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Saturday April 19, 2025. 03:24 PM
Only a few weeks ago we talked about Blue95, a Fedora-based distribution focused on bringing the Windows 95 look to the Linux world by integrating a set of existing Windows 95 Xfce themes. Since Fedora 42 has just been released, the Blue95 project also pushed out a new...
Eva Decker's Hypertext.tv is a dangerous mingling of the cable and world-wide web user experiences, lovingly rendered with an aggressive CRT shader. Explore the web as you world explore the television 25 years ago! The Github repo explains. Most platforms on the web offer...
LXQt, the Qt-based alternative to KDE as Xfce is the GTK-based alternative to GNOME, has released version 2.2.0. LXQt is in the middle of its transition to Wayland, and as such, this release brings a number of fixes and improvements for Wayland, like improved multi-display...
AI-spoofed Mark joins fellow billionaires as the voice of the street – here's how it was probably done Video Crosswalk buttons in various US cities were hijacked over the past week or so to – rather than robotically tell people it's safe to walk or wait – instead emit...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course. The robots from Chinese...
I adore quirky alt-pop-rock band They Might Be Giants, and pretty much think that their song 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' is a perfect pop ditty. Somehow, though, this Renaissance madrigal version makes me love it even more, which I didn't think was possible! — Read the rest ...
The Department of Justice recently sent letters to perhaps 'tens' of scientific journals, accusing them of being 'partisan' and asking whether they are including 'competing viewpoints.' One such letter went to the journal CHEST, a peer-reviewed journal published by the...
The world is overwhelmingly awful right now, in so many ways. So I'm here to brighten your day for at least a few seconds. Stop whatever you're doing and go look at these achingly adorable sloth babies cuddling, hugging, and snuggling each other. — Read the rest The post...
AeroPress now comes in many sizes and designs. Here are the best AeroPress coffee makers and accessories, for the best coffee.
Who could have possibly seen this coming? After closing American preorders and rethinking the price of the controversial Switch 2 in light of 'economic considerations' (read: tariffs), Nintendo has returned to the negotiation table with a new offer. A worse offer, even. —...
Plus: Apple will employ user data to improve Apple Intelligence, Comcast has a 5-year price lock, and a new laser skin-care tool arrives in the US.
Some $380 million is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated by toxic heavy metals, researchers have estimated, with as many as 1.4 billion people living in high-risk areas worldwide. From a report: Approximately 14 to 17% of cropland globally -- roughly 242m hectares -- is...
Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools.
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.
Oh. You expected serious suggestions? It isn't just devices unable to upgrade to Windows 11 that are headed to digital landfill this year. The first version of Microsoft's Surface Hub is also destined for the tech trashcan as Windows 10 support ends. So, what do you do with...
Researchers at UC Berkeley claim to have induced a previously unseen color by using lasers to stimulate only the M cones in the retina, creating a visual experience beyond the natural limits of human perception. Called olo, the color is described as a highly saturated...
Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear shares a report from Interesting Engineering: A research team at Fudan University in Shanghai, China has built the fastest semiconductor storage device ever reported, a nonvolatile flash memory dubbed 'PoX' that programs a single bit in...
Super Snõõper by Snooper 'No stage diving, no crowd surfing,' read a sign at the side of the stage—half facing the audience, half posted in the band's domain. Neither side paid it much mind. Snõõper has been hurling their 'egg punk' creations since 2020. — Read the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Mechanics: American composer Alvin Lucier was well-known for his experimental works that tested the boundaries of music and art. A longtime professor at Wesleyan University (before retiring in 2011), Alvin passed away in 2021...
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