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2022-05-19T21:20:00Z	**2 Vulnerabilities With 9.8 Severity Ratings Are Under Exploit. A 3rd Looms**
Malicious hackers, some believed to be state-backed, are actively exploiting two unrelated vulnerabilities -- both with severity ratings of 9.8 out of a possible 10 -- in hopes of infecting sensitive enterprise networks with backdoors, botnet software, and other forms of malware. ArsTechnica: The ongoing attacks target unpatched ve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/182235/2-vulnerabilities-with-98-severity-ratings-are-under-exploit-a-3rd-looms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-19T22:00:00Z	**WhatsApp Launches Cloud API To All Businesses Worldwide**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WhatsApp is continuing its push into the business market with today's news it's launching the WhatsApp Cloud API to all businesses worldwide. Introduced into beta testing last November, the new developer tool is a cloud-based version of the WhatsApp Business API -- WhatsApp's first revenue-generating enterprise  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2018252/whatsapp-launches-cloud-api-to-all-businesses-worldwide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-19T22:40:00Z	**Vangelis, Composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner Soundtracks, Dies Ages 79**
Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. The Guardian reports: Born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou in 1943, Vangelis won an Oscar for his 1981 Chariots of Fire soundtrack. Its u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2025213/vangelis-composer-of-chariots-of-fire-and-blade-runner-soundtracks-dies-ages-79?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-19T23:20:00Z	**FairEmail Developer Calls It Quits After Google Falsely Flags App As Spyware**
"The developer of the open source email client FairEmail pulled all of his applications from Google Play and announced that he would stop development," reports gHacks. The announcement comes shortly after the developer received an email from Google stating that they believed the app was spyware. From the report: FairEmail  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2033249/fairemail-developer-calls-it-quits-after-google-falsely-flags-app-as-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T00:02:00Z	**Microsoft's Bing Reportedly Censoring Politically Sensitive Chinese Names, Researchers Say**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Seeking Alpha: Microsoft shares remained near their breakeven point in late trading, Thursday, amid a report that the company has started censoring Bing searches in the U.S. for certain Chinese names considered to be politically sensitive. According to the W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2052212/microsofts-bing-reportedly-censoring-politically-sensitive-chinese-names-researchers-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T00:45:00Z	**Canada Set To Ban Chinese Tech Giant Huawei From 5G Network**
Canada is planning to ban Huawei from working on Canada's fifth-generation networks. CBC.ca reports: The move puts Canada in line with key intelligence allies like the United States which have expressed concerns about the national security implications of giving the Chinese tech giant access to key infrastructure. [...] Critics have warned that Huawei's par ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/215216/canada-set-to-ban-chinese-tech-giant-huawei-from-5g-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T01:25:00Z	**Once Frenemies, Elastic and AWS Are Now Besties**
Paul Sawers writes via VentureBeat: It has been a frosty few years for Elastic and Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, with the duo frequently locking horns over various issues relating to Elastic's ex-open-source database search engine -- Elasticsearch. To cut a War and Peace-esque story short, Amazon had introduced its own managed Elasticsearch service called Amazon Elasticsearch Servi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2117218/once-frenemies-elastic-and-aws-are-now-besties?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T02:02:00Z	**Twitter Will Hide Tweets That Share False Info During a Crisis**
On Thursday, Twitter announced a new policy for dealing with misinformation during a period of crisis, establishing new standards for gating or blocking the promotion of certain tweets if they are seen as spreading misinformation. The Verge reports: "Content moderation is more than just leaving up or taking down content," explained Yoel Roth, Twitter ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2122237/twitter-will-hide-tweets-that-share-false-info-during-a-crisis?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T03:30:00Z	**Today's Giant Farm Vehicles Threaten 20% of the World's Cropland**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: In 1958, a combine carrying a full load of freshly harvested crops might weigh 8,800 pounds (4000 kg). Today, a fully loaded combine can clock in at 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg). The story of increasingly large farm vehicles isn't necessarily bad. The invention of these huge machines --  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/0039207/todays-giant-farm-vehicles-threaten-20-of-the-worlds-cropland?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T07:00:00Z	**Two Military Satellites Just Communicated With Each Other Using Space Lasers**
Two satellites recently exchanged more than 200 gigabits of data over a distance of about 60 miles (100 kilometers) using laser communication in space. Gizmodo reports: Satellites generally don't communicate directly with each other. Instead, they use radio signals to transfer data down to a ground station on Earth, which  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2137249/two-military-satellites-just-communicated-with-each-other-using-space-lasers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T10:00:00Z	**Russia's Claim To Have Used a Laser Weapon In Battle Derided As Propaganda**
Thelasko shares a report from the BBC: Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister in charge of military development, told Russian TV that a laser prototype called Zadira was being deployed in Ukraine and had burned up a Ukrainian drone within five seconds at a distance of 5km (three miles). [...] Little is known about the Zadira l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/19/2144211/russias-claim-to-have-used-a-laser-weapon-in-battle-derided-as-propaganda?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T13:00:00Z	**Modular, DIY-Friendly Framework Laptop Gets Updated With 12th-Gen Intel CPUs**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: An upgradeable laptop is only worthwhile if you can actually upgrade it [...], and Framework is making that possible starting today: The company is introducing a new iteration of the Framework Laptop's motherboard that uses 12th-gen Intel CPUs. A brand-new 12th-gen  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/0232222/modular-diy-friendly-framework-laptop-gets-updated-with-12th-gen-intel-cpus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T14:00:00Z	**Canada Bans Huawei Equipment From 5G Networks, Orders Removal By 2024**
Canada has banned the use of Huawei and fellow Chinese tech giant ZTE's equipment in its 5G networks, its government has announced. From a report: In a statement, it cited national security concerns for the move, saying that the suppliers could be forced to comply with "extrajudicial directions from foreign governments" in ways that coul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1340257/canada-bans-huawei-equipment-from-5g-networks-orders-removal-by-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T14:40:00Z	**Users Threaten To Sue After Yield Generation Project Stablegains Loses $44 Million in Terra Collapse**
A class action law firm sent a letter to the yield generation project Stablegains, demanding records on customer accounts, marketing and advertising strategies, and communications relating to the Terra stablecoin. Web3 is Going Great reports: [...] Unfortunately for their cust ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1433211/users-threaten-to-sue-after-yield-generation-project-stablegains-loses-44-million-in-terra-collapse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T15:29:00Z	**Amazon Is Using Gig Economy Drivers To Deliver From Malls**
Amazon.com is testing a service that uses the company's sprawling network of gig drivers to fetch packages from mall-based retailers and deliver them to customers. From a report: The program, should it become a permanent part of the e-commerce giant's delivery options, could help Amazon expand the variety of goods it has available for fast shipment. Shoppers who wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1529221/amazon-is-using-gig-economy-drivers-to-deliver-from-malls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T16:05:00Z	**Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 set the stage for the biggest Android smartphones of 2022, including Samsung's flagship Galaxy -- but it's about to be surpassed by a better "Plus" version that'll no doubt appear in buy-it-for-the-bragging-rights gaming phones and luxury handsets. It's called the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, which just rolls off the tongue, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/165246/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-8-plus-gen-1?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T16:48:00Z	**The Math Prodigy Whose Hack Upended DeFi Won't Give Back His Millions**
An 18-year-old graduate student exploited a weakness in Indexed Finance's code and opened a legal conundrum that's still rocking the blockchain community. Then he disappeared. An excerpt from a report: On Oct. 14, in a house near Leeds, England, Laurence Day was sitting down to a dinner of fish and chips on his couch when his phone buzzed. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1649204/the-math-prodigy-whose-hack-upended-defi-wont-give-back-his-millions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T17:20:00Z	**More Subprime Borrowers Are Missing Loan Payments**
Consumers with low credit scores are falling behind on payments for car loans, personal loans and credit cards, a sign that the healthiest consumer lending environment on record in the U.S. is coming to an end. From a report: The share of subprime credit cards and personal loans that are at least 60 days late is rising faster than normal, according to credit-reporting firm Equ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/177250/more-subprime-borrowers-are-missing-loan-payments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T18:05:00Z	**EU Drive For New Clean Energy Could See Solar Panels on All New Buildings**
All new buildings in the EU would be fitted with solar panels on their roofs under plans to turbocharge a drive for renewable energy to replace the continent's need for Russian oil and gas. From a report: The European Commission wants half the bloc's energy to come from renewable sources by 2030, more than double the current fig ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1719234/eu-drive-for-new-clean-energy-could-see-solar-panels-on-all-new-buildings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T18:44:00Z	**Ancient Forest Found at Bottom of Huge Sinkhole in China**
An ancient forest has been found at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in China, with trees up to 40 metres (130ft) tall. From a report: Scientists believe it could contain undiscovered plant and animal species. Cave explorers in the Guangxi region of southern China alerted scientists when they found the sinkhole, which had a primitive forest inside. Among 30 sinkho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1732226/ancient-forest-found-at-bottom-of-huge-sinkhole-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T19:25:00Z	**Match Group and Google Reach an Interim Compromise Over App Payments**
Match Group, the parent company of dating apps Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, is getting along better with Google, just by a little bit. From a report: On Friday, Match withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order against the company, which it accuses of wielding unfair monopoly power in its mobile app marketplace. Match filed an ant ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/191247/match-group-and-google-reach-an-interim-compromise-over-app-payments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T20:13:00Z	**Legendary Japanese Game Developer Returns After Two Decades**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In the late 1990s, Yoshitaka Murayama made a name for himself among a subset of video game fans by creating and directing Suikoden, a series of Japanese roleplaying games (RPGs) that became beloved for their scope and depth. A catchy way to think of them is "Game of Thrones" meets Pokemon. But in 2002, as the third Sui ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2013231/legendary-japanese-game-developer-returns-after-two-decades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T20:50:00Z	**Electrify America Will Be 100 Percent Solar-Powered By 2023**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the best things about electric cars, other than their power trains, immediate torque, and relaxing quiet, is the fact that as the electrical grid becomes cleaner, so too does every EV that uses that grid to charge. That process took a step forward this week with the news that by next year, t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2037219/electrify-america-will-be-100-percent-solar-powered-by-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T21:30:00Z	**ACM Digital Library Archive Is Open Access With 50 Years of Published Records**
As part of its landmark campaign for its 75th anniversary celebrations, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is "opening up a large portion of its archives, making the first 50 years of its published records -- more than 117,500 documents dating from 1951 to 2000 -- accessible to the public without a login," wri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2045251/acm-digital-library-archive-is-open-access-with-50-years-of-published-records?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T22:10:00Z	**Google 'Private Browsing' Mode Not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says**
The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a "private browsing" mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet unit. Reuters reports: Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2053201/google-private-browsing-mode-not-really-private-texas-lawsuit-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T22:50:00Z	**Mysterious Firm Seeks To Buy Majority Stake In Arm China**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The saga surrounding Arm's joint venture in China just took another intriguing turn: a mysterious firm named Lotcap Group claims it has signed a letter of intent to buy a 51 percent stake in Arm China from existing investors in the country. In a Chinese-language press release posted Wednesday, Lotcap said it has  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2056258/mysterious-firm-seeks-to-buy-majority-stake-in-arm-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-20T23:30:00Z	**Hashed Wallet Takes $3.5 Billion Hit, Delphi Digital Discloses Loss After Terra's LUNA Collapse**
The collapse of the tokens linked to the Terra ecosystem, stablecoin terraUSD (UST) and Luna (LUNA), has led to some major investors coming clean and detailing their losses. Two more backers of Terra are disclosing exactly how their balance sheets have been affected. CoinDesk reports: Delp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2124248/hashed-wallet-takes-35-billion-hit-delphi-digital-discloses-loss-after-terras-luna-collapse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T00:10:00Z	**Apple's Headset Said To Feature 14 Cameras Enabling Lifelike Avatars**
Citing a report from The Information's Wayne Ma (paywalled), MacRumors reports Apple's long-rumored AR/VR headset is said to feature 14 cameras that enable lifelike avatars with accurate facial expressions. The company is also working with former design chief Jony Ive on the project. From the report: For starters, one of the headset's mar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2157255/apples-headset-said-to-feature-14-cameras-enabling-lifelike-avatars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T00:50:00Z	**Foreign Torrent Site Operator Can Be Sued in the US, Court Says**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Pakistani operator of popular torrent site MKVCage can be held personally liable for contributory copyright infringement in the US. The case in question was filed by the makers of the film Hellboy. US District Court Judge Seabright concludes that the use of US-based services invokes jurisdiction, even though a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2159250/foreign-torrent-site-operator-can-be-sued-in-the-us-court-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T01:30:00Z	**iFixit On Right To Repair's Remaining Obstacles, Hope**
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens sat down with Ars Technica to discuss the fight for the right to repair. Here's an excerpt from their report: Tech repairs got complicated in 1998 when Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [PDF]. Section 1201 of the copyright law essentially made it illegal to distribute tools for, or to break encryption on, manufactured products ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/225248/ifixit-on-right-to-repairs-remaining-obstacles-hope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T02:15:00Z	**China Is 3D Printing a Massive 590-Foot-Tall Dam, And Constructing It With Without Humans**
Chinese engineers will take the ideas of a research paper and turn it into the world's largest 3D-printed project. Popular Mechanics: Within two years, officials behind this project want to fully automate the unmanned construction of a 590-foot-tall dam on the Tibetan Plateau to build the Yangqu hy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2214231/china-is-3d-printing-a-massive-590-foot-tall-dam-and-constructing-it-with-without-humans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T03:30:00Z	**Google's AI Is Smart Enough To Understand Your Humor**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Jokes, sarcasm and humor require understanding the subtleties of language and human behavior. When a comedian says something sarcastic or controversial, usually the audience can discern the tone and know it's more of an exaggeration, something that's learned from years of human interaction. But PaLM, or Pathways Lan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/2220229/googles-ai-is-smart-enough-to-understand-your-humor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T07:00:00Z	**Is the World's Oldest Tree Growing In a Ravine In Chile?**
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Some 5400 years ago, about the time humans were inventing writing, an alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) may have started to grow in the coastal mountains of present-day Chile. Sheltered in a cool, damp ravine, it avoided fires and logging that claimed many others of its kind, and it grew into a grizzled gian ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0232237/is-the-worlds-oldest-tree-growing-in-a-ravine-in-chile?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T10:00:00Z	**HP Chooses Ubuntu-Based Pop!_OS Linux For Its Upcoming Dev One Laptop**
System76's CEO Carl Richell announced that HP has chosen the Ubuntu-based Pop!\_OS operating system to run on its 14-inch developer-focused notebook called "Dev One." Brian Fagioli from BetaNews speculates that a HP acquisition of System76 "could be a possibility in the future -- if this new relationship pans out at least." He continues:  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0228258/hp-chooses-ubuntu-based-popos-linux-for-its-upcoming-dev-one-laptop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T13:00:00Z	**The Online Spider Market Is Massive -- and Crawling With Issues**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via Wired: Spiders and scorpions may seem like creatures that need to be crushed rather than conserved, but wildlife experts say a growing global pet trade is putting wild populations at risk, even though they help humans and ecosystems. Collectors are now trading more than 1,200 species of arachn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0239247/the-online-spider-market-is-massive----and-crawling-with-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T14:34:00Z	**Microsoft Warns of 'Stealthy DDoS Malware' Targeting Linux Devices**
"In the last six months, we observed a 254% increase in activity from a Linux trojan called XorDdos," writes the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team. It's a trojan combining denial-of-service functionality with XOR-based encryption for communication.

Microsoft calls it part of "the trend of malware increasingly targeting Linux-based operatin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0445203/microsoft-warns-of-stealthy-ddos-malware-targeting-linux-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T15:34:00Z	**Boeing's Starliner Docks with International Space Station.  Hatch Opening Now**
Boeing's Starliner successfully docked to the International Space Station Friday night for the first time.
And right now, Boeing is beginning the official hatch-opening ceremon, in which the space station astronauts already on the ISS "open the hatch to the vehicle and retrieve some cargo that's packed inside," explains  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0358257/boeings-starliner-docks-with-international-space-station-hatch-opening-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T16:34:00Z	**How a Rust Supply-Chain Attack Infected Cloud CI Pipelines with Go Malware**
Sentinel Labs provides malware/threat intelligence analysis for the enterprise cybersecurity platform SentinelOne.

Thursday they reported on "a supply-chain attack against the Rust development community that we refer to as 'CrateDepression'."

On May 10th, 2022, the Rust Security Response Working Group released an advis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0520207/how-a-rust-supply-chain-attack-infected-cloud-ci-pipelines-with-go-malware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T17:40:00Z	**Sid & Marty Krofft to Release NFTs Starting with 'Land of the Lost'**
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Today sees an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of 1970s children's programming giants Sid & Marty Krofft. (Born in 1929, Sid Krofft will turn 93 in July). And reportedly Marty Krofft has now partnered with NFT producer Orange Comet "in a multiyear contract to release NFTs based on the ofte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/1736214/sid-marty-krofft-to-release-nfts-starting-with-land-of-the-lost?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T18:40:00Z	**How to Write Your Own Games - for the Amiga**
Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes: With the release of the A500 mini (which also supports A1200 games) and its side loading feature you may be interested to get started with Amiga Retro games development. This is why I collected some recent Amiga games development tutorials and added some additional information. A popular game programming language on the Amiga is Blitz BASIC or AmiB ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/1757247/how-to-write-your-own-games---for-the-amiga?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T19:40:00Z	**Why Gov.UK Stopped Using jQuery**
The head of the UK government's digital transformation unit recently announced a change to the nation's government services site gov.uk: they've "removed jQuery as a dependency for all frontend apps, meaning 32 KB of minified and compressed JavaScript was removed" for everything from selecting elements to attaching event listeners....

Nearly 84% of mobile pages used jQuery in 2021, points out a new essay  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0214233/why-govuk-stopped-using-jquery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T20:40:00Z	**Mitsubishi Develops Technology for 3D Printing in Outer Space**
"Made In Space, Redwire, and Bigelow, move over," writes long-time Slashdot reader Dr. Crash. "There's yet another 3D printing in space group — and it's not a startup."
Mitsubishi Electric just went public with a UV-sensitive resin specially made to print in zero-G and in a hard vacuum — as in outside the airlock.

The polymer is tuned to harden with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/037234/mitsubishi-develops-technology-for-3d-printing-in-outer-space?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T21:34:00Z	**Avoiding Sanctions with Cryptocurrency? US Govt Files First Criminal Charges**
Last week America's Justice Department "launched its first criminal prosecution involving the alleged use of cryptocurrency to evade U.S. economic sanctions," reports the Washington Post. They cite a nine-page opinion from a federal judge approving the government's criminal complaint against an American "accused of transmit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/1455209/avoiding-sanctions-with-cryptocurrency-us-govt-files-first-criminal-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-21T22:34:00Z	**Is Social Media Training Us to Please a Machine?**
A remarkably literary critique of the internet appeared recently in Damage magazine — a project of the nonprofit Society for Psychoanalytic Inquiry funded by the American Psychoanalytic Foundation. "There are ways in which the internet really does seem to work like a possessing demon..." argues writer Sam Kriss.

"We tend to think that the internet is a communications network we ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/0128210/is-social-media-training-us-to-please-a-machine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T01:34:00Z	**Wells Fargo Now Accused of Also Conducting Fake Job Interviews**
2016: "Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees For Creating Millions of Phony Accounts"
2017: "Up To 1.4M More Fake Wells Fargo Accounts Possible"

The headlines kept coming.... ("Wells Fargo Hit With 'Unprecedented' Punishment Over Fake Accounts..." "Wells Fargo Employee Informed the Bank of Fake Customer Accounts in 2006")

But this week the New York Times re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/2338219/wells-fargo-now-accused-of-also-conducting-fake-job-interviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T04:39:00Z	**Biggest Targets at Pwn2Own Event:  Microsoft's Windows, Teams, and Ubuntu Desktop**
As Pwn2Own Vancouver comes to a close, a whopping $1,115,000 has been awarded by Trend Micro and Zero Day Initiative. The 15th anniversary edition saw 17 "contestants" attacking 21 targets, reports Hot Hardware — though "the biggest payouts were for serious exploits against Microsoft's Teams utility."
 While Teams isn't ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0433224/biggest-targets-at-pwn2own-event-microsofts-windows-teams-and-ubuntu-desktop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T07:34:00Z	**Can Tech Firms Prevent Violent Videos Circulating on the Internet?**
This week New York's attorney general announced they're officially "launching investigations into the social media companies that the Buffalo shooter used to plan, promote, and stream his terror attack." Slashdot reader echo123 points out that Discord confirmed that roughly 30 minutes before the attack a "small group" was invited to join the s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0218200/can-tech-firms-prevent-violent-videos-circulating-on-the-internet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T11:34:00Z	**NFT Conference Founder Predicts 97% of Current Projects Will Lose Value Through 2024**
"Serial entrepreneur" Gary Vaynerchuk launched a four-day conference "exploring digital ownership and the way emerging technologies could interact with art, sports and entertainment," reports the Pioneer Press:

It's billed as an event "featuring icons of business, sports, music, arts, Web3, and popular cultu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/186215/nft-conference-founder-predicts-97-of-current-projects-will-lose-value-through-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T14:34:00Z	**Can We Generate Renewable Energy by Burning Trash?**
CNBC visited a company that burns trash from a California landfill, and then "harnesses steam to make enough electricity to power 18,000 homes in the area" — which turns out to be part of a surprisingly large industry:

A portion of the waste comes from companies including American Airlines, Quest Diagnostics, Sunny Delight and Subaru.... Major retailers like Amazon also use ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0510259/can-we-generate-renewable-energy-by-burning-trash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T15:34:00Z	**Palm OS Developer Releases Source To Classic Games, 20+ Years After Release**
Munich-based developer Aaron Ardiri is Slashdot reader #245,358, with a profile that still identifies him as a Palm OS developer. Which surprised me, because Palm OS's last update was in 2007. (Then again, ardiri's Slashdot profile also still includes his screen name on AOL Instant Messenger.)

So, a long-time Slashdot reade ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0017201/palm-os-developer-releases-source-to-classic-games-20-years-after-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T16:34:00Z	**How AI Brought Back Val Kilmer's Voice For 'Top Gun: Maverick'**
"62-year-old Val Kilmer was just 26 when he played Iceman in the 1986 movie Top Gun," remembers long-time Slashdot reader destinyland.

But in 2015 Kilmer lost his voice to throat cancer, remembers Parade:

In his 2020 memoir I'm Your Huckleberry, Kilmer joked that he has less of a frog in his throat and more of a "buffalo." He said, "Speaking,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/21/2253206/how-ai-brought-back-val-kilmers-voice-for-top-gun-maverick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T18:12:00Z	**Navy Ships Swarmed By Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm**
The Drive's Adam Kehoe noticed something during this week's UFO hearings in the U.S. Congress. "After intense public speculation, stacks of official documents obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act, ambiguous statements from top officials, and an avalanche of media attention, it has now been made clear that the mysterious swarming of U.S. Na ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/1810236/navy-ships-swarmed-by-drones-not-ufos-defense-officials-confirm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T19:12:00Z	**Hubble's 'Magnum Opus': a 30-Year Analysis of the Universe's Expansion**
"NASA has released a huge new report that astronomers are calling Hubble's magnum opus," reports New Atlas.

"Analyzing 30 years of data from the famous space telescope, the new study makes the most precise measurement yet of how fast the universe is expanding."
Astronomers have known for the better part of a century that the universe is ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/196208/hubbles-magnum-opus-a-30-year-analysis-of-the-universes-expansion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T20:12:00Z	**Hollywood Designer 6.0 Released: Now a 'Full-Blown Multimedia Authoring System'**
After nearly 20 years, Hollywood Designer 6.0 is "very stable and mature", write its developers — envisioning both hobbyist and professional customers (with support for modern graphics-editing features like filter effects and vector graphics) in its massive new evolution.

Long-time Slashdot reader Mike Bouma explains: Air ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/1959203/hollywood-designer-60-released-now-a-full-blown-multimedia-authoring-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T21:32:00Z	**Facebook Slammed for Spreading Putin's Russian Propaganda in NATO's East**
Slovakia's eastern border touches Ukraine's western border — and Saturday Bloomberg uncovered an emerging controversy. "A flood of posts pushing misinformation in Slovakia is putting the spotlight on Facebook for facilitating the spread of pro-Russian theories on the war in neighboring Ukraine, ranging from claims that Kyiv is secre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/2129201/facebook-slammed-for-spreading-putins-russian-propaganda-in-natos-east?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T22:42:00Z	**Developer Survey: JavaScript and Python Reign, but Rust is Rising**
SlashData's "State of the Developer Nation" surveyed more than 20,000 developers in 166 countries, taken from December 2021 to February 2022, reports InfoWorld.

It found the most popular programming language is JavaScript — followed by Python (which apparently added 3.3 million new net developers in just the last six months). And Rust adop ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/2239245/developer-survey-javascript-and-python-reign-but-rust-is-rising?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-22T23:44:00Z	**Would You Blur Your House on Every Map App?**
If you'd like to deter "digital voyeurs," Popular Science points out that you can ask the map apps from Google, Apple, and Microsoft "to draw a veil of privacy across your property.

"You'd be in good company too: Apple CEO Tim Cook had his home blurred from mapping apps after issues with a stalker."

There is something to bear in mind before you do this, though: you may not be able to rev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/2340222/would-you-blur-your-house-on-every-map-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T01:52:00Z	**Lecturer Argues Cryptocurrency Should 'Die in a Fire', Predicts Implosion**
Nicholas Weaver is a senior staff researcher at the International Computer Science Institute and lecturer in the computer science department at UC Berkeley. But he's also a raging cryptocurrency skeptic, arguing that cryptocurrency is useless and destructive, and should "die in a fire."

In a recent interview in Current Affairs he  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/0142229/lecturer-argues-cryptocurrency-should-die-in-a-fire-predicts-implosion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T04:34:00Z	**Scientists Research An Even More Powerful Technique for Genetically-Modifying Mosquitos**
The BBC reports on "the next generation of genetic modification technology" — which goes beyond simply introducing a "lab-tweaked gene" into an organism. Instead it introduces a "gene drive" — a lab-tweaked gene "that targets and removes a specific natural gene."
if an animal (parent A) that contai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/0338253/scientists-research-an-even-more-powerful-technique-for-genetically-modifying-mosquitos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T07:39:00Z	**What Made Golang Become Popular?  Its Creators Look Back**
Created at Google in late 2007, the Go programming language was open sourced in late 2009, remember its creators, and "since then, it has operated as a public project, with contributions from thousands of individuals and dozens of companies."
In a joint essay in Communications of the ACM, five of the language's five original creators explore what brought grow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/045213/what-made-golang-become-popular-its-creators-look-back?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T11:44:00Z	**Survey Finds Highest Developer Interest in Blockchain Apps, Cryptocurrencies, and NFTs**
Charlotte Web writes: A recent survey of 20,000 developers found a third (34%) were learning about cryptocurrencies, ZDNet reports — and 16% even said they were actively working on crypto-related projects. (And 11% said they were actively working on NFT technology, while 32% said they were learning more a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/0156213/survey-finds-highest-developer-interest-in-blockchain-apps-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T14:02:00Z	**Amazon Aims To Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool**
Amazon, stuck with too much warehouse capacity now that the surge in pandemic-era shopping has faded, is looking to sublet at least 10 million square feet of space and could vacate even more by ending leases with landlords, according to people familiar with the situation. From a report: The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, So ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/142232/amazon-aims-to-sublet-end-warehouse-leases-as-online-sales-cool?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T14:47:00Z	**Zola Says User Accounts Were Hacked, But Still Doesn't Offer 2FA**
Zola, a wedding planning startup that allows couples to create websites, budgets and gift registries, has confirmed that hackers gained access to user accounts but has denied a breach of its systems. From a report: The incident first came to light over the weekend after Zola customers took to social media to report that their accounts had been hijack ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1447259/zola-says-user-accounts-were-hacked-but-still-doesnt-offer-2fa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T15:40:00Z	**GameStop Launches Wallet for Cryptocurrencies and NFTs**
GameStop said on Monday it has launched a digital asset wallet that will allow gamers to store, send and receive cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens. From a report: The digital wallet will be able to be used across decentralized apps, which run on a blockchain and arenâ(TM)t controlled by a central authority, without players having to leave their web browsers, the co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1540247/gamestop-launches-wallet-for-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T16:00:00Z	**NASA Programmer Remembers Debugging Lisp In Deep Space**
joshuark writes: NASA programmer/scientist, Ron Garret shares his experience debugging LISP code from 150-million miles away on the robotic Mars rover Sojourner. Garret describes his experience in a recent episode of Adam Gordon Bell's Corecursive podcast. Garret later explains, "And it didn't work..." for the next project NASA's New Millennium project using LISP ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1549209/nasa-programmer-remembers-debugging-lisp-in-deep-space?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T16:40:00Z	**Knoxville Researcher Wins A.M. Turing Award**
schwit1 writes: It's a few weeks old, but ...A local computer scientist and professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has been named an A.M. Turing Award winner by the Association for Computing Machinery. The Turing Award is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of computer science." It carries a million dollar prize.

