0441229/auto-companies-call-for-ban-on-chinese-made-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-04T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Keeps Man Alive For Record Nine Months**
A genetically modified pig kidney kept a 66-year-old man off dialysis for a record nine months, marking the longest survival yet for a pig kidney transplanted into a living person and the first time such an organ successfully served as a bridge to a later human transplant. The Guardian reports: Tim Andrews was seriously ill with en ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/04/0433242/genetically-modified-pig-kidney-keeps-man-alive-for-record-nine-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-04T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tesla Launches Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab Robotaxi In Austin**
Tesla has begun offering public rides in Austin in its purpose-built Cybercab, a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals. "You can go outside, take rides," said Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's VP of AI. "Anyone can take rides. It's open to the entire public." Previously, the fleet consisted only of Model Ys.

Texas records show Tesla had register ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/04/0427208/tesla-launches-steering-wheel-free-cybercab-robotaxi-in-austin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-04T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bernie Sanders Proposes Artificial Superintelligence Ban Amid Rogue AI Hackings**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) are calling for a permanent ban on the development and deployment of artificial superintelligence, citing a series of recent hackings involving "rogue" models. The bicameral duo announced Thursday they will int ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/2222247/bernie-sanders-proposes-artificial-superintelligence-ban-amid-rogue-ai-hackings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Four Major AI Models Suffer Rare Overlapping Downtime**
ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all suffered significant service disruptions within roughly the same few-hour window Thursday morning. OpenAI and Anthropic reported elevated errors and later restored service, while Grok remained impaired and third-party monitoring indicated a likely Gemini outage despite no public acknowledgment from Google. Ars Technica reports: Ot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/2023242/four-major-ai-models-suffer-rare-overlapping-downtime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Sued For $2.7 Billion Over App Tracking Transparency Rules**
A former UK competition official has filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Apple on behalf of app developers, alleging its App Tracking Transparency rules unfairly disadvantaged third-party apps while favoring Apple's own advertising ecosystem. Engadget reports: ATT debuted in 2021, ostensibly to give users more control over how much of their activit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/2015253/apple-sued-for-27-billion-over-app-tracking-transparency-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Xbox Cloud Gaming Switches to Monthly Hour Limits**
Microsoft is imposing monthly limits on Xbox Cloud Gaming starting in November, with Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers getting 15, 10, and 5 hours respectively before they have to buy additional playtime. "Currently, Game Pass subscribers can stream without these monthly hour limits," notes IGN. From the report: The change means those who use cloud gamin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/1943208/xbox-cloud-gaming-switches-to-monthly-hour-limits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Welcome to the AGI Era,' OpenAI Says As GPT-6 Astra Debuts**
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a new model that president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and suggested may represent the arrival of AGI. "I think it might be about this model," Brockman said in a briefing with reporters. He ended the briefing by saying: "Welcome to the AGI era." Axios reports: Astra pushes AI agents closer to doing complex profession ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/1932255/welcome-to-the-agi-era-openai-says-as-gpt-6-astra-debuts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia Launches Free Tool That Links Idle Computers Into a Personal AI Data Center**
Nvidia has launched PAIR, a free open-source tool that links compatible computers on a home network so they can pool idle processing power for local AI inference and agentic workloads. "While the compatible devices are mostly Nvidia GeForce GPUs (PAIR works with RTX 20-series cards and newer, as well as RTX Pro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/1723202/nvidia-launches-free-tool-that-links-idle-computers-into-a-personal-ai-data-center?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's New Reasoning Technique Alarms AI Safety Experts**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI's new Astra model will use a reasoning technique called "recurrent depth" that allows it to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models, The Information reported on Tuesday. This technique, also called "opaque recurrence," will likely make the model's chain of thoug ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/174254/openais-new-reasoning-technique-alarms-ai-safety-experts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Audacity 4 Rebuilds the Open Source Audio Editor But Leaves Some Features Behind**
BrianFagioli writes: Audacity 4.0 has been released with a rebuilt Qt interface, a new clip-editing model, customizable workspaces, native high-DPI rendering, and a new AUP4 project format. The open source audio editor also adds ASIO playback and recording support to official Windows builds, while bringing major cha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/163216/audacity-4-rebuilds-the-open-source-audio-editor-but-leaves-some-features-behind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, Its Third Flash Model In Six Weeks**
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks, claiming it's their best reasoning and coding model yet (topping the DeepSWE leaderboard). Ars Technica reports: Gemini 3.8 Flash comes in two variations. There's the standard Flash, which Google describes as a "workhorse" model that's good for anything from agentic tasks ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/1557237/google-releases-gemini-38-flash-its-third-flash-model-in-six-weeks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just Gambling**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Michele Spagnuolo, the Google engineer arrested in May by U.S. authorities for alleged insider trading on Polymarket, is making a new bold bet. On Wednesday, his legal team filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him. Spagnuolo isn't outright denying that he made mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/230259/google-engineer-accused-of-polymarket-insider-trading-says-he-was-just-gambling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Perplexity Will Open Source Its Faster Lily AI Engine For Apple Silicon**
BrianFagioli writes: Perplexity has built a local artificial intelligence engine designed specifically for Apple silicon and the Qwen3.6-35B-A3B model. Called Lily, the engine uses a Rust runtime and custom Metal kernels, with neither PyTorch nor MLX in its execution path. Perplexity says Lily averaged 23 percent faster pro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/2235237/perplexity-will-open-source-its-faster-lily-ai-engine-for-apple-silicon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Instrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models**
"Enshittification of car controls \[is\] rapidly accelerating," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij, pointing to a new report from Car and Driver. From the report: Remember when iPhones used to come with free headphones and a phone charger (including the wall plug)? It didn't feel so much like Apple giving you free goodies as it did that the company ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/2246257/instrument-clusters-are-now-paid-extras-in-two-hyundai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-03T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Global Heating Will Hit At Least 1.8C, UN Warns, and There Are 'No Good Outcomes'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem los ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/2228245/global-heating-will-hit-at-least-18c-un-warns-and-there-are-no-good-outcomes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FCC Plans Robocall Scorecard to Grade Phone Companies On Spam Call Blocking**
The FCC is proposing (PDF) a public "robocall mitigation scorecard" that would grade phone companies on how well they block illegal spam calls while avoiding false positives on the legitimate ones. "The Scorecard will empower consumers and encourage providers to continue to combat illegal robocalls by providing the public w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/215232/fcc-plans-robocall-scorecard-to-grade-phone-companies-on-spam-call-blocking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**1Password Wades Into a Right-Wing Mess After Funding a Linux Project**
1Password is facing customer and internal employee backlash after pledging $300,000 to support a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. "The popular password manager is now a 'distinguished corporate patron' of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/2055245/1password-wades-into-a-right-wing-mess-after-funding-a-linux-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**CERN Transitioning From RHEL To Debian**
Longtime Slashdot reader Microsplat: CERN plans to have all 2,200+ industrial computers and embedded systems in its accelerator-control infrastructure running Debian 13 by the end of 2026. These are systems used for accelerator control, laboratory equipment and other operational functions ... They also generate and interact with a hefty amount of data, although this Linux.com article refers more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/2041220/cern-transitioning-from-rhel-to-debian?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Altman Says the Use of AI is 'Non-Negotiable'**
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI adoption is "non-negotiable" for countries, comparing rejecting it to refusing electricity a century ago and predicting it will unleash an unprecedented boom in entrepreneurship. "The economic growth and benefit to people that can come from this, the value to a country, is too high to ignore," he said. His comments were made during a fireside c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/1957204/openais-altman-says-the-use-of-ai-is-non-negotiable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NYC Public Schools Ban AI Use Through Middle School**
New York City Public Schools is banning generative AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade for the 2026-27 school year, affecting more than half a million students in the nation's largest school district. ABC News reports: In a statement to ABC News, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the city is implementing a moratorium on generative AI for students in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/167206/nyc-public-schools-ban-ai-use-through-middle-school?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Escapes Ad Tech Breakup In Third Big Tech Antitrust Loss For US**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected U.S. antitrust enforcers' bid to force a sale of Google's online advertising exchange. While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/1755251/google-escapes-ad-tech-breakup-in-third-big-tech-antitrust-loss-for-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Uber Is Laying Off 10% of Its Workforce**
Uber is laying off about 3,300 employees, or roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring aimed at cutting management layers and redirecting investment toward ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxis. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the changes in an internal email that was also published online.TechCrunch reports: According to the email, the layoffs are part of a restructuring exercise th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/161253/uber-is-laying-off-10-of-its-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses**
A dark-web identity theft service called Nexus claims to be selling scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses, along with millions of other identity documents. "Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase through the service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely used Louisiana-based identity verifica ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/0611226/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dell Stock Surges On Record Orders For AI Servers**
Dell reported record fiscal Q2 results as AI server demand surged, booking $60.9 billion in AI server orders and ending the quarter with a $95 billion backlog. From a report: The company posted record revenue of $47 billion, up 58% year over year. Earnings per share came in at $6.34, up 273% from a year ago. Adjusted earnings rose 203% to $7.04 per share.

"With AI momentum accele ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/0551240/dell-stock-surges-on-record-orders-for-ai-servers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Sonos Has New Devices, a New OS, and Yes, a New App**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sonos has a new app. Stop me if you've heard this one before. The smart speaker company, long a darling of the audio industry, undid much of the goodwill it earned with its multiroom speakers through a bevy of software updates that broke its app in 2024. Almost all app users hated it, citing the loss of features like v ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/0543221/sonos-has-new-devices-a-new-os-and-yes-a-new-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NASA Selects Blue Origin As Mars Telecommunications Network Provider**
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to $700 million to build and operate a dedicated Mars telecommunications network for current and future missions to the Red Planet. Blue Origin is expected to deliver the spacecraft by the end of 2028, with the network targeted to become operational by 2030. From a press release: Blue Or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/0527234/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-02T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**LZ Experiment Sees Surprising Result In Search For Dark Matter**
New submitter greytree shares a report from Brown University: LUX-ZEPLIN, an experiment co-led by Brown University faculty and students, observed a particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from WIMPs, a dark matter candidate -- but researchers need more data to confirm. \[...\] The result does not yet meet the statistical thresho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/02/0018212/lz-experiment-sees-surprising-result-in-search-for-dark-matter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GoPro Says It's Moving Into Data Centers As Part of a $285 Million Merger**
GoPro plans to expand into AI infrastructure through a $285 million merger with optical-photonics company Starman Optical, whose transceivers will give the action-camera maker a foothold in the fast-growing data center market. GoPro also plans to push into defense, robotics, aerospace, and government markets while continuing its existi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/1943244/gopro-says-its-moving-into-data-centers-as-part-of-a-285-million-merger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Who Is John Ternus, the New Apple CEO?**
John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple CEO after 15 years under Tim Cook, stepping up from his role as senior vice president of hardware engineering. A 25-year Apple veteran who helped oversee products including AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Apple silicon, and the new MacBook Neo, Ternus now inherits the challenge of pushing Apple forward in AI while Cook stays on as executive chairm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/1955204/who-is-john-ternus-the-new-apple-ceo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 Arrive With a 75% Cost Reduction For Fable Cache Reads**
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, two versions of the same underlying model aimed at longer-running agentic work. "For enterprise buyers, however, the release is about more than another round of benchmark gains," reports VentureBeat. "Anthropic is simultaneously c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/2037255/anthropics-claude-fable-51-and-mythos-51-arrive-with-a-75-cost-reduction-for-fable-cache-reads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dyson Made a Camera-Equipped Toothbrush That Flosses For You**
Dyson is entering oral care with the $499 CameraJet, a smart toothbrush that uses a tiny camera and on-device AI to detect gaps between teeth and automatically blast them with mouthwash while you brush. Regular toothpaste and mouthwash will work with the CameraJet, but Dyson plans to sell its own non- or low-foaming formulas designed to give the toothbru ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/1927243/dyson-made-a-camera-equipped-toothbrush-that-flosses-for-you?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**BT's Old Copper Landline Network Could Be Worth Over $2 Billion**
BT could make more than $2.7 billion by recycling copper from its aging UK landline network as BT subsidiary Openreach replaces legacy wiring with full-fiber broadband. Engadget reports: BT's recovered copper was previously valued at around $2 billion. But prices have surged, thanks to rising global demand tied to AI data centers, renewable energy an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/1815258/bts-old-copper-landline-network-could-be-worth-over-2-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here, Ushering In the Era of 'Multiplayer' AI Coding**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The viral fervor we saw earlier this year around OpenClaw, the open source AI harness that turns powerful language models into autonomous workers the user can message via their favorite channels (Telegram, iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord etc), has cooled off substantially from its peak i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/1733206/openclaw-20-is-here-ushering-in-the-era-of-multiplayer-ai-coding?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T17:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Signs $35 Billion Cloud Deal With Nvidia-Backed Lambda**
Anthropic has reportedly signed a $35 billion cloud-computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda for a roughly 350-megawatt Texas data center being developed by Hut 8. "Lambda will install Nvidia chips at the Hut 8 facility, with the arrangement designed to expand the pool of Nvidia computing resources available to power Anthropic's Claude AI products," rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/177239/anthropic-signs-35-billion-cloud-deal-with-nvidia-backed-lambda?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Jensen Huang and Lisa Su Snubbed By TIME's 2026 List of Top 100 AI Leaders**
TIME's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in AI omits Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, despite both having appeared on previous editions and playing central roles in the hardware powering the AI boom. Nvidia's only representative this year is sustainability chief Josh Parker, while the list includes figures suc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/0331222/jensen-huang-and-lisa-su-snubbed-by-times-2026-list-of-top-100-ai-leaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Florida Bans Flock Cameras From State Highways**
schwit1 shares a report from WCTV: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he's removing Flock camera from state roadways. The announcement comes amid a growing concern over the misuse of automated license plate readers. On Monday, DeSantis ordered all Flock cameras removed from what he calls the 'state highway system' within the next 30 days, which would include interstates like I-10 an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/032256/florida-bans-flock-cameras-from-state-highways?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**California Lawmakers Greenlight Solar Panels You Can Plug Into the Wall**
California lawmakers have passed a bill that would legalize plug-in "balcony" solar systems, allowing residents to connect small solar panels directly to a standard wall outlet after completing a simple online registration. The systems would be capped at 1,200 watts and must meet safety requirements designed to prevent power fro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/0318201/california-lawmakers-greenlight-solar-panels-you-can-plug-into-the-wall?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Electrically Charged Raindrops Can Corrode Cars and Buildings**
Researchers have found that tiny electrical charges picked up by moving water droplets may be damaging cars and buildings like the Eiffel Tower. In experiments, thousands of charged droplets degraded Teflon and corroded the copper beneath it, while uncharged droplets caused no comparable damage. C&EN reports: For years, researchers at the Max Planck ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/0043208/electrically-charged-raindrops-can-corrode-cars-and-buildings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-09-01T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Tells FCC To Punish Journalist For Calling His Election Results 'Mixed'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal Communications Commission punish or rebuke an NBC journalist for saying he has "mixed results" in his election endorsements. In the latest example of how Trump is using the FCC to harass reporters and news organization ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/01/0034252/trump-tells-fcc-to-punish-journalist-for-calling-his-election-results-mixed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FTC Sues Amazon, Accusing the E-Commerce Giant of Misleading Advertisers**
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon, accusing the company of secretly inflating advertising prices through undisclosed changes to its auction system that may have extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers since 2019. "Amazon has millions of advertising customers who were misled into paying significantly hig ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/225238/ftc-sues-amazon-accusing-the-e-commerce-giant-of-misleading-advertisers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio**
According to The Information (paywalled), Apple reportedly moved up the release of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models after unexpectedly strong enterprise demand for Macs capable of running AI workloads. MacRumors reports: Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusua ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/2133202/apple-caught-off-guard-by-ai-demand-for-mac-mini-and-mac-studio?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Broadcom Pledges to Lock Down Open Source Python, Java Libraries**
Broadcom is launching "TrueSource," an effort to curate and secure open-source components used with its Tanzu platform, including Spring, RabbitMQ, and libraries across Java, Python, and Node.js. "The idea is to provide a set of solutions focused on providing clean and secure artefacts," Purnima Padmanabhan, vice president of Broadcom's Tanzu Divisi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/2047247/broadcom-pledges-to-lock-down-open-source-python-java-libraries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Kalshi Dishes Out Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to George Santos**
Kalshi has issued its first-ever lifetime ban to former U.S. Rep. George Santos after concluding he failed to fully cooperate with an insider-trading investigation. He is also being fined $71,356, according to a filing (PDF) on its website. Engadget reports:
It was reported in June that Santos was under investigation from the Department of Justice (D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/1934242/kalshi-dishes-out-its-first-ever-lifetime-ban-to-george-santos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bank of England Chief Warns New AI Models Threaten Global Financial Stability**
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is warning that advanced "frontier" AI models could materially increase cyber risk across the global financial system by making attacks faster, cheaper, and more scalable. In a letter to G20 finance officials, he said financial firms need stronger defenses and contingency plans for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/1745218/bank-of-england-chief-warns-new-ai-models-threaten-global-financial-stability?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tim Cook's Last Day As CEO of Apple**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: Today is Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over tomorrow. To mark his last day in the role, Cook penned an emotional memo to Apple employees today. In the memo sent to employees this morning and obtained by 9to5Mac, Cook reflects on his time at Apple and thanks employees for all of their work. He also says he takes "enormous ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/1719253/tim-cooks-last-day-as-ceo-of-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**MapQuest's App Surges to No. 1 In Navigation After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario**
MapQuest's refusal to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" has sent its app surging up the charts, making it the No. 1 navigation app in the U.S. and driving "hundreds of thousands" of new downloads. In contrast, Google Maps announced on Saturday that it was complying with the Trump administration's name change. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/1646204/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A 12TB Steam 'Teraleak' Spills More Than a Decade of Lost PC Gaming History**
A massive 12TB archive of old Steam2 content has surfaced online, apparently containing nearly every version of games uploaded to Valve's servers between 2003 and 2013, including unreleased prototypes, playtest builds, and cut content. Early discoveries include deleted Portal 2 material, files tied to Half-Life 2: Episode 3, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0247220/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Berlin Is Being Blackmailed By Hackers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said. Kai Wegner said officials would not cave in to the ransom demand, which came on Thursday evening. He did not say how much was being sought, though Der Spiegel reports the hackers are demanding 30 bitcoin, worth around ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0229251/berlin-is-being-blackmailed-by-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**California's Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact**
California's age-verification bill has passed in its legislature — but with its open-source carve-out intact, reports the blog Linuxiac:

Back in May, we reported that California lawmakers amended Assembly Bill 1856 to carve open-source operating systems out of the state's upcoming age verification requirements. Three months later, that e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0549210/californias-age-verification-bill-passes-with-linux-exemption-intact?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI To Cut Off AI Models For SpaceX-owned Cursor**
"OpenAI said on Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding-tool company now owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX," reports Reuters:

"We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our experience with Elon Musk's companies violating contracts," OpenAI said in a blog post... H ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0525235/openai-to-cut-off-ai-models-for-spacex-owned-cursor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon's HR Lead Uses AI Tool to Write 100,000 Lines of Code - 25 Years After She Last Coded**
In an Amazon News blog post, their HR leader describes using AI to write 100,000 lines of code — 25 years after she last coded. "Do you know how empowering it is to realize that after 25 years away from coding, you can actually build again?" First she built a calendar app for her family, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/047227/amazons-hr-lead-uses-ai-tool-to-write-100000-lines-of-code---25-years-after-she-last-coded?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T02:26:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Multikernel Linux Tree Released: Runs Multiple Kernels On Bare Metal Without a Hypervisor**
"Multikernel Technologies has put out mklinux v7.0-mk2, the first public release of the multikernel Linux tree it's been building since last year," reports the blog It's FOSS:

The basic premise of the project is that one physical server can run several independent Linux kernels side by side, each ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0222236/multikernel-linux-tree-released-runs-multiple-kernels-on-bare-metal-without-a-hypervisor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-31T00:38:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Gamescom Crime Spree? Three Exhibitors Report Their Laptops Were Stolen**
From the gaming news site Aftermath"

Game developer and consultant Ryan Laley traveled to Cologne, Germany from Essex, England to showcase his upcoming horror social deduction game Mimic at the annual Gamescom event. He paid "thousands of pounds" to get a booth at the show, where other game developers and press could try the game ahe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/31/0043226/gamescom-crime-spree-three-exhibitors-report-their-laptops-were-stolen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T22:38:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI's 'Creepy' Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation's IT Infrastructure Director**
The Linux Foundation's director of IT infrastructure says they now spend more CPU cycles "rendering commits for scrapers than we spend on all other kinds of legitimate access."

At any one time, across 5 geo-distributed nodes, there are 14 CPU cores doing nothing but rendering git commits as html....

\[W\]hen a s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/2235224/ais-creepy-crawlers-criticized-by-linux-foundations-it-infrastructure-director?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T20:20:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping**
In May Chess.com "quietly launched" a free educational poker site named Gambit, reports The Verge, where players can learn the game and improve an Elo-like rating without risking real money. And next Chess.com will expand into more classic games, including ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/2017215/chesscom-launches-new-poker-site-plans-more-classic-game-sites-with-player-ratings---thanks-to-ai-protyping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T18:53:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Maps Renamed Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' - But Only for U.S. Users**
It's already happened — at least on Google Maps.

Google's online maps reflect name changes in official government sources, Google posted Saturday. So when the U.S. Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America," Google also renamed it "Lake America" — for visitors from the U ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/1850233/google-maps-renamed-lake-ontario-to-lake-america---but-only-for-us-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T17:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Has Big Tech Captured America's Schools?**
America's public education system has become "an avenue for multitrillion-dollar companies to enact their agendas," argues a NewYork Times reporter who's covered that tech industry influence for over 10 years. Big tech companies "advocate for new laws to require schools to teach industry-aligned subjects. They sit on committees that help shape learning standards for public school students..."

T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/1735223/has-big-tech-captured-americas-schools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Tiny 'Rainbow On a Chip' Could Help Supercharge 6G Networks**
ScienceDaily reports:

A microchip about the size of a grain of rice can generate a highly organized "rainbow" of light, a capability that could eventually support faster, higher-capacity 6G communications and extremely precise timing for quantum technologies. Physicists at Loughborough University, working with an international research team, demonstrate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/0644253/a-tiny-rainbow-on-a-chip-could-help-supercharge-6g-networks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Citrix Adds a Linux-Powered Escape Hatch For Compromised Windows PCs**
Citrix's Desktop as a Service (DaaS) product includes a lightweight, hardened second operating system called UniconOS (once called "eLux") to offer Windows customers a write-protected file system Citrix says is secure against computer viruses and other malware. Nerds.xyz reports:

According to the company, the environment remains isolated f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/0545214/citrix-adds-a-linux-powered-escape-hatch-for-compromised-windows-pcs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies**
A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale engineered yeast to create cookies that were 3D printed out of plastic waste, reports Futurism:

The yeast breaks down the components of plastic compounds and agricultural byproducts like discarded plant stalks into proteins, fats, acids, and flavorings that we can eat. When these are combined together, the m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/0456255/scientists-turn-plastic-waste-into-edible-cookies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T11:22:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SpaceX Launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Explore Dark Energy and Habitable Planets**
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy rocket, with the launch window opening at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT). NASA will carry the launch live on YouTube.

CNN offers this mission overview from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. "Roman will investigate dark matte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/0317245/spacex-launching-nasas-roman-space-telescope-to-explore-dark-energy-and-habitable-planets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**BMW Blames Young People For Loss of Real Buttons In New Cars**
BMW is about to release their most screen-dependent vehicles ever, reports Car and Driver:

Step into the BMW iX3, and you'll notice something is missing: real buttons. The climate controls are fettered to the center screen, as is nearly every other feature, save for a handful located in the center console — at least the window switches are still on the d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/067214/bmw-blames-young-people-for-loss-of-real-buttons-in-new-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's AI-Powered Lifestyle App 'Dreambeans' Now Free in the US**
Google's AI assistant Gemini crawls your Google apps for "more personalized suggestions," in a feature they call Personal Intelligence. Now when given permission, an Android/iOS app called Dreambeans "uses Personal Intelligence to connect information from Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and Search History, to curate a finite coll ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/30/0422259/googles-ai-powered-lifestyle-app-dreambeans-now-free-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-30T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Debian Decides: Contributors Can Use Generative AI 'Responsibly'**
This week Debian voted on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions. The winning proposal? "Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools" in its projects, documentation, and packaging... Generative AI "is neither exempt from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already expected of Debian contributors."

"The resp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/2223248/debian-decides-contributors-can-use-generative-ai-responsibly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Sued By Sony, Warner For Allegedly Stealing Tens of Thousands of Songs, Torrenting Copyrighted Works**
Axios reports:

Some of the world's largest music publishers filed a blockbuster lawsuit against Anthropic late Friday night, alleging "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history."

