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With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.
Plus: A former top US cyber official loses her new job due to political backlash, Congress is rushing through a bill to censor lawmakers’ personal information online, and more.
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Community content site aims to profit from real conversation Reddit has found that trafficking in human-authored content pays well in the AI era.…
A Rutgers-led study using advanced computational modeling reveals that expanding solar power by just 15% could reduce U.S. carbon emissions by over 8.5 million metric tons annually, with the greatest benefits concentrated in specific regions like California, Texas, and the...
Plus: Netgear has an affordable Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Fold series is a hit, and Google’s Pixel 10 leaks heat up.
Plaintext passwords, shared admin accounts, and insufficient logging rampant at mystery org CISA is using the findings from a recent probe of an unidentified critical infrastructure organization to warn about the dangers of getting cybersecurity seriously wrong.…
A new paper from Bangor University outlines the 'bizarre phenomenon' known as the transparency paradox: that transparency is needed to foster public trust in science, but being transparent about science, medicine and government can also reduce trust. The paper argues that...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Anthropic revoked OpenAI's API access to its models on Tuesday, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell WIRED. OpenAI was informed that its access was cut off due to violating the terms of service. 'Claude Code has...
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Peak Energy shipped out its first sodium-ion battery energy storage system, and the New York-based company says it's achieved a first in three ways: the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery storage system;...
Aurora Innovation has expanded its autonomous trucking operations with nighttime driverless runs between Dallas and Houston and a new Phoenix terminal. 'Efficiency, uptime, and reliability are important for our customers, and Aurora is showing we can deliver,' said Chris...
Longtime Slashdot reader Mr_Blank shares a report from Autoblog: Once a new OTA update becomes available, owners of GM vehicles have 45 days to install the update. After this date, the company will not cover any damages or issues that are caused by ignoring the update....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: An airline leaving all of its passengers' travel records vulnerable to hackers would make an attractive target for espionage. Less obvious, but perhaps even more useful for those spies, would be access to a premium travel...
Palantir has secured a massive $10 billion contract with the U.S. Army to unify 75 contracts into a single AI-focused enterprise framework, streamlining procurement and enhancing military readiness. CNBC reports: The agreement creates a 'comprehensive framework for the...
Private therapy sessions, drug confessions, and intimate relationship details from ChatGPT users appeared in Google search results due to a controversial sharing feature that OpenAI has now removed. Ars Technica reports that users who thought they were simply saving their...
Plaintiffs argued that the company massively oversold the assisted-driving capabilities of its cars After two weeks of testimony, a Florida jury has found Tesla partially responsible for the death of one person and causing serious injuries to another in a crash where the...
Atlassian laid off 150 employees via a pre-recorded video. 'While not specifically outlined, the affected staff seem to be from the company's European operations, with The Australian saying that Cannon-Brooke's overshared that it would be difficult to axe its European staff...
Male leopard seals are very enthusiastic singers when it comes time to woo a mate, and a new study found that their songs are similar to those of human nursery rhymes. Spring is a busy time for male leopard seals. It's mating season, and they have a lot of singing to do. —...
A gang of monkeys in Bali has mastered the art of high-stakes negotiation, stealing phones and valuables from tourists and trading them back for food at a historic cliff-side temple. At Uluwatu Temple, around 600 long-tailed macaques have developed a sophisticated bartering...
The Apache Flink Project Management Committee (PMC) has released Apache Flink 2.1.0, a major upgrade to the real-time data processing engine that adds support for defining and managing AI models and for invoking them in real time within Flink SQL. The latter capability lays...
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