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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Jack Teixeira, the National Guard airman who leaked confidential military documents on Discord, agreed Monday to plead guilty, promising to cooperate with officials attempting to trace the full extent of government secrets leaked. Under the plea deal, Teixeira will serve a much- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/04/2133244/discord-leaker-jack-teixeira-pleads-guilty-seeks-light-11-year-sentence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-04T23:50:00Z **San Francisco Police Make Arrest In Waymo Chinatown Arson Case**
According to the San Francisco police department, police have made the first arrest in relation to several recent vehicle arsons, including the crowd attack of a Waymo robotaxi last month in Chinatown. The San Francisco Standard reports: Police say officers arrested a man meeting the description of a person suspected of lighting several vehicles on fi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/04/2155205/san-francisco-police-make-arrest-in-waymo-chinatown-arson-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T00:30:00Z **Linux Passes 4% Desktop Market Share**
"Linux gained from 3% to 4% in 8 months," writes longtime Slashdot reader bobdevine. Linuxiac reports: According to the latest data from StatCounter, a leading web traffic analysis tool, Linux's market share has reached 4.03%. At first glance, the number might seem modest, but it represents a significant leap. Let's break it down. It took Linux 30 years to secure a 3% share of desktop operating system ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/04/2159239/linux-passes-4-desktop-market-share?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T01:10:00Z **Qualcomm Launches First True 'App Store' For AI With 75 Free Models**
Wayne Williams reports via TechRadar: Qualcomm has unveiled its AI Hub, an all-inclusive library of pre-optimized AI models ready for use on devices running on Snapdragon and Qualcomm platforms. These models support a wide range of applications including natural language processing, computer vision, and anomaly detection, and are design ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/04/2212212/qualcomm-launches-first-true-app-store-for-ai-with-75-free-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T03:30:00Z **Setback For Hopes of Life As NASA Says Less Oxygen On Jupiter Moon Than Thought**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: New research suggests there's less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than thought -- and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in Europa's underground ocean. Even with little or no oxygen, microbes might still be bustling around ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/04/2226254/setback-for-hopes-of-life-as-nasa-says-less-oxygen-on-jupiter-moon-than-thought?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T07:00:00Z **Blue Origin Targets 2025 For Cargo Lander's Inaugural Moon Trip, With Humans To Follow**
In an update on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, Blue Origin said it was aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in the next 12 to 16 months. A crewed version is expected to follow. GeekWire reports: "We're expecting to land on the moon between 12 and 16 months from today," [said John ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/0130213/blue-origin-targets-2025-for-cargo-landers-inaugural-moon-trip-with-humans-to-follow?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T10:00:00Z **In Indonesia, Women Pirate More Music and Movies Than Men**
Piracy was traditionally seen as something that predominantly young males were interested in. This is a largely outdated representation of reality, as girls and women began to catch up a long time ago. In some countries, including Indonesia, more women pirate music, movies, and TV-shows than their male counterparts. TorrentFreak reports: [N]ew findings published ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/0136250/in-indonesia-women-pirate-more-music-and-movies-than-men?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T13:00:00Z **Carmakers Must Bring Back Physical Buttons, Says Europe**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hagerty: Euro NCAP, the automotive safety industry body for Europe, is introducing new guidance for 2026 which means that five important tasks in every car will have to be performed by actual buttons instead of by accessing a screen. Indicators, hazard warning lights, windscreen wipers, horn, and SOS features will have to be ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/0146205/carmakers-must-bring-back-physical-buttons-says-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T14:00:00Z **New Proposal Could Ban Landlords From Charging for Cable and Internet in Bulk**
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal to bar landlords from charging tenants in bulk for cable, internet, and satellite services, offering them more choice in the kinds of services they need. From a report: The agency is circulating a proposed rule to ban the practice of "bulk billing," the Whit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1357224/new-proposal-could-ban-landlords-from-charging-for-cable-and-internet-in-bulk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T14:52:00Z **Hackers Exploited Windows 0-day for 6 Months After Microsoft Knew of It**
Hackers backed by the North Korean government gained a major win when Microsoft left a Windows zero-day unpatched for six months after learning it was under active exploitation. From a report: Even after Microsoft patched the vulnerability last month, the company made no mention that the North Korean threat group Lazarus had been us ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1452243/hackers-exploited-windows-0-day-for-6-months-after-microsoft-knew-of-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T15:20:00Z **Bitcoin Surges To Record Above $69,000**
Bitcoin surged to a record as demand from new US exchange-traded funds and a looming reduction in the token's supply growth fuel a breathtaking rebound in the original cryptocurrency. From a report: The largest digital asset rose as much as 2.5% to $69,191.95 as of 10:10 a.m. Tuesday in New York. Bitcoin has climbed about 62% so far in 2024, outperforming global stocks and spreading optimism across the d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1520220/bitcoin-surges-to-record-above-69000?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T16:02:00Z **Microsoft Accuses the New York Times of Doom-Mongering in OpenAI Lawsuit**
Microsoft has filed a motion seeking to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit The New York Times filed against the company and Open AI, accusing them of copyright infringement. From a report: If you'll recall, The Times sued both companies for using its published articles to train their GPT large language models (LLMs) without permission ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1546231/microsoft-accuses-the-new-york-times-of-doom-mongering-in-openai-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T16:00:00Z **Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Are All Down**
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all experiencing issues. From a report: The three Meta-owned platforms aren't working for many users, with the widespread outage seeming to start around 10AM ET. Some users are experiencing issues logging in to their Meta Quest headsets, too. Facebook is logging users out of their accounts, leaving them unable to get back in. Meanwhile, over on Instagr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/160235/facebook-instagram-and-threads-are-all-down?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T16:40:00Z **US Sanctions Founder of Spyware Maker Intellexa for Targeting Americans**
The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his business partners. From a report: This is the first time the U.S. government has targeted specific people, in addition to companies, with sanctions related to the misuse of commercial spyware. And it signifie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1558207/us-sanctions-founder-of-spyware-maker-intellexa-for-targeting-americans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T17:22:00Z **Microsoft Accuses the New York Times of Doom-Mongering in OpenAI Lawsuit**
Microsoft has filed a motion seeking to dismiss key parts of a lawsuit The New York Times filed against the company and Open AI, accusing them of copyright infringement. From a report: If you'll recall, The Times sued both companies for using its published articles to train their GPT large language models (LLMs) without permission ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1546231/microsoft-accuses-the-new-york-times-of-doom-mongering-in-openai-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T18:00:00Z **Google is Starting To Squash More Spam and AI in Search Results**
Google announced updates to its search ranking systems aimed at promoting high-quality content and demoting manipulative or low-effort material, including content generated by AI solely to summarize other sources. The company also stated it is improving its ability to detect and combat tactics used to deceive its ranking algorithms.

