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Tuesday July 15, 2025. 09:04 PM
MP Materials aims to deliver US-made, recycled magnets by 2027 Apple has signed a deal with the only active rare earth mine under American control to begin sourcing magnets for its iDevices from the US - but not from the mine itself: Apple's going to recycle. …
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Irish tourist 'Thomas' was visiting his girlfriend in West Virginia when he tore his calf. Ordered not to fly by his doctor, the Irishman proactively contacted his embassy and the US Department of Homeland Security to notify them of the medical emergency. — Read the rest ...
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Many trains in the U.S. are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a train's brakes, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. From a report:The railroad industry has known about...
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The SparkyLinux project has published an update to its Stable branch which also fixes a package conflict when working with some multimedia packages. 'The 8th update of SparkyLinux 7, version 7.8 is out. It is a ...
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In the 1960s, some bored kids in the Adirondacks painted a pig-shaped rock to accentuate its pig-ness. A half-century later, the rock has become a cultural landmark, attracting lovers of pig-rock lovers from all four corners of the Earth. The Department of Transportation...
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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas warned young entrepreneurs that tech giants will 'copy anything that's good' during a talk at Y Combinator's AI Startup School, telling founders they must 'live with that fear.' Srinivas said that companies raising tens of billions need to...
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They might pay more, but don't expect a mega salary anymore If you're looking for top dollar and job satisfaction as an IT professional, try for a role in the biggest, most faceless mega-corporation you can find - at least that's what mid-year US salary survey data...
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JavaScript was the most-used language and MacOS the most-used desktop OS in a recent survey of nearly 9,000 developers worldwide that asked about technology usage as well as about demographics, income, and workplace. The findings of The State of Devs 2025 report, released...
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As AI continues to change the workplace, HR teams are adopting the technology quickly, but many are doing so without the support or training needed to use it effectively. A new survey from General Assembly shows that 82 percent of HR professionals use AI at work, yet only 30 ...
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NIST: There's a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based on a trapped aluminum ion. Part of the latest wave of optical atomic clocks, it can...
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Funded by Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey and Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, the new bank—named, like their companies, after Tolkien lore—aims to serve startups in crypto, AI, and defense.
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Inventories stack up stateside as Apple and co prep for import tax tweaks The global smartphone industry is taking a hit from increasing uncertainty and volatility in the marketplace caused by a certain US President's unpredictable trade policies.…
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While testifying at a Senate confirmation hearing this morning, Signalgate's Mike Waltz — Donald Trump's former national security advisor — tried to blame his reckless classified-information leak on … [checks notes] … former president Joe Biden. 'We both know Signal is...
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A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73% have been audited in the last three years. From a report: At the same time, nearly eight out of 10 Oracle Java users said they had migrated, or planned to shift, to open source Java to ...
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YouTuber Michael Rechtin had a problem. He kept rushing out the door for his morning commute without checking the traffic, often getting stuck as a result. Rather than waking up earlier or just looking at his phone, he built a coffee table with a live traffic map, '… because...
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Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73 percent have been audited in the last three years.…
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Nearly half of young Americans feel unprepared for future jobs as AI reshapes the workforce faster than career guidance can adapt, according to a new study from the Schultz Family Foundation and HarrisX. The survey of thousands of workers aged 16-24, along with parents,...
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Japanese teenagers searching for gaming friends and overseas jobs online found themselves trapped in a criminal underworld along the Myanmar-Thailand border. Back in February, Thai police rescued a Japanese teen from a fraud operation base in Mae Sot, a western Thai border...
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The Ganzfeld procedure attempts to test for ESP by placing someone thought of as the 'receiver' in a state of mild sensory deprivation. The receiver wears ping-pong ball halves over their eyes, with red light shining on them. White noise plays through headphones. — Read the...
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S&P 500 businesses warn investors they may never see ROI in SEC filings America's largest corporations are increasingly listing AI among the major risks they must disclose in formal financial filings, despite bullish statements in public about the potential business...
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