"Oh, it was a complete shock. I'm still recovering from it, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1614228/knoxville-researcher-wins-am-turing-award?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T17:20:00Z	**Pakistan Hits 120F as Climate Trends Drive Spring Heatwave**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Spring has brought remarkably extreme heat to India and Pakistan this year. Unusually extensive heatwaves have followed one after another since March and are continuing well into May. The situation presents a conundrum for rapid studies of the role of climate change in this event, as we can't yet put an end date on it. Ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1626245/pakistan-hits-120f-as-climate-trends-drive-spring-heatwave?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T18:02:00Z	**Dell Becomes Billionaire Kingmaker in Broadcom, VMware Deal**
Technology entrepreneur Michael Dell once again finds himself at the center of one of his industry's biggest deals. From a report: Dell holds a roughly $16.2 billion stake in VMware, meaning he's likely to have a important say in a potential takeover of the cloud-computing provider by chip maker Broadcom. The two companies are in talks about a transaction, Bloom ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1651208/dell-becomes-billionaire-kingmaker-in-broadcom-vmware-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T18:45:00Z	**Rust For Linux Kernel Updated, Uutils As Rust Version Of Coreutils Updated Too**
UnknowingFool writes: This weekend, Miguel Ojeda, added support for a set of additional Rust patches in the kernel and separately a new version of Uutils which is the Rust version of GNU CoreUtils. These changes will go towards more inclusion of Rust into Linux. The v7 patches adds in abstractions used by Rust and the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1836210/rust-for-linux-kernel-updated-uutils-as-rust-version-of-coreutils-updated-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T19:20:00Z	**Florida Law on Social Media Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules**
A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of discriminating against conservative thought. Associated Press: A three-judge panel of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1851217/florida-law-on-social-media-unconstitutional-appeals-court-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T20:01:00Z	**Coinbase Tests App for Employees To Grade Each Other During Meetings**
Coinbase is testing a practice where it asks employees to frequently rate each other. Some employees at the company have been using a real-time evaluation app invented by Bridgewater Associates, the well-known hedge fund founded by Ray Dalio, which helped enforce a culture of "radical transparency" that encourages blunt honesty, The Infor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1938249/coinbase-tests-app-for-employees-to-grade-each-other-during-meetings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T20:41:00Z	**Binance Promoted Terra as 'Safe' Investment Before $40 Billion Collapse**
Binance promoted terraUSD as a "safe" investment just weeks before the stablecoin and its counterpart luna collapsed in a $40bn wipeout that shook the crypto industry. From a report: The world's biggest crypto exchange advertised on April 6 an investment scheme in which clients lend out their terra to earn a yield of almost 20 per cent as a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1920211/binance-promoted-terra-as-safe-investment-before-40-billion-collapse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T21:22:00Z	**Windows 11 CPU Usage Reporting is Apparently Buggy, Including on Task Manager**
An anonymous reader shares a report: While not every user is actively monitoring hardware resource usage when gaming, enthusiasts and reviewers often turn the stats on to see how certain games and other applications are being handled by the hardware. During such a test run, CapFrameX, which developed a useful frametime an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/1957217/windows-11-cpu-usage-reporting-is-apparently-buggy-including-on-task-manager?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T22:00:00Z	**DC Attorney General Sues Mark Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Data Breach**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine has sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly failing to protect consumer data following the Cambridge Analytica data leak. "The evidence shows Mr. Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook's failure to protect the pri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/209214/dc-attorney-general-sues-mark-zuckerberg-over-cambridge-analytica-data-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T22:40:00Z	**Microsoft's Windows Subsystem For Android Just Got a Big Update**
Microsoft has updated the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) to Android 12.1 and shipped improvements to Android integration with Windows, networking, the camera in apps, the Settings app, and more. ZDNet reports: Current limitations aside, Microsoft is continuing to invest in bringing Android to Windows 11, as seen in its update to the WSA on Wind ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2014243/microsofts-windows-subsystem-for-android-just-got-a-big-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-23T23:20:00Z	**AMD Ryzen 7000 Smokes Alder Lake In Computex Keynote Zen 4 Tease**
"AMD's Computex 2022 keynote marks the first appearance of company's new Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 desktop chip in the flesh," writes Slashdot reader MojoKid. "And in its first quick benchmark tease, it's looking pretty buff." Here's an excerpt from a report via HotHardware: AMD Ryzen 7000-series processors that will be the first to ship with Ze ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2022232/amd-ryzen-7000-smokes-alder-lake-in-computex-keynote-zen-4-tease?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T00:02:00Z	**The Smoke and Mirrors of Unlimited Paid Time Off**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Investment-banking firm Goldman Sachs made an eye-catching move last week: it granted unlimited paid holiday to its senior staff. According to a memo seen by a number of media organizations, partners and managing directors will be able to "take time off when needed without a fixed vacation day entitlement." Junior staff were given tw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2039213/the-smoke-and-mirrors-of-unlimited-paid-time-off?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T00:45:00Z	**Apple In Talks To Buy EA Gaming; Disney and Amazon Also Potential Suitors**
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is actively seeking a potential buyer or merger. Apple has reportedly been in talks with the company about buying EA out according to Puck. Disney and Amazon have also been in talks about purchasing the video game company. 9to5Mac reports: The Redwood City-based firm has published hits l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2043258/apple-in-talks-to-buy-ea-gaming-disney-and-amazon-also-potential-suitors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T01:25:00Z	**Airbnb Is Closing Its Domestic Business In China**
According to CNBC, Airbnb is closing its domestic business in China. From the report: All mainland Chinese listings -- homes and experiences -- will be taken down by this summer. Airbnb formally launched its mainland China business in 2016 and has faced mounting competition from domestic players. Sources say that the segment was already costly and complex to operate. The pandemic wo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2145216/airbnb-is-closing-its-domestic-business-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T02:02:00Z	**EPA Opens Applications For Its $5 Billion Clean School Bus Program**
The EPA is formally accepting applications for its Clean School Bus Program, a $5 billion program to replace dirty diesel school buses with more environmentally friendly options. Ars Technica reports: Specifically, the EPA is aiming to replace older (model year 2010 or older) diesel-powered school buses, which must be scrapped in order for a c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2151208/epa-opens-applications-for-its-5-billion-clean-school-bus-program?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T03:30:00Z	**Scientists Create Tomatoes Genetically Edited To Bolster Vitamin D Levels**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Scientists have created genetically edited tomatoes, each containing as much provitamin D3 -- the precursor to vitamin D -- as two eggs or a tablespoon of tuna. Outdoor field trials of the tomatoes are expected to begin in the UK next month, and if successful, could provid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/222223/scientists-create-tomatoes-genetically-edited-to-bolster-vitamin-d-levels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T07:00:00Z	**New Calculations of Solar Spectrum Resolve Decade-Long Controversy About the Sun's Chemical Composition**
Researchers from the University of Gottingen have published new calculations of the physics of the sun's atmosphere that resolve the apparent contradiction between the modern standard model of solar evolution and the "tried-and-true" method called spectral analysis. " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/23/2216252/new-calculations-of-solar-spectrum-resolve-decade-long-controversy-about-the-suns-chemical-composition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T10:00:00Z	**NYC Removes Last Payphone From Service**
New York City removed its last public payphone on Monday. The boxy enclosures were once an iconic symbol across the city. But the rise of cellphones made the booths obsolete. CNBC reports: The effort to replace public pay telephones across the city kicked off in 2014 when the de Blasio administration solicited proposals to reimagine the offering, the city's Office of Technology and Innovation sa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/0248238/nyc-removes-last-payphone-from-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T13:00:00Z	**Google Unveils 'Imagen' Text-To-Image Diffusion Model, Claims It's Better Than DALL-E 2**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2's ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything but OpenAI isn't the only one working on something like that. Google Research has rushed to publicize a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/0246208/google-unveils-imagen-text-to-image-diffusion-model-claims-its-better-than-dall-e-2?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T14:00:00Z	**On-demand Grocery App Gorillas Lays Off Half Its Office Workforce**
Grocery app Gorillas, which promises to deliver goods in as quickly as 10 minutes, is laying off half of its office staff. From a report: In a press release, the company said it was letting go of roughly 300 employees from a "global office workforce" of 600. (This workforce also includes roughly 14,400 staff working in warehouse and as delivery driv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1348250/on-demand-grocery-app-gorillas-lays-off-half-its-office-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T14:41:00Z	**Walmart Plans To Expand Drone Delivery To Six States this Year**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Drone delivery has been a long time coming, but its actual implementation has largely arrived in fits and starts. Some companies (Alphabet's Wing) have made decent headway, while others (Amazon) have struggled. There are still plenty of issues to contend with ahead of any sort of mainstream adoption, from regulatio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/144216/walmart-plans-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-six-states-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T15:24:00Z	**Microsoft Will Support Third-Party Windows 11 Widgets Later This Year**
Microsoft is planning to support third-party widgets inside Windows 11 later this year. At its annual Build developer conference today, the software giant says it will open up access to Windows 11 widgets to developers as companions to their win32 or PWA apps. From a report: Currently, the Windows 11 widgets system is restricted to nati ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1524218/microsoft-will-support-third-party-windows-11-widgets-later-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T16:05:00Z	**Founder Alleges That YC-Backed Fintech Startup is 'Copy-and-Pasting' Its Business**
A new startup lifting elements of competing businesses is far from unusual in today's venture world, but sometimes competing founders don't find the imitation all that flattering. From a report: Andy Bromberg, CEO of the a16z-backed startup Eco, is claiming that Pebble, another fintech startup that came out of stea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1541223/founder-alleges-that-yc-backed-fintech-startup-is-copy-and-pasting-its-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T16:40:00Z	**Microsoft Brings Support for Arm-based AI Chips To Windows**
Today at Build 2022, Microsoft unveiled Project Volterra, a device powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform that's designed to let developers explore "AI scenarios" via Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine (SNPE) for Windows toolkit. From a report: The hardware arrives alongside support in Windows for neural processing units (NPUs), or dedicat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1621231/microsoft-brings-support-for-arm-based-ai-chips-to-windows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T17:31:00Z	**Microsoft Launches Power Pages for Designing Business Websites**
Riding the wave of enthusiasm for no-code/low-code solutions, Microsoft today announced Power Pages, a standalone product within the company's Power Platform portfolio for creating business websites. Power Pages previously existed as a component within Power Apps called Power Apps portals, but it's been broken out and redesigned with a new user exper ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1731237/microsoft-launches-power-pages-for-designing-business-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T18:10:00Z	**Google Brings Street View History To Phones, Introduces 'Street View Studio'**
Today is the 15th birthday of Google Maps Street View, Google's project to take ground-level, 360-degree photographs of the entire world. To celebrate, the company is rolling out a few new features. From a report: First up, Google is bringing historical Street View data to iOS and Android phones. The feature has long existed  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1754235/google-brings-street-view-history-to-phones-introduces-street-view-studio?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T18:42:00Z	**Climate Worries Galvanize a New Pro-Nuclear Movement in the US**
As states race to keep plants open, California becomes a test case of how much the tide has shifted. From a report: Charles Komanoff was for decades an expert witness for groups working against nuclear plants, delivering blistering critiques so effective that he earned a spot at the podium when tens of thousands of protesters descended on Washington  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1838254/climate-worries-galvanize-a-new-pro-nuclear-movement-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T19:25:00Z	**Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit To Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last month, Apple launched its Self-Service Repair program, letting US customers fix broken screens, batteries, and cameras on the latest iPhones using Apple's own parts and tools for the first time ever. I couldn't wait. I'd never successfully repaired a phone. This time, armed with an officia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1912220/apple-shipped-me-a-79-pound-iphone-repair-kit-to-fix-a-11-ounce-battery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T20:05:00Z	**Amazon Employees Are Quitting at Twice the Rate of Recent Years**
A growing number of employees Amazon doesn't want to lose are leaving the company, according to a report. Insider: An internally tracked metric, called "regretted" attrition, has reached an average of 12.1% since June 2021, more than double the average in recent years, according to internal data obtained by Insider. That number had hovered around 5 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1923207/amazon-employees-are-quitting-at-twice-the-rate-of-recent-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T20:44:00Z	**Shards of the Planet Mercury May Be Hiding on Earth**
New research explains how meteorites called aubrites may actually be shattered pieces of the planet closest to the sun from the early days of the solar system. From a report: Mercury does not make sense. It is a bizarre hunk of rock with a composition that is unlike its neighboring rocky planets. "It's way too dense," said David Rothery, a planetary scientist at the Op ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1941253/shards-of-the-planet-mercury-may-be-hiding-on-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T21:25:00Z	**Watching Less TV Could Cut Heart Disease, Study Finds**
More than one in 10 cases of coronary heart disease could be prevented if people reduced their TV viewing to less than an hour a day, research suggests. From a report: Coronary heart disease occurs when fatty material builds up inside the coronary arteries causing them to narrow, reducing the heart's blood supply. Researchers say cutting down on time spent in  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/1947248/watching-less-tv-could-cut-heart-disease-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T22:02:00Z	**Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape, Which Was Supposed To Star In His New Show**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BuzzFeed News: Actor and producer Seth Green was robbed of several NFTs this month after succumbing to a phishing scam that inadvertently threw a monkey wrench into the plan for his new animated series. The forthcoming show was developed from characters in Green's expansive NFT col ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/2057212/someone-stole-seth-greens-bored-ape-which-was-supposed-to-star-in-his-new-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T22:40:00Z	**Facebook Opens Political Ad Data Vaults To Researchers**
Meta's ad transparency tools will soon reveal another treasure trove of data: advertiser targeting choices for political, election-related, and social issue spots. The Register reports: Meta said it plans to add the targeting data into its Facebook Open Research and Transparency (FORT) environment for academic researchers at the end of May. The move comes a day after ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/210259/facebook-opens-political-ad-data-vaults-to-researchers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-24T23:20:00Z	**Bing Contract Prohibits DuckDuckGo From Completely Blocking Microsoft Tracking**
DuckDuckGo isn't as private as you thought. "Due to a confidential search agreement, the DuckDuckGo browser does not block all Microsoft trackers," reports Review Geek. "What's worse, DuckDuckGo only acknowledged this 'privacy hole' after it was discovered by a security researcher." From the report: Security researcher @ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/218210/bing-contract-prohibits-duckduckgo-from-completely-blocking-microsoft-tracking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T00:02:00Z	**Dutch Police Create Deepfake Video of Murdered Boy In Hope of New Leads**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Dutch police have received dozens of leads after using deepfake technology to virtually bring to life a teenager almost two decades after his murder. Sedar Soares was shot dead in 2003 while throwing snowballs with friends in the parking lot of a Rotterdam metro station. The 13-y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/2118242/dutch-police-create-deepfake-video-of-murdered-boy-in-hope-of-new-leads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T00:45:00Z	**Samsung Allegedly Assembling a 'Dream Team' To Take Down Apple's M1 In 2025**
Samsung is rumored to be assembling a special task force dubbed "Dream Platform One team" tasked with designing a custom in-house Samsung mobile Application Processor (AP) that can take on Apple Silicon. Neowin reports: It's probably fair to say that Samsung hasn't had the best time with its Exynos offerings when compared a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/2132208/samsung-allegedly-assembling-a-dream-team-to-take-down-apples-m1-in-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T01:25:00Z	**Spain To Invest $13 Billion To Build Microchip Industry**
The Spanish government on Tuesday announced plans to invest $13.2 billion to build microchips in the country and "help reduce the dependence of Span and the European Union on other suppliers," reports the Associated Press. From the report: Speaking in Madrid, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said the five-year plan is aimed at enabling S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/2145228/spain-to-invest-13-billion-to-build-microchip-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T02:02:00Z	**Driverless Cars Could Force Other Road Users To Drive More Efficiently**
MattSparkes shares a report from New Scientist: The idea that autonomous cars, even in small numbers, can increase fuel efficiency, travel times and safety for all cars on the road will be put to the test on routes around Nashville, Tennessee, later this year. Benedetto Piccoli at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and his colleagues pre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/24/2359227/driverless-cars-could-force-other-road-users-to-drive-more-efficiently?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T03:30:00Z	**China Launches an Autonomous Mothership Full of Autonomous Drones**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: China christened a remarkable new 290-foot ship last week -- the world's first semi-autonomous drone carrier. It'll carry, launch, recover and co-ordinate the actions of more than 50 other autonomous aerial, surface and underwater vehicles. The Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard began construction on the Zh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/0014259/china-launches-an-autonomous-mothership-full-of-autonomous-drones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T07:00:00Z	**US Moves Toward Supplying Romania With a Modular, Low-Cost Nuclear Plant**
tomhath shares a report from The New York Times: The United States said on Monday that it would supply Romania with a training simulator in preparation for building a new type of nuclear power generating plant in the country. If an agreement on moving ahead with a power station is reached, Romania could become the first country  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/007219/us-moves-toward-supplying-romania-with-a-modular-low-cost-nuclear-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T10:00:00Z	**Cheap Gel Film Pulls Buckets of Drinking Water Per Day From Thin Air**
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull many liters of water per day out of even very dry air. New Atlas reports: The gel is made up of two main ingredients that are cheap and common -- cellulose, which comes from the cell walls of plants, and konjac gum, a widely used fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/0038252/cheap-gel-film-pulls-buckets-of-drinking-water-per-day-from-thin-air?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T13:00:00Z	**New Copyright Lawsuit Targets Uploaders of 10-Minute Movie Edits**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The ordeal of three people, who edited major movies down to 10 minutes and then uploaded those summaries to YouTube, is not over yet. After being arrested and found guilty in a criminal court last year, they now face action in the civil courts. A total of 13 companies including Toei, Kadokawa, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/0045250/new-copyright-lawsuit-targets-uploaders-of-10-minute-movie-edits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T14:00:00Z	**Terra Blockchain Will Split, Abandon Collapsed UST Stablecoin**
A proposal by the founder of the troubled Terra ecosystem to salvage the project was approved, averting a total collapse of one of the most-watched experiments in decentralized finance. From a report: Under the newly approved structure, the original blockchain will be known as Terra Classic, while its native token Luna, which plunged close to zero this  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1359250/terra-blockchain-will-split-abandon-collapsed-ust-stablecoin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T14:40:00Z	**'Tough To Forge' Digital Driver's License is Easy To Forge**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In late 2019, the government of New South Wales in Australia rolled out digital driver's licenses. The new licenses allowed people to use their iPhone or Android device to show proof of identity and age during roadside police checks or at bars, stores, hotels, and other venues. ServiceNSW, as the government body is usually ref ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1412259/tough-to-forge-digital-drivers-license-is-easy-to-forge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T15:20:00Z	**CVS Will Stop Filling Controlled-Substance Prescriptions for Cerebral, Done**
CVS Health will stop filling prescriptions for controlled substances ordered by clinicians working for telehealth startups Cerebral and Done Health starting Thursday, a move that will impact thousands of patients. From a report: A CVS spokesman confirmed the change in a statement, citing concerns CVS has with the two compa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1433225/cvs-will-stop-filling-controlled-substance-prescriptions-for-cerebral-done?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T16:00:00Z	**Amazon Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Clothing Store Near LA**
Amazon is opening its first physical clothing store on Wednesday, the latest brick-and-mortar initiative from the world's largest online retailer. From a report: Called Amazon Style, the shop is located in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. The Seattle-based company has pledged to open stores only when it has something original to offer customers. In Style's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1439209/amazon-opens-first-brick-and-mortar-clothing-store-near-la?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T16:45:00Z	**NY State is Giving Out Hundreds of Robots as Companions For the Elderly**
The state of New York will distribute robot companions to the homes of more than 800 older adults. From a report: The robots are not able to help with physical tasks, but function as more proactive versions of digital assistants like Siri or Alexa -- engaging users in small talk, helping contact love ones, and keeping track of healt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1635203/ny-state-is-giving-out-hundreds-of-robots-as-companions-for-the-elderly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T17:25:00Z	**Gene Editing Could Increase Food Security, UK Adviser Says**
Gene editing could drastically increase global food security and reduce reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides in the coming decade, a scientific adviser to the UK government's environment department has said. From a report: Speaking before the introduction of a bill on genetic technologies to the House of Lords on Wednesday, Prof Gideon Henderson ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1651243/gene-editing-could-increase-food-security-uk-adviser-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T18:12:00Z	**Russian Hackers Are Linked To New Brexit Leak Website, Google Says**
A new website that published leaked emails from several leading proponents of Britain's exit from the European Union is tied to Russian hackers, according to a Google cybersecurity official and the former head of UK foreign intelligence. From a report: The website - titled "Very English Coop d'Etat" - says it has published private emails from fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1812220/russian-hackers-are-linked-to-new-brexit-leak-website-google-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T19:25:00Z	**'Quantum Internet' Inches Closer With Advance in Data Teleportation**
From Santa Barbara, Calif., to Hefei, China, scientists are developing a new kind of computer that will make today's machines look like toys. From a report: Harnessing the mysterious powers of quantum mechanics, the technology will perform tasks in minutes that even supercomputers could not complete in thousands of years. In the fall of 2019, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1925213/quantum-internet-inches-closer-with-advance-in-data-teleportation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T18:44:00Z	**ProtonMail Unifies Encrypted Mail, Calendar, VPN, and Storage Services Under New 'Proton' Brand**
Swiss-based encrypted email provider ProtonMail today announced a restructuring of its privacy-first services, bringing them under a new unifying brand name: Proton. "Today, we are undertaking our biggest step forward in the movement for an internet that respects your privacy. The new, update ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/1844246/protonmail-unifies-encrypted-mail-calendar-vpn-and-storage-services-under-new-proton-brand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T20:05:00Z	**Zuckerberg's Metaverse To Lose 'Significant' Money in Near Term**
Mark Zuckerberg said he plans to invest heavily in his company's metaverse ambitions and that will mean losing "significant" amounts of money on the project in the next three to five years. From a report: The metaverse, an immersive digital world, will eventually make money from a creator economy, as people build businesses selling virtual goods and se ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/203246/zuckerbergs-metaverse-to-lose-significant-money-in-near-term?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T21:22:00Z	**Finland Legally Commits To Carbon Negativity By 2040**
Carbon dioxide removal will soon be written into Finnish law: In a historic Wednesday vote, the country's Parliament approved a new Climate Change Act that would commit the country to carbon neutrality by 2035, and carbon negativity 2040. From a report: Assuming it is signed by President Sauli Niinisto, the law would make Finland the first country in the world to mak ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2026254/finland-legally-commits-to-carbon-negativity-by-2040?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T22:00:00Z	**Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming To Apps, Schools**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Clearview AI is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies from mainly serving the police, it told Reuters, inviting scrutiny on how the startup capitalizes on billions of photos it scrapes from social media profiles. [...] Clearview primarily helps police identify people through soc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2029250/clearview-ais-facial-recognition-tool-coming-to-apps-schools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T22:40:00Z	**Jack Dorsey Steps Down From Twitter's Board**
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from Twitter's board of directors Wednesday. TechCrunch reports: Dorsey had already begun to distance himself from the social media platform he co-founded, leaving Twitter's chief executive role late last year to focus on Block, formerly known as Square. The plan for Dorsey to leave the board has been in place since he stepped down as CEO. At th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2035207/jack-dorsey-steps-down-from-twitters-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-25T23:20:00Z	**Solar Panels Are Coming To IKEA**
Starting this fall with its locations in California, the Swedish furniture giant Ikea will sell the means to power your Starkvind (that's an air purifier) and Stjarnstatus (that's a fridge) by adding solar panels to the company's offerings. Thankfully, assembly will be handled by the professionals. Curbed reports: To bring photovoltaics -- the technical name for solar panels -- to the people, Ikea is partne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2042235/solar-panels-are-coming-to-ikea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T00:02:00Z	**Researchers Unveil Paper On New Battery That Could Last 100 Years**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Tesla's advanced battery research group in Canada in partnership with Dalhousie University has released a new paper on a new nickel-based battery that could last 100 years while still favorably comparing to LFP cells on charging and energy density. [...] The paper describes a nickel-based b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2050247/researchers-unveil-paper-on-new-battery-that-could-last-100-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T00:45:00Z	**SEC Weighs Crackdown on Phony Environmental and Social-Justice Funds**
Environmental and social justice-focused funds are booming -- so much so that the Securities and Exchange Commission is mulling new regulations to clamp down on funds that fail to back up certain altruistic claims. From a report: On Wednesday, the SEC proposed broadening the scope of its Names Rule, which enables the agency to take action ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2033208/sec-weighs-crackdown-on-phony-environmental-and-social-justice-funds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T01:02:00Z	**Dyson's Been Secretly Working On Robots That Do Household Chores**
Dyson has revealed that it has an entire division that's secretly been developing robot prototypes that do household chores. Engadget reports: The company didn't detail any of the models in particularly, but many look like regular robot arms adapted to do specialized home chores like cleaning and tidying. One appeared to be designed to vacuum o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/216248/dysons-been-secretly-working-on-robots-that-do-household-chores?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T01:25:00Z	**California Parents Could Soon Sue For Social Media Addiction**
California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday. The Associated Press reports: The bill defines "addiction" as kids under 18 who a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2110254/california-parents-could-soon-sue-for-social-media-addiction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T02:02:00Z	**Microsoft Dev Box Will Virtualize Your Windows Development PC In a Browser Window**
Microsoft Dev Box is intended to simplify the process of getting new developer workstations up and running quickly, with all necessary tools and dependencies installed and working out-of-the-box (so to speak), along with access to up-to-date source code and fresh copies of any nightly builds. Ars Technica r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2154241/microsoft-dev-box-will-virtualize-your-windows-development-pc-in-a-browser-window?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T03:30:00Z	**World's Largest Vats For Growing 'No-Kill' Meat To Be Built In US**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The building of the world's largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a "gamechanger" for the nascent industry. The US company Good Meat said the bioreactors would ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/221229/worlds-largest-vats-for-growing-no-kill-meat-to-be-built-in-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T07:00:00Z	**Famous 'Alien' Wow! Signal May Have Come From Distant, Sunlike Star**
Researchers may have pinpointed the source of a famous supposed alien broadcast discovered nearly a half century ago. Space.com reports: The prominent and still-mysterious Wow! Signal, which briefly blared in a radio telescope the night of Aug. 15, 1977, may have come from a sun-like star located 1,800 light-years away in the constellation S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/25/2217242/famous-alien-wow-signal-may-have-come-from-distant-sunlike-star?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T10:00:00Z	**FTC Fines Twitter $150 Million For Using 2FA Phone Numbers For Ad Targeting**
Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million fine after federal law enforcement officials accused the social media company of illegally selling advertisements based on an improper use of personal data over six years. NPR reports: In court documents made public on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/0028247/ftc-fines-twitter-150-million-for-using-2fa-phone-numbers-for-ad-targeting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T13:00:00Z	**Foxconn Factory Fiasco Could Leave Wisonsinites On the Hook For $300 Million**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: For five years, Foxconn promised and spectacularly failed to build a much-hyped sprawling factory near Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Now, the area's leaders may be saddled with $300 million in bond repayments that the Taiwanese iPhone maker had promised to repay. According ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/0035217/foxconn-factory-fiasco-could-leave-wisonsinites-on-the-hook-for-300-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T14:01:00Z	**Hotels Using NFTs To Create a StubHub for Lodging Reservations**
Some resort owners think they have found a way to avoid getting stuck with excess inventory when guests cancel at the last minute. It involves converting room nights for sale into nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, that can be bought or sold by hotel guests, similar to the StubHub market for concert and sporting event tickets. From a report: Owners say this ensu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/140220/hotels-using-nfts-to-create-a-stubhub-for-lodging-reservations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T14:49:00Z	**Senate Report Finds Government is Unprepared To Stop Ransomware Attacks**
In the past few years, ransomware attacks have crippled schools, hospitals, city governments, and pipelines. Yet, despite the heavy toll such incidents have on both the public and private sectors, government officials have only a limited understanding of ransomware attacks and how cryptocurrencies are being used to collect payment,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1449231/senate-report-finds-government-is-unprepared-to-stop-ransomware-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T15:22:00Z	**JPMorgan Finds New Use for Blockchain in Trading and Lending**
JPMorgan Chase is using blockchain for collateral settlements, the latest Wall Street experimentation with the technology in the trading of traditional financial assets. From a report: The bank's first such transaction came on May 20, when two of its entities transferred the token representation of BlackRock money market fund shares as collateral on its privat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/153226/jpmorgan-finds-new-use-for-blockchain-in-trading-and-lending?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T16:02:00Z	**Tim Sweeney Casts Doubt on Metaverse's Use for Work, Saying Stripping Entertainment Aspect Leaves You With 'Super Creepy Version of AOL Chat Rooms'**
In an interview with the FT, Epic chief executive Tim Sweeney spoke about the metaverse and expressed his concerns that tech giants Apple and Google could "unfairly" extend their "strang ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1553224/tim-sweeney-casts-doubt-on-metaverses-use-for-work-saying-stripping-entertainment-aspect-leaves-you-with-super-creepy-version-of-aol-chat-rooms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T16:41:00Z	**Microsoft To Slow Hiring in Windows, Office, Teams Groups**
Microsoft will slow hiring in its Windows, Office and Teams chat and conferencing software groups, citing a need to realign staffing priorities as it approaches a new fiscal year in a time of global economic uncertainty. From a report: All new hires must be approved by Executive Vice President Rajesh Jha and his leadership team, Jha told employees in an email Thursda ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1642205/microsoft-to-slow-hiring-in-windows-office-teams-groups?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T17:35:00Z	**In Private, Vulnerable Senate Dems Back Off Tech Bill**
A bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the nation's largest tech companies is facing fresh resistance from a faction of Senate Democrats over complaints the measure could threaten their chances of holding their slim majority, 10 people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. From a report: The internal opposition comes as Democratic leaders are pushing for a vote o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1735250/in-private-vulnerable-senate-dems-back-off-tech-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T18:05:00Z	**Broadcom To Acquire VMware in Massive $61 Billion Deal**
Broadcom has announced it is acquiring VMware in a massive $61 billion deal. From a report: The deal is a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt. With VMware, Broadcom gets more than the core virtualization, which the company was built on. It also gets other pieces it acquired along the way to diversify, like Heptio for containeriz ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1748248/broadcom-to-acquire-vmware-in-massive-61-billion-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T18:40:00Z	**Google Opens Up Chrome and Chrome OS To Enterprise Security, Control Integrations**
Google is highlighting how Chromebooks can work in "zero trust" corporate environments with its new Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework. From a report: The new integration system is designed to make the Chrome browser and Chrome OS devices easier for IT departments to implement with existing security, endpoint, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1832239/google-opens-up-chrome-and-chrome-os-to-enterprise-security-control-integrations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T19:24:00Z	**Epic Games Points To Mac's Openness and Security in Its Latest Filing in App Store Antitrust Case**
In a new court filing, Epic Games challenges Apple's position that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone's security. And it points to Apple's macOS as an example of how the process of "sideloading" apps -- installing apps outside of Apple's own App Store, that is -- do ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1910226/epic-games-points-to-macs-openness-and-security-in-its-latest-filing-in-app-store-antitrust-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T20:05:00Z	**Why Chinese Sellers Are Quitting Amazon**
An anonymous reader shares a report: You might have seen the headlines over the past year: Chinese sellers are leaving Amazon. Since early 2021, the e-commerce giant says it has banned 3,000 Chinese accounts for using paid reviewers to artificially inflate ratings, a practice known as "brushing." The narrative sounds pretty simple, right? Dishonest Chinese sellers gaming the system! Of course they sh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/1923233/why-chinese-sellers-are-quitting-amazon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T20:42:00Z	**US Bill Would Bar Google, Apple From Hosting Apps That Accept China's Digital Yuan**
Republican Senators want to bar U.S. app stores including Apple and Google from hosting apps that allow payments to be made with China's digital currency, according to a copy of proposed legislation seen by Reuters, amid fears the payment system could allow Beijing to spy on Americans. From a report: The bill to b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/203254/us-bill-would-bar-google-apple-from-hosting-apps-that-accept-chinas-digital-yuan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T21:21:00Z	**Microsoft Continues To Iterate on an Xbox Cloud Streaming Device Codenamed 'Keystone'**
Windows Central: For a few years, rumors have persisted that Microsoft was exploring building some form of streaming stick to offer Xbox Cloud Gaming via a more affordable dongle, similarly to Chromecast and Google Stadia. The first hint was Project Hobart. More recently, a code name "Keystone" appeared in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2023212/microsoft-continues-to-iterate-on-an-xbox-cloud-streaming-device-codenamed-keystone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T22:00:00Z	**Hacker Steals Database of Hundreds of Verizon Employees**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A hacker has obtained a database that includes the full name, email address, corporate ID numbers, and phone number of hundreds of Verizon employees. It's unclear if all the data is accurate or up to date. Motherboard was able to confirm that at least some of the data is legitimate by calling phone number ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2028252/hacker-steals-database-of-hundreds-of-verizon-employees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T22:40:00Z	**WeWork's Adam Neumann Is Back**
Adam Neumann made his post-WeWork debut when Flowcarbon, a blockchain-based carbon credits company, announced that it has raised $70 million in its first round of funding. Neumann is both a founder and an investor in the startup. Reuters reports: The company aims to tap into the growing market for carbon credits companies buy to offset their greenhouse gas emissions as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy in the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2042221/weworks-adam-neumann-is-back?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-26T23:20:00Z	**Linux 5.19 Adds 500K Lines of New Graphics Driver Code**
UnknowingFool writes: The current Linux kernel in development, 5.19, added 495,793 new lines of code for graphic driver updates. David Airlie sent in the new lines as part of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem of Linux. The majority of additions were for AMD's RDNA and CDNA platforms but Intel also submitted changes for their DG2 graphics as well. Updates also  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2046227/linux-519-adds-500k-lines-of-new-graphics-driver-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T00:02:00Z	**Marble Madness II: The Canceled Sequel To Classic Arcade Game Recovered For MAME Emulator**
An anonymous reader writes: Atari pulled the plug on the release of Marble Madness II almost exactly 31 years ago after the follow up to their hit game failed to perform well in location tests. For decades the only way to play this now sought after rarity has been on one of a handful of known surv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2056230/marble-madness-ii-the-canceled-sequel-to-classic-arcade-game-recovered-for-mame-emulator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T00:45:00Z	**Corey B. Marion, Co-Founder of The Iconfactory, Dies Age 54**
Designer and co-founder of The Iconfactory, Corey B. Marion, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 54. AppleInsider reports: Marion founded The Iconfactory in 1996 with Talos Tsui, and Gedeon Maheux, when he was 29. For a quarter of a century, he led the firm while also designing icons -- including the company's own factory logo one -- and crea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2132210/corey-b-marion-co-founder-of-the-iconfactory-dies-age-54?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T01:25:00Z	**NCTC Could Drop 'Cable' As Industry Group Eyes Name Change**
Industry trade group the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) could be dropping the "cable" moniker as it eyes a potential name change. Fierce Video reports: A trademark application filed by NCTC on May 17 shows one proposal for a new name: National Content & Technology Cooperative. An NCTC spokesperson confirmed to Fierce that the organizatio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2141203/nctc-could-drop-cable-as-industry-group-eyes-name-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T02:02:00Z	**Tangle-Free Magnetic USB Cables Are Here**
The Verge's Sean Hollister has been testing a number of "nifty" USB cables that magnetically stick to themselves and don't get all tangled up in your drawers and bags. The only problem is "they all suck big time at data transfer, charging, or both," he writes. From the report: This one, which also has its own built-in blue LED light and magnetic swappable tips for USB-C, micro-USB, and Ligh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/225257/tangle-free-magnetic-usb-cables-are-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T03:30:00Z	**Smart Pacemaker Simply Dissolves Inside the Body When It's No Longer Needed**
An anonymous reader writes: A team of scientists created a novel type of temporary pacemaker -- one that dissolves on its own, without requiring any removal. In their latest research, they've paired the pacemaker with a series of wireless sensors on the skin, which should allow it to smartly monitor a patient's vital signs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/26/2211219/smart-pacemaker-simply-dissolves-inside-the-body-when-its-no-longer-needed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T07:00:00Z	**New Zealand's Humble Bee Bio Is Using Bees To Create Bioplastics**
Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. TechCrunch reports: While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage -- it's about halfway through its proof of concept -- if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the sustainable tex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/0140238/new-zealands-humble-bee-bio-is-using-bees-to-create-bioplastics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T10:00:00Z	**AmigaOne X1000/X5000 Remains Well Supported With PowerPC Linux**
Mike Bouma writes: Despite being expensive and having been sold out for quite some time at the main Amiga Dealers, two days after Linus Torvalds' release of Linux 5.18, Christian "xeno74" Zigotzky made the latest PPC kernel available for the AmigaOne X1000/X5000. Here and here are some screenshots. Linux PPC performs well on AmigaOne computers. For ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/023216/amigaone-x1000x5000-remains-well-supported-with-powerpc-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T13:00:00Z	**Bungie Will Help Sony Make 12 Live Service Games By 2025**
In January, Sony bought Bungie for $3.5 billion, giving the company one of the most popular first-person shooter games to compete with Microsoft and the various game studios it owns. Now, according to Forbes, Sony "has a whole plan to integrate Bungie's live service-building philosophies into its other teams that are making games [...]." From the report: Bungie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/0150221/bungie-will-help-sony-make-12-live-service-games-by-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T14:00:00Z	**Internet Drama in Canada**
We all need great internet service, but it doesn't happen by accident. From a report: Let's talk about internet policy! In Canada! Wheee! I'm serious that there are useful lessons from a saga over home internet service in Canada. What has been a promising, albeit imperfect, system that increased choices and improved internet service for Canadians is poised to fall apart. Barring a last-minute government intervention today or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/0946230/internet-drama-in-canada?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T14:40:00Z	**Tech Industry Groups Are Watering Down Attempts at Privacy Regulation, One State at a Time**
Coordinated industry lobbying is overwhelming the scattered efforts of consumer groups and privacy-minded lawmakers. From a report: In late 2019, Utah state senator Kirk Cullimore got a phone call from one of his constituents, a lawyer who represented technology companies in California. "He said, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/0952233/tech-industry-groups-are-watering-down-attempts-at-privacy-regulation-one-state-at-a-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T15:20:00Z	**Starlink Gets Nod To Provide Internet in Philippines**
Starlink has been authorized to provide satellite internet services in the Philippines, paving the way for the SpaceX unit's expansion to Southeast Asia. From a report: The Philippine National Telecommunications Commission said it approved Starlink's registration as a value-added service provider, according to a statement Friday. This would allow Starlink to directly ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/0956243/starlink-gets-nod-to-provide-internet-in-philippines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T16:05:00Z	**Meta Copied VR Technology Key To Metaverse Gaming, Immersion Claims**
Meta Platforms built its industry-leading virtual reality headset by infringing Immersion's patents, the smaller company alleged in a lawsuit. From a report: The Meta Quest 2, which dominates the market, infringes six patents covering haptic technology, Immersion said in a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Waco, Texas. In video ga ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1450218/meta-copied-vr-technology-key-to-metaverse-gaming-immersion-claims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T16:40:00Z	**G-7 Pledges Put Coal on Notice, Could Boost Climate Aid**
Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. From a report: Ministers from the G-7 countries meeting in Berlin also announced a target to have a "highly dec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1639242/g-7-pledges-put-coal-on-notice-could-boost-climate-aid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T17:29:00Z	**Top Fed Official Warns About US Falling Behind in Digital Dollar Race**
A top Federal Reserve official gave a stark warning to House lawmakers on Thursday: Move too slow in issuing a central bank digital currency and the dollar's global dominance could eventually be in jeopardy. From a report: "We shouldn't take the dollar's global status as the dominant payment currency for granted," Lael Brainard, the Fed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1729233/top-fed-official-warns-about-us-falling-behind-in-digital-dollar-race?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T18:09:00Z	**Are We on the Verge of an 8K Resolution Breakthrough in Gaming?**
An anonymous reader shares a report: With the 2020 release of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, we've started to see the era of console games that finally make full use of TVs capable of 4K resolutions (i.e., "Ultra HD" 3840Ã--2160 pixels) that have become increasingly popular in the marketplace. Now, though, at least one TV manufacturer is alread ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/188257/are-we-on-the-verge-of-an-8k-resolution-breakthrough-in-gaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T18:47:00Z	**Russia Opens Cases Against Google, other Foreign Tech Over Data Storage**
Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had opened administrative cases against Alphabet's Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violations of personal data legislation. From a report: Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmeri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1847218/russia-opens-cases-against-google-other-foreign-tech-over-data-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T19:25:00Z	**Larger-than-30TB Hard Drives Are Coming Much Sooner Than Expected**
Inside of hard disk drives are platters which hold all your data; these are all manufactured by one company in Japan called Showa Denko which has announced it expects to "realize near-line HDD having storage capacity of more than 30TB" by the end of 2023. From a report: Deciphering that statement, we'd assume it will provide platters with a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1917212/larger-than-30tb-hard-drives-are-coming-much-sooner-than-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T20:05:00Z	**Russian Academics Aim To Punish Colleagues Who Backed Ukraine Invasion**
Some academic researchers in Russia are quietly working to prevent colleagues who have supported their country's invasion of Ukraine from being elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences this month. From a report: If they succeed, they will deny those who back the war a prized credential that confers prestige in Russian institutions o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/1951207/russian-academics-aim-to-punish-colleagues-who-backed-ukraine-invasion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T20:45:00Z	**Starlink Has Been Approved in Nigeria and Mozambique**
Elon Musk has announced that Starlink, the satellite internet service launched by SpaceX, has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique. From a report: This news is coming three days after Musk answered a tweet about the service launch in Africa. "Yes, first countries in Africa to be announced coming soon," he tweeted. "Starlink will serve everywhere on Earth that we're l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2014230/starlink-has-been-approved-in-nigeria-and-mozambique?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T21:20:00Z	**Cockroach Reproduction Has Taken a Strange Turn**
In response to pesticides, many cockroach females have lost their taste for sweet stuff, which changes how they make the next generation of insects. From a report: When a male cockroach wants to mate with a female cockroach very much, he will scoot his butt toward her, open his wings and offer her a homemade meal -- sugars and fats squished out of his tergal gland. As the love ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2026229/cockroach-reproduction-has-taken-a-strange-turn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T22:00:00Z	**IndyCar Is Moving To 100% Renewable Ethanol In 2023**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The IndyCar racing series is switching to an entirely renewable fuel next year. On Friday, ahead of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 race, IndyCar announced that starting next year, the race cars will be powered by a new, second-generation renewable ethanol race fuel developed by Shell. The manufacturing process for IndyCar's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2042254/indycar-is-moving-to-100-renewable-ethanol-in-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T22:40:00Z	**GoodWill Ransomware Forces Victims To Donate To the Poor**
New submitter Grokew writes: "GoodWill ransomware group propagates very unusual demands in exchange for the decryption key," reports CloudSEK. "The Robin Hood-like group is forcing its victims to donate to the poor and provides financial assistance to the patients in need."

["Once infected, the GoodWill ransomware worm encrypts documents, photos, videos, database ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2053252/goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims-to-donate-to-the-poor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-27T23:20:00Z	**Broadcom To 'Focus On Rapid Transition To Subscription' For VMware**
Broadcom has signaled its $61 billion acquisition of VMware will involve a "rapid transition from perpetual licenses to subscriptions." The Register reports: That's according to Tom Krause, president of the Broadcom Software Group, on Thursday's Broadcom earnings call. He was asked how the semiconductor giant plans to deliver on its guidance tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/214227/broadcom-to-focus-on-rapid-transition-to-subscription-for-vmware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T00:02:00Z	**'Why Won't Corsair and Dell Just Let Apple's Touch Bar Die Already?'**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from an opinion piece, written by Macworld's Michael Simon: Apple killed its Touch Bar on the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro last year, but PC makers seem determined to prove the company wrong. First Dell introduced the XPS 13 Plus which sports a "new capacitive touch experience that allows you to swi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2115257/why-wont-corsair-and-dell-just-let-apples-touch-bar-die-already?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T00:45:00Z	**Omnipotent BMCs From Quanta Remain Vulnerable To Critical Pantsdown Threat**
"Quanta not patching vulnerable baseboard management controllers leaves data centers vulnerable," writes long-time Slashdot reader couchslug. "Pantsdown was disclosed in 2019..." Ars Technica reports: In January 2019, a researcher disclosed a devastating vulnerability in one of the most powerful and sensitive devices embedded in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2125201/omnipotent-bmcs-from-quanta-remain-vulnerable-to-critical-pantsdown-threat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T01:25:00Z	**RED Sues Nikon For Infringing On Its Video Compression Patents**
RED filed a lawsuit yesterday suing (PDF) Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents. PetaPixel reports: The lawsuit was filed in a southern California federal court today and asserts that the Japanese camera manufacturer and its United States subsidiaries have illegally infringed on seven patents that deal specifically with "a video camera ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2131245/red-sues-nikon-for-infringing-on-its-video-compression-patents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T02:02:00Z	**Substack Pauses Fundraising Efforts of Potential 100x Valuation**
Substack stopped fundraising efforts for a round of $75 million to $100 million, the New York Times reported Thursday. Axios reports: The round could have valued the newsletter publication platform between $750 million and $1 billion. But the abandoned plans come amid the market's cooling and layoffs among other tech firms. NYT reported that Substa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2148208/substack-pauses-fundraising-efforts-of-potential-100x-valuation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T03:30:00Z	**New Airbus Facility To Research Cryogenic Fuel Systems For Next-Gen Hydrogen Planes**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Airbus is launching a U.K.-based facility focused on hydrogen technologies, a move which represents the firm's latest attempt to support the design of its next generation of aircraft. In a statement Wednesday, Airbus said the Zero Emission Development Centre in F ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2153203/new-airbus-facility-to-research-cryogenic-fuel-systems-for-next-gen-hydrogen-planes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T07:00:00Z	**Scientists Use Nanoparticles To Break Through Shield That Brain Tumors Use To Avoid Detection By the Immune System**
Scientists from the University of Michigan have "fabricated a nanoparticle to deliver an inhibitor to brain tumor in mouse models, where the drug successfully turned on the immune system to eliminate the cancer," reports ScienceDaily. "The proce ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2214256/scientists-use-nanoparticles-to-break-through-shield-that-brain-tumors-use-to-avoid-detection-by-the-immune-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T10:00:00Z	**Tiny Robotic Crab Is Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot**
Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot -- and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. From the report: Just a half-millimeter wide, the tiny crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump. The researchers also developed millimeter-sized robots resembling i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/27/2219205/tiny-robotic-crab-is-smallest-ever-remote-controlled-walking-robot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T14:34:00Z	**NASA Praises Boeing Starliner's 'Picture Perfect' Return from ISS Visit**
Boeing's Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) "is officially a success," reports Space.com:

That's the verdict that leaders at NASA and Boeing gave during a press briefing on Wednesday night (May 25), a few hours after the aerospace giant's Starliner capsule returned to Earth to wrap up OFT-2, a crucial uncrewed demonstration mission to t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/0236218/nasa-praises-boeing-starliners-picture-perfect-return-from-iss-visit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T15:34:00Z	**Microsoft Brings 'Windows Subsystem for Linux 2' to Window Server 2022**
With the latest preview patch, Windows Server 2022 now supports WSL2 Linux distros, the Register reports:
The move ends an odyssey that began with the arrival of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 on Windows 10 several years ago and with users' calls for Windows Server to get the same treatment. The change is also somewhat of an a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/0348246/microsoft-brings-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2-to-window-server-2022?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T16:34:00Z	**PhD Students Face Cash Crisis with Wages That Don't Cover Living Costs**
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shares this surprising report from Nature. "Salaries for PhD students in the biological sciences fall well below the basic cost of living at almost every institution and department in the United States, according to data collected by two PhD students."

The crowdsourced findings, submitted by students, faculty m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/0315208/phd-students-face-cash-crisis-with-wages-that-dont-cover-living-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T17:34:00Z	**Algorithms in Videogames Criticized for Choosing Fairly-Matched Opponents**
Multiplayer games assign your opponents using "skill-based matchmaking," reports the Washington Post, "to fairly balance teams and maximize the enjoyment players get..."

But not everyone wants that. For example, the Post notes, "streamers want to put on a show."

For Jordan "HusKerrs" Thomas, a popular streamer and competitive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/0111202/algorithms-in-videogames-criticized-for-choosing-fairly-matched-opponents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T18:34:00Z	**Google is Rolling Out Chrome 102 with 32 Security Fixes, One Critical**
This week Google began a rolling release for stable Chrome version 102 "with 32 security fixes for browser on Windows, Mac and Linux," reports ZDNet:

Chrome 102 for the desktop includes 32 security fixes reported to Google by external researchers. There's one critical flaw, while eight are high severity, nine are medium severity, and seven ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/186213/google-is-rolling-out-chrome-102-with-32-security-fixes-one-critical?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T19:34:00Z	**Newest Version of Systemd Includes Experimental Feature for A/B-Style Updating**
"Let's popularize image-based OSes," writes Lennart Poettering, "with modernized security properties built around immutability, SecureBoot, TPM2, adaptability, auto-updating, factory reset, uniformity — built from traditional distribution packages, but deployed via images."

Or, as the Register puts it, the Systemd Linu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/194237/newest-version-of-systemd-includes-experimental-feature-for-ab-style-updating?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T20:34:00Z	**Disney+ Premiers New Star Wars Miniseries 'Obi-Wan Kenobi'**
CNET reviews Obi-Wan Kenobi, the new six-episode miniseries premiering today on Disney+

It's a question that's vexed Star Wars fans for decades: How did the bad guys not find Luke Skywalker when he was literally hiding in his father's old home? New Disney Plus miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, streaming now, will reveal the answer. But the real question is,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2029212/disney-premiers-new-star-wars-miniseries-obi-wan-kenobi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T21:35:00Z	**How CentOS Stream and RHEL 9 Led to AlmaLinux 9**
ZDNet writes that in late 2020 Red Hat decided "they'd no longer release CentOS Linux as a standalone distribution. Instead, CentOS Stream would work as a beta for RHEL."
So where are we now?
The competition immediately sprang up to replace CentOS. The two most important of these are the AlmaLinux OS Foundation's AlmaLinux and Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation's Rocky Linux.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/1649229/how-centos-stream-and-rhel-9-led-to-almalinux-9?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-28T22:34:00Z	**Cydia's Antitrust Case Against Apple Can Proceed, Judge Rules**
In 2018, Engadget described Cydia as the maker of an app store for jailbroken iPhones that shut down claiming it just wasn't profitable (after operating for nearly a decade).

But now Cydia has filed an antitrust case against Apple, Engadget reports:

On Thursday, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the same judge that oversaw the case between Apple and Epic  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2219227/cydias-antitrust-case-against-apple-can-proceed-judge-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T01:34:00Z	**25 Gigabit Per Second Fiber Retail Broadband Service Demoed in New Zealand**
25 gigabits per second — both downloading and uploading. CRN reports broadband infrastructure wholesaler Chorus demonstrated those speeds over their existing passive optical fiber network [PON].

The demonstration in Auckland achieved 21.4 Gbps throughput, tested simultaneously on the same strand of fibre that ran an 8 Gbps sy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2322222/25-gigabit-per-second-fiber-retail-broadband-service-demoed-in-new-zealand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T03:34:00Z	**Remote Learning Apps Tracked Millions of US Children During Pandemic**
An international investigation uncovered some disturbing results, reports the Washington Post. "Millions of children had their online behaviors and personal information tracked by the apps and websites they used for school during the pandemic..."

The educational tools were recommended by school districts and offered interactive math and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/0255243/remote-learning-apps-tracked-millions-of-us-children-during-pandemic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T07:34:00Z	**Ukrainian Fighters Take to Electric Bikes in War Against Russia**
"Ukrainian fighters are using electric bikes in the battle against Russia," reports the Washington Post, "mostly in support of reconnaissance missions, demining operations and medical deliveries, according to one of the Ukrainian e-bike makers involved."

"They've reportedly also been used for carrying out sniper attacks."

The bikes have a top spee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/028202/ukrainian-fighters-take-to-electric-bikes-in-war-against-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T09:34:00Z	**Analysis: Russia Prepares To Seize Western Firms Looking To Leave**
"Russia is advancing a new law allowing it to take control of the local businesses of western companies that decide to leave in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine," reports Reuters, "raising the stakes for multinationals trying to exit."

The law, which could be in place within weeks, will give Russia sweeping powers to intervene where ther ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/1721202/analysis-russia-prepares-to-seize-western-firms-looking-to-leave?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T11:34:00Z	**The Case for a Small Modular Reactor Revolution in Nuclear Energy**
Dr. Sola Talabi, an adjunct assistant professor of nuclear engineering, believes nuclear power "has the ability to solve" the world's two biggest problems: global energy poverty and global warming.

He tells the Daily Beast, "Nuclear can uniquely address those issues."

While novel in the civilian energy sector, SMRs have powered naval wars ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/1439216/the-case-for-a-small-modular-reactor-revolution-in-nuclear-energy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T14:34:00Z	**Star Trek Wines: the Next Generation.  Ars Technica Taste-Tests Klingon Blood Wine**
Would you drink a glass of Klingon Blood Wine? Or Cardassian Kanar Red Blend? Maybe you'd prefer the Andorian Blue Premium Chardonnay, or the United Federation of Planets Special Reserve Sauvignon Blanc...

Star Trek wines — a collaboration between CBS Consumer Products and Wines That Rock — has now added ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2114256/star-trek-wines-the-next-generation-ars-technica-taste-tests-klingon-blood-wine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T15:34:00Z	**New Linux-Based Ransomware Targets VMware Servers**
"Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers," reports CSO Online. (They describe the ESXi servers as "a bare-metal hypervisor for creating and running several virtual machines that share the same hard drive storage.")

Called Cheerscrypt, the bad app is following in the footsteps of other ransomw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2243237/new-linux-based-ransomware-targets-vmware-servers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T16:34:00Z	**Ask Slashdot: What Will Language Be Like In a Future 'Human-Machine Era'?**
Long-time Slashdot reader united\_notions is trying to envision "the 'human-machine era', a time when the tech has moved out of our hands and into our ears, eyes, and brains."

Real-time captioning of conversation. Highly accurate instant translation. Auto voice mimicry making it sound like you speaking the translation. Real-time AR  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://ask.slashdot.org/story/22/05/28/2350241/ask-slashdot-what-will-language-be-like-in-a-future-human-machine-era?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T17:50:00Z	**Ford Pays Millions Over False Claims About Its 2013 Hybrid's Fuel Economy**
Ford's fuel-economy figures for the 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids "were not based in reality" says Iowa's attorney general.

And now the Ford Motor Company "will pay $19.2 million to a consortium of 40 states and Washington,D.C.," writes Consumer Reports (also covering additional false advertising about the payload capacity of its Supe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1748235/ford-pays-millions-over-false-claims-about-its-2013-hybrids-fuel-economy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T18:50:00Z	**Minor League Baseball is Now Using AI Umpires to Call Strikes**
"There's no guarantee that robot umpires will make their way to the majors," writes the San Francisco Chronicle. "But the system is as close as it has been now, one level below."

Here's how it looks for a minor league/Triple-A team, the Albuquerque Isotopes:

Using the same computerized optical tracking technology known as Hawk-Eye that has been used for s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1832259/minor-league-baseball-is-now-using-ai-umpires-to-call-strikes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T19:50:00Z	**Why Are There No Bridges Over the Amazon River?**
LiveScience reports:
Despite being around 4,300 miles in length, the Amazon River surprisingly has no bridges.

The Amazon River is the world's second-longest river and one of the planet's most significant waterways... Given the Amazon flows through three countries (Peru, Colombia and Brazil) and more than 30 million people live in the river's basin, according to the World Wildlif ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1851226/why-are-there-no-bridges-over-the-amazon-river?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T20:59:00Z	**Will Electric Cars Transform the Workforce?**
Gas-powered vehicles "have hundreds of moving parts and other components" that keep mechanics busy, argues CalMatters (which describes itself as a "nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization.")

"By 2040, the state projects that nearly 32,000 auto mechanics jobs will be lost in California, since electric vehicles need far less maintenance and repair than conventional combustion engin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/2057224/will-electric-cars-transform-the-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T22:06:00Z	**Instagram Moderators Say Iran Offered Them Bribes to Remove Accounts**
The BBC reports:

A Persian-language content moderator for Instagram and a former content moderator have said Iranian intelligence officials offered them money to remove Instagram accounts of journalists and activists....

Both content moderators also accused some Iranian colleagues of exhibiting "pro-regime bias" when reviewing posts on t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/223218/instagram-moderators-say-iran-offered-them-bribes-to-remove-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-29T23:10:00Z	**Should IT Professionals Be Liable for Ransomware Attacks?**
Denmark-based Poul-Henning Kamp describes himself as the "author of a lot of FreeBSD, most of Varnish and tons of other Open Source Software." And he shares this message in June's Communications of the ACM.

"The software industry is still the problem."
If any science fiction author, famous or obscure, had submitted a story where the plot was "modern IT is a bunc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1716231/should-it-professionals-be-liable-for-ransomware-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T02:10:00Z	**'Turn an Old PC Into a High-End Amiga with AmiKit'**
Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) writes:
 AmiKit is a compilation of pre-installed and pre-configured Amiga programs running emulated on Windows, macOS, and Linux (as well as running on classic 68K Amigas expanded with a Vampire upgrade card).

Besides original Workbench (Commodore's desktop environment/graphical filemanager), AmiKit provides Directory Opus Magellan and Scalos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/2232204/turn-an-old-pc-into-a-high-end-amiga-with-amikit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T03:35:00Z	**California Fails to Pass Right to Repair Bill**
It was "the furthest any Right to Repair bill for consumer electronics has come to becoming law" in America, reports the nonprofit California Public Interest Research Group.

And yet...
The California Senate Appropriations committee failed to pass Sen. Susan Eggman's Right to Repair bill, SB 983, on May 19, which would have significantly expanded Californians' access to the parts, too ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1944228/california-fails-to-pass-right-to-repair-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T05:34:00Z	**Farm Equipment Dealers Block 'Right to Repair' Provision in North Carolina**
North Carolina's largest newspaper, Raleigh's News & Observer newspaper, reports that "In the face of stiff opposition from farm equipment companies and dealers, North Carolina state senators on Tuesday walked back a provision that would have widened access to the repair of farming equipment."

The so-called "right to repair" pro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/1958232/farm-equipment-dealers-block-right-to-repair-provision-in-north-carolina?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T07:34:00Z	**Robot Orders Jumped 40% in 2022's First Three Months**
As labor shortages continue, "robot orders increased 40% in the first quarter of 2022," reports Business Insider (citing a report from the Wall Street Journal citing the Association for Advancing Automation).
"People want to remove labor," Ametek Inc. CEO David A. Zapico told Bloomberg in November, noting that the automatic equipment company had been "firing on all cyl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/000222/robot-orders-jumped-40-in-2022s-first-three-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T11:34:00Z	**After 80 Years, a Pearl Harbor Sailor Laid to Rest**
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. — a federal holiday honoring military personnel who died serving their country.

