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2024-08-27T23:30:00Z	**Anthropic Publishes the 'System Prompts' That Make Claude Tick**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: [...] Anthropic, in its continued effort to paint itself as a more ethical, transparent AI vendor, has published the system prompts for its latest models (Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Haiku) in the Claude iOS and Android apps and on the web. Alex Albert, head of Anthropic's developer rela ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2140245/anthropic-publishes-the-system-prompts-that-make-claude-tick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T00:10:00Z	**Snapchat Now Runs Natively On iPad**
After 13 years of being exclusively available on the iPhone, Snapchat is finally introducing native support for the iPad. 9to5Mac reports: The latest version of the Snapchat app for iOS enables iPad support. This means that the app now runs full screen on iPadOS. "It's still the same Snapchat you know and love, but this time on the big screen," the company says in the update's release notes. However, it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2157209/snapchat-now-runs-natively-on-ipad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T00:50:00Z	**Apple's CFO Steps Down Following a 10-Year Run**
Apple announced that CFO Luca Maestri will step down at the start of next year, transitioning to head of its corporate services team to lead "information systems and technology, information security, and real estate and development." Kevan Parekh will take over as CFO. The Verge reports: Maestri joined Apple in 2013 after serving as the CFO of Xerox. He became the CFO just one year  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/227236/apples-cfo-steps-down-following-a-10-year-run?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T01:30:00Z	**Caltech's Latest STEM Breakthrough: Most of Its New Students Are Women**
Bruce66423 shares a report from the Los Angeles Times: In a milestone breakthrough, more than half of Caltech's incoming undergraduate class this fall will be women (source paywalled; alternative source) for the first time in its 133-year history. The class of 113 women and 109 men comes 50 years after Caltech graduated its first class  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2358210/caltechs-latest-stem-breakthrough-most-of-its-new-students-are-women?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T03:30:00Z	**US Grid Adds Batteries At 10x the Rate of Natural Gas In First Half of 2024**
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Ars Technica, written by John Timmer: While solar power is growing at an extremely rapid clip, in absolute terms, the use of natural gas for electricity production has continued to outpace renewables. But that looks set to change in 2024, as the US Energy Information Agen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2344219/us-grid-adds-batteries-at-10x-the-rate-of-natural-gas-in-first-half-of-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T07:00:00Z	**Bug Bounty Programs Take Root In Russia**
snydeq writes: CSO Online's Sarah Wiedemar reports on a rising trend in the Russia cybersecurity community: bug bounty programs, which the researcher says could have far-reaching implications as the bounty ecosystem matures. From the report: "Given the current uncertainty that Russian bug bounty hunters and vulnerability researchers are facing when dealing with Western bug bounty programs, Russi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/0015247/bug-bounty-programs-take-root-in-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T10:00:00Z	**FDA Expands Probe of Ecstasy-Based Drug Studies**
ole\_timer shares a report from Ars Technica, written by Beth Mole There's more bad news for the company behind an experimental MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, which the Food and Drug Administration roundly rejected earlier this month. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the FDA is now expanding an investigation into clinical trials behind the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2338226/fda-expands-probe-of-ecstasy-based-drug-studies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T13:00:00Z	**Publicly Available EV Charger Network Doubles Under Biden-Harris Administration**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Over 192,000 publicly available charging ports are now online, and approximately 1,000 new chargers are being added each week. To build on this momentum, the federal government has awarded $521 million in grants to further expand the national network, with new ch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/0026234/publicly-available-ev-charger-network-doubles-under-biden-harris-administration?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T14:10:00Z	**SEC Threatens Legal Action Against NFT Marketplace OpenSea**
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, the leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, threatening legal action over alleged securities violations. The SEC contends that NFTs traded on OpenSea's platform may constitute securities, a move that could have far-reaching implications for the digital art and collectible ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/149252/sec-threatens-legal-action-against-nft-marketplace-opensea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T14:01:00Z	**'Exploitative' IT Firm Has Been Delaying 2,000 Recruits' Onboarding For Years**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Indian IT firm Infosys has been accused of being "exploitative" after allegedly sending job offers to thousands of engineering graduates but still not onboarding any of them after as long as two years. The recent graduates have reportedly been told they must do repeated unpaid training in orde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1335228/exploitative-it-firm-has-been-delaying-2000-recruits-onboarding-for-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T14:40:00Z	**SEC Threatens Legal Action Against NFT Marketplace OpenSea**
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, the leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, threatening legal action over alleged securities violations. The SEC contends that NFTs traded on OpenSea's platform may constitute securities, a move that could have far-reaching implications for the digital art and collectible ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/149252/sec-threatens-legal-action-against-nft-marketplace-opensea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T15:12:00Z	**Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair**
Device manufacturers across multiple industries are lobbying against proposed legislation that would require military contractors to provide the U.S. military with easier access to repair materials and information, according to a document obtained by 404 Media.

The legislation, Section 828 of the Defense  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1512223/appliance-and-tractor-companies-lobby-against-giving-the-military-the-right-to-repair?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T16:01:00Z	**Microsoft Partners Beware: Action Pack To Be Retired in 2025**
Microsoft is to discontinue the Microsoft Action Pack and Microsoft Learning Pack on January 21, 2025, sending partners off to potentially pricier and cloudier options. From a report: The Action Pack and Learning Pack, alongside Silver or Gold Membership, gave Microsoft partners access to many on-premises licenses for the company's software. The company's re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/143242/microsoft-partners-beware-action-pack-to-be-retired-in-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T16:40:00Z	**Telegram CEO Released By Police, Transferred To Court For Possible Indictment**
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is heading to court for a possible indictment after being released from police custody, authorities in France said on Wednesday. From a report: "An investigating judge has ended Pavel Durov's police custody and will have him brought to court for a first appearance and a possible indictment," accord ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1633258/telegram-ceo-released-by-police-transferred-to-court-for-possible-indictment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T17:21:00Z	**The World's Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever - and Fear**
The Philippines' $38 billion outsourcing industry faces a seismic shift as AI tools threaten to displace hundreds of thousands of jobs. Major players are rapidly deploying AI "copilots" to handle tasks like summarizing customer interactions and providing real-time assistance to human agents, Bloomberg reports. Industry experts estimate up to 300 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1716245/the-worlds-call-center-capital-is-gripped-by-ai-fever---and-fear?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T19:00:00Z	**A Long, Weird FOSS Circle Ends as Microsoft Donates Mono To Wine Project**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has donated the Mono Project, an open-source framework that brought its .NET platform to non-Windows systems, to the Wine community. WineHQ will be the steward of the Mono Project upstream code, while Microsoft will encourage Mono-based apps to migrate to its open source .NET framework. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/191229/a-long-weird-foss-circle-ends-as-microsoft-donates-mono-to-wine-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T19:30:00Z	**Tumblr To Move Its Half a Billion Blogs To WordPress**
Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has focused on improving Tumblr's platform and growing its revenue. Now Automattic will shift Tumblr's back end over to WordPress, Automattic said in a blog post published on Wednesday. From a report: The company clarified  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1929200/tumblr-to-move-its-half-a-billion-blogs-to-wordpress?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T20:00:00Z	**OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion**
OpenAI is in talks to raise several billion dollars in a new funding round that would value the startup behind ChatGPT above $100 billion, WSJ reported Wednesday, citing sources. From the report: Venture-capital firm Thrive Capital is leading the round and will invest about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Microsoft is also expec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1949233/openai-in-talks-for-funding-round-valuing-it-above-100-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T20:41:00Z	**Office Usage Has Peaked in North America**
An anonymous reader shares a report: While people in Asia are spending more time in the office, workers in the US and UK are not, according to a new report from XY Sense, a company that uses sensors to track office occupancy in more than 40,000 workspaces. While office space utilization -- the share of used spaces within an office out of all available space -- in the Asia-Pacific region grew 10 per ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1940223/office-usage-has-peaked-in-north-america?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T21:20:00Z	**The Papers That Most Heavily Cite Retracted Studies**
Data from giant project show how withdrawn research propagates through the literature. Nature: In January, a review paper about ways to detect human illnesses by examining the eye appeared in a conference proceedings published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in New York City. But neither its authors nor its editors noticed that 60% of the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/203227/the-papers-that-most-heavily-cite-retracted-studies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T22:00:00Z	**Threads Deepens Its Ties To the Fediverse**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated thr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2042226/threads-deepens-its-ties-to-the-fediverse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T22:40:00Z	**Google To Relaunch Tool For Creating AI-Generated Images of People**
Google announced that it will reintroduce AI image generation capabilities through its Gemini tool, with early access to the new Imagen 3 generator available for select users in the coming days. The company pulled the feature shortly after it launched in February when users discovered historical inaccuracies and questionable responses. CNBC r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2051216/google-to-relaunch-tool-for-creating-ai-generated-images-of-people?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-28T23:20:00Z	**Cybercrime and Sabotage Cost German Firms $300 Billion In Past Year**
According to a new survey from Bitkom, cybercrime and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around $298 billion in the past year, up 29% on the year before. Reuters reports: Bitkom surveyed around 1,000 companies from all sectors and found that 90% expect more cyberattacks in the next 12 months, with the remaining 10% expecting the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/211228/cybercrime-and-sabotage-cost-german-firms-300-billion-in-past-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T00:02:00Z	**FAA Grounds SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Following Landing Mishap**
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the FAA for the second time in less than two months following the failed landing of a first-stage booster, which was destroyed in a fireball after its 23rd flight. Spaceflight Now reports: The booster, serial number B1062 in the SpaceX fleet, suffered a hard landing, at the tail end of its record-setting  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2331215/faa-grounds-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-following-landing-mishap?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T00:45:00Z	**South Korea Faces Deepfake Porn 'Emergency'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: South Korea's president has urged authorities to do more to "eradicate" the country's digital sex crime epidemic, amid a flood of deepfake pornography targeting young women. Authorities, journalists and social media users recently identified a large number of chat groups where members were creating and sharing sexually explicit "deepfake" i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2112225/south-korea-faces-deepfake-porn-emergency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T01:25:00Z	**Backpage.com Founder Michael Lacey Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison, Fined $3 Million**
Three former Backpage executives, including co-founder Michael Lacey, were sentenced to prison for promoting prostitution and laundering money while disguising their activities as a legitimate classified business. The Associated Press reports: A jury convicted Lacey, 76, of a single count of international conceal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2337256/backpagecom-founder-michael-lacey-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-fined-3-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T02:02:00Z	**'Uncertainty' Drives LinkedIn To Migrate From CentOS To Azure Linux**
The Register's Liam Proven reports: Microsoft's in-house professional networking site is moving to Microsoft's in-house Linux. This could mean that big changes are coming for the former CBL-Mariner distro. Ievgen Priadka's post on the LinkedIn Engineering blog, titled Navigating the transition: adopting Azure Linux as LinkedIn's operating sy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/2345255/uncertainty-drives-linkedin-to-migrate-from-centos-to-azure-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T03:30:00Z	**Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue That Makes Memories Stick For a Lifetime**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American, written by science journalist Simon Makin: The persistence of memory is crucial to our sense of identity, and without it, there would be no learning, for us or any other animal. It's little wonder, then, that some researchers have called how the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/002223/brain-scientists-finally-discover-the-glue-that-makes-memories-stick-for-a-lifetime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T07:00:00Z	**Canada Wildfires Last Year Released More Carbon Than Several Countries**
A study found that Canada's 2023 wildfires released 647 megatons of carbon, surpassing the emissions of seven of the ten largest emitting countries, including Germany, Japan, and Russia. "Only China, India and the United States emitted more carbon emissions during that period, meaning that if Canada's wildfires were ranked alongside co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/009218/canada-wildfires-last-year-released-more-carbon-than-several-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T10:00:00Z	**Yelp Sues Google For Antitrust Violations**
Yelp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of maintaining its local search monopoly by preferencing its own services over competitors, harming competition and reducing quality. "Yelp claims that the way Google directs users toward its own local search vertical from its general search engine results page should be considered illegal tying of separate products ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/0449237/yelp-sues-google-for-antitrust-violations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T13:00:00Z	**ESPN's 'Where To Watch' Tries To Solve Sports' Most Frustrating Problem**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Too often, new tech product or service launches seem like solutions in search of a problem, but not this one: ESPN is launching software that lets you figure out just where you can watch the specific game you want to see amid an overcomplicated web of streaming services, ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/0458247/espns-where-to-watch-tries-to-solve-sports-most-frustrating-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T14:06:00Z	**Top Movie Piracy Ring Taken Down, Major Studios' Enforcement Group Claims**
An anti-piracy coalition comprised of major studios in the U.S. and across the globe is claiming victory against Fmovies, a significant streaming operation based in Vietnam. From a report: On Thursday the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment revealed that it had worked with Hanoi police to shutter Fmovies and affiliated sites,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/146224/top-movie-piracy-ring-taken-down-major-studios-enforcement-group-claims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T14:41:00Z	**AI Giants Pledge To Share New Models With Feds**
OpenAI and Anthropic will give a U.S. government agency early access to major new model releases under agreements announced on Thursday. From a report: Governments around the world have been pushing for measures -- both legislative and otherwise -- to evaluate the risks of powerful new AI algorithms. Anthropic and OpenAI have each signed a memorandum of understanding to allow formal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/152206/ai-giants-pledge-to-share-new-models-with-feds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T16:05:00Z	**Appeals Court Questions TikTok's Section 230 Shield for Algorithm**
A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok over a child's death, potentially limiting tech companies' legal shield under Section 230. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law does not protect TikTok from claims that its algorithm recommended a deadly "blackout challenge" to a 10-year-old girl.

Judge Patty Shwartz wr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/165219/appeals-court-questions-tiktoks-section-230-shield-for-algorithm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T16:44:00Z	**Verizon Taps Another Satellite Operator To Make Texting From the Middle of Nowhere Easier**
Verizon has teamed up with another satellite operator to offer US customers a commercial direct-to-device messaging service for when a terrestrial cell network is not available, starting this fall. From a report: The telecoms giant says that US customers with compatible smartphones will have acces ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/1615230/verizon-taps-another-satellite-operator-to-make-texting-from-the-middle-of-nowhere-easier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T17:27:00Z	**EU Investigating Telegram Over User Numbers**
Brussels is investigating whether Telegram breached EU digital rules by failing to provide accurate user numbers [non-paywalled source], as officials push to bring the controversial messaging app under stricter supervision. Financial Times: EU legal and data experts suspect that the app has understated its presence in the EU to stay under a 45mn user threshold, above which large online platfo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/1728202/eu-investigating-telegram-over-user-numbers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T18:08:00Z	**Gen Z Students Show Declining School Engagement, Survey Finds**
A new national survey reveals a concerning trend in school engagement among Gen Z students aged 12-18. The joint Gallup and Walton Family Foundation study [PDF] found that middle and high school students find classes less interesting than last year, with only half feeling positively challenged. Student engagement has dropped significantly since 2023, wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/188216/gen-z-students-show-declining-school-engagement-survey-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T18:23:00Z	**Apple Is in Talks To Invest in OpenAI, WSJ Says**
Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, a move that would cement ties to a partner integral to its efforts to gain ground in the artificial-intelligence race. WSJ: The investment would be part of a new OpenAI fundraising round that would value the ChatGPT maker above $100 billion, people familiar with the situation said. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that venture-capi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/1823252/apple-is-in-talks-to-invest-in-openai-wsj-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T19:22:00Z	**Cable Providers Top Telecom Rivals for Internet Reliability**
A new study of broadband reliability finds a top-two finish that you might not expect from recent surveys of ISP customer satisfaction: Charter's Spectrum and Comcast's Xfinity, the two largest cable operators in the US. From a report: Opensignal's report, published Thursday, draws on software telemetry collected from April 1 through June 29 of downtime, c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/1922251/cable-providers-top-telecom-rivals-for-internet-reliability?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T20:07:00Z	**California Legislature Passes Controversial 'Kill Switch' AI Safety Bill**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A controversial bill aimed at enforcing safety standards for large artificial intelligence models has now passed the California State Assembly by a 45-11 vote. Following a 32-1 state Senate vote in May, SB-1047 now faces just one more procedural state senate vote before heading to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/206200/california-legislature-passes-controversial-kill-switch-ai-safety-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T20:50:00Z	**Midjourney Says It's 'Getting Into Hardware'**
Midjourney, the AI image-generating platform, announced on Wednesday that it's "officially getting into hardware." TechCrunch reports: As for what hardware Midjourney, which has a team of fewer than 100 people, might pursue, there might be a clue in its hiring of Ahmad Abbas in February. Abbas, an ex-Neuralink staffer, helped engineer the Apple Vision Pro, Apple's mixed reality headse ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2012226/midjourney-says-its-getting-into-hardware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T21:30:00Z	**Apple Announces Rare Wave of Job Cuts**
Apple has laid off about 100 employees in its services group (source may be paywalled; alternative source), primarily affecting roles associated with the Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: The impacted employees at the Cupertino-based tech giant were informed of the cuts on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported (paywalled). The layoffs spanned various teams under Senior ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2016225/apple-announces-rare-wave-of-job-cuts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T22:10:00Z	**Who Wins From Nature's Genetic Bounty?**
Scientists are harvesting genetic data from microorganisms in a North Yorkshire quarry, fueling a global debate over ownership and profit-sharing of natural genetic resources. Researchers from London-based startup Basecamp Research are collecting samples and digitizing genetic codes for sale to AI companies. This practice of trading digital sequencing information (DSI) has become central to biote ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2028247/who-wins-from-natures-genetic-bounty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T22:50:00Z	**EmuDeck Enters the Mini PC Market With Linux-Powered 'EmuDeck Machines'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from overkill.wtf: The team behind popular emulation tool EmuDeck is today announcing something rather special: they've spent the first half of 2024 working on their very first hardware product, called the EmuDeck Machine, and it's due to arrive before the year is out. This EmuDeck Machine is an  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/221245/emudeck-enters-the-mini-pc-market-with-linux-powered-emudeck-machines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-29T23:30:00Z	**Can a YouTube Video Really Fix Your Wet Phone?**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Every day for the last four years, dozens of people have shown up in the comments of one particular YouTube, declaring their love and appreciation for the content. The content: two minutes and six seconds of deep, low buzzing, the kind that makes your phone vibrate on the table, underscoring a vaguely trippy animation of swirled stained glass ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2050206/can-a-youtube-video-really-fix-your-wet-phone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T00:10:00Z	**Spotify Points Finger at Apple Over an Unwelcome Change To Volume Control Tech**
Spotify claims Apple may be again in violation of European regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which requires interoperability from big technology companies dubbed "gatekeepers." From a report: This time, the issue isn't about in-app purchases, links or pricing information, but rather how Apple has discontinued ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2059228/spotify-points-finger-at-apple-over-an-unwelcome-change-to-volume-control-tech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T00:50:00Z	**Meta Reportedly Plans Ultralight Headset With Tethered Puck For 2027**
According to The Information (paywalled), Meta plans to ship an extremely light mixed reality headset in 2027, codenamed Puffin. It follows a report that the company canceled a high-end headset planned for the same year, which previous reports speculated as being a Quest Pro 2. UploadVR reports: Puffin reportedly resembles "a bulky pair of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/226244/meta-reportedly-plans-ultralight-headset-with-tethered-puck-for-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T01:30:00Z	**California Passes Bill Requiring Easier Data Sharing Opt Outs**
Most of the attention today has been focused on California's controversial "kill switch" AI safety bill, which passed the California State Assembly by a 45-11 vote. However, California legislators passed another tech bill this week which requires internet browsers and mobile operating systems to offer a simple tool for consumers to easily opt out of dat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2259221/california-passes-bill-requiring-easier-data-sharing-opt-outs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T02:10:00Z	**ChatGPT Passes 200 Million Weekly Active Users**
OpenAI said that ChatGPT now has more than 200 million weekly active users -- twice as many as last year. Axios reports: OpenAI also said that 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using its products and that usage of its automated API has doubled since the release of GPT-4o mini in July. "People are using our tools now as a part of their daily lives, making a real difference in areas like he ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/237222/chatgpt-passes-200-million-weekly-active-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T03:30:00Z	**Feds Bust Alaska Man With 10,000+ CSAM Images Despite His Many Encrypted Apps**
A recent indictment (PDF) of an Alaska man stands out due to the sophisticated use of multiple encrypted communication tools, privacy-focused apps, and dark web technology. "I've never seen anyone who, when arrested, had three Samsung Galaxy phones filled with 'tens of thousands of videos and images' depicting CSAM, all of i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2320223/feds-bust-alaska-man-with-10000-csam-images-despite-his-many-encrypted-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T07:00:00Z	**Astronomers Back Review of Satellite Swarms Flying Without Environment Checks**
Astronomy researchers are urging the FCC to reconsider exempting large constellations of low Earth satellites from environmental reviews due to growing concerns over pollution, safety risks, and the impact on stargazing. They argue that the decades-old exemption is outdated, given the massive increase in satellite lau ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2326229/astronomers-back-review-of-satellite-swarms-flying-without-environment-checks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T10:00:00Z	**Lego Plans To Make Half the Plastic In Bricks From Renewable Materials By 2026**
Lego plans to make half of its bricks from renewable or recycled materials by 2026, with a goal of fully transitioning by 2032. While the company cites higher production costs and challenges with existing materials, it says it's committed to not passing these costs onto consumers. The Guardian reports: The Danish compan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/000255/lego-plans-to-make-half-the-plastic-in-bricks-from-renewable-materials-by-2026?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T12:35:00Z	**AnandTech Shuts Down After 27-Year Run**
AnandTech, a pioneering technology news website, is shutting down after 27 years on August 30, 2024. Founded in 1997 by Anand Lal Shimpi, the site earned a reputation for its in-depth hardware reviews and technical analysis.

In a final post on the site, AnandTech Editor-in-Chief Ryan Smith cited changing market dynamics for written tech journalism as the primary reason for closure. The site's 21, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1235233/anandtech-shuts-down-after-27-year-run?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T13:00:00Z	**Meta Strikes Geothermal Energy Deal To Power US Data Centers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Facebook owner Meta struck a deal to buy geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its U.S. data centers, it said on Monday, as it races to build out the infrastructure to support its massive investments in energy-hungry artificial intelligence. The first phase of the 150-megawatt project should  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/007231/meta-strikes-geothermal-energy-deal-to-power-us-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T14:40:00Z	**Asia's Richest Man Says He Will Give Everyone 100 GB of Free Cloud Storage**
Mukesh Ambani, Asia's richest man and the chairman of Reliance Industries, said this week that his telecom firm will offer users 100 GB of free cloud storage. Oil-to-retail giant Reliance, which is India's most valuable firm by market cap, has upended the telecom market in India by offering free voice calls and dirt-cheap i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1250222/asias-richest-man-says-he-will-give-everyone-100-gb-of-free-cloud-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T15:20:00Z	**Space Command Shief Says Dialogue With China Too Often a One-Way Street**
U.S. Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting called for greater transparency from China regarding space debris this week, citing concerns over the recent breakup of a Long March 6A rocket's upper stage. The incident, which occurred after an August 6 satellite launch, scattered over 300 pieces of debris in low-Earth orbit.

While ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1310232/space-command-shief-says-dialogue-with-china-too-often-a-one-way-street?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T16:01:00Z	**Google is Developing AI That Can Hear If You're Sick**
A new AI model being developed by Google could make diagnosing tuberculosis and other respiratory ailments as easy as recording a voice note. From a report: Google is training one of its foundational AI models to listen for signs of disease using sound signals, like coughing, sneezing, and sniffling. This tech, which would work using people's smartphone microphones, coul ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1354213/google-is-developing-ai-that-can-hear-if-youre-sick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T16:40:00Z	**Telegram Founder's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight**
An anonymous reader shares a report: When French prosecutors charged Pavel Durov, the chief executive of the messaging app Telegram, with a litany of criminal offenses on Wednesday, one accusation stood out to Silicon Valley companies. Telegram, French authorities said in a statement, had provided cryptology services aimed at ensuring confiden ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1624240/telegram-founders-indictment-thrusts-encryption-into-the-spotlight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T17:25:00Z	**FDA Wants Safer Cancer Drugs, But Some Startups Fear Unintended Consequences**
For decades drugmakers have taken a more-is-more model when dosing cancer drugs in clinical trials. U.S. regulators want them to reconsider that approach. From a report: Companies with cancer drugs in clinical trials must strike a balance between doses high enough to thwart tumors, but low enough to avoid intolerable sid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1725253/fda-wants-safer-cancer-drugs-but-some-startups-fear-unintended-consequences?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T18:05:00Z	**Pakistani Businesses Warn of Internet Disruptions Amid Fears of 'Firewall' Censorship**
Pakistani businesses say internet disruptions this month have harmed their businesses [non-paywalled link] and unsettled investors at a time when the country is counting on the information technology sector to help break a cycle of economic crises and bailouts. From a report: The warnings from executives, i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1741235/pakistani-businesses-warn-of-internet-disruptions-amid-fears-of-firewall-censorship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T18:47:00Z	**Intel Definitively Claims Its Laptop Chips Aren't Crashing Because of That Voltage Thing**
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's been a burning question for months -- are Intel's laptop chips susceptible to the same permanent damage that can potentially lay 24 different flagship desktop chips low? Today, Intel has finally confirmed: its 13th and 14th Gen laptop chips do not seem to hav ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1848202/intel-definitively-claims-its-laptop-chips-arent-crashing-because-of-that-voltage-thing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T19:26:00Z	**Linux 6.12 To Optionally Display A QR Code During Kernel Panics**
New submitter meisdug writes: A new feature has been submitted for inclusion in Linux 6.12, allowing the display of a QR code when a kernel panic occurs using the DRM Panic handler. This QR code can capture detailed error information that is often missed in traditional text-based panic messages, making it more user-friendly. The feature, written in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/1856206/linux-612-to-optionally-display-a-qr-code-during-kernel-panics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T20:05:00Z	**Intel Weighs Options Including Foundry Split To Stem Losses**
Intel is working with investment bankers to help navigate the most difficult period in its 56-year history, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: The company is discussing various scenarios, including a split of its product-design and manufacturing businesses, as well as which factory projects might potentially be scrap ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/197203/intel-weighs-options-including-foundry-split-to-stem-losses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T20:45:00Z	**$400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of Medicaid Benefits**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Thousands of Tennesseans were illegally denied Medicaid and other benefits due to programming and data errors in an algorithmic system the state uses to determine eligibility for low-income residents and people with disabilities, a U.S. District Court judge ruled this w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2016239/400-million-algorithmic-system-illegally-denied-thousands-of-medicaid-benefits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T21:25:00Z	**Amazon Turns To Anthropic's AI For Alexa Revamp**
When Amazon releases its revamped AI Alexa update in October, it'll be powered by Anthropic's Claude AI models due to performance issues with its in-house AI. Reuters reports: Amazon plans to charge $5 to $10 a month for its new "Remarkable" version of Alexa as it will use powerful generative AI to answer complex queries, while still offering the "Classic" voice assistant for free, Reu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2031230/amazon-turns-to-anthropics-ai-for-alexa-revamp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T22:02:00Z	**Malware Infiltrates Pidgin Messenger's Official Plugin Repository**
The Pidgin messaging app removed the ScreenShareOTR plugin from its third-party plugin list after it was found to be used to install keyloggers, information stealers, and malware targeting corporate networks. BleepingComputer reports: The plugin was promoted as a screen-sharing tool for secure Off-The-Record (OTR) protocol and was available for bo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2047211/malware-infiltrates-pidgin-messengers-official-plugin-repository?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T22:20:00Z	**Brazil Blocks X**
mmell writes: Regular Slashdot users will certainly be aware of the saga unfolding between the country of Brazil and X. Reuters has already reported that what I have to relay here will come as no surprise to Elon Musk, but reporting on CNN confirms that Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered X to suspend operations in Brazil until X names a representative to appear on X's behalf in Brazilian Courts.
 Is this the end of X or some brillia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2219245/brazil-blocks-x?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T22:40:00Z	**City of Columbus Sues Man After He Discloses Severity of Ransomware Attack**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Dan Goodin: A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/227217/city-of-columbus-sues-man-after-he-discloses-severity-of-ransomware-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-30T23:20:00Z	**Wells Fargo Worker Dies At Desk, Nobody Notices For Four Days**
Denise Prudhomme, a 60-year-old Wells Fargo employee, was found dead at her desk four days after clocking in. Apparently, nobody noticed her body because of the secluded location of her cubicle and the fact that many employees were working remotely. VICE reports: Prudhomme last scanned into her office job in Tempe, Arizona, at 7 AM on Friday, and her body wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2246222/wells-fargo-worker-dies-at-desk-nobody-notices-for-four-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T00:02:00Z	**Apple Stands By Decision To Terminate Account Belonging To WWDC Student Winner**
TechCrunch's Sarah Perez reports: Apple is standing by its decision to terminate the Apple Developer Account of Appstun, a mobile app company created by one of Apple's own Worldwide Developer Conference 2021 student winners. According to an announcement published on Appstun's website, Apple moved to terminate the devel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/231203/apple-stands-by-decision-to-terminate-account-belonging-to-wwdc-student-winner?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T03:30:00Z	**US Government Opens Up 31 Million Acres of Federal Lands For Solar**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states. The proposed updated Western Solar Plan is a roadmap for Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) governance of solar energy proposals and projects on public lands. It bumps u ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2324258/us-government-opens-up-31-million-acres-of-federal-lands-for-solar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T07:00:00Z	**Scientists Detect Invisible Electric Field Around Earth For First Time**
Scientists have finally detected and measured the ambipolar field, a weak electric field surrounding Earth that was first theorized over 60 years ago. "Any planet with an atmosphere should have an ambipolar field," says astronomer Glyn Collinson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "Now that we've finally measured it, we can begin l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/0053205/scientists-detect-invisible-electric-field-around-earth-for-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T10:00:00Z	**Google Play Store Can Finally Update Multiple Apps At Once**
The Google Play Store is now rolling out support for downloading up to three Android app updates simultaneously, addressing a long-standing limitation where apps could only be downloaded one at a time. 9to5Google reports: We're seeing simultaneous app update downloads working in the Google Play Store today across multiple devices, and a few of our readers are ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/011243/google-play-store-can-finally-update-multiple-apps-at-once?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T14:34:00Z	**Woman Mailed Herself an Apple AirTag To Help Catch Mail Thieves**
Several items were stolen from a woman's P.O. box. So she mailed herself a package containing an Apple AirTag, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office:

Her mail was again stolen on Monday morning, including the package with the AirTag that she was able to track.

It is important to note that the victim did not attempt to contact the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/0626234/woman-mailed-herself-an-apple-airtag-to-help-catch-mail-thieves?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T15:34:00Z	**How a Group of Teenagers Pranked 'One Million Checkboxes'**
After game developer Nolen Royalty launched his short-lived viral site "One Million Checkboxes" in June. (Any visitor could check or uncheck a box in the grid — which would change how it displayed for every other visitor to the site, in near real-time.) "Within days there were half a million people on the site," he says in a new video, "and people checked over 6 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/0419256/how-a-group-of-teenagers-pranked-one-million-checkboxes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T16:34:00Z	**How Not To Hire a North Korean IT Spy**
CSO Online reports that North Korea "is actively infiltrating Western companies using skilled IT workers who use fake identities to pose as remote workers with foreign companies, typically but not exclusively in the U.S."

Slashdot reader snydeq shares their report, which urges information security officers "to carry out tighter vetting of new hires to ward off potential 'moles' — who are increasingly  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/052207/how-not-to-hire-a-north-korean-it-spy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T17:34:00Z	**Long Covid Knocked a Million Americans Off Their Career Paths**
The Wall Street Journal reports that long Covid "has pushed around one million Americans out of the labor force, economists estimate."

More than 5% of adults in the U.S. have long Covid, and it is most prevalent among Americans in their prime working years. About 3.6 million people reported significantly modifying their activities because of the il ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/0328221/long-covid-knocked-a-million-americans-off-their-career-paths?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T18:34:00Z	**Inside Boeing's Factory Lapses That Led To the Alaska Air Blowout**
Remember when a door-sized panel blew off a Boeing aircraft back in January? The Seattle Times reports that the "door plug" incident "was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews" in a Boeing assembly plant in Renton, Washington last fall. (And that Boeing's quality control system "failed to catch the faulty work.")

But th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/0610219/inside-boeings-factory-lapses-that-led-to-the-alaska-air-blowout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T19:34:00Z	**Washington Post Calls Telegram 'a Haven for Free Speech - and Child Predators'**
The Washington Post writes that Telegram's "anything-goes approach" to its 950 million users "has also made it one of the internet's largest havens for child predators, experts say...."

"Durov's critics say his public idealism masks an opportunistic business model that allows Telegram to profit from the worst the interne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/091245/washington-post-calls-telegram-a-haven-for-free-speech---and-child-predators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T20:34:00Z	**Oceanographers Mapping Underwater Mountain Find Flying Spaghetti Monster**
Though the ocean covers about 70% of earth, we humans have only mapped a quarter of its floor to a high resolution, reports CNN.

Many of the world's highest mountains aren't visible on land — they rise up thousands of meters from the seafloor. An expedition to the Nazca Ridge, 900 miles off the coast of Chile, has mapped and e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/1847249/oceanographers-mapping-underwater-mountain-find-flying-spaghetti-monster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T21:34:00Z	**Tech Worker Builds Free AI-Powered Tool For Fighting US Health Insurance Denials**
The online news site San Francisco Standard profiles an open-source platform "that takes advantage of large language models to help users generate health insurance appeals with AI...

"A Fight Health Insurance user can scan their insurance denial, and the system will craft several appeal letters to choose from a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/2131240/tech-worker-builds-free-ai-powered-tool-for-fighting-us-health-insurance-denials?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-08-31T22:34:00Z	**'Is It Ethical to Have Children in the Face of Climate Change?'**
A climate newsletter from the Los Angeles Times asked the question: Is it ethical to have children in the face of climate change?

And they start by noting many people ask that question:
A Pew Research Survey published in July found that among U.S. adults aged 18 to 49 who don't plan on having kids, more than a quarter — 26% — cited "concerns about th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/2112247/is-it-ethical-to-have-children-in-the-face-of-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T02:59:00Z	**Python Developer Survey:  55% Use Linux, 6% Use Python 2**
More than 25,000 Python developers from nearly 200 countries took the 7th annual Python Developers Survey between November 2023 and February 2024, with 85% saying Python was their main language.

Some interesting findings:

Though Python 2 reached "end-of-life" status in April of 2020, last year's survey found 7% of respondents were still using Python 2. This y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/0256245/python-developer-survey-55-use-linux-6-use-python-2?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T06:22:00Z	**VS Code Fork 'Cursor' - the ChatGPT of Coding?**
"Sometimes an artificial intelligence tool comes out of nowhere and dominates the conversation on social media," writes Tom's Guide.

"This week that app is Cursor, an AI coding tool that uses models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o to make it easier than ever to build your own apps," with the ability to "write, predict and manipulate code using nothing but a text prompt."

Cur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/0618230/vs-code-fork-cursor---the-chatgpt-of-coding?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T10:22:00Z	**Does Dark Matter Come From Black Holes Formed Before the Big Bang?**
"The Big Bang may not have been the beginning of the universe," writes LiveScience, citing "a theory of cosmology that suggests the universe can 'bounce' between phases of contraction and expansion."

The recent study suggests that dark matter could be composed of black holes formed before the Big Bang, during a transition from the universe' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/016209/does-dark-matter-come-from-black-holes-formed-before-the-big-bang?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T14:22:00Z	**Open Source Redis Fork 'Valkey' Has Momentum, Improvements, and Speed, Says Dirk Hohndel**
"Dirk Hohndel, a Linux kernel developer and long-time open source leader, wanted his audience at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2024 Summit China to know he's not a Valkey developer," writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. "He's a Valkey user and fan."

[Hohndel] opened his speech by recal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/072220/open-source-redis-fork-valkey-has-momentum-improvements-and-speed-says-dirk-hohndel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T15:34:00Z	**Was the Arrest of Telegram's CEO Inevitable?**
Casey Newton, former senior editor at the Verge, weighs in on Platformer about the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

"Fending off onerous speech regulations and overzealous prosecutors requires that platform builders act responsibly. Telegram never even pretended to."

Officially, Telegram's terms of service prohibit users from posting illegal pornographic content or promotions of viol ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/0141216/was-the-arrest-of-telegrams-ceo-inevitable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T16:34:00Z	**A Simple Blood Test Predicts a Person's Heart Disease Risk 30 Years Out, Study Finds**
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from NBC News:

A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person's 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found.

Doctors have long assessed their patients' risk for cardiovascular diseas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/31/2217244/a-simple-blood-test-predicts-a-persons-heart-disease-risk-30-years-out-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T17:34:00Z	**'My Fake Job In Y2K Preparedness'**
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:

 The Contingency Contingent, is Leigh Claire La Berge's amazing tale of what she calls her "fake job in Y2K preparedness." La Berge offers an insider's view of the madness that ensued when Y2K panic gave rise to seemingly-limitless spending at mega-corporations for massive enterprise-wide Y2K remediation projects led by management consulting firms that left clients with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/1643238/my-fake-job-in-y2k-preparedness?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T19:17:00Z	**Trump Sons Plan Crypto Startup**
To make America the "crypto capital of the planet," former U.S. President Donald Trump promised crypto-friendly policies, writes Politico, which "could have a new beneficiary: his own family."

Trump has vowed to enact an array of pro-crypto policies in a bid to win votes — and campaign cash — from digital asset enthusiasts in recent months. Now, he's weaving the overtures into his pitch for his sons' forthcoming ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/1914233/trump-sons-plan-crypto-startup?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T20:28:00Z	**The Speaker on Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Has Started Making Strange Noises**
An anonymous reader shared this report from Ars Technica:

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft.

"I've got a question about Starliner," Wilmore radioed down to Mission Control, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. "There's a stra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/2026212/the-speaker-on-boeings-starliner-spacecraft-has-started-making-strange-noises?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T21:43:00Z	**Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Home Videoconferencing System?**
renzema (Slashdot reader #84,617) wants suggestions for a point-to-point video conferencing system "to connect the kids to their grandparents... We live in Europe and they in the U.S., but we both have gigabit internet and can sustain upwards of 100mb between our houses."

I've been spoiled at work with super high quality Cisco systems... Currently, we have A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://ask.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/216239/ask-slashdot-whats-the-best-home-videoconferencing-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-01T23:05:00Z	**Investigation Finds 'Little Oversight' Over Crucial Supply Chain for US Election Software**
Politico reports U.S. states have no uniform way of policing the use of overseas subcontractors in election technology, "let alone to understand which individual software components make up a piece of code."

