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Thursday July 11, 2024. 09:00 AM
A recent study has exposed a method of artificially inflating citation counts through 'sneaked references,' which are extra citations included in metadata but not in the actual text of articles. This manipulation, uncovered in journals by Technoscience Academy, distorts...
Admits it may struggle to fund and implement replacement infrastructure The Xen Project, creator and manager of the open-source Xen hypervisor and associated tools, has warned its community of potential problems flowing from the imminent closure of the colocation facility it ...
Admits it may struggle to fund and implement replacement infrastructure Updated The Xen Project – creator and manager of the open-source Xen hypervisor and associated tools – has warned its community of potential problems flowing from the imminent closure of the...
Multiple malware attack saw personal data acessed, but rocket science remained safe The Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) discovered it was under attack using zero-day exploits while working with Microsoft to probe a 2023 cyberattack on its systems.…
The joy of cloudy interoperability may be dampened by differently-sized free storage tiers Google and Apple have signed off on a tool that their cloud photo storage services interoperable, but it may come at a cost to some users.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Fast-food chain Whataburger's app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those people may remain without...
Devs of OS named for a mythical beast join in the 'local models will will deliver legendary productivity' trope China has jumped on the AI PC bandwagon, with the team behind local OS openKylin creating a cut of its Linux-based software that can run AI models on the...
Longtime Slashdot reader ArchieBunker shares a report from TIME Magazine: On an evening in December 2023, 43-year-old small business owner Sarah Rosenkranz collapsed in her home in Granbury, Texas and was rushed to the emergency room. Her heart pounded 200 beats per minute;...
Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs The US Federal Trade Commission has thrown the book at NGL Labs and its founders for allegedly breaking a depressing amount of child internet safety law.…
A group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data centre planned by Singaporean developer GLP, in a worrying sign for businesses looking to Japan to meet growing demand. From a report: The petition by more...
A high-tech race is under way between the U.S. and China as both countries chase an elusive energy source: fusion. From a report: China is outspending the U.S., completing a massive fusion technology campus and launching a national fusion consortium that includes some of its ...
'For 55 years, San Diego Comic-Con has been offering fans and aficionados of all things comic and movie related a place to meet, gawk, show off, and in general bask in their geekery,' writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. 'That may be coming to an end. Due to...
In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant.
The U.S. FTC, along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the results of a study into the use of 'dark patterns' -- or manipulative design techniques -- that can put users' privacy at risk or push them to buy products or services or ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The Girls in Tech nonprofit women's tech community is closing its doors after 17 years, according to a newsletter from founder Adriana Gascoigne. Gascoigne said the decision was made with 'sadness and devastation' and was ...
It'd be a shame if something happened to that HBM fab, warns NSEU Unionized Samsung workers in South Korea have extended their three-day strike indefinitely, claiming that company leadership refused to listen to demands when an end date was on the table.…
Wednesday July 10, 2024. 11:54 PM
Former Big Tech workers intended to disrupt Wednesday’s AWS Summit in New York to protest the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel.
Microsoft is under fire for its handling of customer notifications following a data breach by Russian state-sponsored hackers. The tech giant confirmed in March that the group known as Midnight Blizzard had accessed its systems, potentially compromising customer data....
Electric car sales break records, but Elon's luster is tarnished US sales of electric vehicles hit a new record in the second quarter of 2024, no thanks to Tesla, which saw its market share drop below 50 percent of total US electric vehicle sales for the first time in its...
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