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2024-04-17T15:20:00Z	**Telegram Founder Accuses Google and Apple of Censorship Threat**
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram messaging app, has accused tech giants Google and Apple of threatening to censor content on smartphones [YouTube link]. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Durov claimed that these companies told Telegram to comply with their guidelines or face removal from their app stores.

"Those two platforms, they could bas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1520201/telegram-founder-accuses-google-and-apple-of-censorship-threat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T16:00:00Z	**A Spy Site Is Scraping Discord and Selling Users' Messages**
404 Media: An online service is scraping Discord servers en masse, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity across servers including what voice channels they join, and then selling access to that data for as little as $5. Called Spy Pet, the service's creator says it scrapes more than ten thousand Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1556242/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T16:40:00Z	**Amazon Cloud Unit Kills Snowmobile Data Transfer Truck Service**
At Amazon's annual cloud conference in 2016, the company captured the crowd's attention by driving an 18-wheeler onstage. Andy Jassy, now Amazon's CEO, called it the Snowmobile, and said the company would be using the truck to help customers speedily transfer data to Amazon Web Services facilities. Less than eight years later, the semi is out of commissio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1614227/amazon-cloud-unit-kills-snowmobile-data-transfer-truck-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T17:22:00Z	**Escobar Brother Barred by EU Court From Trademarking Family Name**
Pablo Escobar, the name of the late Colombian drug kingpin, can't be registered as a trademark in the European Union after judges said that approving his brother's bid would go against "principles of morality." From a report: The public "associate that name with drug trafficking and narco-terrorism and with the crimes and suffering resulting there ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1524249/escobar-brother-barred-by-eu-court-from-trademarking-family-name?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T18:01:00Z	**Average World Incomes To Drop By Nearly a Fifth By 2050, Study Says**
Average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be six times higher than the price of limiting global heating to 2C. From a report: Rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and more frequent and intense extreme weather are proj ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1645219/average-world-incomes-to-drop-by-nearly-a-fifth-by-2050-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T18:42:00Z	**AI Computing Is on Pace To Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says**
AI's voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas. From a report: By 2030, the world's data centers are on course to use more electricity than India, the world's most populous country, Haas said. Fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1741230/ai-computing-is-on-pace-to-consume-more-energy-than-india-arm-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T19:21:00Z	**What Caused the Storm That Brought Dubai To a Standstill?**
An anonymous reader shares a report: A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. [...] In the UAE, a record 254 millimetres (10 inches) of rainfall was recorded in Al Ain, a city bordering Oman. It was the largest ever in a 24-hou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/1756223/what-caused-the-storm-that-brought-dubai-to-a-standstill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T20:25:00Z	**Hackers Voice Cloned the CEO of LastPass For Attack**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Futurism: In a new blog post from LastPass, the password management firm used by countless personal and corporate clients to help protect their login information, the company explains that someone used AI voice-cloning tech to spoof the voice of its CEO in an attempt to trick one of its employees. As the company writes in the post, o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2021229/hackers-voice-cloned-the-ceo-of-lastpass-for-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T21:02:00Z	**Trump Media Shares Down 14% After Company Says Truth Social To Launch TV Streaming**
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which has been called the "mother of all meme stocks" after it made its stock market debut in late March, announced that its Truth Social platform is moving to launch a live TV streaming platform. Following the news, shares of DJT closed more than 14% lower Tuesday. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2030230/trump-media-shares-down-14-after-company-says-truth-social-to-launch-tv-streaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T21:40:00Z	**AltStore PAL Alternative App Marketplace Launches On iPhone In EU**
AltStore PAL has become one of the first alternative app marketplaces to launch in the European Union. Developed by Riley Testut, AltStore PAL is marketed as an open-source project designed to distribute apps from independent developers. MacRumors reports: At launch, it features two apps, including Testut's Delta game emulator and clipboard ma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2041240/altstore-pal-alternative-app-marketplace-launches-on-iphone-in-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T22:20:00Z	**Feds Appoint 'AI Doomer' To Run US AI Safety Institute**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US AI Safety Institute -- part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—has finally announced its leadership team after much speculation. Appointed as head of AI safety is Paul Christiano, a former OpenAI researcher who pioneered a foundational AI safety technique called reinforcement learn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2052256/feds-appoint-ai-doomer-to-run-us-ai-safety-institute?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T23:00:00Z	**Boston Dynamics' New Atlas Robot Is a Swiveling, Shape-Shifting Nightmare**
Jess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: It's alive! A day after announcing it was retiring Atlas, its hydraulic robot, Boston Dynamics has introduced a new, all-electric version of its humanoid machine. The next-generation Atlas robot is designed to offer a far greater range of movement than its predecessor. Boston Dynamics want ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/215218/boston-dynamics-new-atlas-robot-is-a-swiveling-shape-shifting-nightmare?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-17T23:40:00Z	**TikTok Starts Testing Its Instagram Competitor 'TikTok Notes'**
TikTok has started testing its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, in Canada and Australia. TechCrunch reports: The company said on X that it is in the "early stage" of the app's rollout and that the app is "a dedicated space for photo and text content." "We hope that the TikTok community will use TikTok Notes to continue sharing their moments through ph ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2114208/tiktok-starts-testing-its-instagram-competitor-tiktok-notes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T00:20:00Z	**Google Workers Arrested After Nine-Hour Protest In Cloud Chief's Office**
CNBC reports that nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night in protest of the company's $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services to the Israeli government. The sit-in happened at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office in Sunnyvale and the 10th floor commons of Google's New York office. From ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/236253/google-workers-arrested-after-nine-hour-protest-in-cloud-chiefs-office?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T03:30:00Z	**House Passes Bill Requiring Warrant To Purchase Data From Third Parties**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: The House on Wednesday approved a bill that would limit how the government can purchase data from third parties — legislation that scored a vote after negotiations with a group of GOP colleagues who briefly tanked a vote on warrantless spy powers. Dubbed the Fourth Amendment is Not  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2313239/house-passes-bill-requiring-warrant-to-purchase-data-from-third-parties?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T07:00:00Z	**Sweden Becomes 38th Country To Sign NASA's Artemis Accords For Moon Exploration**
Sweden is the newest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords -- a series of non-binding bilateral arrangements for peaceful and responsible exploration. Space.com reports: During a signing event in Stockholm on Tuesday (April 16), Swedish Minister for Education Mats Persson penned the agreement alongside U.S. Am ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2331211/sweden-becomes-38th-country-to-sign-nasas-artemis-accords-for-moon-exploration?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T10:00:00Z	**Is 8GB of RAM Enough For a Mac?**
Apple is doubling down on 8GB of RAM for many of its entry-level Macs, claiming that it's "suitable for many tasks," including browsing, video streaming and even "light" video and image editing. As of this writing, all MacBook Air laptops, the Mac Mini, and the MacBook Pro 14 all start with a base configuration of 8GB RAM -- which can't be upgraded at a later date since the RAM is soldered onto the motherboa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/17/2324242/is-8gb-of-ram-enough-for-a-mac?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T12:00:00Z	**Inside Amazon's Secret Operation To Gather Intel on Rivals**
Amazon staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces as a third-party seller called "Big River," WSJ reports. The mission: to scoop up information on pricing, logistics and other business practices. From the report: For nearly a decade, workers in a warehouse in Seattle's Denny Triangle neighborhood have shipped boxes of shoes, beach chairs, Marvel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/0636230/inside-amazons-secret-operation-to-gather-intel-on-rivals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T13:07:00Z	**Google Terminates 28 Employees For Protest of Israeli Cloud Contract**
Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company's cloud contract with the Israeli government. From a report: The Alphabet unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. "Physically impeding other employee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/136235/google-terminates-28-employees-for-protest-of-israeli-cloud-contract?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T14:07:00Z	**US Air Force Confirms First Successful AI Dogfight**
The US Air Force is putting AI in the pilot's seat. In an update on Thursday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an AI-controlled jet successfully faced a human pilot during an in-air dogfight test carried out last year. From a report: DARPA began experimenting with AI applications in December 2022 as part of its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) pr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/148205/us-air-force-confirms-first-successful-ai-dogfight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T14:45:00Z	**Odds of US TikTok Ban Increase After House Fast-Tracks Revised Bill, Picking Up Key Senate Support**
U.S. lawmakers have moved closer to enacting a countrywide ban on TikTok. From a report: Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill by a wide margin that would ban distribution of TikTok in U.S. unless TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, sells its ownership in the app  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1437245/odds-of-us-tiktok-ban-increase-after-house-fast-tracks-revised-bill-picking-up-key-senate-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T15:24:00Z	**Canadian Science Gets Biggest Boost To PhD and Postdoc Pay in 20 Years**
Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country's 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure. From a report: "We are investing over $5 billion in Canadian brainpower," said finance minister Chrystia Freeland in her budget speech on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1452205/canadian-science-gets-biggest-boost-to-phd-and-postdoc-pay-in-20-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T16:00:00Z	**Google is Combining Its Android and Hardware Teams**
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations on Thursday, including the creation of a new team called "Platforms and Devices" that will oversee all of Google's Pixel products, all of Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Photos, and more. From a report: The team will be run by Rick Osterloh, who was previously the SVP of devices and services, overseeing all  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1550204/google-is-combining-its-android-and-hardware-teams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T16:40:00Z	**Meta Releases Llama 3 AI Models, Claiming Top Performance**
Meta debuted a new version of its powerful Llama AI model, its latest effort to keep pace with similar technology from companies like OpenAI, X and Google. The company describes Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B, containing 8 billion and 70 billion parameters respectively, as a "major leap" in performance compared to their predecessors.

