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Sunday February 9, 2025. 04:34 PM
Google's Super Bowl ad about a Gouda cheese seller appears to be using fake AI output, writes the Verge: The text portrayed as generated by AI has been available on the business's website since at least August 2020, as shown on this archived webpage. Google didn't launch...
'It is now 45+ years since C++ was first conceived,' writes 74-year-old C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup in an article this week for Communications of the ACM. But he complains that many developers 'use C++ as if it was still the previous millennium,' in an article titled 21st...
Friday the Orlando Sentinel covered NASA's 2024 mission-safety report from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (formed in 1968). The report 'commended the agency's handling of last year's beleaguered Boeing's Starliner mission [prioritizing astronaut safety], but revealed...
I just saw an ad for TikTok on a YouTube video. But at the same time YouTube is running ads on TikTok, reports Bloomberg, targeting TikTok content creators in 'an effort to lure these valuable users to the Google-owned rival and capitalize on TikTok's uncertain future.' One...
The tech startup 'purported to make smart home and business products,' writes America's Justice Department — products that were 'meant to stop package theft, prevent weather damage to packages, and make it easier for emergency responders and delivery services to find homes...
'Open source can be something of an illusion,' writes TechCrunch. 'A lack of real independence can mean a lack of agency for those who would like to properly get involved in a project.' Their article makes the case that the 'spirit' of open source means more than a...
After finalizing loan terms with the IMF, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved changes to the country's Bitcoin Law last week by a 55-2 vote, 'effectively removing bitcoin's status as legal currency,' reports Reason. Under the new rules, bitcoin is no longer...
Saturday February 8, 2025. 11:08 PM
Twisting two atomically thin sheets of graphene enables 'a host of exceptional properties,' writes MIT News, 'including unconventional superconductivity.' (Which makes this graphene 'a promising building block for future quantum-computing devices.') And now 'We find the...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Telegraph: Volkswagen has teased plans for a 'China-killer' electric vehicle that will cost just €20,000 ($20,664 USD or £16,700) as the German carmaker gears up to take on a flood of Beijing-backed low-cost rivals. The company...
The Free Software Foundation 'hinted that it would organize an unprecedented virtual memorabilia auction' in March to celebrate this year's 40th anniversary, according to an announcement this week. Those hints 'left collectors and free software fans wondering which of the...
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a new article from Ars Technica: On Thursday, mobile security company NowSecure reported that [DeepSeek] sends sensitive data over unencrypted channels, making the data readable to anyone who can monitor the traffic. More sophisticated...
Thursday the White House 'moved to halt a $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations,' reports Politico, 'by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them...' NPR described the move as 'putting in limbo billions of dollars...
To celebrate 2025's newest arrivals in the public domain, the Internet Archive held a special in-person event at their San Francisco headquarters, as well as a virtual celebration online. (It opens with an absolutely gorgeous rendition of 'Happy Days are Hear Again' played...
Friday on a Washington Post podcast, their columnists discussed the hybrid/remote work trend, asking why it 'seems to be reversing'. Molly Roberts: Why have some companies decided finally that having offices full of employees is better for them? Heather Long: It's a loaded...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: If you watched the 2007 documentary King of Kong or followed the controversy surrounding score-chaser Billy Mitchell, you know all about Donkey Kong's famous kill screen. For over four decades, no one was able to pass...
After the powerful solar storm of May 2024, scientists detected two new temporary radiation belts around Earth -- one of which contained something we had never seen before: energetic protons. ScienceAlert reports: 'These are really high-energy electrons and protons that have ...
According to Downdetector, PlayStation Network (PSN) has been down since 6 PM ET, with Sony assuring users that they're working to fix the problem 'as soon as possible.' For gaming specifically, Sony says that 'you might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In today's issue of Nature, a team at Oxford University describes using quantum teleportation to link two pieces of quantum hardware that were located about 2 meters apart, meaning they could easily have been in...
Maine's overwhelmingly popular right-to-repair law is under attack by automakers through lawsuits and lobbying efforts aimed at weakening or delaying enforcement. While the law remains in limbo due to industry influence and legal challenges, broader enforcement issues...
The Register's Thomas Claburn reports: Google's overhaul of Chrome's extension architecture continues to pose problems for developers of ad blockers, content filters, and privacy tools. While Google's desire to improve the security, privacy, and performance of the Chrome...
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