For example, to replace New Hampshire's old voter registration database, state election offi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/01/233234/investigation-finds-little-oversight-over-crucial-supply-chain-for-us-election-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T00:09:00Z	**Python, JavaScript, Java: ZDNet Calculates The Most Popular Programming Languages**
Pundits aggregate results from multiple pollsters to minimize biases. So ZDNet tried the same approach, but aggregating rankings for the popularity of 19 top programming languages. Senior contributing editor David Gewirtz combined results from nine popularity rankings, including PYPL, the Tiobe index, GitHub's  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/007200/python-javascript-java-zdnet-calculates-the-most-popular-programming-languages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T02:09:00Z	**Green Energy from Storage Batteries are Replacing Fossil Fuels in California - and Texas**
1.9 million solar panels began operating this year in California — at a Mortenson facility with 120,000 installed batteries that give it a storage capacity of 3,280 megawatts. An article in El Pais notes that this helped California pass 10,000 megawatts of photovoltaic storage in April — enough  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/0117259/green-energy-from-storage-batteries-are-replacing-fossil-fuels-in-california---and-texas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T05:09:00Z	**Shrinkwrap 'Contract' Found At Costco On... Collagen Peptides**
Slashdot covered shrinkwrap licenses on software back in 2000 and 2002. But now ewhac (Slashdot reader #5,844) writes:

The user Wraithe on the Mastodon network is reporting that a bottle of Vital Proteins(TM) collagen peptides purchased at Costco came with a shrinkwrap contract. Collagen peptides are often used as an anti-aging nutritional supplement. The to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/038254/shrinkwrap-contract-found-at-costco-on-collagen-peptides?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T08:12:00Z	**Apple AirTags Track 'Recycled' Plastic to Unprocessed Piles in an Open-Air Lot**
"Houston resident Brandy Deason put an Apple AirTag in her recycling to see where her plastic trash was going," writes Tom's Hardware.

"While many might expect the city would drop the recyclables off at a recycling center, Deason instead found her trash sitting in an open-air lot alongside millions of other pieces of tr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/0423221/apple-airtags-track-recycled-plastic-to-unprocessed-piles-in-an-open-air-lot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T11:34:00Z	**What's Holding Back America's Move to Electric Cars?**
"Let's get one thing out of the way," writes the Verge's transportation editor. Contrary to what you may have heard about U.S. sales of electric vehicles — sales are up.

[Consumer insights company] JD Power is projecting that 1.2 million EVs will be sold in the US by the end of 2024, an increase over 1 million sold last year. That's 9 percent of total vehicles sold, which ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/0237206/whats-holding-back-americas-move-to-electric-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T14:01:00Z	**Intel CEO To Pitch Board on Plans To Shed Assets, Cut Costs**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company's board of directors to slice off unnecessary businesses and revamp capital spending, according to a source familiar with the matter, as they try to revive the once-dominant chipmaker's fortunes. The plan will include ide ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1353217/intel-ceo-to-pitch-board-on-plans-to-shed-assets-cut-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T15:09:00Z	**Windows 11 is Now the Most Popular OS For PC Gaming**
Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system has surpassed Windows 10 usage for Steam users for the first time since its launch in 2021. From a report: Windows 10 has been holding strong in recent years, despite Microsoft's plans to end support for Windows 10 in October 2025. There are now signs that Windows 11 adoption is finally heading in the right direction for Microsoft.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1510212/windows-11-is-now-the-most-popular-os-for-pc-gaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T15:40:00Z	**Abolish the Penny?**
schwit1 shares a report: If you are reading this and live in America, or used to live in America, or maybe just went to America one time many years ago, then you are almost certainly performing unpaid labor for the U.S. government and have been for years. How? By storing some of the billions of pennies the U.S. Mint makes every year that virtually no one uses.

Why are we still making tons (many thousands of tons) of pennies if no one us ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1539211/abolish-the-penny?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T17:01:00Z	**Google's James Manyika: 'The Productivity Gains From AI Are Not Guaranteed'**
Google executive James Manyika has warned that AI's impact on productivity is not guaranteed [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled], despite predictions of trillion-dollar economic potential. From the report: "Right now, everyone from my old colleagues at McKinsey Global Institute to Goldman Sachs are putting out these extra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1633202/googles-james-manyika-the-productivity-gains-from-ai-are-not-guaranteed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T18:09:00Z	**Japan Struggles To Popularize a Four-Day Workweek**
Notorious for a hardworking culture, Japan launched an initiative to help people cut back. But three years into the effort, the country is having a hard time coaxing people to take a four-day workweek. From a report: Japanese lawmakers first proposed a shorter work week in 2021. The guidelines aimed to encourage staff retention and cut the number of workers falling ill or dying fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1810207/japan-struggles-to-popularize-a-four-day-workweek?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T19:04:00Z	**Rust for Linux Maintainer Steps Down in Frustration With 'Nontechnical Nonsense'**
Efforts to add Rust code to the Linux kernel has suffered a setback as one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux project has stepped down -- citing frustration with "nontechnical nonsense." The Register: Wedson Almeida Filho, a software engineer at Microsoft who has overseen the Rust for Linux project, announced h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/194205/rust-for-linux-maintainer-steps-down-in-frustration-with-nontechnical-nonsense?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T20:04:00Z	**OSOM, the Company Formed From Essential's Ashes, is Apparently in Shambles**
A former executive of smartphone startup OSOM Products has filed a lawsuit alleging the company's founder misused funds for personal expenses, including two Lamborghinis and a lavish lifestyle. Mary Ross, OSOM's ex-Chief Privacy Officer, is seeking access to company records in a Delaware court filing.

OSOM, founded in 2020 by former  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/1910237/osom-the-company-formed-from-essentials-ashes-is-apparently-in-shambles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-02T22:41:00Z	**Microsoft Says Its Recall Uninstall Option in Windows 11 is Just a Bug**
An anonymous reader shares a report: While the latest update to Windows 11 makes it look like the upcoming Recall feature can be easily removed by users, Microsoft tells us it's just a bug and a fix is coming. Deskmodder spotted the change last week in the latest 24H2 version of Windows 11, with KB5041865 seemingly delivering the abilit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/02/2241242/microsoft-says-its-recall-uninstall-option-in-windows-11-is-just-a-bug?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T02:29:00Z	**Hewlett Packard To Pursue Mike Lynch's Estate For Up To $4 Billion**
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has confirmed it will push ahead with a high court lawsuit against the estate of the deceased tech tycoon Mike Lynch in which it is seeking damages of up to $4 billion. From a report: The US company said in a statement it would follow the legal proceedings "through to their conclusion" despite Lynch's death last month when ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/0228251/hewlett-packard-to-pursue-mike-lynchs-estate-for-up-to-4-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T05:11:00Z	**Elasticsearch Will Be Open Source Again as CTO Declares Changed Landscape**
Elastic, creator of popular search engine Elasticsearch and visualization tool Kibana, plans to introduce the AGPL open-source license alongside its existing licenses. The move comes three years after Elastic ditched the Apache 2.0 license, sparking controversy in the tech community.

Founder Shay Banon says the change aims to c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/0511245/elasticsearch-will-be-open-source-again-as-cto-declares-changed-landscape?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T07:20:00Z	**Europe Jumps On the Train**
Night trains are experiencing a resurgence across Europe as travelers seek more environmentally friendly alternatives to flying. European Sleeper, a Dutch cooperative, recently launched a new overnight route from Brussels to Prague, extending its existing service to Berlin. The 13-hour journey traverses Germany in refurbished 1970s-era carriages, accommodating up to 600 passengers. Bart Poels, head of service, reports high ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/0718243/europe-jumps-on-the-train?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T09:01:00Z	**Sweden Caps Screen Time for Kids and Teens**
Children under the age of two should not be exposed to any screens whatsoever and teenagers should have no more than three hours of screen time a day, according to guidelines announced by health authorities in Sweden. From a report: Parents and guardians should think about how they use screens with their children and tell them what they are doing on their phones when they use them in their ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/0838232/sweden-caps-screen-time-for-kids-and-teens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T10:30:00Z	**Star Wars Outlaws Is A Crappy Masterpiece**
Kotaku reviews Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft's latest AAA title: I was staring at a wall. It was an early mission in Ubisoft's latest behemothic RPG, Star Wars Outlaws, in which I was charged with infiltrating an Empire base to recover some information from a computer, and this wall really caught my attention.

It was a perfect wall. It absolutely captured that late-70s sci-fi aestheti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1014230/star-wars-outlaws-is-a-crappy-masterpiece?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T12:55:00Z	**Canva To Hike Subscription Prices Up To 300% Amid AI Push**
Canva, a popular online design platform, plans to significantly increase prices for some of its business subscriptions next year, citing the addition of generative AI features. The company's Teams subscription, which supports multiple users, will see price hikes of up to 300% in some regions. From a report: Subscribers to Canva Teams, which is targeted at businesses ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1254250/canva-to-hike-subscription-prices-up-to-300-amid-ai-push?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T14:00:00Z	**How Do Gold Nuggets Form? Earthquakes May Be the Key**
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery about the geologic process behind these large pieces of gold found in quartz rock. From a report: Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn't too tricky: Much of the world's gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large chunks of Earth's sq ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1332228/how-do-gold-nuggets-form-earthquakes-may-be-the-key?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T14:40:00Z	**Nvidia Takes an Added Role Amid AI Craze: Data-Center Designer**
Nvidia dominates the chips at the center of the AI boom. It wants to conquer almost everything else that makes those chips tick, too. From a report: Chief Executive Jensen Huang is increasingly broadening his company's focus -- and seeking to widen its advantage over competitors -- by offering software, data-center design services and networking techn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1414215/nvidia-takes-an-added-role-amid-ai-craze-data-center-designer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T15:40:00Z	**Japan Swelters Through Hottest Summer While Parts of China Log Warmest August on Record**
Japan has recorded its hottest summer on record after a sweltering three months marked by thousands of instances of "extreme heat," with meteorologists warning that unseasonably high temperatures will continue through the autumn. From a report: The average temperature in June, July and August was 1.76 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1540211/japan-swelters-through-hottest-summer-while-parts-of-china-log-warmest-august-on-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T16:10:00Z	**Mobile Phones Not Linked To Brain Cancer, Biggest Study To Date Finds**
Mobile phones are not linked to brain and head cancers, a comprehensive review of the highest quality evidence available commissioned by the World Health Organization has found. From a report: Led by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (Arpansa), the systematic review examined more than 5,000 studies from whi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1610238/mobile-phones-not-linked-to-brain-cancer-biggest-study-to-date-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T17:30:00Z	**Halliburton Says Hackers Removed Data in August Cyberattack**
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Tuesday an unauthorized third party had accessed and removed data from its systems, providing details regarding the cyberattack in August. From a report: The company said it is evaluating the nature and scope of information that was removed, but added that the incident is not reasonably likely to have a materia ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1650252/halliburton-says-hackers-removed-data-in-august-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T19:25:00Z	**Sony Pulls Concord From Sale After Disastrous Launch**
PlayStation hero shooter Concord will be taken offline on September 6, 2024 and all players will receive a full refund, Sony announced Tuesday. From a report: Announced on the PlayStation Blog, director Ryan Ellis said "while many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn't land the w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/193238/sony-pulls-concord-from-sale-after-disastrous-launch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T18:45:00Z	**Google Releases Android 15 To Developers**
Google has released Android 15 for developers, with support for Pixel phones expected in the coming weeks. The update will roll out to compatible devices from Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, and other manufacturers in the following months.

Key features of Android 15 include single-tap passkeys, theft detection, improved multitasking for large-screen devices, and app access limitations. The update ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1840256/google-releases-android-15-to-developers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T18:10:00Z	**YubiKeys Are Vulnerable To Cloning Attacks Thanks To Newly Discovered Side Channel**
The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard, contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-size device vulnerable to cloning when an attacker gains brief physical access to it, researchers said Tuesday. ArsTechnica: The cryptographic flaw, know ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/1810216/yubikeys-are-vulnerable-to-cloning-attacks-thanks-to-newly-discovered-side-channel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T21:00:00Z	**Clearview AI Fined $33.7 Million Over 'Illegal Database' of Faces**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an "illegal database" of billion of photos of faces. The Netherlands' Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2059214/clearview-ai-fined-337-million-over-illegal-database-of-faces?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T21:20:00Z	**Nvidia Hit With DOJ Subpoena In Escalating Antitrust Probe**
According to Bloomberg (paywalled), Nvidia has received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice as the regulator seeks evidence that the AI computing company violated antitrust laws. "The antitrust watchdog had previously delivered questionnaires to companies, and is now sending legally binding requests," notes Reuters. "Officials are concerned that the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/217256/nvidia-hit-with-doj-subpoena-in-escalating-antitrust-probe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T21:40:00Z	**M4 Mac Mini Likely To Lose Support For USB-A, Keep Internal Power Supply**
According to Mark Gurman, Apple's upcoming M4 Mac mini will undergo a major redesign, dropping USB-A ports entirely in favor of five USB-C ports. The new design will also feature front ports for the first time, an internal power supply, and retain Ethernet, HDMI, and the headphone jack.

"As I've been reporting for several months  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2123208/m4-mac-mini-likely-to-lose-support-for-usb-a-keep-internal-power-supply?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T22:20:00Z	**Oprah's Upcoming AI Television Special Sparks Outrage Among Tech Critics**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, "AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special." The one-hour show, set to air on September 12, aims to explore AI's impact on daily life and will feature interviews with figures in the tech industry, like O ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2139235/oprahs-upcoming-ai-television-special-sparks-outrage-among-tech-critics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T23:00:00Z	**Bluesky Adds 2 Million New Users After Brazil's X Ban**
In the days following Brazil's shutdown of X, the decentralized social networking startup Bluesky added over 2 million new users, up from just half a million as of Friday. "This rapid growth led some users to encounter the occasional error that would state there were 'Not Enough Resources' to handle requests, as Bluesky engineers scrambled to keep the servers stable un ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2216217/bluesky-adds-2-million-new-users-after-brazils-x-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-03T23:40:00Z	**Intel's Dow Status Under Threat As Struggling Chipmaker's Shares Plunge**
Intel's slumping share price could cost it a spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Reuters reports: Analysts and investors said Intel was likely to be removed from the Dow, pointing to a near 60% decline in the company's shares this year that has made it the worst performer on the index and left it with the lowest stock price on the pr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2225253/intels-dow-status-under-threat-as-struggling-chipmakers-shares-plunge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T00:20:00Z	**NaNoWriMo Is In Disarray After Organizers Defend AI Writing Tools**
The Verge's Jess Weatherbed reports: The organization behind National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is being slammed online after it claimed that opposing the use of AI writing tools is "classist and ableist." On Saturday, NaNoWriMo published its stance on the technology, announcing that it doesn't explicitly support or condemn any approach to wri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2232245/nanowrimo-is-in-disarray-after-organizers-defend-ai-writing-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T03:30:00Z	**Northern Lights Imperiled Infrastructure From Power Grids To Satellites**
An anonymous reader quotes a Bloomberg article, written by Jason Leopold: The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a colorful display in the night sky that comes from geomagnetic storms in space. When charged particles from the sun smash into the Earth's upper atmosphere, they create bright, kaleidoscopic ribbons of light, typica ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/03/2240242/northern-lights-imperiled-infrastructure-from-power-grids-to-satellites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T07:00:00Z	**World's First Zinc-Iron Battery Megafactory Opens For Business**
Sweden's Enerpoly has opened the world's first zinc-ion battery megafactory near Stockholm, aiming for a 100 MWh annual capacity by 2026. "According to Enerpoly, this megafactory will serve Europe's needs for safe energy storage, and also utilize an all-European supply chain to boot," reports New Atlas. From the report: If you're wondering why Ener ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/045204/worlds-first-zinc-iron-battery-megafactory-opens-for-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T10:00:00Z	**Firefox 130 Now Available With WebCodecs API, Third-Party AI Chatbots**
Firefox 130 introduces several enhancements, including improved local translation handling, better Android page load performance, and the WebCodecs API for low-level audio/video processing on desktop platforms. Notably, it also supports third-party AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini via the new Firefox Labs feature. Phoronix repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/0413210/firefox-130-now-available-with-webcodecs-api-third-party-ai-chatbots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T13:00:00Z	**Navy Chiefs Conspired To Get Themselves Illegal Warship Wi-Fi**
During a 2023 deployment, senior enlisted leaders aboard the Navy ship USS Manchester secretly installed a Starlink Wi-Fi network, allowing them exclusive internet access in violation of Navy regulations. "Unauthorized Wi-Fi systems like the one [then-Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero] set up are a massive no-no for a deployed Navy ship, and Marrero' ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/0424213/navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T14:14:00Z	**VW Could Close Plants In Germany, Warns of 'Serious Situation'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: The German company says it may close plants in its home country amid what CEO Oliver Blume reportedly called "a very demanding and serious situation" for the European automotive industry. That would mark the first-ever German plant closures in the company's nearly nine-decade history. VW is facing a pair o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/0443229/vw-could-close-plants-in-germany-warns-of-serious-situation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T14:50:00Z	**Intel's Money Woes Throw Biden Team's Chip Strategy Into Turmoil**
The Biden-Harris administration's big bet on Intel to lead a US chipmaking renaissance is in grave trouble as a result of the company's mounting financial struggles, creating a potentially damaging setback for the country's most ambitious industrial policy in decades. From a report: Five months after the president traveled to Arizona to unveil a po ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1430239/intels-money-woes-throw-biden-teams-chip-strategy-into-turmoil?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T15:25:00Z	**Europe's Farming Lobbies Recognize Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report**
Europe's food and farming lobbies have recognized the need to eat less meat after hammering out a shared vision for the future of agriculture with green groups and other stakeholders. From a report: The wide-ranging report calls for "urgent, ambitious and feasible" change in farm and food systems and acknowledges th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1449256/europes-farming-lobbies-recognize-need-to-eat-less-meat-in-shared-vision-report?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T16:10:00Z	**US Job Openings Decline To Lowest Level Since January 2021**
US job openings fell in July to the lowest since the start of 2021 and layoffs rose, consistent with other signs of slowing demand for workers. From a report: Available positions decreased to 7.67 million from a downwardly revised 7.91 million reading in the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS, s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1559231/us-job-openings-decline-to-lowest-level-since-january-2021?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T16:51:00Z	**Snapchat Is Going To Put Ads Next To Messages From Friends**
Snapchat will soon start "experimenting" with placing sponsored messages next to chat threads from friends, according to CEO Evan Spiegel. From a report: These "Sponsored Snaps" from brands will appear as unread messages in Snapchat's main Chat tab, implying that they'll sit above messages from a person's contacts until they're acted on. This is the first time Sna ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/162211/snapchat-is-going-to-put-ads-next-to-messages-from-friends?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T17:28:00Z	**Internet Archive Digital Lending Isn't Fair Use, 2nd Cir. Says**
Internet Archive's "controlled digital lending" system and removal of controls during the pandemic don't qualify as fair use, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday. Bloomberg Law:
 Four major book publishers again thwarted the online repository's defense that its one-to-one lending practices mirrored those of traditional libraries, this time at the US C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1728215/internet-archive-digital-lending-isnt-fair-use-2nd-cir-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T18:09:00Z	**In Consumer Hardware, Niche is the New Mainstream**
A pair of devices launching Wednesday highlight a growing trend in consumer hardware: doing one thing well, Axios writes. From the report: The smartphone rendered many formerly standalone devices obsolete, but now some tech with a single purpose can offer an experience that a digital Swiss Army knife can't. GoPro announced its latest cameras on Wednesday. The $199 GoPro Her ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/189234/in-consumer-hardware-niche-is-the-new-mainstream?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T18:47:00Z	**Admins Wonder If the Cloud Was Such a Good Idea After All**
After an initial euphoric rush to the cloud, admins are questioning the value and promise of the tech giant's services. The Register: According to a report published by UK cloud outfit Civo, more than a third of organizations surveyed reckoned that their move to the cloud had failed to live up to promises of cost-effectiveness. Over half reported a rise in their cl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1829233/admins-wonder-if-the-cloud-was-such-a-good-idea-after-all?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T19:25:00Z	**Verizon Nearing Deal for Frontier Communications**
Verizon is in advanced talks to acquire Frontier Communications in a deal that would bolster the company's fiber network to compete with rivals including AT&T, WSJ reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: An announcement could come this week, granted the talks don't hit any last-minute snags, the people said. A deal would be sizable, given Fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1914253/verizon-nearing-deal-for-frontier-communications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T20:04:00Z	**'Error' Causes Alexa To Endorse Kamala Harris, Refuse To Discuss Trump**
An anonymous reader shares a report: It would be perfectly reasonable to expect Amazon's digital assistant Alexa to decline to state opinions about the 2024 presidential race, but up until recently, that assumption would have been incorrect. When asked to give reasons to vote for former President Donald Trump, Alexa demurred, accordi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1930232/error-causes-alexa-to-endorse-kamala-harris-refuse-to-discuss-trump?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T20:43:00Z	**Microsoft Rolled Out AI PCs That Can't Play Top Games**
The latest Windows personal computers with AI features have "the best specs" on "all the benchmarks," Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella recently said. There is one problem: The chips inside current models are incompatible with many leading videogames. From a report: Microsoft and its partners this spring rolled out Copilot+ PCs that include functions such as crea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/1935211/microsoft-rolled-out-ai-pcs-that-cant-play-top-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T21:32:00Z	**After Nearly a Decade Away, Panasonic TVs Are Back In the US**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: You might have a hard time stretching your memory to the Obama era, but back in 2013, Panasonic's plasma TVs were the critical darlings of the US market. They far outperformed their LED/LCD counterparts at a time when OLED was little more than a pipe dream for most. Then suddenly, under enormous pre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2030201/after-nearly-a-decade-away-panasonic-tvs-are-back-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T22:10:00Z	**Acer's First Handheld Gaming PC Is the Nitro Blaze**
Acer has announced its first Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally competitor, the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. The Verge's Sean Hollister reports: Like Asus -- but unlike most rivals -- it features a seven-inch 1080p variable refresh rate IPS screen to keep things smooth, one that refreshes slightly faster at 144Hz. (Acer tells The Verge it's a landscape-native screen.) It's also got a newe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2039239/acers-first-handheld-gaming-pc-is-the-nitro-blaze?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T22:50:00Z	**Microsoft's Inflection Acquihire Is Too Small To Matter, Say UK Regulators**
The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo reports: Microsoft's "acquihire" of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn't big enough for its absorption by Microsoft to affect competition in the enterprise AI space. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed the conclusion of its inv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2047224/microsofts-inflection-acquihire-is-too-small-to-matter-say-uk-regulators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-04T23:30:00Z	**The Search For the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Jazmin Jones knowswhat she did. "If you're online, there's this idea of trolling," Jones, the director behindSeeking Mavis Beacon, said during a recent panel for her new documentary. "For this project, some things we're taking incredibly seriously ... and other things we're trolling. We're trolling this ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/210215/the-search-for-the-face-behind-mavis-beacon-teaches-typing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T00:10:00Z	**Fake CV Lands Top 'Engineer' In Jail For 15 Years**
Daniel Mthimkhulu, former chief "engineer" at South Africa's Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa), was sentenced to 15 years in prison for claiming false engineering degrees and a doctorate. His fraudulent credentials allowed him to rise rapidly within Prasa, contributing to significant financial losses and corruption within the agency. The BBC reports: Once hailed for his successful c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2235219/fake-cv-lands-top-engineer-in-jail-for-15-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T00:50:00Z	**OpenAI Co-Founder Raises $1 Billion For New Safety-Focused AI Startup**
Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion to develop safe AI systems that surpass human capabilities. The company, valued at $5 billion, plans to use the funds to hire top talent and acquire computing power, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2244208/openai-co-founder-raises-1-billion-for-new-safety-focused-ai-startup?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T01:30:00Z	**Volvo Backtracks On 2030 EV-Only Pledge**
Volvo now says it will push back its deadline to sell only electric vehicles by 2030, citing the need for stronger government support. "The new plans call for 90 to 100% of global sales to be electrified, including EVs and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs)," reports Electrek. "The other up to 10% will be "a limited number of hybrids" if needed. By 2025, Volvo expects 50 to 60% of sales to be electrified." ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2252226/volvo-backtracks-on-2030-ev-only-pledge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T03:30:00Z	**The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: I've been videochatting with Mixael Swan Laufer for about 30 minutes about an exciting discovery when he points out that to date, the best way he's been able to bring attention to his organization is "the old school method of me performing a bunch of federal felonies on stage in front of a bunch of people." I stop him and ask: " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/04/2311224/the-rise-of-diy-pirated-medicine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T07:00:00Z	**Saturn's Rings Will Vanish Temporarily In Six Months**
"Earth.com has an interesting article about the temporary "disappearance" of Saturn's rings in about six months," writes longtime Slashdot reader YVRGeek. From the report: Come March 2025, Saturn's majestic rings will become virtually invisible to earth-based observers. This phenomenon occurs due to the unique tilt of Saturn's axis, which will position the rings edge- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/0132246/saturns-rings-will-vanish-temporarily-in-six-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T10:00:00Z	**Discord Lowers Free Upload Limit To 10MB**
Discord has reduced the upload limit for free users from 25MB to 10MB per file, citing financial and operational reasons. "Every day, millions of files are uploaded to Discord and stored securely for your future access. Storage management is expensive, so we regularly review how people use Discord and their storage needs. In fact, our data shows that 99% of users stick to files smaller tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/0149255/discord-lowers-free-upload-limit-to-10mb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T13:00:00Z	**Deutsche Bank Chief Tells Germans: Work Longer and Harder**
Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing this week urged Germans to work harder to help restore the country's economy. From a report: "Investors are already doubting our ability to reform, but especially our ability and our will to perform," Sewing said at the Handelsblatt banking summit in Frankfurt. "More growth in Germany will come only if we also change our attitude t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1249239/deutsche-bank-chief-tells-germans-work-longer-and-harder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T14:00:00Z	**Feds Indict Musician on Landmark Massive Streaming Fraud Charges**
Federal investigators have indicted a North Carolina man over a scheme in which he allegedly used bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to earn more than $10 million in royalty payments from the major streaming services. RollingStone: The case is a landmark development in the still-developing music streaming market, with the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/130241/feds-indict-musician-on-landmark-massive-streaming-fraud-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T14:44:00Z	**Leaked Disney Data Reveals Financial and Strategy Secrets**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Passport numbers for a group of Disney cruise line workers. Disney+ streaming revenue. Sales of Genie+ theme park passes. The trove of data from Disney that was leaked online by hackers earlier this summer includes a range of financial and strategy information that sheds light on the entertainment giant's operations, accordi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1445200/leaked-disney-data-reveals-financial-and-strategy-secrets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T15:29:00Z	**UK Competition and Markets Authority Launches Investigation Into Ticketmaster**
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally opened an investigation into Ticketmaster's compliance with consumer protection law in relation to the sale of Oasis concert tickets. From a report: The CMA said on Thursday that it is investigating whether "Ticketmaster has engaged in unfair commercial prac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1529217/uk-competition-and-markets-authority-launches-investigation-into-ticketmaster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T16:07:00Z	**Madrid Bans Hired E-scooters Over Safety Concerns**
Madrid City Hall said on Thursday it would ban all rental e-scooters from October because of the risk they pose to pedestrians, the latest city to make the move. From a report: "We are withdrawing authorization for companies hiring out scooters on the city's streets," the Spanish capital's conservative mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida wrote on X. "Our priority is the... safet ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1559249/madrid-bans-hired-e-scooters-over-safety-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T16:44:00Z	**Bluetooth Upgrade Boosts Precision Tracking and Device Efficiency**
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released version 6.0 of the Bluetooth Core Specification, introducing several new features and enhancements. The update includes Bluetooth Channel Sounding, which brings true distance awareness to devices, potentially improving "Find My" solutions and digital key security.

Other additions includ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1635218/bluetooth-upgrade-boosts-precision-tracking-and-device-efficiency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T17:33:00Z	**Visa Debuts New Product Designed To Make It Safer To Pay Directly From Bank Account**
Visa said it plans to launch a dedicated service for bank transfers, skipping credit cards and the traditional direct debit process. From a report: Visa, which alongside Mastercard is one of the world's largest card networks, said Thursday it plans to launch a dedicated service for account-to-account (A2A) pa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1733240/visa-debuts-new-product-designed-to-make-it-safer-to-pay-directly-from-bank-account?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T17:55:00Z	**OpenAI Considering Monthly Subscription Prices as High as $2000 for New AI Models**
OpenAI executives are considering premium subscriptions for advanced language models, including the reasoning-focused Strawberry and flagship Orion, with potential monthly prices ranging up to $2,000, The Information reported Thursday, citing a source.

The move reflects growing concerns about covering operational ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1755212/openai-considering-monthly-subscription-prices-as-high-as-2000-for-new-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T19:25:00Z	**Verizon To Buy Frontier For $9.6 Billion, Says It Will Expand Fiber Network**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Verizon today announced a deal to acquire Frontier Communications, an Internet service provider with about 3 million customers in 25 states. Verizon said the all-cash transaction is valued at $20 billion. Verizon agreed to pay $9.6 billion and is taking on over $10 billion  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1924223/verizon-to-buy-frontier-for-96-billion-says-it-will-expand-fiber-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T20:02:00Z	**Uniswap Labs Beset By Regulators For Building a Decentralized Exchange**
Uniswap Labs, the firm behind the world's most popular decentralized exchange, is under fire from a variety of regulators. From a report: If regulators want to throw a giant monkey wrench into the crypto economy, making people afraid to use Uniswap would be a great way to do it. Uniswap Labs today agreed to a $175,000 settlement with  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1926223/uniswap-labs-beset-by-regulators-for-building-a-decentralized-exchange?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T20:40:00Z	**Apple Announces 'Find My' For South Korea**
Apple announced it is planning to bring its Find My service to South Korea in early 2025. Originally released in 2010, the Find My service has been unavailable in South Korea, making it the last country without access to Apple's tracking feature. AppleInsider reports: In July 2024, complaints from users in South Korea reached a point where they were finally petitioning the government to allow ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1936239/apple-announces-find-my-for-south-korea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T21:20:00Z	**Snap Sued Over 'Sextortion' of Kids By Predators**
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing Snapchat of fostering and promoting illicit sexual material involving children, facilitating sextortion, and enabling trafficking of children, drugs, and guns. CNBC reports: The suit alleges that Snap "repeatedly made statements to the public regarding the safety and design of its platforms that it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1947259/snap-sued-over-sextortion-of-kids-by-predators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T22:00:00Z	**New AI Model 'Learns' How To Simulate Super Mario Bros. From Video Footage**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last month, Google's GameNGen AI model showed that generalized image diffusion techniques can be used to generate a passable, playable version of Doom. Now, researchers are using some similar techniques with a model called MarioVGG to see if an AI model can generate plausibl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/1958212/new-ai-model-learns-how-to-simulate-super-mario-bros-from-video-footage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T22:40:00Z	**AT&T Sues Broadcom For Breaching VMware Support Extension Contract**
AT&T has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, alleging that Broadcom is refusing to honor an extended support agreement for VMware software unless AT&T purchases additional subscriptions it doesn't need. The company warns the consequences could risk massive outages for AT&T's customer support operations and critical federal services, including  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/205246/att-sues-broadcom-for-breaching-vmware-support-extension-contract?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-05T23:20:00Z	**Android Earthquake Alerts Now Available Across All 50 States, 6 US Territories**
Google's Android Earthquake Alerts System, initially launched in 2020, is now available in all 50 U.S. states and 6 territories. Droid Life reports: For users in California, Oregon and Washington, users will continue to have their alerts powered by the ShakeAlert system, utilizing traditional seismometers to detect eart ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/2017257/android-earthquake-alerts-now-available-across-all-50-states-6-us-territories?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T00:02:00Z	**US, UK, EU Sign 'Legally Binding' AI Treaty**
The United States, United Kingdom and European Union have signed the first "legally binding" international AI treaty on Thursday, the Council of Europe human rights organization said. Called the AI Convention, the treaty promotes responsible innovation and addresses the risks AI may pose. Reuters reports: The AI Convention mainly focuses on the protection of human rights of people affected by ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/2232248/us-uk-eu-sign-legally-binding-ai-treaty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T02:40:00Z	**Telegram Allows Private Chat Reports After Founder's Arrest**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Telegram has quietly updated its policy to allow users to report private chats to its moderators following the arrest of founder Pavel Durov in France over "crimes committed by third parties" on the platform. [...] The Dubai-headquartered company has additionally edited its FAQ page, removing two sentences that previously ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/0239213/telegram-allows-private-chat-reports-after-founders-arrest?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T03:30:00Z	**Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body and Let It Run Wild**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceAlert: Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells. But given a chance, what might this web of impulses do if granted a moment of freedom? An interdisciplinary team of researchers from C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/2242255/engineers-gave-a-mushroom-a-robot-body-and-let-it-run-wild?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T05:00:00Z	**Qualcomm Has Explored Buying Pieces of Intel Chip Design Business**
Qualcomm has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's design business to boost the company's product portfolio, Reuters reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From the report: The mobile chipmaker has examined acquiring different pieces of Intel, which is struggling to generate cash and looking to shed business  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/0457255/qualcomm-has-explored-buying-pieces-of-intel-chip-design-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T07:00:00Z	**Part of Brain Network Much Bigger In People With Depression, Scientists Find**
Researchers have discovered that people with depression have an expanded brain network, specifically the frontostriatal salience network, which is 73% larger compared to healthy individuals. "It's taking up more real estate on the brain surface than we see is typical in healthy controls," said Dr Charles Lynch, a co-auth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/05/2248237/part-of-brain-network-much-bigger-in-people-with-depression-scientists-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T10:00:00Z	**Largest Dam Removal In US History Is Complete**
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has been completed with the demolition of four dams on the Klamath River, marking a significant victory for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who have long fought to restore the river to its natural state. However, as CNN's Rachel Ramirez and the BBC's Lucy Sherriff both highlight, the restoration of salmon populations and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/0632241/largest-dam-removal-in-us-history-is-complete?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T12:50:00Z	**Threads is Trading Trust For Growth**
Ben Werdmuller, an entrepreneur who leads tech for ProPublica, writes on the trust crisis brewing in Meta's Threads app. He posted a quick comment about the Internet Archive's legal troubles, only to find it blew up in unexpected ways. Turns out, Threads' algorithm tossed his post to folks way outside his usual crowd, and they weren't happy about the lack of context. He writes: The comments that really  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1250236/threads-is-trading-trust-for-growth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T14:00:00Z	**OpenAI Japan Exec Teases 'GPT-Next'**
OpenAI plans to launch a new AI model, GPT-Next, by year-end, promising a 100-fold increase in power over GPT-4 without significantly higher computing demands, according to a leaked presentation by an OpenAI Japan executive. The model, codenamed "Strawberry," incorporates "System 2 thinking," allowing for deliberate reasoning rather than mere token prediction, according to previous reports. GPT-Next will also  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1330218/openai-japan-exec-teases-gpt-next?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T14:45:00Z	**Gen Z-ers Are Computer Whizzes. Just Don't Ask Them to Type.**
Typing skills among Generation Z have declined sharply, despite their digital nativity, according to recent data. The U.S. Department of Education reports that only 2.5% of high school graduates in 2019 took a keyboarding course, down from 44% in 2000.