Meta claims that the Llama 3 m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1640213/meta-releases-llama-3-ai-models-claiming-top-performance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T17:22:00Z	**Hackers Are Threatening To Publish a Huge Stolen Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist**
An anonymous reader shares a report: A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1722241/hackers-are-threatening-to-publish-a-huge-stolen-sanctions-and-financial-crimes-watchlist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T18:00:00Z	**Author Granted Copyright Over Book With AI-Generated Text - With a Twist**
The U.S. Copyright Office has granted a copyright registration to Elisa Shupe, a retired U.S. Army veteran, for her novel "AI Machinations: Tangled Webs and Typed Words," which extensively used OpenAI's ChatGPT in its creation. The registration is among the first for creative works incorporating AI-generated text, but with a significan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1741255/author-granted-copyright-over-book-with-ai-generated-text---with-a-twist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T18:41:00Z	**Nigeria To Criminalise Fiber Cable Damage Costing Telecoms Billions**
Nigeria will criminalize the destruction of broadband fiber cables following repeated complaints by MTN Nigeria and other telecommunications companies that they are losing billions of naira, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: Nigeria's works ministry, which supervises federal road constructors, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1614201/nigeria-to-criminalise-fiber-cable-damage-costing-telecoms-billions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T19:22:00Z	**Boeing Aims To Bring Flying Cars To Asia By 2030**
U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing plans to enter the flying car business in Asia by 2030, looking to tap demand for the fast travel the vehicles could provide in the region's traffic-choked cities. Nikkei: Boeing Chief Technology Officer Todd Citron revealed the plans in an interview with Nikkei. The company is developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft at s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/188205/boeing-aims-to-bring-flying-cars-to-asia-by-2030?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T20:01:00Z	**Crypto Trader Eisenberg Convicted of Fraud in $110 Million Mango Markets Scheme**
A jury found Avraham "Avi" Eisenberg guilty on all three counts of fraud and manipulation in a $110 million crypto trade scheme using the Mango Markets platform. Axios: The case was the first known test for a jury to decide whether existing U.S. laws governing fraud and market manipulation apply to the world of decentr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1941251/crypto-trader-eisenberg-convicted-of-fraud-in-110-million-mango-markets-scheme?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T20:42:00Z	**Feds Hit Coding Boot Camp With Big Fine For Allegedly Conning Students**
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech -- formerly known as Lambda School -- with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices. From a report: The business, which claims on its site it will help students land their "dream job" in tech at companies like Amazon, Cisco, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/1946251/feds-hit-coding-boot-camp-with-big-fine-for-allegedly-conning-students?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T21:20:00Z	**Colorado Bill Aims To Protect Consumer Brain Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Consumers have grown accustomed to the prospect that their personal data, such as email addresses, social contacts, browsing history and genetic ancestry, are being collected and often resold by the apps and the digital services they use. With the advent of consumer neurotechnologies, the data being collected is beco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2017226/colorado-bill-aims-to-protect-consumer-brain-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T22:00:00Z	**Meta Is Adding Real-Time AI Image Generation To WhatsApp**
WhatsApp users in the U.S. will soon see support for real-time AI image generation. The Verge reports: As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you'll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared by Meta, a user types in the prompt, "Imagine a soccer game on mars." The gen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2026247/meta-is-adding-real-time-ai-image-generation-to-whatsapp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T22:40:00Z	**Software Glitch Saw Aussie Casino Give Away Millions In Cash**
A software glitch in the "ticket in, cash out" (TICO) machines at Star Casino in Sydney, Australia, saw it inadvertently give away $2.05 million over several weeks. This glitch allowed gamblers to reuse a receipt for slot machine winnings, leading to unwarranted cash payouts which went undetected due to systematic failures in oversight and audit processe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2037259/software-glitch-saw-aussie-casino-give-away-millions-in-cash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-18T23:20:00Z	**Cops Can Force Suspect To Unlock Phone With Thumbprint, US Court Rules**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination does not prohibit police officers from forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint scan, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The ruling does not apply to all cases in which biometrics are used ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2047225/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T00:02:00Z	**Frontier Communications Shuts Down Systems After Cyberattack**
U.S. telecom provider Frontier Communications shut down its systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack. BleepingComputer reports: Frontier is a leading U.S. communications provider that provides gigabit Internet speeds over a fiber-optic network to millions of consumers and businesses across 25 states. After dis ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/232242/frontier-communications-shuts-down-systems-after-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T00:45:00Z	**Netflix Blows Past Earnings Estimates As Subscribers Jump 16%**
Netflix on Thursday reported a 16% rise in memberships in the first quarter, reaching 269.6 million, beating Wall Street expectations. Starting next year, the company will no longer provide quarterly membership numbers or average revenue per user starting next year. CNBC reports: "As we've noted in previous letters, we're focused on revenue and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/238242/netflix-blows-past-earnings-estimates-as-subscribers-jump-16?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T01:25:00Z	**Ubuntu 24.04 Yields a 20% Performance Advantage Over Windows 11 On Ryzen 7 Framework Laptop**
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: With the Framework 16 laptop one of the performance pieces I've been meaning to carry out has been seeing out Linux performs against Microsoft Windows 11 for this AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS powered modular/upgradeable laptop. Recently getting around to it in my  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2321230/ubuntu-2404-yields-a-20-performance-advantage-over-windows-11-on-ryzen-7-framework-laptop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T03:30:00Z	**Reddit Is Taking Over Google**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: If you think you've been seeing an awful lot more Reddit results lately when you search on Google, you're not imagining things. The internet is in upheaval, and for website owners the rules of "winning" Google Search have never been murkier. Google's generative AI search engine is coming from one direction. It's creeping closer to mainstream deployment and br ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2330236/reddit-is-taking-over-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T07:00:00Z	**Northrop Grumman Working With SpaceX On US Spy Satellite System**
Longtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a report from Reuters: Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX [...] on a classified spy satellite project already capturing high-resolution imagery of the Earth, according to people familiar with the program. The program, details of which were first reported by Reuters last m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/18/2345215/northrop-grumman-working-with-spacex-on-us-spy-satellite-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T10:00:00Z	**FBI Says Chinese Hackers Preparing To Attack US Infrastructure**
schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday. An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/0419214/fbi-says-chinese-hackers-preparing-to-attack-us-infrastructure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T13:00:00Z	**Chinese Cities Are Sinking Rapidly**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Major cities across China are sinking, putting a substantial portion of the country's rapidly urbanizing population in harm's way in the coming decades, according to a sweeping new analysis by Chinese scientists. Subsidence is the technical term for when land sinks relative to its surroundings, and it's a major threat for cities around the world. It accelerates loc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/0433234/chinese-cities-are-sinking-rapidly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T14:00:00Z	**Apple Removes WhatsApp, Threads and Telegram From China App Store**
China ordered Apple to remove some of the world's most popular chat messaging apps from its app store in the country, the latest example of censorship demands on the iPhone seller in the company's second-biggest market. WSJ: Meta's WhatsApp and Threads as well as messaging platforms Signal, Telegram and Line were taken off the Chinese App Store ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/0926227/apple-removes-whatsapp-threads-and-telegram-from-china-app-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T14:40:00Z	**Windows 10 Will Start Pushing Users To Use Microsoft Accounts**
Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. From a report: This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account. As first noticed by the outlet Windows Latest, the most recent Windows 10 update Release Preview includes some information about ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/0956230/windows-10-will-start-pushing-users-to-use-microsoft-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T15:21:00Z	**Samsung Shifts To Emergency Mode With 6-day Work Week for Executives**
Korean newspaper KED Global: Executives at all Samsung Group units will work six days a week from as early as this week in a shift to emergency mode. The move comes as the won's sharp depreciation, rising oil prices and high borrowing costs aggravate business uncertainties after some of the group's mainstay businesses delivered poorer-tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1148209/samsung-shifts-to-emergency-mode-with-6-day-work-week-for-executives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T16:01:00Z	**Google To Employees: 'We Are a Workplace'**
Google, once known for its unconventional approach to business, has taken a decisive step towards becoming a more traditional company by firing 28 employees who participated in protests against a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government. The move comes after sit-in demonstrations on Tuesday at Google offices in Silicon Valley and New York City, where employees opposed the company's supp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/124205/google-to-employees-we-are-a-workplace?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T16:40:00Z	**Microsoft Does Not Want You To Use iPerf3 To Measure Network Performance on Windows**
An anonymous reader shares a report: iPerf is a fairly popular cross-platform tool that is used by many to measure network performance and diagnose any potential issues in this area. The open-source utility is maintained by an organization called Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and officially supports Linux,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1212256/microsoft-does-not-want-you-to-use-iperf3-to-measure-network-performance-on-windows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T17:22:00Z	**Meta's Not Telling Where It Got Its AI Training Data**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Today Meta unleashed its ChatGPT competitor, Meta AI, across its apps and as a standalone. The company boasts that it is running on its latest, greatest AI model, Llama 3, which was trained on "data of the highest quality"! A dataset seven times larger than Llama2! And includes 4 times more code! What is that training data? There the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1236256/metas-not-telling-where-it-got-its-ai-training-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T18:02:00Z	**Porn Sites Face Strict EU Rules, Commission Says**
Adult content companies Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will have to do risk assessment reports and take measures to address systemic risks linked to their services to comply with new EU online content rules, the European Commission said on Friday. From a report: The three companies were designated as very large online platforms last December under the Digital Services Act (DSA) which ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1244224/porn-sites-face-strict-eu-rules-commission-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T18:41:00Z	**Indian IT Outsourcing Firms Cut 60,000 Jobs in First Layoffs in 20 Years**
An anonymous reader shares a report: TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, India's top three IT outsourcing firms, have collectively seen their workforce shrink for the first time in at least 20 years. The trio reported a combined reduction of more than 63,750 employees in the financial year ending March 31, 2024.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1255222/indian-it-outsourcing-firms-cut-60000-jobs-in-first-layoffs-in-20-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T19:30:00Z	**Microsoft's VASA-1 Can Deepfake a Person With One Photo and One Audio Track**
Microsoft Research Asia earlier this week unveiled VASA-1, an AI model that can create a synchronized animated video of a person talking or singing from a single photo and an existing audio track. ArsTechnica: In the future, it could power virtual avatars that render locally and don't require video feeds -- or allow anyone with si ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1931210/microsofts-vasa-1-can-deepfake-a-person-with-one-photo-and-one-audio-track?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T20:05:00Z	**Linus Torvalds on 'Hilarious' AI Hype**
Linus Torvalds, discussing the AI hype, in a conversation with Dirk Hohndel, Verizon's Head of the Open Source Program Office: Torvalds snarked, "It's hilarious to watch. Maybe I'll be replaced by an AI model!" As for Hohndel, he thinks most AI today is "autocorrect on steroids." Torvalds summed up his attitude as, "Let's wait 10 years and see where it actually goes before we make all these crazy ann ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1944235/linus-torvalds-on-hilarious-ai-hype?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T20:45:00Z	**EPA Will Make Polluters Pay To Clean Up Two 'Forever Chemicals'**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Biden administration is designating two "forever chemicals," man-made compounds that are linked to serious health risks, as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, shifting responsibility for their cleanup to polluters from taxpayers. The new rule announced on Friday empowers the government to force the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/1949228/epa-will-make-polluters-pay-to-clean-up-two-forever-chemicals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T21:25:00Z	**A Chess Formula Is Taking Over the World**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Atlantic: In October 2003, Mark Zuckerberg created his first viral site: not Facebook, but FaceMash. Then a college freshman, he hacked into Harvard's online dorm directories, gathered a massive collection of students' headshots, and used them to create a website on which Harvard students could rate classmates by their attractiveness, literally a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2017244/a-chess-formula-is-taking-over-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T22:02:00Z	**'Women Who Code' Shuts Down Unexpectedly**
Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding. "It is with profound sadness that, today, on April 18, 2024, we are announcing the difficult decision to close Women Who Code, following a vote by the Board of Directors to dissolve the organization," the organization said in a blog post. "Thi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2024202/women-who-code-shuts-down-unexpectedly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T22:40:00Z	**23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Considers Taking Company Private**
Ashley Capoot reports via CNBC: Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, is considering a proposal to take the genetic testing company private after its stock price tumbled more than 95% from its 2021 highs. A late Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wojcicki is working with advisors and plans to speak with possible financing sources and p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2031224/23andme-ceo-anne-wojcicki-considers-taking-company-private?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-19T23:20:00Z	**Dutch Privacy Watchdog Recommends Government Organizations Stop Using Facebook**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government's Facebook pages. "People that visit a government's page need to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2035240/dutch-privacy-watchdog-recommends-government-organizations-stop-using-facebook?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T00:02:00Z	**Firefox Nightly Expands To Linux On ARM64**
BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: Mozilla has announced Firefox Nightly for ARM64. This release will cater to the growing demand for support on ARM64 platforms, commonly referred to as AArch64. Feedback from the community has led Mozilla to expand the availability of Firefox Nightly. Users can now access the browser as both .tar archives and .deb packages, depending on their prefere ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/216227/firefox-nightly-expands-to-linux-on-arm64?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T00:45:00Z	**Android Gets a New Software-Based AV1 Decoder**
Ben Schoon reports via 9to5Google: Google's Arif Dikici confirmed on LinkedIn this week that Android is now using VideoLAN's (the makers of VLC) "dav1d" software decoder to allow AV1 to work on more devices. This is now available on all devices running Android 12 or higher via a software update. Mishaal Rahman points out that this started to roll out with the March 2024 Google Play s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2113226/android-gets-a-new-software-based-av1-decoder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T01:25:00Z	**Netflix Doc Accused of Using AI To Manipulate True Crime Story**
Earlier this week, Netflix found itself embroiled in an AI scandal when Futurism spotted AI-generated images used in the Netflix documentary What Jennifer Did.. The movie's credits do not mention any uses of AI, causing critics to call out the filmmakers for "potentially embellishing a movie that's supposed to be based on real-life events,"  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2131204/netflix-doc-accused-of-using-ai-to-manipulate-true-crime-story?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T20:34:00Z	**JWST Gets an IMAX Documentary: 'Deep Sky'**
A large-screen IMAX documentary about the James Webb Space Telescope "has just opened in 300 theaters across North America," write an anonymous Slashdot reader, noting that it's playing for one week only. "And it gets a rave review in Forbes."