After the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, 389 unidentified sailors had been interred in a volcanic crater in Honolulu officially designated as the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. After more than 70 years, the U.S government's Defense POW/MIA Accounting A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/29/2128204/after-80-years-a-pearl-harbor-sailor-laid-to-rest?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T14:16:00Z	**A Major Science Journal Publisher Adds A Weird Notice To Every Paper.**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Back in March of 2017, this strange note first appeared at the end of a paper in the journal Nature: "Publisher's note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations." I looked over the paper, and it didn't have any maps in it. Non ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1416234/a-major-science-journal-publisher-adds-a-weird-notice-to-every-paper?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T15:45:00Z	**US Retakes First Place From Japan on Top500 Supercomputer Ranking**
The United States is on top of the supercomputing world in the Top500 ranking of the most powerful systems. From a report: The Frontier system from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) running on AMD EPYC CPUs took first place from last year's champ, Japan's ARM A64X Fugaku system. It's still in the integration and testing process at the ORNL i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1545230/us-retakes-first-place-from-japan-on-top500-supercomputer-ranking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T16:33:00Z	**Lotus 1-2-3 Ported To Linux**
Lotus-1-2-3, an ancient spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (and later IBM), has been ported to a new operating system. drewsup writes: As reported by The Register, a Lotus 1-2-3 enthusiast called Tavis Ormandy (who is also a bug-hunter for Google Project Zero), managed to successfully port the program onto Linux, which seems to be quite the feat of reverse engineering. It's important to stress that this isn't an emulat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1633208/lotus-1-2-3-ported-to-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T17:42:00Z	**Fintech Startups Are in Serious Trouble**
The higher you climb, the harder you fall -- and that spells trouble across the board for fintech startups right now. From a report: Already fintech multiples plummeted faster, and harder, than the rest of the tech sector. A chart published by a16z shows that the peak of forward revenue multiples for fintech companies was in October 2021 when it hit near 25x. Now, it's nosedived to below 5x. Thi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1743207/fintech-startups-are-in-serious-trouble?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T18:37:00Z	**Australian Watchdog Sues Mastercard for Allegedly Misusing Card Payment Market Power**
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has started legal proceedings in the Federal Court against Mastercard Asia Pacific and Mastercard Australia for alleged anti-competitive conduct that substantially lessened competition in the supply of debit card acceptance services. From a report: Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1837201/australian-watchdog-sues-mastercard-for-allegedly-misusing-card-payment-market-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T19:30:00Z	**Japan Tries To Revitalize Its Research**
Alarmed by the declining stature of its universities, Japan is planning to shower up to $2.3 billion a year on a handful of schools in hopes of boosting their prominence. From a report: The scheme was approved by the Japanese legislature on 18 May, although many details, including how to pick the favored universities, are still up in the air. But the move, under study for more than a year, has r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/197255/japan-tries-to-revitalize-its-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T20:31:00Z	**Greece Passes First Climate Law, Vows To Cut Dependence on Fossil Fuels**
Greece has passed its first climate law, which sets out specific targets to fight climate change and wean itself off coal in power generation by 2028. From a report: The legislation sets interim targets for Greece to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and by 80% by 2040 before achieving zero-net emissions by 2050. It al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1938201/greece-passes-first-climate-law-vows-to-cut-dependence-on-fossil-fuels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T21:30:00Z	**Google Quietly Bans Deepfake Training Projects on Colab**
Google has quietly banned deepfake projects on its Colaboratory (Colab) service, putting an end to the large-scale utilization of the platform's resources for this purpose. From a report: Colab is an online computing resource that allows researchers to run Python code directly through the browser while using free computing resources, including GPUs, to power their ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/2123216/google-quietly-bans-deepfake-training-projects-on-colab?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-30T23:00:00Z	**Silicon Valley Investors Give Startups Survival Advice for Downturn**
After years of funneling cash into startups' grand ambitions, Silicon Valley's investors are engaging in the grim ritual of delivering survival advice to their portfolio companies. From a report: In recent online slide presentations, blog posts and social-media threads, venture-capital doyens including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Craft Ven ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1958223/silicon-valley-investors-give-startups-survival-advice-for-downturn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T01:00:00Z	**India Withdraws Warning on Biometric ID Sharing Following Online Uproar**
India has withdrawn a warning that asked users to not share photocopies of their national biometric ID following a widespread uproar from users on social media, many of whom pointed that this is the first time they were hearing about such a possibility. From a report: A regional office of UIDAI, the body that oversees the national bi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/1945232/india-withdraws-warning-on-biometric-id-sharing-following-online-uproar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T04:00:00Z	**Hit Hard by High Energy Costs, Hawaii Looks To the Sun**
Nearly a third of Hawaii's single-family houses have rooftop solar panels -- more than twice the percentage in California -- and officials expect many more homes to add panels and batteries in the coming years. From a report: Even before energy prices surged globally this year, homeowners, elected leaders and energy executives in Hawaii had decided that rooftop so ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/05/30/2142216/hit-hard-by-high-energy-costs-hawaii-looks-to-the-sun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T07:01:00Z	**France Bans English Gaming Tech Jargon in Push To Preserve Language Purity**
French officials are continuing their centuries-long battle to preserve the purity of the language, overhauling the rules on using English video game jargon. From a report: While some expressions find obvious translations -- "pro-gamer" becomes "joueur professionnel" -- others seem a more strained, as "streamer" is tra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/071221/france-bans-english-gaming-tech-jargon-in-push-to-preserve-language-purity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T10:00:00Z	**Singapore Starts Digital-Asset Initiative**
Singapore has begun a project to investigate potential uses of asset tokenization as the city state looks to establish itself as a hub for decentralized finance after several key crypto players left. From a report: "Project Guardian," a collaboration between the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the finance industry, will test the feasibility of applications in asset tokenization and decen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/0855237/singapore-starts-digital-asset-initiative?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T13:12:00Z	**Plastic Recycling Doesn't Work**
Judith Enck, a former EPA regional administrator, the president of Beyond Plastics, and a visiting professor at Bennington College, and Jan Dell, a chemical engineer and the founder of the Last Beach Cleanup, write in a piece: Americans support recycling. We do too. But although some materials can be effectively recycled and safely made from recycled content, plastics cannot. Plastic recycling does not work and wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1312216/plastic-recycling-doesnt-work?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T14:05:00Z	**Egypt Set For World's Sixth Largest High-Speed Rail System**
A new high-speed rail line is coming to Egypt, with developer Siemens Mobility saying it will link 60 cities across the country. From a report: The fully-electrified lines will see trains with a top speed of 230 kilometers per hour and travel from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, among other destinations. According to Siemens Mobility, the electrification of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/145227/egypt-set-for-worlds-sixth-largest-high-speed-rail-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T14:51:00Z	**Supreme Court Leak Investigation Heats Up as Clerks Are Asked For Phone Records in Unprecedented Move**
Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits, three sources with knowledge of the efforts have told CNN. F ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1451228/supreme-court-leak-investigation-heats-up-as-clerks-are-asked-for-phone-records-in-unprecedented-move?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T15:25:00Z	**After Millennia of Agricultural Expansion, the World Has Passed 'Peak Agricultural Land'**
The world produces more food than ever, but the amount of land we use is now falling. From a report: Agricultural land is the total of arable land that is used to grow crops, and pasture used to raise livestock. Measuring exactly how much land we use for agriculture is difficult. If all farms were simp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1524222/after-millennia-of-agricultural-expansion-the-world-has-passed-peak-agricultural-land?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T16:05:00Z	**'There is No Such Thing as Data'**
What we have are innumerable different collections of information, each of them specific to a particular application. Technology analyst Benedict Evans writes: Technology is full of narratives, but one of the loudest and most persistent concerns artificial intelligence and something called "data." AI is the future, we are told, and it's all about data -- and data is the future, and we should own it and maybe be  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/160235/there-is-no-such-thing-as-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T16:52:00Z	**IBM Must Pay $1.6 Billion in BMC Case, Federal Judge Orders**
IBM must pay $1.6 billion to BMC Software for swapping in its own software while servicing their mutual client, a Houston federal judge ruled. From a report: US District Judge Gray Miller, after a seven-day non-jury trial, rejected IBM's claim that their mutual client AT&T opted to switch software products on its own and ruled that IBM's role in the decision t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1652224/ibm-must-pay-16-billion-in-bmc-case-federal-judge-orders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T17:28:00Z	**Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go Successor Leaks Via Retailer**
Microsoft looks set to announce an updated version of its compact Surface Laptop Go, if an early retailer listing from Korea is to be believed. From a report: The biggest change with the Surface Laptop Go 2 appears to be its newer 11th-gen Intel CPU (an i5-1135G7), which replaces the 10th-gen model found in the original 2020 laptop. The Go 2 will ship wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1728248/microsofts-surface-laptop-go-successor-leaks-via-retailer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T18:10:00Z	**The Underground Company That Hacks iPhones for Ordinary Consumers**
Researchers suspect the checkm8[dot]info service is used by criminals to launder stolen iPhones. The tool's administrator claims the service is just a response to Apple's poor right to repair policies. From a report: "Activation Lock," a message displayed across the iPhone's screen read. "This iPhone is linked to an Apple ID. Enter the Apple  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1743240/the-underground-company-that-hacks-iphones-for-ordinary-consumers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T18:57:00Z	**Greece, Saudi Arabia Eye Fibre Optic Data Cable To Link Europe With Asia**
Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday on the main terms to set up a joint venture to lay a fibre optic data cable that will link Europe with Asia, Greek sources said on Tuesday. From a report: The "East to Med data Corridor", an undersea and land data cable, will be developed by MENA HUB, owned by Saudi Arabia's STC and Greek t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1857241/greece-saudi-arabia-eye-fibre-optic-data-cable-to-link-europe-with-asia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T19:32:00Z	**Netflix's Password-Sharing Test in Peru is Confusing Subscribers**
It's been a bumpy ride for Netflix recently, and the announcement that it will be charging for password sharing hasn't gone as smoothly as it might have hoped, a new report claims. TechCrunch: Subscribers in Peru who were opted in to new password-sharing restrictions have reported confusion over Netflix's loose definition of "household" and noted  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1932250/netflixs-password-sharing-test-in-peru-is-confusing-subscribers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T20:05:00Z	**Farmer Says Dealer Wouldn't Repair His Tractor Until He Filed FTC Complaint**
A farmer in Missouri said he had to go to complain to the Federal Trade Commission in order to get his tractor repaired by the only John Deere dealership in his area, showing how without the right to repair farmers are bound by the whims of the corporations who have a monopoly on repair. From a report:Jared Wilson had a probl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1949231/farmer-says-dealer-wouldnt-repair-his-tractor-until-he-filed-ftc-complaint?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T20:45:00Z	**Germany Slashes Summer Train Fares More Than 90 Percent To Curb Driving, Save Fuel**
Germany's parliament has set summer train fares at 9 euros per month in a bid to slash pollution and curb imports of Russian oil by spurring drivers to take public transit. From a report: The initiative takes effect on June 1, with 9 euros covering the cost of all buses, trams, subways, and regional trains, effe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1945241/germany-slashes-summer-train-fares-more-than-90-percent-to-curb-driving-save-fuel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T21:20:00Z	**Supreme Court Blocks Texas Social Media Law**
The Supreme Court blocked a controversial Texas social media law from taking effect in a decision released (PDF) on Tuesday, after the tech industry and other opponents warned it could allow for hateful content to run rampant online. CNBC reports: The law, HB20, prohibits online platforms from moderating or removing content based on viewpoint. It stems from a common charge on the right th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2118209/supreme-court-blocks-texas-social-media-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T22:00:00Z	**Elon Musk Reveals Details of Next-Generation Starlink Satellites**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: The next generation of Starlink satellites are going to be larger, and more powerful, designed to provide internet access to remote parts of the world, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The space billionaire recently discussed the details of the Starlink Gen2 System on the popular YouTube show, E ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2028220/elon-musk-reveals-details-of-next-generation-starlink-satellites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T22:40:00Z	**Vodafone Plans Carrier-Level User Tracking For Targeted Ads**
Vodafone is piloting a new advertising ID system called TrustPid, which will work as a persistent user tracker at the mobile Internet Service Provider (ISP) level. Vodafone explains that TrustPiD will be generated through randomness, and its subscribers will have the option to manage their consent over accepting the tracking via the company's Privacy Portal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2043256/vodafone-plans-carrier-level-user-tracking-for-targeted-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-05-31T23:20:00Z	**Smart Ring That Acts as Wallet and Key Gets Backing From Big Japanese Firms**
Itochu, Mitsubishi and other companies are investing in Evering (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), a chip-embedded smart ring that can act as a wallet and a key [...]. Bloomberg reports: Evering is backed by MTG, a listed Japanese health and beauty company. MTG struck a contract with Visa last year and began se ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2056248/smart-ring-that-acts-as-wallet-and-key-gets-backing-from-big-japanese-firms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T00:02:00Z	**Samsung To Close LCD Display Business**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Korea Times: Samsung Display has decided to close its liquid-crystal display (LCD) business in June, hobbled by a declining global competitive edge due to cheaper products made by its Chinese and Taiwanese counterparts, according to the industry, Sunday. No investment plan details have since been announced. The decision by the display affiliate of Sams ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/215235/samsung-to-close-lcd-display-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T00:45:00Z	**Freeing Up of Hundreds of Millions of IPv4 Addresses Mooted**
Work is afoot to free up several internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) address ranges which have been unroutable as reserved, invalid or used for loopback networks since the 1980s. Reader Bismillah shares a report: Seth Schoen, who co-founded the free transport layer security digital certificate provider Let's Encrypt is working on an IPv4 clean-up project th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/1958213/freeing-up-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-ipv4-addresses-mooted?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T01:25:00Z	**Murena, the Privacy-First Android Smartphone, Arrives**
The /e/OS-powered Murena One is the first smartphone from Murena that does its best to free you from Google without sacrificing too many core features. There are no Google apps, Google Play Services, or even the Google Assistant. It's all been replaced by open-source software alternatives with privacy-respecting features. ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: Murena  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/229225/murena-the-privacy-first-android-smartphone-arrives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T02:02:00Z	**Microsoft Is Killing Money In Excel Along With Wolfram Alpha Data Types**
In an email sent to Microsoft 365 subscribers, the company announced that is killing off Money and Wolfram Alpha data types in Excel starting next year. XDA Developers reports: Money in Excel was one of the big features Microsoft touted when it rebranded Office 365 consumer plans to Microsoft 365. Essentially, it allowed you to easi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2230205/microsoft-is-killing-money-in-excel-along-with-wolfram-alpha-data-types?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T03:30:00Z	**New Data Shows Only Two Browsers With More Than 1 Billion Users**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple's Safari web browser has more than 1 billion users, according to an estimate by Atlas VPN. Only one other browser has more than a billion users, and that's Google's Chrome. But at nearly 3.4 billion, Chrome still leaves Safari in the dust. It's important to note that these numbers include ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/31/2238232/new-data-shows-only-two-browsers-with-more-than-1-billion-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T07:00:00Z	**Astronomers Unexpectedly Capture 'Great Dimming' of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse**
In early 2020, the distant supergiant star, 700 light-years away known as Betelgeuse experienced an odd uneven dimming, leaving the astronomy community scrambling to explain what happened. In a new study recently published in the journal Nature, a trio of astronomers managed to confirm some of the earlier explanations ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/0230209/astronomers-unexpectedly-capture-great-dimming-of-supergiant-star-betelgeuse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T10:00:00Z	**New AI Could Prevent Eavesdropping By Disguising Words With Custom Noise**
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Big Brother is listening. Companies use "bossware" to listen to their employees when they're near their computers. Multiple "spyware" apps can record phone calls. And home devices such as Amazon's Echo can record everyday conversations. A new technology, called Neural Voice Ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/0237229/new-ai-could-prevent-eavesdropping-by-disguising-words-with-custom-noise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T13:00:00Z	**Newest Apple Museum Claims To Be 'Biggest and Most Complete' With 1,600 Exhibits**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: Apple Museum of Poland is now open, boasting to be the "biggest and most complete" collection in the world. With over 1,600 exhibits, the museum is the result of years of dedication from Polish collector and architect Jacek Lupina and spans the company's 46-year histo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/0242245/newest-apple-museum-claims-to-be-biggest-and-most-complete-with-1600-exhibits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T14:04:00Z	**TomTom To Cut 500 Jobs Because of Automation Advancements**
The Dutch consumer technology firm TomTom announced on Wednesday that it is "resetting" the organization as a result of improvements in its mapmaking technology. The firm said: Engineering investments have resulted in an advanced automated mapmaking platform, which leads to a material change in mapmaking activities. [...] The improvement in our mapmaking te ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/144257/tomtom-to-cut-500-jobs-because-of-automation-advancements?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T14:45:00Z	**Meta Says EU Was Like 'Fishing Trawler' in Antitrust Data Hunt**
Meta Platforms accused the European Union's antitrust authority of acting like "a fishing super trawler" by netting vast amounts of "wholly irrelevant" documents in an attempt to build a case against the U.S. tech giant. From a report: The commission was "hoovering up the whole sea bed -- with the intention that it will later see what species of rare f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1430215/meta-says-eu-was-like-fishing-trawler-in-antitrust-data-hunt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T16:35:00Z	**The World's Largest Plant Is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia**
In Shark Bay, off the westernmost tip of Australia, meadows of sea grass carpet the ocean floor, undulating in the current and being nibbled on by dugongs, cousins of Florida manatees. A new study revealed something unexpected about those sea grasses: Many of them are the same individual plant that has been cloning itself for about 4,500 ye ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1634247/the-worlds-largest-plant-is-a-self-cloning-sea-grass-in-australia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T17:00:00Z	**Tech Experts Urge Washington To Resist Crypto Industry's Influence**
A group of renowned technologists has joined forces to urge US lawmakers to crack down on the burgeoning cryptocurrencies industry, marking the first concerted effort to counter well-financed lobbying by blockchain companies. From a report: Harvard lecturer Bruce Schneier, former Microsoft engineer Miguel de Icaza and principal engineer at Goog ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/171201/tech-experts-urge-washington-to-resist-crypto-industrys-influence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T17:10:00Z	**OpenSea Employee Charged With Insider Trading in NFTs**
U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday unveiled an indictment accusing a product manager at OpenSea, the largest online marketplace for non-fungible tokens, of insider trading. From a report: Nathaniel Chastain was accused of secretly buying 45 NFTs based on confidential information that they would soon be featured on OpenSea's home page, and later selling them at  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/179217/opensea-employee-charged-with-insider-trading-in-nfts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T17:45:00Z	**A Spotify Publisher Was Down Monday Night. The Culprit? A Lapsed Security Certificate**
On Monday night, some Spotify users went to download their favorite podcasts and were met with an error. By Tuesday morning, the issue was resolved. What was the source of the massive disruption impacting some of the platform's biggest producers? An expired security certificate. From a report: The SSL secur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1727218/a-spotify-publisher-was-down-monday-night-the-culprit-a-lapsed-security-certificate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T18:05:00Z	**A Spotify Publisher Was Down Monday Night. The Culprit? A Lapsed Security Certificate**
On Monday night, some Spotify users went to download their favorite podcasts and were met with an error. By Tuesday morning, the issue was resolved. What was the source of the massive disruption impacting some of the platform's biggest producers? An expired security certificate. From a report: The SSL secur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1727218/a-spotify-publisher-was-down-monday-night-the-culprit-a-lapsed-security-certificate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T18:40:00Z	**Qualcomm Wants To Buy a Stake in Arm Alongside Its Rivals**
The US chipmaker Qualcomm wants to buy a stake in Arm alongside its rivals and create a consortium that would maintain the UK chip designer's neutrality in the highly competitive semiconductor market. From a report: Japanese conglomerate SoftBank plans to list Arm on the New York Stock Exchange after Nvidia's $66 billion purchase collapsed earlier this year. H ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1835223/qualcomm-wants-to-buy-a-stake-in-arm-alongside-its-rivals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T19:20:00Z	**18 European Countries' Consumer Groups Have Joined the Fight Against Loot Boxes**
20 consumer groups from 18 European countries are launching a coordinated action asking authorities to pass regulations on loot boxes. From a report: The groups are lending their support to a new report from the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) entitled "Insert Coin: How the Gaming Industry Exploits Consumers Using L ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1915213/18-european-countries-consumer-groups-have-joined-the-fight-against-loot-boxes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T19:46:00Z	**Sheryl Sandberg Is Stepping Down as Meta's COO After 14 Years**
Meta Platforms's Sheryl Sandberg, who became one of the most recognized figures in global business after helping Facebook transform from a startup into a multibillion-dollar advertising powerhouse, is stepping down as chief operating officer. From a report: Sandberg, 52, will remain on the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Wha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1946213/sheryl-sandberg-is-stepping-down-as-metas-coo-after-14-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T20:42:00Z	**Smartphones Will Kill Off the DSLR Within Three Years, Says Sony**
Smartphone cameras and DSLRs have been moving in opposite directions for the past few years, and image quality from phones will finally trump that of their single-lens reflex rivals by 2024, according to Sony. From a report: As reported by Nikkei Japan, the President and CEO of Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS), Terushi Shimizu, told a business b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1936213/smartphones-will-kill-off-the-dslr-within-three-years-says-sony?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T21:22:00Z	**FBI Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children's Hospital**
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. From a report: Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents learned of the planned digital attack from an unspecified intelligence partner and g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/1941235/fbi-blocked-planned-cyberattack-on-childrens-hospital?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T22:00:00Z	**Taiwan Restricts Russia, Belarus To CPUs Under 25 MHz Frequency**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: From now on, Russian and Belarusian entities can only buy CPUs operating at below 25 MHz and offering performance of up to 5 GFLOPS from Taiwanese companies. This essentially excludes all modern technology, including microcontrollers for more or less sophisticated devices. Due to restricti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2057218/taiwan-restricts-russia-belarus-to-cpus-under-25-mhz-frequency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T22:40:00Z	**Google To Combine Meet, Duo Into Single App**
Google announced today that it's combining two of its video-calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform. The Verge reports: Pretty soon, there will be only Google Meet, and Google's hoping it can be the one calling app users need for just about everything in their lives. By bringing them both together, Google's hoping it can solve some of what ails modern communication tools. [...]  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/212233/google-to-combine-meet-duo-into-single-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-01T23:20:00Z	**AROS One x86 v1.7  and MorphOS 3.17 PPC Released**
Mike Bouma writes: Version 1.7 of AROS One for x86 has just been released and it's a distro of the "AROS Research Operating System," originally "Amiga Research Operating System." It's a standalone, free and open-source multi-media centric operating system that's designed to be portable, flexible, efficient and lightweight and can be seen dual booting with Windows 10 on an Acer lapt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/218219/aros-one-x86-v17-and-morphos-317-ppc-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T00:02:00Z	**Connecticut Will Pay a Security Analyst 150K To Monitor Election Memes**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: Ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Connecticut is hiring a "security analyst" tasked with monitoring and addressing online misinformation. The New York Times first reported this new position, saying the job description will include spending time on "fringe sites like 4cha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2118256/connecticut-will-pay-a-security-analyst-150k-to-monitor-election-memes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T00:45:00Z	**HP Turns Back On $1 Billion In Annual Sales By Quitting Russia, Belarus**
"Considering the COVID environment and long-term outlook for Russia, we have decided to stop our Russia activity and have begun the process of fully winding down our operations," said CEO Enrique Lores on a Q2 earnings call with analysts. Lores says "business there accounted for approximately $1 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2021." The ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2126204/hp-turns-back-on-1-billion-in-annual-sales-by-quitting-russia-belarus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T01:25:00Z	**Banking Giant Capital One Enters B2B Software Industry With Launch of New Business**
Capital One, a major player in America's banking industry with $434 billion in assets and more than 100 million customers, is launching Capitol One Software, "a business that develops and sells software products to companies scaling up their use of data and cloud computing," reports Forbes. From the report: The ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2133206/banking-giant-capital-one-enters-b2b-software-industry-with-launch-of-new-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T02:02:00Z	**Consumers Embrace Milk Carton QR Codes, May Cut Food Waste**
The "use-by" and "best-by" dates printed on milk cartons and gallon jugs may soon become a thing of the past, giving way to more accurate and informative QR codes. Phys.Org reports: A new Cornell University study finds that consumers will use the QR codes to better depict how long the milk is drinkable and create substantially less agricultural and food wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2142258/consumers-embrace-milk-carton-qr-codes-may-cut-food-waste?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T03:30:00Z	**Tim Hortons App Violated Laws In Collection of 'Vast Amounts' of Location Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: The federal privacy commissioner's investigation into the Tim Hortons mobile app found that the app unnecessarily collected extensive amounts of data without obtaining adequate consent from users. The commissioner's report, which was published Wednesday morning, states tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/237258/tim-hortons-app-violated-laws-in-collection-of-vast-amounts-of-location-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T07:00:00Z	**NASA Awards 2 Companies the Chance To Build Lunar Spacesuits**
New spacesuits made by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace could be worn by astronauts that land on the moon later this decade through NASA's Artemis program, the agency announced Wednesday. The suits will also be worn by crew members living and working on the International Space Station. CNN reports: The contracts were awarded by NASA as part of its st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2329251/nasa-awards-2-companies-the-chance-to-build-lunar-spacesuits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T10:00:00Z	**Canon Wireless Printers Are Getting Stuck In Reboot Loops**
Over the last day or two, there have been a growing number of reports by people who own certain Canon Pixma printers that the devices either won't turn on at all or, once turned on, get stuck in a reboot loop, cycling on and off as long as they're plugged in. The Verge reports: Verge reader Jamie pointed us to posts on Reddit about the problem and Canon's  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2322251/canon-wireless-printers-are-getting-stuck-in-reboot-loops?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T13:00:00Z	**Apparent Schematics For Meta's Project Cambria Headset Leak**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from UploadVR: YouTuber SadlyItsBradley (Brad Lynch) shared apparent internal schematics for Meta's upcoming Project Cambria headset. Project Cambria is the public codename for Meta's upcoming high end standalone headset, announced at Connect 2021 in October. It will be sold alongside Quest 2 with a price tag "signifi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/01/2338241/apparent-schematics-for-metas-project-cambria-headset-leak?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T14:00:00Z	**Amazon To Shut China Kindle Store After Years-Long Struggle**
Amazon will shut its Chinese ebook store next year, pulling a small but prominent business from a market where it's failed to make major inroads against local rivals. From a report: The e-commerce giant will discontinue the Kindle eBook store on June 30, 2023, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. It promised to continue supporting Kindle readers or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1017248/amazon-to-shut-china-kindle-store-after-years-long-struggle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T14:53:00Z	**Coffee Drinking Linked To Lower Mortality Risk, New Study Finds**
That morning cup of coffee may be linked to a lower risk of dying, researchers from a study published Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine concluded. From a report: Those who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of coffee per day, even with a teaspoon of sugar, were up to 30 percent less likely to die during the study period than those who didn't drink cof ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1453252/coffee-drinking-linked-to-lower-mortality-risk-new-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T15:28:00Z	**Cyber Command Chief Confirms US Took Part in Offensive Cyber Operations**
U.S. Cyber Command Director Gen. Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the U.S. had conducted offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine. From a report: "We've conducted a series of operations across the full spectrum: offensive, defensive, [and] information operations," Nakasone said in an interview Wednesday with S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1528216/cyber-command-chief-confirms-us-took-part-in-offensive-cyber-operations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T16:02:00Z	**Russian Hacking Gang Evil Corp Shifts Its Extortion Strategy After Sanctions**
A notorious Russian cybercrime group has updated its attack methods in response to sanctions that prohibit US companies from paying it a ransom, according to cybersecurity researchers. From a report: The security firm Mandiant said Thursday it believes that the Evil Corp gang is now using a well-known ransomware tool named Lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/162202/russian-hacking-gang-evil-corp-shifts-its-extortion-strategy-after-sanctions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T16:45:00Z	**Rare Sight For Amateur Astronomers as Five Planets Align**
Amateur astronomers are preparing for a heavenly treat from Friday as the five planets visible to the naked eye line up in order of their distance from the sun across the pre-dawn sky. From a report: For those who can face the early start, and have an unobstructed view of the horizon to the east and south-east, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, could  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1618255/rare-sight-for-amateur-astronomers-as-five-planets-align?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T17:25:00Z	**HP Dev One Laptop Running System76's Ubuntu Linux-based Pop!_OS Now Available**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last month, the open source community was abuzz with excitement following a shocking announcement from System76 that HP was planning to release a laptop running the Pop!\_OS operating system. This was significant for several reasons, but most importantly, it was a huge win for Linux use ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1646210/hp-dev-one-laptop-running-system76s-ubuntu-linux-based-popos-now-available?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T18:05:00Z	**Missed Payments, Rising Interest Rates Put 'Buy Now, Pay Later' To the Test**
"Buy now, pay later" companies promised a credit revolution that would change the way people pay for things. Rising delinquencies and a slowing economy are clouding that outlook. From a report: Payment plans that allow shoppers to split up the cost of things such as clothing, makeup and home appliances were all the rage last yea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/1715250/missed-payments-rising-interest-rates-put-buy-now-pay-later-to-the-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T20:14:00Z	**Ford Wants To Move To Online-Only Sales For EVs**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: [B]uying a Ford electric vehicle might be a lot less painful in the future, if Ford CEO Jim Farley gets his way. On Wednesday, Farley said that he wants the company's EVs to be sold online-only, with no dealer markups or other price negotiations, according to the Detroit Free Press. "We've got to go to non-negotiated price. W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2012254/ford-wants-to-move-to-online-only-sales-for-evs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T20:50:00Z	**Winklevoss Twins' Gemini Cutting 10% of Its Staff, Saying 'Crypto Winter' Is Here**
Billionaire bitcoiners Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are laying off 10% of the workforce at Gemini, a first for the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian. CNBC reports: The twins announced in a blog post on Thursday morning that the industry is in a "contraction phase" known as "crypto winter," which has been "fu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2018200/winklevoss-twins-gemini-cutting-10-of-its-staff-saying-crypto-winter-is-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T21:30:00Z	**Rejecting Data Demands, ExpressVPN Removes VPN Servers In India**
ExpressVPN has removed its servers from India, becoming the first major virtual private network (VPN) provider to do so in the aftermath of the recent cybersecurity rules introduced by the country's cybersecurity agency. The rules require VPN providers to store user data for a period of five years. ExpressVPN said it "refuses to participate in the In ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2026203/rejecting-data-demands-expressvpn-removes-vpn-servers-in-india?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T22:10:00Z	**YouTube and Uploaded Could Be Liable For Pirating Users, Court Rules**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Platforms such as YouTube and Uploaded could be directly liable for the copyright-infringing uploads of their users. The German Federal Court of Justice came to this conclusion based on advice from the EU's top court. Several liability lawsuits will now be sent back to the lower court t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2036258/youtube-and-uploaded-could-be-liable-for-pirating-users-court-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T22:50:00Z	**Dogs Can Detect COVID-19 With Great Accuracy**
According to a new study, dogs were able to better detect COVID-19 than PCR antigenic tests in both symptomatic and asymptomatic people. Slashdot Falconhell shares the report via The Guardian: In the study, trained dogs were able to detect Covid in 97% of symptomatic cases and nearly 100% of asymptomatic cases. The study featured 335 participants from Covid screening centers in Pari ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2043259/dogs-can-detect-covid-19-with-great-accuracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-02T23:30:00Z	**Older iPads May Soon Be Able To Run Linux**
Older iPads with the Apple A7- and A8-based chips may soon be able to run Linux. "Developer Konrad Dybcio and a Linux enthusiast going by "quaack723" have collaborated to get Linux kernel version 5.18 booting on an old iPad Air 2, a major feat for a device that was designed to never run any operating system other than Apple's," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The project appears to u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2053214/older-ipads-may-soon-be-able-to-run-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T00:10:00Z	**Toyota's Prototype 'Cartridge' Is a Way To Make Hydrogen Portable**
Toyota and its subsidiary Woven Planet have unveiled a new portable cartridge prototype for hydrogen. "The idea is that they can be filled up at a dedicated facility, transported where needed, then returned when you receive your next shipment," reports Engadget. From the report: The cartridges would be relatively small at 16 inches long, 7 inc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2058222/toyotas-prototype-cartridge-is-a-way-to-make-hydrogen-portable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T03:30:00Z	**Columbus, Ohio Is Quickly Becoming the Midwest's Tech Hub**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a featured TechCrunch article, written by Christine Hall: Where the Olentangy and Scioto rivers come together lies the city of Columbus, Ohio, a bedrock town famously known as "Test City, USA," boasting demographics that mirrored the country's population, and the home of The Ohio State University. It is steadily becoming ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/214237/columbus-ohio-is-quickly-becoming-the-midwests-tech-hub?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T07:00:00Z	**Workplace Robot Orders Jumped By 40% In First Quarter**
According to the Wall Street Journal, workplace robot orders increased 40% in the first quarter of 2022, and were up 21% overall in 2021. The robot industry is now valued at $1.6 billion. Business Insider reports: Robots are providing at least a temporary solution for businesses confronted by difficulty hiring in the tightest job market since World War II, marred b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2315243/workplace-robot-orders-jumped-by-40-in-first-quarter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T10:00:00Z	**Mozilla Releases Local Machine Translation Tools**
Longtime Slashdot reader Artem S. Tashkinov writes: "In January of 2019, Mozilla joined the University of Edinburgh, Charles University, University of Sheffield and University of Tartu as part of a project funded by the European Union called Project Bergamot," writes Mozilla Speech and AI engineer Andre Natal in a blog post. "The ultimate goal of this consortium was to build a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2310223/mozilla-releases-local-machine-translation-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T13:00:00Z	**Blistering Data Transmission Record Clocks Over 1 Petabit Per Second**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: Researchers in Japan have clocked a new speed record for data transmission -- a blistering 1.02 petabits per second (Pb/s). Better yet, the breakthrough was achieved using optical fiber cables that should be compatible with existing infrastructure. For reference, 1 petabit is equivalent to a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/02/2323203/blistering-data-transmission-record-clocks-over-1-petabit-per-second?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T14:00:00Z	**EU Deal on Single Mobile Charging Port Likely June 7 in Setback for Apple**
EU countries and EU lawmakers are set to agree on a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones on June 7 when they meet to discuss a proposal that has been fiercely criticised by Apple, Reuters reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter said. From the report: The proposal for a single mobile cha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1351212/eu-deal-on-single-mobile-charging-port-likely-june-7-in-setback-for-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T14:40:00Z	**Harini Logan Wins the National Spelling Bee After Blazing Through the Competition's First Spell-Off**
Harini Logan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, claiming victory in a blistering, first-of-its-kind spell-off that capped a marathon duel of one arcane term after another. From a report: Harini, 14, an eighth grader from San Antonio, beat Vikram Raju, 12, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/0913232/harini-logan-wins-the-national-spelling-bee-after-blazing-through-the-competitions-first-spell-off?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T15:20:00Z	**Google Settles Lawsuit With Illinois Residents For $100M After Photo App Privacy Concerns**
Illinois residents are eligible to receive part of a $100 million class-action settlement after Google was accused of violating privacy laws in the state. From a report: The tech giant was accused of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act regarding its use of a face regrouping tool in the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1456232/google-settles-lawsuit-with-illinois-residents-for-100m-after-photo-app-privacy-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T16:13:00Z	**Decisive People No More Accurate Than Self-Doubters, Study Says**
It's a trait best seen in the eager pub quizzer -- a tendency to leap to an answer without a shadow of a doubt. Now researchers have suggested that while people who have little difficulty making decisions are more confident in their choices, they are no more accurate than those who feel more torn. From a report: Writing in the journal Plos One, r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1613249/decisive-people-no-more-accurate-than-self-doubters-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T17:11:00Z	**New York Passes a Bill To Limit Bitcoin Mining**
New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would temporarily ban new bitcoin mining operations. Early on Friday, state senators voted 36-27 to pass the legislation. It's now bound for the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who will sign it into law or veto the bill. The law would come into effect immediately after it's signed. From a report: An attempt to enact similar legislation last ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1711223/new-york-passes-a-bill-to-limit-bitcoin-mining?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T17:30:00Z	**Lawmakers Reignite Battle for Federal Privacy Law**
Committee leaders in both the House and Senate are poised to introduce an online privacy bill, with key lawmakers releasing a bipartisan draft Friday. From a report: The U.S. has lagged behind the E.U. and China in establishing national privacy rules for online platforms, but this bipartisan effort shows signs of life even as the looming midterms mark the unofficial end of leg ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1714248/lawmakers-reignite-battle-for-federal-privacy-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T18:14:00Z	**Facebook is Developing a 'Privacy-Safe' Ad Product, Report Says**
Facebook is in the early stages of developing a product that wouldn't rely on any anonymized personal info from users, two ad buyers from different ad agencies told Insider. From a report: "Basic ads," as Facebook engineers have been calling it, is aimed at brand advertisers that are trying to build awareness and shape perception of products. One of t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1814255/facebook-is-developing-a-privacy-safe-ad-product-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T19:50:00Z	**Driverless Taxis Are Coming To the Streets of San Francisco**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: California regulators on Thursday gave a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco, a first in a state where dozens of companies have been trying to train vehicles to steer themselves on increasingly congested roads. The California Public Utilities C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1948209/driverless-taxis-are-coming-to-the-streets-of-san-francisco?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T20:30:00Z	**Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark Resigns**
Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer business and a top lieutenant of CEO Andy Jassy, will resign July 1, after 23 years at the company, Amazon announced in a regulatory filing Friday. Amazon did not name a replacement for Clark. CNBC reports: In a blog post announcing his exit, Jassy said Amazon is in the process of firming up a succession plan for Clark, and will a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1953247/amazon-ceo-of-worldwide-consumer-dave-clark-resigns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T21:10:00Z	**New York State Passes First-Ever 'Right To Repair' Law For Electronics**
The New York state legislature has passed the United States' first "right to repair" bill covering electronics. The Verge reports: Called the Fair Repair Act, the measure would require all manufacturers who sell "digital electronic products" within state borders to make tools, parts, and instructions for repair available to both consumer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/1958202/new-york-state-passes-first-ever-right-to-repair-law-for-electronics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T21:50:00Z	**Engineer Sues Amazon For Not Covering Work-From-Home Internet, Electricity Bills**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Amazon's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit, brought by one of its senior software engineers, asking it to reimburse workers for internet and electricity costs racked up while working from home in the pandemic, has been rejected by a California judge. David George Willi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/207226/engineer-sues-amazon-for-not-covering-work-from-home-internet-electricity-bills?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T22:30:00Z	**Google Is Killing Location-Based Reminders**
The Google Assistant is losing the ability to create location-based reminders. Ars Technica reports: These were incredibly useful commands you could tell Google Assistant, like, "remind me to take the trash out when I get home," and your phone, which is always tracking your location, would ping you when you walked in the door. You could also say things like, "remind me to buy milk next tim ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2022225/google-is-killing-location-based-reminders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T23:10:00Z	**China To Double Wind, Solar Energy Capacity by 2025**
China aims to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025, according to a new road map that also allows for more coal-fired power plants to bolster energy security. From a report: The world's biggest polluter earlier estimated it needs to double wind and solar use by 2030 to deliver on its pledges under the Paris climate accord. The latest plan -- if implemented -- means Ch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2023226/china-to-double-wind-solar-energy-capacity-by-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-03T23:50:00Z	**Someone Leaked Classified Chinese Tank Schematics To Win an Online Argument**
schwit1 shares a report from Task & Purpose: A fan of the popular mechanized combat simulator 'War Thunder' shared the specs of China's Type 99 Main Battle Tank online in order to win an argument over the game. [...] The latest incident, first reported by the OSINTtechnical Twitter account, involves information in Mandarin o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2038245/someone-leaked-classified-chinese-tank-schematics-to-win-an-online-argument?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T01:30:00Z	**The Energy In Nuclear Waste Could Power the US For 100 Years, But the Technology Was Never Commercialized**
There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years with clean energy, says Jess C. Gehin at the Idaho National Laboratory. CNBC reports: There are 93 commercial nuclear reactors at 55 operating sites in the U ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/228220/the-energy-in-nuclear-waste-could-power-the-us-for-100-years-but-the-technology-was-never-commercialized?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T02:30:00Z	**Bees Are 'Fish' Under Calif. Endangered Species Act - State Court**
Bumblebees are eligible for protection as endangered or threatened "fish" under California law, a state appeals court held in a win for environmental groups and the state's Fish and Game Commission. From a report: The Sacramento-based California Court of Appeal reversed a lower court's ruling Tuesday for seven agricultural groups who argued that th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0223244/bees-are-fish-under-calif-endangered-species-act---state-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T03:30:00Z	**Doctors Transplant Ear of Human Cells, Made By 3D Printer**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A 20-year-old woman who was born with a small and misshapen right ear has received a 3-D printed ear implant made from her own cells, the manufacturer announced on Thursday. Independent experts said that the transplant, part of the first clinical trial of a successful medical application of this te ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2058200/doctors-transplant-ear-of-human-cells-made-by-3d-printer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T07:00:00Z	**New Type of 3D Printing Uses Sound Waves To Build Up Objects**
A team of scientists at Canada's Concordia University are using sound waves to print intricate three-dimensional objects. The technology is known as direct sound printing (DSP). New Atlas reports: In the current version of the technique, a transducer is used to send focused pulses of ultrasound through the sides of a chamber, into liquid polydimethyl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2214212/new-type-of-3d-printing-uses-sound-waves-to-build-up-objects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T10:00:00Z	**NASA Buys Remaining Space Station Crew Flights From SpaceX**
NASA said this week that it plans to purchase five additional Crew Dragon missions from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Ars Technica reports: Although the space agency's news release does not specifically say so, these may be the final flights NASA needs to keep the space station fully occupied into the year 2030. As of now, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2222212/nasa-buys-remaining-space-station-crew-flights-from-spacex?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T13:00:00Z	**Sega Is Making Another Mini Mega Drive, Now With CD Games**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Sega has announced a sequel to its miniature Mega Drive (otherwise known as the Sega Genesis), and this one will feature both cartridge games and titles from the Mega CD add-on. In total, the tiny console will feature 50 built-in games, including the likes of Silpheed, Shining Force CD, Sonic the Hedgehog CD, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/03/2225259/sega-is-making-another-mini-mega-drive-now-with-cd-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T14:34:00Z	**Cringley Predicts Apple is About to Create a Satellite-Based IoT Business**
Last summer Chinese market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported the iPhone 13 would include satellite communication capability, remembers long-time tech pundit Robert Cringley, who adds that the prediction was denied by Apple. "This, in itself, was weird because Apple generally doesn't react to rumors. But beyond the mere reaction, th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0149213/cringley-predicts-apple-is-about-to-create-a-satellite-based-iot-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T15:34:00Z	**'Doom' Game Ported To Run As a Coreboot BIOS Payload**
"Yes, it's possible to get the game Doom running atop this system firmware," reports Phoronix.

Tom's Hardware explains:
Originally known as LinuxBIOS, which provides a better clue to its utility value, Coreboot 4.17 supports new motherboards, delivers a new bootloader, supports AMD Platform Secure Boot (PSB), comes with a handful of fixes, and... a port of Doom.

Coreboo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/050220/doom-game-ported-to-run-as-a-coreboot-bios-payload?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T16:34:00Z	**Communication Reestablished with NASA's 'Ingenuity' Mars Helicopter**
"We have reestablished reliable communications with Ingenuity," reported the team lead for NASA's Mars helicopter, Teddy Tzanetos, in a blog post last week.

As detailed in our last blog post, for the first time in our yearlong extended mission we had a loss of communications with Ingenuity from the downlink of May 3 (Sol 427) and May 4 (So ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0435257/communication-reestablished-with-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T17:34:00Z	**Scientists Claim They've Reversed Aging in Mice**
"In molecular biologist David Sinclair's lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again," reports CNN:

Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team's first breakthrough, published in late 2020, old mice with poor eyesight and damaged retinas coul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0520205/scientists-claim-theyve-reversed-aging-in-mice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T18:34:00Z	**How Electronic Warfare Shapes the Russia-Ukraine War**
"On Ukraine's battlefields, the simple act of powering up a cellphone can beckon a rain of deathly skyfall," reports the Associated Press. "Artillery radar and remote controls for unmanned aerial vehicles may also invite fiery shrapnel showers."

And the same technology can also be used to target navigation, guidance, and communications systems "to blind and deceive the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0253214/how-electronic-warfare-shapes-the-russia-ukraine-war?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T19:34:00Z	**'Father of MIDI' Dave Smith Dies At 72**
Sad news from long-time Slashdot reader NormalVisual:

 Synthtopia reports that Dave Smith, founder of the legendary synthesizer manufacturer Sequential Circuits and creator of the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standard, died this past Wednesday.

Some of Smith's notable creations include the Prophet 5, one of the first commercially available digitally-controlled polyphonic an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/1836242/father-of-midi-dave-smith-dies-at-72?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T21:09:00Z	**'The Orville: New Horizons' Premieres on Hulu**
This week saw the premiere of The Orville: New Horizons on Hulu — a third season, now streaming after two seasons on broadcast TV from 2017 to 2019. Seth MacFarlane (the show's creator/star) tells the Hollywood Reporter how that will change the Orville:
"The biggest difference for me being on Hulu is that I don't have to tell a story that's exactly 43 minutes long every week because I ha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/215232/the-orville-new-horizons-premieres-on-hulu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T22:11:00Z	**GNOME Shell is Being Ported to Phones**
"As part of the design process for what ended up becoming GNOME 40 the design team worked on a number of experimental concepts," reports a blog post at Gnome.org's shell-dev blog, "a few of which were aimed at better support for tablets and other smaller devices."

"Ever since then, some of us have been thinking about what it would take to fully port GNOME Shell to a phone form factor."
It's an intri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/228254/gnome-shell-is-being-ported-to-phones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-04T23:09:00Z	**Ask Slashdot:  Why Haven't They Increased Size Limits for Email Attachments?**
"Email system are quite capable of sending and receiving large attachments," writes long-term Slashdot reader Stonefish "However, size limits are generally tiny."

And then he tells a story...