Many educators assume Gen Z already possesses typing skills due to their familiarity with technology. Howev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1446215/gen-z-ers-are-computer-whizzes-just-dont-ask-them-to-type?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T15:25:00Z	**America's EV Charging Infrastructure Has Doubled In Less Than Four Years**
The electric revolution has given way to a gradual transformation, but the groundwork is already being laid for the future. From a report: The Department of Energy recently highlighted this by noting the number of publicly available EV chargers has doubled since President Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021. According to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1450235/americas-ev-charging-infrastructure-has-doubled-in-less-than-four-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T16:01:00Z	**PwC 'Tipping the Balance' of Hybrid Working and Will Start Tracking Its Workers' Locations**
PwC has demanded staff spend less time working from home -- and it's going to start tracking their location to ensure they comply. From a report: The accountancy firm informed its 26,000 U.K. employees in a memo that from January they'll be expected to be at their desks -- or with clients -- at leas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/161213/pwc-tipping-the-balance-of-hybrid-working-and-will-start-tracking-its-workers-locations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T16:48:00Z	**The Underground World of Black-Market AI Chatbots is Thriving**
An anonymous reader shares a report: ChatGPT's 200 million weekly active users have helped propel OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot, to a $100 billion valuation. But outside the mainstream there's still plenty of money to be made -- especially if you're catering to the underworld. Illicit large language models (LLMs) can make up to $28,000 in two month ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1648218/the-underground-world-of-black-market-ai-chatbots-is-thriving?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T17:25:00Z	**Smartphone Firm Born From Essential's Ashes is Shutting Down**
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's been a rough week for OSOM Products. The company has been embroiled in legal controversy stemming from a lawsuit filed by a former executive. Now, Android Authority has learned that the company is effectively shutting down later this week. OSOM Products was formed in 2020 following the disbanding of Essential, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1711234/smartphone-firm-born-from-essentials-ashes-is-shutting-down?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T18:13:00Z	**College Grades Have Become aCharade. It's Time To Abolish Them.**
When most students get As, grading loses all meaning as a way to encourage exceptional work and recognize excellence. From a report: Grade inflation at American universities is out of control. The statistics speak for themselves. In 1950, the average GPA at Harvard was estimated at 2.6 out of 4. By 2003, it had risen to 3.4. Today, it stands at 3.8. T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1813229/college-grades-have-become-acharade-its-time-to-abolish-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T18:55:00Z	**Kaspersky To Transfer US Customers To UltraAV After Ban**
Kaspersky has reached an agreement to transfer its U.S. customers to UltraAV, a Boston-based antivirus provider. The move comes in the wake of a White House ban on Kaspersky products. Under the deal, U.S. users will maintain their existing subscriptions and receive "reliable anti-virus protection" through UltraAV, which will offer additional features such as VPN and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1855245/kaspersky-to-transfer-us-customers-to-ultraav-after-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T19:34:00Z	**Heatwave Across US West Breaks Records For Highest Temperatures**
An intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region -- some of the highest of the season -- and broken heat records. From a report: Millions of Americans from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Seattle are under heat alerts. Even before this latest bout of extreme weather, which began on Wednesday and is expected to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1912243/heatwave-across-us-west-breaks-records-for-highest-temperatures?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T20:10:00Z	**Meta Will Let Third-Party Apps Place Calls To WhatsApp, Messenger Users**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the company's messaging apps, Messenger and WhatsApp. As Meta notes in a blog post, the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1937237/meta-will-let-third-party-apps-place-calls-to-whatsapp-messenger-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T20:50:00Z	**Telegram Disables 'Misused' Features As CEO Faces Criminal Charges**
Following the arrest of its CEO Pavel Durov last month, the encrypted messaging service said it has disabled some "outdated" and "misused" features used by anonymous users. The Verge reports: The first changes to the app following his arrest in France last month affect its built-in blog posts and a "People Nearby" location-based feature. [...]  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/1946225/telegram-disables-misused-features-as-ceo-faces-criminal-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T21:30:00Z	**Two Major Anime Leakers To Be Exposed Following First-Time US Court Order**
For the first time, a U.S. court has ordered the exposure of identities behind anime leaker accounts on X following complaints from producers of Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer. The order was revealed by Japanese anti-piracy organization CODA (Content Overseas Distribution Association). CBR reports: The order to disclose ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/200205/two-major-anime-leakers-to-be-exposed-following-first-time-us-court-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T22:10:00Z	**Playing D&D Helps Autistic Players In Social Interactions, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since its introduction in the 1970s, Dungeons & Dragons has become one of the most influential tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) in popular culture, featuring heavily in Stranger Things, for example, and spawning a blockbuster movie released last year. Over the last decade or  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/206213/playing-dd-helps-autistic-players-in-social-interactions-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T22:50:00Z	**Podcasters Ditch Short Episodes in Favor of Four-Hour Conversations**
In a newsletter for Bloomberg, Ashley Carman discusses the rising trend of long podcasts and their surprising popularity among listeners. "By today's standards of interminable podcast discussions, a nearly three-hour recording isn't even particularly notable," she writes, highlighting recent episodes from Joe Rogan (2 hours; 16 minutes with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/2024224/podcasters-ditch-short-episodes-in-favor-of-four-hour-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-06T23:30:00Z	**ChromeOS 128 Adds Snap Layouts For Apps, OCR Text Extraction, and Improved Settings**
Google's new ChromeOS 128 update introduces a feature similar to Windows 11's Snap layouts. Called Snap Groups, the feature enables users to organize on-screen apps in various fullscreen layouts. "When you pair two windows for split-screen display, ChromeOS now forms a Snap group," explains the ChromeOS team. " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/2041200/chromeos-128-adds-snap-layouts-for-apps-ocr-text-extraction-and-improved-settings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T00:10:00Z	**SpyAgent Android Malware Steals Your Crypto Recovery Phrases From Images**
SpyAgent is a new Android malware that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on mobile devices, allowing attackers to hijack wallets and steal funds. The malware primarily targets South Korea but poses a growing threat as it expands to other regions and possib ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/220250/spyagent-android-malware-steals-your-crypto-recovery-phrases-from-images?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T03:30:00Z	**Electrocuted Birds Are Bursting Into Flames and Starting Wildfires**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Electrocuted, flaming bird carcasses are falling off of power lines and causing wildfires across the U.S. This surprisingly common phenomenon has been responsible for at least three Colorado wildfires so far this summer. These events are not isolated. A 2022 study found that electrocuted birds  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/225232/electrocuted-birds-are-bursting-into-flames-and-starting-wildfires?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T06:50:00Z	**Malaysia Orders ISPs To Reroute DNS Traffic**
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which regulates online and broadcast media in the Asian nation, has instructed internet service providers in the country to redirect DNS traffic that uses third-party servers back to their own DNS servers, according to local media reports. From a report: MCMC in a statement tonight said this is to ensure that users continue to benef ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0649249/malaysia-orders-isps-to-reroute-dns-traffic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T10:00:00Z	**Boeing's Starliner Makes 'Picture Perfect' Landing - Without Its Crew**
Boeing's "beleaguered" Starliner spacecraft "successfully landed in New Mexico just after midnight Eastern time," reports NPR:

After Starliner made a picture-perfect landing, Stich told reporters that the spacecraft did well during its return flight. "It was a bullseye landing," he said. "It's really great to get the spacecraft back... ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0921242/boeings-starliner-makes-picture-perfect-landing---without-its-crew?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T12:30:00Z	**Starlink Now Constitutes Roughly Two Thirds of All Active Satellites**
"SpaceX deployed its 7,000th Starlink satellite this week, making the vast majority of active satellites around earth part of a single megaconstellation," writes Slashdot reader DogFoodBuss. "The Starlink communications system is now orders of magnitude larger than its nearest competitor, offering unprecedented access to low-latency broad ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/2214210/starlink-now-constitutes-roughly-two-thirds-of-all-active-satellites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T14:34:00Z	**ESA Prints 3D Metal Shape In Space For First Time**
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully 3D printed the first metal part aboard the International Space Station. This achievement marks a significant advancement in in-orbit manufacturing that could enable the production of essential spare parts and tools for future long-duration space missions. "The first metal shape was produced in August, and three more are pla ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/06/2225225/esa-prints-3d-metal-shape-in-space-for-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T15:34:00Z	**Telegram CEO Durov Fathered Over 100 Kids as an Anonymous Sperm Donor**
An anonymous reader shared this report from USA Today:

He's the founder of Telegram. He was arrested in France. He also claims to have fathered at least 100 children...

The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire often keeps his personal life out of the spotlight. Something he has shared, however, is that, despite never marrying and pr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/020229/telegram-ceo-durov-fathered-over-100-kids-as-an-anonymous-sperm-donor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T16:34:00Z	**GitHub Actions Typosquatting: a High-Impact Supply Chain Attack-in-Waiting?**
GitHub Actions let developers "automate software builds and tests," writes CSO Online, "by setting up workflows that trigger when specific events are detected, such as when new code is committed to the repository."

They also "can be reused and shared with others on the GitHub Marketplace, which currently lists thousands ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0427219/github-actions-typosquatting-a-high-impact-supply-chain-attack-in-waiting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T17:34:00Z	**Signal is More Than Encrypted Messaging. It Wants to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Is Wrong**
Slashdot reader echo123 shared a new article from Wired titled "Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong." ("On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platfo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/064222/signal-is-more-than-encrypted-messaging-it-wants-to-prove-surveillance-capitalism-is-wrong?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T18:34:00Z	**1,000 Autonomous AI Agents Collaborating?  Altera Simulates It In Minecraft**
Altera AI's home page says their mission is "to create digital human beings that live, care, and grow with us," adding that their company builds machines "with fundamental human qualities, starting with friends that can play video games with you."

And while their agents can function in many different games and apps, Altera us ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0136247/1000-autonomous-ai-agents-collaborating-altera-simulates-it-in-minecraft?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T19:34:00Z	**New York Times Calls Telegram 'A Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists'**
The New York Times analyzed over 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,220 channels. Their conclusion? Telegram "offers features that enable criminals, terrorists and grifters to organize at scale and to sidestep scrutiny from the authorities" — and that Telegram "has looked the other way as illegal and extrem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/194232/new-york-times-calls-telegram-a-playground-for-criminals-extremists-and-terrorists?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T20:50:00Z	**How Should the FOSS Movement Respond to Proprietary Software?**
Long-time FOSS-watcher Bruce Byfield writes that while people "still dream of a completely free alternative, increasingly the emphasis in FOSS seems to be on accepting coexistence with proprietary software."
Many, too, have always preferred the permissive BSD licenses, which permits combining FOSS and proprietary software. From some perspectives, Debian ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0258256/how-should-the-foss-movement-respond-to-proprietary-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T20:22:00Z	**Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Friendly Habitats for Wildlife**
"Solar farms could blanket millions of acres in the United States over the coming decades," writes the New York Times.

But "the sites that capture that energy take up land that wildlife needs to survive and thrive."

"We have to address both challenges at the same exact time," said Rebecca Hernandez, a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/2019209/solar-farms-look-to-produce-something-apart-from-power-friendly-habitats-for-wildlife?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T18:59:00Z	**During Georgia School Shooting, Newly-Installed Tech Spread Warnings and Called Police**
A schoolteacher using an interactive whiteboard is surprised by an alert. Their school is in "hard lockdown." They knew — instantly — something was about to happen, and "got everybody into a corner," they later told CNN. Classroom doors at the school are always locked, so they then "turned off the lights. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/1857213/during-georgia-school-shooting-newly-installed-tech-spread-warnings-and-called-police?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T16:34:00Z	**'Thousands" of Telegram Channels Sell Stolen Identities, Reports WSJ**
The Wall Street Journal writes that Telegram "has become the premier internet platform to buy everything from hacked data and weapons to illicit drugs and child sexual abuse material, according to current and former law-enforcement officials and cybercrime researchers..."
And it's also being used by identity thieves:
There are thousands of c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/1952215/thousands-of-telegram-channels-sell-stolen-identities-reports-wsj?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T15:34:00Z	**KDE Developer:  Why Plasma 6.2 Includes a Once-a-Year Popup for Donations**
"If you're plugged into KDE social media, you probably see a lot of requests for donations..." writes KDE developer Nate Graham on his personal blog. But "We know that the fraction of people who subscribe to these channels is small, so there's a huge number of people who may not even know they can donate to KDE, let alone that dona ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0354238/kde-developer-why-plasma-62-includes-a-once-a-year-popup-for-donations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T14:34:00Z	**China To Launch Mars-Sampling Mission In 2028**
"China is on track to launch its Tianwen-3 mission to Mars in 2028, two years earlier than previously planned," writes the South China Morning Post, a change that one space policy research believes "suggests a rising confidence by China in its ability to get the technology right for the complex operation."

On Thursday, Liu Jizhong, chief designer of China's Mars mission, told the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/0132207/china-to-launch-mars-sampling-mission-in-2028?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T11:34:00Z	**Is the Tech World Now 'Central' to Foreign Policy?**
Wired interviews America's foreign policy chief, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, about U.S. digital polices, starting with a new "cybersecurity bureau" created in 2022 (which Wired previously reported includes "a crash course in cybersecurity, telecommunications, privacy, surveillance, and other digital issues.")

Look, what I've seen since coming back to the State Departmen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/2058208/is-the-tech-world-now-central-to-foreign-policy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T08:13:00Z	**British Competition Regulator Says Google's Ad Practices Harmed Competition**
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:

Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices, which the regulator provisionally found are impacting competition in the U.K. In a statement, the Competition and Markets Authority alleged that the U.S. internet search  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/066219/british-competition-regulator-says-googles-ad-practices-harmed-competition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T04:58:00Z	**Two Android Engineers Explain How They Extended Rust In Android's Firmware**
The Register reports that Google "recently rewrote the firmware for protected virtual machines in its Android Virtualization Framework using the Rust programming language." And they add that Google "wants you to do the same, assuming you deal with firmware."

A post on Google's security blog by Android engineers Ivan Loza ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/0455238/two-android-engineers-explain-how-they-extended-rust-in-androids-firmware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T02:41:00Z	**GPT-Fabricated Scientific Papers Found on Google Scholar by Misinformation Researchers**
Harvard's school of public policy is publishing a Misinformation Review for peer-reviewed, scholarly articles promising "reliable, unbiased research on the prevalence, diffusion, and impact of misinformation worldwide."

This week it reported that "Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/028252/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-found-on-google-scholar-by-misinformation-researchers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T00:41:00Z	**FTC Urged To Stop Tech Makers Downgrading Devices After You've Bought Them**
Digital rights activists want device manufacturers to disclose a "guaranteed minimum support time" for devices — and federal regulations ensuring a product's core functionality will work even after its software updates stop.

Influential groups including Consumer Reports, EFF, the Software Freedom Conservancy, iFixit, and U.S. P ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/0038246/ftc-urged-to-stop-tech-makers-downgrading-devices-after-youve-bought-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-07T21:50:00Z	**MIT CS Professor Tests AI's Impact on Educating Programmers**
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: "The Impact of AI on Computer Science Education" recounts an experiment Eric Klopfer conducted in his undergrad CS class at MIT. He divided the class into three groups and gave them a programming task to solve in the Fortran language, which none of them knew. Reminiscent of how The Three Little Pigs used straw, stick ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/2148218/mit-cs-professor-tests-ais-impact-on-educating-programmers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T21:23:00Z	**Videogame Performers' Union Hails New 80-Game Agreement as Preserving Human Creativity**
This week after striking for over a month, videogame performers reached agreements with 80 games this week, reports the Associated Press. "SAG-AFTRA announced the agreements with the 80 individual video games on Thursday. Performers impacted by the work stoppage can now work on those projects.

"The str ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/2120259/videogame-performers-union-hails-new-80-game-agreement-as-preserving-human-creativity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-08T22:36:00Z	**'AI May Not Steal Many Jobs After All'**
Alorica — which runs customer-service centers around the world — has introduced an AI translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers in 200 different languages. But according to the Associated Press, "Alorica isn't cutting jobs. It's still hiring aggressively."

The experience at Alorica — and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA — suggests that AI may not prove to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/2232237/ai-may-not-steal-many-jobs-after-all?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T00:19:00Z	**How an Engineer Exposed an International Bike Theft Ring - By Its Facebook Friends**
Security engineer Bryan Hance co-founded the nonprofit Bike Index, back in 2013, reports the Los Angeles Times, "where cyclists can register their bikes and contact information, making it easier to reunite lost or stolen bikes with their owners." It now holds descriptions and serial numbers of about 1.3 million  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/0014207/how-an-engineer-exposed-an-international-bike-theft-ring---by-its-facebook-friends?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T02:19:00Z	**Elon Musk: Starships Launch for Mars in 2026.  Crewed Flights Possible By 2028**
"The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years," Elon Musk posted on X.com this weekend.

Musk said the launches will happen when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, which the science blog NextBigFuture identifies as "about November through December 2026." Musk noted that the 2026 missions "will be uncrewed ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/0143212/elon-musk-starships-launch-for-mars-in-2026-crewed-flights-possible-by-2028?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T04:14:00Z	**Four-Day Work Week Proposal by UK Government Raises Issues, Says Econ Professor**
Workers get the right to request a four-day workweek under a new proposal by the U.K. government. But a professor of economics at the University of Leeds argues "There remain problems, however" — starting with the fact that "under current laws, employers can still resist the requests of workers, if they want to."

Ther ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/033243/four-day-work-week-proposal-by-uk-government-raises-issues-says-econ-professor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T07:34:00Z	**US Government Asks 3D Printing Industry to Help Stop the Printing of Machine Gun Conversion Devices**
U.S. Justice Department officials "are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns," reports the Associated Press:

"Law enforcement cannot do this alone," [U.S. Deputy Attor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/08/2323212/us-government-asks-3d-printing-industry-to-help-stop-the-printing-of-machine-gun-conversion-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T11:34:00Z	**'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' Can Be Cleaned Within 10 Years, Says Ocean Cleanup Project**
"Six years after sailing out of San Francisco with the ambition of developing the technology to rid the world's oceans of plastic, The Ocean Cleanup returned to San Francisco with the knowledge and know-how to relegate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the history books," according to a new announcemen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/012221/great-pacific-garbage-patch-can-be-cleaned-within-10-years-says-ocean-cleanup-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T14:00:00Z	**Audible To Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators**
Amazon's Audible will begin inviting a select group of US-based audiobook narrators to train AI on their voices, the clones of which can then be used to make audiobook recordings. From a report: The effort, which kicks off next week, is designed to add more audiobooks to the service, quickly and cheaply -- and to welcome traditio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1338209/audible-to-start-generating-ai-voice-replicas-of-select-audiobook-narrators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T14:41:00Z	**Cabernet is the Most Popular Red Wine in the US. Can It Endure Climate Change?**
Rising temperatures are threatening the future of Napa Valley's prized cabernet sauvignon, forcing winemakers to adapt to increasingly severe heat waves. Some vineyards are experimenting with heat-tolerant grape varieties to blend with cabernet, while others are investing in cooling technologies.

The shift poses signifi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1032203/cabernet-is-the-most-popular-red-wine-in-the-us-can-it-endure-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T15:21:00Z	**Bending Spoons Plans To Cut 75% of WeTransfer Staff After Acquisition**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, TechCrunch has learned. Bending Spoons acquired the Dutch company in July for an undisclosed amount.

The company confirmed the plans for the WeTransfer layof ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1046203/bending-spoons-plans-to-cut-75-of-wetransfer-staff-after-acquisition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T16:01:00Z	**The Less-Efficient Market Hypothesis**
Abstract of a paper by Clifford Asness of quant investor AQR Capital: Market efficiency is a central issue in asset pricing and investment management, but while the level of efficiency is often debated, changes in that level are relatively absent from the discussion. I argue that over the past 30+ years markets have become less informationally efficient in the relative pricing of common stocks, partic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/0948250/the-less-efficient-market-hypothesis?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T16:41:00Z	**The Mosquito-Borne Disease 'Triple E' Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise**
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases have been reported in five U.S. states this year, including a fatal case in New Hampshire last month. The rare mosquito-borne illness, which has no known cure, kills 30-40% of those infected and often causes permanent neurological damage in survivors.

Public health offici ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1042229/the-mosquito-borne-disease-triple-e-is-spreading-in-the-us-as-temperatures-rise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T17:20:00Z	**RTX's Long-Delayed $7 Billion GPS-Tracking Network Is Still Troubled, GAO Says**
A month before its planned delivery after years of delay and cost growth, RTX's $7.6 billion ground network to control GPS satellites is still marred by problems that may further stall its acceptance by the US Space Force, congressional auditors said Monday. From a report: RTX's system of 17 ground stations for current an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1720238/rtxs-long-delayed-7-billion-gps-tracking-network-is-still-troubled-gao-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T18:14:00Z	**Sharks Deserting Coral Reefs as Oceans Heat Up, Study Shows**
Sharks are deserting their coral reef homes as the climate crisis continues to heat up the oceans, scientists have discovered. From a report: This is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs, which are also struggling. The reef sharks are a key part of the highly diverse and del ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1814235/sharks-deserting-coral-reefs-as-oceans-heat-up-study-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T18:51:00Z	**Apple Unveils iPhone 16 Pro Featuring Bigger Screen, New Chip And Pro Recording Options**
Apple announced the iPhone 16 Pro lineup at Monday's product event. The company's new flagship smartphones have slightly bigger screens across both models: 6.3 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro and 6.9 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro Max (up from 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches, respectively, on the iPhone 15 Pro an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1851240/apple-unveils-iphone-16-pro-featuring-bigger-screen-new-chip-and-pro-recording-options?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T19:25:00Z	**Apple Will Release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, Other Updates on September 16**
Apple plans to release the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to the general public on September 16, the company announced via its website following its iPhone-centric product event earlier today. From a report: We should also see updates for tvOS and the HomePod operating system on the same date. The new rele ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/1925238/apple-will-release-ios-18-macos-15-ipados-18-other-updates-on-september-16?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T20:03:00Z	**It Sure Looks Like FineWoven is Dead**
An anonymous reader shares a report: It seems like Apple is already moving on from FineWoven. After introducing the FineWoven brand with a series of very bad cases and accessories last year, it appears as though Apple opted not to release new cases featuring the material for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. Apple has stopped offering FineWoven cases for the iPhone 15 lineup on its website, too. Apple  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/202225/it-sure-looks-like-finewoven-is-dead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T20:41:00Z	**The NSA Has a Podcast**
Steven Levy, writing for Wired: My first story for WIRED -- yep, 31 years ago -- looked at a group of "crypto rebels" who were trying to pry strong encryption technology from the government-classified world and send it into the mainstream. Naturally I attempted to speak to someone at the National Security Agency for comment and ideally get a window into its thinking. Unsurprisingly, that was a no-go, because the NSA was famous for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2021250/the-nsa-has-a-podcast?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T21:22:00Z	**AirPods Pro 2 Adds 'Clinical Grade' Hearing Aid Feature**
Apple says AirPods Pro 2 will receive a software feature "soon" that will turn the wireless earbuds into "clinical-grade" hearing aids. "This includes a hearing protection mode being enabled by default, offering passive noise cancellation in loud environments," adds 9to5Mac. From the report: Firstly, users can take a clinically-validated hearing test. The hearing  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/216216/airpods-pro-2-adds-clinical-grade-hearing-aid-feature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T22:00:00Z	**US Prepares To Challenge Google's Online Ad Dominance**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For years, Google has faced complaints about how it dominates the online advertising market. Many of the concerns stem from the internet giant's suite of software known as Google Ad Manager, which websites around the world use to sell ads on their sites. The technology conducts split-second auctions to place  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2112257/us-prepares-to-challenge-googles-online-ad-dominance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T22:20:00Z	**James Earl Jones, Beloved Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies**
James Earl Jones, the beloved actor best known for his roles in "Field of Dreams," "The Lion King," and "Star Wars," has died at the age of 93. Deadline reports: Widely regarded as among the world's great stage and screen actors Jones is one of the few entertainers to have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), though his Academy Award was H ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/227251/james-earl-jones-beloved-actor-and-voice-of-darth-vader-dies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T22:40:00Z	**CrowdStrike Hopes Legal Threats Will Fade As Time Passes**
CrowdStrike CFO Burt Podbere says the cybersecurity firm has not faced lawsuits over July's global IT outage. Speaking at a conference, Podbere emphasized efforts to shift customer focus from legal threats to business discussions. The Register: There were dark rumblings from Delta Air Lines last month, for example, threatening litigation over alleged gross neglige ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2034207/crowdstrike-hopes-legal-threats-will-fade-as-time-passes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-09T23:20:00Z	**Sleep Apnea Detection Is Coming To the Apple Watch**
Apple announced today that it's adding sleep apnea detection to the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. The Verge reports: Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing as you sleep. Sleep apnea is a feature that wearables makers have been working on for some time, with Samsung getting cleared by the FDA for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2117214/sleep-apnea-detection-is-coming-to-the-apple-watch?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T00:02:00Z	**US Proposes Requiring Reporting For Advanced AI, Cloud Providers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday it is proposing to require detailed reporting requirements for advanced artificial intelligence developers and cloud computing providers to ensure the technologies are safe and can withstand cyberattacks. The proposal from the department's Bureau of Industry  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2133210/us-proposes-requiring-reporting-for-advanced-ai-cloud-providers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T00:45:00Z	**Roblox Announces Open Source AI Tool That Builds 3D Environments From Text**
Scott J Mulligan writes for MIT Technology Review: Roblox plans to roll out a generative AI tool that will let creators make whole 3D scenes just using text prompts, it announced today. Once it's up and running, developers on the hugely popular online game platform will be able to simply write "Generate a race track in the des ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/231200/roblox-announces-open-source-ai-tool-that-builds-3d-environments-from-text?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T01:25:00Z	**Pacific Islands Submit Court Proposal For Recognition of Ecocide As a Crime**
Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa have proposed a change to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime, allowing for the prosecution of individuals responsible for significant environmental harm. If successful, the change would recognize ecocide as a crime alongside genocide and war crimes. The Guardian repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/239227/pacific-islands-submit-court-proposal-for-recognition-of-ecocide-as-a-crime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T03:30:00Z	**The Mosquito-Borne Disease 'Triple E' Is Spreading In the US As Temperatures Rise**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called eastern equine encephalitis virus, also known as EEE or "triple E." It was New Hampshire's first human case of the disease in a decade. Four other human EEE inf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/09/2324216/the-mosquito-borne-disease-triple-e-is-spreading-in-the-us-as-temperatures-rise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T07:00:00Z	**Household Brands Want To Redefine 'Recyclable' To Include Products Virtually Impossible To Recycle**
Most kitchen products use plastics that are practically unrecyclable, yet a trade group representing major brands is pressuring regulators to allow companies to label such items as "recyclable," even though they are likely to end up in landfills. Experts warn this could worsen the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/0157248/household-brands-want-to-redefine-recyclable-to-include-products-virtually-impossible-to-recycle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T10:00:00Z	**Americans Lost $5.6 Billion Last Year In Crypto Fraud Scams**
Americans lost over $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency fraud schemes in 2023, with investment fraud accounting for the majority of losses, according to the FBI (PDF). The Associated Press reports: The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud involving bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, according to the FBI. The most ram ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/0211253/americans-lost-56-billion-last-year-in-crypto-fraud-scams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T13:00:00Z	**Australia Plans Age Limit To Ban Children From Social Media**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Agence France-Presse: Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy fields." Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, Anthony Albanese said ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/027237/australia-plans-age-limit-to-ban-children-from-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T14:03:00Z	**Google's 2.4 Billion Euro Fine Upheld By Europe's Top Court in EU Antitrust Probe**
Europe's top court on Tuesday upheld a 2.4 billion euro ($2.65 billion) fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position by favoring its own shopping comparison service. From a report: The fine stems from an antitrust investigation by the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, which con ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/143212/googles-24-billion-euro-fine-upheld-by-europes-top-court-in-eu-antitrust-probe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T14:40:00Z	**Antarctic Sea Ice on Cusp of Record Winter Low For Second Year Running**
Sea ice surrounding Antarctica is on the cusp of reaching a record winter low for a second year running, continuing an "outrageous" fall in the amount of Southern Ocean that is freezing over. From a report: The Antarctic region underwent an abrupt transformation in 2023 as the sea ice cover surrounding the continent crashed for six mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1437259/antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T15:20:00Z	**'Oracle's Missteps in Cloud Computing Are Paying Dividends in AI'**
Oracle missed the tech industry's move to cloud computing last decade and ended up an also-ran. Now the AI boom has given it another shot. WSJ: The 47-year-old company that made its name on relational database software has emerged as an attractive cloud-computing provider for AI developers such as OpenAI, sending its long-stagnant stock to n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1443235/oracles-missteps-in-cloud-computing-are-paying-dividends-in-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T16:00:00Z	**Apple Must Pay $14 Billion Tax Bill To Ireland, EU Court Rules**
Bruce66423 shares a report: The European Union's top court ruled against Apple Tuesday in the tech company's protracted legal battle over contested back taxes in Ireland. The ruling means Apple will be forced to pay Ireland up to $14.4 billion in back taxes and represents the latest setback in Europe for the tech giant. Earlier this year, Apple became ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1559251/apple-must-pay-14-billion-tax-bill-to-ireland-eu-court-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T16:41:00Z	**A Robot Begins Removal of Melted Fuel From the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. It Could Take a Century**
A robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week mission to retrieve melted fuel debris for the first time since the 2011 disaster. The operation marks a crucial step in the decades-long process to decommission the plant and address  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1456251/a-robot-begins-removal-of-melted-fuel-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-plant-it-could-take-a-century?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T17:22:00Z	**Sony Unveils $700 PlayStation 5 Pro**
Sony has officially revealed the long-rumored mid-generation upgrade model for the PlayStation 5, the PlayStation 5 Pro. Set for release on November 7 at a price point of $699.99, the upgraded model, styled like the "slim" PS5 but with a triple groove design, will be available only in an all-digital version compatible with Sony's existing add-on optical drive. The console boasts a larger GPU and faster  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1655248/sony-unveils-700-playstation-5-pro?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T18:02:00Z	**Microsoft Performs Operations With Multiple Error-Corrected Qubits**
Microsoft today announced significant strides in its Azure Quantum Cloud service, including the demonstration of logical operations using the largest number of error-corrected qubits ever achieved. This progress brings the industry closer to building reliable quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond the reach of classical s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/183208/microsoft-performs-operations-with-multiple-error-corrected-qubits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T18:41:00Z	**Russia To Spend $646 Million To Block VPNs**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor plans to spend 59 billion rubles ($644 million) over the next five years to upgrade its internet traffic-filtering capabilities, the Russian edition of Forbes reported on Tuesday. The money will be used to upgrade hardware used to filter internet traffic, as well as block or slow down certain resources, Forbes ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/170205/russia-to-spend-646-million-to-block-vpns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T19:20:00Z	**Malaysia's Plan To Block Overseas DNS Dies After a Day**
Malaysia's telecom regulator has abandoned a plan to block overseas DNS services a day after announcing it, following a sharp backlash and accusations of government overreach. From a report: Last Friday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) published an FAQ that stated it had instructed all ISPs to redirect traffic headed for offshore DNS serv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1837252/malaysias-plan-to-block-overseas-dns-dies-after-a-day?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T20:00:00Z	**China's Huawei Shows the World Its $2,800 'Trifold' Phone**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Over successive administrations, the U.S. government has used stiff trade restrictions to try to stifle the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. In turn, the company never misses an opportunity to show that it is still standing. Last year, at the tail end of a visit to China by Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, Huawei unveiled a s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1910221/chinas-huawei-shows-the-world-its-2800-trifold-phone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T20:41:00Z	**A Surgeon General Warning Label Must Appear on Social Media Apps, 42 State Attorneys General Demand**
It's hard to get 42 states to agree on much. But a bipartisan group of attorneys general on Tuesday demanded that Congress require Surgeon General warning labels on social media apps to help curtail addiction and a mental health crisis among young adults. From a report: "As stat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1915208/a-surgeon-general-warning-label-must-appear-on-social-media-apps-42-state-attorneys-general-demand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T21:20:00Z	**SpaceX Launches a Billionaire To Conduct the First Private Spacewalk**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/217207/spacex-launches-a-billionaire-to-conduct-the-first-private-spacewalk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T22:02:00Z	**Sony's New PS5 Heralds the End of Disc Drives**
Earlier today, Sony unveiled the $699.99 PlayStation 5 Pro -- a mid-generation upgrade model for the PlayStation 5 that requires a separate $79.99 disc drive if you want to play your physical games. As The Verge's Jay Peters writes, the announcement "may have marked the beginning of the end for game console disc drives." From the report: Microsoft is clearly eyeing the discless direc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2119225/sonys-new-ps5-heralds-the-end-of-disc-drives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T22:40:00Z	**Windows Update Zero-Day Being Exploited To Undo Security Fixes**
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Tuesday raised an alarm for in-the-wild exploitation of a critical flaw in Windows Update, warning that attackers are rolling back security fixes on certain versions of its flagship operating system. The Windows flaw, tagged as CVE-2024-43491 and marked as actively exploited, is rated critical ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/229252/windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-10T23:20:00Z	**Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Within the next several months, Nevada plans to launch a generative AI system powered by Google that will analyze transcripts of unemployment appeals hearings and issue recommendations to human referees about whether or not claimants should receive benefits. The system will be the first of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2217224/googles-ai-will-help-decide-whether-unemployed-workers-get-benefits?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T00:02:00Z	**Former Samsung Execs Arrested For Using Stolen Tech To Build Chip Factory In China**
South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung executives for allegedly leaking $3.2 billion worth of Samsung secrets to China to aid in building 20nm DRAM chips. Tom's Hardware reports: The authorities reported that one of the arrested suspects, 66-year-old Mr. Choi, set up a joint venture building chips  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2246241/former-samsung-execs-arrested-for-using-stolen-tech-to-build-chip-factory-in-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T00:45:00Z	**Oracle Is Designing a Data Center That Would Be Powered By Three Small Nuclear Reactors**
With electricity demand from AI becoming so "crazy," Oracle's Larry Ellison announced the company is designing a data center that will be powered by three small nuclear reactors capable of providing more than a gigawatt of electricity. "The location and the power place we've located, they've alrea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2253225/oracle-is-designing-a-data-center-that-would-be-powered-by-three-small-nuclear-reactors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T01:25:00Z	**Alibaba Now Sells a $200,000 Diamond-Making Machine**
Ars Technica's Benj Edwards writes: In an age when you can get just about anything online, it's probably no surprise that you can buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000 on Chinese eCommerce site Alibaba. If, like me, you haven't been paying attention to the diamond industry, it turns out that the availability of these machines reflects an ongoing trend toward democratizin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/235210/alibaba-now-sells-a-200000-diamond-making-machine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T03:30:00Z	**Google Signs $10 Million Carbon Capture Deal, At $100 Per Ton of CO2**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Data Center Dynamics: Google has signed a $10 million deal to pull 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air. The company will buy direct air capture (DAC) credits from startup Holocene, to be delivered in the early 2030s. The deal is the lowest price on record for DAC, at $100 per ton -- a price  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0019227/google-signs-10-million-carbon-capture-deal-at-100-per-ton-of-co2?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T04:30:00Z	**Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris In Response To Fake AI Trump Endorsement**
After tonight's ABC presidential debate, Taylor Swift announced her support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election after AI-generated images falsely depicted her endorsing Donald Trump. "Recently I was made aware that AI of 'me' falsely endorsing Donald Trump's presidential run was poste ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0427236/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-in-response-to-fake-ai-trump-endorsement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T07:00:00Z	**First Neutrinos Detected At Fermilab Short-Baseline Detector**
Scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have observed the first neutrino interactions in the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), marking a significant milestone in their efforts to explore neutrino oscillations and search for a potential fourth neutrino flavor that could challenge the Standard Model of particle physics. Phys.org reports:  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0316202/first-neutrinos-detected-at-fermilab-short-baseline-detector?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T10:00:00Z	**Senate Leaders Ask FTC To Investigate AI Content Summaries As Anti-Competitive**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content like news and recipes may amount to anticompetitive practices. In a letter to the agencies, the senators, led by Amy  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0329218/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T14:00:00Z	**Samsung Electronics Plans Global Job Cuts of Up To 30% in Some Divisions**
Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. From the report: South Korea-based Samsung has instructed subsidiaries worldwide to reduce sales and marketing staf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1025237/samsung-electronics-plans-global-job-cuts-of-up-to-30-in-some-divisions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T14:40:00Z	**Ford Seeks Patent For Tech That Listens To Driver Conversations To Serve Ads**
Ford is seeking a patent for technology that would allow it to tailor in-car advertising by listening to conversations among vehicle occupants, as well as by analyzing a car's historical location and other data, according to a patent application published late last month. The Record: "In one example, the controller may moni ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/146214/ford-seeks-patent-for-tech-that-listens-to-driver-conversations-to-serve-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T15:21:00Z	**TV News Overtaken By Digital Rivals For First Time in UK**
Television has ceased to be the main source of news in the UK for the first time since the 1960s as Britons turn increasingly to online news and social media apps, according to research by the media regulator. From a report: Ofcom said on Tuesday that viewing of TV news had continued to fall steeply, with online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1414205/tv-news-overtaken-by-digital-rivals-for-first-time-in-uk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T16:01:00Z	**The Shadow Dollar That's Fueling the Financial Underworld**
An anonymous reader shares a report: A giant unregulated currency is undermining America's fight against arms dealers, sanctions busters and scammers. Almost as much money flowed through its network last year as through Visa cards. And it has recently minted more profit than BlackRock, with a tiny fraction of the workforce. Its name: tether. The cryptocurrency  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1255223/the-shadow-dollar-thats-fueling-the-financial-underworld?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T16:40:00Z	**Chrome is Making It Easier To Keep Track of Browser Tabs**
Google is adding some new features to Chrome that aim to help users organize and keep track of their browser tabs across both desktop and mobile devices. From a report: The search giant announced in a new blog post that tab groups -- which enable Android and desktop Chrome users to keep related pages together in custom-labeled groups -- will start rolling out to C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1354206/chrome-is-making-it-easier-to-keep-track-of-browser-tabs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T17:00:00Z	**Nvidia Touts GPU Base and Software Edge for AI Chips**
Nvidia is banking on its software expertise and broad GPU ecosystem to stay ahead in the fiercely competitive AI chip market, CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview with Goldman Sachs Wednesday. Huang pointed to NVIDIA's large base of installed GPUs and their software compatibility as key strengths.

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2024-09-11T17:20:00Z	**Nvidia CEO Reveals GPU and Software Moat in AI Chips**
Nvidia is banking on its software expertise and broad GPU ecosystem to stay ahead in the fiercely competitive AI chip market, CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview with Goldman Sachs Wednesday. Huang pointed to NVIDIA's large base of installed GPUs and their software compatibility as key strengths.