Imagine venturing to the beginning of time and space, exploring cosmic landscapes so vast and beautiful that they've remained unseen by human eyes unt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/203254/jwst-gets-an-imax-documentary-deep-sky?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T19:34:00Z	**The Legendary Zilog Z80 CPU Is Being Discontinued After Nearly 50 Years**
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares an article from TechSpot: Zilog is retiring the Z80 after 48 years on the market. Originally developed as a project stemming from the Intel 8080, it eventually rose to become one of the most popular and widely used 8-bit CPUs in both gaming and general computing devices.

 The iconic IC d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/1916203/the-legendary-zilog-z80-cpu-is-being-discontinued-after-nearly-50-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T18:34:00Z	**Sell or Be Banned:  Anti-TikTok Bill Passed by US Representatives**
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed its long-delayed Ukraine aid bill. But along with it they also approved a bill banning TikTok "if its Chinese owner does not sell the video app," according to NPR:

While lawmakers in the House advanced a similar bill last month, this effort is different for two reasons: It is attached to a sweeping f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/1818209/sell-or-be-banned-anti-tiktok-bill-passed-by-us-representatives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T17:34:00Z	**Data Centers Are Turning to an Old Source of Power:  Coal**
The Washington Post reports on a new situation in Virginia:

There, massive data centers with computers processing nearly 70 percent of global digital traffic are gobbling up electricity at a rate officials overseeing the power grid say is unsustainable unless two things happen: Several hundred miles of new transmission lines must be built, slicing through n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0319223/data-centers-are-turning-to-an-old-source-of-power-coal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T16:34:00Z	**Red Hat Upgrades Its Pipeline-Securing (and Verification-Automating) Tools**
SiliconANGLE reports that to help organizations detect vulnerabilities earlier, Red Hat has "announced updates to its Trusted Software Supply Chain that enable organizations to shift security 'left' in the software supply chain."

Red Hat announced Trusted Software Supply Chain in May 2023, pitching it as a way to address the r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0424211/red-hat-upgrades-its-pipeline-securing-and-verification-automating-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T15:34:00Z	**Ocean Spray Emits More PFAS Than Industrial Polluters, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Ocean waves crashing on the world's shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world's industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines. The study measured levels of PFAS released from the bubbles that bur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2145216/ocean-spray-emits-more-pfas-than-industrial-polluters-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T14:34:00Z	**'Record Store Day' 2024 Includes Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Cheech & Chong, Beatles**
Today is Record Store Day, which according to Wikipedia is happening in the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Australia.