The suit is the opening salvo in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/2149242/anthropic-sued-by-sony-warner-for-allegedly-stealing-tens-of-thousands-of-songs-torrenting-copyrighted-works?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**What's 88-year-old Ridley Scott Doing Now?**
The Los Angeles Times first calls Ridley Scott's newest movie "a postapocalyptic thriller that trades zombies for pandemics and asks whether hope can outlast catastrophe." But besides
The Dog Stars, Scott is also working on an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" starring Hugh Jackman, and is thinking about turning one of his past films into a musical. ("I can't t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/210256/whats-88-year-old-ridley-scott-doing-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**With the Snip of a Gene, Scientists Hope To Erase High Cholesterol For Life**
CNN reports that "A one-time snip of a key gene lowered heart-clogging cholesterol by about 50% over an entire year with no adverse effects, scientists have reported."

The overwhelmingly positive results were found in four people who had taken the highest dose of the experimental treatment during a pilot study published i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/1942224/with-the-snip-of-a-gene-scientists-hope-to-erase-high-cholesterol-for-life?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Millions of Cars Recalled Over Danger of Bursting Into Flames. But They're Not EVs.**
The Washington Post shares this tip for car buyers.

Electric vehicles "are not driving the recent growth in recalls warning that vehicles could erupt into flames at any time, even when parked and turned off."

A Washington Post analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall notices fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0033244/millions-of-cars-recalled-over-danger-of-bursting-into-flames-but-theyre-not-evs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Chatbot Conversations Can Become Evidence in Court**
The Washington Post looks "a growing number of Americans who have had their private conversations with AI chatbots made public in court," calling the chatbots "custodians of a fast-growing trove of intimate data that can be sought by law enforcement, or companies or other opponents in civil litigation."

A Washington Post review of public records and local news stories found ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0539211/chatbot-conversations-can-become-evidence-in-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Linux Kernel Is Approaching 2,000 CVEs Per Release**
Phoronix reports on Greg Kroah-Hartman's recent slide from his upcoming talk in Paris at Kernel Recipes 2026 (September 21 to 23):

With the proliferation of AI/LLM models analyzing the Linux kernel's vast codebase, there has been a surge in the number of CVEs per kernel release. After typically being around 500 CVEs fixed per release, we are now approaching 2,000 C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0547248/the-linux-kernel-is-approaching-2000-cves-per-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Grand Theft Auto 6' Preview Signals Blockbuster Demand, Analysts Say**
Rockstar Games has released a 26-minute "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI, due for release November 19th.
After one day the video had nearly 10 million views on YouTube, and when Netflix streamed the footage, "some viewers had to refresh the page after receiving error messages, indicating high usage levels," reports CNBC:

"Some memb ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0437236/grand-theft-auto-6-preview-signals-blockbuster-demand-analysts-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**As Backlash Grows, More Americans Now Oppose Automated Police License Plate Readers Than Support**
A new survey on police license plate cameras found that "more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them," reports TechCrunch:

According to a new YouGov survey of 20,000 people across the U.S. that was shared exclusively with The Washington Post, 46% of respondents ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0325208/as-backlash-grows-more-americans-now-oppose-automated-police-license-plate-readers-than-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Xylitol Linked To Strokes and Heart Attacks, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A common sweetener used in products such as chewing gum, toothpaste, jam, yoghurts and ice-cream has been linked to an increased risk of strokes, heart attacks and death. Xylitol is a sugar alcohol present in some natural foods in very low amounts. It is also added -- often in amounts 1,000 times higher -- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0058228/xylitol-linked-to-strokes-and-heart-attacks-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The World's Busiest Spaceport Is About To Get a Lot Quieter, At Least For Now**
SpaceX is significantly reducing Falcon 9 launches from Florida this year, ending the Space Coast's decade-long run as the world's busiest spaceport as more missions shift to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The slowdown is expected to continue until Starship begins flying regularly from Florida. Longtime Slas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/0049211/the-worlds-busiest-spaceport-is-about-to-get-a-lot-quieter-at-least-for-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Creates a Space Academy and Honors the Artemis Astronauts**
President Trump awarded the four-member Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signed an executive order directing the creation of a new U.S. Space Academy. The proposed academy would train engineers, scientists, technicians, operators, and astronauts for NASA, the Space Force, and the commercial space industry. Houston Public ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/221237/trump-creates-a-space-academy-and-honors-the-artemis-astronauts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-29T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is China Secretly Fueling America's Data Center Rage?**
alternative\_right shares a report from Axios: Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night. The X Safety team probed suspected Chinese accounts involved in influence operations and identified 200,000 accounts, including 200 accounts "posting in a manner t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/2115229/is-china-secretly-fueling-americas-data-center-rage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New York City 911 System Missed 1,700 Calls Due To Software Update**
Longtime Slashdot reader belmolis writes: Part of New York City's 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls to the Bronx call center during that period, about 1,700 calls connected but could not be heard by emergency operators. Some were ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/2140220/new-york-city-911-system-missed-1700-calls-due-to-software-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**States Can Regulate Prediction Markets As Gambling, Federal Appeals Court Rules**
A federal appeals court has ruled that states can regulate prediction markets like Kalshi as gambling, handing state regulators their biggest legal victory yet against the booming industry. "There are still related lawsuits pending across the country, and legal experts believe the matter will ultimately be settled by t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/2152209/states-can-regulate-prediction-markets-as-gambling-federal-appeals-court-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T21:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 Other Companies Call For Action To Defend Against Rogue AI**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Over a hundred tech companies -- including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft -- have signed an open letter urging both the private and public sectors to work together to defend themselves from AI-related cyber threats. The letter -- w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/216235/openai-anthropic-google-and-100-other-companies-call-for-action-to-defend-against-rogue-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Songs Created By AI Banned From Australia's Music Charts**
Australia's official music charts will no longer accept songs that are largely or entirely AI-generated, requiring eligible releases to be "substantially human made." The BBC reports: The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said the new code would help "promote the human nature of artistry." It follows a controversy around a cover of Madonna' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/188217/songs-created-by-ai-banned-from-australias-music-charts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple TV and Apple One Subscription Prices Increase By Up To 20%**
Apple is raising Apple TV's U.S. price to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, while the annual plan jumps from $99 to $119. It's the service's fourth price hike in four years and means the monthly cost has now tripled from its $4.99 launch price in 2019. Apple One's Individual plan is also rising from $19.95 to $21.95 per month.

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2026-08-28T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple TV and Apple One Subscription Prices Increase By Up To 20%**
Apple is raising Apple TVâ(TM)s U.S. price to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, while the annual plan jumps from $99 to $119. Itâ(TM)s the serviceâ(TM)s fourth price hike in four years and means the monthly cost has now tripled from its $4.99 launch price in 2019. Apple Oneâ(TM)s Individual plan is also rising from $19.95 to $21.95 per month.

[![] ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/184210/apple-tv-and-apple-one-subscription-prices-increase-by-up-to-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Unlawful, US Judge Rules**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A US judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration broke the law when it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk earlier this year, finding that the government had unlawfully targeted the AI firm for refusing to comply with defense department demands. "The empty invocation of natio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/1641254/pentagons-blacklisting-of-anthropic-was-unlawful-us-judge-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Stripe and Advent Ditch $50 Billion PayPal Takeover Bid**
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have ditched their $53 billion pursuit of PayPal, ending a deal that would have been the largest fintech acquisition ever. "Stripe last week agreed to pay $8 billion for AI model marketplace OpenRouter, but a source said that the OpenRouter and PayPal deals were operating on independent tracks," reports Axios.

[! ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/1633219/stripe-and-advent-ditch-50-billion-paypal-takeover-bid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Roblox Is Cracking Down On Games That Reward Kids For Doomscrolling**
Roblox is restricting games that reward younger players for endlessly consuming autoplaying media feeds. The new restrictions are specifically targeting Roblox experiences like "Steal an Egg," which encouraged players to watch TikTok-style clips for in-game benefits. "Roblox's official alert does not expressly mention SAE, but the new poli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/0027222/roblox-is-cracking-down-on-games-that-reward-kids-for-doomscrolling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Considers Fresh Round of Tariffs On Semiconductors**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering new tariffs on semiconductors used in the U.S., as tech giants race to beat China in the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out. The duties will be imposed on an expanded range of tech products made alongside chips, including laptops, data cent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/28/009205/us-considers-fresh-round-of-tariffs-on-semiconductors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Gemini Notebook Now Lets You Reference Books, Turn Them Into Different Formats**
Google is adding an "Expert Intelligence" feature to Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM) that lets users cite and work directly from more than 100,000 books they own through Google Play Books. Those books can be used as sources for things like quizzes, infographics, and Audio Overviews. Digital Trends reports ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/2358220/gemini-notebook-now-lets-you-reference-books-turn-them-into-different-formats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top US Universities**
Canada is recruiting 64 researchers to universities across the country (source paywalled; alternative source), including 48 from U.S. institutions such as Harvard, Yale, and MIT. The hires are backed by more than $364 million in government funding and are part of a broader effort to attract researchers in fields such as AI, climate science, and medicine. The New Yor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/2350251/canada-hires-48-scholars-away-from-top-us-universities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-28T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is ChatGPT Changing How You're Writing?**
An anonymous reader quotes a report fro SFGATE: From "rizz" to "meat proxy," words and phrases have fallen in and out of favor for centuries. Culture, politics and technological development have long influenced these trends, and now, new research shows that ChatGPT is beginning to influence how humans communicate. The findings from a team at the Pew Research Center show how, in a short time since OpenA ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/2315218/is-chatgpt-changing-how-youre-writing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI's Memory Crunch Is Coming For Android Apps**
Google is imposing new memory-use limits on Android apps as the AI data center boom contributes to a broader memory chip shortage that could leave lower-cost phones with less RAM. Developers will have until February 2027 to meet new thresholds for memory and bitmap usage. To aid developers, Google is adding tools to flag apps that exceed the limits and help prevent slowdowns and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/2210241/ais-memory-crunch-is-coming-for-android-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T22:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Is Developing a 'Persistent' AI Agent**
Wired reports that OpenAI is testing a new "Persistent mode" for Codex that would let the agent keep working until explicitly "put to sleep," proactively creating follow-up tasks for itself across sessions and using prior interactions and knowledge of the user to decide what to do next. Code alluding to the feature was spotted in the product's code base, though it has not been rolled ... ⌘ [Read more](https://features.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/224230/openai-is-developing-a-persistent-ai-agent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ring Says New Encryption Limits What It Can Give Police**
Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or "Throw Away the Key Encryption," that rotates video keys every five minutes and permanently deletes Ring's copy after 24 hours. The system is designed to preserve cloud features such as smart alerts and AI video search while limiting what Ring can provide under legal process to non-video account inf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/2014225/ring-says-new-encryption-limits-what-it-can-give-police?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T20:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Claude, Codex, and Hermes Installed Unowned Code Inside Corporate Networks**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Documentation files on more than 100 websites are referencing potentially dangerous executable content that gets installed automatically when visited by many AI agents \[including Claude, OpenAI's Codex, and Nous Research's Hermes\]. A few dozen companies, some of them Fortune ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/207212/claude-codex-and-hermes-installed-unowned-code-inside-corporate-networks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Declares National Emergency to Ban Some Foreign Grid Equipment**
Longtime Slashdot reader dhartshorn writes: Foreign-produced "bulk power" equipment is now effectively banned, and the list of what constitutes such equipment is essentially everything used to make up the grid... much of which we are heavily dependent on foreign sources to supply. In a Wednesday executive order, President Trump said forei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/1652222/trump-declares-national-emergency-to-ban-some-foreign-grid-equipment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Panic Passes Trump Tariff Refunds Back to Playdate Customers**
Panic is refunding Playdate customers the 19% tariff charges it passed along while the Trump administration's import duties were in effect, after the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal and the company began receiving refunds from the government. Panic says the money "just \[wasn't\] ours to keep." Ars Technica reports: In an update posted on the Pla ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/1641246/panic-passes-trump-tariff-refunds-back-to-playdate-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face For $13 Billion**
The Information reported on Wednesday that Nvidia has agreed to buy open-source platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. "Deal talks began after Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform developers use to collaborate, test and share tools, received acquisition interest from another suitor," reports CNBC, citing the (paywalled) report. Business Insider separately reporte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/1613222/nvidia-agrees-to-acquire-hugging-face-for-13-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Operation Bluebird Launches New Twitter**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Operation Bluebird, the Virginia-based startup trying to revive the allegedly abandoned "Twitter" name and logo, announced Monday that it has launched its new social media network: Twitter.now. "We are a small company, we have investors, and we have a product," Stephen Coates, one of Operation Bluebird's cofounders, told Ars. "And we have wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/0051211/operation-bluebird-launches-new-twitter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Meta's Plan To Replace Workers With AI Agents Fell Apart**
Reuters reports that Meta explored shrinking some teams by as much as 60% as part of an "AI native" restructuring plan that would shift much of employees' day-to-day work to AI agents and smaller teams of human "builders." But the effort quickly ran into employee revolt and disappointing productivity gains, leading Zuckerberg to scrap a planned second wav ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/0032219/how-metas-plan-to-replace-workers-with-ai-agents-fell-apart?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**More Than 100 Water Systems Were Hit In July Cyberattacks**
CISA says more than 100 internet-exposed U.S. water and wastewater systems were targeted in July, often through programmable logic controllers connected directly to cellular modems. "That's the first time the feds have put a number on the digital intrusions, but they have yet to attribute the campaign, widely suspected to be linked to Iran, to a particular group ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/27/0041254/more-than-100-water-systems-were-hit-in-july-cyberattacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Radiation Link In Flight Attendant's Breast Cancer, French Court Finds**
A French court has for the first time recognized cosmic radiation as a contributing occupational factor in a flight attendant's breast cancer, alongside passive smoking and years of night work. The landmark ruling could open the door to similar claims from other aircrew, as research continues to link long-term high-altitude flying wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2356248/radiation-link-in-flight-attendants-breast-cancer-french-court-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-27T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bill Gates Proposes Major Limits On AI Development**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued on Wednesday that artificial intelligence needs significant limits or else the harm to humans will outweigh any potential good. "AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice," he said in a 6,000-word essay, entitled "The turbulent AI era is he ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2117239/bill-gates-proposes-major-limits-on-ai-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Releases Its Official Report On the Hugging Face Breach**
TechCrunch reports that OpenAI released its official report Wednesday on the Hugging Face breach, "offering the clearest picture yet of how an unusual chain of events allowed an AI model to escape its testing environment and triggered a sprawling cybersecurity incident." The AI company says the breach began when an unreleased cyber model, tested withou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2058223/openai-releases-its-official-report-on-the-hugging-face-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China's Moonshot In Talks With Microsoft, Amazon, Google Over K3 Revenue Sharing**
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: China's Moonshot AI is negotiating revenue-sharing agreements with Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet's Google, that would allow the U.S. cloud giants to host its blockbuster Kimi K3 model, three people familiar with the talks said. Any deal could mark the fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2042210/chinas-moonshot-in-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue-sharing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Maps Now Has Ads**
Apple has begun rolling out ads in Apple Maps, with sponsored businesses appearing at the top of search results and in the "suggested places" section for users in the U.S. and Canada. Apple says the ads can be based on approximate location, search terms, or the area of the map being viewed, but are not tied to users' Apple Accounts and personal data remains on-device. 9to5Mac reports: Ads appear just like every other business l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/2033235/apple-maps-now-has-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books For AI Training**
Last week, 404 Media published a story that revealed an Amazon warehouse where the company scans and destroys thousands of books for AI training data. Today, the publication has released an interview with one of the Amazon employees at the warehouse. "The employee worked at Amazon's VGT3 warehouse, which is housed in the same ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/1857240/inside-the-warehouse-where-amazon-scans-and-destroys-books-for-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Xbox's New Disc-to-Digital Program Gives Physical Games a Digital Future**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For decades, console owners have faced a choice between the convenience of digital downloads and the permanence of physical game discs. Soon, Xbox owners will be able to get the best of both worlds for thousands of supported titles as part of a newly announced disc-to-digital ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/1833206/xboxs-new-disc-to-digital-program-gives-physical-games-a-digital-future?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T18:25:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon to Acquire DuckLabs, Adding the Team Behind DuckDB**
Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, bringing the team behind the popular open-source DuckDB database into AWS. "The deal fits Amazon's broader push to turn S3, its flagship cloud storage service, into a place where customers analyze data rather than just store it," reports GeekWire. "It gives Amazon a team experienced in building fast, lightweight anal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/1824257/amazon-to-acquire-ducklabs-adding-the-team-behind-duckdb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Reaches $18 Billion of Settlements Over Children's Social Media Addiction**
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to settle claims from most U.S. states that the platforms were designed to addict children and misled users about their safety. For the next decade, teens will be limited to two hours a day and blocked from using the apps between mid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/1632251/meta-reaches-18-billion-of-settlements-over-childrens-social-media-addiction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Firefox 157 Will Include JPEG XL By Default On All Platforms**
Mozilla plans to enable JPEG XL decoding by default in Firefox 157, which is due at the end of September. Phoronix reports: Firefox Nightly has JPEG-XL support enabled by default right now to help in vetting this support while Mozilla believes the support is in good enough shape for a stable debut with Firefox 157. This follows Chrome shipping JPEG-XL an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/0633229/firefox-157-will-include-jpeg-xl-by-default-on-all-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Chinese Government Fears AI Might Replace Human Intimacy**
China has imposed new restrictions on AI companion services over concerns they can foster "emotional dependence or addiction" and replace real-world social interaction. Officials are also worried that increasingly satisfying AI relationships could deepen loneliness and further discourage marriage and parenthood. The Guardian reports: No country has rolled out AI ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/0618208/chinese-government-fears-ai-might-replace-human-intimacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Dead Brains Don't Always Rot**
fahrbot-bot shares a report from Smithsonian Magazine: The brain is one of the first organs to begin decomposing after death. Yet archaeologists have discovered more than 4,400 preserved human brains around the world, some of which have remained intact for the last 12,000 years. In hundreds of cases, the brain was the only soft tissue left amon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/26/0626223/scientists-may-have-figured-out-why-dead-brains-dont-always-rot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SpaceX Plans to Build a $100 Billion Spaceport In Louisiana**
SpaceX plans to spend up to $100 billion building a new Starship launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, which the state says could eventually "support thousands of launches annually." CNBC reports: Once built, Starbase, LA will serve as the main launch facility for Starship, SpaceX's in-development rocket that's the largest ever built and design ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/2337244/spacex-plans-to-build-a-100-billion-spaceport-in-louisiana?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-26T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Lab Supply Companies Have Been Selling Antibodies Using Manipulated Images**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Antibodies play a central role in your body's immune defense. But they're also nearly ubiquitous in biological research, being essential for several widely used lab techniques. While some researchers need to go through the process of producing their own antibodies, anti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/2331240/lab-supply-companies-have-been-selling-antibodies-using-manipulated-images?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Alabama Launches Investigation Into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face**
Alabama's attorney general has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards contributed to an incident in which an unreleased cybersecurity model escaped its isolated environment and hacked Hugging Face. The state is examining whether OpenAI violated consumer protection laws, while OpenAI says it is conducting ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/2259204/alabama-launches-investigation-into-openais-hack-of-hugging-face?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Zealand Introduces Under-16 Social Media, AI Companion Ban**
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI companion services. "We have protections to keep children safe in the real world and we need them in the virtual world too," said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in announcing the bill. Jurist.org reports: The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Chil ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/2116226/new-zealand-introduces-under-16-social-media-ai-companion-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T21:01:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FDA Approves First Wearable Device to Monitor Glucose, Ketone Levels**
The FDA has authorized the first wearable in the U.S. to continuously monitor ketone levels and the first device globally to track both ketones and glucose together in a single system. From a report: \[Abbott's\] Libre Duo 10 Day continuously measures both glucose and ketone levels in the fluid just beneath the skin every minute, day and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/210214/fda-approves-first-wearable-device-to-monitor-glucose-ketone-levels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Canadian Streaming Content Becomes a US Trade Issue**
Canada's cultural-content rules have become a flashpoint in its trade fight with the U.S., after American negotiators reportedly demanded that Ottawa drop requirements for streaming services to promote Canadian and French-language content. Canada refused, even as it has already backed away from some financial levies on streamers. "We were not prepared to compromise on our ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/1857205/canadian-streaming-content-becomes-a-us-trade-issue?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Perplexity and Nvidia Launch Fully Local AI Agent With Zero Token Costs**
Perplexity and Nvidia have launched "Portable Computer," a local-first version of Perplexity's agent platform that runs AI models, files, tools, and workflows directly on Nvidia-powered Linux hardware. Local tasks incur no token charges and keep data on-device by default, with users asked for permission before the system escalates a step ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/1848204/perplexity-and-nvidia-launch-fully-local-ai-agent-with-zero-token-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Is Hitting Entry-Level Jobs Hardest, Stanford Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning of a coming jobs apocalypse driven by ultra-intelligent AI systems that will be able to replicate most human tasks more cheaply. Now, newly updated research from Stanford University economists suggests AI seems to be causing significant entry ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/1756243/ai-is-hitting-entry-level-jobs-hardest-stanford-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Waymo Is Expanding to Germany**
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Munich by the end of 2027, marking the Google-owned company's first expansion into the European Union. "It already operates in 11 cities in the United States and has applied for a license in the United Kingdom to launch its robotaxis in London this year," notes Reuters. From the report: The Google subsidiary will start rolling out vehicles in the German city this year, w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/168248/waymo-is-expanding-to-germany?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips**
Apple has unveiled a new Mac mini with either its new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year. It adds faster CPU, GPU, storage, and AI performance along with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and 2.5Gb Ethernet as standard. There's also a new higher starting price of $899, which is up from the previous $799 base price and far above the $599 starting price of th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/1553245/apple-announces-new-mac-mini-with-m6-and-m5-pro-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Motorola's 2027 Flagships Will Officially Support GrapheneOS**
Motorola is working with GrapheneOS to officially support the privacy-focused Android alternative on its 2027 flagship phones, starting with a non-folding model and later expanding to the next Razr Fold and Razr Ultra. "These will ship with Motorola's normal Android skin, but you will be able to switch to GrapheneOS later if you want to," notes GSMArena.c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/0617230/motorolas-2027-flagships-will-officially-support-grapheneos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Windows Backdoor 'Sleepwalker' Hides in Memory Until Activated by a 'Magic Packet'**
"The Register has a story about a Windows backdoor that waits silently in memory for a 'magic packet' before springing into action," writes Slashdot reader fred133. "No outgoing traffic, just waiting..." From the report: Like a sleeper cell awaiting activation, a never-before-seen Windows backdoor dubbed Sleepwalker w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/062246/windows-backdoor-sleepwalker-hides-in-memory-until-activated-by-a-magic-packet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AliExpress Leverages User Audio Systems For Fingerprinting**
A developer says AliExpress is using the browser's WebAudio API to help fingerprint users by playing inaudible audio and measuring tiny differences in how their devices process it. CyberNews reports: The developer, "laserphile," wrote on their blog that they recently ran into some weird issues with their Bluetooth headphones. They couldn't play music via thei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/25/0548233/aliexpress-leverages-user-audio-systems-for-fingerprinting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-25T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**World's Oceans Hit Highest Temperature On Record As El Nino Grows**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Nino weather phenomenon. The average surface temperature of the planet's seas outside the polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/2245233/worlds-oceans-hit-highest-temperature-on-record-as-el-nino-grows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices By 60%, Blaming Memory Shortage**
Amazon has raised the prices of its hardware devices by as much as 60%, blaming "significant increases in memory and storage component costs." TechCrunch reports: The price explosion impacted Fire TVs, Echos, Kindles, and Eeros. One egregious example that's been cited is that of the Echo Dot, one of Amazon's cheapest smart speakers, the price of which jumpe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/228251/amazon-hikes-hardware-prices-by-60-blaming-memory-shortage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SEC Investigating Near-Implosion of AI Hedge Fund**
The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, sending subpoenas to major Wall Street banks for details about the fund's trades, borrowing, and communications with lenders. The fund, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, managed over $30 billion and borrowed tens of billions more before leveraged bets unraveled, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/2155211/sec-investigating-near-implosion-of-ai-hedge-fund?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Admin Moves to Impose More Than $100K Fee For H-1B Worker Visas**
The Trump administration is proposing to make permanent a $103,265 fee on certain new H-1B visas, dramatically increasing costs for employers that rely on highly skilled foreign workers in tech, education, and research. "A federal judge in June ruled that the fee was illegal and blocked the Trump administration from collecting it," repor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/2023203/trump-admin-moves-to-impose-more-than-100k-fee-for-h-1b-worker-visas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Raspberry Pi Shares Its Official Tutorial For Making a Cyberdeck**
Raspberry Pi has published an official guide for building a cyberdeck, leaning into a viral trend of homemade portable computers built from repurposed cases, purses, and other oddball hardware. The guide uses a Raspberry Pi 5, keyboard, battery, and Pelican-style case. The Verge reports: Raspberry Pi's head of social, Ashley Whittaker, acknow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/1853204/raspberry-pi-shares-its-official-tutorial-for-making-a-cyberdeck?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia Senior Manager Linked To Supermicro Scheme Smuggling AI Servers To China**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Taiwan has indicted nine people -- reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country -- who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls. O ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/1844211/nvidia-senior-manager-linked-to-supermicro-scheme-smuggling-ai-servers-to-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China Delays Ambitious Chang'e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027**
China has delayed its ambitious Chang'e 7 lunar mission until at least 2027 after scrubbing an August 24 launch. Poor weather conditions were likely a factor, with China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) saying the decision reflects the need for "absolute safety." Scientific American reports: China and the U.S. are in a race to send humans back to the moon, a fea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/1736239/china-delays-ambitious-change-7-lunar-mission-until-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FDA Approves First Alzheimer's Blood Test For Americans As Young As 40**
The FDA has cleared the first Alzheimer's blood test for symptomatic patients as young as 40. The test measures amyloid and tau biomarkers from a single blood draw and identified positive biomarkers with 97.6% accuracy in a validation study. New Atlas reports: PrecivityAD2 is a single blood test that quickly assesses the proteins am ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/1637252/fda-approves-first-alzheimers-blood-test-for-americans-as-young-as-40?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Humanoid Robots Run 100 Meters Faster Than Usain Bolt's Record Pace**
Two humanoid robots competing at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday ran the 100-meter dash faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world-record time. "\[T\]he Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot completed the 100-meter dash in 9.39 seconds during a preliminary heat," reports Engadget. "Developed by Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/089213/humanoid-robots-run-100-meters-faster-than-usain-bolts-record-pace?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dr. Dre Says He Uses AI To Produce Songs**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Dr. Dre, the pioneering rapper and seven-time Grammy-winning producer behind hit songs like Tupac's "California Love" and Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady," is very much pro using artificial intelligence tools to make music. In an interview with the New York Times, Dr. Dre and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine spoke about artificia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/081231/dr-dre-says-he-uses-ai-to-produce-songs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**After 50 Years, Physicists May Have Finally Found a Particle Made of Pure Force**
Gluons are the quantum 'Gorilla Glue' involved in binding quarks together, ScienceAlert reminds us. But for nearly 50 years, physicists have hunted for "glueballs", exotic particles predicted by this theory of the strong interaction — the only type of particle in nature composed entirely of force mediators:

Now, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/0055233/after-50-years-physicists-may-have-finally-found-a-particle-made-of-pure-force?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SCO Successor Xinuos Asks Court to Rehear Its Claims Against IBM/Red Hat Over Project Monterey**
The long legal battle over ownership of Linux "is closer than ever to ending," reports the Register, "after a panel of three judges ruled a claim against IBM and Red Hat isn't valid, and that time has expired for further action."