 In the late 1990s I worked for a research organisation maintaining their mail system, and had recently introduced mail size constrain ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/0344240/ask-slashdot-why-havent-they-increased-size-limits-for-email-attachments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T02:09:00Z	**Leaked Google Pixel 7 Reportedly Listed on eBay, Sold on Facebook Marketplace**
Earlier this week an alleged prototype of Google's upcoming Pixel 7 smartphone was reportedly listed for sale on eBay, the Verge reported. ("The distinctive camera bar is back, and this year it's an aluminum bar with cutouts for the cameras..." they wrote, adding "We've collected images from the eBay listing into the gall ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/2252240/leaked-google-pixel-7-reportedly-listed-on-ebay-sold-on-facebook-marketplace?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T03:34:00Z	**'The Cynic's Guide to Desktop Linux'**
The Register has unveiled their "cynic's guide to desktop Linux," which they ultimately concede is a snarky yet affectionate list of "the least bad distros."

For those who are "sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac," the article begins by addressing people who complain there's too many Linux distros to choose from. "We thought we'd simplify things for you by listing how and in which ways the different ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/0215213/the-cynics-guide-to-desktop-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T07:34:00Z	**Will Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Generate More Waste Than Conventional Ones?**
"A new study from Stanford and the University of British Columbia has bad news for the next generation of nuclear reactors," writes Slashdot reader SoftwareArtist

An announcement from Stanford University warns that "Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/1746233/will-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-generate-more-waste-than-conventional-ones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T11:34:00Z	**Google's Plan to Make Chip Development More Like Open Source Software**
From Google's Open Source blog:

The Google Hardware Toolchains team is launching a new developer portal, developers.google.com/silicon, to help the developer community get started with its Open MPW shuttle program.

This will allow anyone to submit open source integrated circuit designs to get manufactured at no-cost.

Since Novembe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/2356258/googles-plan-to-make-chip-development-more-like-open-source-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T14:34:00Z	**Who Will Replace Sheryl Sandberg? Maybe No One**
Sheryl Sandberg started at a company called Facebook, but stepped down from a changed company called Meta. So who will replace her? No one, suggests the New York Times.

CEO/co-founder Mark Zuckerberg posted Wednesday on Facebook that he didn't "plan to replace Sheryl's role in our existing structure." Instead, the Times notes, around 2020 his company has been structured with "four e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/033248/who-will-replace-sheryl-sandberg-maybe-no-one?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T15:34:00Z	**Linux Mint Takes Over Development of Backup Tool 'Timeshift'**
"Linux Mint is taking over development of Timeshift, a popular open-source backup tool," reports the blog OMG! Ubuntu:
Anyone familiar with Mint will be familiar with this utility. Timeshift is, as the distro's own lead Clement Lefebvre says in the latest monthly update, a central plank in the system's backup and update 'strategy'.

Sadly, as happens, the c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/04/236236/linux-mint-takes-over-development-of-backup-tool-timeshift?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T16:34:00Z	**Will Russia Be Devastated by Climate Change?**
Thane Gustafson is a longtime specialist on Russian energy — and even before Russia invaded Ukraine, he'd pulled together some startling predictions for his new book. The New York Review of Books looks at Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change:
About two thirds of Russia is covered in permafrost, a mixture of sand and ice that, until recently, remained frozen year-round. As per ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/0113238/will-russia-be-devastated-by-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T17:44:00Z	**An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Has No Patch**
"An actively exploited Microsoft zero-day flaw still has no patch," Wired wrote Friday (in an article they've designated as "free for a limited time only.")

Microsoft first received reports of the flaw on April 21st, the article points out, and researchers have now seen malicious Word documents exploiting Follina for targets in Russia, India, the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/1741243/an-actively-exploited-microsoft-zero-day-flaw-still-has-no-patch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T18:34:00Z	**Google's Chrome Team Evaluates Retrofitting Temporal Memory Safety on C++**
"C++ allows for writing high-performance applications but this comes at a price, security..." So says Google's Chrome security team in a recent blog post, adding that in general, "While there is appetite for different languages than C++ with stronger memory safety guarantees, large codebases such as Chromium will use C++ for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/1512245/googles-chrome-team-evaluates-retrofitting-temporal-memory-safety-on-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T19:34:00Z	**Fusion Energy:  the 35-Country Clean-Energy Effort to "Bottle the Sun'**
This week CNN published an article chronicling how 35 countries "have come together to try and master nuclear fusion, a process that occurs naturally in the sun — and all stars — but is painfully difficult to replicate on Earth.

"Fusion promises a virtually limitless form of energy that, unlike fossil fuels, emits zero greenhouse gases a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/1917252/fusion-energy-the-35-country-clean-energy-effort-to-bottle-the-sun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T21:01:00Z	**Is Insider Trading 'Common' in NFTs?   (And is It Really Insider Trading?)**
What happened after U.S. prosecutors indicted an NFT marketplace's product manager for insider trading? Vice reports:

The reaction among crypto investors was largely characterized by surprise, and an acknowledgement that trading on insider information (considered by some to be A-OK in private markets) is rampant in the space. "Bro the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/2058230/is-insider-trading-common-in-nfts-and-is-it-really-insider-trading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-05T22:39:00Z	**Microsoft Tries Collaborating with Unions to Avoid 'Public Disputes'**
"Microsoft on Thursday announced a new strategy for dealing with organized labor..." reports the Washington Post (in a story republished on MSN.com):

 In a blog post shared with The Washington Post, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote that the company will respect workers' rights to unionize and plans to work collaboratively with organized  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/2236214/microsoft-tries-collaborating-with-unions-to-avoid-public-disputes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T00:39:00Z	**Companies Are Having Trouble Enforcing Return-to-Office Policies**
NPR reports:
Just last month [Apple] decided to postpone its plan after more than 1,000 current and former employees signed an open letter called the plan inefficient, inflexible and a waste of time. "Stop treating us like school kids who need to be told when to be where and what homework to do," they wrote. It was yet more evidence of the shift in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/2328215/companies-are-having-trouble-enforcing-return-to-office-policies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T03:39:00Z	**IBM's AI-Powered Robotic 'Mayflower' Ship Finally Reaches Its Destination - Sort of**
The Associated Press reports on "a crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower" from the U.K. to Massachusetts' Plymouth Rock. And after five weeks it finally did reach North America.

Halifax, Canada.

"The technology that makes up the autonomous system worked perfectly, flawl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/011239/ibms-ai-powered-robotic-mayflower-ship-finally-reaches-its-destination---sort-of?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T06:20:00Z	**Remembering the Transit of Venus on Its 10th Anniversary**
"Venus crossed the sun's face 10 years ago today," writes Space.com. "Most people alive will never see the sight again."
Long-time Slashdot reader davidwr is still thinking about it:
Slashdot, what are your memories of the 2012 or 2004 transits? What about other celestial events that you probably won't live long enough to see again?
At Space.com, astronomer To ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/027208/remembering-the-transit-of-venus-on-its-10th-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T09:04:00Z	**How NASA's DAVINCI Mission Will Plunge Through Venus's Hellish Atmosphere**
"NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029," reports Gizmodo, adding that a new paper "details this upcoming journey, a daring mission that could shed new light on the scorching hot planet's mysterious, and potentially habitable, past."

Upon its arrival at the second planet from the Sun, the probe will pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/0237209/how-nasas-davinci-mission-will-plunge-through-venuss-hellish-atmosphere?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T11:34:00Z	**At Blockchain-Based Privacy Infrastructure Startup Nym, Chelsea Manning Says Crypto = Privacy**
"I do want to shift the culture away from crypto being associated only with cryptocurrency," Chelsea Manning recently told a digital assets news site named the Block.

In a world where celebrities are coughing up more than half a million dollars for a jpeg of a cartoon ape, Manning says that  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/05/2144213/at-blockchain-based-privacy-infrastructure-startup-nym-chelsea-manning-says-crypto--privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T14:00:00Z	**Engineer Who Fled Charges of Stealing Chip Tech in US Now Thrives in China**
ASML has pressed IP theft allegations against two firms created by 'flagbearer' for China's semiconductor industry. From a report: Few companies are better positioned to benefit from the crippling shortage of computer chips than ASML, a Dutch manufacturer whose equipment plays an integral role in making the world's most advanc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1359251/engineer-who-fled-charges-of-stealing-chip-tech-in-us-now-thrives-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T14:40:00Z	**Supreme Court Seeks Biden Views on WhatsApp 'Pegasus' Spyware Dispute**
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms' WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software. From a report: The justices are considering NSO's appeal of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1425230/supreme-court-seeks-biden-views-on-whatsapp-pegasus-spyware-dispute?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T15:21:00Z	**Fearing Lawsuits, Factories Rush To Replace Humans With Robots in South Korea**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Kim Yong-rae is the CEO of Speefox, South Korea's biggest manufacturer of capacitors, and he thinks robots are key to the company's survival. On his factory floor, free-standing machines squeal as they spit out gleaming sheets of aluminum that roll into coils. The air is filled wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1521213/fearing-lawsuits-factories-rush-to-replace-humans-with-robots-in-south-korea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T16:19:00Z	**AI Shopping Startup's AI Was Actually Just Low Cost Workers in the Philippines**
Some startups are bold and original. And some, like Nate, had more modest goals: automatically filling out shoppers' contact and payment information on retailers' websites. In exchange for sparing them a minute or two of data entry on their phones, Nate charged shoppers $1 per transaction. But it struggled to turn even  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1620211/ai-shopping-startups-ai-was-actually-just-low-cost-workers-in-the-philippines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T16:45:00Z	**Google Disables RCS Ads in India Following Rampant Spam by Businesses**
Google has halted businesses from using RCS for promotion in India, the company's biggest market by users, following reports of rampant spam by some firms in a setback for the standard that the company is hoping to help become the future of SMS messaging. From a report: Rich Communication Services, or RCS, is the collective effort of a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1645227/google-disables-rcs-ads-in-india-following-rampant-spam-by-businesses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T17:24:00Z	**We're Still Waiting for the Laptop's Big Year**
An anonymous reader shares a report: After a long, long month of laptop releases, Computex 2022 is finally over. In some ways, it's the Computex that wasn't. The early part of this year was an exciting time to be a laptop reporter. Every company and its mother announced that big ideas were on the way. Wacky products abounded, from monitors to phones. LG Display (which supplied the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1724211/were-still-waiting-for-the-laptops-big-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T18:01:00Z	**Apple Pay Later, iPhone-maker's BNPL Service, Will Let Users Split Up Purchases Into Four Payments at No Interest**
Apple today announced a major update to Apple Pay, called Apple Pay Later, which will allow users to split the cost of an Apple Pay purchase into four equal payments without interest or late fees. From a report: The new financial product -- which was r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1740240/apple-pay-later-iphone-makers-bnpl-service-will-let-users-split-up-purchases-into-four-payments-at-no-interest?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T18:41:00Z	**Apple Launches Redesigned MacBook Air With M2 Chip and MagSafe**
Apple's WWDC isn't an event that traditionally packs in several hardware announcements, but nevertheless, a new MacBook Air took the stage during the keynote. From a report: The new 2022 model has been designed around the more powerful M2 processor, and its design comes closer to that of the 14-inch MacBook Pro, with a more squared-off look than the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1841227/apple-launches-redesigned-macbook-air-with-m2-chip-and-magsafe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T19:29:00Z	**Apple Announces macOS 13 Ventura, the Next Major Software Update for the Mac**
As expected, Apple has used the stage at its WWDC 2022 keynote to reveal the features and changes coming to macOS in the next major software update for the platform, macOS 13 Ventura. From a report: Ventura's headlining feature is a new multitasking interface called Stage Manager. It's being billed as a way to fight window ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1929251/apple-announces-macos-13-ventura-the-next-major-software-update-for-the-mac?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T20:01:00Z	**Telegram Surrendered User Data To Authorities Despite Saying To the Contrary, Report Says**
Several readers have shared the following report: Messaging apps that offer end-to-end encryption can claim that they're protecting their users by saying that they've thrown away the key -- metaphorical and literal -- and can't undo what's been scrambled in transmission. Telegram, however, claims it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/200255/telegram-surrendered-user-data-to-authorities-despite-saying-to-the-contrary-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T20:45:00Z	**Apple iOS 16 Brings Massive Improvements To Lock Screen and Messages**
At its WWDC event today, Apple previewed several new features coming with iOS 16, which will debut this fall after spending the summer in beta testing. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The lock screen is at the center of Apple's iOS 16 updates, starting with the ability to customize fonts and colors used. It will be pos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/205210/apple-ios-16-brings-massive-improvements-to-lock-screen-and-messages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T21:24:00Z	**Ukrainian Officials' Phones Targeted By Hackers**
The phones of Ukrainian officials have been targeted by hackers as Russia pursues its invasion of Ukraine, a senior cybersecurity official said Monday. Reuters: Victor Zhora, the deputy head of Ukraine's State Special Communications Service, said that phones being used by the country's public servants had come under sustained targeting. "We see a lot of attempts to hack Ukrainian of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/1949231/ukrainian-officials-phones-targeted-by-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T00:02:00Z	**Biden Waives Solar Panel Tariffs, Seeks To Boost Production**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to boost crucial supplies to U.S. solar manufacturers and declared a two-year tariff exemption on solar panels from Southeast Asia as he attempted to jumpstart progress toward his climate change-fighting goals. His invoking of the Defense Prod ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2027247/biden-waives-solar-panel-tariffs-seeks-to-boost-production?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T23:20:00Z	**Apple's Finally Making the iPad More Like a Mac (For Multitasking, at Least)**
Apple brought its iPad tablet a bit closer to the Mac computers in spirit on Monday at WWDC 2022, announcing new features for its iPadOS 16 software that add better multitasking features. From a report: The new changes to the iPad represent another key shift to the device, aiming to advance the "pro" capabilities of Apple's t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2014232/apples-finally-making-the-ipad-more-like-a-mac-for-multitasking-at-least?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T22:40:00Z	**Italian City of Palermo Shuts Down All Systems To Fend Off Cyberattack**
Palermo in Southern Italy, home to about 1.3 million people, has shut down all its services, public websites, and online portals following a cyberattack on Friday. BleepingComputer reports: It's impossible to communicate or request any service that relies on digital systems, and all citizens have to use obsolete fax machines to reach pu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2017254/italian-city-of-palermo-shuts-down-all-systems-to-fend-off-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-06T22:02:00Z	**Apple 'Passkeys' Could Finally Kill Off the Password For Good**
Apple demonstrated "passkeys" at WWDC 2022, a new biometric sign-in standard that could finally kill off the password for good. TechCrunch reports: Passkeys are based on the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn), a standard that uses public-key cryptography instead of passwords for authenticating users to websites and applications, and are stored on-device rat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2010255/apple-passkeys-could-finally-kill-off-the-password-for-good?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T00:45:00Z	**LastPass No Longer Requires a Password To Access Your Vault**
LastPass says they're now the first password manager with a passwordless sign-in feature. Engadget reports: Grant permission through the LastPass Authenticator mobile app and you can update account info on the web without entering your master password. The approach relies on FIDO-compliant password-free technology. The feature is available to both personal a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2111206/lastpass-no-longer-requires-a-password-to-access-your-vault?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T01:25:00Z	**Texas AG Opens Investigation of Twitter Over Bots**
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he is investigating Twitter over its reporting of how many accounts on the platform are from bots and fake users, saying the company may be misrepresenting the number to inflate its value and raise its revenue. The Texas Tribune reports: Twitter has claimed in its financial regulatory filings that less than 5% of its daily active u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/0025205/texas-ag-opens-investigation-of-twitter-over-bots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T02:02:00Z	**Apple's New MetalFX Upscaling System Will Compete With AMD FSR, Nvidia DLSS**
At this year's WWDC, Apple announced a surprising new system coming to its Metal 3 gaming API that may sound familiar to PC gamers: MetalFX Upscaling. Ars Technica reports: The system will leverage Apple's custom silicon to reconstruct video game graphics using lower-resolution source images so that games can run more efficie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2156208/apples-new-metalfx-upscaling-system-will-compete-with-amd-fsr-nvidia-dlss?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T03:30:00Z	**UK Four-Day Week Pilot Begins: Employees Get 100% of the Pay For 80% of the Time**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Independent: The biggest ever four-day working week pilot is set to begin in the UK, with over 70 companies and 3,300 workers ready to take part. The trial will result in no loss of pay for employees, based on the principle of the 100:80:100 model. Employees will receive 100 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/221255/uk-four-day-week-pilot-begins-employees-get-100-of-the-pay-for-80-of-the-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T07:00:00Z	**US Regulators Investigating Binance's BNB Token**
According to Bloomberg, the SEC is looking into whether Binance's initial coin offering of its Binance coin (BNB) token in 2017 was an unregistered security offering that should have been registered with the regulatory agency. CoinDesk reports: Without commenting on the details of the reported probe, a spokesperson for Binance told CoinDesk via email, "As the industry has grown at ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/0032231/us-regulators-investigating-binances-bnb-token?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T10:00:00Z	**Nintendo Wanted Hacker's Prison Sentence To Turn Heads**
Nintendo described the sentencing of a hacker earlier this year as a "unique opportunity" to send a message to all gamers about video game piracy. Axios reports: A newly released transcript of the Feb. 10 sentencing of Gary Bowser provides rare insight, directly from Nintendo, about the company's grievances. Bowser, a Canadian national, pled guilty last year to U.S. g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/06/2119258/nintendo-wanted-hackers-prison-sentence-to-turn-heads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T13:00:00Z	**Next-Generation Apple CarPlay Will Be a Whole Car OS**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: The next generation of CarPlay will be compatible with a variety of aspect ratios -- from portrait to landscape -- and can even adapt to multidisplay dashboards, including vehicles with digital instrument clusters or with ultrawide pillar-to-pillar displays. CarPlay will be more integrated with all the host vehicle's system ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/0041238/next-generation-apple-carplay-will-be-a-whole-car-os?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T14:06:00Z	**US Department of Justice Calls For More International Cooperation, Coordination on Crypto Law Enforcement**
A new report from the Department of Justice proposes more international cooperation among law enforcement agencies on the crypto and blockchain front. From a report: Information sharing and the harmonization of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules were a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/146253/us-department-of-justice-calls-for-more-international-cooperation-coordination-on-crypto-law-enforcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T14:48:00Z	**Pentagon's New AI Chief Vows to Crack 'Bureaucratic Inertia' on Tech Advances**
The Pentagon's new head of artificial intelligence wants to speed up technological modernization after an onslaught of what he calls "valid" criticism from recently departed senior leaders who expressed frustration at slow progress. From a report: Craig Martell, who was previously head of machine learning at Lyft and Dropbo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1448211/pentagons-new-ai-chief-vows-to-crack-bureaucratic-inertia-on-tech-advances?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T15:25:00Z	**EU Agrees To Make Common Charger Mandatory for Apple iPhones and Other Devices**
The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is going to force smartphone manufacturers like Apple and other electronics makers to equip their devices with a standard USB-C charging port. From a report: EU lawmakers on Tuesday agreed to a single mobile charging port for mobile phones, tablets and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1457247/eu-agrees-to-make-common-charger-mandatory-for-apple-iphones-and-other-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T16:05:00Z	**Apple is Finally Adding Some of Gmail's Best Features To Its Own Email Apps**
Apple announced some major new features for Mail that finally bring the email app closer to parity with Gmail and other popular email clients. From a report: Perhaps the most useful will be an undo send feature, which will let you call back an email within 10 seconds of hitting the send button. A "remind me" feature will let ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1511252/apple-is-finally-adding-some-of-gmails-best-features-to-its-own-email-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T16:41:00Z	**MongoDB 6.0 Brings Encrypted Queries, Time-Series Data Collection**
The developers behind the open source MongoDB, and its commercial service counterpart MongoDB Atlas, have been busy making the document database easier to use for developers. From a report: Available in preview, Queryable Encryption provides the ability to query encrypted data, and with the entire query transaction be encrypted -- an indust ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1614219/mongodb-60-brings-encrypted-queries-time-series-data-collection?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T18:45:00Z	**Investor Sues the Winklevoss Twins' Troubled Crypto Business Over Security Failures**
IRA Financial Trust, a platform that lets users save for retirement in alternative assets like cryptocurrency, is suing the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange over an alleged failure to protect its customers from a heist that resulted in the theft of $36 million in crypto. The financial platform partners with Gemin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1845247/investor-sues-the-winklevoss-twins-troubled-crypto-business-over-security-failures?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T19:20:00Z	**Saudi Arabia Plans To Spend $1 Billion a Year Discovering Treatments To Slow Aging**
Anyone who has more money than they know what to do with eventually tries to cure aging. Google founder Larry Page has tried it. Jeff Bezos has tried it. Tech billionaires Larry Ellison and Peter Thiel have tried it. Now the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has about as much money as all of them put together, i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1919250/saudi-arabia-plans-to-spend-1-billion-a-year-discovering-treatments-to-slow-aging?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T20:00:00Z	**The War in Ukraine Has Refocused Attention on Geopolitical Energy Risks**
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the world appears to be at an inflection point. Foreign Affairs: Business leaders have declared the acceleration of deglobalization and sounded the alarm about a new period of stagflation. Academics have decried the return of conquest and hailed the renewal of transatlantic ties. And coun ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1931246/the-war-in-ukraine-has-refocused-attention-on-geopolitical-energy-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T20:41:00Z	**'Rust Is Hard, Or: The Misery of Mainstream Programming'**
Hirrolot's blog: When you use Rust, it is sometimes outright preposterous how much knowledge of language, and how much of programming ingenuity and curiosity you need in order to accomplish the most trivial things. When you feel particularly desperate, you go to rust/issues and search for a solution for your problem. Suddenly, you find an issue with an explana ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1938218/rust-is-hard-or-the-misery-of-mainstream-programming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T21:25:00Z	**Who Needs Modern Emacs?**
Bozhidar Batsov writes: Every now and again I come across some discussion on making Emacs "modern". The argument always go more or less like this - Emacs doesn't look and behave like and the world will end if we don't copy something "crucial" from it. [...] If you ask me -- there's pretty much nothing we can do that would suddenly make Emacs as popular as VS Code. But you know what -- that's perfectly fine. After all there are pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/1942258/who-needs-modern-emacs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T22:02:00Z	**Apple Will Allow Linux VMs To Run Intel Apps With Rosetta In macOS Ventura**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the few things that Intel Macs can do that Apple Silicon Macs can't is run operating systems written for Intel or AMD processors inside of virtual machines. Most notably, this has meant that there is currently no legal way to run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac. App ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/208222/apple-will-allow-linux-vms-to-run-intel-apps-with-rosetta-in-macos-ventura?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T22:40:00Z	**China 'Must Seize TSMC' If the US Were To Impose Sanctions, Says Top Economist**
China should seize Taiwan to gain control of TSMC if the US and its allies impose sanctions against the Middle Kingdom like those now in place against Russia, according to a prominent Chinese economist. The Register reports: This latest development comes in a speech by Chen Wenling, chief economist for the China Center fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2014244/china-must-seize-tsmc-if-the-us-were-to-impose-sanctions-says-top-economist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-07T23:20:00Z	**PayPal Lets Users Transfer Bitcoin and Ethereum To External Wallets**
PayPal announced on Tuesday that the service now "supports the native transfer of cryptocurrencies between PayPal and other wallets and exchanges." Decrypt reports: The ability to conduct external transfers on PayPal's crypto platform, an image of which can be seen below, will start rolling out to users today and be available to everyone in the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2018253/paypal-lets-users-transfer-bitcoin-and-ethereum-to-external-wallets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T00:02:00Z	**MacOS Will Soon Block Unknown USB-C Accessories By Default**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A new security feature in Apple's upcoming macOS 13 Ventura will automatically block new USB-C devices from communicating with the operating system until the accessory can be approved by the user. Apple dropped details of the new security feature in its release notes, which appears to be aimed at protecting  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2022202/macos-will-soon-block-unknown-usb-c-accessories-by-default?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T00:45:00Z	**Python 3.11 Performance Benchmarks Are Looking Fantastic**
"Besides new language features and other improvements, Python 3.11 performance is looking fantastic with very nice performance uplift over prior Python 3.x releases," writes Phoronix's Michael Larabel. From the report: Python 3.11 has been baking support for task groups in asyncio, fine-grained error locations in tracebacks, the self-type to return an insta ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2130207/python-311-performance-benchmarks-are-looking-fantastic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T01:25:00Z	**Waymo Is Teaming Up With Uber On Autonomous Trucking**
Waymo and Uber, former legal foes and bitter rivals in the autonomous vehicle space, are teaming up to speed up the adoption of driverless trucks. The Verge reports: Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company's truck brokerage, into the technology that powers its autonomous big rigs. This "long-term strategic partnership" will enable fleet owners to more q ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2138200/waymo-is-teaming-up-with-uber-on-autonomous-trucking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T02:02:00Z	**Ex-Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei Who Led Firm's Digital Push, Dies At 84**
Sony said Tuesday that Nobuyuki Idei, its former chairman and CEO who led the Japanese giant's push into the digital network business, has died of liver failure. He was 84. Kyodo News reports: In addition to enhancing Sony's presence in the digital and communications fields, he also focused on the entertainment business, such as movies, music an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/2148257/ex-sony-ceo-nobuyuki-idei-who-led-firms-digital-push-dies-at-84?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T03:30:00Z	**Liquid Platinum At Room Temperature: The 'Cool' Catalyst For a Sustainable Revolution In Industrial Chemistry**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Researchers in Australia have been able to use trace amounts of liquid platinum to create cheap and highly efficient chemical reactions at low temperatures, opening a pathway to dramatic emissions reductions  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/223202/liquid-platinum-at-room-temperature-the-cool-catalyst-for-a-sustainable-revolution-in-industrial-chemistry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T07:00:00Z	**HBO Max Cancels Raised By Wolves After Two Seasons**
HBO Max has canceled the sci-fi TV show Raised by Wolves after two seasons. From a report: Originally ordered to series for the cable channel TNT, its first season premiered in 2020, and four months after HBO Max launched, it ranked as the service's top streaming series. The first two episodes were directed by Ridley Scott, and the plot, which focused on two android ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/07/229242/hbo-max-cancels-raised-by-wolves-after-two-seasons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T10:00:00Z	**Gel That Repairs Heart Attack Damage Could Improve Health of Millions**
British researchers have developed a biodegradable gel to repair damage caused by a heart attack in a breakthrough that could improve the health of millions of survivors worldwide. The Guardian reports: Now after years of efforts searching for solutions to help the heart repair itself, researchers at the University of Manchester have ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/0039250/gel-that-repairs-heart-attack-damage-could-improve-health-of-millions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T13:00:00Z	**iOS 16 Supports Nintendo's Switch Pro and Joy-Con Controllers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Apple is adding native support for the Nintendo Switch Pro and Joy-Con controllers in iOS 16. Riley Testut, one of the iOS developers behind AltStore, discovered the new controller support in a developer beta of iOS 16 that was released yesterday. The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller works "perfectly" a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/0043241/ios-16-supports-nintendos-switch-pro-and-joy-con-controllers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T14:00:00Z	**Heat Waves Could Soon Have Names**
There's a growing effort to name and categorize heat waves the way we do hurricanes -- to call attention to their significance, alert people to dangerous temperatures and prod public officials into action. From a report: Excessive heat -- which hits low-income communities the hardest -- doesn't lend itself to dramatic TV coverage, so people sometimes underestimate the risk. Proponents of a more formal public  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1351248/heat-waves-could-soon-have-names?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T14:47:00Z	**Salesforce Takes Crypto Plunge With New NFT Cloud**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Who knows whether it's FOMO or actual customer demand for such a thing, but Salesforce announced today that it's launching a pilot of NFT Cloud, a new platform for buying and selling these crypto assets. It's a turn to the future, according to the company, one it insists comes from customer curiosity. "Salesforce is seeing interest from CMOs an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1448211/salesforce-takes-crypto-plunge-with-new-nft-cloud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T15:36:00Z	**Microsoft Slashes Russia Operations After War Clouds Outlook**
Microsoft is substantially reducing its business in Russia, joining the list of prominent technology firms cutting back or exiting the country altogether after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From a report: "As a result of the changes to the economic outlook and the impact on our business in Russia, we have made the decision to significantly scale down  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1536217/microsoft-slashes-russia-operations-after-war-clouds-outlook?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T16:08:00Z	**FBI Seizes Notorious Marketplace for Selling Millions of Stolen SSNs**
U.S. law enforcement have announced the takedown of SSNDOB, a notorious marketplace used for trading the personal information -- including Social Security numbers, or SSNs -- of millions of Americans. From a report: The operation was conducted by the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ), with help fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/169204/fbi-seizes-notorious-marketplace-for-selling-millions-of-stolen-ssns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T16:45:00Z	**EU Working on Possible Ban on Providing Cloud Services To Russia**
The European Union is working on a possible ban on the provision of cloud services to Russia as part of new sanctions against the Kremlin for the invasion of Ukraine, an EU official told Reuters on Wednesday, noting the measure was technically complex. From a report: If introduced, it is unclear how the EU ban would affect Russia, because top clo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1614258/eu-working-on-possible-ban-on-providing-cloud-services-to-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T17:16:00Z	**Inside Roku, Talk is Heating Up About an Acquisition By Netflix**
An anonymous reader shares a report: At Roku, a video-streaming platform operator that's suffered a punishing stock plunge, employees are buzzing about the possibility of an acquisition -- and their talk and hopes are pinned on Netflix. Employees at Roku have been discussing the possibility of a Netflix acquisition in recent weeks, accordin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1719213/inside-roku-talk-is-heating-up-about-an-acquisition-by-netflix?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T18:05:00Z	**UK Will Not Copy EU Demand for Common Charging Cable**
The UK government says it is not "currently considering" copying European Union plans for a common charging cable. From a report: The EU has provisionally agreed all new portable electronic devices must, by autumn 2024, use a USB Type-C charger, a move it says will benefit consumers. Critics say it will stifle innovation. Under the current post-Brexit arrangements, the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1732218/uk-will-not-copy-eu-demand-for-common-charging-cable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T18:42:00Z	**NYC Cancer Trial Delivers 'Unheard-of' Result: Complete Remission for Everyone**
A small NYC-led cancer trial has achieved a result reportedly never before seen - the total remission of cancer in all of its patients. From a report: To be sure, the trial -- led by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering and backed by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline -- has only completed treatment of 12 patients, with a speci ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/1745206/nyc-cancer-trial-delivers-unheard-of-result-complete-remission-for-everyone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T20:30:00Z	**Grubhub Reportedly Still Owes NYC Restaurants Thousands of Dollars After Disastrous Free Lunch Promo**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Eater NY: Two weeks after Grubhub rolled out a disastrous, citywide free lunch promo that overloaded NYC restaurants with delivery orders, some businesses are still waiting for the company to refund them for undelivered food orders. Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2029240/grubhub-reportedly-still-owes-nyc-restaurants-thousands-of-dollars-after-disastrous-free-lunch-promo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T21:10:00Z	**EU Lawmakers Endorse Ban On Combustion-Engine Cars In 2035**
The European Parliament on Wednesday threw its weight behind a proposed ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in 2035, seeking to step up the fight against climate change through the faster development of electric vehicles. The Associated Press reports: The European Union assembly voted in Strasbourg, France, to require automakers to cut carbon-dio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2033204/eu-lawmakers-endorse-ban-on-combustion-engine-cars-in-2035?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T21:50:00Z	**Facebook Gaming Brings Crayta's User-Generated Games To Its Cloud Platform**
Crayta, a platform that lets players create, share, and play games with friends, is coming to Facebook Gaming's cloud-streaming service. The Verge reports: The collaborative game-building platform is built on Unreal Engine 4 and features a library of thousands of player-made games users can browse or add to with their own crea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2046252/facebook-gaming-brings-craytas-user-generated-games-to-its-cloud-platform?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T22:30:00Z	**Solid-State Batteries For EVs Move a Step Closer To Production**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery developer, moved one step closer to producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on Monday. The company has completed an automated "EV cell pilot line" with the capacity to make around 15,000 cells per year, which will be used first by Solid Powe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2053234/solid-state-batteries-for-evs-move-a-step-closer-to-production?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T23:10:00Z	**US: Chinese Government Hackers Breached Telcos To Snoop On Network Traffic**
Several US federal agencies today revealed that Chinese-backed threat actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies and network service providers to steal credentials and harvest data. BleepingComputer reports: As the NSA, CISA, and the FBI said in a joint cybersecurity advisory published on Tuesday, Chi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2131257/us-chinese-government-hackers-breached-telcos-to-snoop-on-network-traffic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-08T23:50:00Z	**Microsoft Trying To Kill HDD Boot Drives By 2023, Report Says**
A recent executive brief from data storage industry analyst firm Trendfocus reports that OEMs have disclosed that Microsoft is pushing them to drop HDDs as the primary storage device in pre-built Windows 11 PCs and use SSDs instead, with the current deadlines for the switchover set for 2023. Tom's Hardware reports: Interestingly, these actions from  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2147206/microsoft-trying-to-kill-hdd-boot-drives-by-2023-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T01:10:00Z	**Plasma Ignition System Can Increase Engine Efficiency By 20%**
In 2019, Ars Technica reported on a new advanced ignition system from Transient Plasma Systems that replaces the conventional spark plugs in a vehicle's engine with an ignition module that uses very short duration pulses of plasma to ignite the fuel/air mixture within the cylinder. Now, about three years later, the system is "almost ready for production a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2211241/plasma-ignition-system-can-increase-engine-efficiency-by-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T03:30:00Z	**Microplastics Found In Freshly Fallen Antarctic Snow For First Time**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Microplastics have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica for the first time, which could accelerate snow and ice melting and pose a threat to the health of the continent's unique ecosystems. The tiny plastics -- smaller than a grain of rice -- have previously been found in Ant ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2152244/microplastics-found-in-freshly-fallen-antarctic-snow-for-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T05:01:00Z	**Meta Halts Development of Apple Watch Rival with Two Cameras**
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has halted development of a smartwatch with dual cameras and is instead working on other devices for the wrist, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. From the report: The device, which has been in development for at least two years, was designed to include several features common ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/050228/meta-halts-development-of-apple-watch-rival-with-two-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T07:00:00Z	**Physicists Discover Never-Before Seen Particle Sitting On a Tabletop**
Researchers have discovered a new particle that is a magnetic relative of the Higgs boson. Whereas the discovery of the Higgs boson required the tremendous particle-accelerating power of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), this never-before-seen particle -- dubbed the axial Higgs boson -- was found using an experiment that would fit on a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/08/2224227/physicists-discover-never-before-seen-particle-sitting-on-a-tabletop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T10:00:00Z	**Google Cloud Calculates Pi To 100 Trillion Digits**
Google Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao and her colleagues say they've calculated Pi to 100 trillion digital decimal places. Engadget reports: Iwao and her team previously set the record in 2019 when they carried out a calculation to an accuracy of 31.4 trillion digits. The benchmark has been broken a few times since then [...]. In a blog post, Iwao wrote that fin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/0128234/google-cloud-calculates-pi-to-100-trillion-digits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T14:00:00Z	**Xbox Project Moorcroft Will Bring Early Game Demos To Xbox Game Pass**
Microsoft is working on Project Moorcroft, a program designed to bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. The demos will be similar to the limited levels and early samples of games that fans would typically spend hours waiting in line to play at E3 or PAX. From a report: These early game demos have largely been lost in the t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1356205/xbox-project-moorcroft-will-bring-early-game-demos-to-xbox-game-pass?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T14:41:00Z	**China Rebrands Proposal on Internet Governance, Targeting Developing Countries**
The Chinese government made another attempt in promoting its vision of the internet, in a repackaging intended to lure lagging regions. From a report: Throughout the years, China has made several attempts at changing the current internet architecture, mostly in the context of the International Telecommunication Union (I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1440246/china-rebrands-proposal-on-internet-governance-targeting-developing-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T15:22:00Z	**Vivaldi Email Client Released 7 Years After First Announcement**
Browser maker Vivaldi's email client has finally hit version 1.0, seven years after it was first announced. From a report: Vivaldi Mail, which includes a calendar and feed reader as well as an email client, first arrived in technical preview in 2020. A slightly wobbly beta arrived last year alongside version 4 of the Chromium-based browser. After anoth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1510236/vivaldi-email-client-released-7-years-after-first-announcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T16:05:00Z	**GitHub Sunsets Atom, Its Text Editor for Software Development**
GitHub has announced that it will sunset Atom, the text editor for software development that the company introduced in 2011. In a blog post, GitHub said that it will archive the Atom repository and all other repositories remaining in the Atom organization on December 15, 2022. From a report: Atom served as the foundation for the Electron framework, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/165206/github-sunsets-atom-its-text-editor-for-software-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T16:45:00Z	**Google Tool Shows What's on the Surface of the Earth in Real Time**
A new dataset from Google shows the features on the surface of the Earth in near real time, the company announced Thursday. The tool, called Dynamic World, uses deep learning and satellite imagery to develop a high-resolution land cover map that shows which bits of land have features like trees, crops, or water. From a report: Land cover maps us ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1619220/google-tool-shows-whats-on-the-surface-of-the-earth-in-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T17:22:00Z	**Chrome Will Now Silence Many of Those Annoying Notification Permission Prompts on the Web**
Google today announced a set of new and updated security features for Chrome, almost all of which rely on machine learning (ML) models, as well as a couple of nifty new ML-based features that aim to make browsing the web a bit easier, including a new feature that will suppress notification permiss ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1641241/chrome-will-now-silence-many-of-those-annoying-notification-permission-prompts-on-the-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T18:09:00Z	**NASA Creates Team To Study UFOs**
NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, the US space agency said Thursday. From a report: The team will gather data on "events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena -- from a scientific perspective," the agency said. NASA said it was interested in UAPs from a security and safety perspective. There was no evidence UA ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/189218/nasa-creates-team-to-study-ufos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T18:46:00Z	**Apple Plans 15-Inch MacBook Air for 2023 and New 12-Inch Laptop**
Apple plans to expand the lineup of laptops using its new, speedier in-house chips next year, aiming to grab a bigger share of the market, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter said. From the report: The company is working on a larger MacBook Air with a 15-inch screen for release as early as next spring, said ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/1847208/apple-plans-15-inch-macbook-air-for-2023-and-new-12-inch-laptop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T20:50:00Z	**How One Paper Just Blew Up Bitcoin's Claim To Anonymity**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Lead researcher Alyssa Blackburn of Baylor and Rice, along with team-mates Christoph Huber, Yossi Eliaz, Muhammad S. Shamim, David Weisz, Goutham Seshadri, Kevin Kim, Shengqi Hang, and Erez Lieberman Aiden, used a technique called "address linking" to study the Bitcoin transactions in the first two years of its existen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2047240/how-one-paper-just-blew-up-bitcoins-claim-to-anonymity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T21:30:00Z	**Intel Joins a Rush of Tech Companies Putting a Freeze On Hiring**
Intel, one of the world's leading chipmakers, has responded to global headwinds by joining a string of other tech companies in placing a freeze on new hires as it seeks ways to cut costs. Fortune reports: "Increased focus and prioritization in our spending will help us weather macroeconomic uncertainty, execute on our strategy, and meet our commitm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2052222/intel-joins-a-rush-of-tech-companies-putting-a-freeze-on-hiring?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T22:10:00Z	**Biden To Require EV Charging Stations Every 50 Miles On Federal Highways**
The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to have 500,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles in place by 2030. "The proposed standards, which will be published next week in the Federal Register, dictate that a charging station be located every 50 miles along the interstate and no more than a mile off the highway, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/210214/biden-to-require-ev-charging-stations-every-50-miles-on-federal-highways?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T22:50:00Z	**'I Love the Linux Desktop, But That Doesn't Mean I Don't See Its Problems All Too Well'**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from an opinion piece via The Register, written by longtime technology reporter and Linux enthusiast Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Recently, The Register's Liam Proven wrote tongue in cheek about the most annoying desktop Linux distros. He inspired me to do another take. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2118249/i-love-the-linux-desktop-but-that-doesnt-mean-i-dont-see-its-problems-all-too-well?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-09T23:30:00Z	**Meta Will Stop Making Portal For Consumers**
Meta plans to stop making consumer versions of its Portal video calling hardware and instead pivot the product line to focus on use cases for businesses, like conference calling. The Verge reports: The change in strategy, first reported by The Information and confirmed to The Verge by a source familiar with the matter, comes as Meta is reassessing its ambitious hardware plans against inves ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2131230/meta-will-stop-making-portal-for-consumers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T00:10:00Z	**Custom LEGO Computer Brick Has Working OLED Display**
Developer James Brown created a custom LEGO computer terminal brick, complete with "an actual processor and a working screen to help bring the fictional computer to reality," reports Tom's Hardware. From the report: The iconic computer terminal brick it's based off of is made using the 2 x 2 slope brick. James has created this one entirely from scratch with the help o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2145224/custom-lego-computer-brick-has-working-oled-display?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T00:50:00Z	**Spotify Ready To Take On Amazon In Audiobooks**
Music streaming giant Spotify has revealed that it's intending to make a big splash in the audiobooks business. Trusted Reviews reports: At the company's Investor Day 2022, CEO Daniel Ek revealed that the company would be branching out into audiobooks following its successful music and podcast offerings. Several months ago, Spotify announced its agreement to acquire audiobook distrib ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2155246/spotify-ready-to-take-on-amazon-in-audiobooks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T03:30:00Z	**'Superworms' Can Digest Styrofoam, Australian Scientists Find**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Scientists in Australia have discovered that superworms can live and even grow on a diet of only polystyrene, also known colloquially as Styrofoam. Superworm is a common name for the larval stages of the darkling beetle (Zophobas morio). The researchers described their finding as a "first step" in discover ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/09/2219223/superworms-can-digest-styrofoam-australian-scientists-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T07:00:00Z	**James Webb Telescope Hit By Large Micrometeoroid**
schwit1 shares a report from The Verge: NASA's new powerful space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), got pelted by a larger than expected micrometeoroid at the end of May, causing some detectable damage to one of the spacecraft's 18 primary mirror segments. The impact means that the mission team will have to correct for the distortion created by the strike,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/0114211/james-webb-telescope-hit-by-large-micrometeoroid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T10:00:00Z	**Bitcoin Miners Will See 29% Rate Hike On Hydroelectric Power In Washington**
A 29% rate hike for hydroelectric power in Chelan County, created specifically for cryptocurrency miners, went into effect on June 1. Decrypt reports: The miners used to pay a lower, high-density load rate for their electricity. Now they'll pay a newly-created cryptocurrency rate, known as Rate 36. Washington state accounted for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/019212/bitcoin-miners-will-see-29-rate-hike-on-hydroelectric-power-in-washington?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T13:00:00Z	**Scientists Covered a Robot Finger In Living Human Skin**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Robots can now be covered in living skin grown from real human cells to make them look more like us. As robots increasingly take on roles as nurses, care workers, teachers and other jobs that involve close personal contact, it is important to make them look more human so we feel comfortable interacting with  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/0126231/scientists-covered-a-robot-finger-in-living-human-skin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T14:00:00Z	**Microsoft Will No Longer Ban Staff From Seeking Roles at Competitors, Plans To Disclose Salaries on Job Ads**
Microsoft employees will be free to seek jobs at the likes of Google and Amazon after the internet giant announced it would no longer enforce non-compete clauses (NCCs) against the majority of its staff. From a report: The change is one of four updates announced in a b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/078228/microsoft-will-no-longer-ban-staff-from-seeking-roles-at-competitors-plans-to-disclose-salaries-on-job-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T15:01:00Z	**Thousands of Previously Undescribed Viruses Found By Huge Ocean Survey**
The first global survey of marine RNA viruses has discovered thousands of new viruses, some of which play a central role in locking away carbon at the bottom of the sea. From a report: Between 2009 and 2012, researchers aboard a ship called Tara collected seawater samples from all the world's oceans. Guillermo Dominguez-Huerta at th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/151243/thousands-of-previously-undescribed-viruses-found-by-huge-ocean-survey?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T15:35:00Z	**US Court Orders Terraform Labs' Chief To Comply With SEC Subpoenas**
A US court has ordered the chief executive of collapsed stablecoin operator Terraform Labs to comply with subpoenas from the regulator seeking documents and materials related to the sale of potential unregistered securities. From a report: The US court of appeals in New York on Wednesday upheld the claim from the Securities and Exchange Commiss ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/1534234/us-court-orders-terraform-labs-chief-to-comply-with-sec-subpoenas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T15:50:00Z	**Telegram Says It's Working on a Paid Service**
Instant messaging app Telegram, which is used by over 500 million active users, said on Friday it's working on a premium tier, but plans to keep many of the current features available to existing users. In a post, Telegram Pavel Durov wrote: Since the day Telegram was launched almost 9 years ago, we've been giving our users more features and resources than any other messaging app. A fre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/1549238/telegram-says-its-working-on-a-paid-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T18:00:00Z	**Wickr, Amazon's Encrypted Chat App, Has a Child Sex Abuse Problem**
Wickr Me, an encrypted messaging app owned by Amazon Web Services, has become a go-to destination for people to exchange images of child sexual abuse, according to court documents, online communities, law enforcement and anti-exploitation activists. From a report: It's not the only tech platform that needs to crack down on such illegal content, acc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/1557232/wickr-amazons-encrypted-chat-app-has-a-child-sex-abuse-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-10T22:22:00Z	**UK Regulator Plans To Launch Probe Into Google's and Apple's Mobile Duopoly**
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that Google and Apple "hold all the cards" when it comes to mobile phones a year after taking a closer look at their "duopoly." It's now consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the tech giants' market power in mobile browsers, as well as into Apple' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/10/2222258/uk-regulator-plans-to-launch-probe-into-googles-and-apples-mobile-duopoly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T01:25:00Z	**Jack Dorsey's TBD Announces Web 3 Competitor: Web 5**
Jack Dorsey's beef with Web 3 has never been a secret. In his view, Web 3 -- blockchain boosters' dream of a censorship resistant, privacy-focused internet of the future -- has become just as problematic as the Web 2 which preceded it. Now, he's out with an alternative. From a report: At CoinDesk's Consensus Festival here in Austin, TBD -- the bitcoin-focused subsidiary of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0125221/jack-dorseys-tbd-announces-web-3-competitor-web-5?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T03:00:00Z	**Short-Sightedness Was Rare. In Asia, It Is Becoming Ubiquitous**
Researchers have found that being outside drastically reduces the risk of developing short-sightedness. From a report: In the early 1980s Taiwan's army realised it had a problem. More and more of its conscripts seemed to be short-sighted, meaning they needed glasses to focus on distant objects. "They were worried that if the worst happened [ie, an a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0134240/short-sightedness-was-rare-in-asia-it-is-becoming-ubiquitous?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T05:00:00Z	**Brexit Row Could Prompt Exodus of Senior Scientists From UK**
The UK is facing an exodus of star scientists, with at least 16 recipients of prestigious European grants making plans to move their labs abroad as the UK remains frozen out of the EU's flagship science programme. From a report: Britain's participation in Horizon Europe has been caught in the crosshairs of the dispute over Brexit in Northern Ireland, meani ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0138221/brexit-row-could-prompt-exodus-of-senior-scientists-from-uk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T07:00:00Z	**Nigerian Bourse To Adopt Blockchain for Settling Trades by 2023**
Nigerian Exchange, plans to start a blockchain-enabled exchange platform next year to deepen trade and lure young investors to the market. From a report: The move follows the introduction of regulations to guide trade in digital assets by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, and the growing interest to adopt the distributed-ledger techno ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/021218/nigerian-bourse-to-adopt-blockchain-for-settling-trades-by-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T09:00:00Z	**Apple's Giving Up Ground in its App Store Fight With Dutch Regulators and Tinder**
Apple announced on Friday that it's once again updated its rules about how Dutch dating apps can use third-party payment systems, after the company had "productive conversations with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)." From a report: The updated rules give developers more flexibility about w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0212254/apples-giving-up-ground-in-its-app-store-fight-with-dutch-regulators-and-tinder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T11:00:00Z	**EU Aims To Clinch Deal on Landmark Crypto Law This Month**
The European Union is nearing an agreement on key legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency sector that would set common rules across the 27 member states, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. From a report: France, which currently chairs the EU, and the European Parliament are optimistic about resolving remaining issues holding up the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0244211/eu-aims-to-clinch-deal-on-landmark-crypto-law-this-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T13:00:00Z	**MIT Researchers Uncover 'Unpatchable' Flaw in Apple M1 Chips**
Apple's M1 chips have an "unpatchable" hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses, MIT researchers have discovered. TechCrunch reports: The vulnerability lies in a hardware-level security mechanism utilized in Apple M1 chips called pointer authentication codes, or PAC. This feature makes it much h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0250238/mit-researchers-uncover-unpatchable-flaw-in-apple-m1-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T14:34:00Z	**New Spectre-Like 'PACMAN' Flaw Could Affect ARM-Based Chips (including Apple's M1)**
"Researchers at MIT have discovered an unfixable vulnerability in Apple Silicon that could allow attackers to bypass a chip's 'last line of defense'," writes the Apple Insider blog, "but most Mac users shouldn't be worried."