An anonymous reader shared this report from The Los Angeles Times:
420 isn't just for stoners. This year, Record Store Day — the worldwide celebration for independent re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0234247/record-store-day-2024-includes-talking-heads-daft-punk-cheech-chong-beatles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T13:00:00Z	**British Columbia Bans Level 3 and Above Autonomous Cars**
New submitter Baloo Uriza writes: In a rare display of sanity in the automotive space, British Columbia has banned autonomous cars from its highways after years of watching autonomous cars hamper emergency response efforts in California and outright kill a pedestrian in Arizona. Let's hope this regulatory trend continues and moves into the human space by pulling l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2219216/british-columbia-bans-level-3-and-above-autonomous-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T10:00:00Z	**openSUSE Factory Achieves Bit-By-Bit Reproducible Builds**
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: While Fedora 41 in late 2024 is aiming to have more reproducible package builds, openSUSE Factory has already achieved a significant milestone in bit-by-bit reproducible builds. Since last month openSUSE Factory has been producing bit-by-bit reproducible builds sans the likes of embedded signatures. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed pack ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/2148247/opensuse-factory-achieves-bit-by-bit-reproducible-builds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T07:00:00Z	**NASA Veteran Behind Propellantless Propulsion Drive Announces Major Discovery**
Longtime Slashdot reader garyisabusyguy shares a report from The Debrief: Dr. Charles Buhler, a NASA engineer and the co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technologies, has revealed that his company's propellantless propulsion drive, which appears to defy the known laws of physics, has produced enough thrust to counteract E ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/19/223206/nasa-veteran-behind-propellantless-propulsion-drive-announces-major-discovery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T03:33:00Z	**Two Major ISPs Threaten They'll Stop Complying With US FISA Orders**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:

U.S. government officials were scrambling Friday night to prevent what they fear could be a significant loss of access to critical national security information, after two major U.S. communications providers said they would stop complying with orders under a controversial survei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0254226/two-major-isps-threaten-theyll-stop-complying-with-us-fisa-orders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-20T22:34:00Z	**Could the Earth's Record Hot Streak Signal a New Climate Era?**
South America's Amazon River has reached its lowest level since measurements began, according to the Washington Post, while temperatures "hovered above 110 degrees Fahrenheit" for nearly a week as April began in the capital of Mali. "Nights offered little relief, with temperatures often staying above 90 degrees..."

"An overtaxed electrical grid sputtere ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0348215/could-the-earths-record-hot-streak-signal-a-new-climate-era?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T01:34:00Z	**Volla Successfully Crowdfunds a Privacy-Focused Tablet on Kickstarter**
It's "the new generation of Tablet for simplicity and privacy..." according to its Kickstarter page. "Top-tier performance, lightweight design and completely Google-free." And it's already reached its funding goal of $53,312 — climbing to over $75,000 from 115 backers with another 26 days still to go.

 9to5Linux reports:

Volla, the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/2119248/volla-successfully-crowdfunds-a-privacy-focused-tablet-on-kickstarter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T03:34:00Z	**Insufficient Redundancy?  Light-Pole Installation Cut Fiber Line, Triggered Three-State 911 Outage**
"Workers installing a light pole in Missouri cut into a fiber line," reports the Associated Press, knocking out 911 phone service "for emergency agencies in Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota, an official with the company that operates the line said Thursday."

In Kansas City, Missou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/2334218/insufficient-redundancy-light-pole-installation-cut-fiber-line-triggered-three-state-911-outage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T07:34:00Z	**Some Astronomers Will Re-Examine a 102-Year-Old Theory About the Universe's Expansion**
Several "high-profile astronomers" will meet at London's Royal Society (the UK's national academy of sciences), "to question some of the most fundamental aspects of our understanding of the universe.reports Futurism:

As The Guardian reports, the luminaries of cosmology will be re-examining some basic a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/0518255/some-astronomers-will-re-examine-a-102-year-old-theory-about-the-universes-expansion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T11:34:00Z	**Ziplines Drones Complete Their 1 Millionth Delivery, Flying Over 70 Million Miles**
San Francisco-based drone-delivery service Zipline "said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers," reports CNBC, "and that it's eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of growth."

Zipline's clients already include more than 4,700 hospitals, according to the article, as well as major brand ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/016239/ziplines-drones-complete-their-1-millionth-delivery-flying-over-70-million-miles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T14:34:00Z	**EU: Meta Cannot Rely On 'Pay Or Okay'**
The EU's European Data Protection Board oversees its privacy-protecting GDPR policies.

Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that nearly two dozen civil society groups and nonprofits wrote the Board an open letter "urging it not to endorse a strategy used by Meta that they say is intended to bypass the EU's privacy protections for commercial gain."

Meta's strategy is sometimes called "Pay or Okay," w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/0041224/eu-meta-cannot-rely-on-pay-or-okay?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T15:34:00Z	**How a Renewable Energy-Powered Bitcoin Startup Helps Electrify Rural Africa**
CNBC visited a small group of bitcoin miners who "set up shop at the site of an extinct volcano" near Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park.

Their mine "consists of a single 500-kilowatt mobile container that, from the outside, looks like a small residential trailer." But what's more interesting is it's operated by a startup ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/0221237/how-a-renewable-energy-powered-bitcoin-startup-helps-electrify-rural-africa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T16:34:00Z	**LXQt 2.0 Released: Lightweight Desktop is Almost Wayland Compatible**
This week saw the release of the LXQt 2.0 desktop environment, reports 9to5Linux. And besides bringing Qt 6 support (and a new default application menu), it also brings support for the Wayland display protocol to more components:

The LXQt development is confident that the next major release, LXQt 2.1, will be fully Wayland compatible. The co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/20/2143224/lxqt-20-released-lightweight-desktop-is-almost-wayland-compatible?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T17:34:00Z	**Should Automakers Feel Threatened by China's Exports of Electric Cars?**
The Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S.-China rivalry "has a new flashpoint in the battle for technology supremacy: electric cars."

"So far, the U.S. is losing."

Last year, China became the world's foremost auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Assn., surpassing Japan with more than 5 million sales overseas. New energ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/174245/should-automakers-feel-threatened-by-chinas-exports-of-electric-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T19:05:00Z	**Lying to Investors?  Co-Founder of Startup 'HeadSpin' Gets 18-Month Prison Sentence for Fraud**
The co-founder of Silicon Valley-based software testing startup HeadSpin was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and a $1 million fine, reports SFGate — for defrauding investors.

Lachwani pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and a count of securities fraud in April 2023, after federal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/192254/lying-to-investors-co-founder-of-startup-headspin-gets-18-month-prison-sentence-for-fraud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T20:05:00Z	**Is Rivos Building an RISC-V AI Chip?**
Remember when Apple filed a lawsuit against chip startup Rivos (saying that in one year Rivos hired more than 40 former Apple employees to work on competing system-on-a-chip technology)? Apple settled that suit in February.