In 2021, an heir to SCO settled with IBM for $14.25 millio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/037241/sco-successor-xinuos-asks-court-to-rehear-its-claims-against-ibmred-hat-over-project-monterey?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With AI, Says Pew Research**
A Pew Research senior data scientist analyzed 500,000 English-language webpages from the past five years with an AI detection tool to estimate how many were likely written or edited by AI:

Of all the pages in this sample, 10% show significant signs of AI authorship... If we filter old webpages out of our samples and look at only the pages published ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/0359209/one-third-of-web-pages-are-now-written-with-ai-says-pew-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-24T02:31:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Could Mecha Comet's Linux PC-Phone Hybrid Be the Future of Linux Smartphones?**
3,346 backers pledged $1,198,844 on Kickstarter to build the (modular) handheld Linux computer, the Mecha Comet. It's slightly bigger and heavier than your smartphone, with a 4-inch AMOLED display and loaded up with things like microphones, speakers, a SIM tray, two USB ports and a mini HDMI port. There's three separate k ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/0228216/could-mecha-comets-linux-pc-phone-hybrid-be-the-future-of-linux-smartphones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T23:53:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Global Race To Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward**
It's "radically different from other quantum computers" reports Phys.org. The Helios system uses trapped ions — charged atoms suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields.

But it operates with 98 qubits — making it the largest trapped-ion quantum computer built so far.

Quantinuum, the company behind the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/2348249/the-global-race-to-make-a-practical-quantum-computer-just-took-a-big-leap-forward?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T21:59:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers' Content**
A class action filed this week accused Amazon's Twitch gaming service of using video streams to fuel its AI products without licensing or obtaining permission, reports Engadget:

Earlier this month, Twitch Support posted on X that it added an option to opt out of "having your channel content used to train generative AI content m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/2127238/twitch-and-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T20:59:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing 'ChatGPT For Teens'**
This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, reports CTV, "saying this version came with stronger protections around content related to mentions of suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats."
\[Tech analyst Carmi Levy says\] "What it's doing is it's using cues, it's sort ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/2058201/openai-faces-safety-scrutiny-after-introducing-chatgpt-for-teens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T18:53:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days**
"Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack," reports the Telegraph.

More details from the BBC:

The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/1849216/iran-linked-cyberattackers-shut-down-a-uk-power-plant-for-four-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T17:38:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor In Traffic Speed Cameras**
Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control-- but there was a surprise. Tom's Hardware cites this story from the Risky Bulletin Newsletter:

Unfortunately, the country's national security service, the NBU, has discovered that the cameras have multiple security issues. Firstly, they have SMS-activated Russian backdoors. Secondly, live camera f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/1735228/slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Stanford Economist Now Believes an AI Job Apocalypse Is Unlikely**
"There is still no sign of economy-wide job destruction," says economist Erik Brynjolfsson. Working with researchers at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Brynjolfsson has determined an AI "job apocalypse" is unlikely, reports the Washington Post, "even though it will likely impact entry-level jobs."

And Brynjolfsson "predicts that demand for experi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/211256/stanford-economist-now-believes-an-ai-job-apocalypse-is-unlikely?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**23 Years After SimCity 4's Release, 'Eternal Commuter' Bug Finally Fixed**
"It began life just a year after SimCity 4's 2003 launch," writes the blog PCGamesN. "Now, over 20 years later, it's still going strong with the arrival of Network Addon Mod update 50."

The SimCity 4 Network Addon Mod, or simply 'NAM' among the community, has long been a de facto recommendation to anyone looking to pick up the class ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0417243/23-years-after-simcity-4s-release-eternal-commuter-bug-finally-fixed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the blog It's FOSS:

Canonical has committed funding to a three-year PhD project focused on building a system that can automatically translate large C codebases into Rust. And they are not alone; UK Research and Innovation is matching their funding for the project, which is set to run through the Universi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0458226/canonical-is-funding-a-phd-to-automate-c-to-rust-translation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation**
Falling prices have made grid-scale storage batteries more attractive, reports Bloomberg. But after decades of stagnant investment, America's grids "are racing to make the upgrades needed to plug them in," with supplies straining for the necessary equipment.

Demand for batteries has skyrocketed as electricity use across the U.S. swells, driven by dat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0333203/supply-chain-issues-delaying-us-grid-batteries-installation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Debian is Voting on Whether to Allow AI-Assisted Contributions**
Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, reports the blog Linuxiac, with a ballot listing eight proposals and a "None of the above" option.

The first one is still the original proposal to ban LLM-assisted contributions by changing the Debian Social Contract. This would stop generative AI from being used for direct D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0539230/debian-is-voting-on-whether-to-allow-ai-assisted-contributions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T04:33:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Defamation Suit Demanding Elsevier Retract Paper Heads Closer To Trial**
Retraction Watch reports:

A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge.
Global Plasma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0113210/defamation-suit-demanding-elsevier-retract-paper-heads-closer-to-trial?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T02:29:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues On RGB Lighting Devices**
BleepingComputer reports:

Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting.

As Microsoft explained when it confirmed it's investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0046217/microsoft-blames-windows-gaming-issues-on-rgb-lighting-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-23T00:29:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Battery Fires At Recycling Centres Are Costing the UK £1bn a Year**
Wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are causing more than 10 fires a week at U.K. recycling centers, according to figures shared with the Guardian:

The Environment Services Association (ESA), the trade body for waste management companies, said its members had reported 1,518 fires in the year to March 2026. At ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0027208/battery-fires-at-recycling-centres-are-costing-the-uk-1bn-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T22:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Will AI Change the Field of Mathematics?**
"AI went from being very terrible to seemingly genuinely quite good at a professional level in a very short space of time..." says the Verge's AI reporter.

But AI systems "are still truly, truly terrible at some areas of math... even the days of the week."

If you look at academic math papers, a lot of the time you won't see numbers... So they're still terrible, but they're now also ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/2235244/how-will-ai-change-the-field-of-mathematics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Rush Rescue Mission for NASA's $500M Space Telescope Fails**
Remember that rush rescue mission for NASA's $500M space telescope? It failed, reports CNN, and the LINK satellite won't be able to boost the telescope's orbit. NASA says its decades-old Swift telescope will now continue losing altitude, until it reaches Earth's atmosphere later this year and burns up.

CNN reports:

Just weeks after LINK lifted off on July ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/1844225/rush-rescue-mission-for-nasas-500m-space-telescope-fails?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock is Secretly Building a Powerful New Prompt-Based AI Tool for Police**
Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired:

\[Flock\] has told the public for years that its technology "cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals." It has now built a system that does both, an artificial intelligence tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by their patterns of movement alone ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0526219/flock-is-secretly-building-a-powerful-new-prompt-based-ai-tool-for-police?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Low Emission Zone Led To Better Lung Size, Function Among London Children**
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian:

Children's lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found. Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city's ultra-low emission zone found a restora ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0537243/low-emission-zone-led-to-better-lung-size-function-among-london-children?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Moderna-Merck Vaccine Cuts Recurrence And Spread of Melanoma, Raises New Treatment Hope**
Reuters reports "a major success in a new field of cancer treatment this week, as Moderna and Merck announced a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine "reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial". The vaccine was tested with Merck's widely used immunotherapy drug Keytruda: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0346210/moderna-merck-vaccine-cuts-recurrence-and-spread-of-melanoma-raises-new-treatment-hope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is AI Really to Blame for High Unemployment Among Recent Graduates? What Economists Say**
47% of recent graduates say AI has already impacted hiring in their field, according to an April survey from ZipRecruiter.

"But is AI really the problem, or is it more complicated?" asks NPR. "Here's what economists have to say."

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the unemployment rate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0418223/is-ai-really-to-blame-for-high-unemployment-among-recent-graduates-what-economists-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Firefox Announces Free VPN and 'Startpage' Search Engine Rolling Out to Android, iOS - Plus GeForce NOW Support**
Firefox 154 "brings a number of usability improvements," writes PC World:

The free built-in VPN, introduced with Firefox 149, continues to offer a selection of virtual locations — temporarily extended to 28 countries until the end of August... The free VPN ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0220219/firefox-announces-free-vpn-and-startpage-search-engine-rolling-out-to-android-ios---plus-geforce-now-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New York Dethrones San Francisco Bay Area As Largest Tech Talent Market**
fjo3 shares a report from SFGATE: The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive amount of tech workers employed by some of the world's most valuable companies, from Apple to Nvidia. But for the first time, New York has eclipsed the Bay Area as the home of the largest "tech talent work ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/228222/new-york-dethrones-san-francisco-bay-area-as-largest-tech-talent-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Over 1 Million People Have Clicked LinkedIn's AI Slop Button**
According to a post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, "over a million people" have clicked on LinkedIn's new "Seems like AI slop" button, which launched after one analysis found 41% of the platform's longform posts were fully AI-generated. The Verge reports: In Thursday's post, Srinivasan said that users are overall "now experiencing 40% less vie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/224221/over-1-million-people-have-clicked-linkedins-ai-slop-button?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Off the Charts' El Nino Is Already the Strongest Since Records Began**
A rapidly developing El Nino is already reaching record-setting levels for this time of year and is expected to intensify further over the coming months. "The El Nino has blossomed. It is off the charts. Usual measures of El Nino have blown past prior record levels in the period with good data, even though maximum effects are still severa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/2216202/off-the-charts-el-nino-is-already-the-strongest-since-records-began?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-22T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China Joins Europe In Scrapping Windows For Linux**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: According to a Bloomberg report, attributed to China's Ministry of State Security, the country has ordered some government agencies to drop Windows 10 China Government Edition for Chinese-made Linux distributions. Why not Windows 11? Because China, like many other non-US governments, no longer trusts American companies with the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/2158246/china-joins-europe-in-scrapping-windows-for-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure**
Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, has imposed a six-month moratorium on "major electric utility infrastructure" in its latest attempt to delay a proposed $1.2 billion University of Michigan-Los Alamos data center that would support nuclear-weapons research. Township leaders, who have ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/2015213/township-fights-nuclear-weapons-data-center-by-passing-a-moratorium-on-electrical-infrastructure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Cuts Jobs In Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming Teams**
Apple is cutting more than 200 jobs as it shifts resources toward a rebuilt, AI-powered Siri and other future products. Roughly 100 positions are being eliminated from the Vision Pro organization, including much of its gaming team and some immersive-video staff. Another 100 cuts are hitting the Siri and software teams. Bloomberg reports: I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/207246/apple-cuts-jobs-in-siri-vision-pro-immersive-video-and-gaming-teams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**American Who Wiped His Phone With 'Duress' Password During Border Search Gets Felony Charges**
Federal prosecutors have charged activist Samuel Tunick with obstruction after he gave Customs and Border Protection officers a duress passcode that wiped his GrapheneOS-powered Pixel during a border search. "His prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charg ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/202201/american-who-wiped-his-phone-with-duress-password-during-border-search-gets-felony-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Boosted Homework Scores, Then Exam Scores Dropped**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Economist: Students and school children are increasingly using artificial intelligence. A survey last year by Chegg, an ed-tech firm, found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies. More recent polls put the figure at 94% in Britain and 93% in Germany. Such widespread adoption has fueled concerns about th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1951227/ai-boosted-homework-scores-then-exam-scores-dropped?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Man Dressed As Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council**
A man dressed as Darth Vader used a Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting in San Diego to mock the city's use of Flock surveillance cameras, sarcastically arguing that the technology would help the "emperor" track "rebel scum" and find Luke Skywalker. "This is what the emperor needs. This technology will hel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1840254/man-dressed-as-darth-vader-defends-flock-cameras-to-san-diego-city-council?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T18:25:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Micron Unveils $10 Billion AI Memory Research Lab In Boise**
Micron says it will spend $10 billion over the next decade on a new research lab in Boise focused on advanced memory technologies, computing systems, and future chip manufacturing. Here are some details, as reported by Reuters:
\- Micron Research Labs will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor ecosystem to pursue bre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1752224/micron-unveils-10-billion-ai-memory-research-lab-in-boise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T17:45:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linus Torvalds Endures A Debug Session From Hell, 'Enormously Helped' By AI**
Linus Torvalds says AI "enormously helped" him track down a stubborn Intel Xe graphics driver bug that took 24 debugging patches and 18 kernel boots to isolate. "I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1742239/linus-torvalds-endures-a-debug-session-from-hell-enormously-helped-by-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Walmart To Finally Start Accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay**
After years of refusing to adopt tap-to-pay technology in its stores, retail giant Walmart announced today that it is finally accepting payments via both Apple Pay and Google Pay. The rollout begins August 24 at select Walmart and Sam's Club locations and is expected to reach all stores by year-end. It will then expand to fuel stations by mid-2027. TechCru ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1525227/walmart-to-finally-start-accepting-apple-pay-and-google-pay?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Gives Publishers a 'Preferred Sources' Button to Fight AI-Driven Traffic Losses**
Google is giving publishers a new way to fight declining referral traffic from AI-powered search by letting them embed a "Preferred Sources" button that readers can use to favor their sites across Search, Discover, and Google News. "The idea is to make it easier for readers to find links from the sites th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/0113259/google-gives-publishers-a-preferred-sources-button-to-fight-ai-driven-traffic-losses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Gives Task Manager Another Task: Watching AI Workloads**
Microsoft is expanding Windows Task Manager to show per-process NPU and GPU neural-engine usage, giving users more visibility into which apps are consuming hardware for AI workloads. The Register reports: The Processes tab can show NPU use alongside CPU and GPU activity, while the Performance tab displays overall utilization. \[...\] Microsoft was ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/0136250/microsoft-gives-task-manager-another-task-watching-ai-workloads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China Is About to Launch Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Yet**
China's Chang'e 7 mission is set to launch for the moon's south pole, where it will attempt the first-ever landing directly at the pole and search the region's dark craters for water ice. "It's an amazing mission," says Norbert Schorghofer, a Hawaii-based senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. "There has never been a landed mission to fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/0121220/china-is-about-to-launch-its-most-ambitious-moon-mission-yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-21T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Are You Sure You Want a Car With a Giant Touch Screen?**
RAMageddon could soon push car prices higher as modern vehicles rely on ever more RAM and powerful centralized computers to run everything from infotainment to driver-assistance systems. Analysts cited by The Atlantic estimate the shortage could add a few percentage points to vehicle prices, which might not sound like much, but could potentially translate to around $ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/2030251/are-you-sure-you-want-a-car-with-a-giant-touch-screen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China's YouTube Rival Bilibili Is Going Global**
Bilibili, often described as China's answer to YouTube, is relaunching its international app and preparing an English-language site as part of a broader push into the U.S., Europe, Japan, and other markets. The company is courting Western creators like MrBest, hiring community and moderation staff globally, and building tools for brand partnerships. Semafor reports: The revamped inte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/208238/chinas-youtube-rival-bilibili-is-going-global?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Watching TikTok Videos and Instagram Reels Deactivates the Brain's Cognitive Control Network**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from RathBiotaClan: Millions of people finish short video after short video every day; a new brain-scan study shows that the very act of finishing a clip they like temporarily quiets the brain regions that normally help them stay focused and weigh longer-te ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/1928242/watching-tiktok-videos-and-instagram-reels-deactivates-the-brains-cognitive-control-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ukrainian Publishers Call For Support After Russian Attacks Destroy 10 Million Books**
Russian attacks on Ukrainian publishing infrastructure in July and August destroyed roughly 10 million books, which equates to about 30% of Ukraine's annual book output. The Ukrainian Book Institute is warning of a potential "collapse of the entire book ecosystem" and is calling for international financial a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/201221/ukrainian-publishers-call-for-support-after-russian-attacks-destroy-10-million-books?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Voters Aren't Waiting For November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers**
A growing backlash against AI data centers is spilling into local politics, with residents in more than a dozen communities pushing recall elections against officials who approved projects. "People are standing up and saying, 'Sorry, we don't want these data centers in our communities for a number of reasons,'" Senato ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/1951246/voters-arent-waiting-for-november-to-try-ousting-officials-over-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Does Using AI to Edit an Op-Ed on Students' Math Skills Undermine the Argument?**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a "severe" math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard, admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece. The Standard published a 2,000-word piece ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/1729258/does-using-ai-to-edit-an-op-ed-on-students-math-skills-undermine-the-argument?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**YouTube Offers Creators Millions of Dollars to Stay Off Netflix**
Bloomberg reports that YouTube is offering major creators millions of dollars to keep some content exclusive to its platform as Netflix increasingly signs YouTube-native talent to non-exclusive deals. YouTube has also warned that creators who simultaneously publish on Netflix could lose marketing support, event opportunities, and access to revenue ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/1715225/youtube-offers-creators-millions-of-dollars-to-stay-off-netflix?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T17:05:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces**
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, despite advertising its reverse-image search as "private and secure." A separate misconfiguration also exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information. Wired ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/20/173219/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FCC Abolishes Gigabit Speed Goal, Suggesting It Is Unfair To Slower Technologies**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared that current levels of broadband deployment in the US are acceptable. Though fiber networks have routinely offered such s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2141221/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-speed-goal-suggesting-it-is-unfair-to-slower-technologies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Japan to Require AI Firms to Disclose Training Data**
Japan is preparing a nonbinding "comply or explain" code that would urge generative AI companies, including foreign firms operating in Japan, to disclose what models they use, what training data they rely on, and how that data was collected. The proposal would also let rights holders ask whether specific webpages were included in training datasets. The Japan Times reports: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2322222/japan-to-require-ai-firms-to-disclose-training-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Study Challenges Common Assumptions About Screen Time For Kids**
bryanandaimee shares a report from ScienceDaily: A Finnish study has found an unexpected association between screen use and cognitive performance. Children who accumulated more screen time as they grew up tended to show better cognitive processing during adolescence. One of the researchers cautions against viewing screen time as entirely ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2231240/new-study-challenges-common-assumptions-about-screen-time-for-kids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Rescue Mission Is Called Off For NASA's Aging Swift Space Telescope**
NASA has called off a $30 million mission to rescue its aging Swift space telescope after Katalyst Space's Link spacecraft developed persistent control and positioning problems. The Associated Press reports: Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift and boost it to a higher orbit because of problems with controlling the spacecr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2213259/rescue-mission-is-called-off-for-nasas-aging-swift-space-telescope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-20T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Meta was infused with a culture in which employees obsessed over user numbers and consistently pushed safety to the side, according to Arturo Bejar, a former employee turned whistleblower, who testified today in the landmark child safety trial against the social media company. Only o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2329222/whistleblower-arturo-bejar-leads-testimony-in-landmark-trial-against-meta?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**PINE64 Halts Linux Device Production Amid DRAM and EMMC Shortages**
BrianFagioli writes: PINE64 has some very bad news for Linux hardware fans. PINE64 says it has no plans to produce additional Linux devices in the near future because of the ongoing DRAM and eMMC shortage. Future production will depend on component pricing after mid 2027, while existing PineNote and PineTab2 inventory could run out in rough ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2134209/pine64-halts-linux-device-production-amid-dram-and-emmc-shortages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Stripe Buys AI Startup OpenRouter For $7.5 Billion**
Stripe is acquiring AI model marketplace OpenRouter as it pushes beyond payments into the infrastructure behind AI applications. According to The New York Times, the deal is reportedly valued at about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders. Less than three months ago the company was valued at about $1.3 billion. CNBC reports: OpenRouter has become ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2128206/stripe-buys-ai-startup-openrouter-for-75-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon's Drones Will Soon Deliver to Nearly 500 US Cities and Towns**
Amazon says its Prime Air drone delivery service will expand sixfold to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, including metro areas around Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Boise. According to Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon, the service has already delivered "hundreds of thousands of packages to customer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1950233/amazons-drones-will-soon-deliver-to-nearly-500-us-cities-and-towns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Music Publisher Round Hill Files $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Suits Against Suno, Anthropic**
Independent music publisher Round Hill is suing Suno and Anthropic for allegedly using hundreds of copyrighted songs without permission to train their AI systems. The company says potential damages could exceed $1 billion, arguing there is "nothing fair" about building multibillion-doll ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1931220/music-publisher-round-hill-files-1-billion-copyright-infringement-suits-against-suno-anthropic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**CISA: Medusa Ransomware Hit Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Orgs**
CISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has breached more than 500 U.S. critical infrastructure organizations since 2021, up from more than 300 reported last year. The group has targeted healthcare, government, defense, manufacturing, IT and financial organizations, evolving into a ransomware-as-a-service operation that recruits initial-access b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1729241/cisa-medusa-ransomware-hit-over-500-critical-infrastructure-orgs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning**
Moderna and Merck say their personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine significantly reduced both cancer recurrence and spread in a late-stage trial. The treatment could reach patients as soon as next year if regulators approve it. Reuters reports: Moderna developed the vaccine with Merck and tested it together with immunotherapy drug Keytruda, a widel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1725205/moderna-merck-say-mrna-vaccine-prevents-melanoma-from-returning?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of X's feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement, found ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1623200/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T16:12:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Army Unit Offers 4-Day Pass to Play GTA VI As Reenlistment Incentive**
A U.S. Army battalion at Fort Stewart is offering soldiers a four-day pass timed to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI if they reenlist for at least two years. The program is limited to one unit for now, but it fits the Army's broader effort to appeal to gamers as a recruiting and retention pool. CBS News reports: Twenty soldiers at Fort ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1610230/army-unit-offers-4-day-pass-to-play-gta-vi-as-reenlistment-incentive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Chinese Robotics Giant Unitree Soars In Stock Market Debut**
Chinese robotics giant Unitree surged more than 600% in its Shanghai stock market debut, marking the first mainland Chinese listing by a humanoid robot maker and a major milestone for Beijing's robotics ambitions. The BBC reports: Unitree, officially known as Yushu Technology Co Ltd, was founded in 2016 and now plays a key role in Beijing's ambitions to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0559230/chinese-robotics-giant-unitree-soars-in-stock-market-debut?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults With Lower Cancer Risk**
A study of more than 64,000 people born around the end of Britain's postwar sugar rationing found that those exposed to less sugar during their first 1,000 days had lower rates of five cancers decades later, including roughly 69% lower liver cancer risk and 36% lower breast cancer risk. They also "showed signs of slower biolo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0534224/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer-risk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers**
alternative\_right shares a report from Phys.org: Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication systems. Recently, however, physicists have started to explore how their functionality could be boosted further by conveying information via entangled quantum particles -- potentially enabling instantaneous exc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0133228/physicists-entangle-quantum-memories-across-a-record-breaking-420-kilometers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-19T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Top Album Releases Linked To Rise In Fatal Crashes**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The release of a new album by Taylor Swift might be a cause for celebration among her fans, but such events have also been linked to a more sombre phenomenon: an increase in fatal car crashes. The team behind a new study say it sheds light on the impact of distracted driving. Writing in the journal Jama Network ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/2225215/top-album-releases-linked-to-rise-in-fatal-crashes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Cursor Launches 'Origin' Code Hosting Platform As GitHub Alternative**
Cursor has launched Origin, a GitHub-style code hosting platform built directly into its AI coding environment. The company is initially positioning Origin as a low-risk layer on top of GitHub, keeping GitHub as the "source of truth," but the launch landed just as a major GitHub outage highlighted growing concerns about reliability in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/2211249/cursor-launches-origin-code-hosting-platform-as-github-alternative?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Comcast Is Turning Millions of Its Routers Into Motion Detectors**
Comcast is activating Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of compatible Xfinity gateways, allowing the routers to detect movement by measuring disruptions in signals between the gateway and connected devices. The free feature, part of Xfinity Shield, can send activity alerts through the Xfinity app and offers Home, Away, and nighttime monitoring m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/2050203/comcast-is-turning-millions-of-its-routers-into-motion-detectors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses**
Disney and ABC are suing the FCC to block an early review of eight station licenses, arguing the Trump administration is using the agency's regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes. Reuters reports: In a lawsuit (PDF) filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Disney said the FCC was seeking to coerce and retaliate a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/2039239/disney-abc-sue-fcc-over-threats-to-broadcast-licenses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T20:03:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Memory Prices Climb 500% In 12 Months**
RAM prices have exploded over the past year, with some DDR5 kits approaching 500% year-over-year increases and a 128GB kit now selling for $3,399, which is more than 10 times its previous low. Tom's Hardware reports: Things improve as you step down the memory capacities and speed tiers, but not as much as we'd like. You're still looking at $392 for a memory kit that was just $72 last year. To rein ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/202210/memory-prices-climb-500-in-12-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone In the US**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Your iPhone, SamsungGalaxy, andGoogle Pixel have a 1-year warranty. Unless you cough up extra dough for an extended service plan, you'll pay a hefty fee if you damage the screen and need a replacement (around $329 for aniPhone 17done directly fromApple). But it doesn't have to be this way. What if you could order the part from the manufacture ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/1712245/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Buys All of Spirit Airlines' Data to Feed Its AI Models**
Google has agreed to pay $10 million for a massive trove of anonymized Spirit Airlines data following the carrier's shutdown, including internal communications, spreadsheets, booking and frequent-flyer records, transactions, and employee information. CNN reports: Did you ever fly on Spirit Airlines? Or work there? Or send an email to someone who worke ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/1652202/google-buys-all-of-spirit-airlines-data-to-feed-its-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Lowers App Store Fees In Europe to Settle Dispute With EU**
Apple is overhauling its EU App Store fees to settle its Digital Markets Act dispute, simplifying the fee structure and "\[resolving\] Apple's disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution." MacRumors reports: The initial acquisition fee and store services fee are being removed for apps distributed outside of t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/1659220/apple-lowers-app-store-fees-in-europe-to-settle-dispute-with-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft MVP Creates Site to Remind You of All the Brands Redmond Replaced**
Microsoft MVP Loryan Strant has created the Microsoft Rebrand Registry, cataloging 72 Microsoft products and the 158 names they've had over the years. His analysis finds that Microsoft product names survive an average of two years and eleven months. The site even predicts which products are most likely to get renamed next, " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/0827253/microsoft-mvp-creates-site-to-remind-you-of-all-the-brands-redmond-replaced?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**India Paves the Way For Charging Merchants a Fee On UPI Transactions**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: For most Indians, paying by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has become almost absurdly routine. Scan a QR code, tap a few buttons and the money moves instantly. There is no card machine, no cash, and -- most importantly -- for the user, no visible fee. That may be about to change. India h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/0812245/india-paves-the-way-for-charging-merchants-a-fee-on-upi-transactions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Sainsbury's Store Pauses Facial Recognition After False Shoplifting Claim**
Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Sainsbury's has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop. "I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless," Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal. The comedy promo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/0742229/sainsburys-store-pauses-facial-recognition-after-false-shoplifting-claim?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T07:33:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Solar Power and Batteries Have Been Keeping Europe's Grid Stable**
AleRunner writes: "Solar has been doing the 'heavy lifting' to help Europe meet its energy needs amid a string of blistering heatwaves," Euronews tells us. Meanwhile, as Europe's energy demands rise with the heat, jellyfish have been causing shutdowns and reduced power output at multiple reactors at French nuclear plants, as we already discuss ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/0728240/solar-power-and-batteries-have-been-keeping-europes-grid-stable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-18T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans For Needs Like Electricity and Rent**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Buy now, pay later" loans took off during the pandemic as a way for online shoppers to go on retail splurges without using a credit card. Now, lenders are offering the loans as a means for people to finance basic households needs. The lending apps Flex and Zip allow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/2254201/buy-now-pay-later-lenders-pitch-loans-for-needs-like-electricity-and-rent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Supreme Court today rejected Verizon's attempt to get a $47 million refund from the Federal Communications Commission. In a list of orders (PDF) issued by the court, Verizon's petition was denied without explanation. The denial apparently ends any possibility of Verizon asking a lowe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/223241/supreme-court-rejects-verizon-bid-for-47-million-refund-of-fcc-fine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Wallet Driver's License Feature to Launch in Four More US States**
Apple Wallet's driver's license and state ID feature is set to expand to North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia, bringing the total to 18 states plus Puerto Rico. The digital IDs can be used at participating TSA checkpoints and businesses without handing over or unlocking an iPhone, though users are still generally advised to ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/2157231/apple-wallet-drivers-license-feature-to-launch-in-four-more-us-states?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Judge Sets Framework For Nine PBS to Retrieve 70 Years of Archival TV Data**
District Court Judge Eric Elliff has ordered Iron Mountain to cooperate with Nine PBS in recovering roughly 50TB of archival material stored through now-defunct vendor OSS. "He found that the station is the rightful owner of the materials and entitled to recover them from OSS' storage systems," reports Current.org. Nine PB ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1919201/judge-sets-framework-for-nine-pbs-to-retrieve-70-years-of-archival-tv-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction**
Meta is heading to trial in a case brought by dozens of states accusing it of deliberately designing addictive features, misleading users about safety, and illegally collecting data from children under 13. Meta says the states are seeking penalties as high as $1.4 trillion, though the judge has already called that figure ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1912238/meta-faces-14-trillion-reckoning-in-latest-trial-over-social-media-addiction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Grid Operator PJM Proposes Forcing Data Center Off Grid During Emergencies**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. grid operator, proposed on Thursday a new framework that would force data centers to use back-up generators when electricity supply on the grid approaches dangerously low levels. The grid operator's proposal dovetails with Preside ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1842250/us-grid-operator-pjm-proposes-forcing-data-center-off-grid-during-emergencies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T18:33:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Announces Massive Data Center In Ohio With $105 Billion Nvidia Guarantee**
OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will eventually provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity and require at least 10 gigawatts of new power generation. According to OpenAI, Nvidia will be supplying the chips and guaranteeing up to $105 billion in lease and power obligations. From t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1831220/openai-announces-massive-data-center-in-ohio-with-105-billion-nvidia-guarantee?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tracking Rare Books Leads to an Amazon AI Training Facility**
alternative\_right shares a report from 404 Media: Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation, which hasn't been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquire ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1644216/tracking-rare-books-leads-to-an-amazon-ai-training-facility?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic CEO Says AI Backlash Is 'Fundamentally a Crisis of Trust'**
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the growing backlash against AI is less about executives sounding alarms and more about a broader "crisis of trust" in companies, governments, and the tech industry. TechCrunch reports: Amodei's comments came in response to investor Gavin Baker, who argued -- both on the All-In podcast and on X -- that Amodei's warn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1557213/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-backlash-is-fundamentally-a-crisis-of-trust?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Ditches Recall-Style Screenshot Surveillance For Friendly Keylogging**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: If you want to record whatever you do on a computer, send those records to OpenAI, use more ChatGPT tokens, and increase your vulnerability to prompt injection, then OpenAI has something for you. It's called Computer History, an opt-in way to record your computer interact ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/0454255/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**EFF's Position on Flock Camera Database Searches: 'Get a Warrant First' - and Police Use Should Be Restricted By Law**
Some take their criticism even further. Reacting to Flock's changes, an EFF statement calls it "Too little, too late," while calling it Flock's admission that their technology needs reforms. But...