Huang highlighted three key elements of Nvidia's competitive moat: a lar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/170232/nvidia-ceo-reveals-gpu-and-software-moat-in-ai-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T18:00:00Z	**Security Researcher Exposes Critical WHOIS Vulnerability**
A security researcher has exposed a critical vulnerability in the WHOIS system. Benjamin Harris, CEO of watchTowr, gained unprecedented access by registering an expired domain once used for .mobi's authoritative WHOIS server. His rogue server received millions of queries from thousands of systems, including government agencies, certificate authorities, and major t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1749259/security-researcher-exposes-critical-whois-vulnerability?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T18:40:00Z	**Sergey Brin Says He's Working on AI at Google 'Pretty Much Every Day'**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he's back working at Google "pretty much every day" because he hasn't seen anything as exciting as the recent progress in AI -- and doesn't want to miss out. "It's a big, fast-moving field," Brin said at All-In Summit of AI, adding that there i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/115238/sergey-brin-says-hes-working-on-ai-at-google-pretty-much-every-day?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T19:20:00Z	**Facebook Admits To Scraping Every Australian Adult User's Public Photos and Posts To Train AI, With No Opt-out Option**
Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent. From a report:  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1114230/facebook-admits-to-scraping-every-australian-adult-users-public-photos-and-posts-to-train-ai-with-no-opt-out-option?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T20:01:00Z	**'Sony's PS5 Pro Is a Pricey Test of Next-Gen Consoles'**
An anonymous reader shares a column: The PS5 Pro's announcement yesterday wasn't a surprise. What was a surprise was the price: at $699.99, it debuts as Sony's most expensive console ever. It brought back memories of the PS3â(TM)s controversial price tag, a console that when adjusted for inflation is the same $779 price point of a PS5 Pro with the additional disc drive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/183255/sonys-ps5-pro-is-a-pricey-test-of-next-gen-consoles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T20:40:00Z	**Google Partners With Internet Archive To Link To Archives In Search**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results. [...] Google has partnered with The Internet Archive, a non-profit research library that, in part, stores and preserves massive portion ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1944253/google-partners-with-internet-archive-to-link-to-archives-in-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T21:20:00Z	**Human Drivers Keep Rear-Ending Waymos**
Waymo's driverless cars have a much lower crash rate than human drivers, with fewer than one injury-causing crash per million miles driven, compared to an estimated 64 crashes by human drivers over the same distance. As Ars Technica's Timothy B. Lee notes, a significant portion of Waymo's most severe crashes involved human drivers rear-ending the Waymo vehicles. From the report: Twenty injuries migh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2045254/human-drivers-keep-rear-ending-waymos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T22:05:00Z	**Android Apps Can Now Block Sideloading, Force Downloads Through Google Play**
Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman reports: There are many reasons why you may want to sideload apps on your Android phone, but there are also good reasons why developers would want to block sideloading. A sideloaded app won't contribute to the developer's Play Store metrics, for one, but it also prevents the developer f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/223243/android-apps-can-now-block-sideloading-force-downloads-through-google-play?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T22:40:00Z	**Mark Zuckerberg Says He's Done Apologizing**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn't to watch Steph Curry. Thousands of fans gathered at the Chase Center in downtown San Francisco to watch one of Silicon Valley's biggest ballers, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, sit down for a conversation with the hosts of the Acquired podcast, David Ro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2224235/mark-zuckerberg-says-hes-done-apologizing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-11T23:20:00Z	**Bluesky Lets You Post Videos Now**
Bluesky, the decentralized social networking startup, has introduced support for videos up to 60 seconds long in its latest update, version 1.91. The Verge reports: The videos will autoplay by default, but Bluesky says you can turn this feature off in the settings menu. You can also add subtitles to your videos, as well as apply labels for things like adult content. There are some limitations to Bluesky's vid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2234258/bluesky-lets-you-post-videos-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T00:02:00Z	**Mistral Releases Pixtral 12B, Its First-Ever Multimodal AI Model**
Mistral AI has launched Pixtral 12B, its first multimodal model with language and vision processing capabilities, positioning it to compete with AI leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic. You can download its source code from Hugging Face, GitHub, or via a torrent link. VentureBeat reports: While the official details of the new model, including the data it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2241236/mistral-releases-pixtral-12b-its-first-ever-multimodal-ai-model?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T00:45:00Z	**Americans Used Record 100 Trillion Megabytes of Wireless Data In 2023**
A new survey released on Tuesday found that Americans used over 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data last year -- a 36% increase from the previous year and the largest single-year increase in the history of wireless data consumption. Reuters reports: The increase -- 26 trillion MBs over 2022 -- comes as a growing number of 5G wirel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2246230/americans-used-record-100-trillion-megabytes-of-wireless-data-in-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T03:30:00Z	**'An AI Bot Named James Has My Old Local News Job'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired, written by Guthrie Scrimgeour: It always seemed difficult for the newspaper where I used to work, The Garden Island on the rural Hawaiian island of Kauai, to hire reporters. If someone left, it could take months before we hired a replacement, if we ever did. So, last Thursday, I was happy to see that the paper appeared to have hir ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/2258257/an-ai-bot-named-james-has-my-old-local-news-job?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T05:50:00Z	**OpenAI Fundraising Set To Vault Startup's Valuation To $150 Billion**
OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5 billion from investors at a valuation of $150 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation. From the report: The new valuation, a figure that doesn't include the money being raised, is significantly higher than the $86 billion valuation from the company's tender offer earlier thi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/0549238/openai-fundraising-set-to-vault-startups-valuation-to-150-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T10:00:00Z	**Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap**
fjo3 shares a report from NASA: Engineers working on NASA's Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft's thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive commands, send engineering data, and provide the unique science data it is gathering. After 47 years, a fuel tube inside the thrusters has become clogged with  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/0615206/voyager-1-team-accomplishes-tricky-thruster-swap?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T13:00:00Z	**As Quantum Computing Threats Loom, Microsoft Updates Its Core Crypto Library**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft has updated a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The updates were made last week to SymCrypt, a core cryptographic code library for handing cryptographic functions in Windows and L ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/0624230/as-quantum-computing-threats-loom-microsoft-updates-its-core-crypto-library?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T14:02:00Z	**Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce**
Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business, according to a memo sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer to staff today, September 12. From a report: In the memo, Spencer said the roles affect mostly corporate and support functions, and were made "to organize our business for long term success." He clarified that no games, de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/142259/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T14:44:00Z	**China's Startup Ecosystem Collapses as New Venture Formations Plunge 98%**
China's once-booming venture capital industry is experiencing a severe downturn, with the number of new startups plummeting from 51,302 in 2018 to just 1,202 in 2023, according to data provider IT Juzi. This decline is starkly evident in science parks and innovation hubs across the country, where vacant offices and abandoned equipment ha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1444229/chinas-startup-ecosystem-collapses-as-new-venture-formations-plunge-98?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T15:29:00Z	**10 Years After It Was Pulled Offline, Viral Mobile Game Flappy Bird Is Coming Back**
Mobile video game phenomenon Flappy Bird is set to return 10 years after its creator pulled it offline. From a report: In 2014, Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen shocked the gaming world when he pulled viral hit Flappy Bird from the App Store and the Google Play Store at a time when it was making tens of thou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1529222/10-years-after-it-was-pulled-offline-viral-mobile-game-flappy-bird-is-coming-back?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T16:15:00Z	**Unity is Killing Its Controversial Runtime Fee**
Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee and reverting back to its existing seat-based subscription model, albeit with a price increase for Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise users. From a report: The engine maker introduced the controversial levy around a year ago. Initially, the Runtime Fee sought to charge developers a per install tariff once projects had passed certain milestones. It was ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1615225/unity-is-killing-its-controversial-runtime-fee?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T16:50:00Z	**Ex-Google Exec Said Goal Was To 'Crush' Competition, Trial Evidence Shows**
A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company's then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to "crush" rival advertising networks, according to evidence prosecutors presented at the tech titan's antitrust trial on Wednesday. From a report: The statements underscored the U.S. Department of Justice's claim that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1629216/ex-google-exec-said-goal-was-to-crush-competition-trial-evidence-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T17:17:00Z	**OpenAI Releases o1, Its First Model With 'Reasoning' Abilities**
OpenAI has launched a new AI model, named "o1", designed for improved reasoning and problem-solving skills. o1, part of a new series of models and available in ChatGPT and the API, can tackle complex tasks in science, coding, and math more effectively than their predecessors. Notably, o1 models have shown promising results in standardized tests and codi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1717221/openai-releases-o1-its-first-model-with-reasoning-abilities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T18:10:00Z	**Dumbphones and Fax Machines Are the New Boss Flex**
Some executives are embracing old technology like dumbphones and fax machines, seeking digital detox and prioritizing focus. They see these vintage tools as power moves, allowing them to control their time and avoid constant distractions, WSJ writes in a story. These bosses believe old tech enhances leadership, enabling them to be present and productive.

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2024-09-12T18:49:00Z	**Microsoft To Revamp Windows Kernel Access for Security Vendors**
Microsoft announced plans to modify Windows, enabling security vendors like CrowdStrike to operate outside the operating system's kernel. The move follows the July incident where a faulty CrowdStrike update caused widespread system failures. From a report: Microsoft says it has now "discussed the requirements and key challenges in creating a new plat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1849229/microsoft-to-revamp-windows-kernel-access-for-security-vendors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T18:49:00Z	**Microsoft To Revamp Windows Kernel Access for Security Vendors**
Microsoft announced plans to modify Windows, enabling security vendors like CrowdStrike to operate outside the operating system's kernel. The move follows the July incident where a faulty CrowdStrike update caused widespread system failures. From a report: Microsoft says it has now "discussed the requirements and key challenges in creating a new plat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1849229/microsoft-to-revamp-windows-kernel-access-for-security-vendors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T20:00:00Z	**Music Industry's 1990s Hard Drives Are Dying**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry's vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: roughly one-fifth of the hard disk drives dating to the 1990s it was sent are entirely unreadable. Music industry publication Mix spoke w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/1957219/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-are-dying?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T20:40:00Z	**FDA Approves Apple AirPods As Hearing Aids**
The FDA on Thursday approved the first hearing aid software for Apple's latest AirPods Pro earbuds. According to Apple, the feature will be pushed to eligible devices through a software update in the coming weeks. The Washington Post reports: The move, which comes two years after the FDA first approved over-the-counter hearing aids, could help more Americans with hearing loss start gett ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/2014242/fda-approves-apple-airpods-as-hearing-aids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T21:21:00Z	**Billionaire and Engineer Conduct First Private Spacewalk In SpaceX Mission**
Two astronauts, billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, completed the worldâ(TM)s first private spacewalk outside a SpaceX capsule, testing new spacesuits and procedures in a risky mission that pushes the boundaries of commercial spaceflight. Reuters reports: The astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/2120208/billionaire-and-engineer-conduct-first-private-spacewalk-in-spacex-mission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T22:00:00Z	**Unhappy Workers May Reduce Global GDP By As Much As 9%, Gallup Estimates**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Employees' negative daily emotions and lack of well-being can ultimately hurt worker engagement -- and the economy, according to a new report released this week. Gallup, in its "State of the Global Workplace," estimates that low employee engagement costs the global economy $8.9 trillion, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/2039257/unhappy-workers-may-reduce-global-gdp-by-as-much-as-9-gallup-estimates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T22:40:00Z	**AMD's New Variable Graphics Memory Lets Laptop Users Reassign Their RAM To Gaming**
AMD has introduced Variable Graphics Memory (VGM) for its AI 300 "Strix Point" laptops, allowing users to convert up to 75% of their system memory into dedicated VRAM via the AMD Adrenalin app, enhancing gaming performance for titles requiring more VRAM. The Verge reports: You might be wondering: does that extra vi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/212254/amds-new-variable-graphics-memory-lets-laptop-users-reassign-their-ram-to-gaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-12T23:20:00Z	**Hasbro CEO Claims All His Friends Use AI For D&D, Signal To Embrace It**
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks revealed at a Goldman Sachs conference that the company has been using AI in game development, including for "Dungeons & Dragons" and "Magic: The Gathering," and plans to integrate AI further into gameplay, despite previously banning AI-generated content. "Inside of development, we've already been using AI,"  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/2112210/hasbro-ceo-claims-all-his-friends-use-ai-for-dd-signal-to-embrace-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T00:02:00Z	**White House Gets Voluntary Commitments From AI Companies To Curb Deepfake Porn**
In a statement today, the White House said it has received commitments from several AI companies to curb the creation and distribution of deepfake porn, also known as image-based sexual abuse material. Engadget reports: The participating businesses have laid out the steps they are taking to prevent their platforms from  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/12/2031226/white-house-gets-voluntary-commitments-from-ai-companies-to-curb-deepfake-porn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T03:30:00Z	**Court Clears Researchers of Defamation For Identifying Manipulated Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this year, we got a look at something unusual: the results of an internal investigation conducted by Harvard Business School that concluded one of its star faculty members had committed research misconduct. Normally, these reports are kept confidential, leaving questions  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/0125252/court-clears-researchers-of-defamation-for-identifying-manipulated-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T04:30:00Z	**How SEC Mobile Phones Can Signal an Imminent Stock Price Drop**
Mobile phone location data has linked site visits by US securities watchdogs to the headquarters of companies with measurable drops in their share prices -- even when no enforcement action is taken. From a report: When insiders sold shares right around a non-public visit by staff from the Securities and Exchange Commission, they avoided average losses o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/0410215/how-sec-mobile-phones-can-signal-an-imminent-stock-price-drop?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T07:00:00Z	**Google Tests Desktop Windowing For Android Tablets**
Google is testing a "desktop windowing" feature for Android tablets that "will let you resize apps freely and arrange them on your screen at will," reports The Verge. It's currently available as a developer preview. From the report: Currently, apps on Android tablets open in full-screen by default. When the new mode is enabled, each app will appear in a window with co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/0130247/google-tests-desktop-windowing-for-android-tablets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T10:00:00Z	**You Can Now Legally Bet On the 2024 Congressional Elections**
A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday allowed New York-based startup Kalshi to legally offer betting on the outcome of the November Congressional elections (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), despite opposition from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which plans to appeal the decision due to concerns about potential market mani ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/0145211/you-can-now-legally-bet-on-the-2024-congressional-elections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T13:00:00Z	**GM and EVgo To Build 400 Ultra-Fast EV Chargers Across the US**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from InsideEVs: General Motors is joining forces with EVgo, one of the biggest electric vehicle charging operators in the United States, to build 400 ultra-fast DC chargers nationwide to support the growing number of battery-powered cars hitting U.S. roads. To be clear, these are individual stalls, not charging stati ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/0151223/gm-and-evgo-to-build-400-ultra-fast-ev-chargers-across-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T14:07:00Z	**Microsoft Pushes AI For Climate Solutions While Marketing To Oil Giants**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft executives have been thinking lately about the end of the world. In a white paper published late last year, Brad Smith, the company's vice chair and president, and Melanie Nakagawa, its chief sustainability officer, described a "planetary crisis" that AI could help solve. Imagine an AI-assist ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/147230/microsoft-pushes-ai-for-climate-solutions-while-marketing-to-oil-giants?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T14:40:00Z	**'The IRS Says There's Always Next Year'**
The tax agency again delays a vital software upgrade, at the cost of billions. WSJ's Editorial Board: Taxpayers endure drudgery to file on time each year, but the tax collectors seem less concerned with deadlines. A new Internal Revenue Service database, more than a decade in the making, will be delayed another year. And its cost is billions of dollars and climbing. The IRS told the press this week ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1427242/the-irs-says-theres-always-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T15:21:00Z	**Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?**
Can AI kill the enterprise software app industry that's led by companies such as Salesforce and Workday? The Information: That's the trillion-dollar question at the heart of recent comments from the CEO of Klarna, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, who's made a name for himself -- and drawn some skepticism too -- as a chief cheerleader of OpenAI's software. In the latest example from a couple o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1511218/can-ai-really-replace-salesforce-and-workday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T16:00:00Z	**Fortinet Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims To Steal 440GB of Files**
Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company's Microsoft Sharepoint server. From a report: Fortinet is one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, selling secure networking products like firewalls, routers, and VPN devices. T ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1539247/fortinet-confirms-data-breach-after-hacker-claims-to-steal-440gb-of-files?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T16:41:00Z	**United Airlines Taps Starlink for Free In-Flight Wi-Fi**
United Airlines said that it will outfit its entire fleet with Starlink internet service, aiming to keep fliers loyal by offering zippier, more reliable browsing and downloads that the carrier expects will mirror what travelers are used to on the ground. From a report: United's deal is a bet that Starlink's technology can propel it above rival carriers in offering f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1520205/united-airlines-taps-starlink-for-free-in-flight-wi-fi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T17:20:00Z	**Annapurna's Entire Gaming Team Has Resigned**
Annapurna Interactive's entire gaming staff has resigned from the company following a leadership dispute, according to a Bloomberg report. From a report: The report, which IGN can confirm based on conversations with our own sources, states that Annapurna Interactive president Nathan Gary had recently been in negotiations with Annapurna founder and billionaire Megan Ellison to spin the ga ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1714206/annapurnas-entire-gaming-team-has-resigned?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T18:01:00Z	**Apple Seeks To Drop Its Lawsuit Against Israeli Spyware Pioneer NSO**
Apple asked a court Friday to dismiss its three-year-old hacking lawsuit against spyware pioneer NSO Group, arguing that it might never be able to get the most critical files about NSO's Pegasus surveillance tool and that its own disclosures could aid NSO and its increasing number of rivals. From a report: A redacted version of the filing  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1731255/apple-seeks-to-drop-its-lawsuit-against-israeli-spyware-pioneer-nso?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T18:41:00Z	**'I Don't Get Why Apple's Multitrack Voice Memos Require an iPhone 16 Pro'**
Apple unveiled a multitrack recording feature for Voice Memos at its recent iPhone event, exclusive to the iPhone 16 Pro. The feature allows users to layer vocals over guitar tracks without headphones, utilizing advanced microphone technology and machine learning algorithms to reduce ambient noise.

Engadget argues the feature's ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1751253/i-dont-get-why-apples-multitrack-voice-memos-require-an-iphone-16-pro?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T19:21:00Z	**Japan Rethinks 24/7 Police Boxes With Rise of Cybercrime**
Japan is overhauling how its ubiquitous 24-hour mini-police stations are operated nationwide as more crime fighting moves from the streets to the web. From a report: Called koban in Japanese, officers at these small police boxes handle a variety of tasks from responding to crime and patrolling neighborhoods to handling lost items. There are also chuzaisho outposts whe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1824246/japan-rethinks-247-police-boxes-with-rise-of-cybercrime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T20:01:00Z	**OpenAI Acknowledges New Models Increase Risk of Misuse To Create Bioweapons**
OpenAI's latest models have "meaningfully" increased the risk that AI will be misused to create biological weapons [non-paywalled link], the company has acknowledged. From a report: The San Francisco-based company announced its new models, known as o1, on Thursday, touting their new abilities to reason, solve hard maths problems  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1842216/openai-acknowledges-new-models-increase-risk-of-misuse-to-create-bioweapons?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T20:41:00Z	**PC Giants Predict Delayed but Massive Upgrade Wave**
Dell and HP executives have acknowledged a delay in the anticipated commercial PC refresh cycle. Michael Dell, speaking at the Citi 2024 Global TMT conference, stated that the refresh cycle "has been delayed for sure." The Register adds: Without offering any reasons for postponement -- and not being pressed for one by the analyst interviewing him -- the billionaire reckoned  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/190258/pc-giants-predict-delayed-but-massive-upgrade-wave?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T21:22:00Z	**Why Do We Crumble Under Pressure? Science Has the Answer**
Have you ever been in a high-stakes situation in which you needed to perform but completely bombed? You're not alone. Experiments in monkeys reveal that 'choking' under pressure is linked to a drop in activity in the neurons that prepare for movement. Nature: "You see it across the board, you see it in sports, in all kinds of different sports and outside of sp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/1917213/why-do-we-crumble-under-pressure-science-has-the-answer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T22:00:00Z	**Apple Vision Pro's Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: You can tell a lot about someone from their eyes. They can indicate how tired you are, the type of mood you're in, and potentially provide clues about health problems. But your eyes could also leak more secretive information: your passwords, PINs, and messages you type. Today, a group of six computer scientists are r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2057213/apple-vision-pros-eye-tracking-exposed-what-people-type?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T22:40:00Z	**iFixit Launches FixHub Portable USB-C Soldering System To Encourage Repair Projects**
iFixit has created its own USB-C soldering iron and portable power station called FixHub, "designed to allow all types of users to handle soldering work wherever they may be," reports MacRumors. From the report: The Portable Power Station serves as the command and power center for FixHub, including a 55-watt-h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/214200/ifixit-launches-fixhub-portable-usb-c-soldering-system-to-encourage-repair-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-13T23:20:00Z	**Sam Bankman-Fried Files Appeal For Fraud Conviction**
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team has filed an appeal challenging his conviction on seven felony counts and his 25-year prison sentence. They argue that he was not presumed innocent, that the jury received incomplete information about FTX user funds, and that the prosecution's narrative was biased. CoinTelegraph reports: In a Sept. 13 filing in the United State ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2111209/sam-bankman-fried-files-appeal-for-fraud-conviction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T00:02:00Z	**1.3 Million Android-Based TV Boxes Backdoored; Researchers Still Don't Know How**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers still don't know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an open source version of Android in almost 200 countries. Security firm Doctor Web reported Thursday that malware named Android.Vo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2117242/13-million-android-based-tv-boxes-backdoored-researchers-still-dont-know-how?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T00:45:00Z	**US Takes Aim At Shein and Temu With New Import Rule Proposal**
The Biden administration is proposing new rules to limit the "de minimis" exemption, which some Chinese e-commerce companies like Shein and Temu use to ship low-cost goods under $800 to U.S. customers without tariffs. The changes would subject certain shipments to closer inspection and tariffs, aiming to protect American consumers and businesses by ensur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2129249/us-takes-aim-at-shein-and-temu-with-new-import-rule-proposal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T01:25:00Z	**Google Is Now Rolling Out Gemini Live For All Android Users**
Gemini Live is rolling out its Live Voice Mode for all Android users, allowing them to hold real-time, interactive voice conversations with Gemini. "Previously locked into conventional text-based input and responses, Gemini Live Voice Mode gives hands-free ways to explore ideas, brainstorm, and talk through topics in real-time," reports Tom's Guide. From the re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2137247/google-is-now-rolling-out-gemini-live-for-all-android-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T02:02:00Z	**23andMe To Pay $30 Million In Genetics Data Breach Settlement**
23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million customers in 2023. BleepingComputer reports: The proposed class action settlement (PDF), filed Thursday in a San Francisco federal court and awaiting judicial approval, includes cash payments for affected customers, which will ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2152229/23andme-to-pay-30-million-in-genetics-data-breach-settlement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T03:30:00Z	**Stranded Astronauts Make First Public Statement Since Being Left Behind On ISS**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it was hard to watch their Boeing capsule return to Earth without them. It was their first public comments since last week's return of the Boeing Starliner capsule that took them to the International Space Stat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2158239/stranded-astronauts-make-first-public-statement-since-being-left-behind-on-iss?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T07:00:00Z	**34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded**
Longtime Slashdot reader davidwr writes: Winners of the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes included studies on hair swirling (natural, not from grade-school bathroom torture), mammals that breath through their anal orifices, and a study on pigeon-guided missiles. There were also prizes for the study of the swimming abilities of a formerly-living trout. "Honors" were also bestowed for research in co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/226200/34th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prizes-awarded?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T10:00:00Z	**Eminent Officials Say NASA Facilities Some of the 'Worst' They've Ever Seen**
Ars Technica's Stephen Clark reports: A panel of independent experts reported this week that NASA lacks funding to maintain most of its decades-old facilities, could lose its engineering prowess to the commercial space industry, and has a shortsighted roadmap for technology development. "NASA's problem is it always seems to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/13/2213233/eminent-officials-say-nasa-facilities-some-of-the-worst-theyve-ever-seen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T14:34:00Z	**Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon Fight Calls to Pay More for Electric Grid Updates**
The Washingon Post reports that a regulatory dispute in Ohio may help answer a big question about America's power grid: who will pay for the huge upgrades needed to meet soaring energy demand "from the data centers powering the modern internet and artificial intelligence revolution?"

Google, Amazon, Microso ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/0128258/microsoft-google-meta-and-amazon-fight-calls-to-pay-more-for-electric-grid-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T15:34:00Z	**JavaScript, Python, Java:  Redmonk's Programming Language Ranking Sees Lack of Change**
Redmonk's latest programming language ranking (attempting to gauge "potential future adoption trends") has found evidence of "a landscape resistant to change."

Outside of CSS moving down a spot and C++ moving up one, the Top 10 was unchanged. And even in the back half of the rankings, where languages ten ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/035210/javascript-python-java-redmonks-programming-language-ranking-sees-lack-of-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T16:34:00Z	**Microsoft Axed 650 Gaming Employees Two Days After Hosting 'AI Labor Summit'**
"A two-day AI Labor Summit between AFL-CIO leaders and Microsoft executives this week reflects the tech giant's revamped approach to unions," writes GeekWire, "which includes a pledge by the company to incorporate feedback from labor unions and their members into the development of artificial intelligence."

But just two days  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/1423258/microsoft-axed-650-gaming-employees-two-days-after-hosting-ai-labor-summit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T17:33:00Z	**Haiku (Originally 'OpenBeOS') Releases Long Awaited R1/Beta5**
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: Haiku (the MIT-licensed operating system, inspired by BeOS) has released its fifth beta for Haiku R1.

 Some new features include improved UI color management, improved dark mode coloring, Tracker improvements, TUN/TAP support for VPN connections, TCP throughput improvements, performance optimizations, UFS2 (BSD's filesyste ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/158240/haiku-originally-openbeos-releases-long-awaited-r1beta5?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T18:34:00Z	**'Samba' Networking Protocol Project Gets Big Funding from the German Sovereign Tech Fund**
Samba is "a free software re-implementation of the SMB networking protocol," according to Wikipedia. And now the Samba project "has secured significant funding (€688,800.00) from the German Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the project," writes Jeremy Allison — Sam (who is Slashdot reader #8,157 — and al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/1726252/samba-networking-protocol-project-gets-big-funding-from-the-german-sovereign-tech-fund?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T20:02:00Z	**What a Google Exec Learned After 7 Years Trying to Give AI a Robot Body**
Wired published some thoughts from Hans Peter Brondmo, the former head of "Google's seven-year mission to give AI a robot body".

An anonymous reader shared this report from Axios:
Building AI-powered robots that can flexibly operate in the real world is going to take much longer than Silicon Valley believes and promises, according t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/200211/what-a-google-exec-learned-after-7-years-trying-to-give-ai-a-robot-body?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T21:02:00Z	**Did Online Dating Increase US Income Inequality?**
With online dating apps, "Americans have increasingly been marrying someone more like themselves," reports Bloomberg, citing new research that says this accounts for roughly half of the rise in household income inequality between 1980 and 2020:

 Using data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey from 2008 to 2021, when online dating quickly became prevalent, the econ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/2054251/did-online-dating-increase-us-income-inequality?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T22:02:00Z	**The Rust Foundation is Reviewing and Improving Rust's Security**
The Rust foundation is making "considerable progress" on a complete security audit of the Rust ecosystem, according to the coding news site I Programmer, citing a newly-released report from the nonprofit Rust foundation:

The foundation is investigating the development of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) model for the Rust language, including t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/0530231/the-rust-foundation-is-reviewing-and-improving-rusts-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-14T23:02:00Z	**Underfunded, Aging NASA May Be On Unsustainable Path, Report Warns**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:

NASA is 66 years old and feeling its age. Brilliant engineers are retiring. Others have fled to higher-paying jobs in the private space industry. The buildings are old, their maintenance deferred. The Apollo era, with its huge taxpayer investment, is a distant memory. The agenc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/040222/underfunded-aging-nasa-may-be-on-unsustainable-path-report-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T01:35:00Z	**$50M In Counterfeit Vintage Consoles and Videogames Seized From Italian Crime Ring**
Police in Italy "smashed" a videogame trafficking ring, reports the BBC. They seized fake vintage Nintendo, Sega and Atari consoles that didn't meet strict safety standards, as well as counterfeit games — including Mario Bros., Street Fighter and Star Wars — that together were worth almost €50m ($55.5m)

Around 1 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/2337209/50m-in-counterfeit-vintage-consoles-and-videogames-seized-from-italian-crime-ring?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T03:35:00Z	**Google's New Foldable Smartphone Reviewed By a YouTube Tester, an Android Blog, and iFixit**
Google's describes their new Gemini-powered foldable phone as "an epic display of Google AI" (also calling it "unfoldgettable").

The Android Authority blog says the phone is "impressive," "incredibly thin" — and, at $1,800, expensive.

But long-time Slashdot reader mprindle notes some complaints f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/2310202/googles-new-foldable-smartphone-reviewed-by-a-youtube-tester-an-android-blog-and-ifixit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T07:34:00Z	**Fake Python Coding Tests Installed Malicious Software Packages From North Korea**
"New malicious software packages tied to the North Korean Lazarus Group were observed posing as a Python coding skills test for developers seeking a new job at Capital One, but were tracked to GitHub projects with embedded malware," reports SC magazine:
Researchers at ReversingLabs explained in a September 10 b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/0030229/fake-python-coding-tests-installed-malicious-software-packages-from-north-korea?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T11:34:00Z	**California New 'Cosm' Immersive Sports-Watching Dome is Amazing - and Expensive**
"For 75 years Cosm built planetariums," reports a Texas news station, "and then a few years ago realized this technology could take you from the night sky to anywhere under the sun."

So now Los Angeles and Dallas have massive 9,600-square-foot, 8K-resolution screens that one reviewer for SFGate calls "an abso ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/0155226/california-new-cosm-immersive-sports-watching-dome-is-amazing---and-expensive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T14:34:00Z	**Earthquake Scientists Finally Explain 9-Day Global 'Unidentified Seismic Object'**
It was one year ago that "an odd seismic signal appeared at scientific stations around the globe," reports the Washington Post. "A day passed, and the slow tremor still reverberated. When it continued for a third day, scientists worldwide began assembling..."

Some initially thought the seismic instruments recordi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/0156235/earthquake-scientists-finally-explain-9-day-global-unidentified-seismic-object?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T15:34:00Z	**Sheriff's Facebook Post Announces Sentencing of 70-Year-Old Man For a 1980 Cold Case**
In 1980 a 23-year-old woman was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in a small county in central Kansas.

44 years later, the county sheriff made a Facebook post...

Over the years, dozens of law enforcement officers looked at the case to no avail. In mid-2022 I was approached by Detective Sgt. Adam H ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/0241255/sheriffs-facebook-post-announces-sentencing-of-70-year-old-man-for-a-1980-cold-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T16:34:00Z	**Changing Open Source Licenses to Proprietary? Study Finds 'No Clear Link' to Increased Company Value**
An anonymous reader shared this report from DecClass:

A report from developer-focused analyst Redmonk finds "there does not seem to be a clear link between moving from an open source to proprietary license and increasing the company's value."

Senior analyst Rachel Stevens stud ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/14/0326201/changing-open-source-licenses-to-proprietary-study-finds-no-clear-link-to-increased-company-value?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T18:48:00Z	**SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Crew Returns to Earth After Historic Spacewalk**
"It is with great relief that I welcome you home!" SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell posted on X. "This mission was even more extraordinary than I anticipated."

"SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew is home," reports CNN, "capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world's first commercial spacewalk — by splashing down in the Gulf of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/1846218/spacexs-polaris-dawn-crew-returns-to-earth-after-historic-spacewalk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T19:56:00Z	**How Amazon's Secret Weapon in Chip Design is Amazon**
In 2015 Amazon purchased chip designer Annapurna Labs, remembers IEEE Spectrum, "and proceeded to design CPUs, AI accelerators, servers, and data centers as a vertically-integrated operation."

The article argues that while AMD, Nvidia, and other big-name processor companies may also want to control the full stack (purchasing server, software, and interconnect companie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/1954224/how-amazons-secret-weapon-in-chip-design-is-amazon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T20:56:00Z	**Linux Developer Swatted and Handcuffed During Live Video Stream**
Last October Slashdot reported on René Rebe's discovery of a random illegal instruction speculation bug on AMD Ryzen 7000-series and Epyc Zen 4 CPUs — which Rebe discussed on his YouTube channel.

But this week's YouTube episode had a different ending, reports Tom's Hardware...

Two days ago, tech streamer and host of Code Therapy René Rebe was st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/2052213/linux-developer-swatted-and-handcuffed-during-live-video-stream?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T22:23:00Z	**Stephen Hawking Was Wrong - Extremal Black Holes Are Possible**
"Even black holes have edge cases," writes Astronomy magazine contributing editor Steve Nadis, in an article in Quanta magazine (republished today by Wired):

Black holes rotate in space. As matter falls into them, they start to spin faster; if that matter has charge, they also become electrically charged. In principle, a black hole can reach a poin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/2220209/stephen-hawking-was-wrong---extremal-black-holes-are-possible?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-15T23:46:00Z	**Paraguay Loves Its Cartoon Mouse Mickey.  Disney Does Not**
The New York Times looks at "a third-generation family firm" in Paraguay "with 280 workers that packages hot sauce, soy beans...and seven kinds of salt for sale in Paraguayan supermarkets."

Its mascot — on t-shirts, coffee cups, and "in heavy demand at Paraguayan weddings" — is a mouse named Mickey. 51-year-old Viviana Blasco — one of five siblings who run the b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/15/2344222/paraguay-loves-its-cartoon-mouse-mickey-disney-does-not?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T01:34:00Z	**17,000 ATT Workers End the Southeast's Longest Telecommunications Strike After 30 Days**
For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers "report prolonged internet outages." Last week an Emory University economist told NPR that "If it wasn't disruptive or it didn't have any kind of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/0127232/17000-att-workers-end-the-southeasts-longest-telecommunications-strike-after-30-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T03:34:00Z	**Original 'Flappy Bird' Creator Disavows New Version - and Its Possible Crypto Ties**
Flappy Bird's original creator hasn't posted anything on social media since 2017. Until today.

"This morning, the game's creator Dong Nguyen posted a characteristically terse comment stating that he has nothing to do with the revival," report TechCrunch, "and that he 'did not sell anything.' He added, 'I also do ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/025251/original-flappy-bird-creator-disavows-new-version---and-its-possible-crypto-ties?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T07:34:00Z	**EFF Decries 'Brazen Land-Grab' Attempt on 900 MHz 'Commons' Frequency Used By Amateur Radio**
An EFF article calls out a "brazen attempt to privatize" a wireless frequency band (900 MHz) which America's FCC's left " as a commons for all... for use by amateur radio operators, unlicensed consumer devices, and industrial, scientific, and medical equipment." The spectrum has also become "a hotb ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/0059226/eff-decries-brazen-land-grab-attempt-on-900-mhz-commons-frequency-used-by-amateur-radio?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T15:20:00Z	**iPhone 16 Pro Demand Has Been Lower Than Expected, Analyst Says**
Ming-Chi Kuo, a high-profile and reliable Apple analyst, says the demand for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max has been "lower than expected" since the devices became available to pre-order in the U.S. and dozens of other countries on Friday. From a report: Kuo said his data is based on a "supply chain survey" and shipping estimates listed o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1413218/iphone-16-pro-demand-has-been-lower-than-expected-analyst-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T14:40:00Z	**China Raises Retirement Age For First Time Since 1950s**
China will "gradually raise" its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, as the country confronts an ageing population and a dwindling pension budget. From a report: The top legislative body on Friday approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age from 50 to 55 for women in blue-collar jobs, and from 55 to 58 for females in white-collar jobs. Men will ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/147243/china-raises-retirement-age-for-first-time-since-1950s?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T14:00:00Z	**NASA To Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives**
NASA will coordinate with U.S. government stakeholders, partners, and international standards organizations to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) following a policy directive from the White House in April. From a report: The agency's Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program is leading efforts on creating a coordinated time, which  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1359252/nasa-to-develop-lunar-time-standard-for-exploration-initiatives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T11:34:00Z	**Multiple Attacks Force CISA to Order US Agencies to Upgrade or Remove End-of-Life Ivanti Appliance**
On Tuesday Ivanti issued a "high severity vulnerability" announcement for version 4.6 of its Cloud Service Appliance (or CSA). "Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to the device running the CSA." And Friday that announcement got an update: Ivanti "has confirme ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/0536231/multiple-attacks-force-cisa-to-order-us-agencies-to-upgrade-or-remove-end-of-life-ivanti-appliance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T16:01:00Z	**Microsoft Has Scrapped Edge's Big UI Refresh With Rounded Tabs**
Microsoft has abandoned plans to overhaul its Edge browser interface, scrapping the design choice unveiled in February 2023. The redesign -- featuring a sleeker look with rounded tab buttons and increased blur effects -- aimed to give Edge a distinct identity as the company pushed into AI services. The new design never officially launched and the compan ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1420225/microsoft-has-scrapped-edges-big-ui-refresh-with-rounded-tabs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T16:40:00Z	**Apple Charging 20% More To Replace Batteries in iPhone 16 Pro Models**
Apple has increased its out-of-warranty battery replacement fee for iPhone 16 Pro models. From a report: Apple Stores can replace the battery inside an iPhone 16 Pro or iPhone 16 Pro Max for $119 in the U.S., which is up from $99 for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is a 20% increase to the fee, which includes the cost of a n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1425237/apple-charging-20-more-to-replace-batteries-in-iphone-16-pro-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T17:20:00Z	**Nobel Prize-Winner Tallies Two More Retractions, Bringing Total To 13**
Retraction Watch: A Nobel prize-winning genetics researcher has retracted two more papers, bringing his total to 13. Gregg Semenza, a professor of genetic medicine and director of the vascular program at Johns Hopkins' Institute for Cell Engineering in Baltimore, shared the 2019 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for "discoveries o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1433245/nobel-prize-winner-tallies-two-more-retractions-bringing-total-to-13?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T18:00:00Z	**How Intel Lost the Sony PlayStation Business**
Intel lost a bid to design and manufacture Sony's PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, dealing a blow to its contract manufacturing business. The contract, worth potentially billions in revenue, went to rival AMD after Intel failed to agree on pricing with Sony, Reuters reported Monday.

Discussions between the companies spanned months and involved top executives. Intel's loss has hampered CEO  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/174231/how-intel-lost-the-sony-playstation-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T18:45:00Z	**Amazon CEO Tells Employees To Return To Office Five Days a Week**
Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. From a report: The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon's earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees until Jan. 2 t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1845223/amazon-ceo-tells-employees-to-return-to-office-five-days-a-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T19:28:00Z	**Linux Kernel 6.11 is Out**
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 6.11 of the open-source operating system kernel. The new release, while not considered major by Torvalds, introduces several notable improvements for AMD hardware users and Arch Linux developers. ZDNet: This latest version introduces several enhancements, particularly for AMD hardware users, while offering broader system improvements and new capabilities. These include:
RDNA4 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1928224/linux-kernel-611-is-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T20:04:00Z	**AI Pioneers Call for Protections Against 'Catastrophic Risks'**
AI pioneers have issued a stark warning about the technology's potential risks, calling for urgent global oversight. At a recent meeting in Venice, scientists from around the world discussed the need for a coordinated international response to AI safety concerns. The group proposed establishing national AI safety authorities to monitor and register AI systems, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/198242/ai-pioneers-call-for-protections-against-catastrophic-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T20:45:00Z	**US Government Expands Sanctions Against Spyware Maker Intellexa**
The U.S. government said Monday that it has issued fresh financial sanctions against five individuals and a corporate entity associated with spyware-making consortium Intellexa, months after the government sanctioned its founder. From a report: In its latest statement, the U.S. Treasury said it sanctioned the five people, including senior Intellexa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/1917216/us-government-expands-sanctions-against-spyware-maker-intellexa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T21:25:00Z	**Linus Torvalds Muses About Maintainer Gray Hairs, Next 'King of Linux'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet, written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols: In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of open source. Dirk Hohndel, Verizon's Open Source Program Offic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2047217/linus-torvalds-muses-about-maintainer-gray-hairs-next-king-of-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T22:02:00Z	**iOS 18 Rolling Out RCS To the iPhone For Better Android Messaging**
Apple today is rolling out iOS 18, introducing support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) to enhance messaging between iPhone and Android devices with features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher resolution media. "However, there continues to be no end-to-end encryption (E2EE), with work towards that between Android and iOS c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2057240/ios-18-rolling-out-rcs-to-the-iphone-for-better-android-messaging?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T22:40:00Z	**Ellison Declares Oracle 'All In' On AI Mass Surveillance**
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison envisions AI as the backbone of a new era of mass surveillance, positioning Oracle as a key player in AI infrastructure through its unique networking architecture and partnerships with AWS and Microsoft. The Register reports: Ellison made the comments near the end of an hour-long chat at the Oracle financial analyst meeting last ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/213256/ellison-declares-oracle-all-in-on-ai-mass-surveillance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-16T23:20:00Z	**USPS' Long-Awaited Mail Truck Makes Its Debut To Rave Reviews From Carriers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Postal Service's new delivery vehicles aren't going to win a beauty contest. They're tall and ungainly. The windshields are vast. Their hoods resemble a duck bill. Their bumpers are enormous. "You can tell that (the designers) didn't have appearance in mind,"  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2114245/usps-long-awaited-mail-truck-makes-its-debut-to-rave-reviews-from-carriers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T00:02:00Z	**Apple Watch Sleep Apnea Detection Gets FDA Approval**
The FDA has approved sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2. "The green light comes four days ahead of the Series 10's September 20 release date," notes TechCrunch. From the report: The feature, announced at last week's iPhone 16 event, will arrive as part of the imminent watchOS 11 release. Once enabled, it requires 10 nights of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/227236/apple-watch-sleep-apnea-detection-gets-fda-approval?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T00:45:00Z	**Intel Plans To Turn Foundry Business Into Subsidiary, Allow For Outside Funding**
Intel shares surged 8% after announcing plans to make its foundry business an independent unit with its own board and potential for outside capital, part of CEO Pat Gelsinger's strategy to restructure the company amid financial challenges. The company is also exploring the possibility of spinning off the foundry business,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2214216/intel-plans-to-turn-foundry-business-into-subsidiary-allow-for-outside-funding?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T01:25:00Z	**Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy**
Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe pleaded guilty to securities fraud, admitting he misled investors about the viability of the company's $9.95-a-month movie subscription service, and faces up to five years in prison. His co-defendant, former Helios and Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth, faces similar charges and is scheduled for tr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2221244/former-moviepass-ceo-mitch-lowe-pleads-guilty-to-securities-fraud-conspiracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T03:30:00Z	**AI Pioneers Call For Protections Against 'Catastrophic Risks'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Scientists who helped pioneer artificial intelligence are warning that countries must create a global system of oversight to check the potentially grave risks posed by the fast-developing technology. The release of ChatGPT and a string of similar services that can create text and images on comm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/16/2226243/ai-pioneers-call-for-protections-against-catastrophic-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T07:00:00Z	**Google Backs Privately Funded Satellite Constellation For Wildfire Detection**
Google's philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that "aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The FireSat constellation, managed by a nonprofit called Earth Fire Alliance (EF ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/0442204/google-backs-privately-funded-satellite-constellation-for-wildfire-detection?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T10:00:00Z	**Chrome Switching To NIST-Approved ML-KEM Quantum Encryption**
Google is updating the post-quantum cryptography in Chrome, replacing the experimental Kyber with the fully standardized Module Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) to enhance protection against quantum computing attacks. BleepingComputer reports: This change comes roughly five months after Google rolled out the post-quantum secure TLS key encapsulat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/0455248/chrome-switching-to-nist-approved-ml-kem-quantum-encryption?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T13:00:00Z	**The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Eric and Donald Trump Jr., the sons of former president Donald Trump, have pledged to "make finance great again" with a new family-run crypto endeavor called World Liberty Financial. Introduced in a meandering livestream on X Monday, the Trump family and their associates described World Liberty Financ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/0449227/the-trumps-have-gone-full-crypto-with-world-liberty-financial?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T14:00:00Z	**In US v. Google, YouTube's CEO Defends the Google Way**
Google's acquisition strategy in online advertising has come under scrutiny in the U.S. antitrust trial against the tech giant. Neal Mohan, YouTube CEO and former Google ad executive, defended the company's purchases of DoubleClick and Admeld, saying they were aimed at competing, not neutralizing rivals.

