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Sunday September 21, 2025. 04:34 PM
Near Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, the Five Stones coffee shop advertised for a barista a few months ago — and started getting resumes from 'people who listed Microsoft and other tech companies,' writes the Wall Street Journal: The applicants typically had master's...
Mickey Mouse's first movie Steamboat Willie entered the public domain in 2024. Now one of America's largest personal injury firms is suing Disney, reports the Associated Press, 'in an effort to get a ruling that would allow it to use Steamboat Willie in advertisements...'...
When Meta finally unveiled its newest smart glasses, CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'drew more snickers than applause,' wrote the New York Times. (Mashable points out a video call failing onstage followed by an unsuccessful recipe demonstration.) Meta chief technology officer Andrew...
The consumer advocacy nonprofit PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is now petitioning Microsoft to reconsider pulling support for Windows 10 in 2025, since 'as many as 400 million perfectly good computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 will be thrown out.' In a petition ...
The consumer advocacy nonprofit PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is now petitioning Microsoft to reconsider pulling support for Windows 10 in 2025, since 'as many as 400 million perfectly good computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 will be thrown out.' In a petition ...
An anonymous reader shared this article from the Washington Post: A student taking an online quiz sees a button appear in their Chrome browser: 'homework help.' Soon, Google's artificial intelligence has read the question on-screen and suggests 'choice B' as the answer. The...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spending 'above $300 million' —...
A large U.S.-made bomb left over from World War II was discovered at a construction site, reports the Associated Press: Police said the bomb was 1.5 meters (nearly 5 feet) in length and weighed about 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms). It was discovered by construction workers in...
Saturday September 20, 2025. 11:22 PM
'A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe's major airports on Saturday,' reports the Associated Press. 'While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed...
'Betelgeuse may have competition for the most exciting star about to go nova near Earth,' writes Space.com. 'Astronomers have discovered the secret of a strange star system that has baffled them for years, finding it contains a dead star about to erupt after overfeeding on a ...
Fast Company ran a contrarian take about AI from entrepreneur/thought leader Faisal Hoque, who argues there's three AI bubbles. The first is a classic speculative bubble, with asset prices soaring above their fundamental values (like the 17th century's Dutch 'tulip mania')....
The Shai-Hulud malware campaign impacted hundreds of npm packages across multiple maintainers, reports Koi Security, including popular libraries like @ctrl/tinycolor and some packages maintained by CrowdStrike. Malicious versions embed a trojanized script (bundle.js)...
Long-time Slashdot reader robinsrowe shared this report from the Register: The C++ standards committee abandoned a detailed proposal to create a rigorously safe subset of the language, according to the proposal's co-author, despite continuing anxiety about memory safety....
Micro- and nanoplastic particles 'infiltrate all systems of the body, including the brain,' notes the University of Rhode Island, 'where they can accumulate and trigger Alzheimer's-like conditions, according to a new study by researchers in the University of Rhode Island...
'OpenAI's video generation tool, Sora, can create high-definition clips of just about anything you could ask for...' reports the Washington Post. 'But OpenAI has not specified which videos it grabbed to make Sora, saying only that it combined 'publicly available and licensed ...
Libraries nationwide are fielding patron requests for books that don't exist after AI-generated summer reading lists appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer earlier this year. Reference librarian Eddie Kristan told 404 Media the problem began in late 2022 ...
The high seas, the vast waters beyond any one country's jurisdiction, cover nearly half the planet. On Friday, a hard-fought global treaty to protect the 'cornucopia of biodiversity' living there cleared a final hurdle and will become international law. From a report: The...
The Leon Thevenin, Africa's only permanently stationed cable repair ship, maintains over 60,000 kilometers of undersea internet infrastructure from Madagascar to Ghana. The 43-year-old vessel employs a 60-person crew who perform precision repairs on fiber-optic cables that...
The Washington Post: The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge they won't gather any information - even unclassified - that hasn't been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the...
Amazon's logistics network will now fulfill orders placed on Walmart.com, the company announced at its Accelerate seller conference, creating a surreal arrangement where the e-commerce giant directly supports its biggest retail rival's online operations. Third-party sellers...
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