More specifically, the team at MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laborat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0530249/new-spectre-like-pacman-flaw-could-affect-arm-based-chips-including-apples-m1?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T15:34:00Z	**Giant Deep Ocean Turbine Trial Offers Hope of Endless Green Power**
"Power-hungry, fossil-fuel dependent Japan has successfully tested a system that could provide a constant, steady form of renewable energy, regardless of the wind or the sun," reports Bloomberg:

For more than a decade, Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. has been developing a subsea turbine that harnesses the energy in deep ocean curr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0150238/giant-deep-ocean-turbine-trial-offers-hope-of-endless-green-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T16:34:00Z	**SEO Tool Ahrefs Built a $60M, Creator-Friendly Search Engine Named Yep**
In 2019 SEO toolset provider Ahrefs announced it would build it's own search engine, remembers Search Engine Land. After investing $60 million of its own money, this month that search engine has finally launched with the name of "Yep", and Ahrefs "is positioning it as a Googe competitor.

"However, we've seen plenty of Google competitor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0120258/seo-tool-ahrefs-built-a-60m-creator-friendly-search-engine-named-yep?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T17:34:00Z	**Are Unfriendly AI the Biggest Risk to Humanity?**
"Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin believes that unfriendly artificial intelligence poses the biggest risk to humanity..." reports a recent article from Benzinga:

[In a tweet] Buterin shared a paper by AI theorist and writer Eliezer Yudkowsky that made a case for why the current research community isn't doing enough to prevent a potential future catastrophe at the hands of artificially ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0435215/are-unfriendly-ai-the-biggest-risk-to-humanity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T18:34:00Z	**Symbiote: A New, Nearly-Impossible-to-Detect Linux Threat**
Ars Technica reports:
Researchers have unearthed a discovery that doesn't occur all that often in the realm of malware: a mature, never-before-seen Linux backdoor that uses novel evasion techniques to conceal its presence on infected servers, in some cases even with a forensic investigation.

On Thursday, researchers and the BlackBerry Threat Research & Intelli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0229255/symbiote-a-new-nearly-impossible-to-detect-linux-threat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T19:34:00Z	**GM 3D Prints 60,000 Parts to Keep Producing SUVs**
General Motors couldn't produce the component it needed for its 2022 SUV, the Chevrolet Tahoe, reports CNET. So the company's engineers "turned to a novel solution: 3D printing..."

GM made a major investment in the tech in 2020, dedicating 15,000 square feet of space to a facility dubbed the Additive Industralization Center, then filling it with HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D print ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/0553203/gm-3d-prints-60000-parts-to-keep-producing-suvs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T20:34:00Z	**Are the World's Most Powerful Supercomputers Operating In Secret?**
"A new supercomputer called Frontier has been widely touted as the world's first exascale machine — but was it really?"

That's the question that long-time Slashdot reader MattSparkes explores in a new article at New Scientist...
Although Frontier, which was built by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, topped what is generally seen as ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/1623231/are-the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-operating-in-secret?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T21:34:00Z	**New CRISPR-based Map Ties Every Human Gene To Its Function**
In 2003, the Human Genome Project finished sequencing every bit of human DNA, remembers MIT News.

"Now, over two decades later, MIT Professor Jonathan Weissman and colleagues have gone beyond the sequence to present the first comprehensive functional map of genes that are expressed in human cells."
The data from this project, published online June 9 in Ce ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/206233/new-crispr-based-map-ties-every-human-gene-to-its-function?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-11T22:34:00Z	**'A Billion-Dollar Crypto Gaming Startup Promised Riches and Delivered Disaster'**
"Even many Axie regulars say it's not much fun, but that hasn't stopped people from dedicating hours to researching strategies, haunting Axie-themed Discord channels and Reddit forums, and paying for specialized software that helps them build stronger teams..."

Bloomberg pays a visit to the NFT-based game Axie Infini ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/1910206/a-billion-dollar-crypto-gaming-startup-promised-riches-and-delivered-disaster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T01:34:00Z	**Museum Restores 21 Rare Videos from Legendary 1976 Computing Conference**
At Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, the senior curator just announced the results of a multi-year recovery and restoration process: making available 21 never-before-seen video recordings of a legendary 1976 conference:

For five summer days in 1976, the first generation of computer rock stars had its own Woodstock. Co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/0023234/museum-restores-21-rare-videos-from-legendary-1976-computing-conference?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T03:34:00Z	**Mars Rover Peseverance Has Picked up a Hitchhiking Rock**
Four months ago, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance picked up a "pet rock," tucked inside its left front wheel, that's been riding along ever since. Space.com reports:

So far, its ridden across 5.3 miles (8.5 kilometers) with the Perseverance rover as it drives across its Jezero Crater home on Mars.

Perseverance has carried the rock north across its landing site, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/0054231/mars-rover-peseverance-has-picked-up-a-hitchhiking-rock?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T07:34:00Z	**US Anti-Hacking Law Tested in Trial Over 2019 Capitol One Data Breach**
"Paige Thompson worked as a software engineer in Seattle and ran an online community for other programmers," remembers the New York Times. [Alternate URL here and here.]

"In 2019, she downloaded personal information belonging to more than 100 million Capital One customers, the Justice Department said..." It included 140,000 Social Secur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/0218250/us-anti-hacking-law-tested-in-trial-over-2019-capitol-one-data-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T11:34:00Z	**The Google Engineer Who Thinks the Company's AI Has Come to Life**
Google engineer Blake Lemoine works for Google's Responsible AI organization. The Washington Post reports that last fall, as part of his job, he began talking to LaMDA, Google's chatbot-building system (which uses Google's most advanced large language models, "ingesting trillions of words from the internet.")
"If I didn't know exactly what it was, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/2134204/the-google-engineer-who-thinks-the-companys-ai-has-come-to-life?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T14:34:00Z	**AMD Details RDNA 3 Graphics, Zen 4 Performance and Phoenix Point Laptop Products**
Slashdot reader MojoKid writes:

AMD unveiled new details of its technology roadmap Thursday at its 2022 Financial Analyst Day. Chief among them were disclosures on the company's next-gen RDNA 3 GPU architecture, Zen 4 CPU architecture and Phoenix Point laptop SoC. AMD's new RDNA 3 GPU architecture for Radeon gr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/2225201/amd-details-rdna-3-graphics-zen-4-performance-and-phoenix-point-laptop-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T15:34:00Z	**Astronomers May Have Detected a 'Dark' Free-Floating Black Hole**
"If, as astronomers believe, the death of large stars leave behind black holes, there should be hundreds of millions of them scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy," notes an announcement from the University of California at Berkeley. "The problem is, isolated black holes are invisible.

"Now, a team led by University of California, Berkeley, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/1442217/astronomers-may-have-detected-a-dark-free-floating-black-hole?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T16:34:00Z	**Ubuntu Working To Provide Good Support For The VisionFive Low-Cost RISC-V Board**
"Ubuntu developers have been working on bringing up and improving support for the Starfive VisionFive," writes Phoronix, calling the $179 device "one of the most promising 'low-cost' RISC-V single board computers to date... intended to run full-blown RISC-V Linux distributions."

The board comes in two varieties wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/1524230/ubuntu-working-to-provide-good-support-for-the-visionfive-low-cost-risc-v-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T17:34:00Z	**MoonDAO Will Pick 2 of the Next Blue Origin Astronauts With the Help of NFTs**
On June 4 a 10-minute Blue Origin flight (using a reusable rocket and capsule) carried six more people on a visit to suborbital space, reports Space.com — the fifth human spaceflight mission for the Jeff Bezos-founded company, and the second one this year. But GeekWire points out that civil production engineer Victor Corre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/1638226/moondao-will-pick-2-of-the-next-blue-origin-astronauts-with-the-help-of-nfts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T18:34:00Z	**Cybersecurity Products Rarely Live Up To Marketing Claims: RSA Panel**
A panel at this week's RSA Conference argued that 90% of security buyers aren't getting the efficacy from their products that vendors claim they can deliver.

Slashdot reader storagedude writes: Joe Hubback of cyber risk management startup ISTARI led both the panel and the study, which was based on in-depth interviews with more than a hundre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/11/2247216/cybersecurity-products-rarely-live-up-to-marketing-claims-rsa-panel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T19:34:00Z	**Microsoft, Facebook, Google Oppose Buffett-Backed Wind Farm Project**
It's Warren Buffett versus Google, Facebook and Microsoft, according to a recent article by Bloomberg. (Alternate URL here.)

Google, Facebook and Microsoft Corp. — three of the world's biggest corporate buyers of clean power — are sounding the alarm that a nearly $4-billion, Warren Buffett-backed renewable-energy project proposed in Iowa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/1842236/microsoft-facebook-google-oppose-buffett-backed-wind-farm-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T20:34:00Z	**What Happens When 'The Mandalorian' and 'Bobba Fett' Characters Come to Disneyland?**
Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge, aka "Star Wars Land," lets its visitors "immersively" experience the planet Batuu during the period between Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi and Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker. But there's some big changes coming, reports SFGate.com:

Disney recently announced — at t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/1940237/what-happens-when-the-mandalorian-and-bobba-fett-characters-come-to-disneyland?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T21:34:00Z	**Crop Circles - and Why People Believed in Them**
The New York Times tells the story of crop circles, "the mysterious patterns that regularly intrigued people around the world in the 1980s and '90s, prompting speculation about alien visitors, ancient spiritual forces, weather anomalies, secret weapons tests and other theories."

They call the phenomenon "a reminder that even before the era of social media and the internet, hoaxes  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/2052206/crop-circles---and-why-people-believed-in-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-12T22:34:00Z	**Low-cost Astra Rocket Suffers Upper Stage Failure. Two NASA Satellites Lost**
"All appeared to be going smoothly," reports CBS News, "when, about a minute before the second stage engine was expected to shut down, an onboard 'rocketcam' showed a flash in the engine's exhaust plume.

"The camera view them showed what appeared to be a tumble before video from the rocket cut off...."

California-based A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/12/2222223/low-cost-astra-rocket-suffers-upper-stage-failure-two-nasa-satellites-lost?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T01:39:00Z	**Two Tech CEOs Wanted Every Worker to Have a Permanent, Publicly-Available Job Performance File**
"Two CEOs on a podcast casually proposed a shareable database of worker performance that would follow them between companies, forever, and encouraged listeners to create one," writes Slashdot reader merauder128 , summarizing a recent article on Vice.

"HR professionals say it's a terrible i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/0134242/two-tech-ceos-wanted-every-worker-to-have-a-permanent-publicly-available-job-performance-file?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T04:39:00Z	**As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces 'An Environmental Nuclear Bomb'**
The state of Utah has the largest saltware lake in the entire western hemisphere — but it's like the tide went out and never came back, warns the New York Times. [Alternate URL here.]


"If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry up, here's what's in store."

The lake's flies and brine shri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/0323243/as-the-great-salt-lake-dries-up-utah-faces-an-environmental-nuclear-bomb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T07:37:00Z	**'How the 3D-Printing Community Worldwide is Aiding Ukraine'**
Jakub Kaminski is a robotics engineering graduate student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. With some volunteers he spent two months designing the perfect tourniquet for the battlefields of Ukraine, designed meet the highest medical standards — and then uploaded it to 3DPrintingForUkraine.com.

Now in less than 8 weeks "around 120 indi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/0450253/how-the-3d-printing-community-worldwide-is-aiding-ukraine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T11:34:00Z	**Is Oracle's Database Dominance Being Eroded by Cloud-First Rivals?**
Shutterfly recently moved its photo libraries to Amazon's cloud division — and became one of the companies that stopped using Oracle for it database management, Bloomberg reports:

Businesses are opting to align with newer providers such as MongoDB Inc., Databricks Inc. and Snowflake Inc. instead of Oracle, the sector stalwart, as a resul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/0231250/is-oracles-database-dominance-being-eroded-by-cloud-first-rivals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T14:00:00Z	**Crypto Lender Celsius Pauses Withdrawals, Transfers Citing 'Extreme Market Conditions'**
Celsius Network, one of the biggest crypto lenders, told customers Sunday evening that it is pausing withdrawals, swap, and transfers between accounts in a move that has sparked discussions and prompted the price of the firm's token to take a 60% tumble in the past one hour to as low as 19 cents. From a rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/140220/crypto-lender-celsius-pauses-withdrawals-transfers-citing-extreme-market-conditions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T15:07:00Z	**Amazon Set To Launch Drone Delivery in California**
The drones are coming as Amazon announces Monday that it's launching a fleet of delivery drones. The retail giant will test its new Amazon Prime Air delivery system in Lockeford, California, the company said. From a report: Amazon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration and local officials in Lockeford, a small town south of Sacramento, to gain permission for the drone ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/157230/amazon-set-to-launch-drone-delivery-in-california?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T16:00:00Z	**Crypto Market Sinks Below $1 Trillion**
Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months after the freezing of withdrawals by the Celsius lending platform added to concern that systemic risk in the crypto ecosystem will accelerate the digital-asset market meltdown. From a report: The world's largest digital token tumbled as much as 17% to $22,603 -- its lowest since December 2020. Other cryptocurrencies also declined as a broader sell-off conti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/1559243/crypto-market-sinks-below-1-trillion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T17:00:00Z	**Dozens of Companies, Small Business Groups Back US Bill To Rein in Big Tech**
Dozens of companies and business organizations are sending a letter to U.S. senators on Monday to urge them to support a bill aimed at reining in the biggest tech companies, such as Amazon.com and Alphabet's Google. From a report: Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said last week they had th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/1646232/dozens-of-companies-small-business-groups-back-us-bill-to-rein-in-big-tech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T18:00:00Z	**As the Large Hadron Collider Revs Up, Physicists' Hopes Soar**
The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. From a report: In April, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, outside Geneva, once again fired up their cosmic gun, the Large Hadron Collider. After a three-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, the collider has resumed shooting protons -- the naked guts of hydrogen atoms --  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/1756223/as-the-large-hadron-collider-revs-up-physicists-hopes-soar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T19:00:00Z	**Microsoft Will End Support For Most Versions of Internet Explorer on June 15**
It's finally happening. Microsoft will be ending support for most versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) 11 browser on June 15. ZDNet: Microsoft announced more than a year ago that IE would be removed from most versions of Windows 10 this year and has spent months encouraging customers to get ready by proactively retiring th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/1814230/microsoft-will-end-support-for-most-versions-of-internet-explorer-on-june-15?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T20:00:00Z	**Intel Tries To Get Its Chip Manufacturing Back on Track With 'Intel 4,' Due in 2023**
Intel's chip manufacturing technology has been outpaced by rivals like TSMC and Samsung in recent years, but the company is looking to put its troubles behind it. From a report: The first step forward will be the Intel 4 manufacturing process, which Intel has shared more details about at the Institute of Electri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/1849245/intel-tries-to-get-its-chip-manufacturing-back-on-track-with-intel-4-due-in-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T21:09:00Z	**Google Talk, Surprisingly Still Operational, Ends on Thursday**
Google is shutting down Talk (also known as GChat) for good -- its instant-messaging service you probably haven't used much since 2007. From a report: Although Google migrated Talk users over to Google Hangouts in 2017 -- another one of its now-sidelined messaging platforms -- it was still accessible by third-party XMPP clients like Pidgin and Gajim. But  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/219243/google-talk-surprisingly-still-operational-ends-on-thursday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T22:15:00Z	**PlayStation Takes On Xbox With New Subscription Service**
PlayStation's revamped version of its video game subscription service went live on Monday, giving members access to a catalog of several hundred games both new and old. From a report: PlayStation Plus, once code-named Spartacus, is Sony Group's attempt to compete with rival Microsoft's popular Xbox Game Pass as both publishers jockey to be the Netflix of video ga ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/2214214/playstation-takes-on-xbox-with-new-subscription-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-13T23:17:00Z	**Gaia Probe Reveals Stellar DNA and Unexpected 'Starquakes'**
Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed survey of the Milky Way, revealing thousands of "starquakes" and stellar DNA, and helping to identify the most habitable corners of our home galaxy. From a report: The observations from the European Space Agency's Gaia probe cover almost two billion stars -- about 1% of the total number in the galaxy -- and are al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/13/2317203/gaia-probe-reveals-stellar-dna-and-unexpected-starquakes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T01:30:00Z	**Nigeria's Internet Regulator Releases Draft To Regulate Google, Facebook, TikTok and Others**
Nigeria has announced plans to regulate internet companies like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram (all owned by Meta), Twitter, Google and TikTok in a draft shared by the country's internet regulator. From a report: This information, released by the National Information Technology Development Agency  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/0118206/nigerias-internet-regulator-releases-draft-to-regulate-google-facebook-tiktok-and-others?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T06:48:00Z	**SpaceX Wins Environmental Approval for Launch of Mars Rocket**
There are no environmental showstoppers in SpaceX's plans to launch a giant new rocket to orbit from South Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday. From a report: An environmental assessment by the agency has concluded that SpaceX's plans for orbital launches will have "no significant impact" on the region along the Gulf Coast near B ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/0648246/spacex-wins-environmental-approval-for-launch-of-mars-rocket?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T08:30:00Z	**The Fed May Discuss the Biggest Interest Rate Increase Since 1994**
The Federal Reserve is likely to discuss making its biggest interest rate increase since 1994 at its meeting this week, as a range of new data suggest that inflation is coming in hotter and proving more stubborn than policymakers had hoped. From a report: Central bankers have been promising to be nimble as they fight inflation -- a stance that w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/087241/the-fed-may-discuss-the-biggest-interest-rate-increase-since-1994?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T12:35:00Z	**Coinbase Lays Off 18% of Workforce as Executives Prepare for Recession and 'Crypto Winter'**
Coinbase is laying off nearly a fifth of its workforce amid a collapse in its stock and crypto prices. From a report: The cryptocurrency exchange will cut 18% of full-time jobs, according to an email sent to employees Tuesday morning. Coinbase has roughly 5,000 full-time workers, translating to a h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/1235201/coinbase-lays-off-18-of-workforce-as-executives-prepare-for-recession-and-crypto-winter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T14:03:00Z	**Genetic Paparazzi Are Right Around the Corner**
Liza Vertinsky, Professor of Law, University of Maryland, and Yaniv Heled, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University, writing for The Conversation: Every so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid it, make headline news. So it was with a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at opposite ends of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/142242/genetic-paparazzi-are-right-around-the-corner?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T15:01:00Z	**VPN Firms Are Removing Servers in India To Avoid Customers Data Sharing Rule**
NordVPN, one of the most popular VPN providers, is the latest to confirm that it will be removing its servers in India ahead of the nation enacting new strict guidelines later this month. From a report: The Lithuania-based firm, which counts General Catalyst and Novator among its backers and is valued at $1.6 billion, said o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/147241/vpn-firms-are-removing-servers-in-india-to-avoid-customers-data-sharing-rule?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T15:00:00Z	**Firefox Rolls Out Total Cookie Protection By Default To All Users Worldwide**
Mozilla: Starting today, Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to all Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the most private and secure major browser available across Windows and Mac. Total Cookie Protection is Firefox's strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/154246/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T16:01:00Z	**VPN Firms Are Removing Servers in India To Avoid Customers Data Sharing Rule**
NordVPN, one of the most popular VPN providers, is the latest to confirm that it will be removing its servers in India ahead of the nation enacting new strict guidelines later this month. From a report: The Lithuania-based firm, which counts General Catalyst and Novator among its backers and is valued at $1.6 billion, said o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/147241/vpn-firms-are-removing-servers-in-india-to-avoid-customers-data-sharing-rule?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T17:06:00Z	**Adobe Plans To Make Photoshop on the Web Free To Everyone**
Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web and plans to open the service up to everyone as a way to introduce more users to the app. From a report: The company is now testing the free version in Canada, where users are able to access Photoshop on the web through a free Adobe account. Adobe describes the service as "freemium" and eve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/175249/adobe-plans-to-make-photoshop-on-the-web-free-to-everyone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T18:00:00Z	**Japan Makes 'Online Insults' Punishable By One Year**
Japan's parliament has passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse. From a report: Under the amendment to the country's penal code -- set to take effect later this summer -- offenders convicted of online insults can be  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/1742217/japan-makes-online-insults-punishable-by-one-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T19:06:00Z	**Email Client K-9 Mail Will Become Thunderbird for Android**
The open source Thunderbird email client has a long and storied history, but until now, that history has been limited to the desktop. That's about to change, according to a post on the Thunderbird blog. Thunderbird will be coming to Android through the popular open source mobile email client K-9 Mail. From a report: According to Thunderbird's Jason Evangelho, the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/196221/email-client-k-9-mail-will-become-thunderbird-for-android?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-14T20:00:00Z	**Keychron's Q3 Gives Mechanical Keyboard Fans Everything But the Numpad**
An anonymous reader shares a review: In its early pre-pandemic days, Keychron made a name for itself with its series of affordable mechanical keyboards -- including a few low-profile ones that remain a rarity to this day. Those boards didn't necessarily appeal to enthusiasts, but were more than good enough for most mainstream users who w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/14/1957224/keychrons-q3-gives-mechanical-keyboard-fans-everything-but-the-numpad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T01:47:00Z	**US Defence Contractor in Talks To Take Over NSO Group's Hacking Technology**
The US defence contractor L3Harris is in talks to take over NSO Group's surveillance technology, in a possible deal that would give an American company control over one of the world's most sophisticated and controversial hacking tools. From a report: Multiple sources confirmed that discussions were centred on a sale of the Isra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/0147202/us-defence-contractor-in-talks-to-take-over-nso-groups-hacking-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T04:34:00Z	**China Says It May Have Detected Signals From Alien Civilizations**
China said its giant Sky Eye telescope may have picked up signs of alien civilizations, according to a report by the state-backed Science and Technology Daily, which then appeared to have deleted the report and posts about the discovery. From a report: The narrow-band electromagnetic signals detected by Sky Eye -- the world's largest radio tel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/0434213/china-says-it-may-have-detected-signals-from-alien-civilizations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T06:30:00Z	**Samsung Caught Cheating in TV Benchmarks**
Samsung has been caught cheating by designing its TVs to recognize and react to test patterns used by reviewers. The company promises to provide software updates to address the situation. From a report: Reviewers, calibrators and certification bodies typically use a 10% window for HDR testing, which simply means that it takes up 10% of the screen. In this window multiple steps from bl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/0615211/samsung-caught-cheating-in-tv-benchmarks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T10:00:00Z	**Installing Rooftop Solar Can Be a Breeze. Just Look at Australia.**
Dr. Saul Griffith, the author of "Electrify" and the founder and chief scientist of Rewiring America, Rewiring Australia and Otherlab, writes in a column: I recently moved back here to my home country partly because I believe Australians can show the world how much money households can save through simple climate solutions like rooftop solar. How is it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/100204/installing-rooftop-solar-can-be-a-breeze-just-look-at-australia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T12:17:00Z	**After Facing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Liquidations, Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital's Future Looks Uncertain**
The Block reports: The future of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital hangs in the balance as the firm faces potential insolvency after being liquidated by its lenders. According to well-placed sources, the investment firm --  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1217208/after-facing-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in-liquidations-crypto-hedge-fund-three-arrows-capitals-future-looks-uncertain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T14:08:00Z	**YouTube Shorts Tops 1.5 Billion Logged-in Users Monthly Users**
In an effort to present itself as a viable competitor to the reigning short-form video platform TikTok, YouTube announced today its rival service YouTube Shorts is now being watched by over 1.5 billion logged-in users every month, less than two years after its launch. By comparison, TikTok announced 1 billion monthly users in September 2021. From a repor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/148227/youtube-shorts-tops-15-billion-logged-in-users-monthly-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T15:01:00Z	**UK Minister Wants Nation To Be a Crypto Hub, Minus the Criminals**
The UK's digital minister reiterated the government's ambition to make Britain a global crypto hub while sounding a cautious note about the potential criminal uses of digital assets. From a report: "We do intend the United Kingdom and London to be crypto centers," Chris Philp said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio on Wednesday. "But of course w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1454237/uk-minister-wants-nation-to-be-a-crypto-hub-minus-the-criminals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T16:14:00Z	**Ten Years After the Higgs, Physicists Face the Nightmare of Finding Nothing Else**
A decade ago, particle physicists thrilled the world. On 4 July 2012, 6000 researchers working with the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European particle physics laboratory, CERN, announced they had discovered the Higgs boson, a massive, fleeting particle key to their abstruse ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1615202/ten-years-after-the-higgs-physicists-face-the-nightmare-of-finding-nothing-else?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T17:00:00Z	**Qualcomm Wins Fight Against $1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine**
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday won its fight against a 997 million euro ($1.05 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators four years ago, dealing a major setback to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's crackdown on Big Tech. From a report: The European Commission in its 2018 decision said Qualcomm paid billions of dollars to Apple from 2011 to 2016 to u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1647200/qualcomm-wins-fight-against-1-billion-eu-antitrust-fine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T17:20:00Z	**Bill Gates Says Crypto and NFTs Are a Sham, '100% Based on Greater Fool Theory'**
Don't count Bill Gates among the fans of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. From a report: Those digital asset trends are "100% based on greater fool theory," the Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1720218/bill-gates-says-crypto-and-nfts-are-a-sham-100-based-on-greater-fool-theory?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T18:16:00Z	**The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates By 0.75 of a Percentage Point**
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, its biggest move since 1994, as the central bank ramps up its efforts to tackle the fastest inflation in four decades. From a report: The big rate increase, which markets had expected, underlined that Fed officials are serious about crushi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1816219/the-federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-by-075-of-a-percentage-point?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T20:00:00Z	**A New Vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs Lets Hackers Steal Encryption Keys**
Microprocessors from Intel, AMD, and other companies contain a newly discovered weakness that remote attackers can exploit to obtain cryptographic keys and other secret data traveling through the hardware, researchers said on Tuesday. From a report: Hardware manufacturers have long known that hackers can extract secret crypt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1715226/a-new-vulnerability-in-intel-and-amd-cpus-lets-hackers-steal-encryption-keys?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T21:00:00Z	**Signs Are Not Enough To Save Beachgoers from Deadly Currents**
Keeping people out of rip currents is more about reading human behavior than reading warning signs. From a report: Worldwide, rips cause hundreds of drownings and necessitate tens of thousands of rescues every year. In Australia, where 85 percent of the population lives within an hour's drive of the coast, rips cause more fatalities than floods, cyclo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1738237/signs-are-not-enough-to-save-beachgoers-from-deadly-currents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-15T22:30:00Z	**Some Ads Play on Streaming Services Even When the TV Is Off, Study Finds**
Many commercials continue to play on ad-supported streaming services after viewers turn off their television, new research shows, a problem that is causing an estimated waste of more than $1 billion a year for brands. From a report: The findings come as an ever-growing share of ad dollars is shifting from traditional TV to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1754228/some-ads-play-on-streaming-services-even-when-the-tv-is-off-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T01:00:00Z	**Monkeypox Outbreak Poses 'Real Risk' To Public Health, WHO Official Says**
The World Health Organization's top official in Europe on Wednesday called for urgent action by the authorities and civic groups to control fast-rising cases of monkeypox that he said posed a real risk to public health. From a report: Europe has emerged as the epicenter of an outbreak of monkeypox, with more than 1,500 cases identifi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1759213/monkeypox-outbreak-poses-real-risk-to-public-health-who-official-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T04:00:00Z	**Warren Proposes Sweeping Ban on Location and Health Data Sales**
As the Supreme Court's expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade looms over Washington, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has announced sweeping legislation to ban the sale of location and health data. From a report: Warren's Health and Location Protection Act -- cosponsored by a slate of Democratic senators, including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ron Wy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/184226/warren-proposes-sweeping-ban-on-location-and-health-data-sales?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T08:00:00Z	**Ubuntu Core 22 Brings Real-Time Linux Options To IoT**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Embedded and internet of things (IoT) devices are a growing category of computing, and with that growth has come expanded needs for security and manageability. One way to help secure embedded and IoT deployments is with a secured operating system, such as Canonical's Ubuntu Core. The Ubuntu Core provides an optimized version of the o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/15/1729255/ubuntu-core-22-brings-real-time-linux-options-to-iot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T10:15:00Z	**US Targets Russia With Tech To Evade Censorship of Ukraine News**
The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, Reuters is reporting, citing five people familiar with the situation. From a report: The financing effort is focused on three firms that build Virtual Private Netwo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1011210/us-targets-russia-with-tech-to-evade-censorship-of-ukraine-news?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T12:41:00Z	**Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites**
A tracking tool installed on many hospitals' websites has been collecting patients' sensitive health information -- including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor's appointments -- and sending it to Facebook. From a report: The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek's top 100 hospitals in America. O ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1241209/facebook-is-receiving-sensitive-medical-information-from-hospital-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T14:28:00Z	**Google Privacy Lawsuit Over Ad Bidding Process To Go Forward**
Google has failed to convince a California federal judge to dismiss a privacy lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet Inc unit sells or gives personal information to third parties through its digital advertising system, without informing users. From a report: In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland said Google account holders ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1430233/google-privacy-lawsuit-over-ad-bidding-process-to-go-forward?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T15:30:00Z	**Police Linked To Hacking Campaign To Frame Indian Activists**
Police forces around the world have increasingly used hacking tools to identify and track protesters, expose political dissidents' secrets, and turn activists' computers and phones into inescapable eavesdropping bugs. Now, new clues in a case in India connect law enforcement to a hacking campaign that used those tools to go an appalling step further: planti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1530213/police-linked-to-hacking-campaign-to-frame-indian-activists?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T16:39:00Z	**Finblox Imposes $1.5K Monthly Withdrawal Limit Amid Three Arrows Capital Uncertainty**
Crypto staking and yield generation platform Finblox has imposed a $1,500 monthly withdrawal limit and paused rewards in light of uncertainty surrounding crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which made a $3.6 million investment in the Hong Kong-based platform last December. From a report: According to a st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1639250/finblox-imposes-15k-monthly-withdrawal-limit-amid-three-arrows-capital-uncertainty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T17:30:00Z	**Europe Cracks Down on Data Cap Exemptions in Update To Net Neutrality Rules**
European telecom regulator BEREC has updated its net neutrality guidelines to include a strict ban on zero-rating practices that exempt specific apps or categories of apps from data caps imposed by Internet service providers. From a report: The document published Tuesday provides guidance to national regulatory authorities o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1712253/europe-cracks-down-on-data-cap-exemptions-in-update-to-net-neutrality-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T18:40:00Z	**Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Fails To Meet Lender Margin Calls**
Three Arrows Capital failed to meet demands from lenders to stump up extra funds after its digital currency bets turned sour, tipping the prominent crypto hedge fund into a crisis that comes as a credit crunch grips the industry. Financial Times reports: The group's failure to meet margin calls this past weekend makes the group the latest victim  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1840200/crypto-hedge-fund-three-arrows-fails-to-meet-lender-margin-calls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T19:35:00Z	**Why Rural Americans Keep Waiting for Fast Internet, Despite Billions Spent**
The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars on several rounds of programs to upgrade internet speeds in rural areas over the past decade. Despite those efforts, many residents are still stuck with service that isn't fast enough to do video calls or stream movies -- speeds that most take for granted. From a report: Many co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/1912200/why-rural-americans-keep-waiting-for-fast-internet-despite-billions-spent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T20:30:00Z	**The Collapse of Complex Software**
Nolan Lawson, writing in a blogpost: Anyone who's worked in the tech industry for long enough, especially at larger organizations, has seen it before. A legacy system exists: it's big, it's complex, and no one fully understands how it works. Architects are brought in to "fix" the system. They might wheel out a big whiteboard showing a lot of boxes and arrows pointing at other boxes, and inevitably, their solut ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/208239/the-collapse-of-complex-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-16T22:30:00Z	**Why Chemists Can't Quit Palladium**
A retracted paper highlights chemistry's history of trying to avoid the expensive, toxic -- but necessary -- catalyst. From a report: It's hard to find a place on Earth untouched by palladium. The silvery-white metal is a key part of catalytic converters in the world's 1.4 billion cars, which spew specks of palladium into the atmosphere. Mining and other sources add to this pollution. As a result, traces o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/202220/why-chemists-cant-quit-palladium?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T01:00:00Z	**How a Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit**
A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google. From a report: In a tiny town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a religious organization called the Fellowship of Friends has established an elaborate, 1,200-acre compound full of art and ornate architecture. More than 200 miles aw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/2021254/how-a-religious-sect-landed-google-in-a-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T03:30:00Z	**State Securities Regulators Investigating Celsius Accounts Freeze**
State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating crypto lender Celsius Network's decision this week to suspend customer redemptions, Joseph Rotunda, enforcement director at the Texas State Securities Board told Reuters on Thursday. From a report: Officials met and began investigating the matte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/2026246/state-securities-regulators-investigating-celsius-accounts-freeze?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T05:35:00Z	**TSMC Reveals 2nm Node: 30% More Performance by 2025**
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. today officially introduced its N2 (2nm class) manufacturing technology, its first node that will use gate-all-around field-effect transistors (GAAFETs), at its 2022 TSMC Technology Symposium. From a report: The new fabrication process will offer a full-now performance and power benefits, but when it comes to transistor density, it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/0535240/tsmc-reveals-2nm-node-30-more-performance-by-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T09:00:00Z	**WTO Nations Agree To Ease Patent Rights To Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Supplies in Poorer Nations**
The member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday on a narrow measure aimed at boosting the supplies of Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries, wrapping up a bitter fight over corporate patent rights governing critical medical products during a pandemic. WSJ: The compr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/0749250/wto-nations-agree-to-ease-patent-rights-to-boost-covid-19-vaccine-supplies-in-poorer-nations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T11:00:00Z	**India Lifts Ban on Mastercard**
India has lifted business restrictions on Mastercard, nearly a year after imposing the ban, once again allowing the cards giant to add new customers in the South Asian market after it demonstrated "satisfactory compliance" with the local data storage rules, the central bank said on Thursday. From a report: In a series of moves last year, the Reserve Bank of India indefinitely barred Mastercard, American Express and Dine ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/16/2320237/india-lifts-ban-on-mastercard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T12:40:00Z	**Crypto Traders Turn Against Each Other in a Collapsing Market**
With crypto prices tumbling precipitously, traders have begun increasingly turning against one another to eke out ever-elusive profits. From a report: Many shark traders scour blockchains -- digital ledgers for recording transactions -- seeking information on other traders, particularly those with highly leveraged positions, an anonymous user known as Omaka ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1240205/crypto-traders-turn-against-each-other-in-a-collapsing-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T14:03:00Z	**The US Needs a Common Charger, Dems Say**
A group of Senate Democrats is calling on the US Commerce Department to follow Europe's lead in forcing all smartphone manufacturers to build devices that adhere to a universal charging standard. From a report: In a Thursday letter addressed to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) -- along with Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) -- demanded that the departme ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/144200/the-us-needs-a-common-charger-dems-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T14:40:00Z	**Babel Finance Suspends Withdrawals, Citing 'Unusual Liquidity Pressures'**
Babel Finance, the Asia-based crypto financial services firm, suspended client withdrawals five days after a similar move by Celsius triggered a fresh bout of turbulence in crypto markets. From a report: "Due to the current situation, Babel Finance is facing unusual liquidity pressures," Babel said in a notice on its website on Frida ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1420213/babel-finance-suspends-withdrawals-citing-unusual-liquidity-pressures?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T15:21:00Z	**Greenery and Bright Colours in Cities Can Boost Morale, Study Says**
Having bright colours and greenery in our cities can make people happier and calmer, according to an unusual experiment involving virtual reality headsets. From a report: A team of researchers at the University of Lille, in France, used VR to test how volunteers reacted to variations of a minimalist concrete, glass and metal urban landscape ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1455249/greenery-and-bright-colours-in-cities-can-boost-morale-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T16:07:00Z	**TikTok Moves US User Data To Oracle Servers**
TikTok has completed migrating its U.S. users' information to servers at Oracle, in a move that could address U.S. regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular video app, the company confirmed to Reuters. From a report: The move comes nearly two years after a U.S. national security panel ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok because of fears that U.S. user data could be passe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/167213/tiktok-moves-us-user-data-to-oracle-servers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T16:44:00Z	**Internet Explorer Gravestone Goes Viral in South Korea**
An anonymous reader shares a report: For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft's decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology. To commemorate its demise, he spent a month and 430,000 won ($330) designing and ordering a headstone with Explorer's "e" logo and th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1643243/internet-explorer-gravestone-goes-viral-in-south-korea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T17:25:00Z	**Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China**
Speaking of TikTok moving US users' data to Oracle, a new report says that ByteDance staff in China accessed US TikTok users' data between September 2021 and January 2022. From the report: For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1725252/leaked-audio-from-80-internal-tiktok-meetings-shows-that-us-user-data-has-been-repeatedly-accessed-from-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T18:20:00Z	**Leaked Amazon Memo Warns the Company is Running Out of People To Hire in Its Warehouses**
Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed. If that happens, the online retailer's service quality and growth plans could be at risk, and its e-commerce dominance al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1820238/leaked-amazon-memo-warns-the-company-is-running-out-of-people-to-hire-in-its-warehouses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T18:45:00Z	**UK Wants To Replace Cookie Pop-Ups With Browser-Based Opt-Outs**
The U.K. government has published its final response to a data 'reform' consultation it kicked off last year, laying out how it intends to diverge from EU-based data protection rules. From a report: At first pass, it looks like it has stepped away from some of the more extreme 'reforms' it had been tossing around -- such as removing the right for hum ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1840217/uk-wants-to-replace-cookie-pop-ups-with-browser-based-opt-outs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T19:33:00Z	**The Argument That Video Games Spur Mass Shootings Is Losing Steam**
An anonymous reader shares a report: On the painful occasion of a mass shooting in the US, it has become customary for some politician or pundit to point an accusatory finger at video games. In late May, after two such attacks -- in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, it was Texas Senator Ted Cruz. These tragedies, he said in a speech at a N ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1933245/the-argument-that-video-games-spur-mass-shootings-is-losing-steam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T20:06:00Z	**Over 100 Million Americans Urged To Stay Indoors Over Extreme Heat and Humidity**
More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas. From a report: The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/1956245/over-100-million-americans-urged-to-stay-indoors-over-extreme-heat-and-humidity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T20:45:00Z	**Stolen Goods Sold on Amazon, eBay and Facebook Are Causing Havoc for Major Retailers**
Over the past year, large-scale robberies have swept through stores like Louis Vuitton in San Francisco's Union Square and a nearby Nordstrom, which was robbed by 80 people. Law enforcement and retailers have warned the public that this isn't traditional shoplifting. Rather, what they're seeing is theft organ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2010226/stolen-goods-sold-on-amazon-ebay-and-facebook-are-causing-havoc-for-major-retailers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T21:25:00Z	**Nepal To Move Everest Base Camp From Melting Glacier**
Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe. From a report: The camp, used by up to 1,500 people in the spring climbing season, is situated on the rapidly thinning Khumbu glacier. A new site is to be found at a lower altitude, where there is no year-round ice, an official told the BBC. Researchers say me ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/204234/nepal-to-move-everest-base-camp-from-melting-glacier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T22:02:00Z	**Apple Hit With Yet Another 'Batterygate' Lawsuit**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The memory of "Batterygate" continues to be a thorn in Apple's side. In case you need a reminder, "Batterygate" refers to a 2016/17 scandal where Apple added an undocumented battery throttling capabilities to iOS 10.2.1 designed to slow the performance of the iPhone if the battery was deemed to be worn. It also came with unexpec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2045202/apple-hit-with-yet-another-batterygate-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T22:40:00Z	**Microsoft Updates Store Rules To Ban Paid Copycat Open-Source Projects**
Microsoft updated the Microsoft Store policies yesterday to prohibit publishers from charging fees for software that is open source or generally available for free. They're also no longer allowed to set irrationally high price tags for their products. gHacks reports: If you have been to the Microsoft Store in the past couple of years, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2051209/microsoft-updates-store-rules-to-ban-paid-copycat-open-source-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-17T23:20:00Z	**Brave Roasts DuckDuckGo Over Bing Privacy Exception**
Brave CEO Brendan Eich took aim at rival DuckDuckGo on Wednesday by challenging the web search engine's efforts to brush off revelations that its Android, iOS, and macOS browsers gave, to a degree, Microsoft Bing and LinkedIn trackers a pass versus other trackers. The Register reports: Eich drew attention to one of DuckDuckGo's defenses for exempting Microsoft's Bing and L ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/212254/brave-roasts-duckduckgo-over-bing-privacy-exception?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T00:02:00Z	**Cisco Says It Won't Fix Zero-Day RCE In End-of-Life VPN Routers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Cisco advises owners of end-of-life Small Business RV routers to upgrade to newer models after disclosing a remote code execution vulnerability that will not be patched. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-20825 and has a CVSS severity rating of 9.8 out of 10.0. According to a Cisco securi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/217252/cisco-says-it-wont-fix-zero-day-rce-in-end-of-life-vpn-routers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T00:45:00Z	**Boring Company Receives Approval For Expanding Its Tunnels To Downtown Las Vegas**
Elon Musk's Boring Company has received unanimous approval to expand its system of tunnels beneath downtown Las Vegas. The Verge reports: The expansion will add stops at landmarks like the Stratosphere and Fremont Street, letting customers hop aboard a Tesla and travel from one part of the city to the next. The net ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2152215/boring-company-receives-approval-for-expanding-its-tunnels-to-downtown-las-vegas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T01:25:00Z	**Chinese Officials Are Weaponizing COVID Health Tracker To Block Protests**
Chinese bank depositors planning a protest about their frozen funds saw their health code mysteriously turn red and were stopped from traveling to the site of a rally, confirming fears that China's vast COVID-tracking system could be weaponized as a powerful tool to stifle dissent. Motherboard reports: A red health code designat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/221213/chinese-officials-are-weaponizing-covid-health-tracker-to-block-protests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T02:02:00Z	**Ethereum Mining No Longer Profitable For Many Miners As Energy Prices, ETH Dip Cause Perfect Storm**
For the first time since 2020, Ethereum mining has become unprofitable for many miners connected to a traditional energy grid. CryptoSlate reports: The price of Ethereum has dropped below $1,250 while energy prices are skyrocketing. The average cost of electricity in states such a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2212233/ethereum-mining-no-longer-profitable-for-many-miners-as-energy-prices-eth-dip-cause-perfect-storm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T03:30:00Z	**Physicists Link Two Time Crystals In Seemingly Impossible Experiment**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Live Science: Physicists have created a system of two connected time crystals, which are strange quantum systems that are stuck in an endless loop to which the normal laws of thermodynamics do not apply. By connecting two time crystals together, the physicists hope to use the technology to event ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/17/2221232/physicists-link-two-time-crystals-in-seemingly-impossible-experiment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T07:00:00Z	**Europe's Major New Rocket, the Ariane 6, Is Delayed Again**
schwit1 shares a report from Ars Technica: Europe's much-anticipated next-generation rocket, which has a roughly comparable lift capacity to SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster, was originally due to launch before the end of 2020. The Ariane 6 rocket has subsequently been delayed a few times, but before this week the European Space Agency had been holding to a debut lau ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0146256/europes-major-new-rocket-the-ariane-6-is-delayed-again?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T10:00:00Z	**World's Most Efficient Passenger Plane Gets Hydrogen Powertrain**
Otto's Celara 500L -- "the most fuel-efficient, commercially viable business aircraft in the world" -- is about to get a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. New Atlas reports: The Celera 500L is a truly remarkable design. Otto Aviation says its odd shape delivers an astonishing 59 percent reduction in drag, and a massive leap in efficiency and range compa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/020235/worlds-most-efficient-passenger-plane-gets-hydrogen-powertrain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T13:00:00Z	**China Built a 246-Foot Tower To Test an Emerging Solar Power System**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: [T]he world is now one step closer to seeing operational space-based solar energy as scientists from China's Xidian University completed testing and inspection on a ground array built to collect space-based solar power. They conducted a successful test of the "world's firs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/027220/china-built-a-246-foot-tower-to-test-an-emerging-solar-power-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T14:34:00Z	**Researchers Claim Travis CI API Leaks 'Tens of Thousands' of User Tokens**
Ars Technica describes Travis CI as "a service that helps open source developers write and test software." They also wrote Monday that it's "leaking thousands of authentication tokens and other security-sensitive secrets.