[![](https://a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1746249/google-is-starting-to-squash-more-spam-and-ai-in-search-results?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T18:40:00Z **Microsoft To End Its Android Apps on Windows 11 Subsystem in 2025**
Microsoft is ending support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 next year. From a report: The software giant first announced it was bringing Android apps to Windows 11 with Amazon's Appstore nearly three years ago, but this Windows Subsystem for Android will now be deprecated starting March 5th, 2025. "Microsoft is ending support for the Wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/1839259/microsoft-to-end-its-android-apps-on-windows-11-subsystem-in-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T20:02:00Z **Amazon Cancels Fees for Customers Moving To Rival Cloud Services**
Amazon's cloud services division is halting fees it has long charged customers that switch to a rival provider -- following in the steps of Google, which recently announced it was ending the practice. From a report: Amazon Web Services will no longer charge customers who want to extract all of their data from the company's servers and move them to anot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/203210/amazon-cancels-fees-for-customers-moving-to-rival-cloud-services?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T20:43:00Z **In a First, US Students Will Take the SAT Entirely Online**
The SAT, a college admissions exam that for nearly a century was completed using paper and pencil, is now officially all-digital. From a report: This week, students in the U.S. will begin taking the new SAT on their own devices -- including a tablet or a laptop -- or on school devices. The test is also one hour shorter (down from three hours), has shorter readi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2042248/in-a-first-us-students-will-take-the-sat-entirely-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T21:20:00Z **The Arctic Ocean Could Be 'Ice-Free' Within the Decade, Researchers Warn**
The loss of Arctic sea ice has long been a graphic measure of human-caused climate change, with wrenching images of suffering polar bears illustrating a worsening planetary crisis. Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought -- and that the Arctic may start to see its first " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2047225/the-arctic-ocean-could-be-ice-free-within-the-decade-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T22:02:00Z **Oregon OKs Right-To-Repair Bill That Bans the Blocking of Aftermarket Parts**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Oregon has joined the small but growing list of states that have passed right-to-repair legislation. Oregon's bill stands out for a provision that would prevent companies from requiring that official parts be unlocked with encrypted software checks before they will f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2130239/oregon-oks-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-the-blocking-of-aftermarket-parts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T22:40:00Z **iOS 17.4 Is Here and Ready For a Whole New Europe**
Jess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: Apple's iOS 17.4 update is now available, introducing new emoji and a cryptographic security protocol for iMessage, alongside some major changes to the App Store and contactless payments for the iPhone platform in Europe. Apple is making several of these changes to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), a law that aims to make t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2140221/ios-174-is-here-and-ready-for-a-whole-new-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-05T23:20:00Z **Copilot Pane As Annoying As Clippy May Pop Up In Windows 11**
Richard Speed reports via The Register: Copilot in Windows is set to get even more assertive after Microsoft added a function that makes the AI assistant's window pop up after a user's cursor hovers over the icon in the task bar. [...] Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel â" with the option to get the latest updates turned on â" will soon find themselves o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2146221/copilot-pane-as-annoying-as-clippy-may-pop-up-in-windows-11?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T00:02:00Z **Why Desktop Linux Is Finally Growing In Popularity**
According to the latest data from StatCounter, Linux's market share has reached 4.03% -- surging by an additional 1% in the last eight months. What's the reason behind this recent growth? "That's a good question," writes ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols. "While Windows is the king of the hill with 72.13% and MacOS comes in a distant second at 15.46%, it's clear that Linux is ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/05/2158236/why-desktop-linux-is-finally-growing-in-popularity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T00:45:00Z **Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming**
Warner Bros. Discovery said a password crackdown for its Max streaming service is coming later this year, joining competitors Netflix and Disney. TheWrap reports: JB Perrette, WBD's CEO and president of global streaming and games, said the initiative would launch later this year with a broader rollout in 2025. "We think, relative to the scale of our business, it's a meaningful opportu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/0024225/max-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T01:25:00Z **Signal's New Usernames Help Keep Cops Out of Your Data**
Longtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a report from The Intercept: With the new version of Signal, you will no longer broadcast your phone number to everyone you send messages to by default, though you can choose to if you want. Your phone number will still be displayed to contacts who already have it stored in their phones. Going forward, however, when you start ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/0036209/signals-new-usernames-help-keep-cops-out-of-your-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T02:02:00Z **Man Charged With Smuggling Greenhouse Gases Into US**
In a first-of-its-kind prosecution, a California man was arrested and charged Monday with allegedly smuggling potent, greenhouse gases from Mexico. From a report: Michael Hart, a 58-year-old man from San Diego, pleaded not guilty to smuggling hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs -- commonly used in air conditioning and refrigeration -- and selling them for profit, in a federal cour ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/0042202/man-charged-with-smuggling-greenhouse-gases-into-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T03:30:00Z **Screen Time Robs Average Toddler of Hearing 1,000 Words Spoken By Adult a Day, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The average toddler is missing out on hearing more than 1,000 words spoken by an adult each day due to screen time, setting back their language skills, a first-of-its kind study has found. The research, published on Tuesday in the Journal of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/013248/screen-time-robs-average-toddler-of-hearing-1000-words-spoken-by-adult-a-day-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T07:00:00Z **China To Debut Large Reusable Rockets In 2025 and 2026**
Andrew Jones reports via SpaceNews: The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch four-meter and five-meter-diameter reusable rockets for the first time in 2025 and 2026 respectively, Wang Wei, a deputy to the National People's Congress, told China News Service March 4. The reports do not clearly identify the two rockets. CASC is k ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/0112200/china-to-debut-large-reusable-rockets-in-2025-and-2026?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T10:00:00Z **Amazon Pays $650 Million For Nuclear-Powered Data Center**
Michelle Lewis reports via Electrek: One of the US's largest nuclear power plants will directly power cloud service provider Amazon Web Services' new data center. Power provider Talen Energy sold its data center campus, Cumulus Data Assets, to Amazon Web Services for $650 million. Amazon will develop an up to 960-megawatt (MW) data center at the Salem Township ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/038253/amazon-pays-650-million-for-nuclear-powered-data-center?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T13:00:00Z **BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment By Change Healthcare**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. "ALPHV") as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/034200/blackcat-ransomware-group-implodes-after-apparent-22m-payment-by-change-healthcare?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T14:06:00Z **How Much Energy Will New Semiconductor Factories Burn Through in the US?**
A new report warns that a boom in computer chip manufacturing in the US could fuel demand for dirty energy, despite companies' environmental claims. The solution for manufacturers, surprisingly, might be to act more like other big tech companies chasing climate goals. From a report: New semiconductor factories being built in the US ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/146246/how-much-energy-will-new-semiconductor-factories-burn-through-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T14:41:00Z **Microsoft Engineer Warns Company's AI Tool Creates Violent, Sexual Images, Ignores Copyrights**
An anonymous reader shares a report: On a late night in December, Shane Jones, an AI engineer at Microsoft, felt sickened by the images popping up on his computer. Jones was noodling with Copilot Designer, the AI image generator that Microsoft debuted in March 2023, powered by OpenAI's technolo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/1439200/microsoft-engineer-warns-companys-ai-tool-creates-violent-sexual-images-ignores-copyrights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T15:28:00Z **Airlines Are Coming for Your Carry-Ons**
Carriers have gotten stricter about how many items you can take on board, no matter how small they are. From a report: Fanny packs. Cross-body bags. Shopping bags. Pillows and blankets. The Southwest Airlines gate agent rattled off so many items that counted toward the two carry-on bag limit on my flight to Baltimore, I thought it might be a playful jab at Spirit and Frontier and their rigid carry-on p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/1528238/airlines-are-coming-for-your-carry-ons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T16:05:00Z **Alternative iOS App Stores Won't Work (For Long) Outside of the EU**
Alternative iOS app stores won't work (for long) outside of the EU. From a report: With iOS 17.4, iPhone users in the EU can now access third-party app marketplaces -- pending availability which is expected any day -- but extended overseas travel could change that, according to Apple.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/164259/alternative-ios-app-stores-wont-work-for-long-outside-of-the-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T16:40:00Z **Spain Tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin To Shut Down Its Eyeball-Scanning Orbs**
Spain has moved to block Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, the latest blow to a venture that has raised controversy in multiple countries by collecting customers' personal data using an eyeball-scanning "orb." From a report: The AEPD, Spain's data protection regulator, has demanded that Worldcoin immediately ceases col ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/1610229/spain-tells-sam-altman-worldcoin-to-shut-down-its-eyeball-scanning-orbs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T17:21:00Z **Warner Bros. Discusses 'Volatile' AAA Console Games, Will Lean Into Free-To-Play And Mobile**
During a recent Morgan Stanley conference, Warner Bros. Discovery gaming boss J.B. Perrette discussed some of the company's strategy for gaming going forward, and it includes more live-service, mobile, and free-to-play games. From a report: He said, "We're doubling down on games as an area where ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/1624229/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T18:00:00Z **Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account**
Epic Games, in a blog post: We recently announced that Apple approved our Epic Games Sweden AB developer account. We intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). To our surprise, Apple has terminated that account and now we cannot develop the Epic Games Store for iOS. This is a serious violation of t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/1737255/apple-terminated-epics-developer-account?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T20:27:00Z **Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say**
41 state attorneys general penned a letter to Meta's top attorney on Wednesday saying complaints are skyrocketing across the United States about Facebook and Instagram user accounts being stolen, and declaring "immediate action" necessary to mitigate the rolling threat. Wired: The coalition of top law enforcement off ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2027221/meta-abandons-hacking-victims-draining-law-enforcement-resources-officials-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T21:00:00Z **Satellite To 'Name and Shame' Worst Oil and Gas Methane Polluters**
A washing-machine-sized satellite is to "name and shame" the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry. From a report: MethaneSat will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. It will provide high-resolution data over wide ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2034247/satellite-to-name-and-shame-worst-oil-and-gas-methane-polluters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T21:40:00Z **JPMorgan's AI-Aided Cashflow Model Can Cut Manual Work by 90%**
JPMorgan helped some of its corporate customers slash manual work by almost 90% (alternative source) with its cashflow management tool that runs on AI, bringing the largest US bank one step closer to charging for this service. From a report: "We are going to keep investing into this solution because we see that we're starting to really crack this workflow," s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2039227/jpmorgans-ai-aided-cashflow-model-can-cut-manual-work-by-90?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T22:20:00Z **Fidelity Customers' Financial Info Feared Stolen In Suspected Ransomware Attack**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information -- including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes -- after breaking into Infosys' IT systems i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/213246/fidelity-customers-financial-info-feared-stolen-in-suspected-ransomware-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T23:00:00Z **Waymo Launches Driverless Rides For Employees In Austin**
Waymo announced that it will begin shuttling employees around 43 square miles of Austin, Texas, including the Barton Hills, Riverside, East Austin and Hyde Park neighborhoods, as well as downtown Austin. As TechCrunch notes, it's "a crucial step before the company opens the program up to the public." From the report: The step forward comes just a few days after Way ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/218221/waymo-launches-driverless-rides-for-employees-in-austin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-06T23:40:00Z **Public Trust In AI Is Sinking Across the Board**
Trust in AI technology and the companies that develop it is dropping, in both the U.S. and around the world, according to new data from Edelman shared first with Axios. Axios reports: Globally, trust in AI companies has dropped to 53%, down from 61% five years ago. In the U.S., trust has dropped 15 percentage points (from 50% to 35%) over the same period. Trust in AI is low across ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2116226/public-trust-in-ai-is-sinking-across-the-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T00:20:00Z **Google Adds New Developer Fees As Part of Play Store's DMA Compliance Plan**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google today is sharing more details about the fees that will accompany its plan to comply with Europe's new Digital Markets Act (DMA), the new regulation aimed at increasing competition across the app store ecosystem. While Google yesterday pointed to ways it already complie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2130208/google-adds-new-developer-fees-as-part-of-play-stores-dma-compliance-plan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T01:00:00Z **Apple iPhone Sales In China Plummet As Huawei Soars**
Huawei is back from the dead after recording a sales jump of 64% in the first six weeks of 2024 compared to a year earlier. Meanwhile, Apple's iPhone sales in China fell by 24% during the same period. The BBC reports: Aside from a resurgence of Huawei sales at the more expensive end of the Chinese phone market, Apple was also "squeezed in the middle on aggressive pricing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2342226/apple-iphone-sales-in-china-plummet-as-huawei-soars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T01:40:00Z **Rising Temperatures and Heat Shocks Prompt Job Relocations, Study Finds**
dcblogs writes: A recent study in the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that companies are quietly adapting to rising temperatures by shifting operations from hotter to cooler locations. The researchers analyzed data from 50,000 companies between 2009 and 2020. "To illustrate the economic impact, the researchers found th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2352216/rising-temperatures-and-heat-shocks-prompt-job-relocations-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T02:20:00Z **Former Google Engineer Indicted For Stealing AI Secrets To Aid Chinese Companies**
Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer, has been indicted for stealing trade secrets related to AI to benefit two Chinese companies. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each criminal count. Reuters reports: Ding's indictment was unveiled a little over a year after the Biden administratio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/06/2357244/former-google-engineer-indicted-for-stealing-ai-secrets-to-aid-chinese-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T03:30:00Z **VMware Sandbox Escape Bugs Are So Critical, Patches Are Released For End-of-Life Products**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: VMware is urging customers to patch critical vulnerabilities that make it possible for hackers to break out of sandbox and hypervisor protections in all versions, including out-of-support ones, of VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Founda ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/003238/vmware-sandbox-escape-bugs-are-so-critical-patches-are-released-for-end-of-life-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T07:00:00Z **New 'Water Batteries' Are Cheaper, Recyclable, And Won't Explode**
Clare Watson reports via ScienceAlert: By replacing the hazardous chemical electrolytes used in commercial batteries with water, scientists have developed a recyclable 'water battery' -- and solved key issues with the emerging technology, which could be a safer and greener alternative. 'Water batteries' are formally known as aqueous metal-ion batt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0013212/new-water-batteries-are-cheaper-recyclable-and-wont-explode?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T08:08:00Z **Nikon To Acquire US Cinema Camera Manufacturer RED**
Nikon, in a press statement: Nikon hereby announces its entry into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding membership interests of RED.com, LLC (RED) whereby RED will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon, pursuant to a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Mr. James Jannard, its founder, and Mr. Jarred Land, its current President, subject to the s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/089209/nikon-to-acquire-us-cinema-camera-manufacturer-red?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T10:00:00Z **Teachers Are Embracing ChatGPT-Powered Grading**
Schools are widely adopting a new tool called Writable that uses ChatGPT to help grade student writing assignments. Axios reports: Writable, which is billed as a time-saving tool for teachers, was purchased last month by education giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, whose materials are used in 90% of K-12 schools. Teachers use it to run students' essays through ChatGPT, then evaluate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0719222/teachers-are-embracing-chatgpt-powered-grading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T13:00:00Z **Bipartisan Bill Could Force ByteDance To Divest TikTok**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A group of US lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell off the popular video-sharing TikTok app within six months or face a ban. For years American officials have raised concerns that data from the app could fall into the hands of the Chinese government. A bipartisan set ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0732221/bipartisan-bill-could-force-bytedance-to-divest-tiktok?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T14:01:00Z **Millions of Research Papers at Risk of Disappearing From the Internet**
More than one-quarter of scholarly articles are not being properly archived and preserved, a study of more than seven million digital publications suggests. From a report: The findings, published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication on 24 January, indicate that systems to preserve papers online have failed to k ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/0614207/millions-of-research-papers-at-risk-of-disappearing-from-the-internet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T14:41:00Z **Nikon To Acquire US Cinema Camera Manufacturer RED**
Nikon, in a press statement: Nikon hereby announces its entry into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding membership interests of RED.com, LLC (RED) whereby RED will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon, pursuant to a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Mr. James Jannard, its founder, and Mr. Jarred Land, its current President, subject to the s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/089209/nikon-to-acquire-us-cinema-camera-manufacturer-red?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T15:20:00Z **'AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead'**
The hype around AI language models has companies scrambling to hire prompt engineers to improve their AI queries and create new products. But new research hints that the AI may be better at prompt engineering than humans, indicating many of these jobs could be short-lived as the technology evolves and automates the role. IEEE Spectrum: Battle and Gollapudi decided to systematically test [PDF] how different ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1511252/ai-prompt-engineering-is-dead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T16:14:00Z **Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark**
The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth and inspired earthlings with images of the planet as a "Pale Blue Dot," hasn't sent usable data from interstellar space in months. From a report: When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it was built to do and take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1615204/voyager-1-first-craft-in-interstellar-space-may-have-gone-dark?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T16:40:00Z **EA Says Generative AI Could Make It 30% More Efficient**
EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes generative AI will "revolutionize" the gaming industry over the next five years. He predicts that the technology will allow for more efficient content creation, reducing development time from months to days. From a report: Greater efficiency coupled with "deeper, more immersive experiences" will lead to significant audience expansion ov ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1633214/ea-says-generative-ai-could-make-it-30-more-efficient?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T17:22:00Z **SEC Approves Rule Requiring Some Companies To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions**
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after last-minute revisions that weakened the directive in the face of strong pushback from companies. From a report: The rule was one of the most an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1721237/sec-approves-rule-requiring-some-companies-to-report-greenhouse-gas-emissions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T18:08:00Z **Apple is Working To Make It Easier To Switch From iPhone To Android Because of the EU**
Apple is preparing to allow EU-based iPhone users to uninstall its first-party Safari browser by the end of 2024 and is working on a more "user-friendly" way of transferring data "from an iPhone to a non-Apple phone" by fall 2025. From a report: That's according to a new compliance document published by t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/187230/apple-is-working-to-make-it-easier-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android-because-of-the-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T18:40:00Z **Feds To Offer New Support To Open-Source Developers**
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will start providing more hands-on support to open-source software developers as they work to better secure their projects, the agency said. From a report: CISA hosted a two-day, invite-only summit this week with leaders in the open-source software community and other federal officials. During the private ev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1834222/feds-to-offer-new-support-to-open-source-developers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T19:20:00Z **Samsung Making It Harder To Know What Type of OLED TV You're Getting**
Samsung's 2024 OLED TV lineup will feature both QD-OLED and WOLED panels, making it harder for consumers to distinguish between the two technologies. The company announced three new series without specifying the panel types, but reports suggest that even within the S90D series, both QD-OLED and WOLED may be used. Samsung's decision to use both ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1920211/samsung-making-it-harder-to-know-what-type-of-oled-tv-youre-getting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T20:30:00Z **China Intensifies Push To 'Delete America' From Its Technology**
A directive known as Document 79 ramps up Beijing's effort to replace U.S. tech with homegrown alternatives. From a report: For American tech companies in China, the writing is on the wall. It's also on paper, in Document 79. The 2022 Chinese government directive expands a drive that is muscling U.S. technology out of the country -- an effort some refe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2030259/china-intensifies-push-to-delete-america-from-its-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T21:10:00Z **EU Looking Into Apple's Decision To Kill Epic Games' Developer Account**
The European Union has confirmed it's looking into Apple's decision to close Epic Games' developer account -- citing three separate regulations that may apply. From a report: Yesterday the Fortnite maker revealed Apple had terminated the account, apparently reversing a decision to approve the developer account last month. Epic had plan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2046239/eu-looking-into-apples-decision-to-kill-epic-games-developer-account?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T21:50:00Z **US Lost Record $12.5 Billion To Online Crime In 2023, Says FBI**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 Internet Crime Report (PDF), which recorded a 22% increase in reported losses compared to 2022, amounting to a record of $12.5 billion. The number of relevant complaints submitted to the FBI in 2023 reached 880,000, 10% higher than ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2114235/us-lost-record-125-billion-to-online-crime-in-2023-says-fbi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T22:30:00Z **Researchers Jailbreak AI Chatbots With ASCII Art**
Researchers have developed a way to circumvent safety measures built into large language models (LLMs) using ASCII Art, a graphic design technique that involves arranging characters like letters, numbers, and punctuation marks to form recognizable patterns or images. Tom's Hardware reports: According to the research paper ArtPrompt: ASCII Art-based Jailbreak Attacks against Align ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2123204/researchers-jailbreak-ai-chatbots-with-ascii-art?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T23:10:00Z **Apple Will Cut Off Third-Party App Store Updates If Your iPhone Leaves the EU For a Month**
In an updated support page, Apple says it won't let your iPhone update software installed by third-party app stores if you leave the European Union for more than 30 days. The Verge reports: Shortly after the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) went into effect on Wednesday, users noticed an Apple sup ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2142227/apple-will-cut-off-third-party-app-store-updates-if-your-iphone-leaves-the-eu-for-a-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-07T23:50:00Z **Is America Running Out of Electrical Power?**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Week Magazine: The advancement of new technologies appears to have given rise to a new problem across the United States: a crippling power shortage on the horizon. The advent of these technologies, such as eco-friendly factories and data centers, has renewed concerns that America could run out of electrical power. These worries also come at ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2150234/is-america-running-out-of-electrical-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T00:30:00Z **Fedora Workstation 41 To No Longer Install GNOME X.Org Session By Default**
Michael Larabel writes via Phoronix: Fedora Workstation has long defaulted to using GNOME's Wayland session by default, but it has continued to install the GNOME X.Org session for fallback purposes or those opting to use it instead. But for the Fedora Workstation 41 release later in the year, there is a newly-approved plan to no ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2157258/fedora-workstation-41-to-no-longer-install-gnome-xorg-session-by-default?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T01:30:00Z **Reddit Will Now Use an AI Model To Fight Harassment**
An APK teardown performed by Android Authority has revealed that Reddit is now using a Large Language Model (LLM) to detect harassment on the platform. From the report: Reddit also updated its support page a week ago to mention the use of an AI model as part of its harassment filter. "The filter is powered by a Large Language Model (LLM) that's trained on moderator action ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2213245/reddit-will-now-use-an-ai-model-to-fight-harassment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T02:10:00Z **Company That Plans To Bring Back the Mammoth Takes a Key Step**
John Timmer reports via Ars Technica: A company called Colossal plans to pioneer the de-extinction business, taking species that have died within the past few thousand years and restoring them through the use of DNA editing and stem cells. It's grabbed headlines recently by announcing some compelling targets: the thylacine, an extinct marsupial pred ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2255224/company-that-plans-to-bring-back-the-mammoth-takes-a-key-step?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T03:30:00Z **Microscopic Plastics Could Raise Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack, Study Says**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Doctors have warned of potentially life-threatening effects from plastic pollution after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics. Researchers in Naples exa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/2243222/microscopic-plastics-could-raise-risk-of-stroke-and-heart-attack-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T07:00:00Z **Mexico Argues Glyphosate In GM Corn Is Unsafe For Human Consumption**
Mexico is waiting for the United States to provide evidence that shows imported genetically modified corn is safe for human consumption. "In a written submission to a panel of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Mexico, the top buyer of U.S. corn, argued that science proves GM corn and the herbicide glyphosate are harmful to human ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/0137200/mexico-argues-glyphosate-in-gm-corn-is-unsafe-for-human-consumption?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T10:00:00Z **Should an Emoji Count As Confirmation of a Contract?**
innocent\_white\_lamb shares a report from CBC News: In June, a Court of King's Bench judge ordered Swift Current farmer Chris Achter to pay more than $82,000 to a grain buyer with South West Terminal (SWT). The ruling stems from a text message when the buyer, Kent Mickleborough, asked Achter to confirm a flax contract that requested more than 85 tons of flax to be delive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/0126236/should-an-emoji-count-as-confirmation-of-a-contract?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T13:00:00Z **Apple Releases visionOS 1.1 With Improvements To Persona, EyeSight, Virtual Keyboard and More**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple today released visionOS 1.1, marking the first major update to the visionOS operating system that was launched alongside the Vision Pro in February. visionOS updates can be installed by going to the Settings app on the Vision Pro, sele ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/0141206/apple-releases-visionos-11-with-improvements-to-persona-eyesight-virtual-keyboard-and-more?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T14:00:00Z **10 Years On, Is the World Any Closer To Finding MH370?**
An anonymous reader shares a report: For the past 10 years it has remained one of the modern era's greatest mysteries. A commercial airliner with a strong safety record carrying 239 people vanishing from the map, spawning a wide variety of competing theories, books and documentaries and leaving the families of those left behind asking themselves every March 8 -- what ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1314203/10-years-on-is-the-world-any-closer-to-finding-mh370?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T14:40:00Z **China Readies $27 Billion Chip Fund To Counter Growing US Curbs**
China is in the process of raising more than $27 billion for its largest chip fund to date, accelerating the development of cutting-edge technologies to counter a US campaign to thwart its rise. From a report: The National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund is amassing a pool of capital from local governments and state enterprises for its t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1320208/china-readies-27-billion-chip-fund-to-counter-growing-us-curbs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T15:20:00Z **President Biden Calls for Ban on AI Voice Impersonations**
President Biden included a nod to a rising issue in the entertainment and tech industries during his State of the Union address Thursday evening, calling for a ban on AI voice impersonations. From a report: "Here at home, I have signed over 400 bipartisan bills. There's more to pass my unity agenda," President Biden said, beginning to list off a series of differ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1432203/president-biden-calls-for-ban-on-ai-voice-impersonations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T16:01:00Z **Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Source Code After Spying On Its Executives**
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that Russian state-sponsored hackers had been spying on the email accounts of some members of its senior leadership team. Now, Microsoft is disclosing that the attack, from the same group behind the SolarWinds attack, has also led to some source code being stolen in what Microsoft d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1514205/microsoft-says-russian-hackers-stole-source-code-after-spying-on-its-executives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T16:40:00Z **After Astra Loses 99% of Its Value, Founders Take Rocket Firm Private**
Astra Space, a California-based rocket company, has announced it will go private at a valuation significantly lower than its $2.1 billion debut in 2021. The company's market value is about $13 million at current levels. The company's co-founders, Chris Kemp and Adam London, will acquire all outstanding shares at $0.50 each, well below the curr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1528226/after-astra-loses-99-of-its-value-founders-take-rocket-firm-private?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T17:20:00Z **Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In the 1960s, secret test flights of advanced government spy planes generated U.F.O. sightings. More recently, government and commercial drones, new kinds of satellites and errant weather balloons have led to a renaissance in unusual observations. But, according to a new report, none of these sightings were of alien spacecraft. The new ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1714210/pentagon-review-finds-no-evidence-of-alien-cover-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T18:01:00Z **United Plane Veers Off Runway in Third Boeing Incident This Week**
A United Airlines Holdings aircraft ran off the taxiway into a grassy area after landing at Houston Friday, the third incident this week involving the airline's Boeing planes. From a report: United Flight 2477, with 160 passengers and six crew, had just landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport about 8 a.m. local time Friday when it veered i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1720226/united-plane-veers-off-runway-in-third-boeing-incident-this-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T18:40:00Z **Apple Reinstates Epic Developer Account After Public Backlash for Retaliation**
Epic Games, in a blog post: Apple has told us and committed to the European Commission that they will reinstate our developer account. This sends a strong signal to developers that the European Commission will act swiftly to enforce the Digital Markets Act and hold gatekeepers accountable. We are moving forward as plann ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1810244/apple-reinstates-epic-developer-account-after-public-backlash-for-retaliation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T19:20:00Z **Microsoft Sends OneDrive URL Upload Feature To the Cloud Graveyard**
Microsoft has abruptly pulled a feature from OneDrive that allows users to upload files to the cloud storage service directly from a URL. From a report: The feature turned up as a preview in 2021 and was intended for scenarios "where the file contents aren't available, or are expensive to transfer," according to Microsoft. It was particularly u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1726227/microsoft-sends-onedrive-url-upload-feature-to-the-cloud-graveyard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T20:01:00Z **Astronomers Detect 'Waterworld With a Boiling Ocean' in Deep Space**
Astronomers have observed a distant planet that could be entirely covered in a deep water ocean, in findings that advance the search for habitable conditions beyond Earth. From a report: The observations, by Nasa's James Webb space telescope (JWST), revealed water vapour and chemical signatures of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/181202/astronomers-detect-waterworld-with-a-boiling-ocean-in-deep-space?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T20:41:00Z **Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort To Prevent AI Bioweapons**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Dario Amodei, chief executive of the high-profile A.I. start-up Anthropic, told Congress last year that new A.I. technology could soon help unskilled but malevolent people create large-scale biological attacks, such as the release of viruses or toxic substances that cause widespread disease and death. Senators from ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1551256/dozens-of-top-scientists-sign-effort-to-prevent-ai-bioweapons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T21:20:00Z **Marketers Are About To Infiltrate Subreddits**
Ahead of its IPO, Reddit has announced a set of tools for businesses that want to be more active on the platform -- including the ability to see which subreddits are mentioning a brand. For businesses, Reddit says it's a way to "establish and grow a meaningful organic presence on Reddit."