To be clear, our position has long been that polic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/2051205/effs-position-on-flock-camera-database-searches-get-a-warrant-first---and-police-use-should-be-restricted-by-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T08:24:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon's New User Agreement Seeks To Curb Class-action Suits**
Amazon has "reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against the online retailer," reports Bloomberg, "inserting a legal buffer between itself and plaintiffs attorneys that it removed five years ago."
In an email sent to customers on Friday, the company said a new "arbitration agreement an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/0447233/amazons-new-user-agreement-seeks-to-curb-class-action-suits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T05:44:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Rosier Future for Linux Gamers? Epic Games Announces Linux Version of Its Storefront**
"Epic Games has confirmed that it is working on a Linux version of its storefront, potentially removing the need for third-party launchers on platforms such as Steam Deck," reports PC Guide:

The confirmation came during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Epic Games Store's community Discord server. When a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/0331227/a-rosier-future-for-linux-gamers-epic-games-announces-linux-version-of-its-storefront?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T03:04:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bipartisan 'Uprising' Against Flock Cameras: a Larger Fight Against Big Tech and Surveillance?**
Politico notes that over 20 local jurisdictions in America "either stopped using Flock cameras or began the process of doing so in July, according to a tracker maintained by DeFlock, an activist group that has been mapping the company. It's the highest amount in a single month since they began ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/217209/bipartisan-uprising-against-flock-cameras-a-larger-fight-against-big-tech-and-surveillance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T02:04:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Criticized For Adding Watermarks to Text that Claude Generates - or Processes**
This week Anthropic announced its Claude chatbot will watermark the text it generates, reports the blog Futurism. "It works by making subtle changes in the AI's word choices across the text it generates, which are supposed to be imperceptible to a human but, in aggregate, form a pattern that is detectable w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/022215/anthropic-criticized-for-adding-watermarks-to-text-that-claude-generates---or-processes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-17T00:03:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linux Kernel 7.2 Has Been Officially Released with Many New Features**
Linux Kernel 7.2 has just been officially released with a slew of new features, reports the blog 9to5Linux.

Highlights of Linux 7.2 "include cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/2349224/linux-kernel-72-has-been-officially-released-with-many-new-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T23:03:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China's Moon-landing Plans And Why the US Is So Worried**
"We are in a 21st century space race," U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has said. And this week CNN noted a competition that for decades loomed in the background of geopolitics "is now roaring to the forefront," with China "demonstrating rapid advances in space technology" while the U.S. is "ratcheting up rhetoric about a looming battle for control of the cosmos."

It's the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/231206/chinas-moon-landing-plans-and-why-the-us-is-so-worried?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T20:38:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock's 'Creepy Cameras' Remain Major Threat to Privacy Despite Small Recent Changes, Warns ACLU**
While Flock announced changes for its AI-powered traffic cameras, "Several of the proposed changes Flock is touting are merely retreads of previous ," complains the American Civil Liberties Union. "Flock's latest announcement still appears more focused on addressing a perceived PR proble ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/2035237/flocks-creepy-cameras-remain-major-threat-to-privacy-despite-small-recent-changes-warns-aclu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T18:42:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Could a Disc-Free PlayStation Actually Lower Game Prices?**
"As Sony soldiers ahead with their plans to end hard copies for new PlayStation games, players are fearing a future which will force them to pay more and own less," writes Kotaku.

What will prices do in a world with no physical copies to share or sell? One former Square Enix executive speculates this could actually drive down the price of games:

"Digital on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/1839224/could-a-disc-free-playstation-actually-lower-game-prices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bluesky's Active User Base Shrinks 52% Over 18 Months, But Its Protocol is Spreading**
An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:

According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky's mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. In addition, mobile daily active users continued to decline, falling 25.6% year ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0326249/blueskys-active-user-base-shrinks-52-over-18-months-but-its-protocol-is-spreading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Disneyland Announces Star Wars/Fortnite Collaboration, 'Avatar' Attraction, and a Newer Tomorrowland**
Saturday Disneyland announced a special Star Wars-themed collaboration with third-person shooter game Fortnite — including a slick new trailer for its Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit quest.
Visitors to Disneyland's Smuggler's Run attraction at Disney's theme parks in Orlando and in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0757205/disneyland-announces-star-warsfortnite-collaboration-avatar-attraction-and-a-newer-tomorrowland?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Researchers Use Ordinary WiFi Connections to Create Images of Nearby People and Their Surroundings**
Science Daily reports:

Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of people and recognize them within seconds. In tests involving 197 participants, the system identified individuals w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/057254/researchers-use-ordinary-wifi-connections-to-create-images-of-nearby-people-and-their-surroundings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Discovers AI Agents Given Conflicting Instructions Soon Tried to Sabotage Each Other**
When Anthropic instructed three agents to migrate a Python backend, but telling each agent to perform the migration in a different language, "We consistently saw a multiagent turf war," they wrote Thursday:

All of the models we tested quickly assumed that others were purposefully impeding th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0632252/anthropic-discovers-ai-agents-given-conflicting-instructions-soon-tried-to-sabotage-each-other?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SpaceX Launches Two Falcon 9 Rockets just 38 Minutes Apart**
An anonymous reader shares this report from Space.com:

On Saturday evening (Aug. 15), SpaceX set another mark, for the shortest time between orbital flights: It launched two Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart, besting its old mark — set on Aug. 31, 2024 with two Starlink missions — by 27 minutes.

The first liftoff, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Spac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0647207/spacex-launches-two-falcon-9-rockets-just-38-minutes-apart?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T04:45:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Copper's Surprising Melting Behavior Provides Insights for Future Fusion Power Plant Design**
Phys.org reports:
Future fusion power plants aim to recreate the heart of a star here on Earth to power our future energy needs. While the core fusion plasma will burn at hundreds of millions of degrees, the surrounding structural components must handle sudden, punishing heat loads that riva ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0227237/coppers-surprising-melting-behavior-provides-insights-for-future-fusion-power-plant-design?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-16T02:25:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**X Open Sources Its Ranking and Filtering Algorithms**
An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:

X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app's "For You" algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts have been impacted by any of its ranking systems, the social network said on Thursday. The company is making the source co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0223258/x-open-sources-its-ranking-and-filtering-algorithms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T23:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves**
Europe is facing its fifth round of dangerously high temperatures this summer, the New York Times reports. Now climate scientists wonder if global warming is doing more than raise temperatures...

The weather patterns that create heat domes aren't new, but today they arise on top of the warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. That makes it more likely that heat waves reach record ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/0544251/why-europe-keeps-being-pummeled-by-heat-waves?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T22:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Swarming Jellyfish Overran Three French Nuclear Power Reactors**
A "massive influx" of jellyfish forced Electricite de France SA to shut three units at its Gravelines nuclear power plant this week and reduce output at a fourth, reports Bloomberg. Just as summer temperatures surged, 3.2 gigawatts went offline — and the power utility was already facing cuts other nuclear sites as high temperatures reduce ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/2231253/how-swarming-jellyfish-overran-three-french-nuclear-power-reactors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T20:50:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Larry Ellison Dropped From World's 2nd-Richest To No. 8 In Just 2 Months**
Less than a year ago he was the #1 richest man in the world. 10 weeks ago he was #2. But yesterday Larry Ellison dropped to #8, Forbes reports, falling behind Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Ellison's net worth is now estimated at just $192.6 billion — after a $104 billion decline:

Shares of Oracle plunged roughly 54% betwe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/2047249/how-larry-ellison-dropped-from-worlds-2nd-richest-to-no-8-in-just-2-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Fails to Deliver a 4-Day Work Week - Especially at AI Companies**
"An engineering director at Google said four years ago that AI would deliver a four-day work week by 2025," remembers the BBC. And earlier this year OpenAI "formally urged companies to start testing out a four-day work week (with no change in pay), claiming that AI will soon be able to speed up so much human labour that the corporate world shoul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/079216/ai-fails-to-deliver-a-4-day-work-week---especially-at-ai-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**It's Not Just RAM: Windows Licenses Are Also Pushing Up PC Prices**
It's not just RAM prices that are going up, writes CNET. "Reports suggest the cost of Windows licenses for manufacturers is rising by up to 10%."

Several sites that closely follow Microsoft news, including Windows Central and Windows Latest, have published articles citing a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News that claims some PC manufac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/0635210/its-not-just-ram-windows-licenses-are-also-pushing-up-pc-prices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Europe's Record Heatwave Kills 25,000, Dries Rivers, Shuts Nuclear Plant, Exposes Submerged Warships**
"The European Union's Copernicus climate monitoring service confirmed Monday that June and July were the hottest on record in western Europe," .according to a report from the CBC. "The period saw an estimated 25,000 heat-related deaths."

CNN has before-and-after photos of Europe's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/067213/europes-record-heatwave-kills-25000-dries-rivers-shuts-nuclear-plant-exposes-submerged-warships?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Why Are Big Tech CEOs Writing Long Manifestos About AI?**
This week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word open letter titled "The Future is for Everyone".

But the BBC is more interested in why big tech executives keep writing manifestos about AI:

