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Monday January 6, 2025. 02:00 AM
Aiper is demonstrating the all-new Scuba X1 Pro Max robotic pool cleaner at CES. It’s the top dog in the company’s Scuba X series that promises to deliver performance a notch above the Scuba S1 Pro we reviewed—and very much liked—in July 2024. Aiper says its advanced ...
'It's fair to say that by 1995, OS/2 was dead software walking,' remembers a new article from the Register (which begins with a 1995 Usenet post from Gordon Letwin, Microsoft's lead architect on the OS/2 project). But the real question is why this Microsoft-IBM collaboration ...
Linus has released 6.13-rc6 for testing. So we had a slight pickup in commits this last week, but as expected and hoped for, things were still pretty quiet. About twice as many commits as the holiday week, but that's still not all that many. I expect things will start...
State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is Florida witnessed a massive rise in VPN demand on New Year's Day after Pornhub began prohibiting people from accessing its site from within the Sunshine State, it is claimed.…
Sure, Govee has some new smart lights to unveil at CES this year, but what this smart lighting manufacturer really wants to talk about is, of course, the buzzword of the show: AI. From its AI-powered gaming lights to its light-scene-creating AI chatbot, Govee clearly sees...
Sunday January 5, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: This encrypted USB flash drive uses a keypad lock to keep 64GB of data secure, combining portability, convenience, and top-notch privacy protection for $59.99. You wouldn't leave your journal open on a park bench, so why let your digital files be any less secure? —...
'In many instances, there's a catch: flexible work but at lower pay...' writes Fortune. 'Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to achieve remote status. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to ...
Millions of computers are heading towards a security crisis as Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Despite this impending deadline, 32 million devices -- roughly 65 percent of household computers in Germany -- are still running the aging...
In a potential U.S.-China conflict, cyberattackers are military weapons. That's the thrust of a new article from the Wall Street Journal: The message from President Biden's national security adviser was startling. Chinese hackers had gained the ability to shut down dozens of ...
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In an Op-ed for The Huntington News, fourth year Northeastern University CS student Derek Kaplan argues that real pedagogical merit is what should count when deciding which language to use to teach CS fundamentals (aka 'Fundies'). He...
Friday America's surgeon general warned that alcohol is 'a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States,' and recommended an update to the warning labels on alcohol. So what ...
'We're going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction,' Elon Musk posted Thursday on X.com. Ars Technica's senior space editor points out that 'These are definitive statements that directly contradict NASA's plans to send a series of human missions to the lunar south pole ...
Phoronix reports on Valve's 'Steam Survey' results for December 2024, saying the new numbers 'reflect a nice upward trend for the Linux gaming statistics and a high point in recent times.' In November the Steam Survey reflected a 2.03% marketshare for Linux... Roughly inline ...
TL;DR: This refurbished iPad Air 4th-Gen for $324.97 is a budget-friendly way to flex Apple's high-end design and powerful features without blowing your savings. Need a device that can keep up with your chaotic life? Enter the refurbished 4th-generation iPad Air. — Read the...
Developer/data journalist Josh Renaud is also long-time Slashdot reader Kirkman14 — and he's got a story to tell: How do you get people interested in an obscure Atari ST graphics format used on BBSes in the late 1980s and early 1990s? Recruit some folks to help you make an...
The more than two decades since Half-Life 2‘s release have been filled with plenty of rumors and hints about Half-Life 3, ranging from the official–ish to the thin to the downright misleading. As we head into 2025, though, we’re approaching something close to a critical mass...
If you've been around these parts for a minute, you likely know that one of my guilty pleasures is weird, unhinged Twitter accounts. The sheer level of commitment to the bit is one of the few things keeping me on that hellhole of a website, even though Bluesky is shaping up...
With all of the horrific events that have already occurred in the brand new year, I feel like we could all use a bit of levity. Enter this ridiculously cute video of the American Woodcock, an adorable little bird with an unflappable swagger. — Read the rest The post 2025 c...
The Forbidden Corner is a weird and whimsical theme park in Coverham, England. This theme park isn't one full of roller coasters and thrill rides. Instead, it's a place where you can explore a surreal landscape of sculptures, mazes, and structures to walk through. — Read the...
Even Microsoft's lead architect misunderstood the failure Opinion The resurfacing of a 1995 Usenet post earlier this month prompted The Reg FOSS desk to re-examine a pivotal operating system flop … and its long-term consequences.…
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