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Wednesday September 24, 2025. 04:23 AM
Watch out, Microsoft and Google India’s minister for information technology yesterday said he’s dumping his current word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics packages, will adopt the locally made alternatives from Zoho instead, and urged India’s 1.4...
QR codes are ubiquitous these days, as they are an easy way to deliver marketing content or direct users to websites and apps. They have also become a hiding place for malicious code. A threat research team at cybersecurity company Socket has discovered what it called “a...
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from ICO Bench: As of September 1, 2025, banks across Vietnam are closing accounts deemed inactive or non-compliant with new biometric rules. Authorities estimate that more than 86 million accounts out of roughly 200 million...
In Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest The Stargate project, the OpenAI-led plan to cover the world with datacenters, has announced plans to construct five new bit barns in the US.…
Disney is raising prices again for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Select starting October 21, 2025, with most ad-supported tiers going up by $2-3 per month and bundles also seeing increases. It marks the third consecutive year of U.S. streaming price hikes. Variety reports: It's...
The serial website builder Riley Walz launched a project that tracked San Francisco parking enforcement in real time—until the public data feed was cut off.
Microsoft is preparing a Publisher Content Marketplace to pay publishers when their work is used in AI products like Copilot. Neowin reports: Microsoft is reportedly discussing with select US publishers a pilot program for its so-called Publisher Content Marketplace, a...
TL;DR: The Data Shredder Stick permanently erases sensitive files from any Windows PC— use and reuse for $59.99 plus free shipping. Upgrading to a shiny new computer feels great—faster speeds, more storage, and no more fan screaming like a jet engine. — Read the rest ...
21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff Mirrors can fool the Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors used to guide autonomous vehicles by making them detect objects that don’t exist, or failing to detect actual obstacles.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from InsideEVs: On Monday morning, I spoke to a Volvo EX90 owner who reported a litany of issues with her 2025 EX90: malfunctioning phone-as-a-key functionality, a useless keyfob, a keycard that rarely worked quickly, constant phone...
The United Nations has launched a call for countries to agree to what it refers to as AI red lines: “do-not-cross limits for artificial intelligence, [to be established] by the end of 2026 to prevent the most severe risks to humanity and global stability.” The UN...
In a speech to United Nations General Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa launched “a global call for AI red lines,” urging governments “to establish clear, international boundaries to prevent universally unacceptable risks for AI,” and, “At the very...
MLB has approved the use of robot umpires in the 2026 season. According to ESPN, the system will give teams two challenges per game for balls and strikes where hitters, pitchers, and catchers can request reviews. From the report: Hitters, pitchers and catchers will be the...
Apple’s first desktop operating system was Tahoe. Like any first version, it had a lot of issues. Users and critics flooded the web with negative reviews. While mostly stable under the hood, the outer shell — the visual user interface — was jarringly bad. Without much...
ABC-Disney's decision to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel's show has elicited woe, fury, and teeth-gnashing among MAGA supporters, but it also exposes a weakness in President Trump's authoritarian tactics. Despite attempts by Trump and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to pressure the...
YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, said it will reinstate creators previously banned for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and false election claims, citing free expression and shifting policy guidelines. The Hill reports: 'Reflecting the Company's commitment to free...
TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro on sale for $13 until September 28 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Windows 10 is about to ride off into the sunset next month, which means no more updates and a lot more headaches if you stay on it. — Read the rest The post Normally $199, right now, Windows 11...
Tuesday September 23, 2025. 11:51 PM
Tom Homan, who served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, appeared on Laura Ingraham's show to discuss reports that he took $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as a business executive seeking government contracts. When Ingraham...
A tech-savvy individual reverse-engineered San Francisco's parking ticket system, creating an online map that shows the exact locations where parking enforcement officers last issued citations. Riley Walz discovered a vulnerability in the San Francisco Municipal...
GrapheneOS is a security and privacy-focused mobile operating system based on a modified version of Android (AOSP). To enhance its protection, it integrates advanced security features, including its own memory allocator for libc: hardened malloc. Designed to be as robust as ...
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