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Sunday October 19, 2025. 12:48 AM
Long-time Slashdot reader fjo3 shares an announcement from the U.S.-based nonprofit Consumer Reports: Protein powders still carry troubling levels of toxic heavy metals, according to a new Consumer Reports (CR) investigation. Our latest tests of 23 protein powders and...
Saturday October 18, 2025. 11:48 PM
'A new study published on Monday found that communications from cellphone carriers, retailers, banks, and even militaries are being broadcast unencrypted through geostationary satellites...' reports Gizmodo. 'The team obtained unencrypted internet communications from U.S....
It's the world's largest network of environmental groups, according to NBC News, with more than 1,400 members from roughly 160 countries. It meets once every four years. And in a vote Tuesday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature 'approved further exploration...
'Windows 10 is officially dead,' writes Slashdot user darwinmac, 'and the vultures are circling. Or maybe they are liberators, depending on your point of view.' Neowin reports: Of all the projects trying to poach Windows users, Zorin Group might be the most aggressive,...
'Earlier available only to the paying subscribers, the Comet browser now offers its core features to all users at no cost,' writes the Times of India. 'This includes AI-powered search, contextual recommendations, and integrated tools designed to streamline research and...
Concrete accounts for about 8% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, notes CNN. But a research team at the University of Pennsylvania just used a robotic 3D printer to construct a bridge with 'complex, lattice-like patterns' that are just as strong and durable — but with m...
The James Webb Space Telescope gets its highest resolution with the aperture masking interferometer (or AMI), 'a tiny piece of precisely machined metal that slots into one of the telescope's cameras,' according to a new article by Benjamin Pope, an associated math professor...
Canada's Prime Minister 'paused an electric-vehicle sales mandate that was set to take effect next year,' reports the Wall Street Journal, which argues a kind of retreat from electric-vehicle ambitions 'is spreading around the globe.' Even the U.K.'s Prime Minister 'has...
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the impacts of antifa’s designation as a domestic terrorist group as author Mark Bray faces new harassment from the far-right.
From a backyard hot tub to the warmest slippers, these picks will make your loved ones feel warm and fuzzy—inside and out.
In Reddit's 'Family Medicine' subreddit, a moderator noticed earlier this week that the AI-powered 'Reddit Answers' was automatically responding to posters, typically with 'something related to what was posted.' Unfortunately, that moderator says, Reddit Answers 'has been...
Cybercriminals are exploiting weak email authentication settings in Zendesk, using the platform's customer support systems to bombard targets with thousands of spam and harassing messages that appear to come from legitimate companies like The Washington Post, Discord, and...
I've spent almost a year testing dozens of heat protectants for hair. Whether you’re blow-drying, curling, or straightening, these are the best formulas I've found.
Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently seized some Ruby open source tools from maintainers, is transferring the repository ownership of RubyGems and Bundler to the Ruby core team. The move appears to be an attempt to mollify...
A surprisingly high-tech case makes these low-budget hearing aids almost worth considering.
Plus: A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, the mystery of the CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is finally solved, North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, and more.
The art of ordering and culling your possessions before you die should extend to your documents, photos, and digital accounts.
In two separate reports, Apple and Samsung are said to report underwhelming sales of their new ultra-thin smartphones. According to The Elec, Apple plans to cut production of the iPhone Air while Samsung has canceled its planned Galaxy S26 Edge smartphone after disappointing ...
Plus: Coros has a new mountain watch, July unveils a trackable suitcase, Fujifilm has a new Instax, GrapheneOS will work on non-Pixel phones soon, and Roku leans into AI.
The Repair App is a new platform that connects trusted repair service providers with people who need their stuff fixed. It couldn’t come at a better time for economically strapped consumers.
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