Early Research Suggests a Path to Predict and Prevent Lung Cancer
Scientists 'have made a discovery that may help prevent some people from developing lung cancer,' reports the New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...
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Scientists 'have made a discovery that may help prevent some people from developing lung cancer,' reports the New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...
An upcoming vote in a few weeks on America's cryptocurrency 'Clarity Act' is 'rattling Wall Street and consumer advocates,' reports CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/...
An official trailer dropped this weekhttps://youtu.be/rwbQHV7RW6k?si=VwDL6o4tdCG_arkd for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. It's 'a full-blown remake of the orig...
Utah residents and a progressive nonprofit are suing officials over Kevin O'Leary's planned Stratos Project AI data centerhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news...
After 50 years of searching, astronomers say they have finally found evidence of a long-sought 'wind' blowing from Sagittarius Ahttps://www.space.com/astronomy/...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive orderhttps://hardware.slashdot.org/sto...
A security researcher says evidence suggests the U.S. military has been using an obscure GPS message field for nearly 20 yearshttps://www.404media.co/the-u-s-mi...
Ahead of its upcoming IPOhttps://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/21/0343258/spacex-reveals-its-finances-for-the-first-time, SpaceX announcedhttps://www.sec.gov/Ar...
Bitcoin briefly fell below $60,000https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/06/05/live-updates-bitcoin-below-usd62-000-ahead-of-jobs-data-as-zcash-bug-rocks-crypto on...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Earlier this year Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publishers, including The New York Times, The Gu...
The UK's Government Digital Service is replacing Stripe with Dutch payments provider Adyenhttps://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/06/04/govuk-goes-dutch-...
Longtime Slashdot reader Elektroschockhttps://news.slashdot.org/~Elektroschock writes: The American Business Software Alliance BSA does not considerhttps://www....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: There's been a lot of pushback in recent months around the impact of AI data centers on local communities,...
Valve says its long-awaited Steam Machine and Steam Frame are both 'shipping this summerhttps://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-says-steam-mach...
NASA ordered astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for possible evacuationhttps://www.theguardian.com/science...
Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions have struckhttps://waymo.com/blog/2026/06/b2u-partnership a 'strategic supply agreement' to repurpose used batteries from Waymo'...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problemhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/bees-use-t...
Anthropic is urging leading AI labs to consider slowing developmenthttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-urges-global-pause-in-ai-development-flags-self-improve...
A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWormhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-iro...
Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: the moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy HRT...
Delay of Muse Spark API Release Meta has reportedly delayed the developer release of its Muse Spark AI model API multiple times. As of Tuesday, no launch date...
Warning from the United States and Five Eyes partners The U.S. and its Five Eyes intelligence partners issued a joint warninghttps://www.mi5.gov.uk/sites/defau...
Background An anonymous reader quoted a report from the Associated Press noting that the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in upholding the pow...
Samsung Moves US Headquarters from New Jersey to Texas schwit1https://slashdot.org/~schwit1 shares a report from NJ.com: Samsung is pulling up stakes in New Je...
Overview Apple will introduce age verification in the App Store for users in Texas starting Thursday, June 4th. People in Texas creating a new Apple account wi...
Regulatory Order UK regulators, via the Competition and Markets Authority CMA, have ordered Google to provide clearer attributions and links to publishers’ con...
End of the MAVEN Mission NASA has officially ended the MAVEN missionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/science/nasa-maven-mars-orbiter.html after the Mars orbi...
Background Amazon had reportedly given a series order in 2025 for a new Stargate series. Variety reported that studio executives were concerned the show would...
Background An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: the secondary market for decades‑old, low‑tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as...
Background Fedora Linux 43 users who upgraded to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered that some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silen...
EU Moves to Counter US Tech Dominance Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, noting the caption: “shutting down Microsoft Office for t...
Production Increase According to supply chain analyst Ming‑Chi Kuohttps://x.com/mingchikuo/status/2060952170632269890, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBoo...
Overview NASA has outlined a three‑phase plan to build a lunar base at the Moon’s south pole. The program will begin with a flurry of robotic missions, landers...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT News: Currently, lithium hard‑rock extraction involves baking the rock at over 1,000 °C and chemically leaching it...
Report Summary - Europe's datacenter boom could strain water supplies and power grids unless regulators incorporate water and energy efficiency into planning,...
Release Overview Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8 with stronger performance and better handling of uncertain or flawed data. The update places a greater...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo discussing the shift in Silicon Valley’s political climate. While the tech industry is increasingly p...
Illinois AI Safety Bill SB 315 Illinois lawmakers passed a landmark AI safety bill SB 315 that would require major AI companies to: - Publish safety plans - Su...
Overview Valve's Steam Deck has sold out again despite a steep price increase. The 1TB OLED model now reaches $949—about $300 above its original price. As IGN’...
Allegations An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: the technology giant Microsoft has been accused of leaking the data of civil servants working f...
Overview IBM and Red Hat are committing $5 billion to a new initiative called Project Lightwellhttps://www.ibm.com/products/lightwell. The project aims to secu...
Robinhood is launching beta support for a new feature that will let AI agents make payments and trade stocks on users' behalf. The company is also rolling out a...
Charges Federal prosecutors charged Google staff information security engineer Michele Spagnuolo with money laundering, commodities fraud, and wire fraud for a...
Announcement Last.fm announced that it is independent again after separating from Paramount Skydance, nearly two decades after CBS acquired the music‑tracking...
Overview Researchers at ETH Zurich have generated certified “perfect randomness” for the first time using a quantum Bell‑test setup with two entangled supercon...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: sites now have a new way to spy on their visitors by measuring subtle interactions with their s...
Meta to Start Testing AI Subscription Services Meta will begin testing paid subscriptions for its Meta AI app and websitehttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/meta-t...
Announcement Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company plans to spend around $150 billion a year in Taiwan, describing the island as the “epicenter of...