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Saturday July 5, 2025. 10:34 PM
'Some of our basic assumptions about the biological process of aging might be wrong,' reports the New York Times — citing new research on a small Indigenous population in the Bolivian Amazon. [Alternate URL here.] Scientists have long believed that long-term, low-grade inflam...
We're living in a new world now — one where it's an AI-powered penetration tester that 'now tops an eminent US security industry leaderboard that ranks red teamers based on reputation.' CSO Online reports: On HackerOne, which connects organizations with ethical hackers to par...
This week Hewlett-Packard Enterprise settled its antitrust case with America's Justice Department, 'paving the way for its acquisition of rival kit maker Juniper Networks,' reported Telecoms.com: Under the agreement, HPE has agreed to divest its Instant On unit, which sells...
Science Daily reports: Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean's top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 such gifts over 20 years, noting the whales often...
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Apple news blog 9to5Mac: iOS 26 is a packed update for iPhone users thanks to the new Liquid Glass design and major updates for Messages, Wallet, CarPlay, and more. But another new feature was just discovered in...
In April researchers responsibly disclosed two security flaws found in Sudo 'that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root on susceptible machines,' reports The Hacker News. 'The vulnerabilities have been addressed in Sudo version 1.9.17p1 released...
This week America's Energy Department selected two companies to perform the first nuclear microreactor tests in a new facility in Idaho, saying the tests 'will fast-track the deployment of American microreactor technologies... The first fueled reactor experiment will start...
Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that has affected the amount of sea ice at the bottom of the planet. From a report: A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater...
Software engineer Sean Goedecke argues that AI coding agents have already been commoditized because they require no special technical advantages, just better base models. He writes: All of a sudden, it's the year of AI coding agents. Claude released Claude Code, OpenAI...
Reuters: The European Union's landmark rules on AI will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and...
President Donald Trump's administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China. Bloomberg: A draft rule from the Commerce Department seeks to...
A new study analyzing data from more than 60 previous research projects has found evidence that there is 'no safe amount' of processed meat consumption -- so much so that even small daily portions are being linked to increased disease risk. The research, published Monday in...
Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine proved 27% more effective at preventing influenza infections than standard flu shots in a Phase 3 trial involving nearly 41,000 people aged 50 and above, the firm said this week. The company announced that mRNA-1010 had an overall...
UK Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for AI to tell its bosses to refocus on defense and security. BBC: In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was 'critical' to national security and should be at the core ...
Friday July 4, 2025. 11:00 PM
An anonymous reader shares a report: The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to 'help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss': seek advice from AI...
Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10. From a report: As of today, July's StatCounter figures show the market share of Windows 11 at 50.24 percent, with...
Software developer Anton Zaides argues that software engineers have had it easy over the decades and the 'best profession' on earth deserved the wake up call. He writes:It's not just one of the hardest times, it's also one of the most exciting. I'm hugely optimistic about...
Climate change is already having an impact on companies around the world. More than half of companies surveyed by Morgan Stanley experienced climate-related operational disruptions within the past year, including increased costs, worker disruption and revenue losses. Extreme ...
Researchers have discovered that appending irrelevant phrases like 'Interesting fact: cats sleep most of their lives' to math problems can cause state-of-the-art reasoning AI models to produce incorrect answers at rates over 300% higher than normal [PDF]. The technique --...
Newspaper Pakistan Today: In a significant moment for Pakistan's technology sector, Microsoft has officially shut down its operations in the country, concluding a 25-year journey that began with high hopes for digital transformation and global partnership. The move,...
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