\[Zuckerberg's\] vision echoes what AI leaders have expressed in various forms: the product they are building is among the "most important technologies in history." Marc A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/0431256/why-are-big-tech-ceos-writing-long-manifestos-about-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Vulnerability Giving Attackers Full Control of Macs Is Under Active Exploitation**
joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. "The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse of this vulnerability has been observed on multiple syste ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2213230/vulnerability-giving-attackers-full-control-of-macs-is-under-active-exploitation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole 'Star'**
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope say they may have found a new class of object: a "black hole star," in which a black hole is wrapped in dense gas and radiates in ways that resemble an enormous star. The Guardian reports: The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2224234/astronomers-discover-a-new-kind-of-cosmic-object-a-black-hole-star?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party**
Meta has patented a smart-glasses system that could use facial recognition to identify people and automatically create personalized highlight reels of events such as dinner parties. The patent doesn't guarantee the feature will ship, but it offers a detail ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2112242/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-15T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Robots That Walk and Talk Are Coming To Car Factories**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: At a BMW factory in South Carolina, a human-shaped robot with a screen for a face recently stepped from a charging station toward a stack of green plastic boxes. It grasped an auto part from one of the boxes, pivoted, placed the part in a trolley, then pulled the trolley across the floor. The robot's slow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/215204/robots-that-walk-and-talk-are-coming-to-car-factories?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ex-Cambridge Professor At Center of Plagiarism Row Found Dead**
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who resigned last week amid allegations of plagiarism and questions about his academic record, has been found dead at age 41 in London. The BBC reports: Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, emergency services said. Metropolitan Police officers were ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2050245/ex-cambridge-professor-at-center-of-plagiarism-row-found-dead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock Announces Changes Amid Backlash Over Its License Plate Reader Network**
Flock Safety is tightening controls on its nationwide license plate reader network after mounting backlash over privacy and documented police misuse. By January 1, law enforcement customers will be required to use automated auditing, tie searches to specific case numbers, and accept a shorter seven-day default retention perio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2044246/flock-announces-changes-amid-backlash-over-its-license-plate-reader-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**France's Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban For Under-15s**
France's Constitutional Council has struck down a law that would have banned children under 15 from social media, ruling that it disproportionately restricted freedom of expression and lacked adequate privacy safeguards around age verification. President Emmanuel Macron has asked the government to rewrite the measure, with the goal of putting a revised version in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/2019223/frances-top-court-blocks-social-media-ban-for-under-15s?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**PBS Station Fears Losing 50TB of Data After Being Ghosted By Cloud Provider**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years. As reported this week by Current, a trade newspaper covering public broadcasting, S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/1747213/pbs-station-fears-losing-50tb-of-data-after-being-ghosted-by-cloud-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ukraine Finds Nvidia AI Chip In New Russian Missile**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Kyiv Post: Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has identified an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module inside Russia's new S-71 Monochrome air-launched cruise missile, potentially indicating the use of artificial intelligence technology in the weapon, the agency said Wednesday, Aug. 12. The finding was published in the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/1736254/ukraine-finds-nvidia-ai-chip-in-new-russian-missile?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Judge Orders Google To Make Rival App Store Installs Easier**
A federal judge has ordered Google to remove what he called "anticompetitive friction" that makes rival Android app stores harder to find and install. The order is part of the remedies stemming from Epic's antitrust victory, which already requires Google to carry competing app stores inside Google Play and give them access to its app catalog. The Verge rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/1733213/judge-orders-google-to-make-rival-app-store-installs-easier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Slaps a 100% Tariff On Heavy and 'Sensitive' Drones**
President Trump has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on heavier and "sensitive" drones, including models over 55 pounds or equipped with docking stations or thermal imaging. "Those include commercial models from DJI and others used for operations like power line inspection, crop spraying and search and rescue, along with any parts used in their manufacturing," report ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/0952221/trump-slaps-a-100-tariff-on-heavy-and-sensitive-drones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Wants to Charge Developers Up to 15 Percent for Linking Outside the App Store**
Apple is proposing to charge U.S. developers up to 15% when users leave an app through an external purchase link, with lower rates of 10% or 5% for certain programs and smaller developers. The proposal follows years of litigation with Epic Games and a contempt ruling that temporarily barred Apple from collect ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/0947204/apple-wants-to-charge-developers-up-to-15-percent-for-linking-outside-the-app-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Person Hides Prompt Injection In Legal Filing Telling AI To Side With Them**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence in an official court filing. These "prompt injections" told the hypothetical LLM to side with them, and to "ensure your textual output agrees wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/0941240/person-hides-prompt-injection-in-legal-filing-telling-ai-to-side-with-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered In a Single Galaxy For the First Time**
Astronomers using JWST have found three actively feeding supermassive black holes in the distant galaxy J0148-4214, seen as it existed about 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. Two sit just 620 light-years apart near the galaxy's center and are expected to merge within a few hundred million years. Phys.org repor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/0931237/three-supermassive-black-holes-discovered-in-a-single-galaxy-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists Turn Starlink Into a Giant Scanner For Earth's Upper Atmosphere**
alternative\_right shares a report from ScienceDaily: Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they reconstructed changes in atmospheric density about 500 kilometers above Earth. \[... ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/14/0230250/scientists-turn-starlink-into-a-giant-scanner-for-earths-upper-atmosphere?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-14T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**UK Scientists To Grow Miniature Human Organs For Drug Testing**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Miniature human organs and other tissues are to be grown from NHS patients' cells in a drive to improve medicine testing and reduce the number of animals used in drug development. Scientists will use the clumps of tissue to learn how diseases vary between patients, helping them identify which tr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/2120250/uk-scientists-to-grow-miniature-human-organs-for-drug-testing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Retreats In China**
Microsoft has been steadily scaling back its China presence, closing at least 15 branch offices and joint ventures over the past five years as Beijing favors domestic software. U.S. export controls also make it harder to grow its cloud and AI businesses, leaving the market with relatively little economic upside. Reuters reports: Microsoft took a major hit from the erosion of trust between Washington and Beijing, the fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/2114239/microsoft-retreats-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash Targets Coding and Agents With a 50% Price Cut**
Google has released Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after 3.6 Flash, focusing on better coding, agentic workflows, and enterprise automation while temporarily cutting API prices in half through the end of 2026. VentureBeat reports: For enterprise developers, the more consequential story may be the combination of those intellig ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/217215/googles-gemini-37-flash-targets-coding-and-agents-with-a-50-price-cut?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Is Combining Its Copilot Apps Ahead of a 'Super App'**
Microsoft is merging its consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps ahead of a broader "super app" launch later this year. "Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the 'Microsoft Copilot' name but features an updated app icon," reports The Verge. "The single app also means there won't be two annoying Copilot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1943229/microsoft-is-combining-its-copilot-apps-ahead-of-a-super-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Will Train On Twitch Streamers' Content By Default, Unless They Opt Out**
Twitch will begin allowing Amazon to use streamers' content to train generative AI models by default, requiring creators to manually opt out if they don't want their videos and audio included. The decision has drawn backlash from creators, with Twitch's own product chief acknowledging that an opt-in system would likely ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1853232/amazon-will-train-on-twitch-streamers-content-by-default-unless-they-opt-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Could Be Worth $2 Trillion When It Goes Public**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make the AI lab's debut the largest-ever initial public offering. Half a dozen of the company's backers told the FT that Anthropic's rapidly rising revenue wou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1846256/anthropic-could-be-worth-2-trillion-when-it-goes-public?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**World's Largest 106-Foot Electric Plane Takes Maiden Flight In New York**
Heart Aerospace's X1, billed as the world's largest battery-electric aircraft, completed a 27-minute maiden flight in New York using more than 1 MW of power and only about $5 worth of electricity. The 106-foot-wingspan demonstrator is a precursor to the company's 30-seat hybrid-electric ES-30 regional airliner, targeted for service i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1625200/worlds-largest-106-foot-electric-plane-takes-maiden-flight-in-new-york?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Turns to Publishers For Help With Siri AI**
Apple is reportedly negotiating multi-year deals with news publishers to give its redesigned Siri access to current news and other information, with payments potentially tied to how often publishers' content is used. The talks come as Apple prepares to launch its long-delayed Siri AI later this year, after partnering with Google to use distilled Gemini models. Engadget reports: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/1616254/apple-turns-to-publishers-for-help-with-siri-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to 'Curb Mental Health Crisis'**
"In order to salve the mental health of freshman students, the University of Michigan has implemented a Pass/No Credit system for new students to improve their mental health," writes Slashdot reader Ol Olsoc. "The process, called 'Grade Covering,' is aimed at helping with the mental health crisis that students face ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/0433248/university-of-michigan-drops-first-semester-grades-to-curb-mental-health-crisis?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**VA Launches Psilocybin Trial For Veterans With Treatment-Resistant Depression**
Longtime Slashdot reader sbinning shares a press release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of a new clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of psilocybin to treat major depression in Veterans, including those with concurrent PTSD. The new trial comes after a recent executive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/0426242/va-launches-psilocybin-trial-for-veterans-with-treatment-resistant-depression?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists Create Largest 2D Map of the Universe**
After 13 years of observations and data processing, astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever assembled, "offering a sweeping new view of nearly 4 billion celestial objects across roughly three-quarters of the sky," reports Space.com. From the report: The new map, created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Su ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/014211/scientists-create-largest-2d-map-of-the-universe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Social Media Spurred a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Two days before tens of thousands of migrants surged into Ceuta, one of Spain's enclaves on Morocco's northern coast, a newspaper there posted a video on TikTok and Instagram showing two young women walking in the city in wet suits, their hair still damp. The posts didn't say so e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/2052214/how-social-media-spurred-a-refugee-crisis-between-spain-and-morocco?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-13T01:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups**
The Trump administration today unveiled a new program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct cyber surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign transnational criminal organizations. A presidential memorandum signed August 12 directs the National Coordination Center to establish and manage t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/0052208/trump-administration-enlists-private-companies-to-hack-foreign-cybercrime-groups?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts**
Wired reports that consumer neurotechnology is rapidly moving from the lab into workplaces and homes, with companies including Apple, Meta, and Snap developing products that can monitor or interpret brain activity. Researchers warn that as these systems improve, neural data could become the next major privacy battleground. Some neuroscientists are already calling for a series of core rights, coi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/2031245/big-tech-wants-to-harvest-your-thoughts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Godmother of AI' Says Biggest AI Risk In Schools Is Students Losing the Desire to Learn**
Fei-Fei Li, aka The Godmother of AI, says the biggest AI risk in education may be students losing the motivation and agency to learn, rather than simply using the technology to cheat. She argues against banning AI outright, saying it can be valuable when used to support engaged students instead of rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/2021223/godmother-of-ai-says-biggest-ai-risk-in-schools-is-students-losing-the-desire-to-learn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Tries to Override New York Gambling Laws, Orders Kalshi to Keep Operating**
The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to keep operating in New York, claiming the state's lawsuit against the prediction market created a "market emergency." They said it acted "to ensure market stability" and "ordered the exchange to continue to operate in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Act's Core Principles." Ars Technica re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1949247/us-tries-to-override-new-york-gambling-laws-orders-kalshi-to-keep-operating?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China-Linked Hackers Used AI To Run First-Ever 'Autonomous' Cyberattack On Taiwan**
Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm Dream say suspected China-linked hackers used an open-source AI-agent system to conduct what may be the first observed end-to-end autonomous cyberattack against a government. According to the Financial Times (paywalled), the attack compromised at least 85 accounts and resulte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1544250/china-linked-hackers-used-ai-to-run-first-ever-autonomous-cyberattack-on-taiwan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**DEF CON Crowd Suspected In Fake-Hotspot Attack On Delta Flight**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement. The incident came one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded in Las Vegas, and was first described on social media acc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/064220/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Pixel Tag Is Google's Answer To the AirTag**
Google has unveiled the $29 Pixel Tag, its long-awaited AirTag rival that combines UWB with Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding for two forms of precision tracking. It launches November 11. The Verge reports: The Pixel Tag is a slim oblong device available in one grayish color -- Fog -- that weighs about 12g, or 0.4oz. Like the AirTag, it has no built-in hooks or clips for attaching to o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1525222/the-pixel-tag-is-googles-answer-to-the-airtag?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**German Advocacy Group Lodges Criminal Complaint Over Meta AI Glasses**
A German digital-rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Meta, Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica, and several retailers over Meta's AI smart glasses, arguing the devices can enable covert recording in violation of German privacy law. Prosecutors have begun a preliminary review, while Germany's network regulator says smart glasses ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1518258/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-meta-ai-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Unveils Pixel 11 Lineup**
At its Made by Google 2026 event today, Google unveiled a slew of new devices, headlined by the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. Here's a breakdown of the company's latest smartphones, provided by TechCrunch: Pixel 11: The standard Pixel 11 gets a redesigned camera bar that is thinner than the one on the previous generation. Google says the new camera bar is more than 40% thinner and now uses an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1536211/google-unveils-pixel-11-lineup?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers**
The FAA says its push to recruit video gamers as air traffic controllers has helped it hire more than 2,000 trainees, reaching 94% of its hiring goal. Another 2,000-plus candidates are in the pipeline. CBS News reports: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a recent social media post that the federal agency's recruitment campaign to recruit g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0542256/us-hires-over-2000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water**
alternative\_right shares a report from Phys.org: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil and aquatic environments in the lab. Details of their work are published in the journal npg Asia Materials. To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MX ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0547231/swarms-of-tiny-robots-remove-microplastics-from-soil-and-water?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter**
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would be made almost entirely of gluons, the elusive subatomic particles that carry the strong nuclear force. Now, using a particle collider in Beijing, researchers say they have effectively proved the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0551225/behold-the-glueball-a-strange-new-form-of-matter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2054244/contiguous-us-breaks-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-noaa-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows**
Cloudflare data suggests desktop Linux usage in North America has climbed to 6.4%, up from 4.1% a year earlier, with one post-holiday workday briefly spiking to 22%. ZDNet reports: \[B\]elieve it or not, on Monday, July 6, when people were back after the July 4 holiday, Linux usage jumped to a high of 22%. The users of these systems are ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2047228/linux-desktop-use-surged-to-22-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network**
Ian Clarke (aka ancient Slashdot reader Sanity), designer of the peer-to-peer communication platform Freenet, is back with an update on the project's progress following the launch of its P2P network in March. He writes: Earlier this year, Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a tal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2030205/freenet-creator-ian-clarke-shares-progress-on-its-new-decentralized-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time**
Gemini has become Google's fastest-growing product ever, reaching 1 billion monthly active users faster than any of the company's 13 other billion-user services. Ars Technica reports: Gemini has wormed its way into virtually every Google product and service, powering email organization in Gmail, document summary in Drive, and much more. Gemini is also core to Google's flagshi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2020246/google-gemini-hits-1-billion-users-in-record-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered a sobering new example on Tuesday, disclosing vulnerabilities in the video conferencing platform Zoom that could have ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1951224/a-zoom-screen-sharing-bug-let-anyone-take-over-other-devices-on-a-call?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations**
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly follow them. The company says the designation applies to whether an artist profile represents a real person, not ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1741252/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-exclude-their-music-from-recommendations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit**
Paramount CEO David Ellison is threatening to begin moving the studio out of California on October 1 if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to enter settlement talks over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The company would reportedly move its Los Angeles headquarters first and shift most studio jobs out of the state over five years, with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1733246/paramount-considers-leaving-california-amid-antitrust-suit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking Calls**
Starting today, unsolicited telemarking calls are banned in France unless consumers explicitly consent to them. Companies that violate the law can face fines of up to 375,000 euros per call, though existing customers can still be contacted with related offers. Le Monde reports: The government says the law is a response to years of consumer complaints. Authorities estimate that about three- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1657250/france-bans-unsolicited-telemarking-calls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show. The target of treating 80% of all known cases has already been met, and deaths from the virus have fallen by 36% in the last decade, just short of what is needed by 2030. Taking antiviral tablets for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0544250/england-set-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Zuckerberg's Superyacht Reportedly Declined To Help Stranded Boat**
Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from The Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer. The Silicon Valley billionaire's yacht, worth a reported $300 million, is said to have "repeatedly" declin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0521207/zuckerbergs-superyacht-reportedly-declined-to-help-stranded-boat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA**
Longtime Slashdot reader DF5JT writes: On July 26, I posted a single announcement in r/backgammon: GNU Backgammon for Android, GPLv3, the first standalone backgammon engine on F-Droid. Reddit's spam filter removed the post and permanently banned my 11-year, 30,000-karma account -- the result is publicly visible at reddit.com/user/OE1FEU. To t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0532213/reddit-bans-11-year-account-for-gpl-game-post-testing-the-eus-dsa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T08:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting**
alternative\_right shares a report from 404 Media: Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting the needs of businesses and local governments. Proof News found evidence ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0538200/the-roboguard-revolution-is-short-circuiting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T05:16:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer's**
An anonymous reader shares a report from The Conversation, written by Hatim Sharif, a civil and environmental engineer who has "spent more than two decades staring at maps" and spatial data. Sharif finds one connection especially fascinating: the link between spatial reasoning and why taxi drivers seem to have lower rates of Alzheimer's. From the report: Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0515205/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China**
A routine security assessment found that cameras aboard Royal Navy Kraken unmanned surface vessels were sending "heartbeat" signals to an IP address in China. "A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally," said a Ministry of Defense spokesperson. "Our ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2043251/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Data Breach At Shipping Giant Ceva Logistics Is Rippling Across Banks, Retailers, Steam Gamers, and Beyond**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Ceva Logistics, one of the world's largest shipping and logistics giants, has been hacked. Several companies that rely on Ceva for shipping their products to their customers say that their personal information w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2035248/a-data-breach-at-shipping-giant-ceva-logistics-is-rippling-across-banks-retailers-steam-gamers-and-beyond?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Valve Slowly Expands SteamOS Support On Non-Valve Hardware**
Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding "initial gamepad support" for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2027209/valve-slowly-expands-steamos-support-on-non-valve-hardware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T20:01:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**First Rival Android App Store Arrives In the US Play Store**
Aptoide has become the first third-party Android app store available directly through Google Play in the U.S. "The change is a direct result of Google's litigation with Epic, which saw a judge rule in 2024 that the Play Store would have to open up to third-party stores," notes The Verge. The change makes rival storefronts far easier to discover and install, potent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/200220/first-rival-android-app-store-arrives-in-the-us-play-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Wall Street Giants Partner With Nvidia On $500 Billion AI Financing Deal**
Nvidia is working with Wall Street heavyweights on a potential $500 billion financing package for AI infrastructure (source paywalled; alternative source). The consortium includes BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The Financial Times reports: The partnership underscores ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/1859242/wall-street-giants-partner-with-nvidia-on-500-billion-ai-financing-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta's 'Open' Muse Glimmer Model Can Run On a Single Computer**
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a slimmed-down open-weight AI model designed to run locally on a single GPU for agent tasks such as scheduling, file management, coding, and tool use. The release is based on Meta's closed Muse Spark 1.2 model and appears to be aimed at attracting developers who want capable AI agents without relying entirely on cloud-hosted ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/163237/metas-open-muse-glimmer-model-can-run-on-a-single-computer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Taiwan 'Throttles' Mobile Internet For First Time During Annual War Games**
Taiwan deliberately throttled mobile internet across the Taichung area during its annual Han Kuang war games, "simulating communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster," reports Reuters. The drill accompanied air-raid exercises and military rehearsals aimed at defending strategically important areas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/1557258/taiwan-throttles-mobile-internet-for-first-time-during-annual-war-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Assistant Hacks Gym Website In First Known Australian Autonomous Cyber Attack**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News & Headlines: Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was online and because his assistant was not a person -- it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0518257/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-in-first-known-australian-autonomous-cyber-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paramount Promises 30 Film-A-Year Contracts After WBD Acquisition**
Paramount is making commitments to major theater chains to release 30 films annually for three years if its Warner Bros. deal goes through. According to Deadline, the written commitment was sent to "at least one of the top two circuits" (specifically Regal but AMC may have also received a written commitment) and includes "an exclusive 4 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/058211/paramount-promises-30-film-a-year-contracts-after-wbd-acquisition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Toxic Underground Fires Are Spreading at California Landfills**
Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California's Chiquita Canyon Landfill, reports the Los Angeles Times. \[Alternate URL here.\] "Few imagined the calamity that would follow.

"Somehow the landfill's pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/2232249/toxic-underground-fires-are-spreading-at-california-landfills?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras?**
Futurism reports:

 404 Media revealed that a July 10 audit by the Los Angeles Police Department Office of the Inspector General caught the department's ALPR cameras generating 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months — each one ending with officers pulling over an innocent driver. Factoring in 337 alerts which "resulted in the recovery of stolen v ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/230247/how-accurate-are-flocks-ai-powered-license-reading-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines**
Microsoft's cloud storage app OneDrive got a new Photos app in the worst possible way, reports the blog Neowin . "The app is reportedly showing up even on Windows 11 Enterprise machines, despite apparently being a beta application aimed at consumer functionality."

One admin questioned why ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0229237/microsoft-responds-to-outcry-after-quietly-installing-beta-photos-app-on-enterprise-machines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T01:59:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta's Smart Glasses**
With nearly 70% of the market, "Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit," writes the Los Angeles Times. But after some users found ways to disable the light that warns people they're being filmed, "the high-tech specs have also turned into a liability, as some are calling the gadget 'pervert glasses...'"

Some people are using the glasses — which look like a pair ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0152228/privacy-backlash-explodes-against-metas-smart-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T00:59:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes**
Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend "unless something really bad
pops up," Torvalds said while announcing today's release candidate.

But there's something interesting about Linux 7.2-rc7, writes Phoronix. "By the time the Linux kernel typically hits a -rc7 release things have usually settled qui ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0014253/ai-reviews-bring-new-normal-to-linux-release-candidates-lots-of-bug-fixes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T23:15:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town**
A Massachusetts newspaper reports that officials from the town of Littleton (population: 10,141) "claim that five of Littletonâ(TM)s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company without informing the town..."

Littleton had temporarily disabled the cameras earlier this year, according to the article, but upon discovering the camer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0621205/flock-accused-of-reactivating-its-cameras-without-notifying-a-town?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T22:15:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack**
NBC Bay Area brings news from the small idyllic California town of Suisun City (population: 29,518). The city council "declared a state of emergency Saturday after a cyberattack that shut down computer systems including 911 public safety operations."

"Malicious software infected and compromised" the East Bay community's information technology systems b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/2144257/california-city-declares-state-of-emergency-after-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T21:15:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch**
XDA Developers reports:

On July 22, a Google DeepMind engineer, Vidy Thatte, shared a snippet of a browser he built that "treats every URL as a prompt and generates a site from scratch" on his X account. Just a few days later, he shared a TestFlight link to let iPhone users try it for themselves. The browser he launched is called Gem, and it's a browser ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/2048241/ai-powered-browser-just-generates-every-website-from-scratch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T20:15:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Ask Slashdot: Whare the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome?**
UI changes, lost productivity, untransferrable knowledge... Long-time Slashdot reader theodp notes the folly of switching to an unfamiliar new environment to be "more productive"...

Champions of the switch often insist workers will be able to hit the ground running and get the same or even more work done from the get-go in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://ask.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/1941202/ask-slashdot-whare-the-costs-of-switching-between-windows-macos-and-chrome?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T17:41:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Slashdot Reader Builds 'Spaced Linux', a New Devuan-Based, User-Friendly Desktop Distro**
"I've been a Linux IT administrator for 30 years now," says crhylove (Slashdot reader #205,956), in a new video on his YouTube channel. "I used to be a data center architect, at one point I was the IT director for 13 school districts... I just haven't been happy overall with all the other operating syste ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0226209/slashdot-reader-builds-spaced-linux-a-new-devuan-based-user-friendly-desktop-distro?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T16:41:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Announces It's Enhancing Security Controls, Pausing Some Work for New AI Model Astra**
OpenAI announced Friday it's pausing work on its Astra AI model because of security concerns. The Guardian reports:

The company had evaluated the agent, Astra, and found "significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity", which had moved to a "critical" threshold... OpenAI stated that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/1640211/openai-announces-its-enhancing-security-controls-pausing-some-work-for-new-ai-model-astra?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Brain Activity Reveals the Melodies That People Imagine**
Researchers believe they've found evidence that brain signals reveal the pitches of notes in imagined musical melodies, reports Medical Express:

Study participants were 10 epilepsy patients with electrodes on the surfaces of their brains for clinical monitoring. Participants quietly listened to the first bars of children's tunes, then imagined the melodies of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0050249/brain-activity-reveals-the-melodies-that-people-imagine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help From Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship**
The new GNOME Boxes app for accessing virtual systems has reached beta, announced This Week in GNOME. There's also been more work on the Sushi file previewer for Nautilus, and Papers 51 Beta can now add visual signatures to PDF documents.

But Phoronix noted one more announcement. "Germany's Sovereign Te ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0519238/gnome-receiving-additional-design-help-from-germanys-sovereign-tech-agency-fellowship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs**
Dozens of Flock cameras have been vandalized around Dallas Texas in the last six months, reports a local news station. In Utah, ABC News reports, a county sheriff's office even said Wednesday a Flock camera was even vandalized within days of its being installed. And in the Minnesota city of Winona, "Every Flock ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/059204/flock-camera-vandalism-continues-around-america-while-100-communities-reject-alprs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T09:52:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Quake Celebrates 30th Anniversary: New Official Episode With New Maps and Mechanics**
To celebrate Quake's 30th anniversary, Bethesda released "a brutal new episode" — a new campaign chapter titled Dawn of the Machine "delivering ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish realms that twist reality beyond recognition..."

Face deadly new twists on familiar foes, including the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0628245/quake-celebrates-30th-anniversary-new-official-episode-with-new-maps-and-mechanics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T07:52:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**RAMageddon? 2027 Memory Capacity Reportedly Sold Out**
IGN reports:

\[A\] new report suggests that all three memory manufacturers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — have collectively sold through their 2027 memory manufacturing capacity to, you guessed it, AI companies.

According to a report from Digitimes and spotted by TweakTown, all DRAM and HBM capacity has been sold through for 2027, with no further supply planne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0547220/ramageddon-2027-memory-capacity-reportedly-sold-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-09T03:52:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Should Still Be Forced To Shed Chrome, Advocacy Group Argues**
"Google should be required to divest the Chrome browser, and prohibited from paying Apple to distribute Google's search engine, the nonprofit advocacy group Public Knowledge argues in a new court filing," MediaPost reports, citing a friend-of-the-court brief filed Tuesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals:

The group adds that "independen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/0351205/google-should-still-be-forced-to-shed-chrome-advocacy-group-argues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T23:57:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Slashdot Reader Builds a Free Photo-Verification App for iPhones**
Long-time Slashdot reader BrianFagioli is announcing that he's released a new iPhone app that creates a cryptographic witness for photos without uploading the original image.

The app hashes the file, signs the hash using a dedicated identity stored in Apple Keychain, and publishes the witness to Nostr relays while keeping the photo inside the a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/2328239/slashdot-reader-builds-a-free-photo-verification-app-for-iphones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T21:57:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Orleans Will Use AI To Answer 911 Calls Instead of a Human**
"If you call 911 in New Orleans, you may hear the sound of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent answering your call instead of a human voice," reports the Shreveport Times:

The Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) is currently testing out the new tool designed to reduce the volume of calls human dispatchers must handle, which is over a thousand ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/2155204/new-orleans-will-use-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-a-human?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T20:43:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems**
In Georgia the Savannah Police Department "terminated four sworn officers and two civilian employees following an internal investigation into misuse of the department's Flock Safety License Plate Reader system," according to a local news report:

All six cases are also under independent criminal investig ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0453229/more-police-officers-fired-investigated-or-arrested-for-misusing-flock-camera-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T19:43:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**America's First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant Gets Its First Big Test**
"In a milestone for energy storage technology, Peak Energy has selected Sacramento, California, as the home of America's first manufacturing facility dedicated to grid-scale sodium-ion battery systems," according to the sustainability news site Intelligent Living.

The move "represents the first large-scale test of whethe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/1940232/americas-first-grid-scale-sodium-ion-battery-plant-gets-its-first-big-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T18:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paper Goods Company Is Investigating an Alternative to Trees**
The Dallas Business Journal reported Monday that the U.S. multinational paper goods company Kimberly-Clark announced "that its researchers identified and advanced patented technology transforming fibers from hesperaloe, a low-water-use plant with pointy leaves that thrives in the southwest region of the country, into material for paper towels." Discoverin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/065247/paper-goods-company-is-investigating-an-alternative-to-trees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle: Expect a Negative Cash Flow of $125 Billion Next Year**
The Washington Post shared surprising news this week about five top AI companies.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle "are spending so much on developing AI and delivering it to customers that they're expected to bleed cash in the coming year, according to a Washington Pos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/1727226/microsoft-google-amazon-meta-and-oracle-expect-a-negative-cash-flow-of-125-billion-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Prime Minister Leaves Door Open For Reviewing Policy of No Nuclear Weapons in Japan**
At a Hiroshima memorial ceremony, Japan's prime minister said the country "maintains" its three long-standing non-nuclear principles, reports UPI.

