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Sunday April 13, 2025. 09:44 AM
'Researchers say that a person's intelligence plays a bigger role in their computer proficiency than previously believed,' writes SciTechDaily, 'so much so that practice alone may not be enough to ensure ease of use.' A new study has found that general cognitive abilities,...
Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.
Celebrating Git's 20th anniversary, GitHub hosted a Q&A with Linus Torvalds, writes Its FOSS News. Among the other revelations: He says his college-age daughter sent a texting saying he's better known at her CS lab for Git than for Linux, 'because they actually use Git for...
An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear.
Here's an update from the Wall Street Journal about a 'widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure.' China was behind it, 'Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting... according to people familiar with the matter...' The Chinese...
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings news that in June 'a rare screening of the original 1977 Star Wars movie — complete with Han shooting first — will be shown at a theater in London...' Petapixel reports: Subsequent alterations made to the film are well-documented:...
Saturday April 12, 2025. 11:41 PM
Slashdot reader king*jojo shared this article from The Register: A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people's web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel. At least that's the hope. The ...
America's Justice Department 'has shut down its unit that investigates cryptocurrency fraud,' reports USA Today. A Monday night memo from U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the shut down was 'effective immediately.' Blanche directed the closure of the National...
Black holes 'often exhibit long periods of dormancy,' writes Popular Science, adding that astronomers had never witnessed a black hole 'wake up' in real time. 'Until now...' In February of 2024 X-ray bursts were spotted coming out of a black hole named Ansky by Lorena...
People 'are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments,' reports CNN, citing results from a recent experiment in Germany (discussed on Slashdot in 2020): Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income), the...
The Washington Post reports: The United States urgently needs more energy to fuel an artificial intelligence race with China that the country can't afford to lose, industry leaders told lawmakers at a House hearing on Wednesday. 'We need energy in all forms,' said Eric...
Skype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post. But the bigger problem for retired attorney Karen Griffin is that Microsoft won't refund the money they paid into a Skype account for cheap international phone calls: 'They're no longer offering...
'A modern free society has an obligation to offer electronic tax filing that respects user freedom,' says a Free Software Foundation blog post, 'and the United States is not excluded from this responsibility.' 'Governments, and/or the companies that they partner with, are...
Carbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots Comment AI's appetite for power is exploding. Hyperscalers have only just begun to adopt Nvidia's 120 kW-per-rack systems, and the GPU giant is already charting a course toward...
Smartphones, computer monitors, semiconductors, and various other electronics will be exempt from U.S. President Trump's tariffs, reports CNN, 'according to a US Customs and Border Protection notice posted late Friday.' And several other products also received an exemption...
A former Facebook employee/whistleblower alleges Meta's AI model Lllama was used to help DeepSeek. The whistleblower — former Facebook director of global policy Sarah Wynn-Williams — testified before U.S. Senators on Wednesday. CBS News found this earlier response from Meta:...
Terrible color accuracy ruins what is an otherwise great budget Windows laptop.
The Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact has truly intelligent presets, and a lot of functionality in a wee device. But I wonder about the airflow.
No worries, just use neural networks to optimize systems powering neural networks Analysis Global datacenter electricity use is set to more than double by 2030 - slightly surpassing Japan's total consumption - with AI named as the biggest driver.…
Abstract of a paper on NBER: There is much disagreement about the extent to which financial incentives motivate study participants. We elicit preferences for being paid for completing a survey, including a one-in-twenty chance of winning a $100 electronic gift card, a...
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