Navigation
Search
Top: Slashdot
|
PC / Tech. > Slashdot
Thursday September 19, 2024. 10:50 PM
Cruise is returning to the streets of Sunnyvale and Mountain View for the first time since it paused operations in the Bay Area after a robotaxi struck a pedestrian in October 2023. From a report: The company said Thursday that it will put 'several' vehicles driven by humans ...
The Rust vs C battle raging in Linux circles has left even Linus Torvalds scratching his head. 'I'm not sure why Rust has been such a contentious area,' the Linux creator mused at this week's Open Source Summit, likening the fervor to ancient text editor wars. 'It reminds me ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike's outage in July are dropping their current vendor's products. Four percent of organizations...
Apple's latest macOS 15 'Sequoia' update, released earlier this week, has disrupted security tools from major providers including CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft, according to reports. The extent and cause of the disruption remain unclear. Read more of this story...
Google is updating its Password Manager to allow users to sync passkeys across multiple devices, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, with iOS and ChromeOS support coming soon. Engadget reports: Once saved, the passkey automatically syncs across other devices using...
A conspiracy theory known as 'Dead Internet Theory' has gained traction in recent years, positing that most online social activity is artificial and designed to manipulate users. This theory has grown alongside the rise of large language models like ChatGPT. On Monday,...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The State Department announced Wednesday that its online renewal system is now fully operational, after testing in pilot programs, and available to adult passport holders whose passport has expired within the past five years or...
The once-booming tech job market has contracted sharply, with software development postings down over 30% since February 2020, according to Indeed.com. Tech companies have shed around 137,000 jobs since January, Layoffs.fyi reports. This downturn, following years of...
Coming soon: Amazon sellers duking it out on TV to get their wares prime placement at the world's largest online retailer. Think 'Shark Tank' meets Home Shopping Network. From a report: The e-commerce giant plans to introduce a new competition show next month in which...
Tuesday September 17, 2024. 03:00 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Eric and Donald Trump Jr., the sons of former president Donald Trump, have pledged to 'make finance great again' with a new family-run crypto endeavor called World Liberty Financial. Introduced in a meandering livestream on X...
Google is updating the post-quantum cryptography in Chrome, replacing the experimental Kyber with the fully standardized Module Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) to enhance protection against quantum computing attacks. BleepingComputer reports: This change comes...
Google's philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that 'aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world,' reports Ars Technica. From the report: The FireSat constellation,...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Scientists who helped pioneer artificial intelligence are warning that countries must create a global system of oversight to check the potentially grave risks posed by the fast-developing technology. The release of ...
Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe pleaded guilty to securities fraud, admitting he misled investors about the viability of the company's $9.95-a-month movie subscription service, and faces up to five years in prison. His co-defendant, former Helios and Matheson CEO Ted...
Intel shares surged 8% after announcing plans to make its foundry business an independent unit with its own board and potential for outside capital, part of CEO Pat Gelsinger's strategy to restructure the company amid financial challenges. The company is also exploring the...
The FDA has approved sleep apnea detection on the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2. 'The green light comes four days ahead of the Series 10's September 20 release date,' notes TechCrunch. From the report: The feature, announced at last week's iPhone 16...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Postal Service's new delivery vehicles aren't going to win a beauty contest. They're tall and ungainly. The windshields are vast. Their hoods resemble a duck bill. Their bumpers are enormous. 'You can tell...
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison envisions AI as the backbone of a new era of mass surveillance, positioning Oracle as a key player in AI infrastructure through its unique networking architecture and partnerships with AWS and Microsoft. The Register reports: Ellison made the...
Apple today is rolling out iOS 18, introducing support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) to enhance messaging between iPhone and Android devices with features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher resolution media. 'However, there continues to be no...
Monday September 16, 2024. 11:25 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet, written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols: In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of ...
|
25 sources
Current Date
Nov, Fri 22 - 17:02 CET
|