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Sunday May 25, 2025. 06:34 PM
Around the world fungal infections kill an estimated 2.5 million people a year, notes a report from CNN. But new research predicts that certain species of infection-causing Aspergillus fungi could spread into new areas as the earth's temperature rises. ('The study, published ...
Chinese manufacturers are advertising how they dodge tariffs, and tech leaders know they’re in a new world Computex Every time I attend Taiwan's Computex exhibition I'm bewildered by the dozens of vendors selling unremarkable keyboards and mice.…
A year ago, the original creator of SerenityOS posted that 'for the past two years, I've been almost entirely focused on Ladybird, a new web browser that started as a simple HTML viewer for SerenityOS.' So it became a stand-alone project that 'aims to render the modern web...
TL;DR: This HD projector is also a retro gaming console with 36,000+ games, Android 11, and two wireless controllers — all for $99.99 (reg. $149.99). This is not a drill. Someone decided to take a full-on HD movie projector, cram 36,000+ retro games into it, toss in Android...
Whether General Motors survives 'depends in part on whether its bets on battery technology pay off,' writes the Wall Street Journal. At $33,600 the company's Chevy Equinox is one of the cheapest EVs in America (only $5,000 more than the gas-powered model). 'But it also...
But it's still going to come in through the back door Comment As AI pilots within enterprises increasingly flame out, OpenAI is making a pivot to consumers, suggesting AI is more likely to sneak into the enterprise through users than walk in through the front door. But IT...
It’s the best time of year to pick up all the tents, stoves, sleeping bags, and gear you’ll need for summer fun.
The wonders of a thin phone quickly disappear when you have to baby the battery life.
Besides pressure on Apple to make iPhones in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook 'is facing off against two U.S. judges, European and worldwide regulators, state and federal lawmakers, and even a creator of the iPhone,' writes the Wall Street Journal, 'to say nothing of the cast of...
A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles—a new category of quantum particle—could be created in exotic materials.
A new era of 3D display technology is upon us, moving far beyond anything we’ve seen in the past.
'In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north...' remembers the BBC. [T]he Soviet Union simultaneously fired three nuclear devices buried 127m (417ft) underground. The yield of each...
'Duolingo had been riding high,' reports Fast Company, until CEO Luis von Ahn 'announced on LinkedIn that the company is phasing out human contractors, looking for AI use in hiring and in performance reviews, and that 'headcount will only be given if a team cannot automate...
In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with an expiration date), but a 'strange attractor' for freaks interested in the new...
Doom: The Dark Ages just launched on May 15. But it's already received 'difficulty' balance changes 'that have made the demons of Hell even more dangerous than ever,' writes Windows Central: According to DOOM's official website Slayer's Club, these balance adjustments are...
TL;DR: This one-time download of Microsoft Office 2024 for PC and Mac gives you the core productivity suite with minimal fuss. No matter what you do professionally, you probably need Microsoft Office. One of the most common productivity suites in the world, it's inescapable....
It's like 'a USB-C port for AI applications...' according to the official documentation for MCP — 'a standardized way to connect AI models to different data sources and tools.' And now Microsoft has 'revealed plans to make MCP a native component of Windows,' reports...
Saturday May 24, 2025. 11:34 PM
Long-time Slashdot reader SchroedingersCat shares this article from Deadline: Prime Video will not be renewing The Wheel of Time for a fourth season according to Deadline article. The decision, which comes more than a month after the Season 3 finale was released April 17,...
TL;DR: Pay once, own it forever—get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for just $49.97 (reg. $219.99) through June 1. Subscription fees are basically everywhere. Between your health apps, entertainment apps, and gaming apps, monthly payments add up big time....
Jonathan L. Zittrain is a law/public policy/CS professor at Harvard (and also director of its Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society). He's also long-time Slashdot reader #628,028 — and writes in to share his new article in the Atlantic. Following on Anthropic's...
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