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Sunday March 23, 2025. 12:00 PM
Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner, Marc Cabanes.
Countertop gadgets that let you prepare smoked foods inside your home have thus far been imperfect or impractical. But they're getting closer.
The Siri that was promised back in 2011 never quite materialized. Now the big upgrade promised as part of Apple Intelligence is delayed “indefinitely.” Why can't Apple get Siri right?
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
NASA is considering 'closing its headquarters and scattering responsibilities among the states,' reports Politico, citing two people familiar with the plan. 'The proposal could affect up to 2,500 jobs and redistribute critical functions, including who manages space...
Hungary's Parliament not only voted to ban Pride events. They also voted to 'allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them,' reports the Guardian. [The nationwide legislation] amends the country's law on assembly to make ...
'Italy is using its Piracy Shield law to go after Google,' reports Ars Technica, 'with a court ordering the Internet giant to immediately begin poisoning its public DNS servers' to prevent people from reaching pirate streams of football games. 'Italy's communication...
Saturday March 22, 2025. 11:34 PM
'China is considering trying to blunt greater U.S. tariffs and other trade barriers,' reports the Wall Street Journal, 'by offering to curb the quantity of certain goods exported to the U.S., according to advisers to the Chinese government.' Tokyo's adoption of so-called...
'China is considering trying to blunt greater U.S. tariffs and other trade barriers,' reports the Wall Street Journal, 'by offering to curb the quantity of certain goods exported to the U.S., according to advisers to the Chinese government.' Tokyo's adoption of so-called...
Besides administering standardized pre-college tests, America's nonprofit College Board designs college-level classes that high school students can take. But now they're also crafting courses 'not just with higher education at the table, but industry partners such as the...
The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore 'are likely customers of Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions,' reports TechCrunch, 'according to a new technical report by a renowned digital security lab.' On Wednesday, The Citizen Lab, a...
This week the 'Old Vintage Computing Research' blog published a 21,000-word exploration of the DEC PDP-11, the 16-bit minicomputer sold by Digital Equipment Corporation. Slashdot reader AndrewZX calls the blog post 'an excellent deep dive' into the machine's history and...
Was the cutting of undersea cables part of a larger pattern? Russia and its proxies are accused by western officials of 'staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago,' reports the Associated Press. That includes...
Slashdot reader Required Snark shared this article from Phys.org: In the realm of science fiction, [sun-energy capturing] Dyson spheres and ringworlds have been staples for decades. But it is well known that the simplest designs are unstable against gravitational forces and...
'I intend to sue the National Archives,' said Joseph diGenova, an 80-year-old former Trump campaign lawyer (and a U.S. Attorney from 1983 to 1988). While releasing 63,000 unredacted pages about the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, the U.S. government erroneously...
Founded in 1979, the Association for the Advancement of AI is an international scientific society. Recently 25 of its AI researchers surveyed 475 respondents in the AAAI community about 'the trajectory of AI research' — and their results were surprising. Futurism calls the re...
Two 'groundbreaking research reports' on open source security were announced this week by the Linux Foundation in partnership with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and Linux Foundation Europe. The reports specifically address the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (or...
Computer programming jobs in the US have declined by more than a quarter over the past two years, placing the profession among the 10 hardest-hit occupations of 420-plus jobs tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and potentially signaling the first concrete evidence of...
Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy. A sleep researcher explains how to get it right.
Apple's latest iOS 18.3.2 update is automatically re-enabling its Apple Intelligence feature even for users who previously disabled it, adding to mounting concerns about the company's AI strategy. The update presents a splash screen with no option except to tap 'Continue,'...
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