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Friday March 14, 2025. 12:25 AM
I came across a story about a gentleman who visited one of California's several micronations. Micronations are self-proclaimed sovereign states that lack official recognition by any major government, and California's are a vibrant bunch. Each of these five micronations...
When I checked where Windows Defender had actually detected the threat, it was in the Fan Control app I use to intelligently cool my PC. Windows Defender had broken it, and that’s why my fans were running amok. For others, the threat was detected in Razer Synapse,...
Mozilla is urging Firefox users to update their browsers to version 128 or later (or ESR 115.13 for extended support users) before March 14, 2025, to avoid security risks and add-on disruptions caused by the expiration of a key root certificate. 'On 14 March a root...
As GenAI becomes more ingrained in C-Suite decision making, a newly released SAP survey reveals that 32% of executives worry about a widening skills gap. Yet, despite these concerns, the majority of executives — 74% — place greater confidence in AI-generated insights...
Thursday March 13, 2025. 11:53 PM
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI tools will write 90% of software within six months and completely take over within a year, eliminating junior developer roles. IBM’s Arvind Krishna disagrees, arguing AI will assist and empower developers without taking their jobs....
One of the biggest behind-the-scenes changes in the upcoming Plasma 6.4 release is the split of kwin_x11 and kwin_wayland codebases. With this blog post, I would like to delve in what led us to making such a decision and what it means for the future of kwin_x11. ↫ Vlad...
Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from the BBC: Meta has won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir. The book, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams,...
A bombshell study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism has exposed a major flaw in AI-powered search engines: they’re terrible at citing news accurately. After analyzing eight AI search platforms, researchers found that over sixty percent of responses contained...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei raised a few eyebrows on Monday after suggesting that advanced AI models might someday be provided with the ability to push a 'button' to quit tasks they might find unpleasant. Amodei made the...
The European Space Agency's probe Hera snapped this image of the tiny and mysterious Martian moon of Deimos. The probe zipped by at 20,000 mph when it used a suite of instruments to capture the image from 620 miles away. Hera is just eight miles wide. — Read the rest The...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Citigroup plans to dramatically reduce its reliance on IT contractors and hire thousands of employees for IT as the lender grapples with regulatory punishments over data governance and deficient controls. Citigroup's head of technology...
Indie browser maker asks judge for legal shield against copyright threats over AI summaries Brave has gone to court to head off potential legal action from News Corp over the browser maker's auto-generated AI summaries of articles published by Rupert Murdoch's media...
TL;DR: Keep your eyes on the road with this HyperGear Universal Cup Holder Flex Mount, now just $14.99 (reg. $24). Spending a lot of time in the car? Whether you've got a long commute or are starting a side hustle as an Uber driver, it's important to make sure you've got...
West Ada School District in Boise, Idaho wants signage indicating that all students are welcome to be removed. Teacher Sarah Inama at the Lewis and Clark Middle School was told to remove two signs from her classroom as they were not content neutral and were out of alignment...
Google is continuing its quest to get more people to use Gemini, and it's doing that by giving away even more AI computing. From a report: Today, Google is releasing a raft of improvements for the Gemini 2.0 models, and as part of that upgrade, some of the AI's most advanced ...
Nothing says 'I believe in free expression' like falsely accusing protesters of crimes and unleashing an online mob. The world's richest man-child is having a meltdown because folks are exercising their constitutional rights outside his precious car showrooms. In The...
OpenAI has warned the U.S. government that restricting AI models from learning from copyrighted material would threaten America's technological leadership against China, according to a proposal submitted [PDF] to the Office of Science and Technology Policy for the AI Action...
The US Geological Survey has issued a hazard notification that increased 'unrest' at the volcano indicates big things are coming. Mount Spurr volcano is eighty-one miles from Anchorage, Alaska. Researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory report increased gas levels,...
If you have sticky fingers and a gentle step, you could be a winner of an unusual contest taking place in Tokyo. 盗-TOH- ('steal' in Japanese) is a pop-up experience where you enter a pop-up market containing 5,000 items and try to shoplift as much as you can within 60...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Germany's foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on...
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