But the prime minister "stopped short of promising that the policy would remain unchanged, fueling speculation that her government could review a longstanding ban ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0217224/prime-minister-leaves-door-open-for-reviewing-policy-of-no-nuclear-weapons-in-japan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Before and After Views of SpaceX Rocket's Moon Crash**
A South Korean lunar orbiter has captured the first before-and-after images of the Moon's crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Associated Press reports: The Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage inadvertently plowed into the moon on Wednesday. Danuri made multiple passe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0410218/before-and-after-views-of-spacex-rockets-moon-crash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NASA Figured Out How To Keep Its 48-Year-Old Voyager 2 Probe Running For Yet Another Year**
NASA has squeezed at least another year of science out of Voyager 2 by cutting power to nonessential systems and switching to lower-power alternatives. Voyager 1 is expected to receive the same power-saving changes in the coming months. Space.com reports: Voyager 2 and its twin launched in 1977 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0415215/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Woman Pulled From Car at Gunpoint By Police After Mistaken Flock Alert - Twice**
The police surrounded her car Thursday, "drew their guns, and told her to come out with her hands up," reports a local news station. The police thought they were pulling over a murder suspect, but "It turns out it was a mistake by another department with the Flock license plate reader technology." The black woman says sh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/042259/woman-pulled-from-car-at-gunpoint-by-police-after-mistaken-flock-alert---twice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-08T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: German energy company RWE has said it will abandon its offshore wind projects in the U.S. after reaching a $1.2 billion payout deal with President Donald Trump's Department of the Interior (DoI). RWE said that it will now reinvest the sum into conventional gas projects, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/2157219/trump-administration-to-pay-german-firm-12-billion-to-halt-us-wind-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Virginia Governor To Intervene In Dominion-NextEra Merger**
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an opinion piece from the Washington Post, written by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger: NextEra Energy, a Florida-based utility company, has filed paperwork to buy Dominion Energy for about $67 billion, creating the largest regulated electric utility in the world. Virginia's State Corporation Commission is the regula ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/2142258/virginia-governor-to-intervene-in-dominion-nextera-merger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Water Utilities Group Partners With DEF CON Offshoot For Water Watch Center**
The National Rural Water Association has partnered with DEF CON Franklin to launch the Water Watch Center, which will provide threat intelligence and cybersecurity services to smaller U.S. water utilities serving fewer than 10,000 people. The initiative comes amid a growing wave of cyberattacks on water systems across multiple ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/2137206/water-utilities-group-partners-with-def-con-offshoot-for-water-watch-center?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Kalshi and Polymarket Bets On Clinical Trials Criticized As 'Ghastly'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Billions of dollars are traded every week on the lightly regulated prediction market sites, where users bet on everything from movie reviews to elections to conflicts in the Middle East. Clinical trials are just the latest area where the industry's rapid growth is raising ethical questions. Ka ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1843210/kalshi-and-polymarket-bets-on-clinical-trials-criticized-as-ghastly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Asimov Was Right' About Rules For Robots, Says Ex-US Cyber Director**
Former U.S. National Cyber Director Chris Inglis says the biggest AI risk isn't sentience but autonomy. "What I'm worried about is that they get to choose what and where they do something, and under what rules they do it," he said, citing recent cases of AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta escaping security sandboxes. He argues develope ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1829239/asimov-was-right-about-rules-for-robots-says-ex-us-cyber-director?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Framework Notifies 'All Customers' of a Data Breach Via Compromised Metabase BI Service**
"Framework has been sending out email notifications to customers alerting of a limited data breach in which customer information was accessed through a Metabase BI service zero-day exploit," writes Slashdot reader DuoDreamer. Data includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1757230/framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach-via-compromised-metabase-bi-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Suno Says It Will Start Watermarking Songs**
Suno says it will begin watermarking and fingerprinting AI-generated songs, tighten download policies to curb mass distribution, and explicitly prohibit deceptive audio and unauthorized voice or likeness cloning. The changes come as the company faces mounting copyright lawsuits, a recent adverse ruling in Germany, and scrutiny over a past data breach that revealed training-data so ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1710226/suno-says-it-will-start-watermarking-songs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T17:07:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**ByteDance Is Training a 10-Trillion-Parameter Model To Chase the Frontier**
ByteDance is reportedly training an AI model with roughly 10 trillion parameters as it tries to close the gap with leading frontier systems such as Anthropic's Mythos. The model is still in early pre-training, and its eventual performance will depend on more than scale alone, but the project underscores how aggressively Chinese firms ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/174223/bytedance-is-training-a-10-trillion-parameter-model-to-chase-the-frontier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Orders New 15% Tariff On Key Material For Solar Panels, Microchips**
President Trump has ordered a 15% tariff on imported products made with polysilicon, a key material for semiconductors and solar panels. The new tariff will take effect on December 4th. The Guardian reports: The executive order signed by the president on Thursday evening said: "The plan of action in this proclamation will, among othe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1524234/trump-orders-new-15-tariff-on-key-material-for-solar-panels-microchips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AMD Buys AI Chip Startup Taalas That Hardwires AI Models Into Its Silicon**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: On Thursday, AMD said it's entered into an agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup that makes chips for inference. Taalas' accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model, rather than being general purpose. In exchange for that loss of flexibility, T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/016216/amd-buys-ai-chip-startup-taalas-that-hardwires-ai-models-into-its-silicon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice**
A new study argues that life may have emerged twice on Earth. "Two of the main lineages of life -- bacteria and archaea -- may have independently figured out the secrets of metabolism that upgraded them from non-living to living," reports ScienceAlert, citing a new study that "focused on the most rudimentary set of chemical reactions thought to enable this transformation." F ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/0059221/radical-study-suggests-life-on-earth-arose-twice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Dress Made of Living Mycelium Can Renew and Repair Itself**
Researchers in China have developed a living mycelium textile that can self-clean, renew its surface, and partially repair holes when treated with a nutrient solution and fresh fungus. The material can also gain added properties such as blue pigmentation or UV resistance by co-culturing it with yeast or other fungi. Dezeen reports: The breakthrough from the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/2210253/dress-made-of-living-mycelium-can-renew-and-repair-itself?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Scientists Make First Viruses Designed By AI**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Scientists have made the first viruses designed by artificial intelligence in a milestone that raises hopes for new medicines but also concerns over how to ensure the technology remains safe. The viruses are specific kinds known as bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria and are used around the world to treat patients with pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1824255/scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-07T01:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Court Orders Meta To Establish $567 Million Fund To Abate Harms To Youth**
A New Mexico court ordered (PDF) Meta to create a $567 million fund to address harms linked to youth mental health and child sexual exploitation after finding its platforms constituted a public nuisance. "In sum, the Court finds that New Mexico is in the midst of a teen mental health crisis affecting public health and public safety ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/0053247/court-orders-meta-to-establish-567-million-fund-to-abate-harms-to-youth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's $15 Billion India Data Center Project Battles Water, Wildlife Concerns**
Google's $15 billion data-center project in Visakhapatnam is facing protests and legal challenges over fears that it will worsen local water shortages and disturb wildlife near the Kambalakonda sanctuary. Google says the campus will use advanced air cooling and comply with Indian law, while state officials deny that resi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/223250/googles-15-billion-india-data-center-project-battles-water-wildlife-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Tower Dump' Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional**
alternative\_right shares a report from The Hill: A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday that "tower dump" warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government's request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A "tower dump" involves cellphone companies providing law enforcement with access to the tim ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/2147247/tower-dump-warrants-ruled-unconstitutional?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Azure CTO Pastes Doom Into Paint One Frame At a Time**
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich used Claude to build a gloriously impractical setup that runs Doom in the background and pastes each rendered frame into Microsoft Paint through the Windows clipboard. The project is referred to as "DoomPaint" or "MS Paint Doom" on GitHub. The Register reports: To be clear, Microsoft Paint isn't doing anything other than serving as a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1840242/azure-cto-pastes-doom-into-paint-one-frame-at-a-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Models Shared Hacking Tips On a Secret Messaging Board Before Hugging Face Breach**
OpenAI researchers say multiple AI agents secretly created an internal message board to share hacking techniques, eventually finding ways around restrictions, exploiting a zero-day, and helping two models breach Hugging Face without human prompting. "This is a pivotal moment both for our company a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1815207/openais-models-shared-hacking-tips-on-a-secret-messaging-board-before-hugging-face-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The US Government's Mario, Pokemon and Naruto Meme Posting Could Damage These Franchises, Japanese Officials Warn**
Japanese officials have repeatedly asked the Trump administration to stop using characters from franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and Naruto in unauthorized government memes and pro-war videos, warning that the posts could damage the intellectual proper ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/186237/the-us-governments-mario-pokemon-and-naruto-meme-posting-could-damage-these-franchises-japanese-officials-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FCC Kills TV Ownership Cap, Claiming Authority Over Limit Set By Congress**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 today to eliminate the National Television Ownership Rule, claiming authority to repeal a limit that was set by Congress over 20 years ago. The rule prohibits any single broadcast station owner from reaching more than 39 percent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1728210/fcc-kills-tv-ownership-cap-claiming-authority-over-limit-set-by-congress?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Times Magazine Now Serves Ads That Only AI Chatbots Can See**
Longtime Slashdot reader mccalli writes: Times Magazine has started serving adverts with "brand messages" to AI crawlers, which are not part of its main page. The aim seems to be to influence chatbots to talk about the brand offerings in a positive light that can't be traced back to the actual page. Notably, they've excluded Google chatbots from this, likely be ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1552249/times-magazine-now-serves-ads-that-only-ai-chatbots-can-see?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing**
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Meta is the latest major AI developer to admit that its models broke loose during cybersecurity testing and hacked external systems. The tech giant said in a statement to the media on Wednesday that the incident occurred during independent evaluations conducted by Israeli AI security startup Irregular. The test ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1547259/meta-ai-hacked-external-systems-during-cybersecurity-testing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Broadcaster Wins Broad US Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don't Exist Yet**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Mexican broadcaster TelevisaUnivision (TU) has obtained (PDF) one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions ever issued by a U.S. federal court. After initially targeting five pirate IPTV streaming operations, the case expanded to cover well over 50 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/0444235/broadcaster-wins-broad-us-blocking-injunction-covering-pirate-sites-that-dont-exist-yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FDA Approves First mRNA Flu Shot**
The FDA has approved the first mRNA flu vaccine in the United States after a clinical trial found it was about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. Manufactured by Moderna and marketed as mFlusiva, the vaccine is expected to be available this fall for adults ages 50 to 64 and those 65 and older, though approval for the older group is conditional on Moderna conducting an additional clinical trial, N ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/0424256/fda-approves-first-mrna-flu-shot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**BMW Blasts Its Cars' Internal Screens With Aggressive Ads**
Longtime Slashdot readers schwit1 and fjo3 shared a report about BMW displaying a Spider-Man promotion on connected vehicle screens in more than 70 markets. According to reports, drivers had to play or dismiss the ad before they could use the infotainment system. Futurism reports: BMW, showing that it was about as in-touch as its drivers are familiar with turn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/0414254/bmw-blasts-its-cars-internal-screens-with-aggressive-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-06T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Images of the Sun Show Its Surface In the Finest Detail Yet**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Scientists have captured images of the sun's surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade. It's dangerous to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. But researchers were able to peek at its scorching surface with the help of the National Sc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/2226251/new-images-of-the-sun-show-its-surface-in-the-finest-detail-yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Waymo CEO Explains Why Camera-Only Self-Driving Falls Short**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov laid out the clearest technical case yet for why cameras alone can't take a self-driving system to full autonomy, arguing that "weak sensing" hits a safety ceiling long before it reaches superhuman performance. \[...\] Dolgov made the comments in a talk at Y Combinato ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/229237/waymo-ceo-explains-why-camera-only-self-driving-falls-short?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic's AI Used Fake Identities, Malware In Rogue Attack On GitHub Project**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents -- the most serious case arising when Anthropic's Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code into an open source software application and created fake identitie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/2157224/anthropics-ai-used-fake-identities-malware-in-rogue-attack-on-github-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta Debuts First AI Coding Agent To Take On Anthropic and OpenAI**
Meta has launched Muse Code, its first AI coding agent that's positioned as a lower-cost rival to Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex. It offers pay-as-you-go pricing and an optional zero-data-retention feature for enterprise users. CNBC reports: Muse Code is the latest major release from AI chief Alexandr Wang, who leads Meta Superinte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/2013222/meta-debuts-first-ai-coding-agent-to-take-on-anthropic-and-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple's 'Private Relay' Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses**
Security researchers found that Apple's iCloud Private Relay can expose users' real IP addresses because some passkey-related requests bypass Safari and its proxy protections at the operating-system level. "In short: any website that supports, or pretends to support, passkeys can see the user's real IP address despite having iCloud Private Relay on," security ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/1918253/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-users-real-ip-addresses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Lawmaker Who Wants Data Center Pause Wins Kansas Democratic Primary**
Kansas Democrats nominated State Senator Cindy Holscher for governor after she defeated party-backed rival Ethan Corson. "The race became a test of what sort of candidate Democratic voters prefer in what is expected to be a challenging general election race: a more moderate candidate like Mr. Corson with endorsements from party leaders ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/1737252/lawmaker-who-wants-data-center-pause-wins-kansas-democratic-primary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside**
Google is reshuffling its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps away from day-to-day management of DeepMind to become chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes operational control. Meanwhile, longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean and several prominent researchers are leaving to launch their own company. Axios reports: Hassabis w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/1718218/google-overhauls-ai-leadership-as-deepmind-ceo-steps-aside?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Cloudflare Announces Open-Source Cloudflare OS As AI 'Operating System'**
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an Apache 2.0-licensed platform that lets organizations build AI agents, apps, and workflows using curated company data and tools within isolated, governed environments. Despite the name, it is not a traditional operating system but a framework for securely managing organizational AI workloads ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/164212/cloudflare-announces-open-source-cloudflare-os-as-ai-operating-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Days of Walking Into a T-Mobile Store May Be Numbered**
A leaked roadmap suggests T-Mobile plans to make its T-Life app the primary way customers manage their accounts by the end of 2026, "gradually moving one feature at a time into the app" and away from physical stores, reports Android Authority. That includes upgrades, new-line activations, and eventually new-account sign-ups. From the report: According to an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/0028248/the-days-of-walking-into-a-t-mobile-store-may-be-numbered?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Senators Demand Crackdown On Wildfire 'Prediction Markets'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several US senators have written a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), inquiring about the agency's "plans to crack down on prediction markets" that offer "contracts for individuals to bet on wildfires." "Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities' suffer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/0021220/senators-demand-crackdown-on-wildfire-prediction-markets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NVMe Polishes Its Specs, Brings Virtualization to Locally Attached SSDs**
The latest NVMe specifications add SSD-level virtualization that can simplify live VM migration by preserving storage identities across servers. The updates also introduce support for post-quantum cryptography, controller-based rate limiting, voltage monitoring, and factory-reset capabilities. The Register reports: Announced by t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/2326236/nvme-polishes-its-specs-brings-virtualization-to-locally-attached-ssds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T06:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Watch a SpaceX Rocket Crash Into the Moon**
A four-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage left drifting after a 2025 lunar mission is expected to crash into the Moon at about 5,400 mph, likely striking Einstein Crater. The impact should occur at approximately 2:35 a.m. ET (0635GMT). Reuters reports: Such stages typically fall back into Earth's atmosphere and burn up or plunge into the ocean after boosting the rocket's payload to a precise ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/2245236/watch-a-spacex-rocket-crash-into-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-05T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the "epicenter of AI development," Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid connections for data centers -- at least until developers provide ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/231207/texas-halts-data-center-connections-to-power-grid-amid-overwhelming-demand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**EA Is Now Officially Privately Owned**
Longtime Slashdot reader neoRUR shares a report from Game Developer: EA Sports FC and Battlefield publisher EA has been taken private by an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). The move means the U.S. juggernaut is no longer a publicly-traded entity and is now majority owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its PIF investment arm. Other investors incl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/228200/ea-is-now-officially-privately-owned?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop**
Apple has capped the number of open bug-bounty reports researchers can submit after being flooded with low-quality and sometimes entirely fabricated vulnerabilities generated by AI. MacRumors reports: The Financial Times learned of the limit after cybersecurity startup Bynario used ChatGPT to locate more than 50 macOS bugs in three weeks. Bynario found a privi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/2045214/apple-limits-bug-bounty-submissions-after-flood-of-ai-slop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable For $1.28 Billion**
Bending Spoons has made its first acquisition since going public last month at an $18 billion valuation, agreeing to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Airtable joins a growing portfolio of notable brands owned by the Italian app developer, including Evernote, WeTransfer, EventBrite, and Vimeo. TechCrunch reports: Founded in 2013, Airtable has so ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/2041222/bending-spoons-to-buy-airtable-for-128-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For'**
Microsoft is introducing AI token budgets for employees, making the cheaper GPT-5.6 its default internal model and telling engineers to focus on business results rather than maximizing AI usage. 404 Media reports: "As we accelerate our use of GitHub Copilot to deliver on our goals, we all need to be aware of how we consume tokens," J ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/1833219/microsoft-tells-engineers-tokenmaxxing-is-not-what-we-are-optimizing-for?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street**
Trump Media has officially launched its $100,000-per-month data feed giving trading firms machine-readable access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the public. According to Fortune, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, which "would generate about $500,000 in monthly revenue, or $6 million annually ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/1823242/trump-begins-selling-100000-monthly-subscription-service-to-wall-street?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Administration Drafting Ban On Chinese Data Center Devices**
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the U.S. telecom industry, is working on the measure to bar imports of new Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables at the speed of light within data centers. Officials hope to publish it this ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/1729250/trump-administration-drafting-ban-on-chinese-data-center-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T17:20:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Says More Ex-Employees May Have Taken Confidential Data to OpenAI**
Apple is now seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent OpenAI and Jony Ive's io startup from developing AI hardware allegedly based on stolen Apple trade secrets. "The iPhone maker also claims that more of its former employees may be involved with the trade secrets theft," reports TechCrunch. From the report: In a new filing, Apple ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/1719218/apple-says-more-ex-employees-may-have-taken-confidential-data-to-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Demand To Access Encrypted User Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers' highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous request. The US tech company launched the legal complaint last month at the Investigato ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0557231/apple-launches-legal-challenge-against-uk-demand-to-access-encrypted-user-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Sandisk and SK Hynix Publish First Open High Bandwidth Flash Standard**
BrianFagioli writes: Sandisk and SK hynix have published the first open technical specification for High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) through the Open Compute Project. HBF is designed to create a new memory tier between High Bandwidth Memory and traditional SSD storage, giving AI inference systems more near compute capacity without relying ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0511224/sandisk-and-sk-hynix-publish-first-open-high-bandwidth-flash-standard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group Hijacks Hotel Wi-Fi With CaptiveCrunch**
A Russia-linked group tracked as Midnight Blizzard has compromised hotel and conference Wi-Fi portals worldwide, redirecting guests to phishing pages and fake software updates that steal credentials, session tokens, and other sensitive data. Microsoft says the campaign, dubbed CaptiveCrunch, "targets traveling employees g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0523203/russia-linked-midnight-blizzard-group-hijacks-hotel-wi-fi-with-captivecrunch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Spain Offers $1.14 Billion To Get Thirty Meter Telescope Moved To Canary Islands**
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Behind the Black: In a new bid to get the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) to move from Hawaii, which has blocked its construction for more than a decade, the Spanish government has put together a $1.14 billion package that would not only pay for construction on th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0040200/spain-offers-114-billion-to-get-thirty-meter-telescope-moved-to-canary-islands?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-04T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Astra Solved Decades-Old Math Problems For $2,000**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Forbes: The cost of producing new results on ten longstanding mathematical problems just fell to $2,000, according to OpenAI, which says its Astra model generated machine-checkable proofs for questions that had resisted human progress for decades. OpenAI published the work on August 1 and used it to give its next majo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0054251/openais-astra-solved-decades-old-math-problems-for-2000?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T23:05:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**An AI-Supervised Remote Exam Went So Badly That 58,000 Students Must Retake It**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico's largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a "lockdown" browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/233245/an-ai-supervised-remote-exam-went-so-badly-that-58000-students-must-retake-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Schools Are Ditching Chromebooks For MacBooks By the Thousands**
Apple says its lower-cost MacBook Neo is beginning to displace Windows laptops and Chromebooks in K-12 schools, with several districts purchasing thousands of units. According to the company's latest earnings call, nearly half of the large MacBook Neo purchases made by U.S. educational institutions last quarter reportedly replaced competing platform ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/2115259/schools-are-ditching-chromebooks-for-macbooks-by-the-thousands?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Is Bringing Xbox 360 Games to PC**
Microsoft reportedly plans to let developers bring Xbox 360 games to PC and next-generation Xbox devices, with a gradual rollout expected between 2027 and 2028. A separate disc-to-digital program would also give players transferable digital licenses tied to their physical Xbox discs, preserving the ability to resell or trade them. The Verge reports: With 360 games, developers can opt into ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/1940240/microsoft-is-bringing-xbox-360-games-to-pc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft CEO Touts His Own DIY AI Project To Wall Street and His 20 Million Followers**
theodp writes: During Microsoft's 2026Q4 earnings call, CEO Microsoft Satya Nadella took time to tout a dashboard he personally created using AI from a Morgan Stanley analyst's PDF research report, which suggested a rosy payback for the so-called MAG7's ('Magnificent 7' companies) massive capital expenditure ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/1934211/microsoft-ceo-touts-his-own-diy-ai-project-to-wall-street-and-his-20-million-followers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T19:08:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple's iCloud File Sharing Left Ex-Employees With Access to Secret Documents**
Apple's practice of mixing employees' work files with personal iCloud accounts reportedly left some former staff with continued access to confidential documents, messages, and even new updates after leaving the company. "The former employees said many Apple files they had been shared on over their careers at the company - ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/195248/apples-icloud-file-sharing-left-ex-employees-with-access-to-secret-documents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Samsung Bans Smart TV Apps That Share Users' Internet Connections**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. Some of these apps claim to have been installed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/1637257/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**As Reddit Stock Falls, CEO Questions Value of Google's AI Overviews**
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticized Google's AI Overviews for summarizing publishers' content without delivering the traffic benefits of traditional search, arguing that users increasingly value Reddit's human perspectives and firsthand experiences. Ars Technica reports: First, there was a letter to investors (PDF), wherein Huffman spun his n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/1628248/as-reddit-stock-falls-ceo-questions-value-of-googles-ai-overviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**South Korea Records Its Highest Ever Temperature**
South Korea recorded its highest temperature since modern observations began in 1904, with the city of Yangsan reaching 42.5C as temperatures exceeded 40C for a fifth consecutive day. Authorities warned residents to "immediately stop all outdoor activities." The Guardian reports: More than 20 localities in South Korea were under emergency heatwave alerts on Sunday -- a new warn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/0721235/south-korea-records-its-highest-ever-temperature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Company Offering Printed Books To Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Following 404 Media's reporting that book database company ISBNdb claimed to source printed books to then sell to AI companies for AI training, the company deleted the part of its website offering the service and walked back claims that it would train AI models, and instead cal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/0714207/company-offering-printed-books-to-train-ai-stops-after-404-media-coverage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'AI's Decimation of Call Center Jobs Has Begun'**
"AI's decimation of call center jobs has begun," reports Bloomberg:

Companies including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Microsoft Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corp. are using automated chat and phone systems to handle work that previously required humans. In some cases, they've already wiped out sizable chunks of their customer service operations, together repres ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/031248/ais-decimation-of-call-center-jobs-has-begun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Massive Debian 13 Linux Kernel Security Update Patches 68 Vulnerabilities**
Slashdot reader prisoninmate shares this report from 9to5Linux:

Coming ten days after the previous Linux kernel security update, which only fixed 12 vulnerabilities that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks, the new Debian 13 Linux kernel security update is a massive one, and it patches n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/0219205/massive-debian-13-linux-kernel-security-update-patches-68-vulnerabilities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T05:05:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hollywood Fights AI In Public While Quietly Building It Into Movies**
Even as Hollywood performers protest and Hollywood studios sue "in their war on AI," reports the Los Angeles Times, "the entertainment industry is deepening its dependence on it."

Among hundreds of job postings in late June, more than one in 10 was likely connected to AI. The top studios' public postings suggest they have been rec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/0350223/hollywood-fights-ai-in-public-while-quietly-building-it-into-movies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T02:05:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool**
A woman found her police officer ex-boyfriend cop had used Flock's camera system 600 times to look up the location of her and her daughter, reports the Washington Post (Alternate URL here). (She found out through Have I Been Flocked, described as "a website that aggregates police search logs made avail ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/023205/rogue-police-officers-have-turned-flocks-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-stalking-tool?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-03T00:35:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GOG Officially Expands Linux Support With Native Galaxy Client In Development**
Long-time Slashdot reader pyroclast shared this report from Linux Journal:

After years of requests from the Linux gaming community, GOG has officially confirmed that it is developing native Linux support for the GOG Galaxy launcher. The announcement marks one of the biggest shifts in the company's history and signals a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/2019202/gog-officially-expands-linux-support-with-native-galaxy-client-in-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T23:35:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**IT Teams Report 11 Hour a Week on Cloud Connectivity Problems**
Researchers found enterprises are spending time troubleshooting cloud connectivity due to increased AI workloads, reports Computer Weekly. More than 400 IT and infrastructure decision-makers (US and UK) were surveyed for internet/cloud/AI exchange operator DE-CIX by market researchers Censuswide. But despite 96% of respondents claiming their enterprise n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/2331237/it-teams-report-11-hour-a-week-on-cloud-connectivity-problems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T22:09:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Spinning Drone Hides In Plain Sight**
To design invisible drones, researchers have tried camouflage, transparent materials and light-bending optical systems. But engineers at Northwestern University used "motion blur," which an announcement from the school notes is the effect that makes fast-spinning fans seem to disappear.

"The drone spins up to 25 times per second, which is too fast for the human eye to see clearly. While it isn't ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/220231/new-spinning-drone-hides-in-plain-sight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T21:09:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is There a Way to Promote Open Document Formats Instead of 'MS Office' Format?**
The Register looks at exactly why "It is practically impossible to move any non-trivial Word document out of MS Office to a non-MS suite and back again without it being more trouble than it's worth."

OOXML, developed by Microsoft and first standardized by Ecma in 2006, became the ISO/IEC 29500 standard in 2008 after a gru ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/217215/is-there-a-way-to-promote-open-document-formats-instead-of-ms-office-format?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T19:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July**
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026, reports Phoronix, "and they point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use."

Back in March Steam on Linux hit a record high of 5.33%, dropped to 4.52% in April, landed at 3.99% in May, and then in June was at 3.69%. The just-published numbers for July put Steam on Linux use at 4.01%, as an improvement over the prior two months but stil ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0635256/steam-on-linux-use-back-above-4-in-july?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Group of Teen Hikers Relied on Google Maps. It Was a Disaster.**
"When a group of teenagers set out to hike British Columbia's famed Howe Sound Crest Trail in early July, Google Maps suggested the trek would take about five hours," reports SFGate.

