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Saturday March 29, 2025. 02:00 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it...
If you're somehow lost as to why America has become the laughingstock of the world stage in recent years, look no further than the way we present ourselves on that world stage. Since Trump has taken office, control of the White House's Twitter account has been handed over to ...
I was recently gifted an assorted box of Mission Cocktails. I was happy when I opened the box and read about the company, because I found out that Mission Cocktails donates 5% of its profits from each bottle to charity. — Read the rest The post Mission cocktails donate 5%...
After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC’s efforts to decarbonize its buildings.
Miscreants warming to Delphi, Haskell, and the like to evade detection Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell.…
Plus: Alleged Snowflake hacker will be extradited to US, internet restrictions create an information vacuum in Myanmar, and London gets its first permanent face recognition cameras.
Despite recent test failures, NASA has added SpaceX's Starship to its Launch Services Program contract, allowing it to compete for future science missions once it achieves a successful orbital flight. Florida Today reports: NASA announced the addition Friday to its current...
Plus: Lossless audio comes to the AirPods Max, the Pixel 9a gets an on-shelf date, and Sony’s midrange buds get a chunky upgrade.
Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project Airbus UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the European aerospace giant, has won the £150 million contract to complete a landing system for the long-delayed ExoMars rover.…
A new study warns that toxic Martian dust contains fine particles and harmful substances like silica and metals that pose serious health risks to astronauts, making missions to Mars more dangerous than previously thought. The Guardian reports: During Apollo missions to the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: A concert on Monday night at New York's Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents' wedding anniversary. He didn't end up seeing the show -- and before he could even get past security, he was ...
New research suggests that Prototaxites, once believed to be a giant fungus, may actually represent an entirely extinct and previously unknown branch of complex life, distinct from fungi, plants, animals, and protists. Live Science reports: The researchers studied the...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) says banks no longer need prior approval before engaging in crypto-related activities, such as holding digital currency assets or partnering with companies in the industry. Axios reports: After publishing a general caution...
Google has introduced version 2.5 of its Gemini AI model, which the company said offers a new level of performance by combining an enhanced base model with improved post-training. The Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before...
Elon Musk just announced a wild move that might be less about innovation and more about survival. In a surprise announcement, Musk revealed that his AI company xAI has officially merged with X (formerly known as Twitter) in an all-stock transaction. The Tesla CEO says the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Imagine working with special cameras that capture light your eyes can't even see -- ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn, infrared heat signatures that reveal hidden writing, or specific wavelengths that plants use for...
Longtime Slashdot reader frank_adrian314159 writes: According to an article in Wired, Elon Musk has appointed a team of technologists from DOGE to 'rewrite the code that runs the SSA in months.' This codebase has over 60 million lines of COBOL and handles record keeping for...
ECMAScript 2025, the next version of an ECMA International standard for JavaScript, will standardize new JavaScript capabilities ranging from JSON modules to import attributes, new Set methods, sync iterator helpers, and regular expression modifiers. The ECMAScript 2025...
Friday March 28, 2025. 11:48 PM
Kim Jong Un is accelerating North Korea’s military modernization through the deployment of AI-powered suicide drones designed for precision strikes. The unveiling of these autonomous weapons marks a significant — and troubling — technological leap, signaling a new...
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