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=Marketers+Are+About ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/1820242/marketers-are-about-to-infiltrate-subreddits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T22:00:00Z **AMD Stops Certifying Monitors, TVs Under 144 Hz For FreeSync**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AMD announced this week that it has ceased FreeSync certification for monitors or TVs whose maximum refresh rates are under 144 Hz. Previously, FreeSync monitors and TVs could have refresh rates as low as 60 Hz, allowing for screens with lower price tags and ones not targeted at serious gaming to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2050227/amd-stops-certifying-monitors-tvs-under-144-hz-for-freesync?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T22:40:00Z **NYTimes Files Copyright Takedown Against Hundreds of Wordle Clones**
As reported by 404 Media, the New York Times has issued hundreds of copyright takedown requests against Wordle clones "in which it asserts not just ownership over the Wordle name but over the broad concepts and mechanics of the word game, which includes its '5x6 grid' and 'green tiles to indicate correct guesses.'" From the report: The Times ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2057231/nytimes-files-copyright-takedown-against-hundreds-of-wordle-clones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-08T23:20:00Z **OpenAI Board Reappoints Altman and Adds Three Other Directors**
As reported by The Information (paywalled), OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to the company's board along with three new directors. Reuters reports: The company has also concluded the investigation around Altman's November firing, the Information said, referring to the ouster that briefly threw the world's most prominent artificial intelligence company int ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2319232/openai-board-reappoints-altman-and-adds-three-other-directors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T00:02:00Z **Gemini Nano Won't Come To Pixel 8 Due To Hardware Limitations**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MobileSyrup: Google's new smart assistant, Gemini, is available on multiple devices but Gemini Nano, the multimodal large language model, isn't coming to all Pixel smartphones. Gemini Nano is only available on the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S24 series; however, we've recently learned that it's not ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2130210/gemini-nano-wont-come-to-pixel-8-due-to-hardware-limitations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T00:45:00Z **Warner Bros. is Now Erasing Games As It Plans To Delist Adult Swim-Published Titles**
Michael McWhertor reports via Polygon: Warner Bros. Discovery is telling developers it plans to start "retiring" games published by its Adult Swim Games label, game makers who worked with the publisher tell Polygon. At least three games are under threat of being removed from Steam and other digital stores, wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2116248/warner-bros-is-now-erasing-games-as-it-plans-to-delist-adult-swim-published-titles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T01:25:00Z **Google's Newest Office Has AI Designers Toiling In a Wi-Fi Desert**
Google's swanky new office building located on the Alphabet's Mountain View, California headquarters has been "plagued for months by inoperable, or, at best, spotty Wi-Fi," reports Reuters citing six people familiar with the matter. "Its recliner-laden collaborative workspaces do not work well for teams carting around laptops, since workers mu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2335202/googles-newest-office-has-ai-designers-toiling-in-a-wi-fi-desert?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T04:15:00Z **5,800 Pounds of Batteries Tossed Off the ISS in 2021 Fell to Earth Today**
Space.com describes it as "a nearly 3-ton leftover tossed overboard from the International Space Station" — which crashed back to earth today. One satellite tracker claims to have filmed it passing over the Netherlands...

"A couple minutes later reentry and it would have reached Fort Meyers" in Florida, posted astronomer Jonathan McDow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0410249/5800-pounds-of-batteries-tossed-off-the-iss-in-2021-fell-to-earth-today?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T07:00:00Z **Palantir Wins US Army Contract For Battlefield AI**
Lindsay Clark reports via The Register: Palantir has won a US Army contract worth $178.4 million to house a battlefield intelligence system inside a big truck. In what purports to be the Army's first AI-defined vehicle, Palantir will provide systems for the TITAN "ground station," which is designed to access space, high altitude, aerial, and terrestrial sensors to "provide ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2356216/palantir-wins-us-army-contract-for-battlefield-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T10:00:00Z **Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball Manga Series, Dies Aged 68**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from The Guardian: Akira Toriyama, the influential Japanese manga artist who created the Dragon Ball series, has died at the age of 68. He died on March 1 from an acute subdural haematoma. The news was confirmed by Bird Studio, the manga company that Toriyama founded in 1983.

"It's our dee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/005256/akira-toriyama-creator-of-dragon-ball-manga-series-dies-aged-68?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T13:00:00Z **Chrome 124 Lets You Turn Any Website Into an App**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Android Police: Seven years ago, Google announced that it would phase out all Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux by 2018 (it would actually take until 2023). In its place would be what the company called Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), web apps that can be installed on a user's desktop that act as if they are practically natural apps an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0013222/chrome-124-lets-you-turn-any-website-into-an-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T15:34:00Z **Study Finds That We Could Lose Science If Publishers Go Bankrupt**
A recent survey found that academic organizations are failing to preserve digital material -- "including science paid for with taxpayer money," reports Ars Technica, highlighting the need for improved archiving standards and responsibilities in the digital age. From the report: The work was done by Martin Eve, a developer at Crossref. That's t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/08/2349252/study-finds-that-we-could-lose-science-if-publishers-go-bankrupt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T16:34:00Z **Amazon-Backed Rivian Surges 13% After Announcing Cheaper New SUV**
"Shares of Rivian Automotive surged 13% on Thursday," reports CNBC, "as the EV maker unveiled three new vehicles and announced more than $2 billion in savings related to pausing construction on a plant in Georgia."

CNBC notes that Rivian's current vehicles "start at roughly $70,000 and can top $100,000," so the new cheaper R2 midsize SUV (startin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0418240/amazon-backed-rivian-surges-13-after-announcing-cheaper-new-suv?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T17:34:00Z **Earth Has Its Warmest February Ever - the 9th Record-Setting Month in a Row**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:

The Earth just observed its warmest February, setting a monthly record for the ninth time in a row, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced Wednesday.

The unrelenting and exceptional global warmth — fueled by a combination of human-ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0536246/earth-has-its-warmest-february-ever---the-9th-record-setting-month-in-a-row?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T18:34:00Z **How $138B in US Student Loans Were Cancelled - Roughly One-Third of Planned Amount**
Roughly $138 billion in U.S. student loan debt has now been cancelled, reports CNN. "That's about one-third of the $430 billion that would've been canceled under the president's one-time forgiveness plan, which was struck down by the Supreme Court last year."

It's 9% of all outstanding federal student loan debt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0440246/how-138b-in-us-student-loans-were-cancelled---roughly-one-third-of-planned-amount?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T19:34:00Z **Was Avi Loeb Led to His 'Alien Debris' Meteor by the Sound of a Truck?**
Remember Avi Loeb, the Harvard professor who claims fragments of alien technology turned up in a high-speed meteor he retrieved from the waters off of Papua, New Guinea?

"Reanalysis of seismic data now suggests Loeb may have been looking for the meteor remnants in the wrong place," writes the Washington Post:

The analysis, led by sei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/067217/was-avi-loeb-led-to-his-alien-debris-meteor-by-the-sound-of-a-truck?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T20:34:00Z **13-Year-Old Wins Science Fair with 'Death Ray' Experiment. Sort of...**
It was an idea first proposed by Archimedes, reports CNN. But now, "Brenden Sener, 13, of London, Ontario, has won two gold medals and a London Public Library award for his minuscule version of the contraption — a supposed war weapon made up of a large array of mirrors designed to focus and aim sunlight on a target, such as a ship, and cause ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/1813203/13-year-old-wins-science-fair-with-death-ray-experiment-sort-of?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T21:34:00Z **US Cybersecurity Agency Forced to Take Two Systems Offline Last Month After Ivanti Compromise**
" A federal agency in charge of cybersecurity discovered it was hacked last month..." reports CNN.

Last month the U.S. Department of Homeland Security experienced a breach at its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, reports the Record, "through vulnerabilities in Ivanti product ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/1945235/us-cybersecurity-agency-forced-to-take-two-systems-offline-last-month-after-ivanti-compromise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T22:34:00Z **'Canonical Turns 20: Shaping the Ubuntu Linux World'**
"2004 was already an eventful year for Linux," writes ZDNet's Jack Wallen. "As I reported at the time, SCO was trying to drive Linux out of business. Red Hat was abandoning Linux end-user fans for enterprise customers by closing down Red Hat Linux 9 and launching the business-friendly Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Oh, and South African tech millionaire and astronaut Mar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2144211/canonical-turns-20-shaping-the-ubuntu-linux-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-09T23:34:00Z **PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' To Officially Be Removed from Food Packaging, FDA Says**
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this article from Live Science:

Manufacturers will no longer use harmful "forever chemicals" in food packaging products in the U.S., according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

In a statement released February 28, the agency declared that grease-proofing materials that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2240238/pfas-forever-chemicals-to-officially-be-removed-from-food-packaging-fda-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T02:34:00Z **Linux Variants of Bifrost Trojan Evade Detection via Typosquatting**
"A 20-year-old Trojan resurfaced recently," reports Dark Reading, "with new variants that target Linux and impersonate a trusted hosted domain to evade detection."