The Justice Department alleges Google built an impenetrable ad emp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1357242/in-us-v-google-youtubes-ceo-defends-the-google-way?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T14:47:00Z	**China Wants Red Flags on All AI-generated Content Posted Online**
China's internet regulator has proposed a strict regime that will, if adopted, require digital platforms to label content created by AI. From a report: The Cyberspace Administration of China announced its draft plan, which will require platforms and online service providers to label all AI-generated material with a visible logo and with metadata embedde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1447222/china-wants-red-flags-on-all-ai-generated-content-posted-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T15:25:00Z	**UK Business Secretary Says Right To Work From Home Boosts Productivity**
Bruce66423 writes: Allowing flexible working and working from home creates a more productive, loyal workforce, the business secretary has said. In an interview with the Times, Jonathan Reynolds said employers "need to judge people on outcomes and not a culture of presenteeism." Labour is poised to unveil its Employment Rights Bill, whi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/157254/uk-business-secretary-says-right-to-work-from-home-boosts-productivity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T16:01:00Z	**Demand For High-End Cameras is Soaring**
Luxury camera maker Leica Camera reported record sales in 2023, defying the global decline in digital camera demand. The German company's Q3 model, priced at $6,000, saw six-month waiting lists upon release last year. Industry data shows premium camera sales are surging as smartphone photography dominates the consumer market, Economist writes.

The Camera and Imaging Products Association reports ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1546226/demand-for-high-end-cameras-is-soaring?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T16:42:00Z	**FDIC Unveils Rule Forcing Banks To Keep Fintech Customer Data in Aftermath of Synapse Debacle**
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday proposed a new rule forcing banks to keep detailed records for customers of fintech apps after the failure of tech firm Synapse resulted in thousands of Americans being locked out of their accounts. From a report: The rule, aimed at accounts o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1631214/fdic-unveils-rule-forcing-banks-to-keep-fintech-customer-data-in-aftermath-of-synapse-debacle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T17:21:00Z	**Exploding Pagers Injure Thousands Across Lebanon**
Wireless communication devices exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday, injuring over 2,700 people and killing eight, in what security experts suspect was a sophisticated Israeli intelligence operation. New York Times: Hundreds of pagers blew up at the same time across Lebanon on Tuesday in an apparently coordinated attack that killed eight people and injured more than 2,700, health ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1721229/exploding-pagers-injure-thousands-across-lebanon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T18:05:00Z	**IBM Acquires Kubernetes Cost Optimization Startup Kubecost**
IBM has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi, Rakuten, and GitLab monitor and optimize their Kubernetes clusters with a focus on efficiency and, ultimately, cost. From a report: Tuesday's announcement follows IBM's $4.3 billion acquisition of Apptio in 2023, another company in the FinOps space. In previous years ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/184256/ibm-acquires-kubernetes-cost-optimization-startup-kubecost?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T18:41:00Z	**Desktop Hypervisors Are Like Buses: None for Ages, Then Four at Once**
An anonymous reader shares a report: September has been a big month for desktop hypervisors, with the field's big players all delivering significant updates. Oracle delivered VirtualBox version 7.1, billed as a major upgrade thanks to its implementation of a UI with a "modernized look and feel, offering a selection between Basic and Experienc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1835235/desktop-hypervisors-are-like-buses-none-for-ages-then-four-at-once?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T19:21:00Z	**Salesforce's New AI Strategy Acknowledges That AI Will Take Jobs**
Salesforce is unveiling a pivot in its AI strategy this week at its annual Dreamforce conference, now saying that its AI tools can handle tasks without human supervision and changing the way it charges for software. From a report: The company is famous for ushering in the era of software as a service, which involves renting access to computer applicatio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/198210/salesforces-new-ai-strategy-acknowledges-that-ai-will-take-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T21:00:00Z	**TCL Accused of Selling Quantum Dot TVs Without Actual Quantum Dots**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Scharon Harding: TCL has come under scrutiny this month after testing that claimed to examine three TCL TVs marketed as quantum dot TVs reportedly showed no trace of quantum dots. [...] Earlier this month, South Korean IT news publication ETNews published a report on t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2058255/tcl-accused-of-selling-quantum-dot-tvs-without-actual-quantum-dots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T21:40:00Z	**Mozilla Exits the Fediverse, Will Shutter Its Mastodon Server In December**
Mozilla is exiting the fediverse by shutting down its Mozilla.social Mastodon server on December 17. Moving forward, the company will focus on Firefox and AI, aligning with its strategy under interim CEO Laura Chambers to scale back investments in non-core products. TechCrunch reports: Mozilla.social was a small instance, having  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2115223/mozilla-exits-the-fediverse-will-shutter-its-mastodon-server-in-december?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T22:20:00Z	**Instagram Makes All Teen Accounts Private**
Instagram has introduced new safety features that make teenage accounts private by default, enhance parental supervision, and set messaging restrictions to protect young users, requiring parental approval for changes. NPR reports: Meta said users under 16 will now need a parent's approval to change the restricted settings, dubbed "Teen Accounts," which filter out offensive words and limit wh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2124201/instagram-makes-all-teen-accounts-private?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T23:00:00Z	**Final Fantasy 16 Producer Asks Fans Not To Make 'Offensive Or Inappropriate' Mods**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IGN: Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has asked fans to please not make "offensive or inappropriate" mods upon the game's PC release tomorrow, September 17. Yoshida wouldn't comment on any specific mods he wants to see in Final Fantasy 16 in an interview with PC Game ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2132210/final-fantasy-16-producer-asks-fans-not-to-make-offensive-or-inappropriate-mods?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-17T23:40:00Z	**Apple Pulls iPadOS 18 For M4 iPad Pro After Bricking Complaints**
Apple's iPadOS 18 update is no longer available after some iPad Pro owners found that it bricked their devices. MacRumors reports: There are reports on Reddit from iPad Pro users who had an interruption in the installation process, leading to an iPad that refused to turn on. A total replacement was required for affected users. Not all M4 iPad Pro  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2251254/apple-pulls-ipados-18-for-m4-ipad-pro-after-bricking-complaints?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T00:20:00Z	**Snap's New Spectacles Inch Closer To Compelling AR**
The Verge's Alex Heath reports: Snap's fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display. Using them feels snappier. They weigh less than their predecessor and last longer on a charge. Those are exactly the kinds of upgrades you'd expect from a product line that's technically eight years old. But the market for Spectacles -- and AR glasses in general -- still  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/232227/snaps-new-spectacles-inch-closer-to-compelling-ar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T01:00:00Z	**Google Will Begin Labeling AI-Generated Images In Search**
Google said in a blog post today it will begin labeling AI-generated and AI-edited image search results later this year. Digital Trends reports: The company will flag such content through the "About this image" window and it will be applied to Search, Google Lens, and Android's Circle to Search features. Google is also applying the technology to its ad services ... ⌘ [Read more](https://search.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/237254/google-will-begin-labeling-ai-generated-images-in-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T03:30:00Z	**New Research Finds Microplastics In the Brain's Olfactory Bulb**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last few years has found microplastics in nearly every organ in the body, as well as in the bloodstream and in plaque that ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/2320251/new-research-finds-microplastics-in-the-brains-olfactory-bulb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T06:05:00Z	**Windows Media Player and Silverlight Are Losing Legacy DRM Services on Windows 7 and 8**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Per a recent update to Microsoft's Deprecated Windows features page, Legacy DRM services utilized by Windows Media Player and Silverlight clients for Windows 7 and Windows 8 are now deprecated. This will prevent the streaming or playback of DRM-protected content in th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/064220/windows-media-player-and-silverlight-are-losing-legacy-drm-services-on-windows-7-and-8?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T07:00:00Z	**FDA Grants Neuralink With Breakthrough Device Tag For 'Blindsight' Implant**
Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received the FDA's "breakthrough device" designation for its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision. Called Blindsight, the device "will enable even those who have lost both eyes and their optic nerve to see," said Neuralink founder Elon Musk. Reuters reports: The FDA's breakthrough ta ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/0218218/fda-grants-neuralink-with-breakthrough-device-tag-for-blindsight-implant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T07:41:00Z	**Exploding Pagers Injure Thousands Across Lebanon**
Wireless communication pagers, carried by thousands, exploded around the same time across Lebanon on Tuesday, injuring over 2,700 people and killing eight, in what security experts suspect was a sophisticated Israeli intelligence operation. New York Times: Hundreds of pagers blew up at the same time across Lebanon on Tuesday in an apparently coordinated attack that killed eight ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/17/1721229/exploding-pagers-injure-thousands-across-lebanon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T10:00:00Z	**Microsoft Releases and Patents 'Python In Excel'**
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Python in Excel is now generally available for Windows users of Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise," Microsoft announced in a Monday blog post. "Last August, in partnership with Anaconda, we introduced an exciting new addition to Excel by integrating Python, making it possible to seamlessly combine Python and Excel analytics within ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/0210233/microsoft-releases-and-patents-python-in-excel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T13:00:00Z	**AI Tool Cuts Unexpected Deaths In Hospital By 26%, Canadian Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell's patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine -- until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/0232214/ai-tool-cuts-unexpected-deaths-in-hospital-by-26-canadian-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T14:08:00Z	**Lionsgate Embraces AI in Movie Production To Cut Costs**
The entertainment company behind "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" plans to start using generative AI in the creation of its new movies and TV shows, a sign of the emerging technology's advance in Hollywood. From a report: Lions Gate Entertainment has agreed to give Runway, one of several fast-evolving AI startups, access to its content library in exchange for a new, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/148213/lionsgate-embraces-ai-in-movie-production-to-cut-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T14:51:00Z	**YouTube Will Use AI To Generate Ideas, Titles, and Even Full Videos**
YouTube has announced a series of AI-related features on the platform, including a couple that might change how creators make videos -- and the videos they make. From a report: The first feature is the new Inspiration tab in the YouTube Studio app, which YouTube has been testing in a limited way over the last few months. The tab's job is, ess ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1451227/youtube-will-use-ai-to-generate-ideas-titles-and-even-full-videos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T15:22:00Z	**Walkie-Talkies Explode Across Lebanon in Second Wave After Pager Attack**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Israel blew up thousands of two-way personal radios used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon in a second wave of an intelligence operation that started on Tuesday with the explosions of pager devices, two sources with knowledge of the operation told Axios. The second wave of clandestine attacks is an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1522246/walkie-talkies-explode-across-lebanon-in-second-wave-after-pager-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T16:12:00Z	**Fossil Fuel Companies Sponsor $5.6 Billion in Global 'Sportswashing' Deals**
Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to "buy social licence to operate," according to a new report. From a report: Almost no major spectator sport remains untouched by oil and gas money, according to research carried out by the New Weat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1612222/fossil-fuel-companies-sponsor-56-billion-in-global-sportswashing-deals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T16:45:00Z	**LinkedIn Is Training AI on User Data Before Updating Its Terms of Service**
An anonymous reader shares a report: LinkedIn is using its users' data for improving the social network's generative AI products, but has not yet updated its terms of service to reflect this data processing, according to posts from various LinkedIn users and a statement from the company to 404 Media. Instead, the company says it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1643230/linkedin-is-training-ai-on-user-data-before-updating-its-terms-of-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T17:28:00Z	**US Government 'Took Control' of a Botnet Run by Chinese Government Hackers, Says FBI Director**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders, storage devices, and routers, which was run by a Chinese government hacking group, FBI director Christopher Wray a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1728234/us-government-took-control-of-a-botnet-run-by-chinese-government-hackers-says-fbi-director?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T18:04:00Z	**Federal Reserve Cuts Rates By Half a Point and Signals Era of Easing Has Begun**
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point [non-paywalled source] on Wednesday and signalled more reductions would follow, launching its first easing cycle since the onset of the pandemic. Financial Times: The US central bank's first cut in more than four years leaves the federal fund ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/185206/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-by-half-a-point-and-signals-era-of-easing-has-begun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T18:40:00Z	**Global Police Dismantle Encrypted Messaging App Used By Criminals**
International police forces have taken down an encrypted communication platform and arrested 51 people, marking a success for co-ordinated efforts to crack down on anonymous messaging services used by criminal groups. FT: Europol and law enforcement agencies from nine countries dismantled Ghost [non-paywalled source], an online platform which use ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1838228/global-police-dismantle-encrypted-messaging-app-used-by-criminals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T19:21:00Z	**Apple and Google Diverge on Photography Philosophy**
Apple's VP of camera software engineering Jon McCormack has affirmed the company's commitment to traditional photography in an interview, contrasting with Google's "memories" approach for Pixel cameras. (A Google executive said last month of the AI usage in the pictures Pixel smartphone owners take: "What some of these edits do is help you create the moment that is the way ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1851258/apple-and-google-diverge-on-photography-philosophy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T20:00:00Z	**IBM is Quietly Axing Thousands of Jobs**
IBM has been laying off a substantial number of employees this week and is trying to keep it quiet, The Register reported Wednesday, citing its sources. From the report: One IBM employee told The Register that IBM Cloud experienced "a massive layoff" in the past few days that affected thousands of people. "Unlike traditional layoffs, this one was done in secret," the insider said. "My manager told me t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1934222/ibm-is-quietly-axing-thousands-of-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T20:41:00Z	**23andMe Board Resigns in New Blow To DNA-Testing Company**
All seven independent directors of DNA-testing company 23andMe resigned Tuesday, following a protracted negotiation with founder and Chief Executive Anne Wojcicki over her plan to take the company private. WSJ: It is the latest challenge for 23andMe, which has struggled to find a profitable business model. The stock price fell to $0.30 per share after hours on Tuesda ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1931220/23andme-board-resigns-in-new-blow-to-dna-testing-company?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T21:21:00Z	**OpenAI Threatens To Ban Users Who Probe Its 'Strawberry' AI Models**
OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is "thinking." From a report: Since the company launched its "Strawberry" AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini, OpenAI has been sending out warning emails and threats of bans to any user who tries to probe how the model works.

Unl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1858224/openai-threatens-to-ban-users-who-probe-its-strawberry-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T22:00:00Z	**YouTube Launches Communities, a Discord-Like Space For Creators and Fans**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: At its Made On YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to interact with their fans and viewers. The space, called "Communities," is kind of like a Discord server built into a creator's channel. With Communities, YouTube is hoping creat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/1956210/youtube-launches-communities-a-discord-like-space-for-creators-and-fans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T22:40:00Z	**House Committee Approves Bill Requiring New Cars To Have AM Radio**
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved the AM for Every Vehicle Act, which mandates that automakers include AM radio in new vehicles without additional charges. The Verge reports: The bill passed the committee on a roll-call vote of 45-2 and now heads to the full House for final approval. The bill, titled the AM for Every Vehicle A ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/205250/house-committee-approves-bill-requiring-new-cars-to-have-am-radio?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-18T23:20:00Z	**Chinese Spies Spent Months Inside Aerospace Engineering Firm's Network Via Legacy IT**
The Register's Jessica Lyons reports: Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm's network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server. In an exclusive interview with The Register, Binary Defense's Director of Security Res ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/2014240/chinese-spies-spent-months-inside-aerospace-engineering-firms-network-via-legacy-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T00:02:00Z	**Microsoft and Abu Dhabi's MGX To Back $30 Billion BlackRock AI Infrastructure**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Data Center Dynamics: BlackRock plans to launch a new $30 billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment fund focused on data centers and energy projects. Microsoft and Abu Dhabi-backed investment company MGX are general partners of the fund. GPU giant Nvidia will also advise. Run  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/2027246/microsoft-and-abu-dhabis-mgx-to-back-30-billion-blackrock-ai-infrastructure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T00:45:00Z	**20 Years Later, Real-Time Linux Makes It To the Kernel**
ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: After 20 years, Real-Time Linux (PREEMPT\_RT) is finally -- finally -- in the mainline kernel. Linus Torvalds blessed the code while he was at Open Source Summit Europe. [...] The real-time Linux code is now baked into all Linux distros as of the forthcoming Linux 6.12 kernel. This means Linux will soon start appearing in more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/2151240/20-years-later-real-time-linux-makes-it-to-the-kernel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T01:05:00Z	**X Circumvents Court-Ordered Block In Brazil**
Late last month, Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to suspend operations in Brazil after a months-long dispute with X owner Elon Musk. The conflict centered on Musk's refusal to appoint a legal representative in the country and his refusal to take down disinformation and far-right accounts. However, on Wednesday, X bypassed the court-ordered block by utilizing third-party clo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/013219/x-circumvents-court-ordered-block-in-brazil?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T01:25:00Z	**Apple A16 SoC Now Manufactured In Arizona**
"Apple has begun manufacturing its A16 SoC at the newly-opened TSCM Fab 21 in Arizona," writes Slashdot reader NoMoreACs. AppleInsider reports: According to sources of Tim Culpan, Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona is making the A16 SoC of the iPhone 14 Pro in "small, but significant, numbers. The production is largely a test for the facility at this stage, but more production is expected  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/2157259/apple-a16-soc-now-manufactured-in-arizona?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T02:02:00Z	**Snapchat Reserves the Right To Use AI-Generated Images of Your Face In Ads**
Snapchat's terms of service for its "My Selfie" tool reserve the right to use users' AI-generated images in ads. While users can opt out by disabling the "See My Selfie in Ads" feature, it is enabled by default. 404 Media's Emanuel Maiberg reports: A support page on the Snapchat website titled "What is My Selfie?" explains furth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/228242/snapchat-reserves-the-right-to-use-ai-generated-images-of-your-face-in-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T03:30:00Z	**Patents For Software and Genetic Code Could Be Revived By Two Bills In Congress**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider two bills Thursday that would effectively nullify the Supreme Court's rulings against patents on broad software processes and human genes. Open source and Internet freedom advocates are mobilizing and pushing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/18/2218220/patents-for-software-and-genetic-code-could-be-revived-by-two-bills-in-congress?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T07:00:00Z	**FAA Fines SpaceX for Launch Violations, Company Fires Back with Lawsuit**
schwit1 shares a report from SpaceNews: The FAA announced Sept. 17 that it notified SpaceX of $633,009 in proposed fines for violating terms of its launch licenses during the June 2023 Falcon 9 launch of the Satria-1, or PSN Satria, broadband satellite and the July 2023 Falcon Heavy launch of Jupiter-3, or EchoStar-24, broadband satel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/0039219/faa-fines-spacex-for-launch-violations-company-fires-back-with-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T10:00:00Z	**Kenya, US Sign Historic Pact On Nuclear Plans**
Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. on nuclear technology cooperation during the 2024 IAEA General Conference in Vienna, with the aim of safely integrating nuclear power into Kenya's energy mix by 2035. The agreement focuses on collaboration in nuclear safety, regulatory experience, and research. The Standard reports: The historic pact came a day after P ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/0048203/kenya-us-sign-historic-pact-on-nuclear-plans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T12:00:00Z	**Cisco's Second Layoff of 2024 Affects Thousands of Employees**
U.S. tech giant Cisco has let go of thousands of employees following its second layoff of 2024. From a report: The technology and networking company announced in August that it would reduce its headcount by 7%, or around 5,600 employees, following an earlier layoff in February, in which the company let go of about 4,000 employees. As TechCrunch previously ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/0743238/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affects-thousands-of-employees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T14:00:00Z	**Palmer Luckey Is Bringing Anduril Smarts To Microsoft's Military Headset**
Anduril Industries, a defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, will integrate its Lattice suite of software into Microsoft's Integrated Visual Augmentation System headset for the U.S. Army. The deal aims to enhance soldiers' battlefield awareness by displaying real-time data from drones, vehicles, and defense systems.

Luckey, who ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1327234/palmer-luckey-is-bringing-anduril-smarts-to-microsofts-military-headset?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T14:40:00Z	**FTC Study Finds 'Vast Surveillance' of Social Media Users**
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a "vast surveillance" of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than most users realized. From a report: The findings come from a study of how nine companies -- including Meta, YouTube and TikTok -- collected an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1358248/ftc-study-finds-vast-surveillance-of-social-media-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T15:21:00Z	**Amazon's New 'Shark Tank'-Style Show Gives Winners Top Billing in Its Store**
Coming soon: Amazon sellers duking it out on TV to get their wares prime placement at the world's largest online retailer. Think "Shark Tank" meets Home Shopping Network. From a report: The e-commerce giant plans to introduce a new competition show next month in which entrepreneurs pitch their products to a studio audience as well as ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/149223/amazons-new-shark-tank-style-show-gives-winners-top-billing-in-its-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T16:01:00Z	**Tech Jobs Have Dried Up - and Aren't Coming Back Soon**
The once-booming tech job market has contracted sharply, with software development postings down over 30% since February 2020, according to Indeed.com. Tech companies have shed around 137,000 jobs since January, Layoffs.fyi reports.

This downturn, following years of aggressive hiring, marks a significant shift in the industry's labor dynamics. Companies are pivoting f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1557229/tech-jobs-have-dried-up---and-arent-coming-back-soon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T16:50:00Z	**Americans Can Now Renew Passports Online**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The State Department announced Wednesday that its online renewal system is now fully operational, after testing in pilot programs, and available to adult passport holders whose passport has expired within the past five years or will expire in the coming year. It is not available for the renewal of children's passports, for first-time passport appli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1648258/americans-can-now-renew-passports-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T17:30:00Z	**'Dead Internet Theory' Comes To Life With New AI-Powered Social Media App**
A conspiracy theory known as "Dead Internet Theory" has gained traction in recent years, positing that most online social activity is artificial and designed to manipulate users. This theory has grown alongside the rise of large language models like ChatGPT. On Monday, software developer Michael Sayman launched SocialAI, an app tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/171258/dead-internet-theory-comes-to-life-with-new-ai-powered-social-media-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T18:10:00Z	**Google Passkeys Can Now Sync Across Devices On Multiple Platforms**
Google is updating its Password Manager to allow users to sync passkeys across multiple devices, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, with iOS and ChromeOS support coming soon. Engadget reports: Once saved, the passkey automatically syncs across other devices using Google Password Manager. The company says this data is end-to-end encrypt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1657213/google-passkeys-can-now-sync-across-devices-on-multiple-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T18:51:00Z	**Apple's New macOS Sequoia Update Breaking Major Security Tools**
Apple's latest macOS 15 "Sequoia" update, released earlier this week, has disrupted security tools from major providers including CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft, according to reports. The extent and cause of the disruption remain unclear.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=Apple's+New+macOS+Sequo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1851232/apples-new-macos-sequoia-update-breaking-major-security-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T19:30:00Z	**1 In 10 Orgs Dumping Their Security Vendors After CrowdStrike Outage**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike's outage in July are dropping their current vendor's products. Four percent of organizations have already abandoned their existing solutions, while a further 6 pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1721236/1-in-10-orgs-dumping-their-security-vendors-after-crowdstrike-outage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T20:10:00Z	**Torvalds Weighs in On 'Nasty' Rust vs C For Linux Debate**
The Rust vs C battle raging in Linux circles has left even Linus Torvalds scratching his head. "I'm not sure why Rust has been such a contentious area," the Linux creator mused at this week's Open Source Summit, likening the fervor to ancient text editor wars. "It reminds me of when I was young and people were arguing about vi versus Emacs."

The spat over integra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/183200/torvalds-weighs-in-on-nasty-rust-vs-c-for-linux-debate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T20:50:00Z	**Cruise Robotaxis Return To the Bay Area Nearly One Year After Pedestrian Crash**
Cruise is returning to the streets of Sunnyvale and Mountain View for the first time since it paused operations in the Bay Area after a robotaxi struck a pedestrian in October 2023. From a report: The company said Thursday that it will put "several" vehicles driven by humans in the two cities that will initially perfor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1737221/cruise-robotaxis-return-to-the-bay-area-nearly-one-year-after-pedestrian-crash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T21:30:00Z	**ISPs Tell Supreme Court They Don't Want To Disconnect Users Accused of Piracy**
Joe\_Dragon shares a report: Four more large Internet service providers told the US Supreme Court this week that ISPs shouldn't be forced to aggressively police copyright infringement on broadband networks. While the ISPs worry about financial liability from lawsuits filed by major record labels and other copyright holder ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1811237/isps-tell-supreme-court-they-dont-want-to-disconnect-users-accused-of-piracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T22:10:00Z	**Microsoft Launches a Windows App For iPhones, Macs, and Android Devices**
Microsoft has launched a new Windows app that serves as a hub for streaming Windows environments from services like Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. However, it's limited to Microsoft work and school accounts with "no signs that Microsoft plans to support consumer accounts," notes The Verge's Tom Warren. From the report: This new ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/175230/microsoft-launches-a-windows-app-for-iphones-macs-and-android-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T22:50:00Z	**Palworld Developer Has No Idea Why Nintendo's Suing Over Its Pokemon-like Game**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Pocketpair has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. The studio that developed Palworld, the game at the heart of the suit, issued a statement early this morning saying it doesn't know what patents it violated. "At this moment, we are unaware  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/190227/palworld-developer-has-no-idea-why-nintendos-suing-over-its-pokemon-like-game?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-19T23:30:00Z	**Hope For Coral Reefs After IVF Colonies Survive Record Heat Event**
Young corals bred using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and planted in reefs around the US, Mexico and the Caribbean have surprised scientists, after most survived last year's record marine heatwave, while older corals struggled. From a report: A study has found that 90% of the young IVF-created corals surveyed remained healthy and colourful, hold ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/1931246/hope-for-coral-reefs-after-ivf-colonies-survive-record-heat-event?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T00:10:00Z	**Apple, Google Wallets Now Support California Driver's Licenses**
Residents of California can now store their driver's license or state ID in Apple or Google Wallet, according to an announcement today. Apple also shared the news. TechCrunch reports: Californians with an ID in the Apple Wallet or Google Wallet app can use their mobile devices to present their ID in person at select TSA security checkpoints and busines ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2114223/apple-google-wallets-now-support-california-drivers-licenses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T00:50:00Z	**Disney To Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data**
Disney plans to transition away from using Slack as its companywide collaboration tool after a hacking group leaked over a terabyte of data from the platform. Many teams at Disney have already begun moving to other enterprise-wide tools, with the full transition expected later this year. Reuters reports: Hacking group NullBulg ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2119252/disney-to-stop-using-salesforce-owned-slack-after-hack-exposed-company-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T01:30:00Z	**Creator of Kamala Harris Parody Video Sues California Over Election 'Deepfake' Ban**
Longtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a report from Politico: The creator of a video that used artificial intelligence to imitate Kamala Harris is suing the state of California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws restricting the use of digitally altered political "deepfakes," alleging First and 14th Amendment ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2128243/creator-of-kamala-harris-parody-video-sues-california-over-election-deepfake-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T03:30:00Z	**Walmart Plans Instant Bank Payments, Cutting Out Card Networks**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Walmart customers will soon have the option to pay directly from their bank accounts with instant transfers for online purchases. The enhanced feature is a flash point in the escalating tensions between merchants and the card networks setting the fees for payment processing. The world's largest retai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2140241/walmart-plans-instant-bank-payments-cutting-out-card-networks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T07:00:00Z	**Earth Will Get a Second 'Mini-Moon' For 2 Months This Year**
A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will temporarily become a mini-moon for Earth, orbiting in a horseshoe shape from September 29 to November 25, 2024. CBS News reports: Researchers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, an asteroid monitoring system funded by NASA, spotted the asteroid using an instrument in Sutherland, South Africa and labeled it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2147239/earth-will-get-a-second-mini-moon-for-2-months-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T07:30:00Z	**Indian Filmmaker Ditches Human Musicians for AI**
Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is ditching human musicians for artificial intelligence, saying he'll use only AI-generated tunes in future projects, a move that underscores AI's growing reach in creative industries. From a report: The filmmaker and screenwriter, known for popular Bollywood movies including Company, Rangeela, Sarkar, and Satya has launched a venture, ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/0721242/indian-filmmaker-ditches-human-musicians-for-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T10:00:00Z	**Amazon Joins the Motion Picture Association, Hollywood's Top Lobbying Group**
Amazon is joining the Motion Picture Association as its seventh member, alongside Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix. Engadget reports: Amazon was already involved with the MPA, having worked with its Alliance for Creativity and Entertainme ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2151225/amazon-joins-the-motion-picture-association-hollywoods-top-lobbying-group?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T13:00:00Z	**World of Warcraft Will Now Let Players Do Solo Raids**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After 20 years, it's now possible for solo players to finish storylines in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft that previously required a group to do an intensive raid. That's thanks to "Story Mode," a new raid difficulty that was added for the final wing of the first raid of the re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/19/2156205/world-of-warcraft-will-now-let-players-do-solo-raids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T14:01:00Z	**Indian Filmmaker Ditches Human Musicians for AI**
Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is ditching human musicians for artificial intelligence, saying he'll use only AI-generated tunes in future projects, a move that underscores AI's growing reach in creative industries. From a report: The filmmaker and screenwriter, known for popular Bollywood movies including Company, Rangeela, Sarkar, and Satya has launched a venture, ca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/0721242/indian-filmmaker-ditches-human-musicians-for-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T15:05:00Z	**Microsoft Taps Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Power AI**
The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That's why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. From a report: The tech giant on Friday signed a major deal with nuclear plant owner Co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/156206/microsoft-taps-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T15:40:00Z	**Ukraine Bans Official Use of Telegram App Over Fears of Russian Spying**
Ukraine has banned use of Telegram on official devices used by state officials, military personnel and critical workers because it believes its enemy Russia can spy on both messages and users, a top security body said on Friday. Reuters: The National Security and Defence Council announced the restrictions after Kyrylo Budanov, head of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1538239/ukraine-bans-official-use-of-telegram-app-over-fears-of-russian-spying?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T17:00:00Z	**Hack of Hezbollah Devices Exposes Dark Corners of Asia Supply Chains**
Deadly attacks using booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the supply chains for older electronic devices. The incident, which killed 37 people and injured about 3,000, has sparked investigations across Europe into the origins of the weaponized gadgets.

Taiwan-based Gold Apollo blame ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1651257/hack-of-hezbollah-devices-exposes-dark-corners-of-asia-supply-chains?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T18:01:00Z	**CERN To Expel Hundreds of Russian Scientists**
An anonymous reader shares a report: CERN, the European particle-physics collaboration that operates the Large Hadron Collider, will expel hundreds of Russian-affiliated scientists from its laboratories. The Geneva-based organization decided to cut ties with Moscow after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, ending nearly 60 years of collaboration, and the agreements are now lapsing.

[ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/171232/cern-to-expel-hundreds-of-russian-scientists?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T19:00:00Z	**Zuckerberg Says Apple's Culture is Not Like Meta's**
Meta and Apple have increasingly been rivals, and Mark Zuckerberg only expects their competition to intensify in the coming years. From a report: "I think in a lot of ways we're like the opposite of Apple," Zuckerberg said. "Clearly, their stuff has worked really well too. They take this approach that's like, 'We're going to take a long time, we're going to polish it, we're go ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/177213/zuckerberg-says-apples-culture-is-not-like-metas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T20:00:00Z	**CISA Boss: Makers of Insecure Software Are the Real Cyber Villains**
Software developers who ship buggy, insecure code are the true baddies in the cyber crime story, Jen Easterly, boss of the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has argued. From a report: "The truth is: Technology vendors are the characters who are building problems" into their products, which then "open the d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1936214/cisa-boss-makers-of-insecure-software-are-the-real-cyber-villains?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T21:00:00Z	**Norway Hits Milestone as Electric Cars Surpass Petrol Vehicles**
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road. From a report: Of the 2.8m private cars registered in the Nordic country, 754,303 are all-electric, against 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian ro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1735247/norway-hits-milestone-as-electric-cars-surpass-petrol-vehicles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T22:01:00Z	**Automatic Takeoffs Are Coming For Passenger Jets**
New submitter LazarusQLong shares a report: In late 1965, at what's now London Heathrow airport, a commercial flight coming from Paris made history by being the first to land automatically. The plane -- A Trident 1C operated by BEA, which would later become British Airways -- was equipped with a newly developed extension of the autopilot (a system to help guide the plane's path ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1739235/automatic-takeoffs-are-coming-for-passenger-jets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-20T23:01:00Z	**Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data'**
The creator of an open source project that scraped the internet to determine the ever-changing popularity of different words in human language usage says that they are sunsetting the project because generative AI spam has poisoned the internet to a level where the project no longer has a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1745236/project-analyzing-human-language-usage-shuts-down-because-generative-ai-has-polluted-the-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T01:13:00Z	**Internet Surveillance Firm Sandvine Says It's Leaving 56 'Non-Democratic' Countries**
Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving dozens of "non-democratic" countries as part of a major overhaul of the company. From a report: The company, which was founded in Canada, published a statem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1944244/internet-surveillance-firm-sandvine-says-its-leaving-56-non-democratic-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T04:30:00Z	**'Butterfly Emergency' Declared as UK Summer Count Hits Record Low**
A national "butterfly emergency" has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began. From a report: An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer's butterfly count, the lowest in the survey's 14-year history. It was the worst year on record fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/180221/butterfly-emergency-declared-as-uk-summer-count-hits-record-low?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T07:31:00Z	**Antarctic 'Doomsday Glacier' Melting Faster, Scientists Warn**
A massive Antarctic glacier, dubbed the "Doomsday Glacier," is melting at an accelerating rate and could be approaching irreversible collapse, international researchers are reporting. The Thwaites Glacier, holding enough ice to raise global sea levels by over two feet, has seen rapid retreat in the past 30 years.

Scientists from the International Thwaites G ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/190253/antarctic-doomsday-glacier-melting-faster-scientists-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T11:01:00Z	**US Awards $3 Billion To Boost Domestic Battery Production**
American Battery Technology and lithium-producer Albemarle are among 25 companies getting more than $3 billion in funding from the Biden administration to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and components. From a report: The funding -- part of a broader White House goal of creating an American battery supply chain -- is going to projects that are b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1723225/us-awards-3-billion-to-boost-domestic-battery-production?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T12:31:00Z	**Tech Giants Push To Dilute Europe's AI Act**
The world's biggest technology companies have embarked on a final push to persuade the European Union to take a light-touch approach to regulating AI as they seek to fend off the risk of billions of dollars in fines. From a report: EU lawmakers in May agreed the AI Act, the world's first comprehensive set of rules governing the technology, following months of intense negotiations between di ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/1753208/tech-giants-push-to-dilute-europes-ai-act?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T14:34:00Z	**Do Self-Service Kiosks Actually Increase Employment at Fast-Food Restaurants?**
Instead of eliminating jobs, self-service kiosks at McDonald's and other fast-food chains "have added extra work for kitchen staff," reports CNN — and as a bonus, "pushed customers to order more food than they do at the cash register..."

Kiosks "guarantee that the upsell opportunities" like a milkshake or fries are suggest ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/0212212/do-self-service-kiosks-actually-increase-employment-at-fast-food-restaurants?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T15:34:00Z	**Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover**
Friday the Wall Street Journal reported Qualcomm recently "made a takeover approach" to Intel, which has a market value of roughly $90 billion ("according to people familiar with the matter...")
A deal is far from certain, the people cautioned. Even if Intel is receptive, a deal of that size is all but certain to attract antitrust scrutiny, though it is also possible it could be seen a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/1035249/qualcomm-approached-intel-about-a-takeover?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T16:34:00Z	**As Companies Try 'Open Source Rug Pull', Open Source Foundations Considered Helpful**
"In the era of the open source rug pull, the role of open source foundations is more important than ever," argues the co-founder of the developer-focused industry analyst firm RedMonk:

 The "rug pull" here refers to companies that have used open source as a distribution mechanism, building a community and user  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/0530234/as-companies-try-open-source-rug-pull-open-source-foundations-considered-helpful?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T17:34:00Z	**Meta and YouTube Ban Russian State Media for 'Foreign Interference'**
Meta (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) announced Monday that Russian state media outlets like RT are now "banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity," reports CNN.

CNN adds that Meta is alleging that the "Kremlin-controlled networks" have "engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/0430237/meta-and-youtube-ban-russian-state-media-for-foreign-interference?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T18:34:00Z	**Researcher Wins Award For Debunking Longer Life Expectancies in 'Blue Zones'**
Slashdot first covered Saul Justin Newman's work in 2019.

Now a senior research fellow at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, Newman was recognized last week for research finding that most claims of people living over 105 are wrong. Newman's research was honored with an Ig Nobel Prize (awarde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/065251/researcher-wins-award-for-debunking-longer-life-expectancies-in-blue-zones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T19:34:00Z	**Scientists Again Link Covid Pandemic Origin to Wuhan Market Animals**
The Washington Post reports:

An international team of scientists published a peer-reviewed paper Thursday saying genetic evidence indicates the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated with a natural spillover from an animal or animals sold in a market in Wuhan, China, where many of the first human cases of covid-19 were identified.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/0354252/scientists-again-link-covid-pandemic-origin-to-wuhan-market-animals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T20:34:00Z	**New X Court Filing Says It's Complying with Brazil's Orders to Block Accounts**
X's struggles in Brazil got this update from the Guardian Wednesday:

In a statement tweeted from X's global government affairs account, the company said the restoration of service was an "inadvertent and temporary" side-effect of switching network providers.

But Friday "After defying court orders in Brazil for three weeks ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/2018239/new-x-court-filing-says-its-complying-with-brazils-orders-to-block-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T21:34:00Z	**Could We Turn the Sun Into an Extremely Powerful Telescope?**
It's hypothetically capable of "delivering an exquisite portrait of the detailed surface features of any exoplanet within 100 light-years..." writes Space.com.

"It would be better than any telescope we could possibly build in any possible future for the next few hundred years..."