And now Tuesday Rivos announced that it raised $250 million, according to Reuters, "in a funding round that will enable it to manufacture its first server chip geared for artif ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/1938213/is-rivos-building-an-risc-v-ai-chip?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T21:05:00Z	**GPT-4 Can Exploit Real Vulnerabilities By Reading Security Advisories**
Long-time Slashdot reader tippen shared this report from the Register:

AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software, can successfully exploit real world security vulnerabilities by reading security advisories, academics have claimed.

In a newly released paper, four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/2030236/gpt-4-can-exploit-real-vulnerabilities-by-reading-security-advisories?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-21T22:25:00Z	**The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Just Sent Its Last Message Home**
Two months ago the team behind NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter released a video reflecting on its historic explorations of Mars, flying 10.5 miles (17.0 kilometers) in 72 different flights over three years. It was the team's way of saying goodbye, according to NASA's video.

And this week, LiveScience reports, Ingenuity answered back:

On April 16, Inge ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/2221239/the-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-just-sent-its-last-message-home?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T02:09:00Z	**Startup is Building the World's Largest Ocean-Based Carbon Plant - and It's Scalable**
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:
On a slice of the ocean front in west Singapore, a startup is building a plant to turn carbon dioxide from air and seawater into the same material as seashells, in a process that will also produce "green" hydrogen — a much-hyped clean fuel.

The cluster of low-s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/026240/startup-is-building-the-worlds-largest-ocean-based-carbon-plant---and-its-scalable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T04:59:00Z	**Ex-White House Cyber Policy Director:  Microsoft is a National Security Risk**
This week the Register spoke to former senior White House cyber policy director A.J. Grotto — who complained it was hard to get even slight concessions from Microsoft:
"If you go back to the SolarWinds episode from a few years ago ... [Microsoft] was essentially up-selling logging capability to federal agencies" instead of ma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/0337218/ex-white-house-cyber-policy-director-microsoft-is-a-national-security-risk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T07:44:00Z	**What Happened After Amazon Electrified Its Delivery Fleet?**
Bloomberg looks at America's biggest operator of private electrical vehicle charging infrastructure: Amazon. "In a little more than two years, Amazon has installed more than 17,000 chargers at about 120 warehouses around the U.S." — and had Rivian build 13,500 custom electric delivery vans.

