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Saturday September 13, 2025. 07:34 PM
The Washington Post notes that past research 'indicates that exercise helps some cancer survivors avoid recurrence of their disease.' But a new study 'offers an explanation of how, showing that exercise changes the inner workings of our muscles and cells, although more study ...
'Freelance developers and entire companies are making a business out of fixing shoddy vibe coded software,' writes 404 Media, interviewing one of the 'dozens of people on Fiverr... now offering services specifically catering to people with shoddy vibe coded projects.' Hamid...
In 2015 Kim Dotcom answered questions from Slashdot's readers. Now CBS News reports on 'the latest chapter in a protracted 13-year battle by the U.S. government' to extradite Finnish-German millionaire Kim Dotcom from New Zealand: A New Zealand court has rejected the latest...
ScienceDaily reports: Forever chemicals known as PFAS have turned up in an unexpected place: beer. Researchers tested 23 different beers from across the U.S. and found that 95% contained PFAS, with the highest concentrations showing up in regions with known water...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Rainmaker Technology's bid to deploy cloud-seeding flares on small drones is being met by resistance from the airline pilots union, which has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to consider denying the startup's...
Surgeons in London report a surge in severe e-bike-related injuries, putting major strain on NHS trauma units. The BBC mentions a couple e-bike accidents overheard at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. 'A 32-year-old, fit and well student... a couple of days ago he...
Researchers in China have created synthetic magnetic fields within silicon photonic crystals, allowing them to steer and control light on a chip with unprecedented precision. 'Beyond immediate applications, the work opens new avenues for studying quantum-inspired phenomena...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Intercept: The company behind the Proton Mail email service, Proton, describes itself as a 'neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.' But last month, Proton disabled email accounts...
US EV sales hit a record 146,332 in August, grabbing nearly 10% of all new car sales, according to Kelley Blue Book. That's the highest yet and up from 9.1% in July. Electrek reports: With the federal EV tax credit set to expire on September 30, analysts say Q3 2025 is...
Newfoundland and Labrador's 10-year Education Accord report (PDF) intended to guide school reform has been found to contain at least 15 fabricated citations, including references to non-existent films and journals. Academics suggest the fake sources may have been generated...
A former Memphis disc manufacturing employee has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after stealing pre-release Blu-rays from his employer and leaking them online. While he received 21 months for copyright infringement, a concurrent firearm charge extended his...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from France24: Fueled in part by anger over flashy lifestyles flaunted by elites, young anti-corruption demonstrators mainly in their 20s rallied on Monday. The loose grouping, largely viewed as members of 'Gen Z', flooded the capital...
Intel's long-time Xeon chief architect Ronak Singhal is leaving the company after nearly 30 years, marking yet another high-profile departure amid Intel's leadership churn and intensifying competition from AMD and Arm-based cloud CPUs. The Register reports: The Carnegie...
Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding deal to restructure their partnership, paving the way for OpenAI to shift into a conventional for-profit model and potentially go public. Reuters reports: Details on the new commercial arrangements were not disclosed, but the...
Friday September 12, 2025. 11:50 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For millions of Spotify users, the 'Wrapped' feature -- which crunches the numbers on their annual listening habits -- is a highlight of every year's end, ever since it debuted in 2015. NPR once broke down exactly why...
California's legislature this week approved a bill to let renters opt out of bulk-billing arrangements that force them to pay for Internet service from a specific provider. ArsTechnica: The bill says that by January 1, a landlord must 'allow the tenant to opt out of paying...
An anonymous reader shares a report: European Union countries have shelved plans to approve a new climate change target next week, after pushback from governments including France and Germany over plans to quickly land a deal, three EU diplomats told Reuters on Friday....
US colleges face a prolonged enrollment decline beginning this fall as high school graduating classes shrink for the first time since the Great Recession. The incoming freshman class marks the start of a 13% drop in high school graduates through 2041, falling from 3.9...
US retail coffee prices surged 21% year-over-year in August, the largest annual increase since October 1997, according to Thursday's Consumer Price Index. The monthly 4% jump marks the steepest rise in 14 years. Trump administration tariffs on major coffee exporters -- 50%...
Smart glasses development has expanded beyond Meta, Google and Apple to include dozens of manufacturers across three distinct categories, UploadVR reports. HTC launched its Vive Eagle glasses in Taiwan this month at $550, while Solos' AirGo V2 arrives in Q4 2025 for $300....
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