While the sun may not look like a traditional lens or mirror, it has a lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/0634254/could-we-turn-the-sun-into-an-extremely-powerful-telescope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-21T22:51:00Z	**America's FTC Sues Insulin Middlemen Who 'Artificially Inflated' Drug Price**
Friday America's Federal Trade Commission brought action against three companies for "anticompetitive and unfair" practices "that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin."

For years, many of the millions of Americans who need insulin to survive "have been forced to pay exorbitant prices for a product that's ine ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/2249241/americas-ftc-sues-insulin-middlemen-who-artificially-inflated-drug-price?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T02:41:00Z	**California Drivers May Soon Get Mandatory In-Car Speed Warnings Like the EU**
"Exceed the speed limit in one of the 27 European Union countries, and you may get some pushback from your vehicle," reports Car and Driver. "As of July, new cars sold in the EU must include a speed-warning device that alerts drivers if they exceed the posted limit."

The warnings can be ither acoustic or haptic, "though the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/0238234/california-drivers-may-soon-get-mandatory-in-car-speed-warnings-like-the-eu?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T05:41:00Z	**Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft**
"The cab was cut from a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee," writes the New York Times. "The engine once revved up a 1985 Toyota Celica; and 107 hand-sewn rubber segments, courtesy of Mr. Tymofichuk's wife, help to direct low-pressure air beneath the craft so that it rises eight inches above the ground..."

On a cold spring day in a small garage in Alb ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/2313253/car-parts-fiberglass-and-a-dream-how-a-teacher-built-a-hovercraft?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T08:04:00Z	**Why the UK's Power Grid is Sidelining Clean-Energy Battery Storage**
The administrators of Great Britain's power grid admit that it's often unable to use energy-storage batteries due to old computer systems and an old network with "not enough cables", according to the Financial Times — though the system operator says they're making progress after upgrading their system last December:

 The company has plans to l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/056236/why-the-uks-power-grid-is-sidelining-clean-energy-battery-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T11:34:00Z	**How NASA Could Find Evidence of Life on Another Planet Within 25 Years**
"In all likelihood, in the next 25 years, we'll find evidence of life on another planet..." begins a new essay by author Dave Eggers in the Washington Post.

"In more than a dozen conversations with some of the best minds in astrophysics, I did not meet anyone who was doubtful about finding evidence of life elsewhere — most likely  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/21/1950212/how-nasa-could-find-evidence-of-life-on-another-planet-within-25-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T14:34:00Z	**Vaporizing Plastics Recycles Them Into Nothing But Gas, Researchers Find**
Polypropylene and polyethylene plastics "can be recycled," reports Ars Technica. But as "polyolefin" polymers, "the process can be difficult and often produces large quantities of the greenhouse gas methane.

"Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have come up with a method of recycling these polymers that us ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/047204/vaporizing-plastics-recycles-them-into-nothing-but-gas-researchers-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T15:34:00Z	**GM Electric Vehicles Can Now Use Tesla Superchargers**
The Washington Post reports that electric vehicles made by General Motors now can use Tesla's Superchargers. (GM's charger adapters "will first be made available to customers in the United States, followed by availability for Canadian customers later this year.") The Post writes that the move "expands the number of vehicles compatible with the North American Charging St ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/0016220/gm-electric-vehicles-can-now-use-tesla-superchargers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T16:34:00Z	**'Compile and Run C in JavaScript', Promises Bun**
The JavaScript runtime Bun is a Node.js/Deno alternative (that's also a bundler/test runner/package manager).

And Bun 1.1.28 now includes experimental support for ">compiling and running native C from JavaScript, according to this report from The New Stack:

"From compression to cryptography to networking to the web browser you're reading this on, the world runs on C," wrote J ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/011240/compile-and-run-c-in-javascript-promises-bun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T17:34:00Z	**A California Boy Was Kidnapped from a Park in 1951.  He's Just Been Found Alive**
An anonymous reader shared this story from SFGate:

A boy who was kidnapped from an Oakland playground in 1951 has been found alive on the East Coast, a remarkable resolution to a mystery that has haunted his family for over half a century.

On February 21, 1951, 6-year-old Luis Armando Albino was playing with his old ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/178217/a-california-boy-was-kidnapped-from-a-park-in-1951-hes-just-been-found-alive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T19:12:00Z	**AI Smackdown: How a New FTC Rule Also Fights Fake Product Reviews**
Salon looks closer at a new $51,744-per-violation AI regulation officially approved one month ago by America's FTC — calling it a financial blow "If you're a digital media company whose revenue comes from publishing AI-generated articles and fake product reviews.

But they point out the rules also ban "product review suppression."

Per the ruling ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/1910230/ai-smackdown-how-a-new-ftc-rule-also-fights-fake-product-reviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T20:12:00Z	**Internal Google Emails Presented at Antitrust Trial**
In the antitrust trial alleging Google had an ad-selling monopoly, "government lawyers have said some of their strongest evidence is in Google's own internal communications," reports the Wall Street Journal:
[In 2010] a new crop of ad-tech companies were threatening Google's bottom line. "One way to make sure we don't get further behind in the market is picking up the one ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/1949223/internal-google-emails-presented-at-antitrust-trial?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T21:12:00Z	**Amazon Ads Launches a New AI Video Generator**
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: On Thursday, Amazon Ads announced Video Generator and Live Image, "our first generative AI-powered technology designed to remove creative barriers and enable brands to produce lifestyle imagery that enhances ad performance."

Amazon's blog post calls it "a new feature that uses generative AI technology to make it easier for advertisers to create more ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/2023205/amazon-ads-launches-a-new-ai-video-generator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-22T23:25:00Z	**Windows PowerShell Phish Uses Fake CAPTCHA, Downloads Credential Stealer**
"Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code," reports Krebs on Security — citing an email shared by one of his readers:

"Hey there! We have detected a security vulnerability in your repository. Please contact us at https://github-scanner[.]com to get more informatio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/22/2322247/windows-powershell-phish-uses-fake-captcha-downloads-credential-stealer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T00:25:00Z	**How Cyprus Became a World Leader In Solar Heating**
The republic of Cyprus "has outstripped all other EU member states in embracing hot-water solar systems," reports the Guardian, "with an estimated 93.5 % of households exploiting the alternative energy form for domestic needs."

EU figures show the eastern Mediterranean island exceeding renewable energy targets set in the heating and cooling of buildings thanks to the wide ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/000233/how-cyprus-became-a-world-leader-in-solar-heating?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T01:41:00Z	**Germany Seizes 47 Crypto Exchanges Used By Ransomware Gangs**
German law enforcement seized 47 cryptocurrency exchange services "that facilitated illegal money laundering activities for cybercriminals," according to BleepingComputer, "including ransomware gangs."

Long-time Slashdot reader Arrogant-Bastard shares their report:
The platforms allowed users to exchange cryptocurrencies without following applicable "Know ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/0018238/germany-seizes-47-crypto-exchanges-used-by-ransomware-gangs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T03:59:00Z	**Zen Browser: a New Firefox-based Alternative to Chromium Browsers**
First released on July 11th, the Firefox-based Zen browser is "taking a different approach to the user interface," according to the blog It's FOSS.

The Register says the project "reminds us strongly of Arc, a radical Chromium-based web browser... to modernize the standard web browser UI by revising some fundamental assumptions."
[Arc] removes t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/0353206/zen-browser-a-new-firefox-based-alternative-to-chromium-browsers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T07:39:00Z	**'Forget ChatGPT: Why Researchers Now Run Small AIs On Their Laptops'**
Nature published an introduction to running an LLM locally, starting with the example of a bioinformatician who's using AI to generate readable summaries for his database of immune-system protein structures. "But he doesn't use ChatGPT, or any other web-based LLM." He just runs the AI on his Mac...

Two more recent trends have blossomed. First, o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/0452250/forget-chatgpt-why-researchers-now-run-small-ais-on-their-laptops?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T11:34:00Z	**How California Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions - While Its Economy Grows**
In 2022 about 346,000 electric cars were reportedly sold in California. But the same year its greenhouse gas emissions dropped a whopping 9.3 million metric tons — the amount produced by 2.2 million gas-powered cars — lowering emissions 2.4% from the year before. "The biggest drop came from transportation, due largely to the incre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/0128256/how-california-cuts-greenhouse-gas-emissions---while-its-economy-grows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T14:00:00Z	**US Proposes Ban on Smart Cars With Chinese and Russian Tech**
The US Commerce Department on Monday will propose a ban on the sale or import of smart vehicles that use specific Chinese or Russian technology because of national security concerns, according to US officials. From a report: A US government investigation that began in February found a range of national security risks from embedded software and hardware from ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/136242/us-proposes-ban-on-smart-cars-with-chinese-and-russian-tech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T14:40:00Z	**WordPress Founder Calls WP Engine a 'Cancer To WordPress' and Urges Community To Switch Providers**
Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine -- a managed WordPress hosting provider that has raised nearly $300 million in funding over its 14-year history -- a "cancer to WordPress." From a report: M ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1348226/wordpress-founder-calls-wp-engine-a-cancer-to-wordpress-and-urges-community-to-switch-providers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T15:21:00Z	**How Sonos Botched an App and Infuriated Its Customers**
Sonos launched a disastrous app update in May, prompting CEO Patrick Spence to commission an internal investigation led by chief counsel Eddie Lazarus. The software release, plagued with missing features and bugs, has sparked widespread customer outrage and led to a $200 million revenue shortfall. Sonos shares have plummeted 25% this year. Lazarus interviewed about two ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/155253/how-sonos-botched-an-app-and-infuriated-its-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T16:05:00Z	**SpaceX Plans To Send Five Uncrewed Starships To Mars in Two Years**
SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday. From a report: Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years "when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens."

The CEO on Sunday said that the first crewed mission timeline will depen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/165239/spacex-plans-to-send-five-uncrewed-starships-to-mars-in-two-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T16:42:00Z	**Telegram CEO Durov Says App To Provide More Data To Governments**
Messaging app Telegram will provide users' IP addresses and phone numbers to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests, according to Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov. From a report: The platform changed its terms of service to deter criminals from abusing it, Durov said in a post on Telegram Monday. The move comes less than a month aft ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1619228/telegram-ceo-durov-says-app-to-provide-more-data-to-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T17:20:00Z	**Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says Microsoft Copilot Has Disappointed Many Customers**
Marc Benioff said Microsoft's Copilot AI hasn't lived up to the hype. The Salesforce CEO said on the company's second-quarter earnings call that its own AI is nothing like Copilot, which he said was unimpressive. From a report: "So many customers are so disappointed in what they bought from Microsoft Copilot because ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1712210/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-says-microsoft-copilot-has-disappointed-many-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T18:00:00Z	**YouTube Premium Prices Increased Again in Numerous Countries**
An anonymous reader shares a report: YouTube Premium users around the world woke up to bad news today. In over a dozen countries, the price of YouTube Premium individual and family plans increased significantly. This is only the most recent sweep of price increases from Google, as many countries saw price jumps only months ago, with the United States bei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1656222/youtube-premium-prices-increased-again-in-numerous-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T18:42:00Z	**Microsoft Tightens Digital Defenses with Sweeping Security Overhaul**
Microsoft unveiled detailed security reforms Monday, five months after CEO Satya Nadella pledged to prioritize cybersecurity following major breaches. The 25-page Secure Future Initiative report [PDF] outlines technical and governance changes addressing criticisms in an April 2024 Cyber Safety Review Board report that deemed Microsoft's secur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1841218/microsoft-tightens-digital-defenses-with-sweeping-security-overhaul?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T19:28:00Z	**Earth May Have Breached Seven of Nine Planetary Boundaries, Health Check Shows**
Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world's life-support systems. From a report: "Ocean acidification is approaching a critical threshold," particularly in higher-latit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1927231/earth-may-have-breached-seven-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-health-check-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T20:05:00Z	**Government of Bhutan Holds Over $825 Million, or Nearly a Third of Its GDP, in Bitcoin, Arkham Data Shows**
The government of Bhutan is currently holding over $828 million in bitcoin, according to onchain data by Arkham Intelligence. From a report: "Unlike most governments, Bhutan's BTC does not come from law enforcement asset seizures, but from bitcoin mining operations, which ha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1940238/government-of-bhutan-holds-over-825-million-or-nearly-a-third-of-its-gdp-in-bitcoin-arkham-data-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T20:55:00Z	**Some Kaspersky Customers Receive Surprise Forced-Update To New Antivirus Software**
Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers. And while Kaspersky said earlier this month that its U.S. customers would be transitioned to UltraAV, man ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1949250/some-kaspersky-customers-receive-surprise-forced-update-to-new-antivirus-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T21:35:00Z	**Microsoft Ends Development of Windows Server Update Services**
joshuark shares a report: Microsoft has officially announced that Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is now deprecated, but plans to maintain current functionality and continue publishing updates through the channel. This move isn't surprising, as Microsoft first listed WSUS as one of the "features removed or no longer developed starting with Windows  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1957225/microsoft-ends-development-of-windows-server-update-services?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T22:10:00Z	**Cloudflare's New Marketplace Will Let Websites Charge AI Bots For Scraping**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Cloudflare announced plans on Monday to launch a marketplace in the next year where website owners can sell AI model providers access to scrape their site's content. The marketplace is the final step of Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince's larger plan to give publishers greater co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2038215/cloudflares-new-marketplace-will-let-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T22:50:00Z	**Amazon, Tesla, Meta Considered Harmful To Democracy**
Amazon, Meta, and Tesla were named by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) as some of the worst corporate underminers of democracy . These companies were accused of union busting, monopolizing media and technology, violating human rights, contributing to climate change, and fostering political movements that threaten democratic institutions. The full list of " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2054216/amazon-tesla-meta-considered-harmful-to-democracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-23T23:30:00Z	**11 Million Devices Infected With Botnet Malware Hosted In Google Play**
Ars Technica's Dan Goodin reports: Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery -- a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app was infected with code that caused 100 million infected devices to connect to att ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/213203/11-million-devices-infected-with-botnet-malware-hosted-in-google-play?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T00:10:00Z	**Startups Are Going 'Fair Source' To Avoid Pitfalls of Open Source Licensing**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm -- one that's designed to bridge the open and proprietary worlds, replete with new definit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2126218/startups-are-going-fair-source-to-avoid-pitfalls-of-open-source-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T00:10:00Z	**Startups Are Going 'Fair Source' To Avoid Pitfalls of Open Source Licensing**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm -- one that's designed to bridge the open and proprietary worlds, replete with new definit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2126218/startups-are-going-fair-source-to-avoid-pitfalls-of-open-source-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T00:50:00Z	**Steam Breaks Its Record For PC Players Online Once Again**
Steam has broken its record for the most PC players online, with 38,366,479 concurrent gamers. As IGN notes, that figure is a million more than the previous record, set last month. From the report: So, what helped propel Steam to new heights over the weekend? All the usual suspects were in the top 10 most-played games on Valve's platform, including Counter-Stri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2143208/steam-breaks-its-record-for-pc-players-online-once-again?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T01:30:00Z	**OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Anticipates Superintelligence In 'a Few Thousand Days'**
In a rare blog post today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out his vision of the AI-powered future, which he refers to as "The Intelligence Age." Among the most notable claims, Altman said superintelligence might be achieved in "a few thousand days." VentureBeat reports: Specifically, Altman argues that "deep learning works," and can  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2321221/openai-ceo-sam-altman-anticipates-superintelligence-in-a-few-thousand-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T02:10:00Z	**$1 Billion Solar and Battery Storage Project Breaks Ground In Utah**
rPlus Energies has broken ground on a $1 billion solar + battery storage project in east-central Utah. Electrek reports: The Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600-megawatt-hour battery storage project that will supply power to western electric utility PacifiCorp under a power purchas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2327225/1-billion-solar-and-battery-storage-project-breaks-ground-in-utah?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T03:30:00Z	**California Sues ExxonMobil For Alleged Decades of Deception Around Plastic Recycling**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried out a "decades-long campaign of deception" in which the oil and gas giant misled the public on the merits of plastic recycling. The complaint accuses t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/2336240/california-sues-exxonmobil-for-alleged-decades-of-deception-around-plastic-recycling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T07:00:00Z	**Tugboat Powered By Ammonia Sails For the First Time**
A startup called Amogy has successfully converted a 67-year-old diesel tugboat to run on clean ammonia, marking a significant milestone in the transition to zero-emissions propulsion in the maritime industry. The Associated Press reports: Amogy's system uses ammonia to make hydrogen for a fuel cell, making the tug an electric-powered ship. The International Maritime Organ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/0359225/tugboat-powered-by-ammonia-sails-for-the-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T10:00:00Z	**Deep Blue Aerospace Hop Test Suffers Anomaly Moments Before Landing**
schwit1 shares a report SpaceNews with the caption: "Failures aren't failures if you learn from them." From the report: Chinese commercial rocket firm Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a first-stage rocket hop test Sunday, experiencing a partial failure during the final moments of landing. Deep Blue Aerospace carried out the test at 1:40 a.m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/0410259/deep-blue-aerospace-hop-test-suffers-anomaly-moments-before-landing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T13:00:00Z	**California Bans All Plastic Bags**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Paper or paper? In California, shoppers will have only one bag option at the checkout line starting in 2026. A decade ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks that regularly blew into waterways, littered streets and collected in landfills. The prohibition, in the nation's most populous state, was co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/0422213/california-bans-all-plastic-bags?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T14:15:00Z	**Google To Update Street View Images Across Dozens of Countries, Deleted Blog Post Says**
Google is getting ready to show off updated Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries. The Verge: In a now-removed blog post seen by The Verge, Google announced that the new images are coming to countries like Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more. Go ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1415224/google-to-update-street-view-images-across-dozens-of-countries-deleted-blog-post-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T14:00:00Z	**California Passes Law To Ban or Restrict Smartphones in School**
Speaking of California, its governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a a bill that requires schools to limit or ban the use of smartphones, amid a growing consensus that excess usage can increase the risk of mental illness and impair learning. From a report: Thirteen other states this year have banned or restricted cellphones in school or recommende ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/0958209/california-passes-law-to-ban-or-restrict-smartphones-in-school?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T15:47:00Z	**WP Engine Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter To Automattic Over Mullenweg's Comments**
WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic after the latter's CEO Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine a "cancer to WordPress" last week. From a report: The notice asks Automattic and Mullenweg to retract their comments and stop making statements against the company. WP Engine ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1547236/wp-engine-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-automattic-over-mullenwegs-comments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T16:10:00Z	**Trump Hack Continued Into Last Week**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The alleged Iranian hack of Donald Trump's orbit continued at least until mid-September and may be ongoing, a document the hackers shared with a progressive publication reveals. Iranian authorities have denied any involvement in the efforts to leak internal documents from Trump's campaign, which have reportedly been sent to major US publications including Politico an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1610215/trump-hack-continued-into-last-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T16:50:00Z	**Low-Lying Pacific Islands Pin Hopes on UN Meeting as Sea Rise Threatens Survival**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Pacific country of Kiribati might be surrounded by water, but on land its population is running dry. The ocean around them is steadily encroaching, contaminating underground wells and leeching salt into the soil. "Our waters have been infected," climate activist and law stud ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1618221/low-lying-pacific-islands-pin-hopes-on-un-meeting-as-sea-rise-threatens-survival?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T17:37:00Z	**The Quest To Build a Telescope On the Moon**
silverjacket writes: A feature for The New Yorker describes a plan to use robots to mine lunar materials and build a radio telescope on the far side of the moon that will help answer questions about the early universe. An excerpt from the story: he dream of a lunar telescope dates to the nineteen-sixties. The moon has the advantage of being hundreds of thousands of miles away from earth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1737223/the-quest-to-build-a-telescope-on-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T18:10:00Z	**World's Biggest Banks Pledge Support For Nuclear Power**
Fourteen of the world's biggest banks and financial institutions are pledging to increase their support for nuclear energy [non-paywalled link], a move that governments and the industry hope will unlock finance for a new wave of nuclear power plants. FT: At an event on Monday in New York with White House climate policy adviser John Podesta, institutions including  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/188243/worlds-biggest-banks-pledge-support-for-nuclear-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T18:48:00Z	**DOJ Sues Visa For Locking Out Rival Payment Platforms**
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services firm has an illegal monopoly over debit network markets and has attempted to unlawfully crush competitors, including fintech companies like PayPal and Square. From a report: The lawsuit follows a multiyear investigation of Visa which the company disclosed in 202 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1848223/doj-sues-visa-for-locking-out-rival-payment-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T19:25:00Z	**Electronic Warfare Spooks Airlines, Pilots and Air-Safety Officials**
GPS spoofing attacks are increasingly disrupting commercial flights worldwide, with over 1,100 daily incidents reported in August, up from dozens in February. The false signals, primarily originating from Russia, Ukraine, and Israel, confuse cockpit navigation systems, triggering false alarms and misdirecting flight paths, WSJ reports.

Pilo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1857224/electronic-warfare-spooks-airlines-pilots-and-air-safety-officials?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T20:02:00Z	**Online Discounts Are Getting Stingier**
Steep online discounts aren't as sweet as they used to be. From a report: The average discount offered by online retailers in the US is down to 36% so far this year, data from Centric Market Intelligence shows. That's down two percentage points from last year, and down from an average of 42% in 2019 -- a 14% drop in real terms. Finding a bargain is getting tougher for a variety of reasons, according  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/191203/online-discounts-are-getting-stingier?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T20:41:00Z	**CrowdStrike Overhauls Testing and Rollout Procedures To Avoid System Crashes**
wiredmikey writes: CrowdStrike says it has revamped several testing, validation, and update rollout processes to prevent a repeat of the embarrassing July outage that caused widespread disruption on Windows systems around the world.

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, CrowdStrike vice president Adam  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/195217/crowdstrike-overhauls-testing-and-rollout-procedures-to-avoid-system-crashes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T21:25:00Z	**OpenAI Finally Brings Humanlike ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode To US Plus, Team Users**
OpenAI is rolling out its advanced voice interface for ChatGPT to all Plus and Team subscribers in the U.S., the company said Tuesday. The feature, unveiled four months ago, lets users speak to the AI chatbot instead of typing. Five new voices join the lineup, expanding user options. OpenAI claims improved accent rec ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1924211/openai-finally-brings-humanlike-chatgpt-advanced-voice-mode-to-us-plus-team-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T22:02:00Z	**California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Opt-Out Signals For Sale of User Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required makers of web browsers and mobile operating systems to let consumers send opt-out preference signals that could limit businesses' use of personal information. The bill approved by the State Legisl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2034226/california-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-opt-out-signals-for-sale-of-user-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T22:40:00Z	**Caroline Ellison Sentenced To Two Years In Jail For Role In FTX Fraud, Must Forfeit $11 Billion**
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, must serve 24 months in prison and forfeit $11 billion. "I've seen a lot of cooperators in 30 years. I've never seen one quite like Ms. Ellison," said Judge Lewis Kaplan during the sentencing hearing today. The Verge reports: Ellison plead ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2041203/caroline-ellison-sentenced-to-two-years-in-jail-for-role-in-ftx-fraud-must-forfeit-11-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-24T23:20:00Z	**Human Reviewers Can't Keep Up With Police Bodycam Videos. AI Now Gets the Job**
Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: After a decade of explosive growth, body cameras are now standard-issue for most American police as they interact with the public. The vast majority of those millions of hours of video are never watched -- it's just not humanly possible. For academics who study the everyday actions of police ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2049204/human-reviewers-cant-keep-up-with-police-bodycam-videos-ai-now-gets-the-job?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T00:10:00Z	**James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI In Coup For Tech Firm**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hollywood Reporter: In a major coup for the artificial intelligence company, Stability AI says that Avatar, Terminator and Titanic director James Cameron will join its board of directors. Stability AI is the firm that developed the Stable Diffusion text-to-image generative AI model, an image- an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2124251/james-cameron-joins-board-of-stability-ai-in-coup-for-tech-firm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T00:50:00Z	**Kansas Water Facility Switches to Manual Operations Following Cyberattack**
A small city in Kansas switched was forced to switch its water treatment facility to manual operations after a suspected cyberattack was discovered on September 22. The precautionary measure was taken "to ensure plant operations remained secure," the city said. It reassured residents that the drinking water is safe and the water s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2359243/kansas-water-facility-switches-to-manual-operations-following-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T01:30:00Z	**Ancient US Air Traffic Control Systems Won't Get a Tech Refresh Before 2030**
The FAA's air traffic control systems are significantly out of date and won't be updated until the 2030s, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Register reports: In a report released Monday, the GAO said that 51 of the FAA's 138 ATC systems -- more than a third -- were unsustainable du ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/005248/ancient-us-air-traffic-control-systems-wont-get-a-tech-refresh-before-2030?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T02:10:00Z	**ByteDance Is Shutting Down TikTok Music Globally**
In November, ByteDance's TikTok Music will be shut down in all the countries it currently operates in, including Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. A notice on the service's website reads: "We are sorry to inform you that TikTok Music will be closing on 28 November 2024." TechCrunch reports: Subscribers can continue to use the service until November 2 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/0012224/bytedance-is-shutting-down-tiktok-music-globally?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T03:30:00Z	**Car Software Patches Are Over 20% of Recalls, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law. While that's a sign of growing inconvenience for drivers, the silver l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/0018219/car-software-patches-are-over-20-of-recalls-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T07:00:00Z	**X-Rays From a Nuclear Explosion Could Redirect an Asteroid**
Scientists have proposed a method to deflect dangerous asteroids using nuclear explosions, not by directly blowing them up, but by detonating a bomb above the surface to create an X-ray burst that vaporizes part of the asteroid and changes its course. Experiments using the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories simulated this process, showing that it c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/0022259/x-rays-from-a-nuclear-explosion-could-redirect-an-asteroid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T10:00:00Z	**45 Years Ago CompuServe Connected the World Before the World Wide Web**
Tony Isaac shares a report from WOSU Public Media: Silicon Valley has the reputation of being the birthplace of our hyper-connected Internet age, the hub of companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook. However, a pioneering company here in central Ohio is responsible for developing and popularizing many of the technologies we take for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/0442254/45-years-ago-compuserve-connected-the-world-before-the-world-wide-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T13:00:00Z	**Microsoft Claims Its New Tool Can Correct AI Hallucinations**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Microsoft today revealed Correction, a service that attempts to automatically revise AI-generated text that's factually wrong. Correction first flags text that may be erroneous -- say, a summary of a company's quarterly earnings call that possibly has misattributed quotes -- then fact-checks it by comparing t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/0452207/microsoft-claims-its-new-tool-can-correct-ai-hallucinations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T14:00:00Z	**Nintendo Japan Plans To Stop Repairing Its Classic Edition Consoles**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Somehow, Nintendo's NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo Classic Edition is about to turn seven. That's apparently old enough for Nintendo to announce that the Japanese versions of the consoles -- the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer and the Ninten ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1348250/nintendo-japan-plans-to-stop-repairing-its-classic-edition-consoles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T14:40:00Z	**New California Law Requires One-Click Subscription Cancellations**
A new law in California will make it easier for consumers to cancel their streaming subscriptions and similar products when they enroll in automatic renewal of those services. From a report: The law, passed through Assembly Bill (AB) 2863, will require companies that offer automatic subscription renewals through one-click purchases to also offer c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/142200/new-california-law-requires-one-click-subscription-cancellations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T15:20:00Z	**Admins Using Windows Server Update Services Up in Arms as Microsoft Deprecates Feature**
Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away, as administrators using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will soon find out. From a report: Windows Server 2025 remains in preview, but Microsoft has been busy letting users know what is set for removal and what will be deprecated in the release. WSUS fit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1351246/admins-using-windows-server-update-services-up-in-arms-as-microsoft-deprecates-feature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T16:04:00Z	**Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration**
At a time when tech companies are paying eye-popping sums to hire the best minds in artificial intelligence, Google's deal to rehire Noam Shazeer has left others in the dust. From a report: A co-author of a seminal research paper that kicked off the AI boom, Shazeer quit Google in 2021 to start his own company after the search  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/164213/google-paid-27-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-who-quit-in-frustration?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T16:41:00Z	**China-Linked Hackers Breach US Internet Providers in New 'Salt Typhoon' Cyberattack**
Hackers linked to the Chinese government have broken into a handful of U.S. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, WSJ reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: The hacking campaign, called Salt Typhoon by investigators, hasn't previousl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1623228/china-linked-hackers-breach-us-internet-providers-in-new-salt-typhoon-cyberattack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T17:29:00Z	**Google Complains To EU Over Microsoft Cloud Practices**
Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure. From a report: Google, whose biggest cloud computing rivals are Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, said Microsoft was exploiting its dominant Windows Server operating sy ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1729220/google-complains-to-eu-over-microsoft-cloud-practices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T18:02:00Z	**Meta Unveils AR Glasses Prototype**
Meta unveiled prototype AR glasses codenamed Orion on Wednesday, featuring a 70-degree field of view, Micro LED projectors, and silicon carbide lenses that beam graphics directly into the wearer's eyes. In an interview with The Verge, CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the device's capabilities, including ingredient recognition, holographic gaming, and video calling, controlled by a neural wristband that inter ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/181226/meta-unveils-ar-glasses-prototype?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T18:41:00Z	**LG TVs Start Showing Ads On Screensavers**
LG has started displaying ads on TV screensavers, intensifying the proliferation of ads in smart TV software. The South Korean company quietly announced the move to advertisers on September 5, forgoing a public statement to consumers.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=LG+TVs+Start+Showing+Ads+On+Screensavers%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fentertainm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1840253/lg-tvs-start-showing-ads-on-screensavers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T19:20:00Z	**OpenAI Pitched White House On Unprecedented Data Center Buildout**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on the need for massive data centers that could each use as much power as entire cities, framing the unprecedented expansion as necessary to develop more advanced artificial intelligence models and compete with China. Following a recent meeting at the W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1853232/openai-pitched-white-house-on-unprecedented-data-center-buildout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T19:58:00Z	**OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving Firm**
OpenAI's chief technology officer Mira Murati has announced her departure from the company, marking the latest high-profile exit from the Microsoft-backed AI firm. Murati, who briefly served as interim CEO during last year's leadership turmoil, cited a desire for personal exploration after six and a half years at OpenAI.

Her resignation follows the departures of founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1959208/openai-cto-mira-murati-is-leaving-firm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T20:40:00Z	**Russia Blocks OONI Explorer, a Large Open Dataset On Internet Censorship**
As of September 11th, Russia has blocked access to OONI Explorer, citing concerns over circumvention tools. This block affects Russian users' ability to access not only circumvention data but also the extensive dataset on global internet censorship that OONI provides. From a blog post: OONI Explorer is one of the largest open dataset ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/191225/russia-blocks-ooni-explorer-a-large-open-dataset-on-internet-censorship?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T21:20:00Z	**Evan Prodromou Launches The Social Web Foundation To Build Out the Fediverse**
Evan Prodromou, co-author of the ActivityPub protocol, has launched The Social Web Foundation to address the challenges of the ActivityPub ecosystem and foster the growth of the Fediverse. The foundation aims to support developers, organizations, and governments through advocacy, educational materials, and infrastructure,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1910242/evan-prodromou-launches-the-social-web-foundation-to-build-out-the-fediverse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T22:00:00Z	**Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Updated With Real-Time AI Video, Reminders, and QR Code Scanning**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company's Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday. [...] Meta says its smart glasses will soon have real-time AI video capabilities, meaning you can ask the Ray Ban Meta glasses ques ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1920231/ray-ban-smart-glasses-updated-with-real-time-ai-video-reminders-and-qr-code-scanning?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T22:40:00Z	**OpenAI To Remove Non-Profit Control and Give Sam Altman Equity**
OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its non-profit board. "Chief executive Sam Altman will also receive equity for the first time in the for-profit company, which could be worth $150 billion after the restructuring as it also tries to remove the cap on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2141233/openai-to-remove-non-profit-control-and-give-sam-altman-equity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-25T23:21:00Z	**As IBM Pushes For More Automation, Its AI Simply Not Up To the Job of Replacing Staff**
An anonymous reader shares a report: IBM's plan to replace thousands of roles with AI presently looks more like outsourcing jobs to India, at the expense of organizational competency. That view of Big Blue was offered to The Register after our report on the IT giant's latest layoffs, which resonated so strongly ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1935231/as-ibm-pushes-for-more-automation-its-ai-simply-not-up-to-the-job-of-replacing-staff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T00:01:00Z	**Winamp Releases Source Code, Asks For Help Modernizing the Player**
Winamp, the iconic media player from the late 1990s, has released its complete source code on GitHub, fulfilling a promise made in May. The move aims to modernize the player by inviting developers to collaborate on the project.

The source code release includes build tools and associated libraries for the Windows app, allowing developers to provid ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1854228/winamp-releases-source-code-asks-for-help-modernizing-the-player?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T00:41:00Z	**Amazon Employees Plead For Reversal of 5-Day RTO Mandate in Anonymous Survey**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Some Amazon workers are refusing to "disagree and commit," as one of the company's famed leadership principles requires of those who aren't on board with a decision. Instead, hundreds of the online retailing giant's employees are complaining that CEO Andy Jassy's five-days-per-week return-to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1941205/amazon-employees-plead-for-reversal-of-5-day-rto-mandate-in-anonymous-survey?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T01:20:00Z	**Disney Officially Launches Password-Sharing Crackdown With Paid Sharing Program**
Disney has officially launched its password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out what it is calling its "paid sharing program" to users in the U.S. and in many regions around the world this week. The rollout follows the company sharing plans to crackdown on unauthorized usage on its streaming service e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1927210/disney-officially-launches-password-sharing-crackdown-with-paid-sharing-program?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T02:00:00Z	**Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Impacts All GNU/Linux Systems**
"Looks like there's a storm brewing, and it's not good news," writes ancient Slashdot reader jd. "Whether or not the bugs are classically security defects or not, this is extremely bad PR for the Linux and Open Source community. It's not clear from the article whether this affects other Open Source projects, such as FreeBSD." From a report: A critical ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2150210/critical-unauthenticated-rce-flaw-impacts-all-gnulinux-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T03:30:00Z	**McDonald's Touchscreen Kiosks, Feared As Job Killers, Created More Jobs Instead**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Some McDonald's franchisees -- which own and operate 95% of McDonald's in the United States -- are now rolling out kiosks that can take cash and accept change. But even in these locations, McDonald's is reassigning cashiers to other roles, including new "guest experience  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/220217/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks-feared-as-job-killers-created-more-jobs-instead?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T07:00:00Z	**Ancient Martian Atmosphere May Be Sequestered In Clay**
New research suggests that Mars' missing atmosphere may have been absorbed by minerals in the planet's clays, in a process similar to geological reactions on Earth. It may explain Mars' loss of its atmosphere and potential to support life, with methane possibly still present and usable as an energy source. Longtime Slashdot reader Baron\_Yam writes: Conditions on e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2215228/ancient-martian-atmosphere-may-be-sequestered-in-clay?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T10:00:00Z	**Astronomers Discover Black Hole With Energy Jets Spanning 23 Million Light Years**
"The New York Times reports that astronomers have discovered a black hole spitting energy across 23 million light-years of intergalactic space (source paywalled; alternative source)," writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From the report: Two jets, shooting in opposite directions, compose the biggest ligh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2223236/astronomers-discover-black-hole-with-energy-jets-spanning-23-million-light-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T13:00:00Z	**DoNotPay Has To Pay $193K For Falsely Touting Untested AI Lawyer, FTC Says**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Among the first AI companies that the Federal Trade Commission has exposed as deceiving consumers is DoNotPay -- which initially was advertised as "the world's first robot lawyer" with the ability to "sue anyone with the click of a button." On Wednesday, the FTC announced tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/2241246/donotpay-has-to-pay-193k-for-falsely-touting-untested-ai-lawyer-ftc-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T14:07:00Z	**WordPress.org Denies Service To WP Engine**
WordPress has escalated its feud with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources -- and therefore from potentially vital software updates. From a report: WordPress is an open source CMS which is extensible using plugins. Its home is WordPress.org, which also hosts resources such as themes and plugins for the CMS. A vast ecosystem of p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/147236/wordpressorg-denies-service-to-wp-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T14:40:00Z	**Tor Project Merges With Tails**
The Tor Project: Today the Tor Project, a global non-profit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity, and Tails, a portable operating system that uses Tor to protect users from digital surveillance, have joined forces and merged operations. Incorporating Tails into the Tor Project's structure allows for easier collaboration, better sustainability, reduced overhead, and expanded training and outreach program ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1431201/tor-project-merges-with-tails?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T15:35:00Z	**Intel Releases Critical Microcode Fix for 13th and 14th Gen CPU Voltage Issues**
Intel has released microcode update 0x12B for its 13th and 14th generation Core processors, addressing persistent stability issues stemming from voltage irregularities. The update targets a specific clock tree circuit within the CPU's IA core that was causing elevated voltage requests during idle and light workloads.

Th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1535236/intel-releases-critical-microcode-fix-for-13th-and-14th-gen-cpu-voltage-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T16:05:00Z	**Google Maps is Cracking Down on Fake Reviews**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google Maps is reeling in business pages engaging in fake reviews, and highlighting such activity to its users. Google will now impose restrictions against business profiles that violate the search giant's Fake Engagement policy, such as temporarily removing reviews, blocking new reviews or ratings, and displaying a warning message on profiles that  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1540200/google-maps-is-cracking-down-on-fake-reviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T16:45:00Z	**California's New Law Forces Digital Stores To Admit You're Just Licensing Content, Not Buying It**
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat "disappearing" purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks. The legislation will force digital storefronts to tell customers they're just getting a license to use the digital media, rather than suggesting th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1645241/californias-new-law-forces-digital-stores-to-admit-youre-just-licensing-content-not-buying-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T17:24:00Z	**iPhone's 80% Charge Cap Barely Boosts Battery Life, Year-Long Test Reveals**
A year-long test of Apple's 80% charge limit feature on the iPhone 15 Pro Max has revealed only marginal benefits to battery health. MacRumors editor Juli Clover reported her device maintained 94% battery capacity after 299 charge cycles, compared to 87-90% capacity for iPhones without the limit. The opt-in setting, introduced  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1724238/iphones-80-charge-cap-barely-boosts-battery-life-year-long-test-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T18:05:00Z	**The End of the iPhone Upgrade?**
An anonymous reader shares a New Yorker story: Ultimately, the iPhone 16 does little to meaningfully improve on the experience I had with the 12, besides, perhaps, charging with a USB-C, as my laptop does, cutting down on the number of cords I have to keep track of. Instead, the greatest leaps in Apple's hardware are largely directed at those niche users who are already invested in using tools such as artificial ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1713242/the-end-of-the-iphone-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T18:44:00Z	**Kaspersky Defends Stealth Swap of Antivirus Software on US Computers**
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has defended its decision to automatically replace its antivirus software on U.S. customers' computers with UltraAV, a product from American company Pango, without explicit user consent. The forced switch, affecting nearly one million users, occurred as a result of a U.S. government ban on Kaspersky software.

K ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1825249/kaspersky-defends-stealth-swap-of-antivirus-software-on-us-computers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T19:22:00Z	**Two Nobel Prize Winners Want To Cancel Their Own CRISPR Patents in Europe**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In the decade-long fight to control CRISPR, the super-tool for modifying DNA, it's been common for lawyers to try to overturn patents held by competitors by pointing out errors or inconsistencies. But now, in a surprise twist, the team that earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/190227/two-nobel-prize-winners-want-to-cancel-their-own-crispr-patents-in-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T20:01:00Z	**Google Restricts Creation of New Accounts in Russia**
Google has restricted the creation of new accounts for Russian users, state news agencies cited Russia's digital ministry as saying on Thursday. Reuters: Google has been under pressure in Russia for several years, particularly for not taking down content Moscow considers illegal and for blocking the YouTube channels of Russian media and public figures since Moscow's invas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1918250/google-restricts-creation-of-new-accounts-in-russia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T20:44:00Z	**Apple Quietly Removed 60 More VPNs From Russian App Store**
Apple has pulled 60 VPNs from its App Store in Russia, according to research from anti-censorship org GreatFire. From a report: The iThing-maker's action comes amid a Kremlin crackdown on VPNs that has already seen a ban on privacy-related extensions to the open source Firefox browser. The software's developer, Mozilla, defied that ban and allowed the extensi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/1927250/apple-quietly-removed-60-more-vpns-from-russian-app-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T21:20:00Z	**US Court Orders LibGen To Pay $30 Million To Publishers, Issues Broad Injunction**
A New York federal court has ordered (PDF) the operators of shadow library LibGen to pay $30 million in copyright damages to publishers. The default judgment also comes with a broad injunction that affects third-party services including domain registries, browser extensions, CDN providers, IPFS gateways, advertisers,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/2052249/us-court-orders-libgen-to-pay-30-million-to-publishers-issues-broad-injunction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T22:00:00Z	**US Justice Department Probes Super Micro Computer**
According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Super Micro Computer after short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged "accounting manipulation" at the AI server maker. Super Micro's shares fell about 12% following the report. Reuters reports: The WSJ report, which cited people familiar with the matter, said the probe was at an early stage and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/211247/us-justice-department-probes-super-micro-computer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T22:40:00Z	**Google's NotebookLM Can Help You Dive Deeper Into YouTube Videos**
The Verge's Emma Roth reports: NotebookLM, Google's AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video's transcript, including autogenerated ones. Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief summary of key topics discus ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/217228/googles-notebooklm-can-help-you-dive-deeper-into-youtube-videos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-26T23:20:00Z	**Paralyzed Jockey Loses Ability To Walk After Manufacturer Refuses To Fix Battery For His $100,000 Exoskeleton**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: After a horseback riding accident left him paralyzed from the waist down in 2009, former jockey Michael Straight learned to walk again with the help of a $100,000 ReWalk Personal exoskeleton. Earlier this ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/2113232/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100000-exoskeleton?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T00:03:00Z	**Mozilla Hit With Privacy Complaint In EU Over Firefox Tracking Tech**
Mozilla has been hit with a complaint by EU privacy group noyb, accusing it of violating GDPR by tracking Firefox users by default without their consent. TechCrunch reports: Mozilla calls the feature at issue "Privacy Preserving Attribution" (PPA). But noyb argues this is misdirection. And if EU privacy regulators agree with the complaint th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/002223/mozilla-hit-with-privacy-complaint-in-eu-over-firefox-tracking-tech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T00:45:00Z	**Dozens of Fortune 100 Companies Have Unwittingly Hired North Korean IT Workers**
"Dozens of Fortune 100 organizations" have unknowingly hired North Korean IT workers using fake identities, generating revenue for the North Korean government while potentially compromising tech firms, according to Google's Mandiant unit. "In a report published Monday [...], researchers describe a common scheme orchestra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0011212/dozens-of-fortune-100-companies-have-unwittingly-hired-north-korean-it-workers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T01:25:00Z	**NIST Proposes Barring Some of the Most Nonsensical Password Rules**
Ars Technica's Dan Goodin reports: Last week, NIST released its second public draft of SP 800-63-4, the latest version of its Digital Identity Guidelines. At roughly 35,000 words and filled with jargon and bureaucratic terms, the document is nearly impossible to read all the way through and just as hard to understand fully. It sets both the tech ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0021240/nist-proposes-barring-some-of-the-most-nonsensical-password-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T03:30:00Z	**HP Is Adding AI To Its Printers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCWorld, written by Michael Crider: The latest perpetrator of questionable AI branding? HP. The company is introducing "Print AI," what it calls the "industry's first intelligent print experience for home, office, and large format printing." What does that mean? It's essentially a new beta software driver package for some HP printers. According to the press release,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0030239/hp-is-adding-ai-to-its-printers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T07:00:00Z	**Starlink Is Now Available on All Hawaiian Airlines Airbus Flights**
Hot on the heels of United Airlines' Starlink announcement, Hawaiian Airlines said it, too, is offering "fast and free Starlink Wi-Fi" across its entire Airbus fleet. CNET reports: Hawaiian Airlines is now the first major carrier to use Elon Musk's satellite internet service, which taps more than 7,000 satellites in low earth orbit to deliver ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0039207/starlink-is-now-available-on-all-hawaiian-airlines-airbus-flights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T10:00:00Z	**Promises of 'Passive Income' On Amazon Led To Death Threats For Negative Online Review, FTC Says**
"The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on 'automation' companies that launch and manage online businesses on behalf of customers in exchange for an upfront investment," reports CNBC's Annie Palmer. "The latest case targets Ascend Ecom, which ran an e-commerce money-making scheme ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0047225/promises-of-passive-income-on-amazon-led-to-death-threats-for-negative-online-review-ftc-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T13:00:00Z	**South Korea Criminalizes Watching Or Possessing Sexually Explicit Deepfakes**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that criminalizes possessing or watching sexually explicit deepfake images and videos, with penalties set to include prison terms and fines. There has been an outcry in South Korea over Telegram group chats where sexually explici ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/012256/south-korea-criminalizes-watching-or-possessing-sexually-explicit-deepfakes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T14:00:00Z	**Turning OpenAI Into a Real Business Is Tearing It Apart**
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, is experiencing significant internal turmoil as a wave of high-profile departures, including Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, rocks the company. Over 20 researchers and executives have left this year, reflecting deepening tensions between the organization's original nonprofit mission and its new profit-driven focus, WSJ reported Fri ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/133234/turning-openai-into-a-real-business-is-tearing-it-apart?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T14:40:00Z	**Dell Mandates Five-Day Office Presence For Global Sales Team**
Dell is requiring global sales employees to work from offices five days a week starting September 30, according to an internal memo. The move aims to foster collaboration and skill development. Field representatives must spend five days weekly with customers, partners, or in-office, up from the previous three-day requirement, Dell says in the memo, according  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1318203/dell-mandates-five-day-office-presence-for-global-sales-team?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T15:20:00Z	**TSMC Execs Dismiss OpenAI Chief's $7 Trillion Chip Plan as 'Podcasting Bro' Vision**
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) executives have dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ambitious chip-making proposal as unrealistic, according to The New York Times. Altman, seeking to boost AI computing power, pitched a $7 trillion plan to build 36 semiconductor plants over several years during a visit to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1357209/tsmc-execs-dismiss-openai-chiefs-7-trillion-chip-plan-as-podcasting-bro-vision?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T16:00:00Z	**Apple Rolls Back Its Big Plans to Release Movies in Theaters**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is rethinking its movie strategy after the disappointing box office performance of several big-budget films, including Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Argylle and Fly Me to the Moon. Apple canceled plans to release Wolfs -- an action comedy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt -- in tho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1542238/apple-rolls-back-its-big-plans-to-release-movies-in-theaters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T16:50:00Z	**Iranian Operatives Charged in the US With Hacking Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign**
The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations. From a report: The three accused hackers were employed by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1649223/iranian-operatives-charged-in-the-us-with-hacking-donald-trumps-presidential-campaign?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T17:25:00Z	**Controversial Windows Recall AI Search Tool Returns**
wiredmikey writes: Three months after pulling previews of the controversial Windows Recall feature due to public backlash, Microsoft says it has completely overhauled the security architecture with proof-of-presence encryption, anti-tampering and DLP checks, and screenshot data managed in secure enclaves outside the main operating system.

In an interview with SecurityWeek, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1722216/controversial-windows-recall-ai-search-tool-returns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T18:19:00Z	**Steam Will Let You Sue Valve Now**
Steam just removed its forced arbitration policy, opening the door for lawsuits against its parent company, Valve. From a report: In an update on Thursday, Steam says its subscriber agreement "now provides that any disputes are to go forward in court instead of arbitration." Many companies include a forced arbitration clause in their user agreement, waiving a person's right to a trial in court. Arbitration involve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1819254/steam-will-let-you-sue-valve-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T18:45:00Z	**White House Agonizes Over UN Cybercrime Treaty**
The United Nations is set to vote on a treaty later this year intended to create norms for fighting cybercrime -- and the Biden administration is fretting over whether to sign on. Politico: The uncertainty over the treaty stems from fears that countries including Russia, Iran and China could use the text as a guise for U.N. approval of their widespread surveillance measures and supp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1834246/white-house-agonizes-over-un-cybercrime-treaty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T19:25:00Z	**Europe's Space Agency Will Destroy a Brand-New Satellite in 2027 Just To See What Happens**
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters the atmosphere. From a report: The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that scientists can learn how to prevent the creation of m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1924212/europes-space-agency-will-destroy-a-brand-new-satellite-in-2027-just-to-see-what-happens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T20:02:00Z	**Flaw In Kia's Web Portal Let Researchers Track, Hack Cars**
SpzToid shares a report: Today, a group of independent security researchers revealed that they'd found a flaw in a web portal operated by the carmaker Kia that let the researchers reassign control of the Internet-connected features of most modern Kia vehicles -- dozens of models representing millions of cars on the road -- from the smartphone of a car's owner to t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/1950242/flaw-in-kias-web-portal-let-researchers-track-hack-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T20:45:00Z	**If 23andMe Is Up for Sale, So Is All That DNA**
23andMe is not doing well. Its stock is on the verge of being delisted. It shut down its in-house drug-development unit last month, only the latest in several rounds of layoffs. Last week, the entire board of directors quit, save for Anne Wojcicki, a co-founder and the company's CEO. Amid this downward spiral, Wojcicki has said she'll consider selling 23andMe -- which means the DNA of 2 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/208242/if-23andme-is-up-for-sale-so-is-all-that-dna?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T21:20:00Z	**Science Editors Raise New Doubts on Meta's Claims It Isn't Polarizing**
Meta Platforms' claims that Facebook doesn't polarize Americans came under new doubt as the journal Science raised questions about a prominent research paper the tech giant has cited to support its position. WSJ: In an editorial Thursday, Science said that Meta's emergency efforts to calm its platforms in the wake of the 2020 election may ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2027221/science-editors-raise-new-doubts-on-metas-claims-it-isnt-polarizing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T22:11:00Z	**IBM Opens Its Quantum-Computing Stack To Third Parties**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by John Timmer: [P]art of the software stack that companies are developing to control their quantum hardware includes software that converts abstract representations of quantum algorithms into the series of commands needed to execute them. IBM's version of this software is called Qiskit (although it was  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2210240/ibm-opens-its-quantum-computing-stack-to-third-parties?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T22:50:00Z	**iFixit's iPhone 16 Teardown Reveals Game-Changing Battery Removal Process**
iFixit's iPhone 16 teardown revealed a new battery removal process that does away with the usual pull tabs, instead opting for an adhesive that debonds when exposed to a low electrical current. "It only takes about a minute and a half for it to come unstuck," reports Engadget, citing Apple's repair guide. iFixit tech Shahram Mok ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2218240/ifixits-iphone-16-teardown-reveals-game-changing-battery-removal-process?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-27T23:30:00Z	**Meta Fined $102 Million For Storing 600 Million Passwords In Plain Text**
Meta has been fined $101.5 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for storing over half a billion user passwords in plain text for years, with some engineers having access to this data for over a decade. The issue, discovered in 2019, predominantly affected non-US users, especially those using Facebook Lite. AppleInside ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2226229/meta-fined-102-million-for-storing-600-million-passwords-in-plain-text?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T00:10:00Z	**AI Avatars Are Doing Job Interviews Now**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Jack Ryan from San Diego was recently being interviewed for a job. On a video call, the interviewer, a woman with red hair, said, "I find it helps when candidates tell me a story in answering the questions." "I'm looking for examples from your work experience," the woman added. During the conversation, Ryan had a smirk on his face. That's because th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2232220/ai-avatars-are-doing-job-interviews-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T00:50:00Z	**Meta's AI Can Now Talk To You In the Voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench**
At its Connect event earlier this week, Meta said it'll be adding conversational voices to its AI chatbot from celebrities like Awkwafina, John Cena, Dame Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key and Kristen Bell. The Verge reports: These celebrity voices will only be available to US users of Meta's apps to start. And if  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2254211/metas-ai-can-now-talk-to-you-in-the-voices-of-awkwafina-john-cena-and-judi-dench?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T01:30:00Z	**Oracle Owns Nearly a Third of Arm Chip House Ampere, Could Take Control In 2027**
The Register's Tobias Mann reports: Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has the option to gain majority contr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2257245/oracle-owns-nearly-a-third-of-arm-chip-house-ampere-could-take-control-in-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T02:10:00Z	**US Trademark Office Cancels Marvel, DC's 'Super Hero' Trademarks**
A U.S. Trademark Office tribunal canceled Marvel and DC's jointly owned "Super Hero" trademarks after the companies failed to respond to a request by London-based Superbabies Ltd, which argued the marks couldn't be owned collectively or monopolize the superhero genre. The ruling was "not just a win for our client but a victory for creativity and innova ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/233217/us-trademark-office-cancels-marvel-dcs-super-hero-trademarks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T03:30:00Z	**'Anne Frank' Copyright Dispute Triggers VPN, Geoblocking Questions At EU's Highest Court**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The Dutch Supreme Court has requested guidance from the EU's top court on geo-blocking, VPNs, and copyright in a case involving the online publication of Anne Frank's manuscripts. The CJEU's response has the potential to reshape the online content di ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/2310247/anne-frank-copyright-dispute-triggers-vpn-geoblocking-questions-at-eus-highest-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T07:00:00Z	**Starlink Surpasses 4 Million Subscribers**
Longtime Slashdot reader penciling\_in shares a report from CircleID: Starlink, SpaceX's satellite-based internet service, has hit a major milestone by surpassing 4 million subscribers worldwide. SpaceX confirmed the news on Thursday after company President Gwynne Shotwell hinted earlier in the week that the service would reach the mark within days. Since its beta launch in October 2020, Starl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0054257/starlink-surpasses-4-million-subscribers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T10:00:00Z	**Jets From Black Holes Cause Stars To Explode, Hubble Reveals**
Black hole jets, which spew near-light-speed particle beams, can trigger nearby white dwarf stars to explode by igniting hydrogen layers on their surfaces. "We don't know what's going on, but it's just a very exciting finding," said Alec Lessing, an astrophysicist at Stanford University and lead author of a new study describing the phenomenon, in an ESA ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/016242/jets-from-black-holes-cause-stars-to-explode-hubble-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T13:00:00Z	**EPA Must Address Fluoridated Water's Risk To Children's IQs, US Judge Rules**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal judge in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations for fluoride in drinking water, saying the compound poses an unreasonable potential risk to children at levels that are currently typical nationwide. U.S. District Judge  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0114227/epa-must-address-fluoridated-waters-risk-to-childrens-iqs-us-judge-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T14:34:00Z	**Open Source Initiative Announces Alliance with Nonprofit Certifications Group**
When it comes to professional certifications, the long-running nonprofit Linux Professional Institute boasts they've issued 250,000, making them the world's largest Linux/Open Source certification body. And last week they announced a "strategic alliance" with the Open Source Initiative (OSI), which will now be "participat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/038242/open-source-initiative-announces-alliance-with-nonprofit-certifications-group?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T15:34:00Z	**A Cheap, Low-Tech Solution For Storing Carbon?  Researchers Suggest Burying Wood**
Researchers propose a "deceptively simple" way to sequester carbon, reports the Washington Post: burying wood underground:

Forests are Earth's lungs, sucking up six times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than the amount people pump into the atmosphere every year by burning coal and other fossil fuels. But much of that carbo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0418244/a-cheap-low-tech-solution-for-storing-carbon-researchers-suggest-burying-wood?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T16:34:00Z	**Octopuses Recorded Hunting With Fish - and Punching Those That Don't Cooperate**
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shared this report from NBC News:

Octopuses don't always hunt alone — but their partners aren't who you'd expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes include several fish species at once.
The ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0550239/octopuses-recorded-hunting-with-fish---and-punching-those-that-dont-cooperate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T17:38:00Z	**Alcohol Can Increase Your Cancer Risk, Researchers Find**
The world's oldest and largest cancer research association "found excessive levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk for six different types of cancer," reports CBS News:

"Some of this is happening through chronic inflammation. We also know that alcohol changes the microbiome, so those are the bacteria that live in your gut, and that can also increase th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/1735259/alcohol-can-increase-your-cancer-risk-researchers-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T18:52:00Z	**An International Space Station Leak Is Getting Worse, NASA Confirms**
Ars Technica reports NASA officials operating the International Space Station "are seriously concerned about a small Russian part of the station" — because it's leaking.
The "PrK" tunnel connecting a larger module to a docking port "has been leaking since September 2019... In February of this year NASA identified an increase in the leak r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/1850224/an-international-space-station-leak-is-getting-worse-nasa-confirms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T20:07:00Z	**Did Canals Help Build Egypt's Pyramids?**
How were the Pyramids built? NBC News reported on "a possible answer" after new evidence was published earlier this year in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
The theory? "[A]n extinct branch of the Nile River once weaved through the landscape in a much wetter climate."

Dozens of Egyptian pyramids across a 40-mile-long range rimmed the waterway, the study says, including the best-kno ... ⌘ [Read more](https://build.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/204238/did-canals-help-build-egypts-pyramids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T21:07:00Z	**Despite Predictions of Collapse for Ocean Current, Researchers Find a Key Component is 'Remarkably Stable'**
Past studies have suggested a major ocean current could collapse, quickly changing temperatures and climate patterns, reports the Washington Post.
"But scientists disagree on whether the the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already slowing, and q ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0455257/despite-predictions-of-collapse-for-ocean-current-researchers-find-a-key-component-is-remarkably-stable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T22:07:00Z	**Gen Z Grads Are Being Fired Months After Being Hired**
"After complaining that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with for the best part of two years, bosses are no longer all talk, no action — now they're rapidly firing young workers who aren't up to scratch just months after hiring them," writes Fortune.

"According to a new report, six in 10 employers say they have already sacked some of the Gen Z workers they hired fresh o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/2115224/gen-z-grads-are-being-fired-months-after-being-hired?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-28T23:07:00Z	**How I Booted Linux On an Intel 4004 from 1971**
Long-time Slashdot reader dmitrygr writes: Debian Linux booted on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 — the first microprocessor in the world — the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s.

There's a detailed blog post about the experiment. (Its title? "Slowly booting full Linux on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/2238229/how-i-booted-linux-on-an-intel-4004-from-1971?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T01:34:00Z	**Why Boeing is Dismissing a Top Executive**
Last weekend Boeing announced that its CEO of Defense, Space, and Security "had left the company," according to Barrons. "Parting ways like this, for upper management, is the equivalent to firing," they write — though they add that setbacks on Starliner's first crewed test flight is "far too simple an explanation."

Starliner might, however, have been the straw that broke the camel's back. [Ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/2344234/why-boeing-is-dismissing-a-top-executive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T02:34:00Z	**US Transportation Safety Board Issues Urgent Alert About Boeing 737 Rudders**
America's National Transportation Safety Board "is issuing 'urgent safety recommendations' for some Boeing 737s..." reports CNN, "warning that critical flight controls could jam."

The independent investigative agency is issuing the warning that an actuator attached to the rudder on some 737 NG and 737 MAX airplanes could fa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/2344251/us-transportation-safety-board-issues-urgent-alert-about-boeing-737-rudders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T03:34:00Z	**Can AI Developers Be Held Liable for Negligence?**
Bryan Choi, an associate professor of law and computer science focusing on software safety, proposes shifting AI liability onto the builders of the systems:
To date, most popular approaches to AI safety and accountability have focused on the technological characteristics and risks of AI systems, while averting attention from the workers behind the curtain responsible for designin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/0122212/can-ai-developers-be-held-liable-for-negligence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T07:34:00Z	**California's Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Speeding Alerts in New Cars**
California governor Gavin Newsom "vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit," reports the Associated Press:

In explaining his veto, Newsom said federal law already dictates vehicle safety standards and adding California-specific requirements would create a patchwork of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/0242241/californias-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-speeding-alerts-in-new-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T11:34:00Z	**Are AI Coding Assistants Really Saving Developers Time?**
Uplevel provides insights from coding and collaboration data, according to a recent report from CIO magazine — and recently they measured "the time to merge code into a repository [and] the number of pull requests merged" for about 800 developers over a three-month period (comparing the statistics to the previous three months).

Their study "found no signific ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/2132232/are-ai-coding-assistants-really-saving-developers-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T14:34:00Z	**Clean Energy Should Get Cheaper and Grow Even Faster**
J. Doyne Farmer is the director of the complexity economics program at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in Oxford's research and policy unit. And he reminds us that solar and wind energy "are very likely to get even less expensive and grow quickly," pointing out that "the rate at which a given kind of technology improves is remarkably predictable."

The best-know ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/0456250/clean-energy-should-get-cheaper-and-grow-even-faster?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T15:34:00Z	**America's FDA Approves First New Drug for Schizophrenia in Over 30 Years**
Thursday America's Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, "the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years," reports ABC News:

Most schizophrenia medications, broadly known as antipsychotics, work by changing dopamine levels, a brain chemical that affects mood, motivation, and thinking [accor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/0614206/americas-fda-approves-first-new-drug-for-schizophrenia-in-over-30-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T16:34:00Z	**Are Your Phone's 5G Icon and Signal Bars Lying to You?**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:

Look at the top right corner of your phone. You might see an icon with "5G" and another with vertical bars showing the strength of your internet connection. Those symbols don't mean what you think they do.

If your phone shows "5G," you're not necessarily connected to the latest and zippiest cellphone ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/09/28/0519250/are-your-phones-5g-icon-and-signal-bars-lying-to-you?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T17:34:00Z	**67% of American Tech Workers Interested In Joining a Union**
Long-time Slashdot reader AsylumWraith writes: Visual Capitalist has posted an article and graph showing that, on average, 67% of US tech workers would be interested in joining a union. The percentage is highest at companies like Intuit, with 94% or respondents indicating they'd be interested in joining a union. On the other end of the scale, fewer than half of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/176258/67-of-american-tech-workers-interested-in-joining-a-union?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T18:38:00Z	**SpaceX Pausing Launches to Study Falcon 9 Issue on Crew-9 Astronaut Mission**
"SpaceX has temporarily grounded its Falcon 9 rocket," reports Space.com, "after the vehicle experienced an issue on the Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA."

Crew-9 lifted off on Saturday (Sept. 28) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/1837227/spacex-pausing-launches-to-study-falcon-9-issue-on-crew-9-astronaut-mission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T19:38:00Z	**New Flexible RISC-V Semiconductor Has Great Potential**
"For the first time, scientists have created a flexible programmable chip that is not made of silicon..." reports IEEE Spectrum — opening new possibilities for implantable devices, on-skin computers, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics.

U.K.-based Pragmatic Semiconductor produced an "ultralow-power" 32-bit microprocessor, according to the article, and "The mi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/1931249/new-flexible-risc-v-semiconductor-has-great-potential?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T21:51:00Z	**California's Governor Just Vetoed Its Controversial AI Bill**
"California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI," reports TechCrunch.

The bill "would have made companies that develop AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent 'critical harms'."

The rules would only have applied to models that cost at least $100 million and use  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/2150202/californias-governor-just-vetoed-its-controversial-ai-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-29T23:24:00Z	**The Hot New Trend in Commercial Real Estate?  Renting to Data Centers**
U.S. real estate developers "are having a hard time keeping up with demand," reports the Los Angeles Times, "as businesses in search of secure spots for their servers rent nearly every square foot that becomes available..."

Construction of new data centers is at "extraordinary levels" driven by "insatiable demand," a recent report on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/2322229/the-hot-new-trend-in-commercial-real-estate-renting-to-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T01:57:00Z	**America's Vice President Gets Stuck Behind a Stalled Driverless Robotaxi**
As the Vice President of the United States travelled in a motorcade Saturday to a San Francisco hotel, they ended up stopped behind "a Waymo vehicle that had to be driven away from the motorcade route by police," according to a local newscast (which called it an "only in San Francisco moment").

And that's not all. One local report ... ⌘ [Read more](https://idle.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/0154239/americas-vice-president-gets-stuck-behind-a-stalled-driverless-robotaxi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T03:39:00Z	**Could Atom-Sized Black Holes Be Detected in Our Solar System?**
Scientific American has surprising news about the possibility of black holes the size of an atom but containing the mass of an asteroid — the so-called "primordial black holes" formed after the birth of the universe which could solve the ongoing mystery of the missing dark matter.

These atom-sized black holes "may fly through the inner solar system  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/0254210/could-atom-sized-black-holes-be-detected-in-our-solar-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T03:39:00Z	**Could Atom-Sized Black Holes Be Detected in Our Solar System?**
Scientific American has surprising news about the possibility of black holes the size of an atom but containing the mass of an asteroid — the so-called "primordial black holes" formed after the birth of the universe which could solve the ongoing mystery of the missing dark matter.

These atom-sized black holes "may fly through the inner solar system  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/0254210/could-atom-sized-black-holes-be-detected-in-our-solar-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T07:34:00Z	**Exxon Mobil's 'Advanced' Technique for Recycling Plastic?  Burning It**
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:

In recent years — as longstanding efforts to recycle plastics have faltered — Exxon Mobil has touted advanced recycling as a groundbreaking technology that will turn the tide on the plastic crisis. But despite its seemingly eco-friendly name, the attorney general's lawsuit d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/0050246/exxon-mobils-advanced-technique-for-recycling-plastic-burning-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T11:34:00Z	**Mars' Long-Lost Atmosphere Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight**
Newsweek writes that the missing atmosphere of Mars "may be locked up in the planet's clay-rich surface, a new study by MIT geologists has suggested."
According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars' rocks could have triggered a series of chemical reactions, converting CO2 into methane and trapping the carbon in clay minerals for billions  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/0435244/mars-long-lost-atmosphere-might-be-hiding-in-plain-sight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T14:00:00Z	**Epic Games Sues Google and Samsung Over App Store Restrictions**
Epic Games filed a new antitrust lawsuit against Google and Samsung, alleging they conspired to undermine third-party app stores. The suit focuses on Samsung's "Auto Blocker" feature, now enabled by default on new phones, which restricts app installations to "authorized sources" - primarily Google and Samsung's stores.

Epic claims Auto Blocker creat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1345259/epic-games-sues-google-and-samsung-over-app-store-restrictions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T14:41:00Z	**AMD Improves Zen 5 CPU Latency and Performance With BIOS Updates**
AMD has released BIOS updates to boost performance and reduce latency for its Ryzen 9600X and 9700X processors. The updates come a month after disappointing Zen 5 desktop CPU reviews and coincide with Windows 11 optimizations for AMD chips. The new AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 firmware addresses high core-to-core latency issues and introduces a 105-watt cTDP o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1410204/amd-improves-zen-5-cpu-latency-and-performance-with-bios-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T15:20:00Z	**Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Many More Blocked by YouTube in Legal Dispute**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the U.S. due to a legal dispute between the platform and the performing rights organization SESAC. Attempts to play many, but not all, songs by those artists o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1414227/songs-by-adele-bob-dylan-green-day-many-more-blocked-by-youtube-in-legal-dispute?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T16:04:00Z	**Verizon Cellphone Users Report Outages Across the US**
Thousands of Verizon users across the United States reported having little or no cellphone service on Monday morning in major cities, including in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, New York and Phoenix. From a report: According to the website Downdetector, which tracks user reports of internet disruptions, more than 104,000 cases of Verizon outages were reported across the count ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/164215/verizon-cellphone-users-report-outages-across-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T16:40:00Z	**UK Ends 142-Year Coal Power Era in Industry's Birthplace**
AmiMoJo writes: The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal -- ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967. This marks a major milestone in the country's ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1557210/uk-ends-142-year-coal-power-era-in-industrys-birthplace?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T17:20:00Z	**US Approves Billions in Aid To Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant**
The Energy Department said on Monday that it had finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to help a company restart a shuttered nuclear plant in Michigan -- the latest sign of rising government support for nuclear power. From a report: Two rural electricity providers that planned to buy power from the reactor would also receive $1.3 billion in federal g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/177218/us-approves-billions-in-aid-to-restart-michigan-nuclear-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T18:01:00Z	**Reddit is Making Sitewide Protests Basically Impossible**
Reddit has implemented new restrictions on moderators' ability to alter community visibility settings, the social media platform announced Monday. Moderators must now obtain admin approval before switching subreddits between public, private, or NSFW status.

The move comes in response to last year's widespread protests against API pricing changes, during which tho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1753257/reddit-is-making-sitewide-protests-basically-impossible?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T18:41:00Z	**DirecTV To Buy Rival Dish Network**
DirecTV has agreed to acquire struggling rival Dish Network, creating a satellite TV behemoth with nearly 20 million subscribers. The complex transaction, announced Monday, involves private equity firm TPG acquiring a majority stake in DirecTV from AT&T for $7.6 billion. DirecTV will then purchase Dish for $1 and assume its debt.

The deal provides a lifeline for Dish, which faces $2 billion in debt due Nov ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1836228/directv-to-buy-rival-dish-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T19:20:00Z	**Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over.**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Udemy, an e-learning platform with more than 250,000 online classes, recently announced that it would train generative AI on the classes that its users contribute to the site. Not only were class teachers automatically opted in to having their classes used as trai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/198215/massive-e-learning-platform-udemy-gave-teachers-a-gen-ai-opt-out-window-its-already-over?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T20:01:00Z	**The Big Shift From Salaries To Bonus-Based Pay**
More American workers are seeing their compensation tied to performance metrics, a shift from traditional fixed salaries. A 2024 survey by Alexander Group found 28% of over 300 companies are incorporating incentive pay into new roles, extending a practice once limited to sales and executive positions. Employers argue this model boosts productivity, while some workers report earning ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1957234/the-big-shift-from-salaries-to-bonus-based-pay?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T20:42:00Z	**Mazda's $10 Subscription For Remote Start Sparks Backlash After Killing Open Source Option**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Mazda recently surprised customers by requiring them to sign up for a subscription in order to keep certain services. Now, notable right-to-repair advocate Louis Rossmann is calling out the brand. He points to several moves by Mazda as reasons for his anger toward th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/202227/mazdas-10-subscription-for-remote-start-sparks-backlash-after-killing-open-source-option?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T21:20:00Z	**California Bans Legacy Admissions At Private, Nonprofit Universities**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: It will soon be illegal for public and private universities in California to consider an applicant's relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a ban on the practice known as legacy admissions, a change that will affect prestigi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/2035213/california-bans-legacy-admissions-at-private-nonprofit-universities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T22:00:00Z	**Apple No Longer In Talks To Invest In OpenAI**
Apple has withdrawn from discussions to invest in OpenAI's $6.5 billion funding round, though reasons for the decision remain unclear. The company still plans to proceed with integrating ChatGPT into Siri. MacRumors reports: The development comes just a month after WSJ reported that Apple was considering an investment in OpenAI as part of a fundraising effort that could value the AI c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/2040238/apple-no-longer-in-talks-to-invest-in-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T22:40:00Z	**Cruise Fined $1.5 Million For Failing To Report Robotaxi Crash Involving Pedestrian**
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it has fined Cruise $1.5 million for failing to disclose that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its driverless vehicles in San Francisco last year. The Verge reports: Last October, a Cruise vehicle hit a pedestrian and then dragged her 20 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/223247/cruise-fined-15-million-for-failing-to-report-robotaxi-crash-involving-pedestrian?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-09-30T23:20:00Z	**Raspberry Pi Launches Camera Module For Vision-Based AI Applications**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Raspberry Pi, the company that sells tiny, cheap, single-board computers, is releasing an add-on that is going to open up several use cases -- and yes, because it's 2024, there's an AI angle. Called the Raspberry Pi AI Camera, this image sensor comes with on-board AI processing and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/2051232/raspberry-pi-launches-camera-module-for-vision-based-ai-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T00:02:00Z	**Arch Linux Is Now Working Directly With Valve**
The Arch Linux team has announced a collaboration with Valve, working to support critical infrastructure projects like a build service and secure signing enclave for the Arch Linux distribution. Tom's Hardware reports: If you're familiar with Valve and Steam Deck, you may already know that the Deck uses SteamOS 3, which is built on top of Arch Linux. Thanks to the Arch Linux base an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/2045247/arch-linux-is-now-working-directly-with-valve?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T00:45:00Z	**Amazon Is Launching Its Own Shark Tank Where Winners Get To Be Amazon Sellers**
Amazon Prime is launching a new Shark Tank-style competition show where contestants pitch products to a panel of celebrity investors and a live audience called "The 100." If a product wins audience approval, it gets featured in Amazon's Buy It Now Store, accessible via QR codes during episodes. The show, called  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/2214239/amazon-is-launching-its-own-shark-tank-where-winners-get-to-be-amazon-sellers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T00:59:00Z	**AI Chipmaker Cerebras Files For IPO To Take On Nvidia**
Cerebras Systems, an AI chip startup, filed (PDF) for an IPO and plans to trade under the ticker "CBRS" on Nasdaq. CNBC reports: Cerebras competes with Nvidia, whose graphics processing units are the industry's choice for training and running AI models. Cerebras says on its website that its WSE-3 chip comes with more cores and memory than Nvidia's popular H100. It's also a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0030246/ai-chipmaker-cerebras-files-for-ipo-to-take-on-nvidia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T01:25:00Z	**Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who 'Weaponized' DMCA Takedowns**
Google has obtained (PDF) a default judgment against two men who abused its DMCA takedown system to falsely target 117,000 URLs of competitors' online stores. With none of the defendants showing up in court, a California federal court sided with the search engine. Through an injunction, the men are now prohibited from sending false takedown  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0026213/google-wins-lawsuit-against-scammers-who-weaponized-dmca-takedowns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T03:30:00Z	**Switzerland and Italy Redraw Border Due To Melting Glaciers**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Switzerland and Italy have redrawn part of their border in the Alps due to melting glaciers, caused by climate change. Part of the area affected will be beneath the Matterhorn, one of Europe's tallest mountains, and close to a number of popular ski resorts. Large sections of the Swiss-Italian border are det ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0044230/switzerland-and-italy-redraw-border-due-to-melting-glaciers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T07:00:00Z	**Russia Is Banning Discord**
Russian authorities are considering a ban on Discord, citing unspecified legal violations. According to the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant, the ban may happen "in the coming days." PC Gamer reports: The opening salvo has already been fired. The Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor has issued five separate rulings relating to Discord since September 20, which can all now be used as justification for an upcoming ba ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0052226/russia-is-banning-discord?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T10:00:00Z	**Verizon Leases Over 6,300 Wireless Towers To Vertical Bridge For $3.3 Billion**
Vertical Bridge has acquired the rights to lease and operate over 6,000 wireless towers from Verizon for $3.3 billion as part of a 10-year agreement, with potential extensions of up to 50 years. Capacity Media reports: "Upon the completion of this transaction, these assets, together with our existing portfolio which includes thou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/010256/verizon-leases-over-6300-wireless-towers-to-vertical-bridge-for-33-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T14:05:00Z	**Sonos Unveils Overhaul Plan After App Debacle**
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has unveiled a plan to address the fallout from the company's botched app release in May 2024. The audio equipment maker aims to overhaul its software development practices and rebuild customer trust after the controversial update sparked widespread criticism, The Verge reports.