"Many of these leaks allow hackers to access the private accounts of developers on Github, Docker, AWS, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0437239/researchers-claim-travis-ci-api-leaks-tens-of-thousands-of-user-tokens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T15:34:00Z	**Microsoft Dismisses False Reports On End of Patch Tuesday**
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: Microsoft has dismissed reports about June 14 being the last Patch Tuesday, as the rollout of the Windows Autopatch service seems to be causing some confusion. Several major cybersecurity companies and prominent security news publications caused confusion this week when they reported that June 14 was the final Patch Tuesday, de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0225238/microsoft-dismisses-false-reports-on-end-of-patch-tuesday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T16:51:00Z	**Bitcoin Drops Below $20,000 as Crypto Meltdown Continues**
CNN reports:
"The price of bitcoin breached $19,000," reports CNN, "and ethereum fell below $1,000 Saturday morning, extending the brutal crypto bear market to new lows."

Bitcoin plunged nearly 10% in less than 24 hours, adding to a series of sustained losses over the last several months. It now sits below $20,000 for the first time since November 2020, down more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/1647248/bitcoin-drops-below-20000-as-crypto-meltdown-continues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T17:51:00Z	**KDE Plasma 5.25 Released**
Long-time Slashdot reader jrepin describes Plasma as "a popular desktop environment, which is also powering the desktop mode on the Steam Deck portable gaming console."

And this week the KDE Community announced the release of KDE Plasma 5.25:

This new version brings many improvements...

\- The accent colour can now be set based on the prominent colour from the current desktop background image (it updates if you use slide-sh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/045234/kde-plasma-525-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T18:51:00Z	**Ancient DNA Solves Mystery Over Origin of Medieval Black Death**
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: Ancient DNA from bubonic plague victims buried in cemeteries on the old Silk Road trade route in Central Asia has helped solve an enduring mystery, pinpointing an area in northern Kyrgyzstan as the launching point for the Black Death that killed tens of millions of people in the mid-14th century. The Black ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0231256/ancient-dna-solves-mystery-over-origin-of-medieval-black-death?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T19:51:00Z	**The First High-Yield, Sub-Penny Plastic Processor**
IEEE Spectrum reports:
For decades, hopeful techies have been promising a world where absolutely every object you encounter — bandages, bottles, bananas — will have some kind of smarts thanks to supercheap programmable plastic processors. If you've been wondering why that hasn't happened yet, it's that nobody has built working processors that can be made in the billions for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/186213/the-first-high-yield-sub-penny-plastic-processor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T20:51:00Z	**A Linux Botnet That Spreads Using Stolen SSH Keys**
ZDNet is warning that Linux users need to watch out for "a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH keys and runs its crypto-mining malware in a device's memory."

The Panchan P2P botnet was discovered by researchers at Akamai in March and the company is now warning it could be taking advantage of collaboration between academic institution ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/2046253/a-linux-botnet-that-spreads-using-stolen-ssh-keys?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T21:51:00Z	**Verizon, AT&T Agree to Delay Some 5G Rollouts Near Airports**
The Associated Press reports:
Federal regulators say Verizon and AT&T will delay part of their 5G rollout near airports to give airlines more time to ensure that equipment on their planes is safe from interference from the wireless signals, but the airline industry is not happy about the deal. An airline industry trade group said federal regulators are ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/2125213/verizon-att-agree-to-delay-some-5g-rollouts-near-airports?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-18T22:50:00Z	**Google Engineer Who Believes Its AI is Sentient Cites Religious Beliefs**
Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks Google's chatbot-building system LaMDA attained sentience. But Bloomberg shares this rebuttal from Google spokesperson Chris Pappas. "Hundreds of researchers and engineers have conversed with LaMDA and we are not aware of anyone else making the wide-ranging assertions, or anthropomorphizing LaMDA, the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0141258/google-engineer-who-believes-its-ai-is-sentient-cites-religious-beliefs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T00:04:00Z	**Is Debating AI Sentience a Dangerous Distraction?**
"A Google software engineer was suspended after going public with his claims of encountering 'sentient' artificial intelligence on the company's servers," writes Bloomberg, "spurring a debate about how and whether AI can achieve consciousness."
"Researchers say it's an unfortunate distraction from more pressing issues in the industry."

Google put him on leave for sharing confident ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0153245/is-debating-ai-sentience-a-dangerous-distraction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T01:34:00Z	**German Regulators Open Investigation Into Apple's App Tracking Transparency**
From the MacRumors blog earlier this week:
Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules and anti-tracking technology are anti-competitive and self-serving, according to a press release. The proceeding announced will review under compe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/2310249/german-regulators-open-investigation-into-apples-app-tracking-transparency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T04:34:00Z	**New Photovoltaic Tech Could Rival Silicon-Based Solar Cells**
"While silicon-based solar cells dominate the photovoltaics market, silicon is far from the only material that can effectively harvest electricity from sunlight," notes Ars Technica:

Thin-film solar cells using cadmium and telluride are common in utility-scale solar deployments, and in space, we use high-efficiency cells that rely on three distinct mat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/004256/new-photovoltaic-tech-could-rival-silicon-based-solar-cells?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T07:34:00Z	**A Chinese Telescope Did Not Find an Alien Signal. The Search Continues.**
Earlier this week China's giant Sky Eye telescope detected signals it thought could be from an alien civilizations.
But now there's an update from LiveScience:

Dan Werthimer, a Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) researcher at the University of Berkeley, California and a coauthor on the research project which first spo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/0057227/a-chinese-telescope-did-not-find-an-alien-signal-the-search-continues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T11:34:00Z	**Is Social Media Really Harmful?**
Social media has made us "uniquely stupid," believes Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the New York University's School of Business. Writing in the Atlantic in April, Haidt argued that large social media platforms "unwittingly dissolved the mortar of trust, belief in institutions, and shared stories that had held a large and diverse secular democracy together."

But is that true? "We're years into this, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/0350215/is-social-media-really-harmful?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T14:34:00Z	**Revolutionary New Cancer Treatment Harnesses Light Therapy**
The Guardian reports:

Scientists have successfully developed a revolutionary cancer treatment that lights up and wipes out microscopic cancer cells, in a breakthrough that could enable surgeons to more effectively target and destroy the disease in patients.

A European team of engineers, physicists, neurosurgeons, biologists and immunologists from the UK ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/1954245/revolutionary-new-cancer-treatment-harnesses-light-therapy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T15:34:00Z	**An Apple Store's Workers Just Successfully Voted to Unionize**
CNN reports that Apple workers in Towson, Maryland have voted to form the first-ever labor union at one of Apple's U.S. stores:

The landmark union election concluded on Saturday evening with 65 workers voting for the unionization and 33 against it, a nearly two-to-one margin in favor of the union, according to a preliminary tally from the National Labor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/1529214/an-apple-stores-workers-just-successfully-voted-to-unionize?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T16:34:00Z	**SpaceX Makes History:  Launches and Lands Three Rockets in 36 Hours**
Early this morning SpaceX tweeted video showing its deployment of a communications satellite. But the deployment was part of a historic first, reports CBS News:

SpaceX completed a record triple-header early Sunday, launching a Globalstar communications satellite from Cape Canaveral after putting a German radar satellite in orbit from Cali ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/1557218/spacex-makes-history-launches-and-lands-three-rockets-in-36-hours?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T17:34:00Z	**Crypto Fraud is Growing Exponentially**
The Los Angeles Times reports on "a massive surge of criminal fraud that has been pummeling crypto users with unknown billions of dollars in losses with little relief in sight."
The growth in crypto fraud has turned exponential in recent years. The reported losses from crypto scams in 2021 were 60 times larger than in 2018, the Federal Trade Commission reported earlier this month, with crypto now ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/2223246/crypto-fraud-is-growing-exponentially?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T18:45:00Z	**A New Student Movement Wants You to Log Off**
Two years ago a college sophomore started "the Log Off movement." This week the New York Times explored its progress — starting with how their mission's been affected by negative news stories about social media:

"The first article I read that really launched me into it was How Smartphones Destroyed a Generation. I found study after study showing the possible correlation between increase ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/1837215/a-new-student-movement-wants-you-to-log-off?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T19:44:00Z	**Can a Seattle Startup Launch a Fusion Reactor Into Space?**
"Practical nuclear fusion is, famously, always 10 years in the future," reports IEEE Spectrum. "Except that the Pentagon recently gave an award to a tiny startup to launch a fusion power system into space in just five..."

 Avalanche Energy Designs, based near a Boeing facility in Seattle...is working on modular "micro fusion packs," small enough to hold in y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/18/195257/can-a-seattle-startup-launch-a-fusion-reactor-into-space?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T21:03:00Z	**US Probes How American Electronics Wound Up in Russian Military Equipment in Ukraine**
America's federal agents "have begun questioning U.S. technology companies on how their computer chips ended up in Russian military equipment recovered in Ukraine," reports the Washington Post:

Commerce Department agents who enforce export controls are conducting the inquiries together with the FBI, paying  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/210244/us-probes-how-american-electronics-wound-up-in-russian-military-equipment-in-ukraine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T22:03:00Z	**Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Mysterious Star Cluster with Same-Generation Stars**
Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Mysterious Star Cluster with Same-Generation Stars

"A celestial workhorse and its dedicated team of astronomers are at it again," reports Space.com, "by delivering a hypnotic new image of a globular cluster and its infinite depth of stars."

But while a new image fro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/2142231/hubble-space-telescope-photographs-mysterious-star-cluster-with-same-generation-stars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-19T23:04:00Z	**Discord Adds a Twitch-like Auto-Moderating Feature**
On Thursday, Discord introduced AutoMod, "a feature that can automatically detect and block harmful messages before they're posted," reports Engadget:
Accessible through Discord's "Server Settings" menu, the tool allows admins and moderators to create a list of words and phrases they want Discord to look for, along with a set of repercussions for those who use them... Disco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/19/2250244/discord-adds-a-twitch-like-auto-moderating-feature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T01:34:00Z	**An AI-Created Craft Beer Debuts at New Orleans**
For one brief limited period of time, New Orleans locals "will have a chance to try the first craft beer created by an AI platform," according to a report from local station WGNO:
The AI Blonde Ale will be released at a Launch Party at NOLA Brewery on June 20 to coincide with CVPR, the world's premier computer vision event. Derek Lintern, a brewer at NOLA Brewing said he is excited to h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/0012208/an-ai-created-craft-beer-debuts-at-new-orleans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T04:34:00Z	**Reaching 700M Active Users, Telegram Announces 'Premium' Tier**
"Telegram became one of the top-5 downloaded apps worldwide in 2022 and now has over 700 million monthly active users," they announced this weekend. "This growth is solely from personal recommendations — Telegram has never paid to advertise its apps."

But they add significantly that "As Telegram keeps growing at rocket speed, many users have expressed th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/0122251/reaching-700m-active-users-telegram-announces-premium-tier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T07:34:00Z	**Ukraine is Using AI to Catch People Sabotaging Its Resistance**
Newsweek reports:

Artificial intelligence has become one of Ukraine's most "effective tools" in identifying potential saboteurs amid the ongoing war with Russia, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The ministry issued a report Wednesday on law enforcement's anti-sabotage activities aimed at stopping people in Ukraine who may compr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/0047229/ukraine-is-using-ai-to-catch-people-sabotaging-its-resistance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T11:34:00Z	**Did Telegram's Founder Lose a Million Dollar Bet Over a Prediction for Signal?**
While he couldn't even ethically accept the million dollars, PC Magazine's senior security analyst Max Eddy writes that "how this happened in the first place is indicative of some of the information security industry's worst impulses. It doesn't have to be this way."

Back in 2017, Telegram founder Pavel Durov and I had  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/0153218/did-telegrams-founder-lose-a-million-dollar-bet-over-a-prediction-for-signal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T14:00:00Z	**Iran To Cut Power Supply To Licensed Crypto Miners: State TV**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Electricity to all 118 legal crypto mining centers in Iran to cease from June 22 ahead of seasonal spike in power demand, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for country's power industry says in interview with state TV.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=Iran+To+Cut+Power ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1336247/iran-to-cut-power-supply-to-licensed-crypto-miners-state-tv?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T14:48:00Z	**Is Firefox OK?**
At the end of 2008, Firefox was flying high. Twenty percent of the 1.5 billion people online were using Mozilla's browser to navigate the web. In Indonesia, Macedonia, and Slovenia, more than half of everyone going online was using Firefox. "Our market share in the regions above has been growing like crazy," Ken Kovash, Mozilla's data analytics team manager at the time, wrote in a blog post. Almost 15 years later, things aren't so rosy. From a r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1448212/is-firefox-ok?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T15:23:00Z	**You Can Run Doom on a Chip From a $15 Ikea Smart Lamp**
A $14.95 smart lamp from Ikea apparently has enough computing power to run the classic PC game Doom. From a report: A software engineer named Nicola Wrachien removed the smart lamp's computer chip and used it to build a miniaturized Doom gaming system. Over the weekend, he uploaded a video to YouTube, showing his creation in action. The system runs a downsized vers ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1524209/you-can-run-doom-on-a-chip-from-a-15-ikea-smart-lamp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T16:05:00Z	**America's First CRISPR Trial is Still Nearly 100% Effective 3 Years On**
Incredible new data presented recently at the European Hematology Association Congress has revealed an experimental CRISPR gene editing therapy is both safe and effective up to three years after treatment. The follow-up results come from one of the longest-running human trials using CRISPR technology to treat a pair of rare genetic b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1528208/americas-first-crispr-trial-is-still-nearly-100-effective-3-years-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T16:42:00Z	**iOS 16 Will Let iPhone Users Bypass CAPTCHAs in Supported Apps and Websites**
Tapping on images of traffic lights or deciphering squiggly text to prove you are human will soon be a much less common nuisance for iPhone users, as iOS 16 introduces support for bypassing CAPTCHAs in supported apps and websites. From a report: The handy new feature can be found in the Settings app under Apple ID > Passwor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1631224/ios-16-will-let-iphone-users-bypass-captchas-in-supported-apps-and-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T16:51:00Z	**Troubled Crypto Lender Celsius Seeks Time To Stabilize Liquidity**
Celsius Network will need more time to stabilize its liquidity and operations, the embattled crypto lending platform said in a blog post after it froze deposits last week. From a report: Celsius, one of the biggest crypto lenders, has been struggling to raise funds in a fragile digital-assets market hit by tightening interest rates, liquidity and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1731239/troubled-crypto-lender-celsius-seeks-time-to-stabilize-liquidity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T18:22:00Z	**NetEase Shares Fall After Nationalist Backlash in China Over Winnie the Pooh Post**
Shares in NetEase dropped on Monday morning after the Chinese gaming company fell foul of China's censors over a social media post that was suspected of alluding to Winnie the Pooh, a popular way to derisively refer to President Xi Jinping. From a report: The company said over the weekend that it would delay the Asian ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1822231/netease-shares-fall-after-nationalist-backlash-in-china-over-winnie-the-pooh-post?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T18:50:00Z	**Facebook Unveils Future 'Near Retina-Quality' VR Headsets**
Artem S. Tashkinov writes: Meta's Reality Labs division has revealed new prototypes in its roadmap toward lightweight, hyper-realistic virtual reality graphics. The breakthroughs remain far from consumer-ready, but the designs -- codenamed Butterscotch, Starburst, Holocake 2, and Mirror Lake -- could add up to a slender, brightly lit headset that supports finer  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1840235/facebook-unveils-future-near-retina-quality-vr-headsets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T19:25:00Z	**Fewer Americans Than Ever Believe in God, Gallup Poll Shows**
Belief in God among Americans dipped to a new low, Gallup's latest poll shows. While the majority of adults in the U.S. believe in God, belief has dropped to 81% -- the lowest ever recorded by Gallup -- and is down from 87% in 2017. From a report: Between 1944 and 2011, more than 90% of Americans believed in God, Gallup reported. Younger, liberal Americans  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1857231/fewer-americans-than-ever-believe-in-god-gallup-poll-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T20:10:00Z	**FBI Says Fraud on LinkedIn a 'Significant Threat' To Platform and Consumers**
Fraudsters who exploit LinkedIn to lure users into cryptocurrency investment schemes pose a "significant threat" to the platform and consumers, according to Sean Ragan, the FBI's special agent in charge of the San Francisco and Sacramento, California, field offices. From a report: "It's a significant threat," Ragan said in an e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1845249/fbi-says-fraud-on-linkedin-a-significant-threat-to-platform-and-consumers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T20:45:00Z	**China Wants All Social Media Comments To Be Pre-reviewed Before Publishing**
China is fine-tuning its censorship machine, this time proposing changes in how to regulate the billions of online comments posted in the country every day. From a report: On June 17, the internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published a draft update on the responsibilities of platforms and content creator ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/192202/china-wants-all-social-media-comments-to-be-pre-reviewed-before-publishing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T21:25:00Z	**Google Says It's Time for Longtime Small-Business Users To Pay Up**
Google is charging some small businesses for email and other apps after more than a decade of free use. Business owners say Google is being callous. The New York Times: When Google told some small businesses in January that they would no longer be able to use a customized email service and other workplace apps for free, it felt like a broken prom ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/198219/google-says-its-time-for-longtime-small-business-users-to-pay-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T22:02:00Z	**First Short Bitcoin ETF To List On NYSE**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinDesk: Investment product provider ProShares is set to list the U.S.'s first exchange-traded fund (ETF) allowing investors to bet against the price of bitcoin (BTC). The ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy (BITI), which is designed to deliver the inverse of bitcoin's performance, will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Tuesday, ProShares annou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1927255/first-short-bitcoin-etf-to-list-on-nyse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T22:40:00Z	**Four Tet Wins Royalty Battle Over Streaming Music**
Pioneering electronic artist Four Tet has reached a settlement in the legal battle against his former record label. The result could set a legal precedent for contract disputes in the music business; where royalty rates have been subject to heavy scrutiny since last year's inquiry into the streaming market by MPs on the Culture Select Committee. The BBC reports: The  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1937207/four-tet-wins-royalty-battle-over-streaming-music?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-20T23:20:00Z	**Volvo Starts Testing Trucks With Fuel Cells Powered By Hydrogen**
Volvo Trucks said Monday that it had begun to test vehicles that use "fuel cells powered by hydrogen," with the Swedish firm claiming their range could extend to as much as 1,000 kilometers, or a little over 621 miles. CNBC reports: In a statement, Gothenburg-headquartered Volvo Trucks said refueling of the vehicles would take under 15 minutes. Cus ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/1945202/volvo-starts-testing-trucks-with-fuel-cells-powered-by-hydrogen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T00:02:00Z	**Why Paper Receipts Are Money At the Drive-Thru**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: Check out this handmade sign posted to the front door of a shuttered Jimmy John's sandwich chain shop in Missouri last week. See if you can tell from the store owner's message what happened. If you guessed that someone in the Jimmy John's store might have fallen victim to a Business Email Compromise (BEC) or "CEO fraud" sch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/207251/why-paper-receipts-are-money-at-the-drive-thru?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T00:45:00Z	**Tencent Forms 'Extended Reality' Unit**
China's Tencent has officially announced the formation of an "extended reality" unit, "formally placing its bets on the metaverse concept of virtual worlds," reports Reuters. From the report: The unit is tasked with building up the extended reality business for Tencent including both software and hardware, the sources said, adding that it will be led by Tencent Games Global's Chief Technology Officer Li Sh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2019241/tencent-forms-extended-reality-unit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T01:25:00Z	**Apple Will Now Allow Developers To Transfer Ownership of Apps That Use iCloud**
"The most impactful change to come out of WWDC had nothing to do with APIs, a new framework or any hardware announcement," writes Jordan Morgan via Daring Fireball. "Instead, it was a change I've been clamoring for the last several years -- and it's one that's incredibly indie friendly. As you've no doubt heard by now,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2040236/apple-will-now-allow-developers-to-transfer-ownership-of-apps-that-use-icloud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T02:02:00Z	**Rutgers Scientist Develops Antimicrobial, Plant-Based Food Wrap Designed To Replace Plastic**
Aiming to produce environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic food wrap and containers, a Rutgers scientist has developed a biodegradable, plant-based coating that can be sprayed on foods, guarding against pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms and transportation damage. From a report:  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2048235/rutgers-scientist-develops-antimicrobial-plant-based-food-wrap-designed-to-replace-plastic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T03:30:00Z	**There Are 24.6 Billion Pairs of Credentials For Sale On Dark Web**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: More than half of the 24.6 billion stolen credential pairs available for sale on the dark web were exposed in the past year, the Digital Shadows Research Team has found. Data recorded from last year reflected a 64 percent increase over 2020's total (Digital Shadows publishes the data every two ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2111252/there-are-246-billion-pairs-of-credentials-for-sale-on-dark-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T07:00:00Z	**Scientists Find Remains of Cannibalized Baby Planets In Jupiter's Cloud-Covered Belly**
Jupiter's innards are full of the remains of baby planets that the gas giant gobbled up as it expanded to become the behemoth we see today, scientists have found. The findings come from the first clear view of the chemistry beneath the planet's cloudy outer atmosphere. Space.com reports: In the new stud ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2121246/scientists-find-remains-of-cannibalized-baby-planets-in-jupiters-cloud-covered-belly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T10:00:00Z	**58% of US Adults Say They Use Their Smartphone 'Too Much'**
The percentage of U.S. adults saying they use their smartphone "too much" has increased markedly in recent years, rising from 39% when Gallup last asked this in 2015 to 58% today. Gallup News reports: This sentiment was strongly age-contingent in 2015 and remains so now; however, all age groups have become more likely to express this concern. Also, this belief  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/06/20/2329216/58-of-us-adults-say-they-use-their-smartphone-too-much?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T14:00:00Z	**Ex-Amazon Employee Convicted Over Data Breach of 100 Million CapitalOne Customers**
Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of stealing the personal information of 100 million customers by breaching banking giant CapitalOne in 2019, has been found guilty by a Seattle jury on charges of wire fraud and computer hacking. From a report: Thompson, 36, was accused of using her knowledge as a s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1319225/ex-amazon-employee-convicted-over-data-breach-of-100-million-capitalone-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T14:40:00Z	**Sony Could Have a Trio of New Gaming Headsets on the Way**
Sony might be ready to announce a new lineup of gaming headsets, according to a report from 91Mobiles based on information provided by OnLeaks. From a report: Rather than being specifically PlayStation-branded, like Sony's Pulse headset, the three headsets will apparently be part of a new gaming hardware brand from Sony called "Inzone," which could also include a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/140252/sony-could-have-a-trio-of-new-gaming-headsets-on-the-way?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T15:36:00Z	**Amazon Extends Its Quantum Efforts With a Focus on Networking**
Amazon today announced a new effort in bringing quantum computing to its cloud -- at least in the long term. The company today launched the AWS Center for Quantum Computing, a new research effort that aims to push forward the science and engineering of networking quantum computers together, both for building more powerful, multi-processor networks for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1536241/amazon-extends-its-quantum-efforts-with-a-focus-on-networking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T16:13:00Z	**South Korea Launches Satellite With Its Own Rocket for the First Time**
South Korea said it successfully launched a small but working satellite into orbit using its first homemade rocket on âTuesday, bringing the country closer to its dream of becoming a new player in the space industry and deploying its own spy satellites to better monitor North Korea. From a report: The three-stage Nuri rocket, built b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1613212/south-korea-launches-satellite-with-its-own-rocket-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T16:53:00Z	**Microsoft Plans To Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for 'Responsible AI'**
For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person's age, gender and emotional state can be biased, unreliable or invasive -- and shouldn't be sold. From a report: Acknowledging some of those criticisms, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it planne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1653213/microsoft-plans-to-eliminate-face-analysis-tools-in-push-for-responsible-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T17:25:00Z	**Google Maps Restrictions Probed By German Antitrust Watchdog**
Alphabet's Google is under investigation by Germany's antitrust watchdog amid concerns over potentially illegal terms for the use of its maps platform. From a report: The Federal Cartel Office said Tuesday it opened a formal probe after initial findings suggest that the US giant is limiting options to use alternative map providers when app developers and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1716219/google-maps-restrictions-probed-by-german-antitrust-watchdog?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T18:05:00Z	**Microsoft, Facebook, and Others Are Founding a Metaverse Open Standards Group**
Microsoft, Epic Games, Meta, and 33 other companies and organizations have formed a standards group for "metaverse" tech. The Metaverse Standards Forum is supposed to foster open, interoperable standards for augmented and virtual reality, geospatial, and 3D tech. From a report: According to a press release, the Metaverse S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1740211/microsoft-facebook-and-others-are-founding-a-metaverse-open-standards-group?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T18:46:00Z	**DocuSign CEO Dan Springer Steps Down Following Firm Losing Over 60% of Its Value Year To Date**
DocuSign CEO Dan Springer is stepping down, the company announced Tuesday. The decision comes after the e-signature software maker lost more than 60% of its value year to date. From a report: The company didn't provide a reason for his departure but said Springer "has agreed to step aside," effe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1750231/docusign-ceo-dan-springer-steps-down-following-firm-losing-over-60-of-its-value-year-to-date?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T19:23:00Z	**Heavy Industries in Australia's Regions Could Cut Emissions by 80% and Create a Jobs Bonanza, Report Says**
The regional powerhouses of Australia's industrial economy could slash their greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% and become centres for multibillion-dollar investments in renewable energy, according to a report backed by some of the country's biggest companies. From a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1846212/heavy-industries-in-australias-regions-could-cut-emissions-by-80-and-create-a-jobs-bonanza-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T20:03:00Z	**Shadowy Strava Users Spy on Israeli Military With Fake Routes in Bases**
Unidentified operatives have been using the fitness tracking app Strava to spy on members of the Israeli military, tracking their movements across secret bases around the country and potentially observing them as they travel the world on official business. From a report: By placing fake running "segments" inside military bases, the ope ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1852255/shadowy-strava-users-spy-on-israeli-military-with-fake-routes-in-bases?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T20:45:00Z	**Wikimedia Enterprise Announces Google and Internet Archive as Its First Customers**
Wikimedia Enterprise, a first-of-its-kind commercial product designed for companies that reuse and source Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects at a high volume, today announced its first customers: multinational technology company Google and nonprofit digital library Internet Archive. Wikimedia blog: Wikimedia Enterp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1858228/wikimedia-enterprise-announces-google-and-internet-archive-as-its-first-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T21:23:00Z	**US Sanctions Help China Supercharge Its Chipmaking Industry**
China's chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after US sanctions on local champions from Huawei to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components. From a report: Nineteen of the world's 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, hail from the world's No. 2 economy, according to data comp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/1929210/us-sanctions-help-china-supercharge-its-chipmaking-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T22:02:00Z	**Eric Schmidt Urges US To Lean On TSMC, Samsung For Chip Security**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Indian Express: The US should do more to attract overseas chipmakers to build plants on its territory as a matter of national security, former Google chief Eric Schmidt wrote in an opinion piece published Monday.
Pointing to China's accelerating investment in chip fabrication technology and capacity ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2017226/eric-schmidt-urges-us-to-lean-on-tsmc-samsung-for-chip-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T22:40:00Z	**BlockFi Receives $250 Million Credit Facility From FTX**
Crypto lending platform BlockFi announced that it has secured a $250 million revolving credit facility from FTX, BlockFi CEO Zac Prince said in a tweet on Tuesday, and the company subsequently announced in a press release. CoinDesk reports: Prince said the move "bolsters our balance sheet and platform strength." He added that "the proceeds of the credit facility are inten ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2023259/blockfi-receives-250-million-credit-facility-from-ftx?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-21T23:20:00Z	**RISC OS: 35-Year-Old Original ARM OS Is Alive and Well**
RISC OS, the operating system of the original Arm computer, the Acorn Archimedes, is still very much alive -- and doing relatively well for its age. The Register reports: In June 1987, Acorn launched the Archimedes A305 and A310, starting at $982 and running a new operating system called Arthur. At the time, it was a radical and very fast computer. In his review (PDF ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2036227/risc-os-35-year-old-original-arm-os-is-alive-and-well?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T00:02:00Z	**Adobe Acrobat May Block Antivirus Tools From Monitoring PDF Files**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Security researchers found that Adobe Acrobat is trying to block security software from having visibility into the PDF files it opens, creating a security risk for the users. Adobe's product is checking if components from 30 security products are loaded into its processes and likely blo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2047218/adobe-acrobat-may-block-antivirus-tools-from-monitoring-pdf-files?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T00:45:00Z	**DRAM Prices To Drop 3-8% Due To Ukraine War, Inflation**
Taiwanese research firm TrendForce said Monday that DRAM pricing for commercial buyers is forecast to drop around three to eight percent across those markets in the third quarter compared to the previous three months. Even prices for DDR5 modules in the PC market could drop as much as five percent from July to September. The Register reports: This could result in  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2152209/dram-prices-to-drop-3-8-due-to-ukraine-war-inflation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T01:25:00Z	**Valve's Steam Deck Makes a Brilliant Case Against Walled Gardens**
"Unlike practically every major game console that's come before it, the Steam Deck, from PC gaming giant Valve, doesn't lock users into one ecosystem," writes Fast Company's Jared Newman. "While Valve's own Steam store is the default way to buy and play games, the Steam Deck also lets users install whatever software they want on the device's Linux ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/226232/valves-steam-deck-makes-a-brilliant-case-against-walled-gardens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T02:02:00Z	**Physicists Say They've Built an Atom Laser That Can Run 'Forever'**
A new breakthrough has allowed physicists to create a beam of atoms that behaves the same way as a laser, and that can theoretically stay on "forever." ScienceAlert reports: At the root of the atom laser is a state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate, or BEC. A BEC is created by cooling a cloud of bosons to just a fraction above absolut ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2214213/physicists-say-theyve-built-an-atom-laser-that-can-run-forever?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T03:30:00Z	**FAA: Airlines Must Retrofit Faulty Altimeters 'As Soon As Possible'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Aviation Administration says it finally has a plan for the industry to replace or retrofit airplane altimeters that can't filter out transmissions from outside their allotted frequencies. The altimeter problem has prevented AT&T and Verizon from fully deploying 5G on the C-Band ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2219237/faa-airlines-must-retrofit-faulty-altimeters-as-soon-as-possible?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T07:00:00Z	**NASA Starts Shutting Down Voyager After 50 Years**
Nasa has begun turning off the spacecraft Voyager's systems, signaling the beginning of the end of the probe's 50-year career. The Independent reports: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 -- two identical probes -- were launched in 1977 and travelled across interstellar space to the edge of the solar system, giving humanity its closest look at the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Now, howev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2224258/nasa-starts-shutting-down-voyager-after-50-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T10:00:00Z	**Israel Ministry of Defense To Test Drone-Packing Advanced Robotic Tank**
The Israeli Ministry of Defense plans to begin testing of a Medium Robotic Combat Vehicle (M-RCV) next year. New Atlas reports: Developed by the Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), the Tank and APC Directorate, and Israeli security industries, the robotic tank is based on a new robotic platfo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2238237/israel-ministry-of-defense-to-test-drone-packing-advanced-robotic-tank?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T13:00:00Z	**Mega Says It Can't Decrypt Your Files. New POC Exploit Shows Otherwise**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In the decade since larger-than-life character Kim Dotcom founded Mega, the cloud storage service has amassed 250 million registered users and stores a whopping 120 billion files that take up more than 1,000 petabytes of storage. A key selling point that has helped fuel the growth is  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/21/2234255/mega-says-it-cant-decrypt-your-files-new-poc-exploit-shows-otherwise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T14:00:00Z	**Half in UK Back Genome Editing To Prevent Severe Diseases**
More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or life-threatening diseases, according to a survey. From a report: Commissioned by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), a fertility and genomics charity, the Ipsos poll found that 53% of people support the use of human genome editing to prevent children from developi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1342233/half-in-uk-back-genome-editing-to-prevent-severe-diseases?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T14:40:00Z	**Blockchains Vulnerable To Tampering, a DARPA Analysis Finds**
A new report finds that blockchain systems might not be working as well as many crypto enthusiasts assume. From a report: The report was commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and the work was done by the software security research company Trail of Bits. Trail of Bits CEO Dan Guido says blockchain -- the public ledgers that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1334242/blockchains-vulnerable-to-tampering-a-darpa-analysis-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T15:22:00Z	**Canada To Compel YouTube, TikTok and Streamers To Boost Domestic Content**
Canada approved legislation that targets what video- and audio-sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok can broadcast to a Canadian audience, as the country follows in Europe's footsteps in imposing a heftier regulatory burden on the digital sector. From a report: This marks the second attempt in as many years by Canada's Liberal  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1338259/canada-to-compel-youtube-tiktok-and-streamers-to-boost-domestic-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T16:00:00Z	**China Approves Plan for 'Healthy' Development of Fintech Sector**
Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting Wednesday that approved promoting the "healthy" development of the payment and fintech sectors, a sign that a broad crackdown on tech companies like Ant Group may be easing. From a report: The meeting of the central commission for deepening overall reform also backed enhancing regulation of major payment ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1328250/china-approves-plan-for-healthy-development-of-fintech-sector?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T16:41:00Z	**Saltier Oceans Could Have Prevented Earth From Freezing**
The Sun shone 20% less brightly on early Earth, and yet fossil evidence shows that our planet had warm shallow seas where stromatolites -- microbial mats -- thrived. Now a study may have solved the "faint young Sun paradox," showing that saltier oceans could have prevented Earth from freezing over during Archean times, 3bn years ago. From a report: We all know tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1345221/saltier-oceans-could-have-prevented-earth-from-freezing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T17:21:00Z	**Wimbledon Hoping Big Data Will Improve Fan Experience**
Wimbledon is turning to big data to help improve fans' tennis knowledge, after discovering even ticket holders at the Championships were not aware of most of the players in the game. From a report: Crowds at this year's tournament -- expected to return to sold-out levels with easing of coronavirus restrictions -- are to be exposed to more facts and figures organisers hope  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1412242/wimbledon-hoping-big-data-will-improve-fan-experience?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T18:01:00Z	**Colombia's New President Gustavo Petro Pledges To Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground**
Colombia has elected its first left-wing president, setting the Latin American nation on a path to wind down its fossil fuel production. From a report: Leftist Gustavo Petro was voted in Sunday night alongside Goldman prize-winning environmental campaigner Francia Marquez, the nation's first black and second femal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1420214/colombias-new-president-gustavo-petro-pledges-to-keep-fossil-fuels-in-the-ground?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T18:45:00Z	**Brave Search Passes 2.5 Billion Queries in Its First Year**
Brave blog: One year ago, we launched Brave Search to give everyone online a real choice over Big Tech: a privacy-protecting, unbiased alternative to Google and Bing, and a truly independent alternative to providers -- such as DuckDuckGo or Startpage -- that rely on Big Tech to run. Today, Brave Search is exiting its beta phase. [...] Brave Search has grown fas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1836214/brave-search-passes-25-billion-queries-in-its-first-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T19:31:00Z	**Russia Launched Cyber Espionage Campaigns Against Ukraine Allies, Microsoft Says**
Russia has levied dozens of cyber espionage campaigns in 42 countries since it invaded Ukraine in February, according to a new Microsoft report. From a report: The report says those efforts have targeted entities across six continents and primarily focused on NATO allies and groups supporting Ukraine. "The Russian i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/1931247/russia-launched-cyber-espionage-campaigns-against-ukraine-allies-microsoft-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T20:08:00Z	**Scientists Hacked a Locust's Brain To Sniff Out Human Cancer**
Cyborg locust brains can help spot the telltale signs of human cancer in the lab, a new study has shown. The team behind the work hopes it could one day lead to an insect-based breath test that could be used in cancer screening, or inspire an artificial version that works in much the same way. From a report: Other animals have been taught to spot signs  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/208249/scientists-hacked-a-locusts-brain-to-sniff-out-human-cancer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T20:50:00Z	**Court Rules DMCA Does Not Override First Amendment's Anonymous Speech Protections**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Copyright law cannot be used as a shortcut around the First Amendment's strong protections for anonymous internet users, a federal trial court ruled on Tuesday. The decision by a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2015214/court-rules-dmca-does-not-override-first-amendments-anonymous-speech-protections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T21:30:00Z	**Mullvad VPN Axes Recurring Subscriptions In the Name of Privacy**
Mullvad has taken the decision to completely remove the ability to create new subscriptions -- all in the name of storing less data about their users. TechRadar reports: "Subscriptions clearly offer a lot of convenience but as we've seen that convenience comes at a cost and we no longer think this is an acceptable trade-off. We care deeply about usa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2022219/mullvad-vpn-axes-recurring-subscriptions-in-the-name-of-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T22:10:00Z	**CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says**
Crypto's structural flaws make it an unsuitable basis for a monetary system, according to the Bank for International settlements (BIS). Instead, monetary systems could be built around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are digital representations of central bank money. CoinDesk reports: The BIS, an association of the w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2029245/cbdcs-not-crypto-will-be-cornerstone-of-future-monetary-system-bis-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T22:50:00Z	**Alexa Will Soon Be Able To Read Stories As Your Dead Grandma**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: At its annual re:Mars conference today in Las Vegas, Amazon's Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Alexa, Rohit Prasad, announced a spate of new and upcoming features for the company's smart assistant. The most head turning of the bunch was a potential new feature that can synthesize short audio cli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2040252/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-read-stories-as-your-dead-grandma?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-22T23:30:00Z	**Coinbase Shares Fall After Rival Binance.US Drops Spot Bitcoin Trading Fees**
Coinbase shares fell almost 10% on Wednesday after rival crypto exchange Binance.US said it's dropping certain trading fees for customers. CNBC reports: Binance.US, the U.S. affiliate of the largest crypto exchange in the world by trading volume, said it will allow users to make spot bitcoin trades for the U.S. dollar and stableco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2050252/coinbase-shares-fall-after-rival-binanceus-drops-spot-bitcoin-trading-fees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T00:10:00Z	**SpaceX Asserts 5G Would 'Blow Out' Satellite Users In 12 GHz Band**
Monica Alleven writes via Fierce Wireless: So much for the "win-win-win" scenario that Dish Network envisioned for the 12 GHz band. Dish and fellow MVDDS licensee RS Access have argued that the 12 GHz band can be used by both satellite players like SpaceX's Starlink and by companies like Dish that want to use it for 5G, all for the public's benef ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2057213/spacex-asserts-5g-would-blow-out-satellite-users-in-12-ghz-band?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T00:50:00Z	**Juul E-Cigarettes To Be Ordered Off US Shelves**
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc to take its e-cigarettes off the market in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters reports: Juul has faced heightened scrutiny from regulators, lawmakers and state attorneys general over the appeal of its nicotine products to teenagers. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2126214/juul-e-cigarettes-to-be-ordered-off-us-shelves?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T03:30:00Z	**Half In UK Back Genome Editing To Prevent Severe Diseases**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or life-threatening diseases, according to a survey. Commissioned by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), a fertility and genomics charity, the Ipsos poll found that 53% of people support the use of human genome e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2129213/half-in-uk-back-genome-editing-to-prevent-severe-diseases?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T07:00:00Z	**NASA Taps Three Companies To Design Nuclear Power Plants For the Moon**
NASA announced on Tuesday that it's contracting three suppliers to provide concept designs for nuclear fission energy systems designed for use on the moon. TechCrunch reports: The winning bids for this award came from Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse and IX (a joint venture from Intuitive Machines and X-Energy). Each will be working wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2237237/nasa-taps-three-companies-to-design-nuclear-power-plants-for-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T10:00:00Z	**eBay Now Has An Established NFT Marketplace At Its Bidding**
eBay made its biggest move yet into the world of digital collectibles with news today of the company acquiring NFT marketplace KnownOrigin. The online auction company is keeping lips sealed on the deal's value but confirmed in the press release that the deal is closed as of June 21st. The Verge reports: "This partnership will help us attract a new wave of NFT cre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2246234/ebay-now-has-an-established-nft-marketplace-at-its-bidding?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T13:00:00Z	**Twitter Testing Notes, a Long-Form Content Feature**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Search Engine Land: Twitter is testing a new feature that would eliminate the constraints of its 280-character tweet limit and allow users to publish long-form tweets. Twitter confirmed the test via a tweet.