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks spotted a new Linux variant of the Bifrost (aka Bifrose) malware that uses a deceptive practice known as typosquatting to mimic a legitimate VM ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/210221/linux-variants-of-bifrost-trojan-evade-detection-via-typosquatting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T04:34:00Z **New US Defense Department Report Finds 'No Evidence' of Alien Technology**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:

The U.S. is not secretly hiding alien technology or extraterrestrial beings from the public, according to a defense department report.

On Friday, the Pentagon 'published the findings of an investigation conducted by the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), a governme ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/0637244/new-us-defense-department-report-finds-no-evidence-of-alien-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T08:34:00Z **California State Legislator Proposes Ending Daylight Saving Time**
Legislation proposed in California "aims to repeal Daylight saving time and put California permanently on Standard time," reports a San Diego news station:

In November 2018, California voters passed Prop 7, a measure that would allow the state legislature to change Daylight saving time by either keeping it year-round or getting rid of it altogeth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2311200/california-state-legislator-proposes-ending-daylight-saving-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T12:34:00Z **'Monumental' Experiment Suggests How Life on Earth May Have Started**
An anonymous reader shared this article from the Washington Post:

A much-debated theory holds that 4 billion years ago, give or take, long before the appearance of dinosaurs or even bacteria, the primordial soup contained only the possibility of life. Then a molecule called RNA took a dramatic step into the future: It made a copy of itself ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/224218/monumental-experiment-suggests-how-life-on-earth-may-have-started?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T14:34:00Z **Lead From Gasoline Blunted the IQ of About Half the U.S. Population, Study Says**
Slashdot reader ArchieBunker shared this article from NBC News:

Exposure to leaded gasoline lowered the IQ of about half the population of the United States, a new study estimates. The peer-reviewed study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focuses on people born before 199 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2318224/lead-from-gasoline-blunted-the-iq-of-about-half-the-us-population-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T15:34:00Z **The Apple IIgs: On a Machine This Slow, You Had To Get Weird**
Long-time Slashdot reader garote writes: It's the year 1991. You're a teenage computer geek. You've just upgraded to an Apple IIgs, your first "16-bit" computer. To relieve the crushing boredom of your High School coursework, you and your friends embark on the computer geek equivalent of forming a heavy metal band: Making your own video game. You mee ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2230202/the-apple-iigs-on-a-machine-this-slow-you-had-to-get-weird?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T16:34:00Z **To Replace HexChat, Linux Mint is Building a New Desktop Chat App Called 'Jargonaut'**
Ubuntu-based Linux Mint includes HexChat software by default "to offer a way for users of the distro to talk to, ask questions, and get support from other users," according to the Linux blog OMG Ubuntu.

But in February HexChat's developer announced its final release...

That got devs thinking. As is, IRC isn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/2049259/to-replace-hexchat-linux-mint-is-building-a-new-desktop-chat-app-called-jargonaut?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T17:34:00Z **One Year Later, 81% of SVB's Clients Still Bank With Them - and Big Banks Got Bigger**
One year after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and seizure, "Regional bank stocks remain volatile compared to other types of financial institutions," reports the Observer, "indicating investors' lingering worries about the sector."
But not everyone suffered:
Benefiting from the crisis were big players, like JPM ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/1713225/one-year-later-81-of-svbs-clients-still-bank-with-them---and-big-banks-got-bigger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T18:34:00Z **'Now Fusion Has a Chance': New MIT Research Claims Fusion Power's 'Practicality' Has Been Proven**
An anonymous reader shared this article from Futurism:

More than two years since MIT claimed its scientists achieved a breakthrough in fusion energy, the university is claiming that new research "confirms" that the magnet-based design used in those tests isn't just impressive in a lab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/1812221/now-fusion-has-a-chance-new-mit-research-claims-fusion-powers-practicality-has-been-proven?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T19:34:00Z **Are We in the 'Anthropocene,' the Human Age? Scientists Say: Nope**
Science magazine "has confirmed that a panel of two dozen geologists has voted down a proposal to end the Holocene — our current span of geologic time, which began 11,700 years ago at the end of the last ice age — and inaugurate a new epoch, the Anthropocene.

"Starting in the 1950s, it would have marked a time when humanity's influence on the p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/1849256/are-we-in-the-anthropocene-the-human-age-scientists-say-nope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T20:34:00Z **America's Justice Department Opens Criminal Investigation Into Boeing's Window Blowout Incident**
America's Department of Justice "has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane," reports the Associated Press, citing a report from the Wall Street Journal.

"As part of the new investigation, the Justice Depart ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/1946215/americas-justice-department-opens-criminal-investigation-into-boeings-window-blowout-incident?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-10T21:34:00Z **Does Reddit Represent the Return of the Junk Stock IPO?**
An article in Inc notes a "wild projection" in Reddit's SEC filing that Reddit's global market opportunity by 2027 is $1.4 trillion."
Some of the numbers lead back to a single individual: Sam Altman. The co-founder and chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI owns an 8.7 percent stake in Reddit, more than its co-founder and CEO, Steve Huffman, who owns 3.3 percent.. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/2114224/does-reddit-represent-the-return-of-the-junk-stock-ipo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T00:34:00Z **Mock 'News' Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.**
An anonymous reader shared this story from the New York Times:

Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle and a newer sister publication, the Miami Chronicle. In fact, they are not local news organizations a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/2213245/mock-news-sites-with-russian-ties-pop-up-in-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T02:34:00Z **Misconfigured Cloud Servers Targeted with Linux Malware for New Cryptojacking Campaign**
Researchers at Cado Security Labs received an alert about a honeypot using the Docker Engine API. "A Docker command was received..." they write, "that spawned a new container, based on Alpine Linux, and created a bind mount for the underlying honeypot server's root directory..."
Typically, this is exploite ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/233246/misconfigured-cloud-servers-targeted-with-linux-malware-for-new-cryptojacking-campaign?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T04:34:00Z **OpenTTD (Unofficial Remake of 'Transport Tycoon Deluxe' Game) Turns 20**
In 1995 Scottish video game designer Chris Sawyer created the business simulator game Transport Tycoon Deluxe — and within four years, Wikipedia notes, work began on the first version of an open source version that's still being actively developed. "According to a study of the 61,154 open-source projects on SourceForge in the period betw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/0041207/openttd-unofficial-remake-of-transport-tycoon-deluxe-game-turns-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T07:20:00Z **Oscars 2024: Netflix Wins Just One Award and Apple Shut Out After Streamers Combine for 32 Nominations**
Streamers narrowly avoided getting shut out at the 2024 Oscars: Netflix came away with just one trophy and Apple left empty-handed, after they garnered a total of 32 nominations. From a report: Netflix collected its one win for Wes Anderson's "The Wonderful Story of Henry ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/0719210/oscars-2024-netflix-wins-just-one-award-and-apple-shut-out-after-streamers-combine-for-32-nominations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T07:34:00Z **Canada's 'Online Harms' Bill Would Be an Assault On Free Speech, Civil Liberties Groups Say**
A Toronto Sun columnist writes that two Canadian civil liberties groups are "sounding alarms" about the proposed new Online Harms Act (C-63):

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) say while the proposed legislation contains legitimate measu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/10/2352240/canadas-online-harms-bill-would-be-an-assault-on-free-speech-civil-liberties-groups-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T11:34:00Z **US Intelligence Officer Explains Roswell, UFO Sightings**
CNN's national security analyst interviewed a U.S. intelligence officer who worked on the newly-released Defense report debunking UFO sightings — physicist Sean Kirkpatrick. He tells CNN "about two to five percent" of UFO reports are "truly anomalous."