Amazon has a long way to go. The Seattle-based company says its  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/21/1816225/what-happened-after-amazon-electrified-its-delivery-fleet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T11:34:00Z	**How CP/M Launched the Next 50 Years of Operating Systems**
50 years ago this week, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall "demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific Grove, California," according to a blog post from Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum. It tells the story of "how his company, Digital Research Inc., established CP/M as an industry standard and its subs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/0427255/how-cpm-launched-the-next-50-years-of-operating-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T14:01:00Z	**North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say**
North Korean animators have been secretly working on major international TV shows, including an Amazon superhero series and an upcoming HBO Max children's anime, according to a report by cybersecurity researchers. The findings, detailed in a report by the Stimson Center think tank's 38 North Project and Google-owned security firm Mandiant, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1335234/north-koreans-secretly-animated-amazon-and-max-shows-researchers-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T14:40:00Z	**Marketing Cancer Drugs To Physicians Increases Prescribing Without Improving Mortality**
Abstract of a paper on National Bureau of Economic Research: Physicians commonly receive marketing-related transfers from drug firms. We examine the impact of these relationships on the prescribing of physician-administered cancer drugs in Medicare. We find that prescribing of the associated drug inc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1412256/marketing-cancer-drugs-to-physicians-increases-prescribing-without-improving-mortality?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T15:20:00Z	**Russian Court Sentences Meta Spokesperson To Six Years in Absentia, Calls Meta 'Extremist Organisation'**
A military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for "publicly defending terrorism," a verdict handed down in absentia, RIA news agency reported. Reuters: Meta itself is designated an extremist organisation in Russia and its ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/158257/russian-court-sentences-meta-spokesperson-to-six-years-in-absentia-calls-meta-extremist-organisation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T16:01:00Z	**AI Needs So Much Electricity That Tech Companies Are Getting Into Energy Business**
An anonymous reader shares a report: To accommodate tech companies' pivots to artificial intelligence, tech companies are increasingly investing in ways to power AI's immense electricity needs. Most recently, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invested in Exowatt, a company using solar power to feed data centers, accordin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1427219/ai-needs-so-much-electricity-that-tech-companies-are-getting-into-energy-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T16:40:00Z	**Biden Marks Earth Day by Announcing $7 Billion in Solar Power Grants**
President Joe Biden travels to Triangle, Virginia, Monday to mark Earth Day, where he'll unveil $7 billion in grant funding for solar power under the Inflation Reduction Act and announce new steps to stand up his administration's American Climate Corps -- a program popular with youth climate groups. From a report: The announcements come da ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1629217/biden-marks-earth-day-by-announcing-7-billion-in-solar-power-grants?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T17:20:00Z	**Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories**
Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories, according to reliable Apple leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami." From a report: In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories due to its poor durability. The company may move to another non-leather material for its premium  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/150251/apple-reportedly-stops-production-of-finewoven-accessories?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T18:00:00Z	**Europol Becomes Latest Law Enforcement Group To Plead With Big Tech To Ditch E2EE**
Yet another international cop shop has come out swinging against end-to-end encryption - this time it's Europol which is urging an end to implementation of the tech for fear police investigations will be hampered by protected DMs. The Register: In a joint declaration of European police chiefs published over the wee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1714217/europol-becomes-latest-law-enforcement-group-to-plead-with-big-tech-to-ditch-e2ee?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T18:41:00Z	**Chinese Flying Taxi Sector Claims Global Lead Thanks To Regulatory Support**
A Shanghai flying taxi company says that China's "low altitude" industry is edging ahead of western rivals, thanks to more supportive regulators, technological breakthroughs and cut-throat competition in the Chinese logistics sector. From a report: The total market created by electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1636200/chinese-flying-taxi-sector-claims-global-lead-thanks-to-regulatory-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T19:20:00Z	**Meta Opens Quest OS To Third Parties, Including ASUS and Lenovo**
In a huge move for the mixed reality industry, Meta announced today that it's opening the Quest's operating system to third-party companies, allowing them to build headsets of their own. From a report: Think of it like moving the Quest's ecosystem from an Apple model, where one company builds both the hardware and software, to more of a hardware fre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1718249/meta-opens-quest-os-to-third-parties-including-asus-and-lenovo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T20:00:00Z	**Amazon Ends California Drone Deliveries**
Amazon confirmed it is ending Prime Air drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California. The Central California town of 3,500 was the company's second U.S. drone delivery site, after College Station, Texas. Operations were announced in June 2022. From a report: The retail giant is not offering details around the setback, only noting, "We'll offer all current employees opportunities at other s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1834249/amazon-ends-california-drone-deliveries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T20:41:00Z	**Study: Alphabetical Order of Surnames May Affect Grading**
AmiMoJo writes: Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due to sequential grading biases  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/190217/study-alphabetical-order-of-surnames-may-affect-grading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T21:21:00Z	**Europe Baked in 'Extreme Heat Stress' Pushing Temperatures To Record Highs**
Scorching weather has baked Europe in more days of "extreme heat stress" than its scientists have ever seen. The Guardian: Heat-trapping pollutants that clog the atmosphere helped push temperatures in Europe last year to the highest or second-highest levels ever recorded, according to the EU's Earth-watching service Copernicus a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1914219/europe-baked-in-extreme-heat-stress-pushing-temperatures-to-record-highs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T22:00:00Z	**Home Assistant Has a New Foundation, Goal To Become a Consumer Brand**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Home Assistant, until recently, has been a wide-ranging and hard-to-define project. The open smart home platform is an open source OS you can run anywhere that aims to connect all your devices together. But it's also bespoke Raspberry Pi hardware, in Yellow and Green. It's entirely fre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1946245/home-assistant-has-a-new-foundation-goal-to-become-a-consumer-brand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T22:40:00Z	**EU Opens Probe of TikTok Lite, Citing Concerns About Addictive Design**
The European Union has opened a second formal investigation into TikTok under its Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and content moderation framework. The investigation centers around TikTok Lite's "Task and Reward" feature that may harm mental health, especially among minors, by promoting addictive behavior. TechCrunch rep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1954244/eu-opens-probe-of-tiktok-lite-citing-concerns-about-addictive-design?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-22T23:20:00Z	**Gaming Giant Embracer Group Is Splitting Into Three Companies**
Jess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group announced plans on Monday to split itself into three distinct games and entertainment companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. These will be separate, publicly listed companies, according to Embracer, which says the move w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/1959202/gaming-giant-embracer-group-is-splitting-into-three-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T00:02:00Z	**Huawei Wants To Take Homegrown HarmonyOS Phone Platform Worldwide**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Huawei plans to expand its native HarmonyOS smartphone platform worldwide, despite coming under US-led sanctions that have deprived it of access to key technologies. "We will work hard to build up the HarmonyOS app ecosystem in the China market first, then, from country to country, we will ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/209252/huawei-wants-to-take-homegrown-harmonyos-phone-platform-worldwide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T00:45:00Z	**Apple Acquires Datakalab, a French Startup Behind AI and Computer Vision Tech**
According to French business magazine Challenges, Apple has acquired Datakalab -- a Paris-based startup specializing in artificial intelligence compression and computer vision technology. 9to5Mac reports: Datakalab described itself as "experts in low power, runtime efficient, and deep learning algorithms" that work on de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2320251/apple-acquires-datakalab-a-french-startup-behind-ai-and-computer-vision-tech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T01:25:00Z	**Pareto's Economic Theories Used To Find the Best Mario Kart 8 Racer**
Data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz, PhD, applied Vilfredo Pareto's (the early 20th-century Italian economist) theories to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to determine the best racer combinations. "When you break down the build options (including driver stats and various vehicle details) in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there are over 700,000 possible combination ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2331216/paretos-economic-theories-used-to-find-the-best-mario-kart-8-racer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T03:33:00Z	**California Is Grappling With a Growing Problem: Too Much Solar**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: In sunny California, solar panels are everywhere. They sit in dry, desert landscapes in the Central Valley and are scattered over rooftops in Los Angeles's urban center. By last count, the state had nearly 47 gigawatts of solar power installed -- enough to power 13.9 million homes and p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2313206/california-is-grappling-with-a-growing-problem-too-much-solar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T07:00:00Z	**Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Updates To Earth**
quonset writes: Just over two weeks ago, NASA figured out why its Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped sending useful data. They suspected corrupted memory in its flight data system (FDS) was the culprit. Today, for the first time since November, Voyager 1 is sending useful data about its health and the status of its onboard systems back to NASA. How did NASA accomplish this feat of long distan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2343257/voyager-1-resumes-sending-updates-to-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T10:00:00Z	**NASA Officially Greenlights $3.35 Billion Mission To Saturn's Moon Titan**
