1082 posts from this source
Overview A teardown videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDMpANNGND4 of LG's never‑released Rollable phone helps explain why rollable phones never became a rea...
AP Offering Buyouts to U.S. Journalists The Associated Press is offering buyouts to U.S. journalistshttps://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspap...
Record Achievement Artemis II has broken the Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earthhttps://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions...
Overview Samsung says it will discontinue its Samsung Messages app in July 2026 and is directing Galaxy users to switch to Google Messages instead. Android Cen...
Background An anonymous reader quoted a report from KrebsOnSecurity about an elusive hacker who used the handle “UNKN” also known as UNKNOWN. The individual is...
Overview More Americans have moved into upper‑middle‑class incomes over the past several decades source paywalled; alternative source. New research suggests th...
Funding Round Halterhttps://www.halterhq.com/en-us, a New Zealand ag‑tech startup now valued at $2 billion, has raised $220 million to expand its AI‑powered ca...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI skeptics aren't the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models' outputs — that's...
Overview 'It's finally time,' writes Phoronix — since no known Linux distribution vendors are still shipping with i486 CPU support. A patch queued into one of...
Background Russia has been intensifying its “great crackdown” on VPN services and has also moved to clamp down on Telegram’s messaging platform. According to B...
Lunar Flyby Overview NASA’s Artemis II crew is now entering the lunar sphere of influence, meaning the Moon’s gravity is becoming stronger than Earth’s. As the...
Program Pause The Internet Bug Bounty program has been paused for new submissions, as announced last week by HackerOnehttps://hackerone.com/ibb?type=team. Back...
Overview Hundreds of theatres are now showing a new documentary called The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist. The film follows co‑director Daniel Roher...
Meet the “journalist” who “uploads press releases or analyst notes into AI tools and prompts them to spit out articles that he can edit and publish quickly,” a...
Overview One crime ring scammed 2,000 elderly people of more than $27 million between 2021 and 2023 using tech‑support, bank‑impersonation, and refund scams. T...
Background Apple launched device‑level age restrictions in the United Kingdom 11 days ago, as reported by 9to5Mac. User Experience - Smooth experience: The pro...
Overview Google is testing a new feature for Chrome 148 that could speed up everyday browsing. The browser can intelligently postpone loading of certain elemen...
Background Plants, toads, and mushrooms can all produce psychedelic substances, as noted by ScienceAlert【https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-engineered-a-p...
Background Canonical’s official minimum system requirements have been rising over the years. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr set the floor at 1 GB RAM when it lau...
Hackers briefly turned a widely trusted developer tool into a vehicle for credential‑stealing malware that could give attackers ongoing access to infected syste...
Background Nine days ago Microsoft released a non‑security “preview” update for Windows 11. It was optional and aimed at IT admins and power users who wanted t...
Kirkman14, a Slashdot reader, recounts an early experiment in online comics that predated the public launch of the Web. In 1992, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke at...
Overview MarketWatch examines “surveillance wages,” a practice where pay rates are determined not by performance or seniority but by formulas that use personal...
Anthropic’s New Policy on Claude and OpenClaw Anthropic announced a sudden change affecting Claude users who employ third‑party agentic tools such as OpenClaw....
The April Fool’s Prank “The April 1st timing should have been your first clue,” writes Gadget Review. TechSpot’s false story was just an April Fool’s prank — a...
Background Amazon is required to negotiate with a labor union representing approximately 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island. The union was f...
Background Long‑time GNOME/OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice contributor Michael Meekshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Meeks_software_developer is now General Ma...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When it comes to large language model‑powered tools, there are generally two broad categories o...
Overview Colorado is rolling out an average‑speed camera system that tracks vehicles across multiple points instead of catching them at a single camerahttps://...
Mission Milestone The Artemis II crew has passed 100,000 miles from Earth and is now on a “free‑return” trajectory around the Moon after a successful transluna...
Background 'Consumer PC parts aren't the only things being gobbled up by the AI industry,' writes PCWorld's Michael Crider. A StarCraft‑inspired strategy game...
Impact on AWS Availability Zones in Bahrain and Dubai Iranian strikes have reportedly knocked out key AWS availability zones in Bahrain and Dubai, leaving part...
Investment Overview Microsoft announced a plan to invest $10 billion in Japan between 2026 and 2029. The investment aims to: - Expand AI infrastructure and loc...
Background A Rome court ruled that several Netflix price hikes in Italy were unlawful because the company's contracts didn't adequately explain or justify futu...
AO3 Exits Beta After 17 Years Archive of Our Own AO3 is officially dropping its “beta” label after 17 yearshttps://www.transformativeworks.org/ao3-is-exiting-o...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: today at a hearinghttps://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20260401...
Background The Wall Street Journal shares the wild behind‑the‑scenes storyhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/kimwolf-hack-residential-proxy-networks-a712ab59 of how the...
Overview Tony Isaachttps://yro.slashdot.org/~Tony+Isaac shares a report from NPR: > When it comes to using AI, it seems some lawyers just can't help themselves...
Overview Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, nearly half of planned U.S. data‑center projects are being delayed or canceled. As reported by...
Summary An anonymous reader cites an Ars Technica report that a lawsuit alleges Perplexity’s AI search engine routinely shares user prompts and conversations w...
Discovery Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot reports that researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have identified an appetite‑suppressing compound...
Overview Renewables made up nearly half of global installed electricity capacity by the end of 2025, accounting for 85.6 % of global capacity expansion, accord...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation’s drinking water, the T...
Background schwit1https://news.slashdot.org/~schwit1 shares a report from the Kathmandu Post: In Nepal, helicopter rescue at high altitude is a genuine lifesav...
Acquisition Overview OpenAI is acquiring tech news podcast TBPN, a fast‑growing daily show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. The deal was announced on CNBC...
