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Sunday October 5, 2025. 06:34 PM
There's an 85-second ad (starring a humanoid robot) that argues 'Technology promised to save us time. Instead it stole our focus. Opera Neon gives you both back.' Or, as BleepingComputer describes it, Opera Neon 'is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and...
The Washington Post notes AI's 'increasingly outsize role' in propping up America's economic fortunes. 'Last week, the United States reported that the economy expanded at a rate of 1.6 percent in the first half of the year, with most of that growth driven by AI spending....
The book Life 3.0 remembers a 2017 conversation where Alphabet CEO Larry Page 'made a 'passionate' argument for the idea that 'digital life is the natural and desirable next step' in 'cosmic evolution',' remembers an essay in the Wall Street Journal. 'Restraining the rise of ...
Currently DNA synthesis companies 'deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity,' reports the Washington Post, 'by flagging proteins of concern — for example, known toxins or components of pathogens.' But Microsoft researchers discovered 'up to 100...
'When someone searches for 'James Bond' on Prime Video now, all of the classic films will show up...' notes Parade. But recently Amazon's streaming service had tried new thumbnails with 'matching minimalist backgrounds,' so every Bond actor — from Sean Connery to Daniel...
If you upload an image to serve as the inspiration for an AI-generated video from OpenAI's Sora, 'the app will reject your image if it detects a face — any face,' writes Mashable.' (Unless that person has agreed to participate.) All Sora videos also include a watermark,...
Toyota sold just 61 BZ models in September, reports Electrek. 'Including the Lexus RZ, which managed 86 sales, Toyota sold just 147 all-electric vehicles in the US last month, over 90% less than the 1,847 it sold in September 2024.' Toyota's total sales were up 14% with over ...
Saturday October 4, 2025. 11:49 PM
'Microsoft buys a lot of GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD,' writes the Register. 'But moving forward, Redmond's leaders want to shift the majority of its AI workloads from GPUs to its own homegrown accelerators...' Driving the transition is a focus on performance per dollar,...
The Greater Manchester Police force has 12,677 employees. But they've now suspended work-from-home privileges, reports the BBC, 'following an investigation into so-called 'key-jamming', which can allow people to falsely appear to be working. 'Twenty-six police officers,...
From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today (EDT), the Free Software Foundation celebrates its 40th anniversary with an online and in-person event. 'We will broadcast the talks and workshops via a fully free software livestream on fsf.org/live,' according to the FSF's official 'FSF40...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to engage in riskier behavior. But the fact that this lifespan gap holds true regardless of...
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: CBS News has a TL;DR video report, but Jeremy Stern's earlier epic Class Dismissed [at Collosus.com] offers a deep dive into Alpha School, 'the teacherless, homeworkless, K-12 private school in Austin, Texas, where students have been...
theodp writes: CBS News has a TL;DR video report, but Jeremy Stern's earlier epic Class Dismissed [at Collosus.com] offers a deep dive into Alpha School, 'the teacherless, homeworkless, K-12 private school in Austin, Texas, where students have been testing in the top 0.1%...
The food delivery robots that arrived in Atlanta in June 'are not our friends,' argues a headline at CNN. The four-wheeled Serve Robotics machines 'get confused at crosswalks. They move with the speed and caution of a first-time driver, stilted and shy, until they suddenly...
'A small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells,' reports the BBC: Among those leading the way are a group of scientists in Switzerland, who I went to meet. One day, they hope we could see data centres full of 'living'...
Amazon will be adding facial recognition to its camera-equipped Ring doorbells for the first time in December, according to the Washington Post. 'While the feature will be optional for Ring device owners, privacy advocates say it's unfair that wherever the technology is in...
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Signal has introduced the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new upgrade to its encryption protocol that mixes quantum safe cryptography into its existing Double Ratchet. The result, which Signal calls the Triple Ratchet, makes ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Indonesia has suspended TikTok's registration to provide electronic systems after it failed to hand over all data relating to the use of its live stream feature, a government official said on Friday. The suspension could in...
Google will discontinue Gmailify and POP email support in January 2026, forcing users who rely on these features to switch to IMAP. PCWorld reports: These changes only affect future emails. Emails that have already been synchronized in the Gmail account will remain the same. ...
The University of San Francisco issued a campuswide alert after reports of a man using Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses to film students while making 'unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions.' Although no violence has been reported, officials said he may be uploading...
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