NASA last week formally approved a $3.35 billion mission to explore Saturn's largest moon with a quadcopter drone. "Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we are excited to take the next steps on this mission," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate. "Ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2338219/nasa-officially-greenlights-335-billion-mission-to-saturns-moon-titan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T13:00:00Z	**Toyota's Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks**
Toyota's Mirai, a hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell EV initially heralded as the future of driving, has faced significant challenges due to inadequate hydrogen fueling infrastructure. As chronicled by InsideEVs, many owners have become disillusioned with the vehicle's high operational costs, unreliable refueling options, an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2353248/toyotas-hydrogen-future-is-crumbling-as-owners-file-lawsuits-call-for-buybacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T14:07:00Z	**Google Fires More Employees Over Protest of Cloud Contract With Israel**
Google has fired another 20 workers for participating in protests against its $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to an activist group representing the workers. From a report: In total, the company has now fired around 50 employees over sit-in protests held in Google offices last week that were  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/148207/google-fires-more-employees-over-protest-of-cloud-contract-with-israel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T14:45:00Z	**Microsoft Launches Phi-3 Mini, a 3.8B-Parameter Model Rivaling GPT-3.5 Capabilities**
Microsoft has launched Phi-3 Mini, a lightweight AI model with 3.8 billion parameters, as part of its plan to release three small models. Phi-3 Mini, trained on a smaller data set compared to large language models, is available on Azure, Hugging Face, and Ollama. Microsoft claims Phi-3 Mini performs as well as models ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1433204/microsoft-launches-phi-3-mini-a-38b-parameter-model-rivaling-gpt-35-capabilities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T15:20:00Z	**China's Ageing Tech Workers Hit By 'Curse of 35'**
Chinese tech giant Kuaishou is laying off employees in their mid-30s as part of a company-wide restructuring plan dubbed "Limestone," FT reported Tuesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The move highlights the pervasive ageism in China's tech sector, where younger workers are favored for their perceived willingness to work long hours and keep up with the latest techn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/154206/chinas-ageing-tech-workers-hit-by-curse-of-35?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T16:01:00Z	**Fedora Linux 40 Officially Released**
prisoninmate writes: Fedora Linux 40 distribution has been officially released -- powered by the latest Linux 6.8 kernel series, and featuring the GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6 desktop environments, reports 9to5Linux: "Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.8 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 40 release ships with the GNOME 46 desktop environment for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition and the KDE Pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1452255/fedora-linux-40-officially-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T16:40:00Z	**No One Buys Books Any More**
The U.S. publishing industry is driven by celebrity authors and repeat bestsellers, according to testimony from a blocked merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Only 50 authors sell over 500,000 copies annually, with 96% of books selling under 1,000 copies. Publishing houses spend most of their advance money on celebrity books, which along with backlist titles like The Bible, account for the bulk of th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1632227/no-one-buys-books-any-more?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T17:20:00Z	**FTC To Vote On Noncompete Ban**
The Federal Trade Commission is set to vote Tuesday afternoon on a proposal to ban noncompete agreements, which prevent workers from taking positions at competitors for a period of time after they leave a job. From a report: The ban could be a win for workers -- particularly at the low end of the income scale. Critics of these agreements say they stifle innovation and wage growth by restricting workers' ability to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1657246/ftc-to-vote-on-noncompete-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T18:01:00Z	**Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments As Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations'**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple has dropped the number of Vision Pro units that it plans to ship in 2024, going from an expected 700 to 800k units to just 400k to 450k units, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Orders have been scaled back before the Vision Pro has launched in markets outside of the United ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1722254/apple-cuts-vision-pro-shipments-as-demand-falls-sharply-beyond-expectations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T18:45:00Z	**How GM Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On**
General Motors (GM) has been selling data about the driving behavior of millions of people to insurance companies, leading to higher premiums for some drivers, according to a recent investigation. The affected drivers were not informed about the tracking, which was carried out through GM's OnStar connected services plan and the Smart Driver program. The New York Time ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1843214/how-gm-tricked-millions-of-drivers-into-being-spied-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T19:22:00Z	**AI Is Poisoning Reddit To Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'**
An anonymous reader shares a report: For years, people who have found Google search frustrating have been adding "Reddit" to the end of their search queries. This practice is so common that Google even acknowledged the phenomenon in a post announcing that it will be scraping Reddit posts to train its AI. And so, naturally, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1847240/ai-is-poisoning-reddit-to-promote-products-and-game-google-with-parasite-seo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T20:02:00Z	**iPhone Sales Drop 19% in China**
Apple's iPhone sales dropped sharply in China in the first quarter of this year as the company saw strong competition from domestic brand Huawei, according to a new report from market research firm Counterpoint Research. CNBC: Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, Counterpoint's data showed, as Chinese telecommunications and consumer electronics giant Huawei saw a resur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/1852251/iphone-sales-drop-19-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T20:40:00Z	**Linux Can Finally Run Your Car's Safety Systems and Driver-Assistance Features**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: There's a new Linux distro on the scene today, and it's a bit specialized. Its development was led by the automotive electronics supplier Elektrobit, and it's the first open source OS that complies with the automotive industry's functional safety requirements. [... ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2023220/linux-can-finally-run-your-cars-safety-systems-and-driver-assistance-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T21:22:00Z	**Ex-Amazon Exec Claims She Was Asked To Ignore Copyright Law in Race To AI**
A lawsuit is alleging Amazon was so desperate to keep up with the competition in generative AI it was willing to breach its own copyright rules. From a report: The allegation emerges from a complaint accusing the tech and retail mega-corp of demoting, and then dismissing, a former high-flying AI scientist after it discovered she w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2034256/ex-amazon-exec-claims-she-was-asked-to-ignore-copyright-law-in-race-to-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T22:00:00Z	**HashiCorp Reportedly Being Acquired By IBM**
According to the Wall Street Journal, a deal for IBM to acquire HashiCorp could materialize in the next few days. Shares of HashiCorp jumped almost 20% on the news. CNBC reports: Developers use HashiCorp's software to set up and manage infrastructure in public clouds that companies such as Amazon
 and Microsoft operate. Organizations also pay HashiCorp for managing security credentials. Founded ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2041238/hashicorp-reportedly-being-acquired-by-ibm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T22:40:00Z	**The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Have Multimodel AI Now**
The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses now feature support for multimodal AI -- without the need for a projector or $24 monthly fee. (We're looking at you, Humane AI.) With the new update, the Meta AI assistant will be able to analyze what you're seeing, and it'll give you smart, helpful answers or suggestions. The Verge reports: First off, there are some expectations that ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2056254/the-ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses-have-multimodel-ai-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-23T23:20:00Z	**What Comes After OLED? Meet QDEL**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Quantum dots are already moving in the premium display category, particularly through QD-OLED TVs and monitors. The next step could be QDEL, short for "quantum dot electroluminescent," also known as NanoLED, screens. Not to be confused with the QLED (quantum light emitting diode) tech already available in TVs, QDEL displays don't have a backlight. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2144258/what-comes-after-oled-meet-qdel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-24T00:02:00Z	**Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers**
Andy Greenberg reports via Wired: More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of cybersecurity, the medical firm Change Healthcare finally confirmed what cybercriminals, security researchers, and Bitcoin's blockchain had already made all too clear: that it did indeed pay a ransom to the hacke ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2158231/change-healthcare-finally-admits-it-paid-ransomware-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-24T00:45:00Z	**Oracle Is Moving Its World Headquarters To Nashville**
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter. CNBC reports: In a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Frist, a former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Ellison said Oracle is moving a "huge campus" to Nashville, "which will ultimately be our world headq ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2234216/oracle-is-moving-its-world-headquarters-to-nashville?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-24T01:25:00Z	**Try Something New To Stop the Days Whizzing Past, Researchers Suggest**
Nicola Davis reports via The Guardian: If every day appears to go in a blur, try seeking out new and interesting experiences, researchers have suggested, after finding memorable images appear to dilate time. Researchers have previously found louder experiences seem to last longer, while focusing on the clock also makes time dilate, or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2248219/try-something-new-to-stop-the-days-whizzing-past-researchers-suggest?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-24T03:30:00Z	**Generative AI Arrives In the Gene Editing World of CRISPR**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters that look like something from a Hollywood movie. Now, new A.I. technology is generating blueprints for microscopic biological mechanisms that can edit your DNA, poin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/04/23/2211235/generative-ai-arrives-in-the-gene-editing-world-of-crispr?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-04-24T04:36:00Z	**US Bans Noncompete Agreements For Nearly All Jobs**
The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own. From a report: The FTC received more than 26,000 public comments in the months leading up to the vote. Chair Lina Khan referenced on Tuesday some of the stories she had heard f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/04/24/0436227/us-bans-noncompete-agreements-for-nearly-all-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)