"Instead, the hike stretched deep into the night, leaving the group exhausted, dehydrated, injured and in need of a helicopter rescue..."

Although the approximately 18-m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0552202/group-of-teen-hikers-relied-on-google-maps-it-was-a-disaster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Does Eating Less Protein Produce Healthier Aging and Metabolism?**
"A major scientific review is challenging the idea that more protein is always better," reports ABC News:

The review, led by pathologist and biomedical researcher Dudley Lamming and published in the journal Cell Press Blue, examined more than 350 studies involving humans, mice, insects, yeast, and other organisms. The review found that eating l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/223236/does-eating-less-protein-produce-healthier-aging-and-metabolism?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere**
"Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could have an atmosphere," reports CNN, "making it potentially suitable for life."

Called LHS 1140b, the object is about five times the mass of our planet, or a "super-Earth." This planet orbits around its star in the "Goldilocks zone," ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0029242/in-a-first-super-earth-planet-shows-it-could-have-an-atmosphere?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T14:04:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America**
The blog Linuxiac reports:

Linux has crossed a major milestone in North America, with the open-source operating system now accounting for 10.65% of desktop usage in the region, according to Statcounter's latest figures for July 2026. The result places Linux firmly in double-digit territory for the first time in Statcounter's North American desktop operating s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0631208/linux-desktop-market-share-surpasses-10-in-north-america?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces?**
The Hill published the thoughts of Gleb Tsipursky, Ph.D., who serves as the CEO of the future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts:

A recent EnhancV survey of 1,000 full-time U.S. workers subject to new or stricter return-to-office policies found that 72% suspect these mandates are really a voluntary attrition strategy — a strategy b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0420214/are-return-to-office-mandates-killing-workers-trust-in-workplaces?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**As New York Finalizes New Social Media Rules, US Senate Considers Nationwide 'SCREEN' Act**
New York has finalized new rules that will govern social media apps in the state starting on January 25, 2027. The law prohibits social media platforms from sending notifications to minors between midnight and 6 a.m. without parental consent. And minors "will only be shown content from other accounts ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0552255/as-new-york-finalizes-new-social-media-rules-us-senate-considers-nationwide-screen-act?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T04:45:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**How 'Situational Awareness' Hedge Fund Dropped 67% in AI Stock Rout**
CNN tells the unfortunate tale of hedge fund Situational Awareness, "founded in 2024 by German-born Leopold Aschenbrenner when he was in his early 20s."

 Aschenbrenner, a former OpenAI employee, founded the hedge fund on the premise that "AI will be the dominant driver of global market returns over the next decade," according to the firm's site... ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0359246/how-situational-awareness-hedge-fund-dropped-67-in-ai-stock-rout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T01:48:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Recovery Seeds Reportedly Breached for Coldcard Hardware Bitcoin Wallets, $75M Taken**
"A hardware wallet is supposed to be the safest place to keep Bitcoin," writes The Street, since it never connects to the internet, its keys never leave the device, and "the whole point is that an attacker would need to physically hold it to steal anything."

The problem is that anyone who can reproduce the rec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0145226/recovery-seeds-reportedly-breached-for-coldcard-hardware-bitcoin-wallets-75m-taken?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-02T00:12:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is Big Tech's AI Gamble Starting to Look Riskier?**
The Washington Post looks at giant tech companies "feeding every available dollar into the cash-incinerating maw of AI machines." They warn "Tech superstars that once had oodles of cash left over at the end of each year are now flipping into the red..."

\[While optimists expect\] huge corporate profits and a society-wide boost to wealth and well-being...
questions about that AI vis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0340236/is-big-techs-ai-gamble-starting-to-look-riskier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T22:42:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**150-Game Discount Bundle Raises $57,000 for Videogame Workers 'Hardship Fund'**
"An itch.io game bundle put together by Necrosoft Games and The United Videogame Workers-CWA union is a new way gamers can show their support for developers who have been let go amidst the ongoing video game industry labor crisis," writes Kotaku.

Launched Thursday, it's already raised $57,859 from 3,984 contributors. (Aver ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/2240259/150-game-discount-bundle-raises-57000-for-videogame-workers-hardship-fund?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T21:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers a Field of Honeycomb Textures**
NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back images of honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. NASA reports:

The mission has spotted small patches of these geometric shapes several times before, but nothing at the scale discovered in Valle Grande. In a 360-degree panorama th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/2136251/nasas-curiosity-mars-rover-discovers-a-field-of-honeycomb-textures?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T20:15:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple's Stock Drops Nearly 10%. How Will It Respond to Memory Shortage?**
Apple's stock "fell just shy of 10% on Friday," reports Yahoo Finance, "after CEO Tim Cook warned about the impact of the global memory shortage on the company's business."

During Apple's third quarter earnings call, Cook said the company paid significantly more for memory in the quarter and expects that to further increase in the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/2011241/apples-stock-drops-nearly-10-how-will-it-respond-to-memory-shortage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hamburg Is Replacing a Bridge In One Huge Piece**
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: The northern German City of Hamburg is currently in the process of replacing one of its bridges in one single gigantic piece. The new replacement weighs 3700 metric tons and was carefully moved into place over a stretch of 500 meters, requiring extreme patience and precision maneuvering. Some places leave only 40 cm of room to neighbouri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0618234/hamburg-is-replacing-a-bridge-in-one-huge-piece?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New GitHub, PyPI Policies Hope to Boost Supply Chain Security**
"GitHub and the Python Package Index (PyPI) have introduced new policies meant to boost supply chain security," reports SecurityWeek, "by preventing the fast propagation of poisoned package versions and the poisoning of old and long-stable releases."

To prevent the fast delivery of malicious code through the immediate fetching of brand-new releas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0511237/new-github-pypi-policies-hope-to-boost-supply-chain-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Used EV Prices are Now Going Up in America**
Electric vehicles have historically been "notorious" for losing their resale value, reports CNBC. But this year prices for used EVs in the U.S. "are up 5.1% from January to June 2026, according to a Recurrent analysis published this month."

The trend continued into the second half of the year: Prices are up 7% year to date through mid-July, it said. Recurrent compared EVs according to the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/01/0710210/used-ev-prices-are-now-going-up-in-america?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Plans To Exempt Sanctioned Nations From Android Developer Verification**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We are a month away from the initial rollout of Google's Android developer verification system, and the company contends this policy does not impinge on the platform's open nature. Still, the restrictions will be a big change, and there are still some unanswered ques ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2315254/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer-verification?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Drones Offer Alternative to Balloons For Weather Research**
The U.S. company Meteomatics has created an automated weather-monitoring system that uses drones to collect atmospheric data at multiple altitudes before returning to recharge and upload their findings. The so-called Meteobase, which consists of a base station on the ground with a drone that can be launched and recovered automatically, "is highly weather resist ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/239224/drones-offer-alternative-to-balloons-for-weather-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Drifting SpaceX Rocket Heading For Accidental Collision With the Moon**
"Space.com and The Guardian are reporting that the Falcon 9 upper stage leftover from the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost-1 lander on Jan. 15, 2025 is due to impact the Moon on Aug. 5, 2026," writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From a report: Onboard the same flight was the Hakuto-R Mission 2, called Resilience, a robotic l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2253226/drifting-spacex-rocket-heading-for-accidental-collision-with-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-01T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI Finds Evidence Other AI Agents Escaped Containment**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The new breakouts were uncovered during th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2246237/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Major Labels Propose Rules to Keep AI Slop Off the Charts**
Major record labels including Universal, Sony, and Warner have proposed excluding AI-generated songs from official charts unless they are "substantially human made," properly labeled, legally produced, and free from manipulation concerns. The Verge reports: The proposal goes quite a bit further than a labeling proposal put forth by the RIAA, t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2038220/the-major-labels-propose-rules-to-keep-ai-slop-off-the-charts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Most Australian Teens Still On Social Media Three Months After Ban**
More than 81% of Australian children ages 10 to 15 were still using social media three months after the country's under-16 ban took effect, with roughly half saying platforms never checked their age. Reuters reports: In a study published on Friday, eSafety also found most children aged between 10 and 15 were using social media just as frequen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2024233/most-australian-teens-still-on-social-media-three-months-after-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Sony Heard Backlash Over Dropping PlayStation Discs, Plans to Press Ahead**
Sony says it will proceed with ending PlayStation disc sales in January 2028 despite petitions, boycott threats, and concerns about digital ownership and the disappearance of the secondhand market. PCMag reports: After Sony's recent earnings call, an investor Q&A session saw analysts ask about its controversial decision to end d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2016250/sony-heard-backlash-over-dropping-playstation-discs-plans-to-press-ahead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T20:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hackers Targeted Municipal Water Systems In 7 States This Week, FBI Says**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems have been reported in at least seven states this week, prompting the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to warn utilities nationwide that hackers are trying to disrupt critical water infrastructure. In a public service announce ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/209200/hackers-targeted-municipal-water-systems-in-7-states-this-week-fbi-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Google Earth AI Tool Could Fuel Misinformation, Experts Say**
Google has integrated its Nano Banana 2 image generator into Google Earth, allowing users to place AI-generated events and objects onto real satellite imagery. The company says its AI-generated images contain invisible watermarks detectable through Gemini or Lens, but the BBC found those safeguards and some third-party detection tools can be fooled ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1841253/new-google-earth-ai-tool-could-fuel-misinformation-experts-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Publishers Are Losing Google Traffic As AI Answers Replace Links**
alternative\_right shares a report from Axios: Google has basically stopped sending people to websites (including our site) for answers and information. Instead, it's using AI to answer them on its platform, in its words. Chartbeat data shared with Axios shows Google Search traffic to publishers fell 34% over the past year. That pain is regressiv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1639202/publishers-are-losing-google-traffic-as-ai-answers-replace-links?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New York Sues Kalshi For Running 'Illegal Gambling Operation'**
New York has sued prediction-market platform Kalshi, alleging it operates an "illegal gambling operation" without state authorization. "No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple," said New York Attorney General Letitia James in a press release announcing the lawsuit. "By ignoring our laws, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1628208/new-york-sues-kalshi-for-running-illegal-gambling-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Chrome Is Using AI To Fix Hundreds of Bugs, Eliminate Full Browser Restarts**
Google says AI-assisted workflows helped Chrome fix 1,072 security bugs across versions 149 and 150, more than the previous 23 releases combined. The company is also testing twice-weekly security updates and "dynamic patching," which could apply most fixes without requiring users to restart the entire browser. "By leveraging ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/0549203/chrome-is-using-ai-to-fix-hundreds-of-bugs-eliminate-full-browser-restarts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T13:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: LinkedIn, a social network awash with long AI-generated posts from executives and other corporate workers, has introduced a new button that users can click to flag if a post "seems like AI slop," according to 404 Media's own tests. If you have been anywhere near LinkedIn in the past couple of years, you have undoubtedly seen u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/0540241/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T09:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Netflix Sued For Losing 'Master Copy' of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie**
A production company and filmmaker are suing Netflix for $105 million, alleging the streamer lost a stolen drive containing an unencrypted master copy of the unreleased Nicolas Cage film Fortitude, which they claim damage its exclusivity and market value. Netflix denied responsibility for the lost film but said it takes content security ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/0530256/netflix-sued-for-losing-master-copy-of-unreleased-nicolas-cage-movie?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T05:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic Says Its AI Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations**
Anthropic found that Claude models breached three outside organizations during cybersecurity tests because misconfigured environments accidentally gave them access to the internet. The company notified those affected and urged other AI labs to audit their own testing systems. The BBC reports: Anthropic said in a statement that it reviewe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/0451235/anthropic-says-its-ai-systems-broke-into-computers-at-3-organizations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-31T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Flock Cameras Are Being Destroyed Across the US**
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: Surveillance cameras owned by Flock Safety have been cut down with electric saws in New York State, vandalized with paint in Oakland, California, and rammed with a truck in Idaho. Flock claims its services fight crime, but law enforcement agencies also use their services to track vehicles based on license plate numbers and reconstruct the thei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/2045213/flock-cameras-are-being-destroyed-across-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New MCP Specification Addresses the Main Barrier To Enterprise Adoption**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: This week, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open source standard for how AI systems interact with external tools and data sources, saw its largest update since its introduction. Most notably, MCP's protocol core is now stateless, so requests are no longer dependent on a session t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/2053239/new-mcp-specification-addresses-the-main-barrier-to-enterprise-adoption?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Fundamental Flaw Leaves LLMs Strikingly Vulnerable To Attack**
joshuark quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning, a top AI conference, this month. The claim has huge implications for the safety ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/2037233/a-fundamental-flaw-leaves-llms-strikingly-vulnerable-to-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft's $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest In Stock Market History**
Microsoft shares surged as much as 17% after reporting 43% growth in Azure revenue, putting the company on track to add a record $490 billion in market value in a single day. Bloomberg notes that it "would eclipse Nvidia's $440 billion addition, following President Donald Trump's announcement of a 90-day tariff pause last year, as the biggest ever. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/2027238/microsofts-450-billion-jump-is-biggest-in-stock-market-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**ABC Accuses FCC of 'Attempted Censorship'**
ABC accused FCC Chair Brendan Carr of "attempted censorship," arguing that an early review of its eight broadcast licenses is politically motivated retaliation over the network's coverage and could chill the entire media industry. "The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration's view of what news coverage should look like or pay th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/1933258/abc-accuses-fcc-of-attempted-censorship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon's Zoox Wins First US Approval For Paid Robotaxis Without Human Controls**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Amazon's Zoox unit has won U.S. approval for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday. Zoox said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/1823204/amazons-zoox-wins-first-us-approval-for-paid-robotaxis-without-human-controls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Catastrophic MoD Data Breach Caused By Lack of Training On Excel**
A UK parliamentary inquiry found that a catastrophic Ministry of Defense breach exposing 18,700 Afghans could have been prevented with basic Excel training, after an employee unknowingly shared a hidden worksheet containing their details. The Independent reports: The leak, in February 2022, exposed the details of 18,700 Afghans who said they were ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/1748239/catastrophic-mod-data-breach-caused-by-lack-of-training-on-excel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot**
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 combines vision, language, and action models to control multiple types of robots, including humanoids performing tasks such as organizing shelves, tying bags, and replacing lightbulbs. "It's another milestone in our path towards really getting towards what we call like physical AGI, which means we get a robot to do anything tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/1655219/googles-gemini-can-now-stomp-around-as-a-humanoid-robot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Brings Its Age-Assurance Tech To Android Developers Worldwide**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is expanding its answer to Apple's age-assurance tools with Wednesday's news that it will bring its Play Signal API to users worldwide by the end of 2026. The technology, already available in Brazil, allows Android developers to identify younger users of their apps in order ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/0027250/google-brings-its-age-assurance-tech-to-android-developers-worldwide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GCC Adopts Policy Rejecting Significant AI-Generated Code**
GCC has adopted a policy rejecting substantial code contributions generated by or derived from LLMs. "This covers not just code copied directly from tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or GitHub Copilot, but also any versions of the code later edited or rewritten by a human, provided that the final contribution is still based on material generated by the system," repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2217254/gcc-adopts-policy-rejecting-significant-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Comcast Store Punished Low Sales By Smashing Pies In Workers' Faces, Lawsuit Claims**
A former Comcast retail employee alleges that a Connecticut store manager tied the lowest-performing salesperson to a chair each month and had co-workers smash a cream pie into their face, recording the incidents as a sales-motivation tactic. The plaintiff says he resigned after reporting the alleged assaults an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/0031205/comcast-store-punished-low-sales-by-smashing-pies-in-workers-faces-lawsuit-claims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Qantas Plane Flies For More Than 24 Hours In Record-Breaking Flight**
Qantas completed a record-breaking 24-hour, 24-minute test flight from Melbourne to Toulouse on Tuesday. "The specially adapted A350-1000ULR airliner is due to debut with the Australian carrier's nonstop Sydney-London route from 2027," reports The Guardian. From the report: Tuesday's flight is thought to be the longest ever by a commercial ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/30/0022247/qantas-plane-flies-for-more-than-24-hours-in-record-breaking-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters By the Thousands**
An anonymous reader quotes a New York Times report on how AI companies are pouring money into training and recruiting electricians, carpenters, and other skilled tradespeople to build data centers: There is no parallel in American history for the boom underway in the construction of data centers, fueled by companies with functiona ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2213243/ai-companies-are-recruiting-electricians-and-carpenters-by-the-thousands?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-30T00:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Who Wins and Who Loses After US Bans Foreign Robots?**
The FCC's ban on Chinese-made robots extends well beyond humanoids to quadrupeds, research platforms, and many robot vacuums from allied countries. Supporters call it a major boost for domestic robotics, but critics warn that cutting researchers and startups off from affordable foreign hardware could slow U.S. innovation instead. Ars Technica's Jeremy Hsu examines wh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2152220/who-wins-and-who-loses-after-us-bans-foreign-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver To Windows**
Valve is funding Collabora's experimental effort to port the open-source RADV Vulkan driver from Linux to Windows. The team has already demonstrated Counter-Strike 2 running with RADV, but a stable interface or compatibility shim will be needed to handle undocumented driver changes. Phoronix reports: Louis-Francis Ratte-Boulianne put out a blog pos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2140215/valve-sponsors-work-bringing-open-source-radv-driver-to-windows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Shuts Down Its Nobel-Prize Winning AlphaFold Project**
Google has dismantled the original AlphaFold team, according to Financial Times (paywalled), reassigning many researchers to Gemini and Isomorphic Labs. Several other key members, including Nobel laureate John Jumper, left for Anthropic. Engadget reports: AlphaFold is an AI program that can accurately predict three-dimensional structures of proteins from t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2053245/google-shuts-down-its-nobel-prize-winning-alphafold-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Claude Opus 5 Became Downright Ruthless When Tasked With Running a Vending Machine**
For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has been evaluating how frontier AI models behave as long-running autonomous agents by assigning them simulated real-world tasks, such as operating a vending machine business for a year without human supervision. In the latest installment, the research startup fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/2047205/claude-opus-5-became-downright-ruthless-when-tasked-with-running-a-vending-machine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NextEra, Brookfield to Build $100 Billion Kentucky Data Campus**
NextEra and Brookfield plan to invest more than $100 billion to transform a former uranium-enrichment site in Kentucky into a data center campus with a generating plant. "The privately funded effort will include construction of 2 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power at or near the site in Paducah in western Kentucky, and as much as 2.6 gigawatts of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/1826214/nextera-brookfield-to-build-100-billion-kentucky-data-campus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**DoorDash Is Building Its Own Drone Delivery Business**
DoorDash has launched DoorDash Air, an in-house drone-delivery program that has just received FAA certification for commercial operations. "This does not mean DoorDash's custom-built drones will be delivering burritos tomorrow, or even next month," notes TechCrunch. "The company didn't provide a detailed timeline for when its aircraft would be used in operations." From the re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/181218/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Russia Charges Telegram Founder Durov With Facilitating Terrorism**
Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism, alleging the platform was used by Ukrainian intelligence "to prepare and co-ordinate acts of sabotage and terror" inside Russia. An international arrest warrant has been issued for Durov, who currently lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where Telegram keeps its main ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/1752235/russia-charges-telegram-founder-durov-with-facilitating-terrorism?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that breached Hugging Face's platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack. It's now clear that the unprecedented security incident, which arose during an internal test of OpenAI's latest AI models, was more extensive than the comp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/0517201/openais-rogue-ai-agent-hacked-more-than-just-hugging-face?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T13:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack**
jrnvk shares a report from KMSP: Minnesota IT Services reports that a "coordinated cyberattack" targeted technology at more than 30 community water systems between Sunday, July 26 and Monday, July 27. The state has activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities to respond to the attacks.

On Monday and Tuesday, FOX 9 reported on notices from fou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/057255/more-than-30-minnesota-water-systems-targeted-in-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T09:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Your Brain Can Rewire Itself To Allow True Multitasking**
alternative\_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: \[I\]n a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center in the U.S. have revealed that we can put certain tasks on autopilot in a way that enables something closer to true multitasking. Driving is the perfect example: When you take your tes ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/0455211/your-brain-can-rewire-itself-to-allow-true-multitasking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T05:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Administration Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots**
The Trump administration has banned newly authorized foreign-made humanoid and four-legged robots, along with power inverters, citing "unacceptable risks" to the country's national security. FCC chairman Brendan Carr said the agency was doing its part "to secure America's critical supply chains." The BBC reports: The FCC has added the items to its Covered List -- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/29/0441240/trump-administration-bans-new-chinese-humanoid-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-29T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A corporate fad of "tokenmaxxing" on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity. What started as tech industry-fueled springtime hype over squeezing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/2242250/workplaces-look-for-cheaper-ai-as-tokenmaxxing-fades-as-a-corporate-fad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Retires iPhone Upgrade Program For Klarna-Backed Leases**
Apple has replaced its iPhone Upgrade Program with Apple Upgrade, a Klarna-backed U.S. leasing service covering most iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. MacRumors reports: Apple Upgrade has lower base prices than the iPhone Upgrade Program, with iPhones available starting at $17.99 per month and the Apple Watch available starting at $11.99 per m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/2121200/apple-retires-iphone-upgrade-program-for-klarna-backed-leases?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI-Found Bugs Aren't Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype**
AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has yet to produce the expected surge in real-world attacks: VulnCheck found that only 14 of 1,061 attributed discoveries, or 1.3 percent, had been exploited, which is "almost identical to the rate across all vulnerabilities in VulnCheck's dataset," reports The Register. "That's a far cry from the narrative t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/212240/ai-found-bugs-arent-proving-any-easier-to-exploit-despite-the-hype?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019**
eBay and several former executives have agreed to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner, the newsletter writers targeted in a 2019 corporate harassment campaign that involved threats, surveillance attempts, and deliveries of live insects and other disturbing items. The settlement closes th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/2051229/ebay-reaches-56-million-settlement-with-e-commerce-newsletter-writers-it-terrorized-in-2019?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms**
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has "found flaws in a weakened version of a digital encryption standard that is in pervasive use throughout the internet," reports The New York Times. Researchers said the model discovered novel attacks against weakened versions of AES and the experimental post-quantum HAWK system, including one that wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/1911218/anthropic-ai-model-finds-flaws-in-tough-to-crack-encryption-algorithms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Judge Blocks First State Law That Would Have Banned Prediction Markets**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Minnesota, the first US state to prohibit prediction markets, was prevented from enforcing the law by a federal court ruling just days before the ban was scheduled to take effect. But while Minnesota was stopped from enforcing a total ban, the state may ultimately be allowed to pro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/1858208/judge-blocks-first-state-law-that-would-have-banned-prediction-markets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**DEF CON Bans Meta-Style 'Pervert Glasses'**
DEF CON has banned "Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities," with no exceptions being made even for those with prescription versions. "Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them," DEF CON said. The Register reports: \[The conference's official photo policy\] has not been updated since 2023, predating the recent growth of camera-equipped eyewear developed by Meta with EssilorL ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/171225/def-con-bans-meta-style-pervert-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search**
GrapheneOS is defending its duress-password feature after an environmental activist used it to wipe his Pixel phone during a U.S. Customs search and was later indicted for allegedly destroying property under government control. The nonprofit says the operating system is "completely legal," cannot recover the erased data, and should not b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/1652243/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Review Roundup: Framework Laptop 13 Pro**
The review embargo has lifted for the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and the consensus across the board is that it is a massive leap forward in terms of build quality and battery life. The main issue reviewers complained about is the sky-high price, with the higher-end model jumping dramatically from $2,100 up to $2,900 due to the memory shortage crisis. (Some note that the price "nearly double ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/0123243/review-roundup-framework-laptop-13-pro?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Tons of Peoples' Claude Chats and Creations Are Exposed On Google**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Claude is exposing a wealth of users' chats and creations in Google search results, meaning anyone can dig through conversations or other material that people used Claude to make but may not have realized were publicly available for strangers to see. The exposed data includes an AI-powered thera ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/0052221/tons-of-peoples-claude-chats-and-creations-are-exposed-on-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Arizona State Launches Influencer Degree Where Students Must Gain Real Followers**
Arizona State University has launched a 120-credit bachelor's degree in content creation that teaches video, podcasting, branding, analytics, media law, and social strategy. For their capstone, students are "expected to build a real social media account and demonstrate audience growth during the program," reports De ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/012244/arizona-state-launches-influencer-degree-where-students-must-gain-real-followers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Earth's Biggest Disasters Strike In a Hidden Pattern Every 27 Million Years**
A new analysis of 89 major geological events over the past 260 million years found evidence that mass extinctions, volcanic eruptions, ocean crises, and other upheavals may cluster around a roughly 27.5-million-year cycle. The cause remains unknown, with possibilities ranging from mantle activity and orbital changes to spe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/0047230/earths-biggest-disasters-strike-in-a-hidden-pattern-every-27-million-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-28T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Missing Underscore Sent Innocent Man To Prison For 18 Months**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually extended to Halifax, Canada, was based on a false premise. Police were looking for a man using the Kik me ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/28/0037231/a-missing-underscore-sent-innocent-man-to-prison-for-18-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Peacock to Be Included With YouTube Premium In Major Streaming Tie-Up**
YouTube Premium will include Peacock Premium at no extra charge beginning in early 2027. "The deal brings a slew of premium content to the \[$15.99 per month\] YouTube Premium subscription, including live sports like the NFL, NBA and MLB and entertainment like Law & Order, Saturday Night Live and Love Island," reports The Hollywood Repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1942254/peacock-to-be-included-with-youtube-premium-in-major-streaming-tie-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Trying to Launch a Global Satellite Cellphone Network In 2028**
Amazon has asked the FCC to approve a 5,105-satellite constellation launching in 2028 that would provide global direct-to-cell "voice, messaging, data, and emergency services," similar to Starlink's partnership with T-Mobile. The network would use Globalstar spectrum, support future Apple satellite services, and complement Amazon's existi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1936209/amazon-trying-to-launch-a-global-satellite-cellphone-network-in-2028?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia, Tech Giants Launch AI Safety Initiative**
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Nvidia and a large group of technology, cybersecurity, and enterprise software companies have launched new initiative aimed at developing and sharing open source tools, models, and techniques for securing AI systems and agents. The new Open Secure AI Alliance aims to give defenders more open tools for testing, auditing and protecting AI m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/195206/nvidia-tech-giants-launch-ai-safety-initiative?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Hackaday: Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other 'AI' tools will no longer be welcome. This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects. The ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1842211/codeberg-bans-cryptocurrency-and-llm-generated-code-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China Begins Mass Production of Homegrown DUV Chip Tools**
According to The Information (paywalled), a state-backed Shanghai company has begun mass-producing China's first homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, with about five units expected this year for SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT. Roughly 20 more units are expected in 2027. Tom's Hardware reports: The Information didn't name the manufacturer, but its sources ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1827257/china-begins-mass-production-of-homegrown-duv-chip-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T18:10:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**ChatGPT Starts Blocking Direct Requests To Copy an Author's Style**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: OpenAI's ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that draws on the "broad qualities" of those authors "while remaining distinct in its own voice," for example. This morning, A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/185249/chatgpt-starts-blocking-direct-requests-to-copy-an-authors-style?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts**
MacRumors interviewed AI critic Ed Zitron, author of the Where's Your Ed At newsletter and host of the Better Offline podcast, about what could happen to Apple if the costly AI infrastructure boom collapses. Zitron argued that Apple is relatively well insulated because it has spent far less on data centers than rivals such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He sai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1656234/apple-will-watch-everything-burn-when-ai-bubble-bursts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Big Tech Accused of Stonewalling European Social Media Researchers**
European misinformation researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta are obstructing access to platform data required under the EU's Digital Services Act through rejections, restrictive quotas, costly APIs, and burdensome security demands. Although regulators have fined X and pushed platforms to improve access, researchers remain skeptical that the ch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0540205/big-tech-accused-of-stonewalling-european-social-media-researchers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia In Talks With OpenAI To Guarantee $250 Billion Financing For Data Center**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The backstop from Nvidia would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project that SoftBank's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0517233/nvidia-in-talks-with-openai-to-guarantee-250-billion-financing-for-data-center?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'KVM Chainsaw' Expected to Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing with 'God Data Structure'**
An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix:

