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Sunday March 16, 2025. 04:34 PM
Slashdot reader rikfarrow summarizes an article they wrote for Usenix.org about the Open Source Python compiler Codon: In 2023 I tried out Codon. At the time I had difficulty compiling the scripts I most commonly used, but was excited by the prospect. Python is essentially...
TL;DR: Get a 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership and $45 to spend for just $65. Where do you go for groceries? How about to pick up meds? Get gas? What about clothes shopping? What if you have an emergency and the only solution is a brand-new toaster? — Read the rest The...
A ransomware-as-a-service variant called 'Medusa' has claimed over 300 victims in 'critical infrastructure sectors' (including medical), according to an joint alert from CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing Analysis Center. And that alert reminds us that...
We’ve rounded up our favorite speakers that let you talk to Alexa, from the best Echo devices to third-party options like the Sonos Era.
Building a new computer or looking to upgrade your memory? Here are our favorite options right now.
Attention Apple users: Rain Design makes the best minimal, fuss-free stands for Macbooks, iMacs, iPads, and iPhones.
The Galaxy S25 flagships come with several clever new software tricks. Two of them—the Now Bar and the Now Brief—can be highly personalized.
The Washington Post reports: Oceans last year reached their highest levels in three decades — with the rate of global sea level rise increasing around 35% higher than expected, according to a NASA-led analysis published Thursday... Last year's rate of average global sea...
How to keep your oven clean in the first place. And how to degrease a really dirty one.
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
The words 'known issues' in relation to updates for Windows are enough to strike fear into even the most hardened computer users. Microsoft is certainly no stranger to releasing updates that have problems -- or, if you want to be kind, unintended consequences. The latest...
'A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit,' reports the BBC, 'in the Brazilian city of Belém.' The highway will ease traffic into the city, which will host over 50,000 people ...
'Why can't we each have our own AI software that runs locally,' asks long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM — and that doesn't steal the work of others. Imagine a powerful-but-locally-hosted LLM that 'doesn't spy... and no one else owns it.' We download it, from souce-code if you...
'For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon's surface,' reports Daily Galaxy. While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost...
TL;DR: Edit photos with AI using Luminar Neo, on sale for $89.99. The best thing AI can do right now is take over for all the really annoying work you don't want to do. Replacing photo backgrounds? You could either manually cut out the background and replace it yourself...
Long-time Slashdot reader BenFenner writes: For the third time in recent memory, CloudFlare has blocked large swaths of niche browsers and their users from accessing web sites that CloudFlare gate-keeps. In the past these issues have been resolved quickly (within a week) and ...
Saturday March 15, 2025. 10:48 PM
Cities in Europe 'are dramatically scaling back their relationship with the car,' reports the Washington Post: They are removing parking spaces and creating dedicated bike lanes. They are installing cameras at the perimeter of urban centers and either charging the...
Have trouble falling asleep? You're not alone. And if you're tired of counting sheep or reading boring books every night, we have a more fun solution that could help. The SleepEEZ Mini Noise-Blocking True Wireless Earbuds for Sleeping were made to let you nod off while...
'SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said his Starship rocket will head to Mars by the end of next year,' writes the BBC, 'as the company investigates several recent explosions in flight tests.' Human landings could begin as early as 2029 if initial missions go well, though '2031...
'Is everything we see around us is sealed within a black hole?' asks Space.com. Because here's the thing. The $10 billion James Webb Space telescope (in operation since 2022) 'has found that the vast majority of deep space and, thus the early galaxies it has so far observed, ...
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