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Saturday April 26, 2025. 06:34 PM
A New York Times technology columnist has a question. 'Is there any threshold at which an A.I. would start to deserve, if not human-level rights, at least the same moral consideration we give to animals?' [W]hen I heard that researchers at Anthropic, the AI company that made ...
It's a pickup truck 'that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV,' according to the manufacturer's web site. Selling in America for just $20,000 (after federal incentives), the new electric truck is 'affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog,' says...
'A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use Google for nearly all web searches,' reports the Washington Post. 'We've never given other options a real shot.' Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly popular partly because we...
From photo books and flowers to smart rings and bird feeders, we have a pick for every type of mom and mom figure.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: The XPrize Foundation today announced the winners of its four-year, $100 million XPrize competition in carbon removal. The contest is one of dozens hosted by the foundation in its 20-year effort to encourage...
Fujifilm’s latest Instax camera is simple, delightful, and capable of some surprisingly good images.
Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the FOSS ones – is enough to make us miss the days when an entire bootable OS could fit in three files, when configuring a PC for production meant...
This makeup printer custom shade-matches you—and creates your foundation on demand.
This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.
Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere The British government is banning the export of video game controllers to Russia, claiming these can be repurposed for piloting drones on the frontline in Ukraine.…
Plus: Cybercriminals stole a record-breaking fortune from US residents and businesses in 2024, and Google performs its final flip-flop in its yearslong quest to kill tracking cookies.
Initial claims that life-associated gases were detected on exoplanet K2-18b are being challenged, with independent reanalysis by Jake Taylor suggesting the data is too noisy to support such conclusions and that stronger, model-independent evidence is needed. NPR reports:...
Plus: Duolingo now teaches chess, and it’s a big week for coffee.
There’s still plenty of time between now and Memorial Day, but the mattress and bedding sales are already underway.
Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding? Rise of the machines Construction workers could soon find themselves laboring alongside 20-foot (6 meter) tall AI-powered autonomous robots capable of welding, carpentry, and 3D printing buildings. What could possibly go...
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: China will let scientists from six countries, including the U.S., examine the rocks it collected from the Moon -- a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Multiple studies and investigations have found that about half of American households watch TV and movies with subtitles on, but only a relatively small portion of those include someone with a hearing disability. That's...
TV producer Alex Berger criticized Apple TV+ as 'the worst marketer in the universe' for failing to promote his French-language show La Maison, despite its success in Europe. Berger said he initially partnered with Apple out of hope, but ultimately felt they undermined their ...
YKK, the world's largest zipper maker, has unveiled a prototype self-propelled zipper that uses a motorized worm gear to zip itself closed at the push of a button. It currently relies on a wired remote and external power, and can zip spans up to 16 feet in under a minute....
Some developers are 'crying foul' after Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code stopped working with VS Code derivatives like VS Codium and Cursor, reports The Register. The move has prompted Cursor to transition to open-source alternatives, while some developers...
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