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Sunday January 26, 2025. 06:04 AM
Friday Bill Gates shared an excerpt from his upcoming memoir Source Code: My Beginnings. Published in the Wall Street Journal, the excerpt includes pictures of young Bill Gates when he was 12 (dressed for a hike) and 14 (studying a teletype machine). Gates remembers forming...
A plan to keep TikTok available in the U.S. 'involves tapping software company Oracle and a group of outside investors,' reports NPR, 'to effectively take control of the app's global operations, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks...' '[P]otential...
Two computer scientists at the University of Waterloo in Canada believe changing 30 lines of code in Linux 'could cut energy use at some data centers by up to 30 percent,' according to the site Data Centre Dynamics. It's the code that processes packets of network traffic,...
Saturday January 25, 2025. 11:34 PM
Founded in 1947, the Minor Planet Center is the official worldwide authority 'for observing and reporting new asteroids, comets and other small bodies in the solar system,' reports USA Today. Unfortunately, 'What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly discovered...
An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch: The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively, is now raising funds on Kickstarter to fuel the apps' further development. The trio is part of...
CleanTechnicareports that last year Americans 'bought 37% more air source heat pumps than the next most popular heating appliance — gas furnaces.' And Americans bought 21% more heat pumps than they did in 2023. Canary Media is quick to point out that in many homes, more than...
ZDNET's senior editor sees an 'overwhelmingly negative' response to Microsoft's surprise price hike for the 84 million paying subscribers to its Microsoft 365 software suite. Attempting the first price hike in more than 12 years, 'they made it a 30% price increase' — going...
2021: 'Automotive Startup Canoo Debuts a Snub-Nosed Electric Pickup' 2025: Canoo 'Goes Belly-Up After Moving to Texas' 'Its production volumes paled in comparison to Canoo's rate of cash burn, which was substantial, with net losses in 2023 totaling just over $300 million...' ...
TikTok is still not available for download from U.S.-based app stores, reports CBS News. So 'Some fast-acting entrepreneurs are selling phones with TikTok preloaded on devices for thousands of dollars online.' The Associated Press notes that New York-based Nicholas Matthews...
TikTok is still not available for download from U.S.-based app stores, reports CBS News. So 'Some fast-acting entrepreneurs are selling phones with TikTok preloaded on devices for thousands of dollars online.' The Associated Press notes that New York-based Nicholas Matthews...
Slashdot reader jenningsthecat writes: 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Labs has faced a storm of controversy and protest after releasing a security update which many users claim is the first step in moving towards an HP-style subscription model. Bambu Labs responded that...
'For years, renewable energy proponents have hoped to build a U.S. electric grid powered by wind, solar, geothermal and — to a lesser extent — nuclear power...' writes the Washington Post. In America's power markets 'the economics of clean energy are strong,' with renewable...
Enable these three anti-theft features on your Android phone right now. They’ll keep your sensitive info private if attackers steal your device while it’s unlocked.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Late last month, researchers revealed a finding that's likely to shock some people and confirm the low expectations of others: Renewable energy facilities throughout Central Europe use unencrypted radio signals to...
You might assume that tech-savvy people are the most open to using AI, but research suggests it's actually those who are least familiar with it.
Nikon’s latest midrange full-frame mirrorless camera offers pro-level features without the pro price.
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with computer scientists to create tools that can find answers.
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia... Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, energy, and manufacturing, since at least mid-2023.…
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