But CNN adds that "he thinks explanations for that small percentage will most likely be found right here on Ear ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/09/194239/us-intelligence-officer-explains-roswell-ufo-sightings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T14:00:00Z **Oscars 2024: Netflix Wins Just One Award and Apple Shut Out After Streamers Combine for 32 Nominations**
Streamers narrowly avoided getting shut out at the 2024 Oscars: Netflix came away with just one trophy and Apple left empty-handed, after they garnered a total of 32 nominations. From a report: Netflix collected its one win for Wes Anderson's "The Wonderful Story of Henry ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/0719210/oscars-2024-netflix-wins-just-one-award-and-apple-shut-out-after-streamers-combine-for-32-nominations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T14:40:00Z **xAI Will Open-Source Grok This Week**
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, the entrepreneur said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open-source roots. From a report: xAI released Grok last year, arming it with features including access to "real-time" information and views undeterred by "politically correct" norms. The service is av ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1343209/xai-will-open-source-grok-this-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T15:35:00Z **Jensen Huang Says Even Free AI Chips From Competitors Can't Beat Nvidia's GPUs**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently took to the stage to claim that Nvidia's GPUs are "so good that even when the competitor's chips are free, it's not cheap enough." Huang further explained that Nvidia GPU pricing isn't really significant in terms of an AI data center's total cost of ow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1535207/jensen-huang-says-even-free-ai-chips-from-competitors-cant-beat-nvidias-gpus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T16:20:00Z **Linux 6.9 Will Be the First To Top 10 Million Git Objects**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Linus Torvalds has released version 6.8 of the Linux Kernel. "So it took a bit longer for the commit counts to come down this release than I tend to prefer," Torvalds wrote on the Linx kernel mailing list on Sunday, "but a lot of that seemed to be about various selftest updates (networking in particular) rather than any act ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1620223/linux-69-will-be-the-first-to-top-10-million-git-objects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T16:55:00Z **Airbnb is Banning Indoor Security Cameras**
Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to use indoor security cameras, regardless of where they're placed or what they're used for. In an update on Monday, Airbnb says the change to "prioritize the privacy" of renters goes into effect on April 30th. From a report: The vacation rental app previously let hosts install security cameras in "common areas" of listings, including hallways, living rooms, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1627246/airbnb-is-banning-indoor-security-cameras?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T17:40:00Z **France Says Several Agencies Hit by 'Intense' Cyberattacks**
Several French government agencies were hit by "intense" cyberattacks beginning Sunday night. From a report: The attacks' impact on most services has been reduced and access to agencies' websites restored, the prime minister's office said in a statement Monday.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=France+Says+Seve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1738253/france-says-several-agencies-hit-by-intense-cyberattacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T18:05:00Z **US Must Move 'Decisively' To Avert 'Extinction-Level' Threat From AI, Gov't-Commissioned Report Says**
The U.S. government must move "quickly and decisively" to avert substantial national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence (AI) which could, in the worst case, cause an "extinction-level threat to the human species," says a report commissioned by the U.S. government pu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/185217/us-must-move-decisively-to-avert-extinction-level-threat-from-ai-govt-commissioned-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T18:41:00Z **US Will 'Do Whatever It Takes' To Curb China Tech, Raimondo Says**
The US could further tighten controls on China's access to sophisticated semiconductor technologies, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, signaling Washington may intensify its campaign to prevent Beijing catching up in military capabilities. From a report: "We cannot allow China to have access for their military advancement to our most sophisticat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/189248/us-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-curb-china-tech-raimondo-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T19:20:00Z **U. of Texas at Austin Will Return To Standardized Test Requirement**
The University of Texas at Austin said Monday that it would again require standardized tests for admissions (non-paywalled source), becoming the latest selective university to reinstate requirements for SAT or ACT scores that were abandoned during the pandemic. From a report: A few years ago, about 2,000 colleges across the country began to mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1910201/u-of-texas-at-austin-will-return-to-standardized-test-requirement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T20:01:00Z **Boeing's Woes Continue as 50 Injured on Australia-New Zealand Flight**
Dozens of people have been injured by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean flight from Australia to New Zealand. From a report: In a statement on Monday, Chilean LATAM Airlines blamed the injuries on "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement." It is just the latest in a series of safety-rel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1838227/boeings-woes-continue-as-50-injured-on-australia-new-zealand-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T20:40:00Z **Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies**
Automakers, including G.M., Honda, Kia, and Hyundai, have been collecting detailed driving data from millions of Americans through internet-enabled connected-car apps. The data, which includes information on speed, hard braking, and rapid accelerations, is shared with data brokers like LexisNexis. These brokers then provide t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1934259/automakers-are-sharing-consumers-driving-behavior-with-insurance-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T21:20:00Z **Worldcoin Fails To Get Injunction Against Spain's Privacy Suspension**
Controversial eyeball scanning startup Worldcoin has failed to get an injunction against a temporary suspension ordered Wednesday by Spain's data protection authority, the AEPD. TechCrunch: The authority used emergency powers contained in the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to make the local order, which can apply ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/1926208/worldcoin-fails-to-get-injunction-against-spains-privacy-suspension?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T22:00:00Z **EU's Use of Microsoft 365 Found To Breach Data Protection Rules**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A lengthy investigation into the European Union's use of Microsoft 365 has found the Commission breached the bloc's data protection rules through its use of the cloud-based productivity software. Announcing its decision in a press release today, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2026249/eus-use-of-microsoft-365-found-to-breach-data-protection-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T22:40:00Z **AirPods Pro To Gain 'Hearing Aid Mode' In iOS 18**
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, AirPods Pro will gain a new "hearing aid mode" with the release of iOS 18 later this year. MacRumors reports: Writing in the subscriber edition of his regular Power On newsletter, Gurman claims that the "big news" for AirPods Pro in the near term will be support for a hearing aid-style function when iOS 18 drops in the fall. To be clear, thi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2030220/airpods-pro-to-gain-hearing-aid-mode-in-ios-18?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-11T23:20:00Z **Midjourney Bans All Stability AI Employees Over Alleged Data Scraping**
Jess Weatherbed reports via The Verge: Midjourney says it has banned Stability AI staffers from using its service, accusing employees at the rival generative AI company of causing a systems outage earlier this month during an attempt to scrape Midjourney's data. Midjourney posted an update to its Discord server on March 2nd that acknowled ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2034256/midjourney-bans-all-stability-ai-employees-over-alleged-data-scraping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T00:02:00Z **YouTube Stops Recommending Videos When Signed Out of Google**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: YouTube is no longer showing recommended videos to users logged out of a Google account or using Incognito mode, making people concerned they are being bullied into always being signed into the service. This change, which is now rolling out, shows a simple YouTube homepage without any videos or tip ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2044247/youtube-stops-recommending-videos-when-signed-out-of-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T00:45:00Z **Surgeons Perform UK's First Operation Using Apple's Vision Pro Headset**
Surgeons in the United Kingdom have performed the first operation in the country using Apple's Vision Pro headset. TechSpot reports: During a recent operation to repair a patient's spine at the private Cromwell Hospital in London, a scrub nurse working alongside the surgeon used the Vision Pro to help prepare, keep track of the proced ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/238248/surgeons-perform-uks-first-operation-using-apples-vision-pro-headset?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T01:25:00Z **Over 15,000 Roku Accounts Sold To Buy Streaming Subscriptions, Devices**
Over 15,000 Roku customers were hacked and used to make fraudulent purchases of hardware and streaming subscriptions. According to BleepingComputer, the threat actors were "selling the stolen accounts for as little as $0.50 per account, allowing purchasers to use stored credit cards to make illegal purchases." From the report: On Friday, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2319210/over-15000-roku-accounts-sold-to-buy-streaming-subscriptions-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T02:02:00Z **Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Considering Buying TikTok**
According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is reportedly considering buying TikTok. PCMag reports: Kotick floated the idea at a dinner at an Allen & Co. conference earlier this week with a group of potential partners, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the Journal says. Kotick left Activision in late December after more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2352254/former-activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-considering-buying-tiktok?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T03:30:00Z **Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He's never been responsible for an accident. So Mr. Dahl, 65, was surprised in 2022 when the cost of his car insurance jumped by 21 p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/11/2342228/automakers-are-sharing-consumers-driving-behavior-with-insurance-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T07:00:00Z **3D Images of Over 13,000 Museum Specimens Now Free To Everyone**
The openVertebrate (oVert) project is now complete, offering free online access to incredibly detailed 3D images of over 13,000 vertebrates. New Atlas reports: More than a research project, oVert was a collaboration between like-minded specialists across 25 institutions whose sole objective was to add value to museum collections by making them more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/001216/3d-images-of-over-13000-museum-specimens-now-free-to-everyone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T10:00:00Z **Conflicting Values For Hubble Constant Not Due To Measurement Error, Study Finds**
Jennifer Ouellette reports via Ars Technica: Astronomers have made new measurements of the Hubble Constant, a measure of how quickly the Universe is expanding, by combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Their results confirmed the accuracy of Hubble's earlier measurement ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/0248209/conflicting-values-for-hubble-constant-not-due-to-measurement-error-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T13:00:00Z **World's Largest Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First Powered Flight**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch, the air-launch venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: The company's mammoth airplane deployed a winged test vehicle for its first rocket-powered flight. Stratolaunch's single-use TA-1 test vehicle blazed a trail for future reusable ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/038255/worlds-largest-aircraft-goes-supersonic-in-first-powered-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T14:00:00Z **The IRS Launches Direct File, a Pilot Program For Free Online Tax Filing Available in 12 States**
After weeks of testing, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS is now available for taxpayers from 12 selected states. From a report: The new system, called Direct File, is a free online tool. Taxpayers in the selected states who have very simple W-2s and claim a sta ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/126247/the-irs-launches-direct-file-a-pilot-program-for-free-online-tax-filing-available-in-12-states?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T14:40:00Z **How China Came To Dominate the World in Solar Energy**
China unleashed the full might of its solar energy industry last year. It installed more solar panels than the United States has in its history. It cut the wholesale price of panels it sells by nearly half. And its exports of fully assembled solar panels climbed 38 percent while its exports of key components almost doubled. Get ready for an even bigger display of China's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/132246/how-china-came-to-dominate-the-world-in-solar-energy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T15:24:00Z **World Wide Web Inventor's Top Predictions as It Turns 35**
A anonymous reader shares a report: Personal artificial intelligence assistants that know our health status and legal history inside out. The ability to transfer your data from one place to another seamlessly without any roadblocks. These are just some of the predictions for the future of the web from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, on the 35 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1313256/world-wide-web-inventors-top-predictions-as-it-turns-35?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T15:24:00Z **World Wide Web Inventor's Top Predictions as It Turns 35**
A anonymous reader shares a report: Personal artificial intelligence assistants that know our health status and legal history inside out. The ability to transfer your data from one place to another seamlessly without any roadblocks. These are just some of the predictions for the future of the web from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, on the 35 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1313256/world-wide-web-inventors-top-predictions-as-it-turns-35?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T16:00:00Z **Speedometer 3.0: A Shared Browser Benchmark for Web Application Responsiveness**
Contributors from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, writing for BrowserBench: Since the initial version of the Speedometer benchmark was released in 2014 by the WebKit team, it has become a key tool for browser engines to drive performance optimizations as users and developers continue to demand richer and smoother ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1325252/speedometer-30-a-shared-browser-benchmark-for-web-application-responsiveness?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T16:40:00Z **Apple To Allow iOS App Downloads Direct From Websites in the EU**
Apple is planning to make further changes in EU countries to allow some developers to distribute their iOS apps directly from a website. From a report: The new web distribution feature will be available with a software update "later this spring," according to Apple, providing developers with a key new way to distribute iOS apps in EU markets witho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1331200/apple-to-allow-ios-app-downloads-direct-from-websites-in-the-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T17:22:00Z **No Big North Sea Fossil Fuel Country Has Plan To Stop Drilling in Time For 1.5C Goal**
None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target, a report has found. From a report: The five countries -- the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark -- have failed to align their oil and gas policies wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1722223/no-big-north-sea-fossil-fuel-country-has-plan-to-stop-drilling-in-time-for-15c-goal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T20:01:00Z **Gold-Medalist Coders Build an AI That Can Do Their Job for Them**
A new startup called Cognition AI can turn a user's prompt into a website or video game. From a report: A new installment of Silicon Valley's most exciting game, Are We in a Bubble?!, has begun. This time around the game's premise hinges on whether AI technology is poised to change the world as the consumer internet did -- or even more dramat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1938240/gold-medalist-coders-build-an-ai-that-can-do-their-job-for-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T19:20:00Z **Google Restricts AI Chatbot Gemini From Answering Queries on Global Elections**
Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said on Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. From a report: The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1914255/google-restricts-ai-chatbot-gemini-from-answering-queries-on-global-elections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T18:40:00Z **FAA Audit of Boeing's 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues**
A six-week audit by the Federal Aviation Administration of Boeing's production of the 737 Max jet found dozens of problems (non-paywalled link) throughout the manufacturing process at the plane maker and one of its key suppliers, according to a slide presentation reviewed by The New York Times. From the report: The air-safety regulator initiated the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1837214/faa-audit-of-boeings-737-max-production-found-dozens-of-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T18:02:00Z **Most Subscription Apps Don't Make Money, Report Shows**
According to a new analysis of the subscription app economy from mobile subscription toolkit provider RevenueCat, the top 5% of apps generate 200 times the revenue of the bottom quartile after their first year, while the median monthly revenue an app generates after 12 months is under $50 USD. From a report: The "State of Subscription Apps" report offers a bird's-eye view in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1744232/most-subscription-apps-dont-make-money-report-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T20:41:00Z **"We Asked Intel To Define 'AI PC.' Its reply: 'Anything With Our Latest CPUs'"**
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you're confused about what makes a PC an "AI PC," you're not alone. But finally have something of an answer: if it packs a GPU, a processor that boasts a neural processing unit and can handle VNNI and Dp4a instructions, it qualifies -- at least according to Robert Hallock, Intel's senior dire ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1928250/we-asked-intel-to-define-ai-pc-its-reply-anything-with-our-latest-cpus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T21:22:00Z **China Puts Trust in AI To Maintain Largest High-Speed Rail Network on Earth**
China is using AI in the operation of its 45,000km (28,000-mile) high-speed rail network, with the technology achieving several milestones, according to engineers involved in the project. From a report: An AI system in Beijing is processing vast amounts of real-time data from across the country and can alert maintenance team ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/1943208/china-puts-trust-in-ai-to-maintain-largest-high-speed-rail-network-on-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T22:00:00Z **New York Times Denies OpenAI's 'Hacking' Claim In Copyright Fight**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The New York Times has denied claims by OpenAI that it "hacked" the company's artificial intelligence systems to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the accusation as "irrelevant as it is false." The Times in a court filing on Monday said OpenAI was "grandstanding" in its re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/204222/new-york-times-denies-openais-hacking-claim-in-copyright-fight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T22:40:00Z **Discord Opens Up To Games and Apps Embedded In Its Chat App**
Tom Warren reports via The Verge: Discord will soon allow developers to build new games and apps that can be used directly in its chat app. A selection of minigames and apps have been available to Discord users for months now, but starting March 18th, all Discord developers will get access to a new Embedded App SDK that lets them build these special embed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2010235/discord-opens-up-to-games-and-apps-embedded-in-its-chat-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-12T23:20:00Z **Apple Developed Chip Equivalent To Four M2 Ultras For Apple Car Project**
After 10 years and billions of dollars spent in development, Apple abruptly canceled its ambitious car project known as "Titan," shifting its focus and resources on the company's artificial intelligence division. In a recent Q&A on Monday, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (paywalled) shared some new insights about the project and how inv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2021236/apple-developed-chip-equivalent-to-four-m2-ultras-for-apple-car-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T00:02:00Z **Europe Lifts Sanctions On Yandex Cofounder Arkady Volozh**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Arkady Volozh, the billionaire cofounder of Russia's biggest internet company, was removed from the EU sanctions list today, clearing the way for his return to the world of international tech. On Tuesday a spokesperson for the European Council confirmed to WIRED that the Yandex cofounder was among three people whose san ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2157247/europe-lifts-sanctions-on-yandex-cofounder-arkady-volozh?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T00:45:00Z **Pentagon Scraps $2.5 Billion Grant To Intel**
According to Bloomberg (paywalled), the Pentagon has reportedly scrapped its plan to allocate $2.5 billion in grants to Intel, causing the firm's stock to slip in extended-hours trading. From a report: The decision now leaves the U.S. Commerce Department, which is responsible for doling out the funds from the U.S. CHIPs and Science Act, to make up the shortfall, the news outlet said. Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/226209/pentagon-scraps-25-billion-grant-to-intel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T01:25:00Z **Binance Executives Were Arrested In Nigeria For Allegedly Destabilizing Its Currency**
Two top executives from the crypto exchange Binance have been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly destabilizing the national currency. Quartz reports: According to a Wall Street Journal report, Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial-crime compliance at Binance who previously worked at the U.S. Internal Revenue Servic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2217207/binance-executives-were-arrested-in-nigeria-for-allegedly-destabilizing-its-currency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T02:02:00Z **Google Paid $10 Million In Bug Bounty Rewards Last Year**
Bill Toulas reports via BleepingComputer: Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in the company's products and services. Though this is lower than the $12 million Google's Vulnerability Reward Program paid to researchers in 2022, the amount is still significant, showcasing a high le ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2246256/google-paid-10-million-in-bug-bounty-rewards-last-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T03:30:00Z **Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim To Ban Lab-Grown Meat**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees -- those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon face for selling cell-cultured meat products that could cut into the profits of ranchers, farmers and meatpackers in each state. State legislators from Florida to Arizona are ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/2226224/across-the-nation-lawmakers-aim-to-ban-lab-grown-meat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T07:00:00Z **'Larger Than Everest' Comet Could Become Visible To Naked Eye This Month**
12P/Pons-Brooks, a Halley-type comet larger than Mount Everest and with a 71.3-year orbit, is expected to become visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks as it makes its closest approach to the sun on April 21. The Guardian reports: While some reports suggest 12P/Pons-Brooks was spotted as far back as the 14th century, it is ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/0044222/larger-than-everest-comet-could-become-visible-to-naked-eye-this-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T10:00:00Z **SpaceX Gets E-Band Radio Waves To Boost Starlink Broadband**
Jason Rainbow reports via SpaceNews: SpaceX has secured conditional approval to use extremely high-frequency E-band radio waves to improve the capacity of its low Earth orbit Starlink broadband constellation. The Federal Communications Commission said March 8 it is allowing SpaceX to use E-band frequencies between second-generation Starlink satellites and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/0057239/spacex-gets-e-band-radio-waves-to-boost-starlink-broadband?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T14:17:00Z **Spotify To Test Full Music Videos in Potential YouTube Faceoff**
Swedish music streaming company Spotify is rolling out full-length music videos in a limited beta launch for premium subscribers, venturing into an arena that YouTube has dominated for nearly two decades. From a report: Music videos will be available to premium users in the UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippine ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1417234/spotify-to-test-full-music-videos-in-potential-youtube-faceoff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T14:40:00Z **European Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI Legislation**
European lawmakers approved the world's most comprehensive legislation yet on AI (non-paywalled link), setting out sweeping rules for developers of AI systems and new restrictions on how the technology can be used. From a report: The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to give final approval to the law after reaching a political agreement last December with European Union mem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1439235/european-lawmakers-approve-landmark-ai-legislation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T15:20:00Z **US House Passes Bill To Force ByteDance To Divest TikTok or Face Ban**
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban. From a report: The bill passed 352-65, with bipartisan support, but it faces a more uncertain path ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1448216/us-house-passes-bill-to-force-bytedance-to-divest-tiktok-or-face-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T16:40:00Z **Google DeepMind's Latest AI Agent Learned To Play Goat Simulator 3**
Will Knight, writing for Wired: Goat Simulator 3 is a surreal video game in which players take domesticated ungulates on a series of implausible adventures, sometimes involving jetpacks. That might seem an unlikely venue for the next big leap in artificial intelligence, but Google DeepMind today revealed an AI program capable of learning how t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1628218/google-deepminds-latest-ai-agent-learned-to-play-goat-simulator-3?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T17:32:00Z **OpenAI's Sora Text-to-Video Generator Will Be Publicly Available Later This Year**
You'll soon get to try out OpenAI's buzzy text-to-video generator for yourself. From a report: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati says Sora will be available "this year" and that it "could be a few months." OpenAI first showed off Sora, which is capable of generating ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1732217/openais-sora-text-to-video-generator-will-be-publicly-available-later-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T18:08:00Z **Ethereum Network Completes Cost-Cutting 'Dencun' Software Upgrade**
Ethereum has successfully completed a major software upgrade that should make using the blockchain network ecosystem cheaper. The update enables transactions that previously cost $1 on linked Layer 2 networks such as Arbitrum, Polygon, and Coinbase's Base to be executed for just a cent.