When this will become available to all Twitter users? It's unclear. Twitter noted: "We're excited for the moment when every ... ⌘ [Read more](https://features.slashdot.org/story/22/06/22/2250249/twitter-testing-notes-a-long-form-content-feature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T14:00:00Z	**Linus Torvalds Says Rust For The Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged For Linux 5.20**
Speaking this week at the Linux Foundation's Open-Source Summit, Linus Torvalds talked up the possibilities of Rust within the Linux kernel and that it could be landing quite soon -- possibly even for the next kernel cycle. From a report: Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel had their usual Open-Source Summit keynote/chat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1348251/linus-torvalds-says-rust-for-the-kernel-could-possibly-be-merged-for-linux-520?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T14:42:00Z	**Extreme Weather Hits China With Massive Floods and Scorching Heat**
China is grappling with extreme weather emergencies across the country, with the worst flooding in decades submerging houses and cars in the south and record-high heat waves in the northern and central provinces causing roads to buckle. From a report: Water levels in more than a hundred rivers across the country have surged beyond flood warn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1442217/extreme-weather-hits-china-with-massive-floods-and-scorching-heat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T15:25:00Z	**FDA Denies Authorization To Market JUUL Products**
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs for all of their products currently marketed in the United States. From a report: As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products. In addition, those currently on the U.S. market must be removed, or risk enforcement action. The products include the JUUL dev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1525220/fda-denies-authorization-to-market-juul-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T16:01:00Z	**Security Flaws in Internet-Connected Hot Tubs Exposed Owners' Personal Data**
A security researcher found vulnerabilities in Jacuzzi's SmartTub interface that allowed access to the personal data of every hot tub owner. From a report: Jacuzzi's SmartTub feature, like most Internet of Things (IoT) systems, lets users connect to their hot tub remotely via a companion Android or iPhone app. Marketed as a "pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/160224/security-flaws-in-internet-connected-hot-tubs-exposed-owners-personal-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T16:42:00Z	**Google is Notifying Android Users Targeted By Hermit Government-Grade Spyware**
Security researchers at Lookout recently tied a previously unattributed Android mobile spyware, dubbed Hermit, to Italian software house RCS Lab. Now, Google threat researchers have confirmed much of Lookout's findings, and are notifying Android users whose devices were compromised by the spyware. From a report: Hermit i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1635241/google-is-notifying-android-users-targeted-by-hermit-government-grade-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T17:22:00Z	**Broadcom's $69 Billion VMware Deal Set For Lengthy EU Antitrust Investigation**
Broadcom's $69bn acquisition of cloud software company VMware is set for a lengthy antitrust investigation in Brussels over regulatory concerns that the deal will harm competition across the global technology industry. From a report: Broadcom is already in preliminary discussions with EU officials who will be looking into worrie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/176247/broadcoms-69-billion-vmware-deal-set-for-lengthy-eu-antitrust-investigation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T18:00:00Z	**Is Google Dying? Or Did the Web Grow Up?**
Google is still useful for many, but the harder question is why its results feel more sterile than they did five years ago. From a report: SEO expert Marie Haynes's theory is that this is the result of Google trying to crack down on misinformation and low-quality content -- especially around consequential search topics. In 2017, the company started talking publicly about a Search initiative call ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1752241/is-google-dying-or-did-the-web-grow-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T18:40:00Z	**Amazon Launches CodeWhisperer, a GitHub Copilot-like AI Pair Programming Tool**
At its re:Mars conference, Amazon today announced the launch of CodeWhisperer, an AI pair programming tool similar to GitHub's Copilot that can autocomplete entire functions based on only a comment or a few keystrokes. From a report: The company trained the system, which currently supports Java, JavaScript and Pytho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1821206/amazon-launches-codewhisperer-a-github-copilot-like-ai-pair-programming-tool?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T19:21:00Z	**Intel Just Asked the EU For $624 Million To Pay It Back For Overturned Anti-AMD Fine**
Intel is seeking to be paid interest of $624 million on the overturned $1.1 billion fine it received from the European Commission back in 2009. From a report: The antitrust ruling was overturned at the beginning of the year, and so Intel has gone to EU General Court seeking compensation and interest on the fine. I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/185258/intel-just-asked-the-eu-for-624-million-to-pay-it-back-for-overturned-anti-amd-fine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T20:01:00Z	**PCI Express 7.0 Standard Provides Eight Times the Bandwidth of Today's Connections**
The group responsible for developing and updating the PCI Express standard, the PCI-SIG, aims to update that standard roughly every three years. From a report: Version 6.0 was released earlier this year, and the group has announced that PCIe version 7.0 is currently on track to be finalized sometime in 2025. Like ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1817229/pci-express-70-standard-provides-eight-times-the-bandwidth-of-todays-connections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T20:42:00Z	**Scientists Unveil Bionic Robo-fish To Remove Microplastics From Seas**
Scientists have designed a tiny robot-fish that is programmed to remove microplastics from seas and oceans by swimming around and adsorbing them on its soft, flexible, self-healing body. From a report: Microplastics are the billions of tiny plastic particles which fragment from the bigger plastic things used every day such as water bo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1851255/scientists-unveil-bionic-robo-fish-to-remove-microplastics-from-seas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T21:22:00Z	**New White House Partnership Aims To Speed Construction of Offshore Wind Farms**
The White House and 11 governors from East Coast states forged a new partnership on Thursday to build up domestic supply chains for offshore wind farms and related infrastructure. From a report: The new Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership includes governors from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1858204/new-white-house-partnership-aims-to-speed-construction-of-offshore-wind-farms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T21:20:00Z	**CoinFLEX Pauses Withdrawals Amid 'Extreme Market Conditions' and Counterparty Uncertainty**
Physical futures crypto exchange CoinFLEX is pausing withdrawals citing "extreme market conditions" along with uncertainty around a certain counterparty, its CEO Mark Lamb said in a blog post Thursday. CoinDesk reports: Lamb said the counterparty is not Three Arrows Capital or "any lending firm." CoinFLE ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2119205/coinflex-pauses-withdrawals-amid-extreme-market-conditions-and-counterparty-uncertainty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T22:00:00Z	**Italy's Data Watchdog Latest To Warn Over Use of Google Analytics**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Another strike against use of Google Analytics in Europe: The Italian data protection authority has found a local web publisher's use of the popular analytics tool to be non-compliant with EU data protection rules owing to user data being transferred to the U.S. -- a country that lacks an equi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2021206/italys-data-watchdog-latest-to-warn-over-use-of-google-analytics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T22:40:00Z	**Netflix Confirms Plans For Ad-Supported Service, Begins Second Round of Layoffs**
According to the Wall Street Journal, Comcast's NBCUniversal subsidiary and Google are the "top contenders" for Netflix's upcoming ad-supported streaming tier. "After many years of resisting ads, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced the plan for an ad-supported tier in April," reports Ars Technica. "Netflix's  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2036252/netflix-confirms-plans-for-ad-supported-service-begins-second-round-of-layoffs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-23T23:20:00Z	**OpenAI Has Trained a Neural Network To Competently Play Minecraft**
In a blog post today, OpenAI says they've "trained a neural network to play Minecraft by Video PreTraining (VPT) on a massive unlabeled video dataset of human Minecraft play, while using only a small amount of labeled contractor data." The model can reportedly learn to craft diamond tools, "a task that usually takes proficient humans over 20 m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2050257/openai-has-trained-a-neural-network-to-competently-play-minecraft?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T00:02:00Z	**Government Scientists Discover Biggest Bacteria Ever, Visible To Naked Eye**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Scientists have discovered a bacteria with cells that measure a full centimeter in length, an astonishing size that makes it by far the largest bacterial species ever found and even "challenges our concept of a bacterial cell," reports a new study. Bacteria are an extraord ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/211243/government-scientists-discover-biggest-bacteria-ever-visible-to-naked-eye?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T00:45:00Z	**China Bans 31 Live-Streaming Behaviors**
Long-time Slashdot reader Mr\_Blank shares a report from Gerona: China has enacted new regulation for the live-streaming industry, listing 31 prohibited conducts and raising the bar for influencers to speak out on specific topics, in the government's latest effort to regulate the booming digital economy. The 18-point guideline, released Wednesday by the National Radio and Television Administration  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2127232/china-bans-31-live-streaming-behaviors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T01:25:00Z	**Dutch Join Germany, Austria, In Reverting To Coal**
The Dutch joined Germany and Austria in reverting to coal power on Monday following an energy crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. France 24 reports: The Netherlands said it would lift all restrictions on power stations fired by the fossil fuel, which were previously limited to just over a third of output. Berlin and Vienna made similar announcements on Sunday a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2132201/dutch-join-germany-austria-in-reverting-to-coal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T03:30:00Z	**NSA Shares Tips On Securing Windows Devices With PowerShell**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The National Security Agency (NSA) and cybersecurity partner agencies issued an advisory today recommending system administrators to use PowerShell to prevent and detect malicious activity on Windows machines. PowerShell is frequently used in cyberattacks, leveraged mostly in the post-exploitation st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2141246/nsa-shares-tips-on-securing-windows-devices-with-powershell?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T05:30:00Z	**Solana Launches Web3-Focused Smartphone Saga To Improve Crypto-Mobile Relationship**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The co-founder and CEO of Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, had a Steve Jobs moment when he stood in front of an auditorium in New York City and announced the launch of Saga, an Android web3-focused smartphone. "This is something that I fundamentally believe the i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/0441243/solana-launches-web3-focused-smartphone-saga-to-improve-crypto-mobile-relationship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T07:00:00Z	**NASA Declares Megarocket Rehearsal Complete, Setting Stage For Inaugural Launch**
The fourth and most recent attempt at a full launch rehearsal of NASA's Space Launch System went reasonably well, and despite some lingering issues and uncertainties, the agency is sending the rocket back to the hangar for final preparations in advance of its first flight. That inaugural launch will represent Artem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/2145251/nasa-declares-megarocket-rehearsal-complete-setting-stage-for-inaugural-launch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T10:37:00Z	**Intel Delays Groundbreaking Ceremony for Ohio Plant Amid Uncertainty Over Chips Legislation**
Intel has told lawmakers and officials that it is delaying indefinitely the groundbreaking ceremony for a planned multibillion-dollar chip-manufacturing facility in Ohio, signaling frustration over uncertainty in Congress about legislation that would provide support for the U.S. chip industry. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1037233/intel-delays-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-ohio-plant-amid-uncertainty-over-chips-legislation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T12:30:00Z	**Microsoft Prepares To Forget About Windows 8.1 With End of Support Notifications**
Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will end on January 10th 2023. The software giant will start sending notifications to existing Windows 8.1 devices next month, as a first reminder leading up to the January 2023 support cutoff. From a report: The notifications will be similar  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/123225/microsoft-prepares-to-forget-about-windows-81-with-end-of-support-notifications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T14:03:00Z	**Five Planets Take Center Stage as They Align in the Night Sky**
A rare, five-planet alignment will peak on June 24, allowing a spectacular viewing of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they line up in planetary order. From a report: The event began at the beginning of June and has continued to get brighter and easier to see as the month has progressed, according to Diana Hannikainen, observing editor of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/143214/five-planets-take-center-stage-as-they-align-in-the-night-sky?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T14:42:00Z	**Software Maker Zendesk To Be Bought by Investor Group in $9.5 Billion Cash Deal**
Software maker Zendesk agreed to be acquired by a group of buyout firms led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira for about $9.5 billion. From a report: The all-cash transaction offers shareholders $77.50 a share, a premium of 34% over Zendesk's closing stock price on Thursday, the company said in a statement on Friday. Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1441245/software-maker-zendesk-to-be-bought-by-investor-group-in-95-billion-cash-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T15:20:00Z	**Years After Brigham-Harvard Scandal, US Pours Millions Into Tainted Stem-Cell Field**
Faked heart studies by a once-obscure scientist duped the U.S. government and medical establishment for years. Washington is still paying for it. From a Reuters investigation: Mario Ricciardi, a young Italian molecular biologist, was thrilled when he was selected to work with one of Harvard Medical School's mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1452239/years-after-brigham-harvard-scandal-us-pours-millions-into-tainted-stem-cell-field?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T16:00:00Z	**Blockchain Startup Harmony Says $100 Million Was Stolen From Its Service**
A popular product on the Harmony network was exploited for over $100 million in cryptocurrencies in what is one of the biggest crypto hacks in recent weeks. From a report: "The Harmony team has identified a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx. $100MM," the network's developers said in a tweet. "We ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1532217/blockchain-startup-harmony-says-100-million-was-stolen-from-its-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T16:49:00Z	**Microsoft Will Start Banning Players From All Private Minecraft Servers**
Since its initial release over a decade ago (and even following Microsoft's 2014 acquisition of developer Mojang), Minecraft has let players create private servers where they're in full control of what behaviors (and players) are allowed. Next week, though, Microsoft is set to roll out a new update that lets it ban a Minecraft player  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1649223/microsoft-will-start-banning-players-from-all-private-minecraft-servers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T17:36:00Z	**Japanese City Worker Loses Flash Drive Containing Personal Details of Every Resident**
A city in Japan has been forced to apologise after a contractor admitted he had lost a USB memory stick containing the personal data of almost half a million residents after an alcohol-fuelled night out. From a report: Officials in Amagasaki, western Japan, said the man -- an unnamed employee of a private contra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1737202/japanese-city-worker-loses-flash-drive-containing-personal-details-of-every-resident?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T18:05:00Z	**The Ohio State University Officially Trademarks the Word 'THE'**
schwit1 writes: The Ohio State University has successfully trademarked the word "THE," in a victory for the college and its branding that is sure to produce eye rolls from Michigan fans and other rivals. Stating the full name of the school has become a point of pride for Ohio State's athletes when introducing themselves on television during games. The  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1744222/the-ohio-state-university-officially-trademarks-the-word-the?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T18:57:00Z	**Online Privacy Bill Clears Early Hurdle in House**
Bipartisan legislation to establish broad privacy rights for consumers won approval from a House subcommittee on Thursday, adding to its momentum. From a report: Lawmakers approved the bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, on a voice vote with no dissent. It now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for a vote. The bill still faces a long and potentially ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1857248/online-privacy-bill-clears-early-hurdle-in-house?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T19:30:00Z	**As China Shuts Out the World, Internet Access From Abroad Gets Harder Too**
Most internet users trying to get past China's Great Firewall search for a cyber tunnel that will take them outside censorship restrictions to the wider web. From a report: But Vincent Brussee is looking for a way in, so he can better glimpse what life is like under the Communist Party. An analyst with the Mercator Institute for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1911258/as-china-shuts-out-the-world-internet-access-from-abroad-gets-harder-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T20:05:00Z	**Mark Zuckerberg is More Interested in the Metaverse Than Election Integrity**
Mark Zuckerberg's intense focus on the metaverse has replaced securing elections as the Meta CEO's top concern, four Meta employees with knowledge of the situation told The New York Times. From a report: Zuckerberg has been public with his desire to transform Meta -- formerly known as Facebook -- into a metaverse company, pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/1940249/mark-zuckerberg-is-more-interested-in-the-metaverse-than-election-integrity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T20:45:00Z	**Female Scientists Less Likely To Be Given Authorship Credits, Analysis Finds**
Female scientists are less likely to receive authorship credit or to be named on patents related to the work they do compared with their male counterparts -- including in fields such as healthcare, where women dominate -- data suggests. From a report: This gender gap may help to explain well-documented disparities in the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2018249/female-scientists-less-likely-to-be-given-authorship-credits-analysis-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T21:25:00Z	**Bungie Slaps YouTube Takedown Impersonator With $7.6 Million Lawsuit**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PC Gamer: Back in March, a wave of bizarre copyright strikes rocked the Destiny 2 community. Not only did it affect some of the game's biggest content creators, but also videos on Bungie's own YouTube channel. It turned out none of them had actually come from the developer but a "bad actor" impersona ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2055236/bungie-slaps-youtube-takedown-impersonator-with-76-million-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T22:02:00Z	**Senator Posts Cryptocurrency Bill On GitHub, Chaos Ensues**
On Wednesday, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) posted her upcoming cryptocurrency regulation bill on GitHub. What she got in return were eight pull requests and lots of trolling. The Verge reports: As of press time, Github users have commented on 24 issues in the bill and made eight pull requests -- some of which have proposed meaningful additions to the bill. One user ask ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/213241/senator-posts-cryptocurrency-bill-on-github-chaos-ensues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T22:40:00Z	**Apple Rumored To Announce 'Game-Changer' AR/VR Headset In January 2023**
Apple is "likely" to announce its long-rumored mixed-reality headset as soon as January 2023, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reiterated. MacRumors reports: In a detailed post on Medium, Kuo explained that Apple's headset will be a "game-changer" for the augmented-reality and virtual-reality market. Describing some of the headset's functi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/217209/apple-rumored-to-announce-game-changer-arvr-headset-in-january-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-24T23:20:00Z	**A Garage-Sized Reactor Could Provide Limitless Energy With Magnet-Free Technology**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: Seattle-based Zap Energy is using a lesser-known approach to nuclear fusion to build modular, garage-sized reactors. They are cheaper and don't require the large, incredibly powerful magnets used in traditional fusion experiments. Ultimately, t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2113254/a-garage-sized-reactor-could-provide-limitless-energy-with-magnet-free-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T00:01:00Z	**The Sleep Debt Collector Is Here**
Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain. From a report: The sleep debt collectors are coming. They want you to know that there is no such thing as forgiveness, only a shifting expectation of how and when you're going to pay them back. You think of them as you lie in bed at night. How much will they ask for? Are you solvent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2116258/the-sleep-debt-collector-is-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T00:45:00Z	**Goldman Sachs Raising Funds to Buy Celsius Assets**
Goldman Sachs is looking to raise $2 billion from investors to buy up distressed assets from troubled crypto lender Celsius, according to two people familiar with the matter. CoinDesk reports: The proposed deal would allow investors to buy up Celsius' assets at potentially big discounts in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the people said. Goldman Sachs appears to be gauging inter ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2137203/goldman-sachs-raising-funds-to-buy-celsius-assets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T01:25:00Z	**The Mars Express Spacecraft Is Finally Getting a Windows 98 Upgrade**
Engineers at the European Space Agency (ESA) are getting ready for a Windows 98 upgrade on an orbiter circling Mars. The Verge reports: The Mars Express spacecraft has been operating for more than 19 years, and the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) instrument onboard has been using software built using Win ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2151238/the-mars-express-spacecraft-is-finally-getting-a-windows-98-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T02:02:00Z	**Engineers Demonstrate Quantum Integrated Circuit Made Up of Just a Few Atoms**
Engineers in Sydney have demonstrated a quantum integrated circuit made up of just a few atoms. By precisely controlling the quantum states of the atoms, the new processor can simulate the structure and properties of molecules in a way that could unlock new materials and catalysts. New Atlas reports: The new quantum cir ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2158234/engineers-demonstrate-quantum-integrated-circuit-made-up-of-just-a-few-atoms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T03:30:00Z	**Goodbye Zachtronics, Developers of Very Cool Video Games**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Kotaku: On July 5, Zachtronics will be releasing Last Call BBS, a collection of stylish little puzzle games wrapped up in a retro PC gaming vibe. After 11 years in business (and even longer outside of commercial releases), a time which has seen the studio develop a cult following almost unrivaled in indie gaming, it will  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2232211/goodbye-zachtronics-developers-of-very-cool-video-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T07:00:00Z	**Rogue Rocket's Moon Crash Site Spotted By NASA Probe**
The grave of a rocket body that slammed into the moon more than three months ago has been found. Space.com reports: Early this year, astronomers determined that a mysterious rocket body was on course to crash into the lunar surface on March 4. Their calculations suggested that the impact would occur inside Hertzsprung Crater, a 354-mile-wide (570 kilometers) feature o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2220231/rogue-rockets-moon-crash-site-spotted-by-nasa-probe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T10:00:00Z	**European Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Cuts Staff By Hundreds**
Austria-based crypto trading platform Bitpanda is slashing its headcount to ensure sustainability, the company said in a Friday blog post. CoinDesk reports: Bitpanda's founders said the firm needs to let employees go as it scales down due to market conditions. The company said it is aiming for a target headcount of 730. It has just over 1,000 employees, according to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/2223259/european-crypto-exchange-bitpanda-cuts-staff-by-hundreds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T13:00:00Z	**Pig Heart Transplant Failure: Doctors Detail Everything That Went Wrong**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this year, news broke of the first experimental xenotransplantation: A human patient with heart disease received a heart from a pig that had been genetically engineered to avoid rejection. While initially successful, the experiment ended two months later when the transp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/24/226216/pig-heart-transplant-failure-doctors-detail-everything-that-went-wrong?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T14:34:00Z	**Linux Kernel Signature Verification Code Adds FIPS Compliance**
Phoronix reports a new change was merged into the soon-to-be-released Linux 5.19 on Tuesday, making the kernel's signature verification code compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standards known as FIPS:

FIPS are public standards via the National Institute of Standards and Technology used by U.S. government agencies and contractors in the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/0118254/linux-kernel-signature-verification-code-adds-fips-compliance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T15:34:00Z	**How China's Expanding Surveillance Allows the State to Tighten Its Grip**
"China's ambition to collect a staggering amount of personal data from everyday citizens is more expansive than previously known," reports the New York Times, after their Visual Investigations team with reporters in Asia "spent more than a year analyzing more than 100,000 government bidding documents."
The Chinese government's goal is ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/0144248/how-chinas-expanding-surveillance-allows-the-state-to-tighten-its-grip?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T16:34:00Z	**AI-Powered GitHub Copilot Leaves Preview, Now Costs $100 a Year**
It was June 29th of 2021 that Microsoft-owned GitHub first announced its AI-powered autocompletion tool for programmers — trained on GitHub repositories and other publicly-available source code.

But after a year in "technical preview," GitHub Copilot has reached a new milestone, reports Info-Q: you'll now have to pay to use it after a 60-day t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/0334207/ai-powered-github-copilot-leaves-preview-now-costs-100-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T17:50:00Z	**Are 'Google Programmers' the New 'Next-Next-Finish Programmers'?**
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:

Back in 1998, Ellen Ullman wrote in Salon about The dumbing-down of programming: "My programming tools were full of wizards. Little dialog boxes waiting for me to click "Next" and "Next" and "Finish." Click and drag and shazzam! — thousands of lines of working code. No need to get into the "hassle" of rememberin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/1745219/are-google-programmers-the-new-next-next-finish-programmers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T19:02:00Z	**A Single AI-Enhanced Brain Scan Can Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease**
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an announcement from London's Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine:

A single MRI scan of the brain could be enough to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, according to new research by Imperial College London.

The research uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/191204/a-single-ai-enhanced-brain-scan-can-diagnose-alzheimers-disease?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T20:02:00Z	**On NetHack's 35th Anniversary, It's Displayed at Museum of Modern Art**
Switzerland-based software developer Jean-Christophe Collet writes:
A long time ago I got involved with the development of NetHack, a very early computer role playing game, and soon joined the DevTeam, as we've been known since the early days. I was very active for the first 10 years then progressively faded out even though I am still off ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/1927234/on-nethacks-35th-anniversary-its-displayed-at-museum-of-modern-art?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T21:36:00Z	**Russia's Cyberattacks Thwarted by Ukraine, Microsoft, Google, and Western Intelligence**
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "the first full-scale battle in which traditional and cyberweapons have been used side by side," reports the New York Times. But the biggest surprise is that "many of the attacks were thwarted, or there was enough redundancy built into the Ukrainian networks that the efforts d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/2134231/russias-cyberattacks-thwarted-by-ukraine-microsoft-google-and-western-intelligence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T22:49:00Z	**Is Dyslexia an Evolutionary Advantage Rather Than a 'Disorder'?**
LinkedIn recently added 'dyslexic thinking' as an official skill.

And now the U.K. national newspaper the Telegraph reports on scientists arguing that dyslexia is not a "disorder" — but an evolutionarily beneficial willingness to explore:

The experts suggested that dyslexia, which causes difficulty reading, writing and spelling, is a useful speci ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/0015254/is-dyslexia-an-evolutionary-advantage-rather-than-a-disorder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-25T23:49:00Z	**US Proposes New Rules to Curb 'Meme Stock' Rallies**
America's Securities and Exchange Commission "is considering broad changes to curb the frenetic trading of stocks based on social media activity," reports Reuters:

The proposed overhaul would be the biggest change to Wall Street's rules since 2005 and would affect nearly every corner of the market, from commission-free brokerages to market makers and exchanges. The U.S. House ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/2249230/us-proposes-new-rules-to-curb-meme-stock-rallies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T00:44:00Z	**Meme-Stock Probe Finds Robinhood Woes Were Worse Than It Let On**
Bloomberg writes that the makers of the Robinhood app "faced a more dire situation during the height of last year's meme-stock frenzy than executives at the online brokerage let on publicly, according to a report from top Democrats on a key congressional committee."

A more-than-yearlong investigation by staff on the House Financial Services Commit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/2253208/meme-stock-probe-finds-robinhood-woes-were-worse-than-it-let-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T01:34:00Z	**New Linux Foundation Podcast: 'Untold Stories of Open Source'**
The nonprofit Linux Foundation pays Linus Torvalds' salary and supports many other open source projects. But they also launched a new podcast series this week covering "The Untold Stories of Open Source."

"Each week we explore the people who are supporting Open Source projects, how they became involved with it, and the problems they faced along the way," ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/0041218/new-linux-foundation-podcast-untold-stories-of-open-source?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T03:34:00Z	**Stack Overflow Survey Finds Developers Like Rust, Python, JavaScript and Remote Work**
For Stack Overflow's annual survey, "Over 73,000 developers from 180 countries each spent roughly 15 minutes answering our questions," a blog post announces:
The top five languages for professional developers haven't changed: JavaScript is still the most used, and Rust is the most loved for a seventh yea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/026203/stack-overflow-survey-finds-developers-like-rust-python-javascript-and-remote-work?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T18:55:00Z	**Are Air Taxis Getting Closer?**
Last week a headline in the Los Angeles Times proclaimed "Look! Up in the sky! It's an air taxi. They're coming to Los Angeles."

Even the British newspaper the Times took notice:
Air taxis will be flying through the skies above Los Angeles in time for the summer Olympics of 2028 if city officials and entrepreneurs have their way.

A Silicon Valley company is the latest to claim that it is close to creating viable e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/1853200/are-air-taxis-getting-closer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T17:48:00Z	**How 1982's 'Blade Runner' Defined the Sci-Fi Film Genre**
Esquire celebrates the 40th anniversary of the movie Blade Runner:
Based on Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, Scott's film created a world so rich, so dirty and wet and worn out, so visually stunning, that imitation was an inevitability. Less gym-bro than The Terminator, less wacky than Terry Gilliam's Brazil, and less all-out  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/1746207/how-1982s-blade-runner-defined-the-sci-fi-film-genre?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T16:34:00Z	**Satellites are Sinking Faster Toward Earth. Scientists Blame Solar Wind**
"In late 2021, operators of the European Space Agency's Swarm constellation noticed something worrying," reports Space.com. "The satellites, which measure the magnetic field around Earth, started sinking toward the atmosphere at an unusually fast rate — up to 10 times faster than before.

"The change coincided with the onset of th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/0153208/satellites-are-sinking-faster-toward-earth-scientists-blame-solar-wind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T15:34:00Z	**Tim Berners-Lee Skeptical of Web3, Touts Decentralized Internet Without Blockchain**
Sir Tim Berners-Lee "is skeptical about a blockchain-based internet," reports the Next Web. Instead, they describe his new vision as "a decentralized architecture that gives users control of their data" — on a Platform called Solid:
Berners-Lee shares Web3's purported mission of transferring data from Big Tech t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/0342229/tim-berners-lee-skeptical-of-web3-touts-decentralized-internet-without-blockchain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T14:34:00Z	**How China Hopes to Fly Mars Samples to Earth Two Years Before NASA and ESA**
"China's Mars sample return mission aims to collect samples from the Red Planet and deliver them to Earth in 2031, or two years ahead of a NASA and ESA joint mission," reports SpaceNews:

Lifting off in late 2028... the complex, multi-launch mission will have simpler architecture in comparison with the joint NASA-ESA project ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/016250/how-china-hopes-to-fly-mars-samples-to-earth-two-years-before-nasa-and-esa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T11:34:00Z	**Are Today's Programmers Leaving Too Much Code Bloat?**
Long-time Slashdot reader Artem S. Tashkinov shares a blog post from indie game programmer who complains "The special upload tool I had to use today was a total of 230MB of client files, and involved 2,700 different files to manage this process."

Oh and BTW it gives error messages and right now, it doesn't work. sigh.

I've seen coders do this. I know how this happ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/0025250/are-todays-programmers-leaving-too-much-code-bloat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T07:34:00Z	**Why MapQuest, Jeeves, and Other 'Internet Zombies' are Still Around**
"The dream of the 1990s internet is still alive, if you look in the right corners," argues the New York Times' newsletter On Tech:
More than 17 million Americans regularly use MapQuest, one of the first digital mapping websites that was long ago overtaken by Google and Apple, according to data from the research firm Comscore. The dot-com-era int ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/22/06/25/221217/why-mapquest-jeeves-and-other-internet-zombies-are-still-around?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T20:05:00Z	**Facebook Agrees To Massive Settlement For Data Privacy Class Action Lawsuit**
Here's an announcement from lawfirm DiCello Levitt Gutzler. This week a U.S. District court "granted preliminary approval of a $90 million settlement" with Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, "to resolve a long-running class action accusing Facebook of tracking its subscribers' activities on non-Facebook websites — eve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/1956237/facebook-agrees-to-massive-settlement-for-data-privacy-class-action-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T21:36:00Z	**Here Come the Solar-Powered Cars**
The Guardian reports on the "world's first production-ready solar car", a streamlined and energy-efficient sedan-style vehicle covered with curved solar panels called "the Lightyear 0."

The Dutch company Lightyear hopes to be shipping the vehicle by November, priced at about $264,000 (€250,000 or £215,000) — though the company plans another solar-assisted car priced at $32,000 (€30,000) as early as 2025. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/2133221/here-come-the-solar-powered-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T22:44:00Z	**Tesla Pays Powerwall Owners to Form 'Virtual Power Plant' in California**
"Tesla has launched a new virtual power plant in partnership with PG&E in California that will pay Powerwalls owners to help stabilize the electric grid and end brownouts in California," reports Electrek.

A virtual power plant (VPP) consists of distributed energy storage systems, like Tesla Powerwalls, used in concert to provide  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/2245228/tesla-pays-powerwall-owners-to-form-virtual-power-plant-in-california?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-26T23:59:00Z	**What Happened After Amazon's $71M Tax Break in Central New York?**
This week Amazon announced that "Approximately 1,500 local Amazon employees will operate and work with innovative robotics technology" at a new fulfillment center that's a first of its kind for Central New York.

Amazon's press release says they've created 39,000 jobs in New York since 2010 — and "invested over $14 billion in the state of New York" — ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/26/2321257/what-happened-after-amazons-71m-tax-break-in-central-new-york?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T01:41:00Z	**Chinese Team Claims Stem Cell Breakthrough in Mice Study**
"Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have developed a new drug cocktail that can convert cells into totipotent stem cells, the very seeds of life..." writes New Atlas:

Not all stem cells are created equal — they sit in a branching hierarchy of differentiation potential. Multipotent stem cells are found in many tissues in adults, where they can turn i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/0010220/chinese-team-claims-stem-cell-breakthrough-in-mice-study?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T03:51:00Z	**Disneyland's 'Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance' Ride Keeps Breaking Down**
SFGate calls it "the most technologically advanced ride Disney has ever opened."

The 18-minute journey involves a secret rebel base, interrogation from the First Order, uncomfortably close brushes with Kylo Ren and a daring rescue mission, and has sophisticated animatronics and a trackless ride system unlike anything else  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/0044224/disneylands-star-wars-rise-of-the-resistance-ride-keeps-breaking-down?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T07:51:00Z	**Lessons Learned from the Life of Videogame Executive Bernie Stolar**
VentureBeat reports:
Video game legend Bernie Stolar, former president of Sega of America, has passed away at the age of 75, friends said.

Bernie Stolar was the first executive VP of Sony Computer Entertainment America, according to their article, and helped line up the games for the launch of the first PlayStation, eventually signing franc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/0232252/lessons-learned-from-the-life-of-videogame-executive-bernie-stolar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T11:34:00Z	**How a Turkish Municipal District Switched to GNU/Linux**
Today I learned Turkey's Scientific and Technological Research Council has a subsidiary developing a GNU/Linux distro called Pardus, "redesigned to be used in accordance with the practices and habits of users in Turkey."

And this week the Free Software Foundation published a post from the proud project leader of Pardus, explaining exactly why open source was chosen  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/0154233/how-a-turkish-municipal-district-switched-to-gnulinux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T14:05:00Z	**Viruses Survive in Fresh Water by 'Hitchhiking' on Plastic, Study Finds**
Dangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in fresh water by hitchhiking on plastic, researchers have found. From a report: Enteric viruses that cause diarrhoea and stomach upsets, such as rotavirus, were found to survive in water by attaching to microplastics, tiny particles less than 5mm long. They remain infectio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/145209/viruses-survive-in-fresh-water-by-hitchhiking-on-plastic-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T14:48:00Z	**More Hedge Funds Are Betting Against Tether as Crypto Melts Down**
Short sellers have been ramping up their bets against tether, the world's largest stablecoin, amid a broad market selloff that has called into doubt the financial health of some crypto companies. From a report: In the past month, more traditional hedge funds have executed trades to short tether through Genesis Global Trading, one of the largest crypto ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1448257/more-hedge-funds-are-betting-against-tether-as-crypto-melts-down?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T15:20:00Z	**Tokyo Warned of Power Crunch as Japan Endures Heat Wave**
The Japanese government warned of possible power shortages Monday in the Tokyo region, asking people to conserve energy as the country endures an unusually intense heat wave. From a report: Weather officials have announced the earliest end to the annual summer rainy season since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1951. The rains usually temper sum ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1511243/tokyo-warned-of-power-crunch-as-japan-endures-heat-wave?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T16:00:00Z	**Venture Funding Set To Hit Lowest Level Since 2020**
Venture capital-backed startups raised far fewer rounds of funding during the past three months than they did during the more ebullient days of late last year and early this year, according to new data from analytics firm CB Insights. From a report: Deal activity across the globe dropped 23% between the first quarter and second quarter of this year, the firm found, using da ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1517232/venture-funding-set-to-hit-lowest-level-since-2020?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T16:44:00Z	**Three Arrows Capital, a Prominent Crypto Hedge Fund, Defaults on a $670 Million Loan**
Prominent crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has defaulted on a loan worth more than $670 million. Digital asset brokerage Voyager Digital issued a notice on Monday morning, stating that the fund failed to repay a loan of $350 million in the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDC, and 15,250 bitcoin, worth ab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1623229/three-arrows-capital-a-prominent-crypto-hedge-fund-defaults-on-a-670-million-loan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T17:22:00Z	**Base 13-Inch MacBook Pro With M2 Chip Has Significantly Slower SSD Speeds**
Following the launch of Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip, it has been discovered that the $1,299 base model with 256GB of storage has significantly slower SSD read/write speeds compared to the equivalent previous-generation model. From a report: YouTube channels such as Max Tech and Created Tech tested the 256GB  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/178231/base-13-inch-macbook-pro-with-m2-chip-has-significantly-slower-ssd-speeds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T18:20:00Z	**Facebook is Bombarding Cancer Patients With Ads For Unproven Treatments**
Clinics offering debunked cancer treatments are still allowed to advertise, despite the company's stated efforts to control medical misinformation. From a report: The ad reads like an offer of salvation: Cancer kills many people. But there is hope in Apatone, a proprietary vitamin C-based mixture, that is "KILLING cancer." The subst ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1820223/facebook-is-bombarding-cancer-patients-with-ads-for-unproven-treatments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T18:50:00Z	**Why Inflation Looks Likely To Stay Above the Pre-Pandemic Norm**
Even as supply-chain snarls ease, wage growth and price expectations are ticking up. The Economist: The bad news on inflation just keeps coming. At more than 9% year on year across the rich world, it has not been this high since the 1980s -- and there have never been so many "inflation surprises," where the data have come in higher than economists' f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1827236/why-inflation-looks-likely-to-stay-above-the-pre-pandemic-norm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T19:31:00Z	**Popular Game Valorant Will Start Listening To Your Voice Chat Next Month**
Riot Games will begin background evaluation of recorded in-game voice communications on July 13th in North America, in English. In a brief statement(opens in new tab) Riot said that the purpose of the recording is ultimately to "collect clear evidence that could verify any violations of behavioral policies." From a report: For no ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1834203/popular-game-valorant-will-start-listening-to-your-voice-chat-next-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T20:10:00Z	**Svelte Origins: a JavaScript Documentary**
Svelte Origins: The Documentary tells the story of how Svelte came to be, what makes Svelte different, and how it changes the game as a JavaScript framework. From the description of the documentary, which was recommended by several Slashdot readers: Filmed in locations throughout Europe and the US, it features Svelte's creator Rich Harris and members from the core community who contribute ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1844244/svelte-origins-a-javascript-documentary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T20:52:00Z	**FTX Exploring a Deal To Buy Robinhood**
According to Bloomberg, the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly considering a deal to acquire digital trading platform Robinhood. From a report: Robinhood has not yet received a formal notice from FTX of any such takeover, the report said, while adding that FTX could ultimately choose not to pursue a purchase. The report of a potential acquisition by FTX comes just over a month after Sam Bankman-Fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2051233/ftx-exploring-a-deal-to-buy-robinhood?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T21:30:00Z	**Google Hangouts is Shutting Down in November**
After sunsetting Google Hangouts for Workspace users in February, Google's now beginning the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts users to Chat. In an announcement posted to its blog, Google says people who still use the Hangouts mobile app will see a prompt to move to Chat. From a report: As for users who use Hangouts in Gmail on the web, Google says it won't start prompting u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1856233/google-hangouts-is-shutting-down-in-november?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T22:10:00Z	**Fintechs Face Reckoning as Easy Money Dries Up**
Valuations have collapsed even faster than they climbed, making fresh funding hard to come by. From a report: As a wave of fintechs rode successive funding rounds to ever-higher valuations over the past five years, Swedish buy now, pay later company Klarna declared its ambition to become the Ryanair, Tesla and Amazon of the sector. But now as central banks raise rates in a fight ag ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/1851219/fintechs-face-reckoning-as-easy-money-dries-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T22:50:00Z	**Company Behind Trump's Truth Social Under Investigation By Federal Prosecutors**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Independent: The so-called "blank check" company behind former president Donald Trump's Truth Social platform now appears to be the subject of an investigation by federal prosecutors who are looking into whether the company or its executives violated federal securities laws.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2057240/company-behind-trumps-truth-social-under-investigation-by-federal-prosecutors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-27T23:30:00Z	**Supreme Court Rejects Apple's Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents**
The Supreme Court declined Apple's bid for a hearing over two Qualcomm patents (US Patent No. 7,844,037 and US Patent No. 8,683,362) that were part of lawsuits filed in 2017, claiming infringement by Apple's iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. The Verge reports: Reuters points out that Apple and Qualcomm's 2019 settlem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/216247/supreme-court-rejects-apples-bid-to-continue-fighting-over-two-qualcomm-patents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T00:10:00Z	**Electric Fan Car Shatters Goodwood Hill Climb Record**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: AMcMurtry Speirling piloted by former F1 and IndyCar racing driver Max Chilton broke the Goodwood hill record Sunday, crushing the previous record set by the VW ID.R by nearly a full second. The electric fan car rocketed -- almost literally -- up the hill in a staggering 39.08 seconds, compared to the electric prototyp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2116250/electric-fan-car-shatters-goodwood-hill-climb-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T00:50:00Z	**T-Mobile Has Started Selling Your App Data To Advertisers**
T-Mobile has just officially launched its new ad platform, known as T-Mobile Advertising Solutions. That innocuous name hides a rather sketchy business model -- it aggregates your mobile application usage and sells it to advertisers. Android Police reports: The specifics of the program will sound familiar to anyone who has followed the ebb and flow of browser t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2133204/t-mobile-has-started-selling-your-app-data-to-advertisers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T01:30:00Z	**IBM Settles Age Discrimination Case That Sought Top Execs' Emails**
Less than a week after IBM was ordered in an age discrimination lawsuit to produce internal emails in which its former CEO and former SVP of human resources discuss reducing the number of older workers, the IT giant chose to settle the case for an undisclosed sum rather than proceed to trial next month. The Register reports: The order, issued on  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2139218/ibm-settles-age-discrimination-case-that-sought-top-execs-emails?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T02:10:00Z	**Google Warns ISPs Helped Distribute Hermit Spyware**
Google is warning of a sophisticated new spyware campaign that has seen malicious actors steal sensitive data from Android and iOS users in Italy and Kazakhstan. Engadget reports: On Thursday, the company's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its findings on RCS Labs, a commercial spyware vendor based out of Italy. On June 16th, security researchers at Lookout linked the firm  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2146239/google-warns-isps-helped-distribute-hermit-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T03:30:00Z	**Robinhood Almost Imploded During the GameStop Meme Stock Chaos**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The House Committee on Financial Services released a report late last week offering a harrowing glimpse inside Robinhood during the frenzy around Gamestop stock early last year. The stock trading and investing app was blindsided by the surge in interest from the first big "meme stock" after Redditors an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/27/2153256/robinhood-almost-imploded-during-the-gamestop-meme-stock-chaos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T07:00:00Z	**Linus Torvalds Is Cautiously Optimistic About Bringing Rust Into Linux Kernel's Next Release**
slack\_justyb shares a report from ZDNet: For over three decades, Linux has been written in the C programming language. Indeed, Linux is C's most outstanding accomplishment. But the last few years have seen a growing momentum to make the Rust programming language Linux's second Linux languag ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/0448235/linus-torvalds-is-cautiously-optimistic-about-bringing-rust-into-linux-kernels-next-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T10:00:00Z	**New Study Solves Long-Standing Mystery of What May Have Triggered Ice Age**
nickwinlund77 shares a report from Phys.Org: A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than 100,000 years ago come from, and how could they grow so quickly? Understanding what driv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/0440217/new-study-solves-long-standing-mystery-of-what-may-have-triggered-ice-age?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T13:00:00Z	**Brain-Machine Interface Helps Man With Paralysis Feed Himself Using Robotic Arms**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Johns Hopkins University-led researchers have developed a new technique that let a partially paralyzed man feed himself using robotic arms connected through a brain-machine interface. He only had to make small movements with his fists at certain prompts (such as ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/0457215/brain-machine-interface-helps-man-with-paralysis-feed-himself-using-robotic-arms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T14:12:00Z	**Celebrity-Endorsed Crypto Scams Soaring in UK, Santander Says**
Celebrity-endorsed cryptocurrency scams in the UK are on pace to almost double this year, Banco Santander SA's local unit said. From a report: "Case volumes" jumped 61% in the first quarter from the prior three months, Santander said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. The average value of the scams was $14,540, up 65% from a year earlier. Around  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1412230/celebrity-endorsed-crypto-scams-soaring-in-uk-santander-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T14:50:00Z	**DALL-E Mini Is the Internet's Favorite AI Meme Machine**
The viral image-generation app is good, absurd fun. It's also giving the world an education in how artificial intelligence may warp reality. From a report: On June 6, Hugging Face, a company that hosts open source artificial intelligence projects, saw traffic to an AI image-generation tool called DALL-E Mini skyrocket. The outwardly simple app, which generates nine images ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1451210/dall-e-mini-is-the-internets-favorite-ai-meme-machine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T15:30:00Z	**India Delays VPN Rules To Log Customers Data by 3 Months**
India will give VPN providers and cloud service operators an additional three months to comply with new rules that require they maintain names and addresses of their customers and their IP addresses, delivering some relief to firms as many scramble to follow the new guidelines and others explore the option of leaving the South Asian market. From a report: The Ind ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1531212/india-delays-vpn-rules-to-log-customers-data-by-3-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T16:08:00Z	**RansomHouse Extortion Group Claims AMD as Its Latest Victim**
AMD said it is investigating a potential data breach after RansomHouse, a relatively new data cybercrime operation, claims to have extorted data from the U.S. chipmaker. From a report: An AMD spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company "is aware of a bad actor claiming to be in possession of stolen data," adding that "an investigation is currently underway. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/167245/ransomhouse-extortion-group-claims-amd-as-its-latest-victim?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T16:58:00Z	**Google Moves To Keep Campaign Messages Out of Spam**
Google has asked the Federal Election Commission to green light a program that could keep campaign emails from ending up in spam folders, according to a filing obtained by Axios. From a report: Google has come under fire that its algorithms unfairly target conservative content across its services, and that its Gmail service filters more Republican fundraising and campaign e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1658232/google-moves-to-keep-campaign-messages-out-of-spam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T17:45:00Z	**Arm's Immortalis GPU is Its First With Hardware Ray Tracing for Android Gaming**
Arm is announcing its new flagship Immortalis GPU today, its first to include hardware-based ray tracing on mobile. As PCs and the latest Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles are all gradually moving toward impressive ray-traced visuals, Immortalis-G715 is designed to be the Arm's first GPU to deliver the same on Android  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1745226/arms-immortalis-gpu-is-its-first-with-hardware-ray-tracing-for-android-gaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T18:10:00Z	**Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud -- Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder**
Serhat Gumrukcu faces trial in a purported plot to kill an associate who could have exposed him and derailed a drug-development deal worth millions. From a report: Even as a teenager back in Turkey, Serhat Gumrukcu dazzled audiences. In a 2002 video, he opened one of his magic shows dancing with a cane that appeared to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/188222/biotech-wizard-left-a-trail-of-fraud----prosecutors-allege-it-ended-in-murder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T18:50:00Z	**Bored Apes Creator Sues Conceptual Artist For Copying Its NFTs**
The company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club has sued conceptual artist Ryder Ripps for selling duplicates of its Bored Ape non-fungible tokens or NFTs. From a report: The lawsuit, filed in a California court this weekend, accuses Ripps of a "calculated, intentional, and willful" scheme to damage BAYC while promoting his own copycat work. Ripps and Yuga La ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1834257/bored-apes-creator-sues-conceptual-artist-for-copying-its-nfts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T19:30:00Z	**NASA's CAPSTONE Mission Launches To the Moon**
A small NASA-financed spacecraft launched from New Zealand on Tuesday, kicking off the space agency's plans to send astronauts back to the moon in a few years. From a report: The spacecraft, called CAPSTONE, is about the size of a microwave oven. It will study a specific orbit where NASA plans to build a small space station for astronauts to stop at before and after going to the moon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1926257/nasas-capstone-mission-launches-to-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T20:10:00Z	**Google Makes Earth Engine Available To All Businesses and Governments**
For the past decade, researchers in academia and the nonprofit world have had access to increasingly sophisticated information about the Earth's surface, via the Google Earth Engine. Now, any commercial or government entity will have access to Google Cloud's new enterprise-grade, commercial version of the computer program. From a report ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1916213/google-makes-earth-engine-available-to-all-businesses-and-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T20:53:00Z	**Mozilla Releases Firefox 102**
williamyf writes: Today, Mozilla released Firefox 102. New features include:\* Tired of too many windows crowding your screen? You can now disable automatic opening of the download panel every time a new download starts. Read more.\* Firefox now mitigates query parameter tracking when navigating sites in ETP strict mode.\* Subtitles and captions for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) are now available at HBO Max, Funimation, Da ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/198214/mozilla-releases-firefox-102?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T21:30:00Z	**Modern City Dwellers Have Lost About Half Their Gut Microbes**
Comparing genomes of intestinal bacteria in various primates and human populations begins to pinpoint the possibly helpful microbes that have gone missing from our guts. From a report: Deep in the human gut, myriad "good" bacteria and other microbes help us digest our food, as well as keep us healthy by affecting our immune, metabolic, and nervous sys ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/1942212/modern-city-dwellers-have-lost-about-half-their-gut-microbes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T22:10:00Z	**FBI Says People Are Using Deepfakes To Apply To Remote Jobs**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: The FBI wrote to its Internet Crime Complaint Center Tuesday that it has received multiple complaints of people using stolen information and deepfaked video and voice to apply to remote tech jobs. According to the FBI's announcement, more companies have been reporting people applying to jobs using video, images,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/216238/fbi-says-people-are-using-deepfakes-to-apply-to-remote-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T22:50:00Z	**Russian Parliament Approves Tax Break For Issuers of Digital Assets**
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law that would potentially exempt issuers of digital assets and cryptocurrencies from value-added tax. Reuters reports: Unprecedented Western sanctions have hit the heart of Russia's financial system over events in Ukraine and lawmakers have scrabbled to bring in new legislation to soften the bl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2111206/russian-parliament-approves-tax-break-for-issuers-of-digital-assets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-28T23:30:00Z	**UK Decides AI Still Cannot Patent Inventions**
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being. The BBC reports: A recent IPO consultation found many experts doubted AI was currently able to invent without human assistance. Current law allowed humans to patent inventions made with AI assistance, the government said, despite "misperceptions" this was not th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2120224/uk-decides-ai-still-cannot-patent-inventions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T00:10:00Z	**MNT Shrinks Its Open Source Reform Laptop Into a 7-Inch Pocket PC Throwback**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A few months ago, we reviewed the MNT Reform, which attempts to bring the dream of entirely open source hardware to an audience that doesn't want to design and build a laptop totally from scratch. Now, MNT is bringing its open-hardware ethos to a second PC, a 7-inch  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2136207/mnt-shrinks-its-open-source-reform-laptop-into-a-7-inch-pocket-pc-throwback?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T00:50:00Z	**TSMC May Surpass Intel In Quarterly Revenue For First Time**
Wall Street analysts estimate TSMC will grow second-quarter revenue 43 percent quarter-over-quarter to $18.1 billion. Intel, on the other hand, is expected to see sales decline 2 percent sequentially to $17.98 billion in the same period, according to estimates collected by Yahoo Finance. The Register reports: The potential for TSMC to surpass Intel in quarterly r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2223231/tsmc-may-surpass-intel-in-quarterly-revenue-for-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T01:30:00Z	**Apple Exec Says Samsung Copied iPhone and Simply 'Put a Bigger Screen Around It'**
In a new documentary about the evolution of the iPhone, Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak was seen calling Samsung "annoying" and accusing them of poorly copying Apple's technology. "They were annoying," said Joswiak. "And they were annoying because, as you know, they ripped off our technology. They took the inn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2228224/apple-exec-says-samsung-copied-iphone-and-simply-put-a-bigger-screen-around-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T02:10:00Z	**Airbnb Makes Its Party Ban Permanent**
Airbnb on Tuesday announced a global ban on parties, following a temporary restriction it put in place two years ago. CNBC reports: The company is permanently banning "disruptive parties and events," which include open-invite gatherings. "Party houses," which people book to throw a large event for just one night, will stay banned as well. Airbnb placed a ban on party houses and rolled out several safety fe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2232210/airbnb-makes-its-party-ban-permanent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T03:30:00Z	**Octopus and Human Brains Share the Same 'Jumping Genes'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SciTechDaily: An exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities makes the octopus very unique among invertebrates. So much so that it resembles vertebrates more than invertebrates in several aspects. The neural and cognitive complexity of these animals could originate from a molecular analogy  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/28/2238219/octopus-and-human-brains-share-the-same-jumping-genes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T07:05:00Z	**Rock Samples From NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Contain Key Ingredient of Life**
Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show signs of key ingredients for life as we know it on Earth. Space.com reports: The venerable Curiosity Rover drilled samples from Gale crater, the site of an ancient lake on Mars. Using these samples, scientists were able, for the first time, to measure the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/073214/rock-samples-from-nasas-curiosity-mars-rover-contain-key-ingredient-of-life?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T10:00:00Z	**Gmail's New Look Is About To Become Opt-Out Instead of Opt-In**
Google started rolling out an updated user interface for Gmail in February that pulls Meet, Chat, and Spaces closer and applies more of its Material You styling effects. Starting today, it's becoming opt-out instead of opt-in, so your account will switch over to the new view by default pretty soon. The Verge reports: If you can't tell what's different h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/0657211/gmails-new-look-is-about-to-become-opt-out-instead-of-opt-in?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T13:00:00Z	**Ford Says You Can Never Own Leased EVs**
schwit1 shares a report from The Truth About Cars: Ford Motor Co. will be suspending end-of-lease buyout options for customers driving all-electric vehicles, provided they took possession of the model after June 15, 2022. Those who nabbed their Mach-E beforehand will still have the option of purchasing the automobile once their lease ends. However, there are some states that won't be abiding by th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/0531203/ford-says-you-can-never-own-leased-evs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T14:15:00Z	**Behind the Celsius Sales Pitch Was a Crypto Firm Built on Risk**
Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky built his cryptocurrency lender into a giant on a pitch that it was less risky than a bank with better returns for customers. But investor documents show the lender carried far more risk than a traditional bank. From a report: The lender issued numerous large loans backed by little collateral, according to Celsius i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1416210/behind-the-celsius-sales-pitch-was-a-crypto-firm-built-on-risk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T14:47:00Z	**Bitcoin is the Only Coin the SEC Chair Will Call a Commodity**
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, said on CNBC's Squawk Box that the only token he would lump in with commodities was bitcoin. From a report: Gensler pointedly declined to name any cryptocurrency other than the original one, notable because the market has been operating under the assumption that there is a s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1447221/bitcoin-is-the-only-coin-the-sec-chair-will-call-a-commodity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T15:29:00Z	**Cyber Pirates Prowling Ship Controls Threaten Another Big Shock**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In February 2019, a large container ship sailing for New York identified a cyber intrusion on board that startled the US Coast Guard. Though the malware attack never controlled the vessel's movement, authorities concluded that weak defenses exposed critical functions to "significant vulnerabilities." A maritime di ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1529250/cyber-pirates-prowling-ship-controls-threaten-another-big-shock?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T16:05:00Z	**TSMC To Customers: It's Time To Stop Using Older Nodes and Move to 28nm**
AnandTech: We tend to discuss leading-edge nodes and the most advanced chips made using them, but there are thousands of chip designs developed years ago that are made using what are now mature process technologies that are still widely employed by the industry. On the execution side of matters, those chips still do their jobs as perfe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/162216/tsmc-to-customers-its-time-to-stop-using-older-nodes-and-move-to-28nm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T16:45:00Z	**Windows 10's 22H2 Update Might Not Actually Do Much of Anything**
The Windows 11 22H2 update is working its way through Microsoft's Windows Insider testing channels, and we'd expect it to begin rolling out to Windows 11 PCs at some point in the next few weeks or months. But Microsoft has had almost nothing to say about the next major update to Windows 10 beyond the fact that the operating system will keep getting y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/167205/windows-10s-22h2-update-might-not-actually-do-much-of-anything?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T17:22:00Z	**Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Set for Court-Ordered Liquidation**
A British Virgin Islands court ordered the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital, the crypto hedge fund that bet big on everything from Bitcoin to the ill-fated Luna tokens and then succumbed to a $2 trillion wipeout of the digital-asset markets. From a report: The court, which made the order on Monday, has appointed two partners at consulting and advis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1610217/crypto-hedge-fund-three-arrows-set-for-court-ordered-liquidation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T18:05:00Z	**Gmail's Redesigned Interface, Featuring Chat and Meet, Now the New Default**
Gmail is now rolling out a new user interface that will show Chat and Meet sections on the side pane by default. From a report: Google introduced this new integrated view earlier this year through opt-in options, so you had to manually enable Chat and Meet panes. However, as the new phase of the rollout is starting, the company w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1752257/gmails-redesigned-interface-featuring-chat-and-meet-now-the-new-default?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T18:42:00Z	**Apple Promises 'White Glove Experiences' For Its Most Helpful Community Members**
Apple is rewarding the most active and helpful members of its support forums with its new Community Plus program. The invite-only program gives these "high-level" Support Community members access to exclusive perks and experiences. From a report: Apple's Support Community members can already earn points based on their ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1756211/apple-promises-white-glove-experiences-for-its-most-helpful-community-members?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T19:38:00Z	**Firefox Can Now Automatically Remove Tracking From URLs**
Mozilla's latest Firefox browser release has a new feature that prevents sites like Facebook from tracking you across websites. Called Query Parameter Stripping, it automatically removes strings of characters added to the end of an URL.

