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Sunday December 29, 2024. 01:34 PM
A 9-year-old girl born without a left hand had 'started asking for a robotic arm to help her feel more confident,' her mother told the Washington Post. So her parents met with a consultant from Open Bionics, which fits people with lightweight, 3D-printed prostheses that...
Tasty bakes are easy to make with the help of the latest statement stand mixers—as are homemade pretzels, tender pasta, and artisan breads.
Nations are more focused than ever on declining populations. Women, along with gender and sexual minorities, will see their rights come under fire.
'Over the course of 2024, Python has proven again and again why it's one of the most popular, useful, and promising programming languages out there,' writes InfoWorld: The latest version of the language pushes the envelope further for speed and power, sheds many of Python's...
TL;DR: Use Visio to turn complex data into approachable visuals. A lifetime license is only $19.97 (reg. $249) until January 12 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Diagrams don’t have to be daunting, even if you aren’t a design pro. With Visio Professional 2021, Microsoft gives you an...
The reference frames from which observers view quantum events can themselves have multiple possible locations at once—an insight with potentially major ramifications.
It had a 4.8-inch display. Introduced in 1991, Hewlett-Packard's (DOS-based) HP 95LX Palmtop PC — a collaboration with Lotus — was finally discontinued back in 2003. But one found its way to long-time Slashdot reader Shayde (who in November repaired a 48-year-old handheld vid...
'Dating apps are on the cusp of a major transformation,' argues CNN, suggesting AI-powered possibilities like 'personalized chatbots dating other chatbots on your behalf,' as well as 'AI concierges fielding questions about potential matches,' and 'advanced algorithms...
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: The Dubai-based startup LEAP71, focused on using AI software to quickly develop rocket engine designs it can then 3D print, has successfully test fired a prototype aerospike engine on December 18, 2024 during a static fire test...
Saturday December 28, 2024. 11:34 PM
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Back in January, Rice University professor and former CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi wrote of the unintended consequences of social media and mobile computing in 'Computing, You Have Blood on Your Hands!' To close out the year,...
Business Insider reports: The lead researcher for Sam Altman's basic-income study says guaranteed no-strings payments are not a silver bullet for issues facing lower-income Americans. Elizabeth Rhodes, the research director for the Basic Income Project at Open Research, told ...
A Linux Foundation project focused on understanding the health of the open source community just studied the outcomes for three projects that switched to 'more restrictive' licenses and then faced community forks. The data science director for the project — known as...
Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday, reports CNN, 'after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing...' 'Carlsen, the world champion from 2013 until 2023, allegedly replied, 'I'm out, f*** you,' after being informed that he would not be ...
Thursday New York's governor signed new legislation 'to hold polluters responsible for the damage done to our environment' by establishing a Climate Superfund that's paid for by big fossil-fuel companies. The money will be used for 'climate change adaptation,' according to...
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: This year the London Stock Exchange got a new listing for 'Raspberry Pi Holdings plc.' It's the computer-making commercial subsidiary of their larger educational charity, the Raspberry Pi Foundation. 'Access to the public market will enable ...
ewhac (Slashdot reader #5,844) writes: Retraction Watch is reporting that the entire editorial staff (save one) for the Journal of Human Evolution has resigned in protest over creeping harmful changes imposed by its publisher, Elsevier. In an open letter posted to social...
Valerie Warner is 71 years old — and owes $268,000 in student loans. Roughly 40 years ago she went to law school, but was only able to find work as a legal aid and later work in the public school system, which the Washington Post calls 'a rewarding job but one that didn't...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Lyft is suing the city of San Francisco, claiming the city unfairly charged the ride-hailing company over $100 million in taxes, Bloomberg reports. The lawsuit alleges that, over the course of five years, San Francisco...
Cut off one head, two more grow back in its place RansomHub, the ransomware collective that emerged earlier this year, quickly gained momentum, outpacing its criminal colleagues and hitting its victims especially hard. The group named and shamed hundreds of organizations on...
These WIRED-tested memory sticks are a virtual filing cabinet in your pocket.
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