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Monday November 11, 2024. 01:34 PM
A new article at Reason.com argues that U.S. courts 'are coming for digital libraries.' In September, a federal appeals court dealt a major blow to the Internet Archive — one of the largest online repositories of free books, media, and software — in a copyright case with...
Robot vacuums hold an undeniable allure: the promise to handle your floor cleaning while you kick back and relax. While premium models can cost well over $1,000, budget-friendly options starting under $200 make automated cleaning seem within reach for almost any budget. But ...
The hydroponic plant-growing company is shutting down. Here’s what to expect growing forward if you own any AeroGarden devices.
After a Montana man illegally cloned and bred an endangered giant sheep species, government agencies must now contend with the illicit offspring.
Talking to the distro's self-appointed benevolent dictator for life about 20 years of Ubuntu Ubuntu Summit 2024 Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke to The Reg FOSS desk at Ubuntu Summit 2024 in The Hague about the Linux distribution's success, its missteps, his ...
Making the switch from the office to working from home has become the new normal, but some users might feel like their setup is not as well-appointed or productive as at the office. It’s time to change that. With the proper equipment and gear, you can turn your boring-old...
Last week’s US election will affect the future for all of us. Here’s how we’ll cover it.
The Pentagon is pursuing every available option to keep US troops safe from the rising tide of adversary drones, including a robotic twist on its standard-issue small arms.
Tech companies, not users, to be punished for violations of social media time-out The Australian government has confirmed it will create legislation that bans access to social media for people under the age of 16.…
What's the difference between a broken update system and a malware injection engine? Opinion A seemingly simple, single mistake in metadata that auto-trashes a critical, major component in the Windows ecosystem sounds bad. And it is, in so many ways.…
On its 20th anniversary, Firefox 'is still going strong, and it is a better browser today than it ever was,' according to TechCrunch. In an interview, Mozilla's interim CEO says one of the first things they did when was to 'unlock a bunch of money towards Firefox product...
Ready to bring your PC into the future? With Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, now only $17.97, you’re not just upgrading your operating system—you’re getting a whole new toolkit for productivity, gaming, and secure, seamless performance. Windows 11 Pro’s Copilot AI...
Those old operating systems had awesome power – you had to be careful wielding it who, me? Good morning and welcome, once again, to Who, Me? in which Register readers share tales of tech support moments they might prefer to forget. But forgetting is not a way to learn from ...
Renew Home says they're building a 'virtual power plant' in Texas by 'enabling homes to easily reduce and shift the timing of energy use.' Thursday they announced a 10-year project distributing hundreds of thousands of smart thermostats to customers of Texas-based power...
Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more Infosec in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn't over, eh. …
Wednesday Cuba was hit by a major hurricane which took down its entire power grid again, this time for about 24 hours, according to CNN: Videos of the aftermath showed power infrastructure turned into a mangled mess and power poles down on streets. Hundreds of technicians...
Plus: A premium minimum wage for Malaysian datacenter workers; N Koreans maybe discover spicy content; S Korea fines Meta for data misuse, and more Asia In Brief Taiwanese silicon wafer provider GlobalWafers said last week it expects its award from the CHIPS and Science Act...
When a volcano erupted in 1980 about 70 miles from Portland, 'lava incinerated anything living for miles around,' remembers an announcement from the University of California at Riverside. But 'As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched...
When a volcano erupted in 1980 about 70 miles from Portland, 'lava incinerated anything living for miles around,' remembers an announcement from the University of California at Riverside. But 'As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched...
Sunday November 10, 2024. 11:34 PM
Long-time Slashdot reader Geoffrey.landis writes: Despite its impressive output, a recent study from MIT suggests generative AI doesn't have a coherent understanding of the world. While the best-performing large language models have surprising capabilities that make it seem...
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