The Dencun upgrade, a combination of the "Deneb" and "Cancun ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/189209/ethereum-network-completes-cost-cutting-dencun-software-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T18:40:00Z **Waymo To Launch Commercial Robotaxi Service in Austin By End of the Year**
Waymo will begin offering a robotaxi service to the public in Los Angeles this week and in Austin by the end of the year, the company's co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said Wednesday at SXSW. From a report: The Alphabet company has been testing and validating its driverless vehicles across about 43 square miles around downtown, Barton Hil ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1823251/waymo-to-launch-commercial-robotaxi-service-in-austin-by-end-of-the-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T19:20:00Z **Epic Says Apple Violated App Store Injunction, Seeks Contempt Order**
Epic Games, which makes the popular video game "Fortnite," on Wednesday accused Apple of violating an injunction governing its lucrative App Store, and asked a U.S. judge to hold Apple in contempt and end its "sham" compliance. From a report: A September 2021 injunction by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1854220/epic-says-apple-violated-app-store-injunction-seeks-contempt-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T20:01:00Z **America's Last Top Models**
For decades, U.S. inventors sent in models with their patent applications -- gizmos that reveal a secret history of unmet needs and relentless innovation. The New Yorker: The ruins of American invention have been recently resurrected in a former textile mill in Wilmington, Delaware. The Henry Clay Mill, now better known as Hagley Museum and Library Visitor Center, is perched on the banks of Brandywine Creek, at the southern ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/1959225/americas-last-top-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T20:40:00Z **Who Uses Legacy Admissions?**
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end affirmative action in college admissions, there has been increased scrutiny on legacy admissions -- the practice of giving special considerations to the relatives of alumni. Critics say this practice disproportionately benefits white students from wealthy backgrounds. Much of the discussion and research on legacy admissions focuses on Ivy League and other highly selectiv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/207225/who-uses-legacy-admissions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T21:20:00Z **Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers In the Race To Get Hired**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a Wired article: The U.S. economy is showing remarkable health, but in the tech industry, layoffs keep coming. For those out of work, finding a new position can become a full-time job. And in tech -- a sector notoriously always looking for the next hot, new thing -- some people whose days as fresh-faced coders are long ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2047216/ageism-haunts-some-tech-workers-in-the-race-to-get-hired?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T22:00:00Z **Stanford University Failed To Detect Ransomware Intruders For 4 Months**
Connor Jones reports via The Register: Stanford University says the cybersecurity incident it dealt with last year was indeed ransomware, which it failed to spot for more than four months. Keen readers of El Reg may remember the story breaking toward the end of October 2023 after Akira posted Stanford to its shame site, with the univer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2053224/stanford-university-failed-to-detect-ransomware-intruders-for-4-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T22:40:00Z **Bitcoin Fog Crypto Mixer Found Guilty of Money Laundering, Jury Finds**
Roman Sterlingov, the founder of a $400 million crypto-mixing service called Bitcoin Fog, has been convicted of money laundering in a United State District Court on Tuesday. Other charges include money laundering conspiracy, operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, and violations of the D.C. Money Transmitters Act. CoinTelegra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2112246/bitcoin-fog-crypto-mixer-found-guilty-of-money-laundering-jury-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-13T23:20:00Z **Nvidia Founder Tells Stanford Students Their High Expectations May Make It Hard For Them To Succeed**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: We are often told that setting the bar high is key to success. After all, if you shoot for the moon and miss, at least you'll land with the stars. But Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang wants privileged Gen Z grads to lower their expecta ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2240229/nvidia-founder-tells-stanford-students-their-high-expectations-may-make-it-hard-for-them-to-succeed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T00:02:00Z **Modern Workplace Tech Linked To Lower Employee Well-Being, Study Finds**
According to a new study from the Institute for the Future of Work, contemporary technology often has a negative impact on workers' quality of life. The think tank surveyed over 6,000 people to learn how four categories of workplace technologies affected their wellbeing. TechSpot reports the findings: The study found that increased expos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2246235/modern-workplace-tech-linked-to-lower-employee-well-being-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T00:45:00Z **Trying Out Microsoft's Pre-Release OS/2 2.0**
Last month, the only known surviving copy of 32-bit OS/2 from Microsoft was purchased for $650. "Now, two of the internet's experts in getting early PC operating systems running today have managed to fire it up, and you can see the results," reports The Register. From the report: Why such interest in this nearly third-of-a-century old, unreleased OS? Because this is the way the PC industry ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2333243/trying-out-microsofts-pre-release-os2-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T01:25:00Z **Cognition Emerges From Stealth To Launch AI Software Engineer 'Devin'**
Longtime Slashdot reader ahbond shares a report from VentureBeat: Today, Cognition, a recently formed AI startup backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and tech industry leaders including former Twitter executive Elad Gil and Doordash co-founder Tony Xu, announced a fully autonomous AI software engineer called "Devin." While there are mult ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2347209/cognition-emerges-from-stealth-to-launch-ai-software-engineer-devin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T03:30:00Z **Playing Thriving Reef Sounds On Underwater Speakers 'Could Save Damaged Corals'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Underwater speakers that broadcast the hustle and bustle of thriving coral could bring life back to more damaged and degraded reefs that are in danger of becoming ocean graveyards, researchers say. Scientists working off the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean found ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/13/2258227/playing-thriving-reef-sounds-on-underwater-speakers-could-save-damaged-corals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T07:00:00Z **FAA Grants License For SpaceX's Third Starship Launch**
The FAA today awarded a launch license to SpaceX for Starship's third-ever test flight on March 14. "The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements," the agency wrote in a post on X this afternoon. Space.com reports: The megarocket has two test flights under its belt so far, which took place in April and Nov ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/0446221/faa-grants-license-for-spacexs-third-starship-launch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T10:00:00Z **SXSW Audiences Loudly Boo Festival Videos Touting the Virtues of AI**
At this year's SXSW festival, discussions on artificial intelligence's future sparked controversy during screenings of premiers like "The Fall Guy" and "Immaculate." Variety reports: The quick-turnaround video editors at SXSW cut a daily sizzle reel highlighting previous panels, premieres and other events, which then runs before festival sc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/0456245/sxsw-audiences-loudly-boo-festival-videos-touting-the-virtues-of-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T13:00:00Z **Paul Alexander, 'The Man In the Iron Lung', Has Died**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. The disease left him unable to breathe independently, leading doctors to place him in the metal cylinder, where he would spend the rest of his ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/055244/paul-alexander-the-man-in-the-iron-lung-has-died?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T14:03:00Z **China Hits Out at US Push To Ban TikTok**
Beijing has hit out at US legislation to ban TikTok as former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was assembling a consortium to buy the app from its Chinese owner. From a report: Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday that the US had shown a "robber's logic" towards the app (non-paywalled link), which has 170mn users in America. "When you see other people's good things, you ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/143255/china-hits-out-at-us-push-to-ban-tiktok?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T14:41:00Z **Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares**
A judge in the UK High Court has declared that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, marking the end of a years-long debate. From a report: "The evidence is overwhelming," said Honourable Mr. Justice James Mellor, delivering a surprise ruling at the close of the trial. "Dr. Wright is not the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1428252/craig-wright-is-not-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-judge-declares?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T15:28:00Z **Outdoor Voices To Close All Stores This Week**
Outdoor Voices, an athletic apparel company, is closing all its stores on Sunday, The New York Times reported this week, citing four employees at four different stores. From the report: In an internal Slack message reviewed by The New York Times, some employees were notified on Wednesday that "Outdoor Voices is embarking on a new chapter as we transition to an exclusively online business." ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1528227/outdoor-voices-to-close-all-stores-this-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T16:10:00Z **Undersea Cable Damage Causes Internet Outages Across Africa**
Damage to at least three subsea cables off the west coast of Africa is disrupting internet services across the continent. From a report: The West Africa Cable System, MainOne and ACE sea cables -- arteries for telecommunications data -- were all affected on Thursday, triggering outages and connectivity issues for mobile operators and internet service provid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/166232/undersea-cable-damage-causes-internet-outages-across-africa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T16:45:00Z **Google's Safe Browsing Protection in Chrome Goes Real-Time**
Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list -- all without sharing your browsing habits with Google. From a report: Previously, Chrome downloaded a list of known sites that harbor malware, unwanted software and phishing scams once or twice per ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1624218/googles-safe-browsing-protection-in-chrome-goes-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T17:22:00Z **Amazon Tells Warehouse Workers To Close Their Eyes and Think Happy Thoughts**
Amazon is telling workers to close their eyes and dream of being somewhere else while they're standing in a warehouse. From a report: A worker in one of Amazon's fulfillment centers, who we've granted anonymity, sent 404 Media a photo they took of a screen imploring them to try "savoring" the idea of something that makes them hap ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1719200/amazon-tells-warehouse-workers-to-close-their-eyes-and-think-happy-thoughts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T18:00:00Z **Code.org Tells Court Zuckerberg-Backed Byju's Undermines Mission To Teach Kids CS**
theodp writes: Tech-backed nonprofit Code.org on Wednesday fired the latest salvo in its legal battle over $3 million in unpaid licensing fees for the use of Code.org's free [for non-commercial purposes] K-12 computer science curriculum by WhiteHat Jr., the learn-to-code edtech company with a controversial pa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1758247/codeorg-tells-court-zuckerberg-backed-byjus-undermines-mission-to-teach-kids-cs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T18:40:00Z **Microsoft Drops Azure Egress Fees**
Microsoft has eliminated egress fees for customers removing data from its Azure cloud, joining Amazon Web Services and Google in this move. The decision comes as the European Data Act's provisions targeting lock-in terms are set to take effect in 2025. Microsoft adds: Azure already offers the first 100GB/month of egressed data for free to all customers in all Azure regions around the world. If you need to egress ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/183245/microsoft-drops-azure-egress-fees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T19:20:00Z **Record Breach of French Government Exposes Up To 43 Million People's Data**
France Travail, the government agency responsible for assisting the unemployed, has fallen victim to a massive data breach exposing the personal information of up to 43 million French citizens dating back two decades, the department announced on Wednesday. The incident, which has been reported to the country's data protection watchd ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/187223/record-breach-of-french-government-exposes-up-to-43-million-peoples-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T20:00:00Z **US Investigators Say Video Footage Overwritten of Work On Boeing Jet's Door Plug**
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says investigators still do not know who worked on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug involved in a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines midair emergency and that video footage was overwritten. From a report: NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a letter to senators that invest ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1815254/us-investigators-say-video-footage-overwritten-of-work-on-boeing-jets-door-plug?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T20:40:00Z **Massively Popular Safe Locks Have Secret Backdoor Codes**
Two of the biggest manufacturers of locks used in commercial safes have been accused of essentially putting backdoors in at least some of their products in a new letter by Senator Ron Wyden. 404 Media: Wyden is urging the U.S. government to explicitly warn the public about the vulnerabilities, which Wyden says could be exploited by foreign adversaries to steal what ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/1820202/massively-popular-safe-locks-have-secret-backdoor-codes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T21:20:00Z **How Nintendo's Destruction of Yuzu Is Rocking the Emulator World**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: When Nintendo sued the developers of Yuzu out of existence on March 4th, it wasn't just an attack on the leading way to play Nintendo Switch games without a Switch. It was a warning to anyone building a video game emulator. Seven developers have now stepped away from projects, are shutting them ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2029238/how-nintendos-destruction-of-yuzu-is-rocking-the-emulator-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T22:00:00Z **Court Docs Reveal Epic CEO's Anger At Steam's 30% Fees**
New emails from before the launch of the Epic Games Store in 2018 show just how angry Epic CEO Tim Sweeney was with the "assholes" at companies like Valve and Apple for squeezing "the little guy" with what he saw as inflated fees. "The emails, which came out this week as part of Wolfire's price-fixing case against Valve (as noticed by the GameDiscoverCo newsletter), con ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2041238/court-docs-reveal-epic-ceos-anger-at-steams-30-fees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T22:40:00Z **Refund Fraud Schemes Promoted Online Are Costing Amazon and Other Retailers Billions**
Refund fraud groups are exploiting lenient refund policies, resulting in significant losses for retailers like Amazon and prompting civil lawsuits and arrests. The scheme has become so pervasive that groups now market their services on Reddit, TikTok and Telegram. CNBC reports: Fraud groups are taking advan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2059205/refund-fraud-schemes-promoted-online-are-costing-amazon-and-other-retailers-billions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-14T23:20:00Z **Your Next Pair of Walmart Pants Could Be 3D Woven**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: We've been ableto design and 3D-print plastic phone cases and toys at home for a decade now. For almost every other consumer product made in a factory, the robots have taken over the heavy lifting. But fashion is still stuck in the 20th century. Take a typical pair of chinos. Cotton threads are woven on a large loom at a mill ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/215228/your-next-pair-of-walmart-pants-could-be-3d-woven?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T00:02:00Z **SpaceX Celebrates Third Launch of Starship Rocket Despite Loss of Contact**
sixoh1 writes: On the third attempt, SpaceX's Super Heavy booster lofted the Starship vehicle to space on a sub-orbital parabolic trajectory. The test was successful for nearly all of the objectives, including payload delivery functions on Starship that will be used for Starlink deployment and in-space fuel transfers. Unfortu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2250217/spacex-celebrates-third-launch-of-starship-rocket-despite-loss-of-contact?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T00:45:00Z **FTC and DOJ Think McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Should Be Legal To Fix**
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have urged the US Copyright Office to broaden exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Section 1201. Specifically, the two agencies are advocating for the extension of the right to repair to include "commercial and industrial equipment," which includes McDonald's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/231228/ftc-and-doj-think-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines-should-be-legal-to-fix?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T01:25:00Z **Caffeine Makes Fuel Cells More Efficient, Cuts Cost of Energy Storage**
Dan Robinson reports via The Register: Adding caffeine can enhance the efficiency of fuel cells, reducing the need for platinum in electrodes and significantly reducing the cost of making them, according to researchers in Japan. [...] The study, published in the journal Communications Chemistry, concerns the catalysis process at the c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/237242/caffeine-makes-fuel-cells-more-efficient-cuts-cost-of-energy-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T03:30:00Z **CIA Used Chinese Social Media In Covert Influence Operation Against Xi Jinping's Government**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2315243/cia-used-chinese-social-media-in-covert-influence-operation-against-xi-jinpings-government?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T07:00:00Z **Southern Oregon Now Boasts World's Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary**
Sheraz Sadiq reports via Oregon Public Broadcasting: An area that's nearly half the size of New Jersey in southern Oregon was recently named the world's largest dark sky sanctuary by DarkSky International. The nonprofit works to combat light pollution through advocacy and conservation, including a program that has certified more than 200 places aroun ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2324243/southern-oregon-now-boasts-worlds-largest-dark-sky-sanctuary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T10:00:00Z **Giant Volcano Discovered On Mars**
Scientists have discovered a giant volcano on Mars, as well as a possible sheet of buried glacier ice near the planet's equator. Phys.Org reports: Imaged repeatedly by orbiting spacecraft around Mars since Mariner 9 in 1971 -- but deeply eroded beyond easy recognition, the giant volcano had been hiding in plain sight for decades in one of Mars' most iconic regions, at the boundary between the heavily fract ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/14/2335259/giant-volcano-discovered-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T14:00:00Z **FCC Scraps Old Speed Benchmark, Says Broadband Should Be at Least 100Mbps**
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to raise its Internet speed benchmark for the first time since January 2015, concluding that modern broadband service should provide at least 100Mbps download speeds and 20Mbps upload speeds. From a report: An FCC press release after today's 3-2 vote said the 100Mbps/20Mbps benchmar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1335240/fcc-scraps-old-speed-benchmark-says-broadband-should-be-at-least-100mbps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T14:40:00Z **India Cuts Import Taxes on EVs in Boost For Tesla's Entry Plans**
India will lower import taxes on certain electric vehicles for companies committing to invest at least $500 million and setting up a local manufacturing facility within three years, a policy shift that could potentially bolster Tesla's plans to enter the South Asian market. From a report: Companies must invest a minimum of $500 million in the countr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1341218/india-cuts-import-taxes-on-evs-in-boost-for-teslas-entry-plans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T15:21:00Z **Microsoft Singles Out Google's Competitive Edge in Generative AI**
Google enjoys a competitive edge in generative AI due to its trove of data and AI-optimised chips, Microsoft has told EU antitrust regulators, underscoring the rivalry between the two tech giants. From a report: The comments by Microsoft were in response to a consultation launched by the European Commission in January on the level of competition i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1453254/microsoft-singles-out-googles-competitive-edge-in-generative-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T16:01:00Z **Cable And Satellite Providers Required To Disclose 'All In' Pricing Under Newly Passed FCC Rules**
The FCC passed new rules that will require cable and satellite providers to clearly disclose the "all in" price of subscriptions in promotional materials. From a report: "The advertised price for a service should be the price you pay when your bill arrives," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/153240/cable-and-satellite-providers-required-to-disclose-all-in-pricing-under-newly-passed-fcc-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T16:50:00Z **Supreme Court Tosses Rulings on Public Officials' Social Media Blockings**
The Supreme Court clarified when public officials can block critical constituents from their personal profiles without violating their constitutional protections in a unanimous decision Friday. From a report: After hearing appeals of two conflicting rulings -- one filed against school board members in Southern California and another ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1650253/supreme-court-tosses-rulings-on-public-officials-social-media-blockings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T18:23:00Z **Apple, Investors Reach $490 Million Settlement in Fraud Case**
Apple reached a $490 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of investors who accused Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of misleading them in 2018 about the company's sales prospects. From a report: Cook made false statements about the company's business in China that caused Apple stock to trade at artificially inflated prices, the in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1823247/apple-investors-reach-490-million-settlement-in-fraud-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T19:00:00Z **Mercedes is Trialing Humanoid Robots For 'Low Skill, Repetitive' Tasks**
Mercedes-Benz is the latest automotive company to trial how humanoid robots could be used to automate "low skill, physically challenging, manual labor." From a report: On Friday, robotics company Apptronik announced it had entered into a commercial agreement with Mercedes to pilot how "highly advanced robotics" like Apollo -- Apptron ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1854227/mercedes-is-trialing-humanoid-robots-for-low-skill-repetitive-tasks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T19:35:00Z **Microsoft is Once Again Asking Chrome Users To Try Bing Through Unblockable Pop-ups**
Microsoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. The new ad once again encourages Chrome users (in bold lettering) to use Bing instead of Google search. From a report: "Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al," the ad reads. If you click "Yes," ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1934250/microsoft-is-once-again-asking-chrome-users-to-try-bing-through-unblockable-pop-ups?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T20:10:00Z **Sam Bankman-Fried Deserves 40-50 Years in Prison For FTX Fraud, Prosecutors Say**
Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said on Friday. From a report: "His life in recent years has been one of unmatched greed and hubris; of ambition and rationalization; ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1948234/sam-bankman-fried-deserves-40-50-years-in-prison-for-ftx-fraud-prosecutors-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T20:50:00Z **India Drops Plan To Require Approval For AI Model Launches**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from many local and global entrepreneurs and investors. The Ministry of Electronics and IT shared an updated AI advisory with industry stakeholders on Friday that no longer asked them to take the government approval before launching or ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1953258/india-drops-plan-to-require-approval-for-ai-model-launches?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T21:30:00Z **Walmart Begins Selling the Mac For the First Time**
Walmart is teaming up with Apple to sell the Mac for the first time. From a report: In a press release today, the company said that it is now selling the base model M1 MacBook Air online and in select stores for $699. The move comes a week after Apple introduced the new M3 MacBook Air and stopped selling the M1 MacBook Air itself. While Walmart has historically sold Apple de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/1955240/walmart-begins-selling-the-mac-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T22:10:00Z **FTC Goes Undercover Against Fake Antivirus Companies**
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a legal complaint against two companies based in Cyprus on Wednesday that it claims are behind a wave of malicious pop-ups that trick people into downloading a fake piece of antivirus software that generated tens of millions of dollars for its operators, according to court records. From a report: The scam also involved misreprese ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2011205/ftc-goes-undercover-against-fake-antivirus-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T22:50:00Z **After 114 Days of Change, Broadcom CEO Acknowledges VMware-Related 'Unease'**
In a blog post Thursday, Broadcom CEO and President Hock Tan acknowledged the discomfort VMware customers and partners have experienced after the sweeping changes that Broadcom has instituted since it acquired the company nearly four months ago. "Of course, we recognize that this level of change has understandably created some uneas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2018236/after-114-days-of-change-broadcom-ceo-acknowledges-vmware-related-unease?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-15T23:30:00Z **Lyft and Uber To Cease Operations In Minneapolis After New Minimum Wage Law**
The city council of Minneapolis on Thursday voted 10-3 to allow rideshare drivers to be paid the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour, overriding the mayor's veto of the bill. As a result, Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in the city. From a report: Lyft said in a statement the bill was "deeply flawed" and that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2026229/lyft-and-uber-to-cease-operations-in-minneapolis-after-new-minimum-wage-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T00:10:00Z **McDonald's IT Systems Outage Shuts Some Restaurants Globally**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: McDonald's restaurants are suffering global IT outages that prevent employees from taking orders and accepting payments, causing some stores to close for the day. The outages started overnight and are impacting restaurants globally, including those in the USA, Japan, Australia, Canada, the Netherlan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2033201/mcdonalds-it-systems-outage-shuts-some-restaurants-globally?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T00:50:00Z **Apple Acquires Startup DarwinAI As AI Efforts Ramp Up**
According to Bloomberg, Apple has acquired Canada-based AI startup DarwinAI for an undisclosed sum. Macworld reports: Apple has reportedly folded the DarwinAI staff into its own AI team, including DarwinAI co-founder Alexander Wong, an AI researcher at the University of Waterloo who "has published over 600 refereed journal and conference papers, as well as patents, i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2248222/apple-acquires-startup-darwinai-as-ai-efforts-ramp-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T01:30:00Z **FTC Launches Inquiry Into Reddit's AI Deals, Ahead of IPO**
Days before Reddit's upcoming initial public offering (IPO), the company announced that the FTC has launched an inquiry into the company's licensing of user data to AI companies. Reddit says that it's "not surprised" by the FTC's inquiry, given the novel nature of these agreements. Axios reports: Reddit says it received a letter on Thursday, March 14, in which t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2257216/ftc-launches-inquiry-into-reddits-ai-deals-ahead-of-ipo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T02:10:00Z **Tech Layoffs Highest Since Dot-Com Crash**
Alex Koller reports via CNBC: Since the start of the year, more than 50,000 workers have been laid off from over 200 tech companies, according to tracking website Layoffs.fyi. It's a continuation of the predominant theme of 2023, when more than 260,000 workers across nearly 1,200 tech companies lost their jobs. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft have all taken part in the downsizing this yea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2340257/tech-layoffs-highest-since-dot-com-crash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T03:30:00Z **First Large Offshore US Wind Farm Delivers Power To Local Grid**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Orsted and the utility Eversource built a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles (56 kilometers) east o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/15/2345230/first-large-offshore-us-wind-farm-delivers-power-to-local-grid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T07:00:00Z **Scientists Reveal Never-Before-Seen Map of the Milky Way's Central Engine**
With funding from NASA, researchers from Villanova University have obtained a never-before-seen view of the central engine at the heart of our galaxy. Space.com reports: The new map of this central region of the Milky Way, which took four years to assemble, reveals the relationship between magnetic fields at the heart of our g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0347239/scientists-reveal-never-before-seen-map-of-the-milky-ways-central-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T10:00:00Z **Is AI Ruining Etsy?**
Emily Dreibelbis reports via PCMag: Etsy's reputation as a haven for small, independent creators has come into question as tools like Midjourney have made it easy to list art without disclosing that it's been AI-generated, and shoppers are not happy. "The fact that it's AI isn't listed anywhere," says one Reddit user who purchased a stock photo on Etsy that seemed suspiciously low cost with glowing reviews. "I was so mad at myself for not no ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/044205/is-ai-ruining-etsy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T13:00:00Z **Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When Romeo Chicco tried to get auto insurance in December, seven different companies rejected him. When he eventually obtained insurance, it was nearly double the rate he was previously paying. According to a federal complaint filed this week seeking class-action status, it was becau ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0410210/florida-man-sues-gm-and-lexisnexis-over-sale-of-his-cadillac-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T14:34:00Z **What Happened to Other China-Owned Social Media Apps?**
When it comes to TikTok, "The Chinese government is signaling that it won't allow a forced sale..." reported the Wall Street Journal Friday, "limiting options for the app's owners as buyers begin lining up to bid for its U.S. operations..."