The company will extend warranties by one year for select products and implement mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/145259/sonos-unveils-overhaul-plan-after-app-debacle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T14:40:00Z	**Russian Ransomware Hackers Worked With Kremlin Spies, UK Says**
A Russian criminal gang secretly conducted cyberattacks and espionage operations against NATO allies on the orders of the Kremlin's intelligence services, according to the UK's National Crime Agency. From a report: Evil Corp., which includes a man who gained notoriety for driving a Lamborghini luxury sports car, launched the hacks prior to 2019, the NCA ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1420230/russian-ransomware-hackers-worked-with-kremlin-spies-uk-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T15:26:00Z	**Microsoft Copilot Can Now Read Your Screen, Think Deeply, and Speak Aloud To You**
Microsoft has unveiled new features for its Copilot AI assistant, including screen analysis and voice interaction capabilities. Copilot Vision, available to Copilot Pro subscribers, can analyze web content in Microsoft Edge and answer queries about on-screen information. The company said processed data is immediately ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1527203/microsoft-copilot-can-now-read-your-screen-think-deeply-and-speak-aloud-to-you?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T16:06:00Z	**Mount Everest Is Growing Even Taller**
The world's tallest mountain is getting taller. Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma, has grown about 15 to 50 meters (50 to 164 feet) higher over the past 89,000 years than expected, according to a modeling study released Monday. From a report: The culprit is a nearby river eroding and pushing down land, causing the ground under Mount Everest to rebound and lift. "It's a new additional component o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/166232/mount-everest-is-growing-even-taller?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T16:45:00Z	**Former US President Jimmy Carter Turns 100**
Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy. Associated Press: Living the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, the Georgia D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1617232/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-turns-100?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T17:20:00Z	**Microsoft Is Discontinuing HoloLens 2, With No Replacement**
An anonymous reader shares a report: HoloLens 2 production has ended, Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR. Now is the last time to buy the device before stock runs out, the company has been telling its partners and customers. HoloLens 2 will continue to receive "updates to address critical security issues and software regressions" until December 31 2027. As soon  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1716229/microsoft-is-discontinuing-hololens-2-with-no-replacement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T18:34:00Z	**Windows 11 24H2, the Biggest Update in Two Years, Starts Rolling Out**
Microsoft launched its annual Windows 11 update today, introducing significant changes to the operating system. The Windows 11 2024 Update, or 24H2, will roll out gradually, starting with PCs running versions 22H2 or 23H2 that have opted for faster feature updates. Key additions include an Energy Saver feature, Wi-Fi 7 support, and 80Gbps U ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1834231/windows-11-24h2-the-biggest-update-in-two-years-starts-rolling-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T19:01:00Z	**Microsoft Exec Tells Staff There Won't Be an Amazon-style Return-to-Office Mandate Unless Productivity Drops**
Microsoft won't impose a new return-to-office mandate unless management concludes that productivity has dropped, a high-level exec has reportedly told workers. From a report: The software and cloud-computing giant currently allows employees to work remotely, with man ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/191203/microsoft-exec-tells-staff-there-wont-be-an-amazon-style-return-to-office-mandate-unless-productivity-drops?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T19:48:00Z	**Chromebooks Are Getting a New Button and a Host of Google AI Features**
Google is introducing a new "Quick Insert" button on Chromebooks, offering contextual AI tools across the operating system. The feature debuts on Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus, replacing the traditional Caps Lock key. Older Chromebooks can access Quick Insert via a keyboard shortcut. The button opens an overlay providing access t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/1947235/chromebooks-are-getting-a-new-button-and-a-host-of-google-ai-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T20:25:00Z	**Ubisoft Investors Push For Company Sale as Shares Hit Decade-Low**
French video game publisher Ubisoft has delayed its upcoming "Assassin's Creed Shadows" by three months following disappointing sales of "Star Wars Outlaws". Ubisoft shares have hit a 10-year low as activist investor AJ Investments, backed by 10% of shareholders, pushes for a sale. "Star Wars Outlaws" sold just 1 million copies in its first month, far  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/203230/ubisoft-investors-push-for-company-sale-as-shares-hit-decade-low?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T21:01:00Z	**Microsoft Paint is Getting Photoshop-like Generative AI Fill and Erase Features**
Microsoft is bringing some new AI-powered Paint and Photos features to Copilot Plus PCs that could make creatives less reliant on more powerful image editing software. From a report: Generative Fill and Generative Erase -- which appear to be heavily inspired by similar AI tools in Adobe Photoshop -- are being introdu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/2033252/microsoft-paint-is-getting-photoshop-like-generative-ai-fill-and-erase-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T21:40:00Z	**Crooks Made Millions By Breaking Into Execs' Office365 Inboxes, Feds Say**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Federal prosecutors have charged a man for an alleged "hack-to-trade" scheme that earned him millions of dollars by breaking into the Office365 accounts of executives at publicly traded companies and obtaining quarterly financial reports before they were released publicly. The ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/2056257/crooks-made-millions-by-breaking-into-execs-office365-inboxes-feds-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T22:20:00Z	**Anthropic Hires OpenAI Co-Founder Durk Kingma**
OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma announced that he'll be joining Anthropic. "Anthropic's approach to AI development resonates significantly with my own beliefs," Kingma wrote in a post on X. "[L]ooking forward to contributing to Anthropic's mission of developing powerful AI systems responsibly. Can't wait to work with their talented team, including a number of great ex-colleagues from OpenAI  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/211201/anthropic-hires-openai-co-founder-durk-kingma?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T23:00:00Z	**AT&T Claims VMware By Broadcom Offered It a 1,050% Price Increase**
The Register's Simon Sharwood reports: AT&T has claimed that Broadcom made it an offer to increase prices by 1,050 percent, and may be influencing other vendors to make a migration harder. The claim of the colossal price hike came in an email [PDF] filed in evidence by AT&T in its case alleging Broadcom hasn't honored a contract that would allow the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/216232/att-claims-vmware-by-broadcom-offered-it-a-1050-price-increase?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-01T23:40:00Z	**eBay Wins Dismissal of US Lawsuit Over Alleged Sale of Harmful Products**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of hundreds of thousands of harmful products on its platform, including pesticides and devices to evade motor vehicle pollution controls. U.S. District Jud ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/2116225/ebay-wins-dismissal-of-us-lawsuit-over-alleged-sale-of-harmful-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T00:20:00Z	**uBlock Origin Lite Maker Ends Firefox Store Support, Slams Mozilla For Hostile Reviews**
The Firefox extension for the uBlock Origin Lite content blocker is no longer available. According to Neowin, "Raymond Hill, the maker of the extension, pulled support and moved uBlock Origin Lite to self-hosting after multiple encounters with a 'nonsensical and hostile' review process from the store rev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/2210202/ublock-origin-lite-maker-ends-firefox-store-support-slams-mozilla-for-hostile-reviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T01:00:00Z	**OpenAI Opens Its Speech AI Engine To Developers**
At its DevDay event today, OpenAI announced that it is giving third-party developers access to its speech-to-speech engine that powers ChatGPT's advanced voice mode. "The move paves the way for a wave of AI apps that offer conversational voice interfaces," reports Axios. From the report: Early testers of the feature include nutrition and fitness app Healthify and Speak, a l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/2215220/openai-opens-its-speech-ai-engine-to-developers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T01:40:00Z	**Nintendo Shuts Down Ryujinx Switch Emulator**
Nintendo has convinced Ryujinx's lead developer to shut down the project. According to The Verge, the Switch emulator's download page is empty and its GitHub is gone. The Verge reports: "Yesterday, gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and offered an agreement to stop working on the project, remove the organization and all related assets he's in control of," writes developer and moderator r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/0058247/nintendo-shuts-down-ryujinx-switch-emulator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T03:30:00Z	**Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Renews Blast At 'Gatekeeper' Platform Owners**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opened the Unreal Fest Seattle event today with an update on news that included a blistering criticism of monopolistic platform owners. Sweeney is a big proponent of open platforms and the open metaverse. In fact, he will talk about that subject in a virt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/0145246/epic-games-ceo-tim-sweeney-renews-blast-at-gatekeeper-platform-owners?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T07:00:00Z	**Bidirectional Charging May Be Required On EVs Soon Due To New California Law**
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law giving the California Energy Commission the authority to require bidirectional charging in electric vehicles (EVs) in the future -- although no timeline is set. Bidirectional charging allows EVs to not only charge from the grid but also supply electricity back to the grid, pote ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/0156225/bidirectional-charging-may-be-required-on-evs-soon-due-to-new-california-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T10:00:00Z	**Google Flights Now Uses Amtrak Data To Show 'Trains To Consider' Alongside Flights**
Google Flights is offering train routes as an alternative to airlines, thanks to a new partnership with Amtrak. 9to5Google reports: In the US, this option surfaces routes and pricing directly provided by Amtrak, as the rail service announced recently: "Amtrak and Google have joined forces to help travelers choose  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/033251/google-flights-now-uses-amtrak-data-to-show-trains-to-consider-alongside-flights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T13:00:00Z	**Hidden 'BopSpotter' Microphone Is Constantly Surveilling San Francisco For Good**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Somewhere over the streets of San Francisco's Mission, a microphone sits surveilling ... for banger songs. Bop Spotter is a project by technologist Riley Walz in which he has hidden an Android phone in a box on a pole, rigged it to be solar powered, and has s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/0310226/hidden-bopspotter-microphone-is-constantly-surveilling-san-francisco-for-good?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T14:05:00Z	**Microsoft Office 2024 is Now Available For Macs and PCs**
Microsoft is releasing a new version of Office this week, designed for people that don't want to subscribe to Microsoft 365. From a report: The standalone Microsoft Office 2024 release is now available for both consumers and small businesses, and includes locked-in-time versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook across both Mac and PC. Office 2024 include ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/146210/microsoft-office-2024-is-now-available-for-macs-and-pcs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T14:40:00Z	**Anduril Founder Luckey: Every Country Needs a 'Warrior Class' Excited To Enact 'Violence on Others in Pursuit of Good Aims'**
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey advocated for a "warrior class" and autonomous weapons during a talk at Pepperdine University. The defense tech entrepreneur, known for his Hawaiian shirts and mullet, argued that societies need people "ex ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1423221/anduril-founder-luckey-every-country-needs-a-warrior-class-excited-to-enact-violence-on-others-in-pursuit-of-good-aims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T15:20:00Z	**Meta's Smart Glasses Repurposed For Covert Facial Recognition**
Two Harvard students have developed smart glasses with facial recognition capabilities, sparking debate over privacy and surveillance. The project, dubbed I-XRAY, uses Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses coupled with facial recognition software to identify strangers and retrieve personal information about them. AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, the creators, t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1441238/metas-smart-glasses-repurposed-for-covert-facial-recognition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T16:05:00Z	**Popular Third-Party YouTube App for Vision Pro Pulled From App Store**
Juno, an app designed for watching YouTube on the Vision Pro, has been removed from the App Store, developer Christian Selig said today. From a report: Back in April, YouTube emailed Selig and said that Juno was violating the YouTube Terms of Service and the YouTube API by modifying the native YouTube.com web user interface, and used YouTu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/168227/popular-third-party-youtube-app-for-vision-pro-pulled-from-app-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T17:00:00Z	**OpenAI Has Closed New Funding Round Raising Over $6.5 Billion**
OpenAI has completed a deal to raise over $6.5 billion in new funding, giving the artificial intelligence company a more than $150 billion valuation, and bolstering its efforts to build the world's leading generative AI technology. From a report: The deal is one of the largest-ever private investments, and makes OpenAI one of the three largest venture-backed s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/171209/openai-has-closed-new-funding-round-raising-over-65-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T17:45:00Z	**Did Apple Just Kill Social Apps?**
Apple's iOS 18 update has introduced changes to contact sharing that could significantly impact social app developers. The new feature allows users to selectively share contacts with apps, rather than granting access to their entire address book. While Apple touts this as a privacy enhancement, developers warn it may hinder the growth of new social platforms. Nikita Bier, a start-up founder, called it "the en ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1744216/did-apple-just-kill-social-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T18:10:00Z	**OpenAI Asks Investors Not To Back Rival Startups Such as Elon Musk's xAI**
Financial Times has more details on the new fundraise closed by OpenAI. From the report: OpenAI has asked investors to avoid backing rival start-ups such as Anthropic and Elon Musk's xAI, as it secures $6.6bn in new funding and seeks to shut out challengers to its early lead in generative artificial intelligence. [...] During the n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1810206/openai-asks-investors-not-to-back-rival-startups-such-as-elon-musks-xai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T18:50:00Z	**Amazon To Increase Number of Ads on Prime Video**
Amazon is set to roll out a greater number of ads [non-paywalled link] across its blockbuster television shows and movies on Prime Video next year as the US tech giant steps up its push into ad-funded streaming services. Financial Times: The company said it had not seen a sharp drop in subscribers since it introduced advertising to its Prime Video platform eight months a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1849247/amazon-to-increase-number-of-ads-on-prime-video?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T19:32:00Z	**FCC is Offering $200 Million To Protect Schools and Libraries From Hackers**
The Federal Communications Commission is making up to $200 million available to help schools and libraries make their computer systems more secure. From a report: The Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program will be used to evaluate whether to fund this kind of program on a more permanent basis. The funding will come t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/1933202/fcc-is-offering-200-million-to-protect-schools-and-libraries-from-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T21:06:00Z	**Hurricane Helene Took Out NC Town the Entire Tech World Relies On**
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which supplies high-purity quartz essential for semiconductor production, is reeling from the damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Spruce Pine is one of the only places in the world to mine high-purity quartz. The mineral is an essential ingredient  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/215204/hurricane-helene-took-out-nc-town-the-entire-tech-world-relies-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T21:45:00Z	**Bank of America Is Down: Users Report Their Accounts Showing Empty Balance**
schwit1 shares a report from The Independent: Thousands of Bank of America customers reported trouble accessing their bank accounts Wednesday afternoon as the financial institution faced a widespread outage. On social media, customers said they could not view their account balances. Those who could view their accounts said they ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2116227/bank-of-america-is-down-users-report-their-accounts-showing-empty-balance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T22:25:00Z	**The Feds Still Can't Get Into Eric Adams' Phone**
The Verge's Gaby Del Valle reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing it over, according to charging documents. That was almost a year ago, and investigators still can't get into the phone, prosecutors ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2124209/the-feds-still-cant-get-into-eric-adams-phone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T23:03:00Z	**Court Blocks Uber Crash Lawsuit After Couple's Daughter Agreed To Uber Eats TOS**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: A New Jersey appeals court says a couple cannot sue Uber over a life-altering car accident because of the app's terms and conditions, even though they say it was their daughter who agreed to those terms while placing an Uber Eats order. John and Georgia McGinty -- a Mercer  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2135232/court-blocks-uber-crash-lawsuit-after-couples-daughter-agreed-to-uber-eats-tos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-02T23:40:00Z	**Cisco Is Abandoning the LoRaWAN Space With No Lifeboat For IoT Customers**
Cisco is exiting the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, with no migration plans for customers. "LoRaWAN is a low power, wide area network specification, specifically designed to connect devices such as sensors over relatively long distances," notes The Register. "It is built on LoRa, a form of wireless communication tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2244258/cisco-is-abandoning-the-lorawan-space-with-no-lifeboat-for-iot-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T00:20:00Z	**Meta Hit With New Author Copyright Lawsuit Over AI Training**
Novelist Christopher Farnsworth has filed a class-action lawsuit (PDF) against Meta, accusing the company of using his and other authors' pirated books to train its Llama AI model. Farnsworth seeks damages and an order to stop the alleged copyright infringement, joining a growing group of creators suing tech companies over unauthorized AI training. Reuters  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2251230/meta-hit-with-new-author-copyright-lawsuit-over-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T01:00:00Z	**Police Arrest Four Suspects Linked To LockBit Ransomware Gang**
Law enforcement from 12 countries arrested four individuals linked to the LockBit ransomware gang, including a developer and a bulletproof hosting administrator. The operation also resulted in the seizure of LockBit infrastructure and involved sanctions targeting affiliates of both LockBit and Evil Corp. BleepingComputer reports: According to Europol, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/2256250/police-arrest-four-suspects-linked-to-lockbit-ransomware-gang?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T02:30:00Z	**World Wide Web Foundation is Shutting Down**
After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down. From a report: In a letter shared via the organization's website, co-founders Sir Tim Berners-Lee -- inventor of the World Wide Web -- and Rosemary Leith explain that the organization's mission has been somewhat accomplished and a new battle needs to be waged. When the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/0219238/world-wide-web-foundation-is-shutting-down?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T03:30:00Z	**Attackers Exploit Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Using CC'd Email Addresses**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in mail servers sold by Zimbra in an attempt to remotely execute malicious commands that install a backdoor, researchers warn. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45519, resides in the Zimbra email and collaboration ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/230241/attackers-exploit-critical-zimbra-vulnerability-using-ccd-email-addresses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T07:00:00Z	**Enel X Way's JuiceBox EV Chargers About To Lose All Connectivity Features**
New submitter ae4ax writes: North American buyers of JuiceBox EVSEs (chargers) received an email today declaring the imminent closure of Enel X Way USA, LLC, the maintainers of the software infrastructure behind their EVSEs. Customer support has already shut down, and apps will be deactivated and removed by October 11, 2024.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/0230216/enel-x-ways-juicebox-ev-chargers-about-to-lose-all-connectivity-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T10:00:00Z	**Americans Are Growing Wary of Jumping Jobs**
"Job hopping as a way to boost your earnings may not be as profitable as it was in 2022," writes Slashdot reader NoWayNoShapeNoForm. "Data from ADP, based on payroll data of almost 10 million employees, suggests the salary gain between 'stay' and 'jump' has definitely narrowed across all age groups, gender classes, industries, and company sizes." Yahoo Finance reports: New data from ADP release ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/0243258/americans-are-growing-wary-of-jumping-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T13:00:00Z	**Private Equity Firms Ploughing Billions Into Fossil Fuels, Analysis Reveals**
Private equity firms are using US public sector workers' retirement savings to fund fossil fuel projects pumping more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to an analysis. From a report: They have ploughed more than $1tn into the energy sector since 2010, often buying into ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/0146246/private-equity-firms-ploughing-billions-into-fossil-fuels-analysis-reveals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T14:00:00Z	**WP Engine Sues WordPress for Libel, Extortion**
WP Engine, a major web hosting provider, has filed a federal lawsuit against WordPress [PDF] co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging libel and attempted extortion. The suit stems from a public dispute over WordPress trademark usage and open-source licensing.

WP Engine, which hosts over 200,000 websites, accuses Mullenweg and Automattic of "abuse of power, extortion, and gre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1354214/wp-engine-sues-wordpress-for-libel-extortion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T14:49:00Z	**PayPal Completes Its First Business Transaction Using Stablecoin**
PayPal completed its first business payment using its proprietary stablecoin as a way to demonstrate how digital currencies can be used to improve often-clunky commercial transactions. From a report: PayPal paid an invoice to Ernst & Young LLP on Sept. 23 using PYUSD, the stablecoin the firm launched last year, relying on an SAP SE platform to co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1449235/paypal-completes-its-first-business-transaction-using-stablecoin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T15:02:00Z	**OpenAI Gets $4 Billion Revolving Credit Line, Giving It More Than $10 Billion in Liquidity**
OpenAI has a $4 billion revolving line of credit, bringing its total liquidity to more than $10 billion, CNBC reported Thursday. From the report: It follows news on Wednesday that OpenAI closed its recent funding round at a valuation of $157 billion, including the $6.6 billion the company raised fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1516255/openai-gets-4-billion-revolving-credit-line-giving-it-more-than-10-billion-in-liquidity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T16:12:00Z	**NSO Should Lose Spyware Case for Discovery Violations, Meta Says**
WhatsApp and its parent Meta asked a judge to award them a total win against spyware maker NSO Group as punishment for discovery violations in a years-long case accusing the Israeli company of violating anti-hacking laws. From a report: NSO Group violated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, repeatedly ignoring the court's orders and its discovery ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1612219/nso-should-lose-spyware-case-for-discovery-violations-meta-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T16:53:00Z	**Rival Browsers Allege Microsoft's Practices on Edge Unfair**
Microsoft gives its Edge web browser an unfair advantage and EU antitrust regulators should subject it to tough EU tech rules, three rival browsers and a group of web developers said in a letter to the European Commission. From a report: The move by Vivaldi, Waterfox, Wavebox and the Open Web Advocacy could boost Norwegian browser company Opera which in July  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1653212/rival-browsers-allege-microsofts-practices-on-edge-unfair?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T17:30:00Z	**Google's AI Search Summaries Officially Have Ads**
Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries. From a report: Let's say you're searching for ways to get a grass stain out of your pants. If you ask Google, its AI-generated response will offer some tips, along with suggestions for products to purchase that could help you remove the s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1723227/googles-ai-search-summaries-officially-have-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T18:12:00Z	**Meta Confirms It Will Use Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Images for AI Training**
Meta has confirmed that it may use images analyzed by its Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses for AI training. The policy applies to users in the United States and Canada who share images with Meta AI, according to the company. While photos captured on the device are not used for training unless submitted to AI, any image shared for analysi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1812217/meta-confirms-it-will-use-ray-ban-smart-glasses-images-for-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T18:45:00Z	**Social Media Sanctions Hit Conservatives More, But Due to Content Sharing, Study Says**
A study published in Nature has found that conservative social media users were more likely to face sanctions, but attributes this to their higher propensity to share low-quality news rather than political bias. Researchers analyzed 9,000 Twitter users during the 2020 U.S. election, finding pro-Trump use ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1821246/social-media-sanctions-hit-conservatives-more-but-due-to-content-sharing-study-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T19:25:00Z	**Even Password Manager Subscribers Reuse Passwords, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's not exactly breaking news that people reuse passwords, but you might expect password manager subscribers to avoid the practice. You'd be wrong, according to a new study. Dashlane's downer of a report draws on saved logins analyzed on-device by Dashlane's software across "millions" of individual and business acco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1922259/even-password-manager-subscribers-reuse-passwords-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T20:05:00Z	**Mozilla Releases Firefox 131 With Tab Preview and Text-Specific Links**
Mozilla has released Firefox 131 for multiple platforms, addressing security vulnerabilities and introducing some new features. The update fixes at least seven high-risk security issues, none reportedly exploited in the wild. New features include Tab Preview, which displays thumbnails and details when hovering over background tabs, and  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1940215/mozilla-releases-firefox-131-with-tab-preview-and-text-specific-links?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T20:44:00Z	**Microsoft Pulls Plug on Mixed Reality in New Windows 11 Update**
Microsoft has discontinued Windows Mixed Reality support in its latest Windows 11 update, rendering a number of VR headsets obsolete. The move, reported by UploadVR, affects devices from major manufacturers. An estimated 80,000 users will lose access to their headsets upon upgrading to Windows 11 24H2. UploadVR adds: Despite the name, all Windows MR  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1955209/microsoft-pulls-plug-on-mixed-reality-in-new-windows-11-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T21:25:00Z	**Judge Blocks California's New AI Law In Case Over Kamala Harris Deepfake**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A federal judge blocked one of California's new AI laws on Wednesday, less than two weeks after it was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Shortly after signing AB 2839, Newsom suggested it could be used to force Elon Musk to take down an AI deepfake of Vice President Kamala Harris h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2024224/judge-blocks-californias-new-ai-law-in-case-over-kamala-harris-deepfake?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T22:02:00Z	**Senator Calls Out John Deere For Clean Air Act Violations, Blocking Farmer Repairs**
"The Fight to Repair Newsletter is reporting that U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling out agricultural equipment giant John Deere for possible violations of the federal Clean Air Act and a years-long pattern of thwarting owners' ability to repair their farm equipment," writes longtime Slashdot reader chicks ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2029258/senator-calls-out-john-deere-for-clean-air-act-violations-blocking-farmer-repairs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T22:40:00Z	**Cloudflare Blocks Largest Recorded DDoS Attack Peaking At 3.8Tbps**
BleepingComputer's Ionut Ilascu reports: During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, volumetric attacks peaked at 3.8 terabits per second, the largest publicly recorded to date. The assault consisted of a "month-long" barrage of more than 100 hyper-v ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2034235/cloudflare-blocks-largest-recorded-ddos-attack-peaking-at-38tbps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-03T23:20:00Z	**A Single Cloud Compromise Can Feed an Army of AI Sex Bots**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Organizations that get relieved of credentials to their cloud environments can quickly find themselves part of a disturbing new trend: Cybercriminals using stolen cloud credentials to operate and resell sexualized AI-powered chat services. Researchers say these illicit chat bots, which use custom jailbrea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2037248/a-single-cloud-compromise-can-feed-an-army-of-ai-sex-bots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T00:02:00Z	**Mystery Creator of Bitcoin Identified, New HBO Documentary Claims**
A new HBO documentary directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Cullen Hoback claims to have revealed the true identity of the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. As Politico notes, Hoback "drew critical acclaim for his series 'Q: Into the Storm' that exposed the authors of the QAnon conspiracy theory." The bitcoin documentary is scheduled  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2330200/mystery-creator-of-bitcoin-identified-new-hbo-documentary-claims?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T00:45:00Z	**OpenAI Launches New 'Canvas' ChatGPT Interface Tailored To Writing and Coding Projects**
OpenAI has introduced "canvas," a new interface for ChatGPT that provides a separate workspace for writing and coding projects. "Canvas is rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users on Thursday, and Enterprise and Edu users next week," reports TechCrunch. "Once canvas is out of beta, OpenAI says it pl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2338205/openai-launches-new-canvas-chatgpt-interface-tailored-to-writing-and-coding-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T01:25:00Z	**Fly Brain Breakthrough 'Huge Leap' To Unlock Human Mind**
fjo3 shares a report from the BBC: They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates -- all this with a brain that's tinier than a pinhead. Now for the first time scientists researching the brain of a fly have identified the position, shape and connections of every single one of its 130,000 cells and 50 million connections. It's the most de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/2345201/fly-brain-breakthrough-huge-leap-to-unlock-human-mind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T03:30:00Z	**23andMe Is On the Brink. What Happens To All Its DNA Data?**
The one-and-done nature of 23andMe is "indicative of a core business problem with the once high-flying biotech company that is now teetering on the brink of collapse," reports NPR. As 23andMe struggles for survival, many of its 15 million customers are left wondering what the company plans to do with all the data it has collected since it was founded in 2006 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/007212/23andme-is-on-the-brink-what-happens-to-all-its-dna-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T07:00:00Z	**Cheetos Food Dye Turns Mice Transparent**
Researchers have discovered that a popular food dye used in Cheetos "alters the optical qualities of skin, allowing light to pass through (Source paywalled; alternative source)," according to the Wall Street Journal. Larger doses of the dye used on humans could make searching veins for blood draw easier. From a report: Tartrazine, the yellowing agent for the "dangerously cheesy" snack, was te ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/0148245/cheetos-food-dye-turns-mice-transparent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T10:00:00Z	**AI Agent Promotes Itself To Sysadmin, Trashes Boot Sequence**
The Register's Thomas Claburn reports: Buck Shlegeris, CEO at Redwood Research, a nonprofit that explores the risks posed by AI, recently learned an amusing but hard lesson in automation when he asked his LLM-powered agent to open a secure connection from his laptop to his desktop machine. "I expected the model would scan the network and find the desktop computer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/021203/ai-agent-promotes-itself-to-sysadmin-trashes-boot-sequence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T13:00:00Z	**Cloudflare Defeats Patent Troll**
Cloudflare has emerged victorious in a patent infringement lawsuit against Sable Networks, securing a $225,000 settlement and forcing the patent holder to dedicate its entire portfolio to the public domain. The case, which began in March 2021 with Sable asserting nearly 100 claims across four patents, concluded after a Texas jury found Cloudflare not guilty of infringement in February 2024.

Sable, described by  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/0723228/cloudflare-defeats-patent-troll?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T14:00:00Z	**159 Employees Leave Automattic as WordPress CEO Escalates Fight With WP Engine**
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has seen a reduction of about 8.4% to its workforce after 159 employees accepted severance packages, CEO Matt Mullenweg said. The move follows disputes over the company's direction and its clash with web host WP Engine. Most departures hit the WordPress division, with some from othe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1355253/159-employees-leave-automattic-as-wordpress-ceo-escalates-fight-with-wp-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T14:41:00Z	**Tencent, Guillemot Family Mull Ubisoft Buyout Amid Share Slump**
Tencent and Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family are weighing a potential buyout of the French game maker, according to Bloomberg News. The move comes as Ubisoft's shares plunged 54% this year, hitting decade-lows after production delays and weak sales. Tencent, which bought 49.9% of Guillemot Brothers in 2022, holds 9.2% of Ubisoft's voting rights, while t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1430259/tencent-guillemot-family-mull-ubisoft-buyout-amid-share-slump?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T15:24:00Z	**Rivian Now Says It Will Make Fewer Electric Vehicles This Year Than It Did in 2023**
Rivian said it would make fewer electric vehicles this year than it did in 2023, resulting from a parts shortage. From a report: The news came as the company reported third quarter production and delivery numbers that came in below analyst expectations. Rivian says it expects to produce between 47,000 and 49,00 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1524230/rivian-now-says-it-will-make-fewer-electric-vehicles-this-year-than-it-did-in-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T16:04:00Z	**Antarctica is 'Greening' at Dramatic Rate as Climate Heats**
Plant cover across the Antarctic peninsula has soared more than tenfold over the last few decades, as the climate crisis heats up the icy continent. From a report: Analysis of satellite data found there was less than one sq kilometre of vegetation in 1986 but there was almost 12km2 of green cover by 2021. The spread of the plants, mostly mosses, has accelerated ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/164230/antarctica-is-greening-at-dramatic-rate-as-climate-heats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T16:44:00Z	**Apple Fixes Bug That Let VoiceOver Shout Your Passwords**
Apple just fixed a duo of security bugs in iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1, one of which might cause users' saved passwords to be read aloud. It's hardly an ideal situation for the visually impaired. From a report: For those who rely on the accessibility features baked into their iGadgets, namely Apple's VoiceOver screen reader, now is a good time to apply the lates ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1615214/apple-fixes-bug-that-let-voiceover-shout-your-passwords?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T17:22:00Z	**Collapse of National Security Elites' Cyber Firm Leaves Bitter Wake**
Cybersecurity firm IronNet, founded by former NSA director Keith Alexander, has collapsed after failing to deliver on its promise to revolutionize cyber defense. The company, which went public in 2021 with a $3 billion valuation, shut down in September 2023 after running out of money.

IronNet's downfall has left investors and former employees ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1715245/collapse-of-national-security-elites-cyber-firm-leaves-bitter-wake?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T18:01:00Z	**Thousands of Linux Systems Infected By Stealthy Malware Since 2021**
A sophisticated malware strain has infected thousands of Linux systems since 2021, exploiting over 20,000 common misconfigurations and a critical Apache RocketMQ vulnerability, researchers at Aqua Security reported. Dubbed Perfctl, the malware employs advanced stealth techniques, including rootkit installation and process name mimicry, to ev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1759201/thousands-of-linux-systems-infected-by-stealthy-malware-since-2021?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T18:40:00Z	**We May Have Passed Peak Obesity**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The year 1963 was surely one of the most significant of the 20th century. President John F Kennedy was assassinated, Martin Luther King delivered his "I have a dream" speech, and the Beatles recorded and released their debut album. But for all the huge political and cultural events, it was arguably an even more momentous year for public health: 1963 was the year cigarette ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1834239/we-may-have-passed-peak-obesity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T19:21:00Z	**Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine**
Concern over potential human-to-human transmission of bird flu has risen after six Missouri healthcare workers developed mild respiratory symptoms following contact with a patient infected with H5N1. The CDC reports only the original patient has tested positive for the virus. Scientists are ramping up efforts to develop mRNA vaccines against H5N1, with researchers  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1845237/bird-flu-fears-stoke-the-race-for-an-mrna-flu-vaccine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T20:01:00Z	**Matt Mullenweg: 'WordPress.org Just Belongs To Me'**
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has asserted his personal ownership of WordPress.org in a new interview, offering new insight into his clash with hosting provider WP Engine. "WordPress.org just belongs to me personally,"

Mullenweg told The Verge, justifying his decision to cut WP Engine's access to WordPress.org servers. He cited trademark concerns and insufficient ecosyst ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1925239/matt-mullenweg-wordpressorg-just-belongs-to-me?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T20:41:00Z	**60TB Hard Drives Arriving in 2028, According To Industry Roadmap**
An anonymous reader shares a report: The arrival of energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) technologies like Seagate's HAMR will play a crucial role in accelerating HDD capacity growth in the coming years. According to the new IEEE International Roadmap for Devices and Systems Mass Data Storage, we will see 60 TB hard disk drives in 2028. I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1929235/60tb-hard-drives-arriving-in-2028-according-to-industry-roadmap?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T21:20:00Z	**Meta's New 'Movie Gen' AI System Can Deepfake Video From a Single Photo**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Meta announced a preview of Movie Gen, a new suite of AI models designed to create and manipulate video, audio, and images, including creating a realistic video from a single photo of a person. The company claims the models outperform other video-synthesis models when ev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2041210/metas-new-movie-gen-ai-system-can-deepfake-video-from-a-single-photo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T22:00:00Z	**Latest Windows 11 Dev Build Is Out With Copilot Key Remapping**
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Dev build 26120.1930, which contains the ability to remap the Copilot key. The changes are rolling out gradually to Dev Insiders with the "Get the latest features as soon as they are available" toggle on. Neowin reports: [H]ere are the updates that are also gradually rolling out, but this time for all Dev Insiders: "W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://build.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2058232/latest-windows-11-dev-build-is-out-with-copilot-key-remapping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T22:40:00Z	**Google Is Testing Verified Checkmarks In Search**
Google is testing a new verification feature in search, in a move aimed at helping users avoid fake or fraudulent websites. The Verge's Jess Weatherbed reports: My colleague Jay Peters spotted checkmarks next to official site links for Microsoft, Meta, Epic Games, Apple, Amazon, and HP, but these were no longer displayed once he logged into a different Google account -- meaning th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/218251/google-is-testing-verified-checkmarks-in-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-04T23:20:00Z	**Google Vows To Stop Linking To New Zealand News If Forced To Pay For Content**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms. The vow to sever Google traffic to Ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2123213/google-vows-to-stop-linking-to-new-zealand-news-if-forced-to-pay-for-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T00:02:00Z	**SEC Appeals Decision In Landmark Ripple Case**
On Wednesday, the SEC filed (PDF) to appeal a 2023 court ruling that determined XRP is not considered a security when sold to retail investors on exchanges. The announcement sent the price of XRP tumbling more than 8%. "XRP, which was created by the founders of Ripple, is the native token of the open source XRP Ledger, which Ripple uses in its cross-border payments business," notes CNBC. "I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2144244/sec-appeals-decision-in-landmark-ripple-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T00:45:00Z	**Samsung's 'One UI' Is Expanding To All of Its Consumer Devices**
First announced in 2018, Samsung's "One UI" software is expanding to all the company's major tech products in 2025. 9to5Google reports: At its annual developer conference, Samsung announced that "One UI" is the new name for the company's software experiences across "major product lines." This specifically includes TVs and home appliances. Samsung says: " ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/221231/samsungs-one-ui-is-expanding-to-all-of-its-consumer-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T01:25:00Z	**Waymo Chooses the Hyundai Ioniq 5 For New Robotaxi**
Waymo has entered a "multi-year, strategic partnership" with Hyundai to integrate the company's autonomous driving system into the American-made Hyundai Ioniq 5. It's expected to join the Waymo One fleet after road tests starting in late 2025. Carscoops reports: Waymo and Geely joined forces in 2021 to introduce a mobility-focused Zeekr EV. The model was slated to be added  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2210245/waymo-chooses-the-hyundai-ioniq-5-for-new-robotaxi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T03:30:00Z	**Meta Faces Data Retention Limits On Its EU Ad Business After Top Court Ruling**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies. It ruled on Friday that social networks, such as Facebook, cannot keep using people's information for ad targeting indefinitely. The judgement could have major impl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/2154248/meta-faces-data-retention-limits-on-its-eu-ad-business-after-top-court-ruling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T07:00:00Z	**People Are Using Google Study Software To Make AI Podcasts**
Audio Overview, a new AI podcasting tool by Google, can generate realistic podcasts with human-like voices using content uploaded by users through NotebookLM. MIT Technology Review reports: NotebookLM, which is powered by Google's Gemini 1.5 model, allows people to upload content such as links, videos, PDFs, and text. They can then ask the system questions about  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0457222/people-are-using-google-study-software-to-make-ai-podcasts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T10:00:00Z	**California Passes Law To Protect Consumer 'Brain Data'**
On September 28, California amended the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 to recognize the importance of mental privacy. "The law marks the second such legal protection for data produced from invasive neurotechnology, following Colorado, which incorporated neural data into its state data privacy statute, the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) in April," notes Law.com. Go ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0519230/california-passes-law-to-protect-consumer-brain-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T13:00:00Z	**A Quarter Million Comcast Subscribers Had Data Stolen From Debt Collector**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Comcast says data on 237,703 of its customers was in fact stolen in a cyberattack on a debt collector it was using, contrary to previous assurances it was given that it was unaffected by that intrusion. That collections agency, Financial Business and Consumer Solutions aka FB ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0526255/a-quarter-million-comcast-subscribers-had-data-stolen-from-debt-collector?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T14:34:00Z	**Free Software Foundation Celebrates 39th Anniversary**
"Can you believe that we've been demanding user freedom since 1985?" asks a new blog post at FSF.org:

Today, we're celebrating our thirty-ninth anniversary, the "lace year," which represents the intertwined nature and strength of our relationship with the free software community. We wouldn't be here without you, and we are so grateful for everyone who has stood with us, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/028237/free-software-foundation-celebrates-39th-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T15:34:00Z	**Will Hurricanes Prompt More Purchases of Electric Cars?**
Days after a hurricane struck America's southeast, Florida's state's fire marshall "confirmed 16 lithium-ion battery fires related to storm surge," according to local news reports. "Officials said six of those fires are associated with electric vehicles and they are working with fire departments statewide to gather more data." (Earlier this year America's feder ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0323255/will-hurricanes-prompt-more-purchases-of-electric-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T16:34:00Z	**Akamai Warns CUPS Vulnerability Also Brings New Threat of DDoS Attacks**
Last week the Register warned "If you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks that could lead to your computer being commandeered over the network or internet." (Although the CEO of cybersecurity platform watchTowr told them "the vulnerability impacts less than a  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0413201/akamai-warns-cups-vulnerability-also-brings-new-threat-of-ddos-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T17:34:00Z	**America's FCC Orders T-Mobile To Deliver Better Cybersecurity**
T-Mobile experienced three major data breaches in 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to CSO Online, "which impacted millions of its customers."

After a series of investigations by America's Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile agreed in court to a number of settlement conditions, including moving toward a "modern zero-trust architecture," designa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0345219/americas-fcc-orders-t-mobile-to-deliver-better-cybersecurity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T18:34:00Z	**Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Pollution Problems, Scientists Hope**
The Washington Post on scientists who "discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of Earth's major pollution problems."

In a study published Thursday in Environmental Science and Technology, sc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0634209/plastic-eating-bacteria-could-combat-pollution-problems-scientists-hope?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T19:34:00Z	**Criminal Charges Announced Over Multi-Year Fraud Scheme in a Carbon Credits Market**
This week the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed charges over a "scheme to commit fraud" in carbon markets, which they say fraudulently netted one company "tens of millions of dollars" worth of credits — which led to "securing an investment of over $100 million."

MarketWatch r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/0543252/criminal-charges-announced-over-multi-year-fraud-scheme-in-a-carbon-credits-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T21:21:00Z	**U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack**
"A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers," reports the Wall Street Journal, "potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.

"For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/2118247/us-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-05T22:59:00Z	**How Mossad Planned Its Exploding Pager Operation: Inside Israel's Penetration of Hezbollah**
The Washington Post interviewed Lebanese officials, people close to Hezbollah, and Israeli, Arab and U.S. security officials and politicians about a years-long plan (originated at Mossad headquarters) that ultimately killed or maimed "as many as 3,000 Hezbollah officers and members — most of them  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/2258205/how-mossad-planned-its-exploding-pager-operation-inside-israels-penetration-of-hezbollah?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-06T00:32:00Z	**License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars**
Wired reports on "AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and trucks, initially designed to capture license plates, but which are now photographing political lawn signs outside private homes, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper stickers — all while recordi00ng the precise locations ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/05/2353244/license-plate-readers-are-creating-a-us-wide-database-of-more-than-just-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-06T02:32:00Z	**iOS and Android Security Scare: Two Apps Found Supporting 'Pig Butchering' Scheme**
"Pig Butchering Alert: Fraudulent Trading App targeted iOS and Android users."

That's the title of a new report released this week by cybersecurity company Group-IB revealing the official Apple App Store and Google Play store offered apps that were actually one part of a larger fraud campaign. "To complete the scam, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/06/0122217/ios-and-android-security-scare-two-apps-found-supporting-pig-butchering-scheme?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-06T06:34:00Z	**China Trained a 1-Trillion-Parameter LLM Using Only Domestic Chips**
"China Telecom, one of the largest wireless carriers in mainland China, says that it has developed two large language models (LLMs) relying solely on domestically manufactured AI chips..." reports Tom's Hardware.
"If the information is accurate, this is a crucial milestone in China's attempt at becoming independent of other countries for i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/06/036220/china-trained-a-1-trillion-parameter-llm-using-only-domestic-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2024-10-06T10:46:00Z	**Brazil's Top Court Says X Paid Pending Fines to Wrong Bank**
An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters:

Brazil's Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform X did not pay pending fines to the proper bank, postponing its decision on whether to allow the tech firm to resume services in Brazil.

The payment of the fines, which X lawyers argued that the company had paid correctly, is  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/06/0350219/brazils-top-court-says-x-paid-pending-fines-to-wrong-bank?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)