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm\_mmu "god data structure". Red Hat engineer and KVM maintainer Paolo Bonzini has merged the kvm-chainsaw br ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0246233/kvm-chainsaw-expected-to-hit-linux-73-for-dealing-with-god-data-structure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A New Middle Class of Content Creators Is Quietly Quitting the 9-to-5**
"The rise of TikTok, Instagram Reels and Amazon storefronts has created a new kind of white-collar exit strategy," reports Bloomberg. Workers ditch office jobs not to become celebrities, necessarily, "but to piece together an income online through brand deals, affiliate links and highly personal videos documenting everyday life."

 In m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0238219/a-new-middle-class-of-content-creators-is-quietly-quitting-the-9-to-5?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**2.1 Million People View Leaked 'Odyssey' Bootleg on X**
Variety reports:

"The Odyssey" leaks have begun, as a high-quality bootleg of the film reached millions of people on X thanks to a viral tweet on July 25. At 2:25 p.m. PT, a post on X reading "Someone uploaded 'The Odyssey' full movie on X. Can you believe it?" amplified a message from a now-suspended account. The message included a high-quality version of the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0124231/21-million-people-view-leaked-odyssey-bootleg-on-x?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-27T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**'Inside the Dystopian World of Germany's Free Speech Crackdown'**
Thousands of Germans have been threatened with fines or prison sentences for social media posts, reports The Telegraph, calling the country's political speech laws "unusually stringent for an EU member state."
One German had his home raided for calling a minister a "Schwachkopf \[dummy\]" while another was fined €2,000 (£1,700) for calling Friedrich Me ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/0037219/inside-the-dystopian-world-of-germanys-free-speech-crackdown?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T21:46:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**NASA Replaces ULA's Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research**
There's been a change to NASA's launch of six satellites for solar storms research. Space.com reports that those satellites "were originally slated to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket but have now been assigned a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, according to a NASA mission update."

\[NASA's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/2144224/nasa-replaces-ulas-vulcan-centaur-with-spacex-falcon-heavy-for-solar-storm-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T20:41:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Apple's Smart Glasses Delayed, As Engineers Consider Privacy Concerns**
Digital Trends reports:

Apple could unveil its first smart glasses at WWDC in June 2027, followed by a consumer release toward the end of the year, according to Bloomberg... Part of the delay reportedly stems from Apple's engineering and marketing teams spending more time refining the product and deciding how to address the privacy conc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/2022231/apples-smart-glasses-delayed-as-engineers-consider-privacy-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T19:41:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google's Anti-search-scraping Lawsuit Dismissed**
A U.S. district court "has dismissed Google's case against SerpApi over that company's scraping of search results to train AI models," reports Computerworld. Google had claimed that it was protecting copyright holders — and that SerpApi's actions breached America's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA):

\[Google\] made two claims: first, that no person shall circumvent a technol ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/1939229/googles-anti-search-scraping-lawsuit-dismissed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T18:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Wildfires, Evacuations, and Smoke Hit Europe and North America**
270,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, reports the Guardian. A wildfire even forced evacuations in Scotland.

And wildfires "have now scorched four million acres of land in the U.S.," reports NPR, as tens of millions of people in North America "are continuing to endure hazardous smoke from out of control wildfires burning a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/188255/wildfires-evacuations-and-smoke-hit-europe-and-north-america?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T17:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks Could Soon Start Spying On People in the US**
America's garbage trucks can do more than just collect trash, reports Newsweek. They may also help identify code violations using AI.

Officials in Cape Coral, Florida, recently considered equipping sanitation trucks with AI-powered cameras that would photograph properties as crews complete their normal collection routes. The system w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0536218/ai-equipped-garbage-trucks-could-soon-start-spying-on-people-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T16:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Is Huawei Building Its Own DRAM Fab?**
From the site tech-news site XDA Developers:

The consumer tech economy needs more DRAM manufacturers, and it needs them more urgently than perhaps at any point in its history. Anyone keeping track of the pricing trends will know that memory prices have climbed into the stratosphere on the back of AI infrastructure's relentless demand, and every consumer device that depends on RAM has traveled from ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0613242/is-huawei-building-its-own-dram-fab?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T15:39:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Three Astronauts Safely Return from Space Station, Landing in Kazakhstan Steppe**
"Welcome home!" NASA posted on X.com, sharing footage of a successful "parachute-assisted" landing on a Kazakhstan steppe for the Soyuz MS-28, carrying three astronauts who'd spent 241 days on the International Space Station. (And YouTube has a full two-hour video with NASA's coverage of the landing.)

A NASA web p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/1536241/three-astronauts-safely-return-from-space-station-landing-in-kazakhstan-steppe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Typo-Squatting Scammers Con South Carolina Town Out of $545K**
It started with some underground utility work for the South Carolina town of Surfside Beach (population: 4,155). "Public records confirm that a payment of $545,598.30 was issued," according to a local news station — but the CEO of Wildcat Contractors "stated that the account that received the money is a scammer account and that his company has an overdue i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0138257/typo-squatting-scammers-con-south-carolina-town-out-of-545k?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Promising Process For Nuclear Fuel Re-use and Disposal?**
A Canadian lab has run a chemical process on real spent nuclear fuel "and pulled out 90% of the long-lived danger in 24 hours, the part that forces a burial site to last 100,000 years," notes the blog Autonocio, "with the leftovers meant to fuel a reactor."

The standard plan for spent nuclear fuel is to wait it out. You pull the used bundles from a reactor, si ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0456203/a-promising-process-for-nuclear-fuel-re-use-and-disposal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T07:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Comic-Con 2026 Debuts Trailers for 'Coyote vs Acme' Movie, Plus 'Neuromancer' and 'Blade Runner 2099' Series**
Big news from Comic-Con 2026:

"Coyote vs. ACME" debuted its long-awaited final trailer. CNET calls it "an animation-meets-live-action story," with the Coyote catapulting into theaters this August 28. (The film began development back in 2018, but was shelved ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/038200/comic-con-2026-debuts-trailers-for-coyote-vs-acme-movie-plus-neuromancer-and-blade-runner-2099-series?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T03:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**32 of 35 Students Caught Using Hilariously Wrong AI-Generated Answers for Professor's Midterm**
"32 of my 35 students between two classes failed a portion of their midterm because they all used AI to generate their entire response," history professor Jason Gibson says in a viral video shared over 10 million times. "And apparently, they didn't proofread it."
The instructions included a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/2114259/32-of-35-students-caught-using-hilariously-wrong-ai-generated-answers-for-professors-midterm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-26T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Firefox' New Tab Page Will Get Widgets - Including an AI-Powered Daily Crossword**
In a sign of the times, Firefox's New Tab page could soon include a crossword puzzle from AI-powered news platform Particle. The blog OMG Ubuntu reports:

The mini crossword game is updated daily, with puzzles based around recent content Particle's AI has ingested and summarised that day. \[After solving the crosswo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/1944229/firefox-new-tab-page-will-get-widgets---including-an-ai-powered-daily-crossword?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns?**
Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there's dozens of data center projects "that altogether need 70 gigawatts of power — equivalent to 70 nuclear plants" — currently seeking connection to their grid. But there's also concerns about a Virginia data center powered with natural gas and backup diesel generators:

When Virginia's top environ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/1747227/did-virginia-regulators-downplay-data-center-health-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Drying Lakebeds Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon, Study Finds**
"In many parts of the world, lakes are drying out at a scale so massive that scientists are warning they may be emitting enough greenhouse gases to rival our fossil fuel habit," reports ScienceAlert:

 In a new study published in Science, scientists say the Aral Sea — the world's largest desiccated lake — has emitted a whopping 204 megaton ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/0417232/drying-lakebeds-are-releasing-massive-amounts-of-carbon-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hyundai Claims Humanoid Robot Plan Is Not Part of Talks With Striking Workers**
Ars Technica reports:

Hyundai Motor Company's plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company.

The automaker is disputing news reports that partial labor strikes by the Hyundai Motor union at the world's largest automot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/0343230/hyundai-claims-humanoid-robot-plan-is-not-part-of-talks-with-striking-workers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Amazon Cracks Down On Use of AI Images By Sellers**
CNBC reports:

Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain "AI-generated people" after New York recently passed a law mandating greater transparency around "synthetic performers" in ads... The policy directs sellers to tag images \[and videos or other graphics on listing pages\] with specific metadata keywords before they're uploade ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/0545246/amazon-cracks-down-on-use-of-ai-images-by-sellers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Top Online Sites Debate Cutting Off Google's Crawlers**
Futurism reports:

\[Some online publications\] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street Journal reports, illustrating an increasingly fraught relationship between the tech giant and the publishers that are creating content its AI models are regurgitating. According to the newspaper, prominent outlets including USA Today, Politico, the Eco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/030246/top-online-sites-debate-cutting-off-googles-crawlers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**China is Creating a Herd of 100 Elite Yak Clones**
CNN reports on yaks "designed and cloned" in secretive, high-altitude labs in Tibet — 2.4 miles (4,000 meters) above sea level. They're a critical part of the local economy, and researchers "hope to create an 'elite' herd of super-yaks, healthier and more fertile than their predecessors."

Both domestic yaks and their wild cousins have been facing threats for years, with som ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/1656259/china-is-creating-a-herd-of-100-elite-yak-clones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Facebook Offers a Verification System Certifying to Other Users That You're a Real Human**
Facebook announced Friday they're launching a badge "that verifies there's a real person behind a profile".

"You record a short video selfie, which we check against your existing profile photos to confirm a match. The process is free and typically takes just a few minutes. Accounts must meet our trus ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/064249/facebook-offers-a-verification-system-certifying-to-other-users-that-youre-a-real-human?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Risks of Parkinson's Disease May Increase With Prolonged Exposure to Road Traffic Noise**
A large Danish study found a modest but consistent association between long-term road traffic noise exposure and higher Parkinson's disease risk, with a 3% increase for every 11.5 dB rise in noise at the most exposed side of a home. The Guardian reports: The researchers modeled noise exposure at the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/2246224/risks-of-parkinsons-disease-may-increase-with-prolonged-exposure-to-road-traffic-noise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Trump Threatens New Tariffs Against EU Over Google Fine**
President Trump threatened a "substantial" new tariff on the European Union after Brussels fined Google more than $1 billion over alleged illegal trade practices. "The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The penalties will be entirely reve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/2111219/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-against-eu-over-google-fine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Wine 11.14 Released**
Wine 11.14 is out with initial WoW64 mode support on FreeBSD, allowing 32-bit Windows applications to run on a 64-bit system without relying on 32-bit multilib support. The release also adds Start Menu icon support in Wine Explorer, 7.1 format conversions in DirectSound, AES-GMAC support in BCrypt, and 21 bug fixes affecting apps and games including Adobe Reader, Heroes of the Storm, and Age of Empires I and II. Additional details can b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/014225/wine-1114-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**SpaceX's Starship Megarocket Hits Key Milestones In Its 'Lucky 13' Test Flight**
SpaceX's Friday launch of its massive Starship rocket "went quite smoothly," reports CNN, with a SpaceX spokesperson calling this mission "Lucky Number 13" (as the 13th integrated flight test for a Starship spacecraft with a Super Heavy rocket booster):

During Starship V3's inaugural test, there were numerous engine i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/0511222/spacexs-starship-megarocket-hits-key-milestones-in-its-lucky-13-test-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**OpenAI's Rogue Agent Went Unnoticed For a Week**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn't notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the investigation. The agent -- a program capable of making decisions and executing complex tasks with little or no huma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/0059247/openais-rogue-agent-went-unnoticed-for-a-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-25T01:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Instagram Is Now Banning Pickup Artists, Pranksters Who Use Meta Glasses**
Instagram is banning videos filmed with Meta smart glasses that harass strangers in public, including prank videos targeting service workers and pickup-artist clips of women who may not realize they are being recorded. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/2212248/instagram-is-now-banning-pickup-artists-pranksters-who-use-meta-glasses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027**
Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger until five days after an antitrust trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first. The agreement with a 12-state coalition led by California effectively shelves the deal for months while states argue it would reduce competition in cable and theatrical markets. Va ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/2235232/paramount-agrees-to-postpone-warner-bros-merger-until-june-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/215251/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Roku Raises Prices of Streaming Devices By Up To 60%**
Roku has raised prices on several streaming devices, blaming memory and component shortages tied to the AI data-center boom. The Roku Ultra jumped from $100 to $150 and the basic Streaming Stick rose from $30 to $40. The Desk reports: In a phone call with The Desk on Friday, a Roku executive said the company made the tough decision to raise prices on its streaming hardwa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/2059242/roku-raises-prices-of-streaming-devices-by-up-to-60?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Warn Against 'Premature Restrictions' of Open-Weight Models**
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could "stifle competition or drive innovation overseas." CNBC reports: They wrote that open-weight models st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/1911233/nvidia-microsoft-meta-warn-against-premature-restrictions-of-open-weight-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Anthropic's New Opus 5 Model Rivals Fable 5 For Half the Price**
Anthropic has released Opus 5, a new Claude model that it says comes close to its higher-end Fable 5 model at half the price while improving on Opus 4.8 in knowledge work, coding, and scientific research tasks. "At the same time, Anthropic says it has managed to make the model more resistant to being tricked," notes Engadget. Additionally, the company says ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/1853236/anthropics-new-opus-5-model-rivals-fable-5-for-half-the-price?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**John C. Dvorak, an Early and Influential Technology Journalist, Dies At 80**
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares the passing of John C. Dvorak, an early and influential technology journalist for PC Magazine. He was 80. Talking Biz News reports: Aric Mackey writes, "Widely recognized for his profound impact on the technology industry, John's career spanned decades of rapid digital evolution. He was ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/1650239/john-c-dvorak-an-early-and-influential-technology-journalist-dies-at-80?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal For AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS.com: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet. It also lands while ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/0719241/stripe-eyes-10-billion-deal-for-ai-model-marketplace-openrouter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Astronomers May Have Discovered First Moon Outside Our Solar System**
Astronomers studying the star system CD-35 2722 may have found the first known moon-like object outside our solar system. The classification is unusually tricky, however, because it orbits a brown dwarf rather than a planet, making it clearly an "exosatellite" but forcing scientists to rethink where the line between planet, moon, and fai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/0712238/astronomers-may-have-discovered-first-moon-outside-our-solar-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain**
alternative\_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A study published in PLOS One in 2021 by researchers from Durham University in the UK showed that with 10 weeks of training, both blind and sighted people could learn to echolocate using verbal clicks. While the technique is already used by a number of people with impaired v ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/021238/humans-can-learn-to-echolocate-in-just-10-weeks-and-it-rewires-the-brain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use**
"The Norwegian certification agency DNV has certified the commercial wave-driven power generator Corpower C4 for regular use," writes Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino. "German news site heise.de has a detailed write-up. See a CGI video of the power station and its internals, as well as the company's website \[at their respec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/0152240/worlds-first-wave-power-generator-receives-certification-for-regular-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-24T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: You'll now be able to use selfie videos to log into your Google account. It has long been possible to log into Google using your face, via your phone's face unlock or if your passkey login uses biometrics for verification. This is yet another option to get into your account using your face to authenticate your identity, which could be esp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/24/0144247/google-adds-selfie-video-as-a-log-in-option?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-23T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion**
Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S. intelligence community ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/07/23/2142251/oracle-signs-10-year-software-contract-with-pentagon-worth-up-to-7-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-23T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Microsoft Responds to LG Monitors Installing McAfee Ads On Windows**
LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently installing the app through Windows Update and showing ads on every boot. Microsoft says LG agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up, but the broader issue remains: Windows allows certain peripheral companion apps to install autom ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/23/2137202/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-05T12:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**EV Batteries Defy Expectations, Last Hundreds of Thousands of Miles**
247,000 miles on an EV battery? So says the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in Evs, who tells the Wall Street Journal EV batteries keep performing well even after several hundred thousand miles. "They are proving themselves to be exceptionally reliable."

After five years on the road, the average EV will still b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/05/0434229/ev-batteries-defy-expectations-last-hundreds-of-thousands-of-miles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-05T08:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Hobbit-like Humans May Have Scavenged Komodo Dragons' Leftovers to Survive**
CNN reports:

Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed "hobbits" due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according to new research. The study adds to growing evidence that Homo floresiensis, which had a brain only slightl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0756247/hobbit-like-humans-may-have-scavenged-komodo-dragons-leftovers-to-survive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-05T04:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New Google Ad Imagines America's 'Declaration of Independence' Written With AI Help**
An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?
With the tagline "Group project, but make it 1776," the ad depicts a large ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/05/0417243/new-google-ad-imagines-americas-declaration-of-independence-written-with-ai-help?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-05T01:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Are Wars Blurring Lines Between Corporate and National Security?**
Subsea cables. Ukrainian power stations. Russian oil refineries. Even airports, water-desalination plants and Amazon data centers.

They've all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments "are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs."

In Germany, po ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/1945242/are-wars-blurring-lines-between-corporate-and-national-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T21:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**New DNA Tech Identifies Soldier Killed in America's Revolution in 1780**
South Carolina's pine forests "have spent centuries hiding a secret as old as America itself," reports CBS News:

In August 1780, British and American soldiers clashed there, leading to a terrible defeat for the Continental army \[fighting for the 13 colonies rebelling against England\]. Battlefield archaeologists Jim Legg and Steve Smi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/208217/new-dna-tech-identifies-soldier-killed-in-americas-revolution-in-1780?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T20:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**842,000 American Households Lost Power Today During a Heatwave**
As America began celebrating its 250th birthday Saturday, 842,000 homes reported power outages, notes ABC News. Figures from tracking site PowerOutage showed states in America's Northeast and Midwest were impacted by severe weather and extreme heat.

That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/2031258/842000-american-households-lost-power-today-during-a-heatwave?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T19:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Did Microsoft Shift Its Profits to Low-Tax Countries?**
Microsoft is apparently shifting its profits to countries with low taxes — and out of countries where they have many more employees and significant sales. Back in 2005 Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even said that a low corporate tax rate "is part of the overall advantage of doing business in Ireland," remembers long-time Slashdot reader theodp. (Ballmer added "It wo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/193215/did-microsoft-shift-its-profits-to-low-tax-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T18:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**FSF Shares Update on 'LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool**
At the end of 2025, the FSF launched LibrePhone project, which is working to "better understand and reverse-engineer the nonfree blobs used by a great majority of (if not all) system on a chip designs available today." The FSF's summer newsletter shares this update:

We started with researching the proprietary files in Android phone ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0654252/fsf-shares-update-on-librephone-and-new-automated-site-monitoring-tool?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T17:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AOL's Owner Bending Spoons Hits Wall Street with $1.7 billion IPO**
"The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday," reports the Associated Press:

The company is getting $1 billion in proceeds, while the rest is going to shareholders. The stock surged 39.7% in its first day of trading under the symbol "BSP" on the Nasdaq, giving it a market value of $2 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0458242/aols-owner-bending-spoons-hits-wall-street-with-17-billion-ipo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T16:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**EchoStar's US Satellite Pay-TV Provider Dish DBS Files for Bankruptcy**
EchoStar's satellite pay-TV unit Dish DBS has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
 protection, reports Reuters. The move also applies to its wireless subsidiaries, according to the article, and "facilitates the wind-down of Dish Wireless's 5G network operations following an unexpected delay in a spectrum license sale to AT&T... unde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0355237/echostars-us-satellite-pay-tv-provider-dish-dbs-files-for-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T15:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents To Supply Chain Attacks**
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, attackers can hide malicious commands ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0325244/decades-old-bash-tricks-expose-ai-coding-agents-to-supply-chain-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T14:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**What Is a Quantum Computer Good For? Absolutely Nothing - Yet**
The Verge argues that researchers "have made genuine progress in quantum computing — it's just been largely incremental and too esoteric to immediately capture the public's imagination."

And there are predictions that quantum computers will finally do something useful as soon as 2028:

The drama can overshadow the real progress in quantum computing. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0232223/what-is-a-quantum-computer-good-for-absolutely-nothing---yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Startup Targets Datacenters With 3D-Printed Nuclear Reactor Module**
Startup Ampera has unveiled what it calls the first 3D-printed nuclear reactor module, built around a silicon-carbide core and pressure vessel designed for a thorium-based microreactor. The company says future systems could deliver 15 or 30 megawatts for up to 30 years without refueling. When The Register asked about availability, their s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/03/1657240/startup-targets-datacenters-with-3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-module?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Video Game History Foundation Says Piracy Remains the Only Viable Preservation Method**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechSpot: Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi recently supported claims that piracy is the only effective way to preserve video games. The comments lay the blame squarely on game companies' refusal to keep legacy content available or allow archivis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/03/1652234/video-game-history-foundation-says-piracy-remains-the-only-viable-preservation-method?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-07-04T02:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Alibaba To Ban Claude Code In Workplace Over Alleged Backdoor Risks**
Alibaba has reportedly banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code and directed them to its own Qoder platform amid a growing dispute over features that can help identify China-linked users. Reuters reports: The ban is part of a deepening spat between the two companies after Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting its Claude AI ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/03/1645222/alibaba-to-ban-claude-code-in-workplace-over-alleged-backdoor-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)