"They have also sent signals to TikTok's owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, that company executives have interpreted as meaning the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0034207/what-happened-to-other-china-owned-social-media-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T15:34:00Z **Linux Distributors' Alliance Continues Long-Term Support for Linux 4.14**
"Until recently, Linux kernel developers have been the ones keeping long-term support (LTS) versions of the Linux kernel patched and up to date," writes ZDNet.

"Then, because it was too much work with too little support, the Linux kernel developers decided to no longer support the older kernels."

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux kerne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0340220/linux-distributors-alliance-continues-long-term-support-for-linux-414?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T16:34:00Z **After Flight to Oregon, Boeing 737-800 Lands with a Missing External Panel**
A Boeing 737-800 "was discovered to be missing an external panel" on the bottom of its fuselage, reports CNN, "after it landed in Medford, Oregon, Friday afternoon after taking off from San Francisco."

They stress that it's not a 737 Max, but the previous generation of Boeing aircraft.

The plane carrying 145 passengers and cr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/1614240/after-flight-to-oregon-boeing-737-800-lands-with-a-missing-external-panel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T17:34:00Z **Can Interlune Mine Helium-3 on the Moon?**
The Washington Post reports:

Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to resources they mine on celestial bodies, including the moon.

Now, there's a private venture that says it intends to do just that.

Founded by a pair of former executives from Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, and an Apollo astronaut, the comp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/023237/can-interlune-mine-helium-3-on-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T20:34:00Z **Pet DNA Testing Company Mistakenly Identifies a Human as a Dog**
"A pet company has twice sent back dog breed results for human swab samples," reports the Guardian, "prompting doubts surrounding the accuracy of dog breed tests."

On Wednesday, WBZ News reported its investigations team receiving dog breed results from the company DNA My Dog after one of its reporters sent in a swab sample — from her own cheek. A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/1838231/pet-dna-testing-company-mistakenly-identifies-a-human-as-a-dog?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T19:34:00Z **Aging Voyager 1 Sends Back Response After 'Poke' Signal From Earth**
"Engineers have sent a 'poke' to the Voyager 1 probe," reports CNN, "and received a potentially encouraging response..."
"A new signal recently received from the spacecraft suggests that the NASA mission team may be making progress in its quest to understand what Voyager 1 is experiencing..."

[T]hey hope to fix a communication issue with th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/1828231/aging-voyager-1-sends-back-response-after-poke-signal-from-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T18:34:00Z **Amazon Violated Rights of Workers Trying to Unionize, Labor Regulators Find**
"Workers at an Amazon air hub in Kentucky celebrated a victory Thursday," reports the Washington Post, "after federal labor regulators found that Amazon violated labor law by trying to prevent workers there from unionizing."

The employees have been demanding higher pay, more flexible schedules and safer working conditions sin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0122257/amazon-violated-rights-of-workers-trying-to-unionize-labor-regulators-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T21:34:00Z **Microsoft Criticized For Chrome Popup Ads Resembling Malware That Urge Users to Switch to Bing**
"Multiple users around the world have started to notice new Microsoft Bing pop-up ads that look a lot like malware..." reports Lifehacker, describing the adds as "very low quality" and "extremely pixelated..."

"It's just Microsoft doing a bad job of trying to get you to switch to its product ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/1952238/microsoft-criticized-for-chrome-popup-ads-resembling-malware-that-urge-users-to-switch-to-bing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-16T22:34:00Z **TikTik is Banned in China, Notes X User Community - Along With Most US Social Media**
Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is "on the wrong side of fair competition" was flagged by users on X. "TikTok is banned in the People's Republic of China," the X community note read. (The BBC reports that "Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which is only avail ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0049237/tiktik-is-banned-in-china-notes-x-user-community---along-with-most-us-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T01:34:00Z **Pi Calculated to 105 Trillion Digits. (Stored on 1 Petabyte of SSDs)**
Pi was calculated to 100 trillion decimal places in 2022 by a Google team lead by cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao.

But 2024's "pi day" saw a new announcement...

After successfully breaking the speed record for calculating pi to 100 trillion digits last year, the team at StorageReview has taken it up a notch, revealing all the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/2357209/pi-calculated-to-105-trillion-digits-stored-on-1-petabyte-of-ssds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T04:34:00Z **Pornhub Disables Website In Texas After Age-Verification Lawsuit**
"Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas," reports the Hill, "to object to a state law that requires the company to verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the site."

Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state's elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/2034207/pornhub-disables-website-in-texas-after-age-verification-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T07:34:00Z **Social Psychologist Urges 'End the Phone-Based Childhood Now'**
"The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development," argues Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and business school ethics professor, saying that since the early 2010s, "something went suddenly and horribly wrong for adolescents."

