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Sunday April 7, 2024. 09:44 AM
'America's honeybee population has rocketed to an all-time high,' reports the Washington Post: We've added almost 1 million bee colonies in the past five years. We now have 3.8 million, the census shows. Since 2007, the first census after alarming bee die-offs began in 2006, ...
Windows Report speculates on what Microsoft may be working on next based on a recently-published patent for 'performant sound recognition AI technologies' (dated April 2, 2024): Microsoft's new technology can recognize different types of sounds, from doorbells to babies...
'The San Francisco Giants are one of four teams in Major League Baseball this season offering fans a free shortcut through the gates into the ballpark,' writes SFGate. 'The cost? Signing up for the league's 'facial authentication' software through its ticketing app.' The...
Saturday April 6, 2024. 11:34 PM
The European Space Agency has a Planetary Defence Office, which includes its Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre. 'It has come to our attention,' they wrote in the April edition of their monthly newsletter, 'that a recent trend among journalists has been to come up with...
Thursday America's Environmental Protection Agency 'awarded $20 billion to help finance clean-energy projects across the country,' reports the Washington Post. The money comes from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund established by President Biden's signature climate law, the...
Disneyland is a proposing part of its park be dedicated to James Cameron's Avatar, reports SFGate. 'The rendering isn't a carbon copy of the Pandora land in Disney World's Animal Kingdom; instead, it's themed more closely to the recent sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.' The...
In Communication of the ACM, Google's VP of Education notes how calculators impacted math education — and wonders whether generative AI will have the same impact on CS education: Teachers had to find the right amount of long-hand arithmetic and mathematical problem solving...
Leaders from two key committees in the U.S. Congress 'are nearing an agreement on a national framework aimed at protecting Americans' personal data online,' reports the Washington Post. They call the move 'a significant milestone that could put lawmakers closer than ever to...
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Tesla 'is poised to roll out its version of a robotaxi later this year, according to CEO Elon Musk.' ('Musk made the announcement on social media saying 'Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8.' His cryptic post contained no other details about ...
Slashdot reader Mononymous writes: The latest release of OpenBSD, the FOSS Unix-like operating system focused on correctness and security over features and performance, has been released. This version includes newer driver support, performance improvements, stability fixes,...
TechCrunch reports this week that Meta 'is denying that it gave Netflix access to users' private messages...' The claim references a court filing that emerged as part of the discovery process in a class-action lawsuit over data privacy practices between a group of consumers...
Longtime Slashdot reader DrunkenTerror shares a report from AnandTech: SK hynix this week announced plans to build its advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The move can be considered as a milestone both for the memory maker and the U.S., as this is...
NASA engineers have traced the Voyager 1 spacecraft's transmitted gibberish to corrupted memory hardware in its flight data system (FDS). 'The team suspects that a single chip responsible for storing part of the affected portion of the FDS memory isn't working,' NASA wrote...
Whenever a rocket launch occurs, air traffic controllers ensure the safety of commercial flights by managing airspace closures and monitoring rocket debris, without receiving compensation from commercial space companies like SpaceX for these services. The Biden...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Daily Hive: It is now the third consecutive day a major housing funding announcement has been made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Friday's announcement entails over $600 million in investments targeted to help lower the...
According to the latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, carbon dioxide and methane levels in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces. The Associated Press reports: Carbon dioxide, the most...
In an update on Friday, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games. 'Apple says those games must comply with 'all applicable laws,' though -- an indication it will ban apps that provide pirated titles,' adds The Verge. ...
Jon Brodkin reports via Ars Technica: California can keep enforcing its state net neutrality law after the Federal Communications Commission implements its own rules. The FCC could preempt future state laws if they go far beyond the national standard but said that states can ...
Apple is laying off more than 700 employees across the company, including its Micro-LED displays division and the recently shut down Apple Car project. 9to5Mac reports: As seen by 9to5Mac in the latest WARN report provided by the California Employment Development Department, ...
Friday April 5, 2024. 11:20 PM
Matthew Connatser reports via The Register: A study has concluded that Apple's privacy practices aren't particularly effective, because default apps on the iPhone and Mac have limited privacy settings and confusing configuration options. The research was conducted by Amel...
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