Tilde Club Twtxt Timeline

2026-08-12T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water**
alternative\_right shares a report from Phys.org: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil and aquatic environments in the lab. Details of their work are published in the journal npg Asia Materials. To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MX ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0547231/swarms-of-tiny-robots-remove-microplastics-from-soil-and-water?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T07:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter**
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would be made almost entirely of gluons, the elusive subatomic particles that carry the strong nuclear force. Now, using a particle collider in Beijing, researchers say they have effectively proved the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0551225/behold-the-glueball-a-strange-new-form-of-matter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-12T03:30:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2054244/contiguous-us-breaks-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-noaa-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows**
Cloudflare data suggests desktop Linux usage in North America has climbed to 6.4%, up from 4.1% a year earlier, with one post-holiday workday briefly spiking to 22%. ZDNet reports: \[B\]elieve it or not, on Monday, July 6, when people were back after the July 4 holiday, Linux usage jumped to a high of 22%. The users of these systems are ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2047228/linux-desktop-use-surged-to-22-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network**
Ian Clarke (aka ancient Slashdot reader Sanity), designer of the peer-to-peer communication platform Freenet, is back with an update on the project's progress following the launch of its P2P network in March. He writes: Earlier this year, Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a tal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2030205/freenet-creator-ian-clarke-shares-progress-on-its-new-decentralized-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time**
Gemini has become Google's fastest-growing product ever, reaching 1 billion monthly active users faster than any of the company's 13 other billion-user services. Ars Technica reports: Gemini has wormed its way into virtually every Google product and service, powering email organization in Gmail, document summary in Drive, and much more. Gemini is also core to Google's flagshi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2020246/google-gemini-hits-1-billion-users-in-record-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T20:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered a sobering new example on Tuesday, disclosing vulnerabilities in the video conferencing platform Zoom that could have ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1951224/a-zoom-screen-sharing-bug-let-anyone-take-over-other-devices-on-a-call?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations**
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly follow them. The company says the designation applies to whether an artist profile represents a real person, not ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1741252/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-exclude-their-music-from-recommendations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit**
Paramount CEO David Ellison is threatening to begin moving the studio out of California on October 1 if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to enter settlement talks over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The company would reportedly move its Los Angeles headquarters first and shift most studio jobs out of the state over five years, with ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1733246/paramount-considers-leaving-california-amid-antitrust-suit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking Calls**
Starting today, unsolicited telemarking calls are banned in France unless consumers explicitly consent to them. Companies that violate the law can face fines of up to 375,000 euros per call, though existing customers can still be contacted with related offers. Le Monde reports: The government says the law is a response to years of consumer complaints. Authorities estimate that about three- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1657250/france-bans-unsolicited-telemarking-calls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show. The target of treating 80% of all known cases has already been met, and deaths from the virus have fallen by 36% in the last decade, just short of what is needed by 2030. Taking antiviral tablets for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0544250/england-set-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Zuckerberg's Superyacht Reportedly Declined To Help Stranded Boat**
Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from The Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer. The Silicon Valley billionaire's yacht, worth a reported $300 million, is said to have "repeatedly" declin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0521207/zuckerbergs-superyacht-reportedly-declined-to-help-stranded-boat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T11:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA**
Longtime Slashdot reader DF5JT writes: On July 26, I posted a single announcement in r/backgammon: GNU Backgammon for Android, GPLv3, the first standalone backgammon engine on F-Droid. Reddit's spam filter removed the post and permanently banned my 11-year, 30,000-karma account -- the result is publicly visible at reddit.com/user/OE1FEU. To t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0532213/reddit-bans-11-year-account-for-gpl-game-post-testing-the-eus-dsa?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T08:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting**
alternative\_right shares a report from 404 Media: Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting the needs of businesses and local governments. Proof News found evidence ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0538200/the-roboguard-revolution-is-short-circuiting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-11T05:16:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer's**
An anonymous reader shares a report from The Conversation, written by Hatim Sharif, a civil and environmental engineer who has "spent more than two decades staring at maps" and spatial data. Sharif finds one connection especially fascinating: the link between spatial reasoning and why taxi drivers seem to have lower rates of Alzheimer's. From the report: Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likel ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0515205/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T23:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China**
A routine security assessment found that cameras aboard Royal Navy Kraken unmanned surface vessels were sending "heartbeat" signals to an IP address in China. "A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally," said a Ministry of Defense spokesperson. "Our ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2043251/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T22:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**A Data Breach At Shipping Giant Ceva Logistics Is Rippling Across Banks, Retailers, Steam Gamers, and Beyond**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Ceva Logistics, one of the world's largest shipping and logistics giants, has been hacked. Several companies that rely on Ceva for shipping their products to their customers say that their personal information w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2035248/a-data-breach-at-shipping-giant-ceva-logistics-is-rippling-across-banks-retailers-steam-gamers-and-beyond?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T21:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Valve Slowly Expands SteamOS Support On Non-Valve Hardware**
Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding "initial gamepad support" for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around I ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2027209/valve-slowly-expands-steamos-support-on-non-valve-hardware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T20:01:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**First Rival Android App Store Arrives In the US Play Store**
Aptoide has become the first third-party Android app store available directly through Google Play in the U.S. "The change is a direct result of Google's litigation with Epic, which saw a judge rule in 2024 that the Play Store would have to open up to third-party stores," notes The Verge. The change makes rival storefronts far easier to discover and install, potent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/200220/first-rival-android-app-store-arrives-in-the-us-play-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T19:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Wall Street Giants Partner With Nvidia On $500 Billion AI Financing Deal**
Nvidia is working with Wall Street heavyweights on a potential $500 billion financing package for AI infrastructure (source paywalled; alternative source). The consortium includes BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The Financial Times reports: The partnership underscores ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/1859242/wall-street-giants-partner-with-nvidia-on-500-billion-ai-financing-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T18:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Meta's 'Open' Muse Glimmer Model Can Run On a Single Computer**
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a slimmed-down open-weight AI model designed to run locally on a single GPU for agent tasks such as scheduling, file management, coding, and tool use. The release is based on Meta's closed Muse Spark 1.2 model and appears to be aimed at attracting developers who want capable AI agents without relying entirely on cloud-hosted ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/163237/metas-open-muse-glimmer-model-can-run-on-a-single-computer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T17:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Taiwan 'Throttles' Mobile Internet For First Time During Annual War Games**
Taiwan deliberately throttled mobile internet across the Taichung area during its annual Han Kuang war games, "simulating communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster," reports Reuters. The drill accompanied air-raid exercises and military rehearsals aimed at defending strategically important areas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/1557258/taiwan-throttles-mobile-internet-for-first-time-during-annual-war-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T16:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**AI Assistant Hacks Gym Website In First Known Australian Autonomous Cyber Attack**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News & Headlines: Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was online and because his assistant was not a person -- it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/0518257/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-in-first-known-australian-autonomous-cyber-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T15:00:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Paramount Promises 30 Film-A-Year Contracts After WBD Acquisition**
Paramount is making commitments to major theater chains to release 30 films annually for three years if its Warner Bros. deal goes through. According to Deadline, the written commitment was sent to "at least one of the top two circuits" (specifically Regal but AMC may have also received a written commitment) and includes "an exclusive 4 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/058211/paramount-promises-30-film-a-year-contracts-after-wbd-acquisition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2026-08-10T11:34:00Z ( remote@feeds.twtxt.net )
**Toxic Underground Fires Are Spreading at California Landfills**
Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California's Chiquita Canyon Landfill, reports the Los Angeles Times. \[Alternate URL here.\] "Few imagined the calamity that would follow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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