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2022-06-29T20:10:00Z	**A Pro-China Online Influence Campaign is Targeting the Rare-Earths Industry**
Disinformation operatives seek to undermine firms in the Western world as China fights to maintain near-monopoly power. From a report: An online influence campaign carried out by a group that promotes China's political interests is targeting Western companies that mine and process rare-earth elements, according to a new re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/204219/a-pro-china-online-influence-campaign-is-targeting-the-rare-earths-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T20:50:00Z	**A Wide Range of Routers Are Under Attack By New, Unusually Sophisticated Malware**
An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with malware that takes full control of connected devices running Windows, macOS, and Linux, researchers reported on Tuesday. From a report: So far, researchers from Lumen Technologies' Black Lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/1954249/a-wide-range-of-routers-are-under-attack-by-new-unusually-sophisticated-malware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T21:30:00Z	**Crypto Tax Cheats Likely to Get Relief as US Crackdown Hits Snag**
The US government's bid to collect billions of dollars in taxes is hitting a snag, with the Biden administration poised to delay when crypto brokers and exchanges must start gathering detailed information on their clients' trading. From a report: The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are likely to push off a January date for th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2019235/crypto-tax-cheats-likely-to-get-relief-as-us-crackdown-hits-snag?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T22:10:00Z	**Kim Dotcom Not Happy, Says 'Mega Mass Piracy Report' Is On the Way**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom does not seem like a happy man right now. After accusing two of his former colleagues [Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk] of facilitating Chinese spying, Dotcom says that a report is being produced to show that mass infringement is taking place on Mega, a com ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2056232/kim-dotcom-not-happy-says-mega-mass-piracy-report-is-on-the-way?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T22:50:00Z	**Substack Is Laying Off 14% of Its Staff**
Substack, the newsletter start-up that has attracted prominent writers including George Saunders and Salman Rushdie, laid off 13 of its 90 employees on Wednesday, part of an effort to conserve cash amid an industrywide funding crunch for start-ups. The New York Times reports: Substack's chief executive, Chris Best, told employees that the cuts affected staff members responsible for human resources and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/210242/substack-is-laying-off-14-of-its-staff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-29T23:30:00Z	**FCC Commissioner Wants Apple, Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores**
A leader of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said he has asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over China-related data security concerns. CNBC reports: The wildly popular short video app is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which faced U.S. scrutiny under President Donald Trump. Brendan Carr, one of the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/215235/fcc-commissioner-wants-apple-google-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T00:10:00Z	**Meta Sparks Anger By Charging For VR Apps**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Meta is facing a growing backlash for the charges imposed on apps created for its virtual reality headsets, as developers complain about the commercial terms set around futuristic devices that the company hopes will help create a multibillion-dollar consumer market. [...] But several developers told the Financial Times of their fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2121257/meta-sparks-anger-by-charging-for-vr-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T00:30:00Z	**Unity Laying Off Hundreds of Staffers**
Unity, the company behind the popular game development engine of the same name, has recently laid off hundreds of staffers, multiple sources tell Kotaku. From the report: Founded in the mid-2000s, Unity is used by thousands of developers; you've almost certainly seen its logo pop up in the loading screens for some of your favorite -- or least-favorite -- games. In 2014, former EA head John Riccitiello to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2213207/unity-laying-off-hundreds-of-staffers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T00:50:00Z	**Brazil Is Also Considering Making USB-C Chargers Mandatory For iPhones**
Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel has launched a public consultation on a proposal to make USB-C chargers mandatory for all smartphones sold in the country. The Verge reports: It's the latest example of lawmakers and regulators turning to USB-C as a common charging standard for phones. The EU passed a law on the matter earlier this  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2126208/brazil-is-also-considering-making-usb-c-chargers-mandatory-for-iphones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T01:30:00Z	**California's Attempt To Protect Kids Online Could End Adults' Internet Anonymity**
Thomas Claburn writes via The Register: California lawmakers met in Sacramento today to discuss, among other things, proposed legislation to protect children online. The bill, AB2273, known as The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, would require websites to verify the ages of visitors. Critics of the legisla ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2134210/californias-attempt-to-protect-kids-online-could-end-adults-internet-anonymity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T02:10:00Z	**Extreme Temperatures In Major Latin American Cities Could Be Linked To Nearly 1 Million Deaths**
Rodrigo Perez Ortega writes via Science Magazine: With climate change, heat waves and cold fronts are worsening and taking lives worldwide: about 5 million in the past 20 years, according to at least one study. In a new study published today in Nature Medicine, an international team of r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2142242/extreme-temperatures-in-major-latin-american-cities-could-be-linked-to-nearly-1-million-deaths?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T03:30:00Z	**AI Could Improve Welfare of Farmed Chickens By Listening To Their Squawks**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Artificial intelligence that could improve the welfare of farmed chickens by eavesdropping on their squawks could become available within five years, researchers say. The technology, which detects and quantifies distress calls made by chickens housed in huge indoor sheds, correct ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2151226/ai-could-improve-welfare-of-farmed-chickens-by-listening-to-their-squawks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T07:00:00Z	**MIT Proposes Brazil-Sized Fleet of 'Space Bubbles' To Cool the Earth**
A group of MIT researchers is exploring a radical idea for reversing global warming: using a raft of "space bubbles" to reflect sunlight away from our planet. Freethink reports: The copious amounts of greenhouse gasses humans have been releasing into the air ever since the Industrial Revolution are forming a sort of blanket around our pla ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/220239/mit-proposes-brazil-sized-fleet-of-space-bubbles-to-cool-the-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T10:00:00Z	**Construction Begins On 'Mammoth' Direct Air Capture Plant**
Swiss climate tech company Climeworks announced yesterday that it has broken ground on its biggest facility yet for capturing carbon dioxide from the air. The Verge reports: The new Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant, named Mammoth, will significantly scale up the company's operations in Hellisheioi, Iceland. That's where Climeworks built Orca, which was the largest  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/225244/construction-begins-on-mammoth-direct-air-capture-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T13:00:00Z	**China Ponders Nuclear-Powered 2030 Mission To Neptune**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Scientists at top universities in China propose sending a spacecraft powered by nuclear fission to orbit Neptune -- the outermost planet in our solar system -- in 2030. Astronomers have not yet been able to look at Uranus and Neptune in much detail. The best data collected so far comes from NASA's Voyager 2, the only s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/29/2210209/china-ponders-nuclear-powered-2030-mission-to-neptune?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T14:03:00Z	**AI Could Improve Welfare of Farmed Chickens By Listening To Their Squawks**
Artificial intelligence that could improve the welfare of farmed chickens by eavesdropping on their squawks could become available within five years, researchers say. From a report: The technology, which detects and quantifies distress calls made by chickens housed in huge indoor sheds, correctly distinguished distress calls f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/143232/ai-could-improve-welfare-of-farmed-chickens-by-listening-to-their-squawks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T14:45:00Z	**Employee Shared OpenSea User Email Addresses With an 'Unauthorized' Party**
An employee working for OpenSea's email delivery vendor misused their customer data access to download and share email addresses with an "unauthorized external party," the NFT marketplace wrote in a company blog post Wednesday. The employee worked for Customer.io. From a report: OpenSea said customers who have shared their emails in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1445213/employee-shared-opensea-user-email-addresses-with-an-unauthorized-party?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T15:27:00Z	**US Supreme Court Says EPA Can't Regulate Carbon Pollution Under Clean Air Act**
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate carbon pollution from existing power plants. From a report: The 6-3 decision, with the three liberal justices dissenting, makes it increasingly likely that an act of Congress will be required to create regul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1528203/us-supreme-court-says-epa-cant-regulate-carbon-pollution-under-clean-air-act?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T16:04:00Z	**Apple Lets Apps in South Korea Use Third-Party Payment Systems**
Developers of apps released in Apple's South Korean App Store no longer have to use the company's own in-app payment system, the iPhone maker has announced in a developer update. Instead, developers will be able to take payments using the third-party service providers pre-approved by Apple. From a report: The change comes in response to an amendment ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1533250/apple-lets-apps-in-south-korea-use-third-party-payment-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T16:44:00Z	**Couple Bought Home in Seattle, Then Learned Comcast Internet Would Cost $27,000**
An anonymous reader shares a report: When Zachary Cohn and his wife bought a house in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, they didn't expect any trouble getting home Internet service. It was only after closing on the house in July 2019 that they learned the bad news. "All six neighbors I share a property  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1555249/couple-bought-home-in-seattle-then-learned-comcast-internet-would-cost-27000?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T17:22:00Z	**How Mercenary Hackers Sway Litigation Battles**
A trove of thousands of email records uncovered by Reuters reveals Indian cyber mercenaries hacking parties involved in lawsuits around the world -- showing how hired spies have become the secret weapon of litigants seeking an edge.

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2022-06-30T18:00:00Z	**Russians Are Searching For Pirated Microsoft Products and Switching To Linux**
Nkwe writes: Russians are searching for pirated Microsoft software online after the US tech giant halted sales in the country over its invasion of Ukraine, the Kommersant newspaper reported earlier this week. Russia-based web searches for pirated Microsoft software have surged by as much as 250% after the company suspended  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1714228/russians-are-searching-for-pirated-microsoft-products-and-switching-to-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T18:40:00Z	**FTX Closes in on a Deal To Buy Embattled Crypto Lender BlockFi for $25 Million in a Fire Sale**
FTX is swooping in to buy crypto lender BlockFi for pennies on the dollar, CNBC reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From a report: The term sheet is almost over the finish line and expected to be signed by the end of the week, according to one source, who asked not to be  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1811245/ftx-closes-in-on-a-deal-to-buy-embattled-crypto-lender-blockfi-for-25-million-in-a-fire-sale?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T19:21:00Z	**Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing 'Geo Tracking Data' To ICE**
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is selling Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a suite of features used to track and identify cryptocurrency users, according to contract documents shared with The Intercept. From a report: In August 2021, Coinbase sold a single analytics software license to ICE for $29,000, fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1752219/cryptocurrency-titan-coinbase-providing-geo-tracking-data-to-ice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T20:01:00Z	**Raspberry Pi Introduces a $6 Board With Wi-Fi**
Everyone's favorite versatile microcontroller maker, Raspberry Pi, just unveiled a handful of new, budget-minded products. The company is building on the success of its $4 Pico board, which has thus far moved just under two million units since its January 2021 launch. From a report: The new Pico W is launching today for $6 -- the "W" (and additional $2) brings 802.11 Wi-Fi connect ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1957238/raspberry-pi-introduces-a-6-board-with-wi-fi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T20:45:00Z	**Google Consolidates Its Chrome and Android Password Managers**
Google today announced an update to its password manager that will finally introduce a consistent look-and-feel across the service's Chrome and Android implementations. From a report: Users will soon see a new unified user experience that will automatically group multiple passwords for the same sites or apps together, as well as a new shortcut on the And ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/1745225/google-consolidates-its-chrome-and-android-password-managers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T21:21:00Z	**Markets Head Toward Worst First Half of a Year in Decades**
Global markets are set to close out their most bruising first half of a year in decades, leaving investors bracing for the prospect of further losses. From a report: Accelerating inflation and rising interest rates have fueled a monthslong rout that left few markets unscathed. The S&P 500 fell 20% through Wednesday, heading for its worst first half of a year since  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2011242/markets-head-toward-worst-first-half-of-a-year-in-decades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T22:02:00Z	**New Algorithm Can Predict Future Crime a Week In Advance, With 90% Accuracy**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PsychNewsDaily: Scientists from the University of Chicago have developed a new algorithm that can predict future crime a week in advance with about 90% accuracy, and within a range of about 1000 feet. It does so by learning patterns from public data on violent and property crimes. The to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2038244/new-algorithm-can-predict-future-crime-a-week-in-advance-with-90-accuracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T22:40:00Z	**No AML Checks For Most Transfers To Unhosted Crypto Wallets, EU Policymakers Decide**
A Wednesday meeting secured a final deal on anti-money laundering legislation for crypto transfers and largely overturned a proposal from the EU Parliament to impose laundering checks on all payments to private wallets. CoinDesk reports: The final proposals will mean customer identity needs to be verified for even  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2046249/no-aml-checks-for-most-transfers-to-unhosted-crypto-wallets-eu-policymakers-decide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-06-30T23:20:00Z	**Samsung Starts 3-Nanometer Chip Production Ahead of TSMC**
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has kicked off mass production of 3-nanometer chips, becoming the first company to do so globally, as it aims to beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, or TSMC, the world's most advanced foundry chipmaker. TechCrunch reports: Samsung said it's using gate-all-around (GAA) transistor architecture, which allows these fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2051213/samsung-starts-3-nanometer-chip-production-ahead-of-tsmc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T00:02:00Z	**How Belief In AI Sentience Is Becoming a Problem**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that talk and listen to them, says it receives a handful of messages almost every day from users who believe their online friend is sentient. "We're not talking about crazy people or people who are hallucinating or having delusions," said Chief Executive Eugenia Kuyda. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/212219/how-belief-in-ai-sentience-is-becoming-a-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T00:45:00Z	**Robot Umpires Could Be Coming To MLB In 2024**
Major League Baseball plans to introduce robot umpires in the 2024 season, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN this week. The Verge reports: He framed the change as a way to speed up games, but anyone who's watched baseball the last few years will tell you that a machine would almost certainly call balls and strikes better than the humans do. There are two ways the "Automated Bal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/218253/robot-umpires-could-be-coming-to-mlb-in-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T01:25:00Z	**Google Launches Advanced API Security To Protect APIs From Growing Threats**
Google today announced a preview of Advanced API Security, a new product headed to Google Cloud that's designed to detect security threats as they relate to APIs. TechCrunch reports: Built on Apigee, Google's platform for API management, the company says that customers can request access starting today. Short for "application  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2115237/google-launches-advanced-api-security-to-protect-apis-from-growing-threats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T02:02:00Z	**MIT Engineers Design Engine That Converts Heat To Electricity With Over 40% Efficiency**
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. It converts heat to electricity with over 40% efficiency -- making it more efficient than steam turbines, the industrial standard. MIT Technology Review reports: The invention is a t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2146218/mit-engineers-design-engine-that-converts-heat-to-electricity-with-over-40-efficiency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T03:30:00Z	**'We Asked GPT-3 To Write an Academic Paper About Itself -- Then We Tried To Get It Published'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American, written by Almira Osmanovic Thunstrom: On a rainy afternoon earlier this year, I logged in to my OpenAI account and typed a simple instruction for the company's artificial intelligence algorithm, GPT-3: Write an academic thesis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2157210/we-asked-gpt-3-to-write-an-academic-paper-about-itself----then-we-tried-to-get-it-published?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T07:00:00Z	**FCC Authorizes SpaceX To Provide Starlink Internet Service To Vehicles In Motion**
The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, a key step for Elon Musk's company to further expand the service. CNBC reports: "Authorizing a new class of [customer] terminals for SpaceX's satellite system will expand the range of broadband capab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/226202/fcc-authorizes-spacex-to-provide-starlink-internet-service-to-vehicles-in-motion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T10:00:00Z	**IEA: Global Nuclear Power Capacity Must Double By 2050 To Reach Net-Zero Emissions**
Global nuclear power capacity needs to double by the mid-century to reach net-zero emissions targets. This will help ensure energy security as governments try to reduce their reliance on imported fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. Euronews reports: Achieving net-zero emissi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2236252/iea-global-nuclear-power-capacity-must-double-by-2050-to-reach-net-zero-emissions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T13:00:00Z	**Police Tactic of Sweeping Google Searches To Find Suspects Faces First Legal Challenge**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: A teen charged with setting a fire that killed five members of a Senegalese immigrant family in Denver, Colorado, has become the first person to challenge police use of Google search histories to find someone who might have committed a crime, according t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/06/30/2247239/police-tactic-of-sweeping-google-searches-to-find-suspects-faces-first-legal-challenge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T14:02:00Z	**Microsoft Cloud Computing System Suffering From Global Shortage**
Due to a confluence of crises, the second-largest cloud provider has been operating in the yellow zone, meaning its data centers have a less-than-normal level of servers available. From a report: In March 2020, Microsoft's Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the world shifting to remote work, causing service outages and forcing some  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/142251/microsoft-cloud-computing-system-suffering-from-global-shortage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T14:40:00Z	**Whose Rocket Hit the Moon?**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The short version of this story is that skywatchers led by Bill Gray had been tracking an object for months that, based on their calculations, would soon impact the moon. It was obviously a piece of rocket trash (rockets produce a ton of trash), but no one stepped up to say "yes, that's ours, sorry about that." Based on their observations and discussions, these self-appointed (thoug ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1430200/whose-rocket-hit-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T15:22:00Z	**ADT Is Betting Google Can Drag It Into the Future**
The century-old security giant best known for its octagonal blue logo is banking on a smart-home partnership with a company that's also one of its biggest threats. From a report: Kneeling beneath a framed print of Thomas Kinkade's painting A Peaceful Retreat, Roli Chiu, alarm system installer, began his work one day in March by unpacking boxes of devices inside a new customer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1410259/adt-is-betting-google-can-drag-it-into-the-future?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T16:01:00Z	**Facebook Groups Are Being Revamped To Look Like Discord**
Facebook Groups are about to get some big changes, and if you've used Discord, the new approach should seem pretty darn familiar. From a report: Meta is testing a new left-aligned sidebar and channels list for Groups, and the changes are giving me some serious Discord vibes. Meta is even evoking Discord with a purple accent color. Central to the changes is a new s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1423215/facebook-groups-are-being-revamped-to-look-like-discord?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T16:40:00Z	**EU Moves To Rein in 'Wild West' of Crypto Assets With New Rules**
The EU has moved to rein in the "wild west" of crypto assets by agreeing a groundbreaking set of rules for the sector, adding to pressure on the UK and US to introduce their own curbs. From a report: Representatives from the European parliament and EU states inked an agreement late on Thursday that contains measures to guard against market abuse and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1459210/eu-moves-to-rein-in-wild-west-of-crypto-assets-with-new-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T17:23:00Z	**UK Seeks Science Collaboration Further Afield After EU Freeze**
The UK is rattling off a series of international science agreements with a message to the European Union: if you don't want our money, we'll do deals elsewhere. From a report: Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a memorandum of understanding with his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, on Friday, aimed at easing UK access to the Pacific nation's qu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/173236/uk-seeks-science-collaboration-further-afield-after-eu-freeze?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T18:11:00Z	**Klarna To Raise Fresh Cash at Slashed $6.5 Billion Valuation**
Klarna Bank is nearing a deal to raise new money at a valuation of around $6.5 billion, WSJ reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, a humbling comedown and a testament to the punishing environment facing startup companies. From a report: The Sweden-based specialty lending and online payments provider is negotiating to raise about $650 million m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1718251/klarna-to-raise-fresh-cash-at-slashed-65-billion-valuation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T18:43:00Z	**FTX Signs Deal That Could Buy BlockFi For Up To $240 Million**
Troubled crypto lender BlockFi said Friday that it agreed to an option to be acquired by FTX for up to $240 million. From a report: The acquisition figure would include performance incentives, and BlockFi didn't specify how much would be an upfront payment. The deal with FTX also includes a $400 million revolving credit facility from the crypto exchange operat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1843207/ftx-signs-deal-that-could-buy-blockfi-for-up-to-240-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T19:20:00Z	**Amazon Agrees To Drop Prime Cancellation 'Dark Patterns' in Europe**
Amazon has agreed to simplify the process required for cancelling its Prime membership subscription service across its sites in the European Union, both on desktop and mobile interfaces, following a series of complaints from regional consumer protection groups. From a report: The coordinated complaints about Amazon's confusing and convoluted cancell ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1825219/amazon-agrees-to-drop-prime-cancellation-dark-patterns-in-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T20:00:00Z	**TikTok Confirms Some China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data**
TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by China's ByteDance, said certain employees outside the US can access information from American users, stoking further criticism from lawmakers who have raised alarms about the social network's data-sharing practices. From a report: The company's admission came in a letter to nine US senators who accused  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1948214/tiktok-confirms-some-china-based-employees-can-access-us-user-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T20:41:00Z	**Thunderbird 102 Released**
slack\_justyb writes: Thunderbird 102 has been released with some new UI improvements and new features. There has been a change in the icons, the layout of the address book has been upgraded to feature a more modern UI, and a new UI feature known as the spaces toolbar to get around Thunderbird. New features include an updated import and export wizard, a UI for editing the email header settings, and Matrix client support with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1953214/thunderbird-102-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T21:22:00Z	**DOJ Files Charges Against Baller Ape Club 'Rug Pull'**
The Department of Justice this afternoon announced criminal charges against the creator of the Baller Ape Club NFT collection for orchestrating a so-called "rug pull." From a report: The charges, announced alongside those in three other cryptocurrency fraud cases, mark the second time that federal prosecutors have gone after an NFT "rug-pull" scheme, in which an NFT proje ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/1956206/doj-files-charges-against-baller-ape-club-rug-pull?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T18:34:00Z	**Remember RadioShack? It's Now a Crypto Company with Wild Tweets**
"Gen Z may not be familiar with the RadioShack of their grandparents, but they're getting to know its replacement," writes the Washington Post.

"The 100-year-old retailer reintroduced itself on Twitter this week with a stream of often-profane tweets — some since deleted — filled with crude comments and drug references."
Variations of, "What in the w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0419253/remember-radioshack-its-now-a-crypto-company-with-wild-tweets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T17:34:00Z	**Reuters: 'How Mercenary Hackers Sway Litigation Battles'**
Reuters shares the results of its investigation into what it calls "mercenary hackers":

Reuters identified 35 legal cases since 2013 in which Indian hackers attempted to obtain documents from one side or another of a courtroom battle by sending them password-stealing emails. The messages were often camouflaged as innocuous communications from clients, colleagues, f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0448220/reuters-how-mercenary-hackers-sway-litigation-battles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T16:34:00Z	**What Happened After Massachusetts Voters Approved a Right-to-Repair Law?**
U.S. right-to-repair advocates hoped a district judge would finally rule Friday on Massachusetts' voter-approved right-to-repair referendum. But they were disappointed again, reports the Boston Globe, since instead the judge said he'd first have to consider a recent ruling by America's Supreme Court limiting the regulatory powers of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0137254/what-happened-after-massachusetts-voters-approved-a-right-to-repair-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T15:34:00Z	**Citing Climate Concerns, New York Denies Permit to Bitcoin Mining Plant**
An anonymous reader shares this report from NBC News:

A controversial bitcoin mining operation on the largest of central New York's Finger Lakes does not meet the requirements of state climate laws, New York's Department of Environmental Conservation ruled Thursday, denying an air permit request the entity's owner, Greenidge Generat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0533248/citing-climate-concerns-new-york-denies-permit-to-bitcoin-mining-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T14:34:00Z	**The Death of a YouTuber**
"Effortlessly funny. Endlessly talented. Gone too soon," tweeted fellow YouTuber Ted Nivison after hearing the news. "Technoblade, a popular Minecraft YouTuber, has died from cancer age 23," writes the Verge.
But before Technoblade left, he'd prepared a goodbye for his 11.9 million subscribers:

In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel titled "so long nerds" and narrated by his father, Technoblade thanked his fans and fellow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0026253/the-death-of-a-youtuber?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T13:00:00Z	**First RISC-V Laptop Announced**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix, written by Michael Larabel: RISC-V International has relayed word to us that in China the DeepComputing and Xcalibyte organizations have announced pre-orders on the first RISC-V laptop intended for developers. The "ROMA" development platform features a quad-core RISC-V processor, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and should work with most RISC-V Linux  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2354224/first-risc-v-laptop-announced?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T09:00:00Z	**US Hypersonic Missile Fails In Test In Fresh Setback For Program**
A flight test of a hypersonic missile system in Hawaii ended in failure due to a problem that took place after ignition, the Department of Defense said, delivering a fresh blow to a program that has suffered stumbles. Bloomberg reports: It didn't provide further details of what took place in the Wednesday test, but said in a statement sent by ema ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2351216/us-hypersonic-missile-fails-in-test-in-fresh-setback-for-program?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T05:00:00Z	**California Late Start Law Aims To Make School Less of a Yawn**
Hmmmmmm shares a report from the Associated Press: Beginning this fall high schools in the nation's most populous state can't start before 8:30 a.m. and middle schools can't start before 8 a.m. under a 2019 first-in-the-nation law forbidding earlier start times. Similar proposals are before lawmakers in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Advocates say teens d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2348243/california-late-start-law-aims-to-make-school-less-of-a-yawn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T02:02:00Z	**Google To Pay $90 Million To Settle Legal Fight With App Developers**
Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app purchases. Reuters reports: The app developers, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, had accused Google of using agreements with smartphone ma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2113204/google-to-pay-90-million-to-settle-legal-fight-with-app-developers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T01:25:00Z	**Pine64 Is Working On a RISC-V Single-Board Computer**
Open hardware company Pine64 says it's preparing to launch a single-board computer (SBC) that will be its most powerful RISC-V powered device yet. Liliputing reports: While Pine64 hasn't provided detailed specs yet (some are still being worked out), the company says that the upcoming SBC have a RISC-V chip that offers comparable performance to the Rockchip RK3566 quad- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/218236/pine64-is-working-on-a-risc-v-single-board-computer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T00:45:00Z	**Steve Jobs Awarded Posthumous Medal of Freedom By President Biden**
Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has been awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden, the White House announced Friday. The Verge reports: The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest US honor that can be given to a civilian, and it's presented to "individuals who have made exemplary contributions ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/215214/steve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-medal-of-freedom-by-president-biden?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T00:02:00Z	**Software Freedom Conservancy Quits GitHub**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit focused on free and open source software (FOSS), said it has stopped using Microsoft's GitHub for project hosting -- and is urging other software developers to do the same. In a blog post on Thursday, Denver Gingerich, SFC FOSS license compliance engineer, and Bradley M. Kuhn, SFC polic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/211238/software-freedom-conservancy-quits-github?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T23:20:00Z	**Sprint's Network Has Been Officially Retired**
As of yesterday, Sprint's LTE network has been retired by its new owner, T-Mobile. That's along with Sprint's 3G CDMA network, which was shut down earlier this year, and what remained of T-Mobile's own 3G network, which enters retirement today. The Verge reports: It may come as a surprise that any part of Sprint's network was still operational so recently. In April 2020, T-Mobile offi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2052213/sprints-network-has-been-officially-retired?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T22:40:00Z	**BMW Is Switching Gears From Linux To Android Automotive Next Year**
This week, BMW confirmed that some of its future models would run on a next-gen version of its in-house operating system built on top of Android Automotive. Android Polic reports: It's a big change from previous Linux-based versions, though the company says some of its cars will stay on its legacy build. So far, the automaker has yet to confir ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2047238/bmw-is-switching-gears-from-linux-to-android-automotive-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-01T22:06:00Z	**Smart Contact Lens Prototype Puts a Micro LED Display On Top of the Eye**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since 2015, a California-based company called Mojo Vision has been developing smart contact lenses. Like smart glasses, the idea is to put helpful AR graphics in front of your eyes to help accomplish daily tasks. Now, a functioning prototype brings us closer to seeing a final ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/2117232/smart-contact-lens-prototype-puts-a-micro-led-display-on-top-of-the-eye?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T19:34:00Z	**Countries Form New NATO-Like 'Mineral Security' Alliance to Ensure EV Supplies**
"A metallic NATO is starting to take shape," writes the senior metals columnist at Reuters, "though no-one is calling it that just yet."

The Minerals Security Partnership is in theory open to all countries that are committed to "responsible critical mineral supply chains to support economic prosperity and climate object ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/0238247/countries-form-new-nato-like-mineral-security-alliance-to-ensure-ev-supplies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T20:34:00Z	**NASA Funds a Robot That Could Explore the Caves of Mars**
CNN reports that a professor and his students at Stanford's Autonomous Systems Lab have received "phase II" funding from NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (which supports space robotics research) after proving the feasibility of their plan for robots to crawl through space caves. "The team will use the next two years to work on 3D simulations, a robot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/1657208/nasa-funds-a-robot-that-could-explore-the-caves-of-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T21:34:00Z	**Amazon Bars Off-Duty Warehouse Workers from Its Buildings**
The Associated Press spoke to an Amazon warehouse worker in North Carolina who wants to unionize. "On our days off, we come to work and we engage our co-workers in the break rooms," he said.

But now the Associated Press reports "Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company's facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives."
Under the pol ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/1751256/amazon-bars-off-duty-warehouse-workers-from-its-buildings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-02T22:34:00Z	**How the Higgs Boson Particle Ruined Peter Higgs's Life**
93-year-old Peter Higgs was awarded a Nobel Prize nine years ago after the Large Hadron Collider experiments finally confirmed of the existence Higgs boson particles he'd predicted back in 1964. "This discovery was a seminal moment in human culture," says physicist Frank Close, who's written the new book Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass .

But S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/1847206/how-the-higgs-boson-particle-ruined-peter-higgss-life?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T01:34:00Z	**How Bug Bounty Platform HackerOne Handled Its Own 'Internal Threat' Actor**
Bug bounty platform HackerOne has "a steadfast commitment to disclosing security incidents," according to a new blog post, "because we believe that sharing security information far and wide is essential to building a safer internet."

But now they've had an incident of their own:
On June 22nd, 2022, a customer asked us to investigate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/015219/how-bug-bounty-platform-hackerone-handled-its-own-internal-threat-actor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T03:34:00Z	**Meta Is Finally Closing Its Cryptocurrency Project Novi**
"What little is left of Meta's once-ambitious cryptocurrency project is limping to an end," reports CNET:
A pilot program for Novi, the social media giant's money-transfer service that uses a cryptocurrency wallet of the same name, will cease operating on Sept. 1, according to a notice on its website. The Novi pilot served Guatemala and parts of the US when it lau ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/2228254/meta-is-finally-closing-its-cryptocurrency-project-novi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T07:34:00Z	**Objective Reality May Not Exist At All, Quantum Physicists Say**
Long-time Slashdot reader waspleg shares a thought-provoking article from Popular Mechanics:
Does reality exist, or does it take shape when an observer measures it? Akin to the age-old conundrum of whether a tree makes a sound if it falls in a forest with no one around to hear it, the above question remains one of the most tantalizing in the field  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/2331223/objective-reality-may-not-exist-at-all-quantum-physicists-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T11:34:00Z	**Electric Vehicle Manufacturing is Spreading - But Funded By SUV and Truck Sales**
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: GM plans to spend $35 billion on EVs and autonomous vehicles by 2025 (and produce a whopping 400,000 EVs). Jeep's parent company Stellantis will invest $35.5 billion in electrification and software, producing 25 all-electric vehicles by 2030. And Ford will spend even more — $50  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/07/02/2250249/electric-vehicle-manufacturing-is-spreading---but-funded-by-suv-and-truck-sales?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T14:34:00Z	**Researchers Grow Food Plants Without Sunlight**
Photosynthesis "is very inefficient, with only about 1% of the energy found in sunlight ending up in the plant," according to a new announcement from the University of California, Riverside. But now scientists at the school and the University of Delaware "have found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthesis altogether and create food independent of sunlight by using a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/0223238/researchers-grow-food-plants-without-sunlight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T15:34:00Z	**School Recovers Ransomware Paid in Bitcoin - Makes a Profit**
Slashdot reader thegarbz writes: In 2019 Maastricht University in the Netherlands was hit with a ransomware attack which locked 25,000 staff and students out of their research data. The university agreed to pay a ransom of €200,000 to unlock the encrypted data, reports German broadcaster DW. It seems that a small part of the ransom has been recovered, but w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/1440256/school-recovers-ransomware-paid-in-bitcoin---makes-a-profit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T16:34:00Z	**NASA's SLS Mega-Rocket Could Launch Within 8 Weeks**
Tuesday Ars Technica reported that "after more than a decade and more than $20 billion in funding, NASA and its litany of contractors are very close to declaring the 111-meter tall rocket ready for its debut launch." Long-time Slashdot reader added "It seems silly saying SLS will launch 'in just two months' for a rocket that was supposed to have first flown in 2016, but h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/0156251/nasas-sls-mega-rocket-could-launch-within-8-weeks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T17:34:00Z	**'The Batting Lab': the Bad News Bears Meet AI?**
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Back in the day, my Little League coach used some techniques one might expect to see in The Bad News Bears, like holding batting practices at an amusement park instead of on a baseball field, giving each kid a roll of coins and sending them into the batting cages to experience faster pitching than they'd see from 9-12-year-olds (it was surprisingly e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/0022255/the-batting-lab-the-bad-news-bears-meet-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T18:34:00Z	**After Reports of Mid-Air Emergencies, US Will Audit Boeing's Oversight of 737 Max**
"Boeing's troubled 737 MAX planes — which have twice crashed, killing 346 people — have experienced at least six mid-air emergencies and dozens of groundings in the year after an extensive probe cleared them to fly," reports Australia's public broadcaster ABC News:

The incidents, pulled from U.S. government air sa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/1735257/after-reports-of-mid-air-emergencies-us-will-audit-boeings-oversight-of-737-max?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T19:34:00Z	**Amazon Prime Spends $465B on First Season of Its 'Lord of the Rings' Series**
Monday Amazon posted a 15-second teaser trailer on Twitter for their upcoming Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power (premiering September 2nd) — drawing on two lavish one-minute trailers released earlier in the year.

"The first season of Amazon's show will be the most expensive season of televis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/1859211/amazon-prime-spends-465b-on-first-season-of-its-lord-of-the-rings-series?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T20:34:00Z	**Is El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Authoritarian Propaganda?**
What exactly happened after El Salvador president Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin a legal tender for the country? "As Bitcoin has dropped more than 50 percent of its value this year, there have been suggestions that El Salvador's investment has pushed the country to the brink of bankruptcy," writes a Salvadoran political/human rights journalist in the New York  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/1610257/is-el-salvadors-bitcoin-experiment-authoritarian-propaganda?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T22:16:00Z	**As TikTok Promises US Servers, FCC Commissioner Remains Critical of Data Privacy**
On Tuesday Brendan Carr, a commissioner on America's Federal Communications Commission,warned on Twitter that TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, "doesn't just see its users dance videos:
It collects search and browsing histories, keystroke patterns, biometric identifiers, draft messages and metadata, pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/2214205/as-tiktok-promises-us-servers-fcc-commissioner-remains-critical-of-data-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-07-03T23:29:00Z	**British Army's Twitter and YouTube Accounts Compromised to Promote Crypto Scams**
The British army is "investigating an apparent hack," reports Engadget, after its official Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised Sunday:

News of the breach was first reported by Web3 is Going Great . According to the blog, both accounts were simultaneously compromised to promote two different cryptocurrency s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/22/07/03/2323231/british-armys-twitter-and-youtube-accounts-compromised-to-promote-crypto-scams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)