The Atlantic recently published an excerpt from his book The Anxious Generation: How the Great ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/2238228/social-psychologist-urges-end-the-phone-based-childhood-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T11:34:00Z **Tiny Sea Creatures Could Help Unravel Flight MH370's Mysterious Disappearance.**
After the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, barnacles offer "a potential breakthrough" in the search for its wreckage, reports WION:

These barnacles were discovered clinging to the initial piece of debris conclusively linked to MH370 — a flaperon bearing the distinctive marking "657 BB," which w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/239221/tiny-sea-creatures-could-help-unravel-flight-mh370s-mysterious-disappearance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T14:34:00Z **US Investigates Fatal Crash of Ford EV With Partially Automated Driving System**
America's National Transportation Safety Board "is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system," reports the Associated Press:

The NTSB said that preliminary information shows a Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV equipped with t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/013223/us-investigates-fatal-crash-of-ford-ev-with-partially-automated-driving-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T15:34:00Z **Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead in Apparent Suicide**
A Boeing quality manager for more than 30 years "learned of and exposed very serious safety problems with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner," according to his lawyers, "and was retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment."

After retiring in 2017 he'd filed a whistleblower retaliation case, and "was in the middle of giving deposition testimony... when he died, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/1646213/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T16:34:00Z **EFF Opposes America's Proposed TikTok Ban**
A new EFF web page is urging U.S. readers to "Tell Congress: Stop the TikTok Ban," arguing the bill will "do little for its alleged goal of protecting our private information and the collection of our data by foreign governments."

Tell Congress: Instead of giving the President the power to ban entire social media platforms based on their country of origin, our representatives should focus on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/16/0036245/eff-opposes-americas-proposed-tiktok-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T17:56:00Z **What's Next for SpaceX's Starship?**
The Street interviewed Chad Anderson, founder/managing partner of the "space economy" investment firm Space Capital, who calls SpaceX's progress "unprecedented," and believes their next launch could carry "operational" payloads like Starlink satellites.

Anderson added that Starship reaching orbital velocity and reentering the atmosphere at those speeds (roughly 16,000 miles per hour) was "a really big de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/1754255/whats-next-for-spacexs-starship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T18:56:00Z **Free/Libre 'GnuCOBOL' Compiler Reaches Maturity, Can Compete with Proprietary Offerings**
An anonymous reader shared this report:

After 20 years of development, the open source GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," said OCamlPro founder and GnuCOBOL contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk about the technology. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/1810257/freelibre-gnucobol-compiler-reaches-maturity-can-compete-with-proprietary-offerings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T19:56:00Z **Why Are So Many AI Chatbots 'Dumb as Rocks'?**
Amazon announced a new AI-powered chatbot last month — still under develoipment — "to help you figure out what to buy," writes the Washington Post. Their conclusion? "[T]he chatbot wasn't a disaster. But I also found it mostly useless..."

"The experience encapsulated my exasperation with new types of AI sprouting in seemingly every technology you use. If these chatbots are supposed to be magi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/1911222/why-are-so-many-ai-chatbots-dumb-as-rocks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T20:54:00Z **Dell Workers Can Stay Remote - But They're Not Going to Get Promoted**
"Dell's strict new RTO mandate excludes fully remote workers from promotion," reports Business Insider.

The site calls it "one of the most abrupt changes to remote work policies," noting that Dell "has had a hybrid working culture in place for more than a decade — long before the pandemic struck."

 "Dell cared about the work, not the locat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/2015213/dell-workers-can-stay-remote---but-theyre-not-going-to-get-promoted?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T21:56:00Z **Mozilla Ends its Privacy-Friendly GPS-Style Location Service**
Mozilla Location Service offered "a free, open way to offer GPS-style location detection features" for developers on devices without GPS hardware, remembers the Linux blog OMG Ubuntu. It used signals like Wi-Fi access points and Bluetooth beacons "without any of the privacy implications most competing geolocation services have."

But Friday they reported ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/2150221/mozilla-ends-its-privacy-friendly-gps-style-location-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-17T22:56:00Z **Did the Plastic Industry Knowingly Push Recycling Myths For Decades?**
A PBS reporter "digs into a new report covering the plastic industry's tactics to push recycling — and avoid regulation," according to a new video from PBS News Weekend:

A new report by the Center for Climate Integrity, an environmentalist group, says newly uncovered statements from oil and plastics executives underscore the industry's de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/0157225/did-the-plastic-industry-knowingly-push-recycling-myths-for-decades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T01:34:00Z **Why Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Failed**
In 2020 Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs.

But now "America's most radical experiment with drug decriminalization has ended," writes the Atlantic, "after more than three years of painful results."

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has pledged to sign legislation repealing the principal elements of the ballot initiative... Possessing hard drugs is again ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/236208/why-oregons-drug-decriminalization-failed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T03:34:00Z **Database-Based Operating System 'DBOS' Does Things Linux Can't**
Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia "said that Databricks had to keep track of scheduling a million things," remembers adjunct MIT professor Michael Stonebraker. " He said that this can't be done with traditional operating system scheduling, and so this was done out of a Postgres database. And then he started to whine that Postgres was too slow, and I to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/0038232/database-based-operating-system-dbos-does-things-linux-cant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T05:33:00Z **Apple Is in Talks To Let Google's Gemini Power iPhone Generative AI Features**
Apple is in talks to build Google's Gemini AI engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry. From the report: The two companies are in active negotiations to let Apple license Gemini, Googl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/0533208/apple-is-in-talks-to-let-googles-gemini-power-iphone-generative-ai-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T06:10:00Z **Nvidia in Talks To Acquire AI Infrastructure Platform Run:ai**
Israeli outlet Calcalist: Nvidia is in advanced negotiations to acquire AI infrastructure orchestration and management platform Run:ai, Calcalist has learned. The value of the deal is estimated at many hundreds of millions of dollars and could even reach $1 billion. The companies did not respond to Calcalist's request for comment.

Run:ai raised $75 millio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/067228/nvidia-in-talks-to-acquire-ai-infrastructure-platform-runai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T07:34:00Z **32-Hour Workweek for America Proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders**
The Guardian reports that this week "Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, introduced a bill to establish a four-day US working week."
"Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea," Sanders said on Thursday. "Today, American workers are over 400% more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/0421228/32-hour-workweek-for-america-proposed-by-senator-bernie-sanders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T11:34:00Z **Was Nosediving Boeing Plane Caused By a Flight Attendant Hitting a Motorized Seat Switch?**
Last week 50 people were injured when a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner experienced a sudden mid-air drop — raising concerns about the possibility of a new safety issue. But the Wall Street Journal offers a follow-up report.

"A flight attendant hit a switch on the pilot's seat while serving a meal, leadin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/17/2111259/was-nosediving-boeing-plane-caused-by-a-flight-attendant-hitting-a-motorized-seat-switch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T14:00:00Z **Microsoft Office 2024 Will Be Available Without Subscription**
SofiaWW writes: Microsoft has announced that the next subscription-free version of its Office suite will launch later this year. A commercial preview of Office LTSC 2024 will be available from next month, with a full launch scheduled for later in the year.

The Office Long-Term Servicing Channel is supported for five years, and it holds great appeal for th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1355259/microsoft-office-2024-will-be-available-without-subscription?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T14:40:00Z **YouTube Now Requires Creators To Label AI-Generated Content**
Starting Monday, YouTube creators will be required to label when realistic-looking videos were made using artificial intelligence, part of a broader effort by the company to be transparent about content that could otherwise confuse or mislead users. From a report: When a user uploads a video to the site, they will see a checklist asking if their content mak ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/149245/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-label-ai-generated-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T16:00:00Z **Grok AI Goes Open Source**
xAI has opened sourced its large language model Grok. From a report: The move, which Musk had previously proclaimed would happen this week, now enables any other entrepreneur, programmer, company, or individual to take Grok's weights -- the strength of connections between the model's artificial "neurons," or software modules that allow the model to make decisions and accept inputs and provide outputs in the form of text -- an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/150246/grok-ai-goes-open-source?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T16:40:00Z **Google Researchers Unveil 'VLOGGER', an AI That Can Bring Still Photos To Life**
Google researchers have developed a new AI system that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking, gesturing and moving -- from just a single still photo. From a report: The technology, called VLOGGER, relies on advanced machine learning models to synthesize startlingly realistic footage, opening up a range of potent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1515241/google-researchers-unveil-vlogger-an-ai-that-can-bring-still-photos-to-life?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T17:20:00Z **Fujitsu Says It Was Hacked, Warns of Data Breach**
Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. From a report: "We confirmed the presence of malware on multiple work computers at our company, and as a result of an internal investigation, we discovered that files containing personal information and customer infor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1642246/fujitsu-says-it-was-hacked-warns-of-data-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T18:00:00Z **AI-Generated Science**
Published scientific papers include language that appears to have been generated by AI-tools like ChatGPT, showing how pervasive the technology has become, and highlighting longstanding issues with some peer-reviewed journals. From a report: Searching for the phrase "As of my last knowledge update" on Google Scholar, a free search tool that indexes articles published in academic journals, returns 115 results. The phrase is often ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1716247/ai-generated-science?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T18:40:00Z **Apex Legends Streamers Warned To 'Perform a Clean OS Reinstall as Soon as Possible' After Hacks During NA Finals Match**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Apex Legends Global Series is currently in regional finals mode, but the North America finals have been delayed after two players were hacked mid-match. First, Noyan "Genburten" Ozkose of DarkZero sudd ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1734223/apex-legends-streamers-warned-to-perform-a-clean-os-reinstall-as-soon-as-possible-after-hacks-during-na-finals-match?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T19:21:00Z **Investment Advisors Pay the Price For Selling What Looked a Lot Like AI Fairy Tales**
Two investment advisors have reached settlements with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly exaggerating their use of AI, which in both cases were purported to be cornerstones of their offerings. From a report: Canada-based Delphia and San Francisco-headquartered Global Predictions will coug ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1743247/investment-advisors-pay-the-price-for-selling-what-looked-a-lot-like-ai-fairy-tales?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T20:00:00Z **Games Are Coming To LinkedIn**
Soon you might be able to compete in games against friends and colleagues and even the office next door on LinkedIn. From a report: The Microsoft-owned company is reportedly planning to add a new game experience to the platform. According to TechCrunch, the experience is designed to tap into the same popularity of games like Wordle. Players' scores will be sorted by their workplace and ranked, allowing you to take o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/1757246/games-are-coming-to-linkedin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T20:40:00Z **US Supreme Court Seems Wary of Curbing US Government Contacts With Social Media Platforms**
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of a challenge on free speech grounds to how President Joe Biden's administration encouraged social media platforms to remove posts that federal officials deemed misinformation, including about elections and COVID-19. From a report: The justi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/180221/us-supreme-court-seems-wary-of-curbing-us-government-contacts-with-social-media-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T21:20:00Z **Chinese and Western Scientists Identify 'Red Lines' on AI Risks**
Leading western and Chinese AI scientists have issued a stark warning that tackling risks around the powerful technology requires global co-operation similar to the cold war effort to avoid nuclear conflict. From a report: A group of renowned international experts met in Beijing last week, where they identified "red lines" on the development of AI, in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/186217/chinese-and-western-scientists-identify-red-lines-on-ai-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T22:00:00Z **5-Year Study Finds No Brain Abnormalities In 'Havana Syndrome' Patients**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed "Havana syndrome," researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) nearly five-year study o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/205205/5-year-study-finds-no-brain-abnormalities-in-havana-syndrome-patients?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T22:40:00Z **Sony Reportedly Pauses PSVR 2 Production Due To Low Sales**
According to Bloomberg, Sony has paused production of its PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset, as sales have "slowed progressively" since its February 2023 launch. Road to VR reports: Citing people familiar with the company's plans, Sony has produced "well over 2 million units" since launch, noting that stocks of the $550 headset are building up. The repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/209204/sony-reportedly-pauses-psvr-2-production-due-to-low-sales?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-18T23:20:00Z **Cisco Completes $28 Billion Acquisition of Splunk**
Cisco on Monday completed its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, a powerhouse in data analysis, security and observability tools. The deal was first announced in September 2023. SecurityWeek reports: Cisco plans to leverage Splunk's AI, security and observability capabilities complement Cisco's solution portfolio. Cisco says the transaction is expected to be cash flow positive and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2014211/cisco-completes-28-billion-acquisition-of-splunk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T00:02:00Z **BitTorrent Is No Longer the 'King' of Upstream Internet Traffic**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Back in 2004, in the pre-Web 2.0 era, research indicated that BitTorrent was responsible for an impressive 35% of all Internet traffic. At the time, file-sharing via peer-to-peer networks was the main traffic driver as no other services consumed large amounts of bandwidth. Fast-forward two decades ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2020209/bittorrent-is-no-longer-the-king-of-upstream-internet-traffic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T00:45:00Z **Indiana Becomes 9th State To Make CS a High School Graduation Requirement**
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Last October, tech-backed nonprofit Code.org publicly called out Indiana in its 2023 State of Computer Science Education report, advising the Hoosier state it needed to heed Code.org's new policy recommendation and "adopt a graduation requirement for all high school students in computer sc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2036252/indiana-becomes-9th-state-to-make-cs-a-high-school-graduation-requirement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T01:25:00Z **Hertz CEO Resigns After Blowing Big Gamble On EVs**
Press2ToContinue quotes a report from the Gateway Pundit: Stephen Scherr, chief executive officer of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and a member of its board of directors, will step down on March 31, following the car rental company's largest quarterly loss since 2020 after a risky bet on electric vehicles. According to Fox Business, Scherr is working with Gil West, former chief ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2044220/hertz-ceo-resigns-after-blowing-big-gamble-on-evs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T02:02:00Z **Nvidia Reveals Blackwell B200 GPU, the 'World's Most Powerful Chip' For AI**
Sean Hollister reports via The Verge: Nvidia's must-have H100 AI chip made it a multitrillion-dollar company, one that may be worth more than Alphabet and Amazon, and competitors have been fighting to catch up. But perhaps Nvidia is about to extend its lead -- with the new Blackwell B200 GPU and GB200 "superchip." Nvidia says ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2149257/nvidia-reveals-blackwell-b200-gpu-the-worlds-most-powerful-chip-for-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T03:30:00Z **EPA Bans Chrysotile Asbestos**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/2159209/epa-bans-chrysotile-asbestos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T06:26:00Z **Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Glitch Lets Customers Withdraw Millions**
Ethiopia's biggest commercial bank is scrambling to recoup large sums of money withdrawn by customers after a "systems glitch." From a report: The customers discovered early on Saturday that they could take out more cash than they had in their accounts at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). More than $40m was withdrawn or transferred to ot ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/19/0626215/commercial-bank-of-ethiopia-glitch-lets-customers-withdraw-millions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed) 2024-03-19T07:00:00Z **Global Ocean Heat Has Hit a New Record Every Single Day For the Last Year**
According to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the world's oceans have hit a new temperature record every day since mid-March last year, fueling concerns for marine life and extreme weather across the planet. From a report: Global average ocean temperatures in 2023 were 0.25 degrees Celsius ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/18/225202/global-ocean-heat-has-hit-a-new-record-every-single-day-for-the-last-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)