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Wednesday May 7, 2025. 12:30 PM
Lead dev likens flood to 'effectively being DDoSed' Curl project founder Daniel Stenberg is fed up with of the deluge of AI-generated 'slop' bug reports and recently introduced a checkbox to screen low-effort submissions that are draining maintainers' time.…
The Department of Defense is revamping its 'outdated' software procurement systems through a new Software Fast Track initiative. The SWFT program aims to reform how software is acquired, tested, and authorized with security as the primary focus. 'Widespread use of open...
Windows 11's hardware requirements: Sales ploy or security play? Comment Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has weighed in on the increasingly heated discussion regarding the impending end of Windows 10. Are Windows 11's hardware requirements all about security or just...
Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped Kernel 6.15 is taking shape and it looks like it will eliminate support for Intel's 486 chip and its contemporaries.…
Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
Leave it to the Borg? Scribe David D. Levine slams 'use of planet-destroying plagiarism machines' Fans and writers of science fiction are not necessarily enthusiastic about artificial intelligence - especially when it's used to vet panelists for a major sci-fi conference.…
Stratolaunch successfully flew its uncrewed Talon-A2 prototype to hypersonic speeds twice -- once in December and again in March. 'We've now demonstrated hypersonic speed, added the complexity of a full runway landing with prompt payload recovery and proven reusability,'...
Seeing as IT giant's CEO is big at DOGE, this is delicious World War Fee Citrix has found a new use for virtualization: Avoiding tariffs.…
Prime Minister bemoans bullying, addiction, and inappropriate content – but isn’t planning a rapid vote New Zealand’s government has signaled its support for a bill to ban social media for children under 16, but without explicitly making it a government initiative.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users. On Tuesday, after a five-year legal battle, a jury ruled that NSO Group must ...
But a multi-billion dollar contract with Oracle for a pile of Instincts and Epycs should take the edge off AMD expects the Trump administration's newly implemented export controls on GPUs and AI accelerator sales to China to take a $1.5 billion byte out its 2025 revenues,...
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) introduced the App Store Freedom Act [PDF] on Tuesday, legislation that would compel 'large app store operators' with over 100 million US users to permit third-party app stores and allow them to be set as defaults. The bill directly challenges Apple's ...
Amazon's Zoox said it has issued a software recall for 270 of its robotaxis after a crash in Las Vegas last month. CNBC reports: The recall surrounds a defect with the vehicle's automated driving system that could cause it to inaccurately predict the movement of another car, ...
We'd be shocked, just shocked, if Big Tech's renewable energy ambitions aren't known in the White House The Attorneys General of 17 states and Washington, DC have sued the Trump administration over an executive order halting all federal approvals for wind energy projects.…
According to the Washington Post (paywalled), the Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program -- a long-standing EPA initiative that has saved Americans over $500 billion in energy costs since 1992. 'The organization states that the average American saves ...
Don't f&#k with Zuck A California jury has awarded Meta more than $167 million in damages from Israeli surveillanceware slinger NSO Group, after the latter exploited a flaw in WhatsApp to allow its government customers to spy on supposedly secure communications.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's accelerated Android release cycle will soon deliver a new version of the software, and it might look quite different from what you'd expect. Amid rumors of a major UI overhaul, Google seems to have accidentally...
Longtime Slashdot reader RoccamOccam shares a blog post from the Trifecta Tech Foundation, a nonprofit organization that creates secure, open source building blocks for infrastructure software. The foundation is also the developer behind Sudo-rs. From the report: Ubuntu...
Just days after judge held Cupertino in contempt over Epic antitrust injunction A developer of mobile sports apps has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Apple, seeking to recover commissions iBiz allegedly collected in violation of a federal injunction intended to ...
President Trump's proposed 2026 budget seeks to cut nearly $500 million from CISA, accusing the agency of prioritizing censorship over cybersecurity and election protection. 'The proposed cuts -- which are largely symbolic at this stage as they need to be approved by...
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