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Monday January 6, 2025. 08:25 PM
Intel, which has been fending off mounting competition in notebook processors, says a new range of chips will help enable the longest battery life available in laptops. From a report: New computers based on the latest version of its Core Ultra processors will go on sale...
Microsoft's Bing search engine has deployed a controversial interface change that mimics Google's appearance when users search for 'Google' or 'Google.com' while logged out, blog WindowsLatest reports. The new design adjusts the page layout to conceal Bing's search bar and...
Global investment in electrical grid infrastructure is surging amid rising demand for power and the shift to renewable energy, reaching nearly $400 billion in 2024 from just over $300 billion in 2020. The International Energy Agency forecasts spending will hit $600 billion...
Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 ahead of the operating system's end of support in October 2025. The company's consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi declared 2025 'the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh,' positioning PC upgrades as...
The HDMI Forum has announced HDMI 2.2, doubling data bandwidth to 96Gbps through new 'Ultra96' cables while maintaining compatibility with existing connectors. The specification, scheduled for release to industry adopters in first-half 2025, promises higher resolutions and...
More than 1.6 million Americans have been jobless for at least six months, up 50% since late 2022, despite the economy adding over two million jobs last year, Labor Department data shows. The average job search now takes six months, primarily affecting high-paying sectors...
The climate crisis is 'wreaking havoc' on the planet's water cycle, with ferocious floods and crippling droughts affecting billions of people, a report has found. The Guardian: Water is people's most vital natural resource but global heating is changing the way water moves...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the AI startup has figured out how to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is now targeting superintelligent systems that could transform scientific discovery. In a blog post, Altman predicted AI agents could begin integrating into...
The Walt Disney Co. will merge its streaming multichannel video service Hulu with Live TV with its competitor Fubo in a surprise deal that will shake up the streaming TV business, the companies said Monday. From a report: The new company will continue to be traded publicly...
'Millions of computers are heading towards a security crisis as Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025,' writes BetaNews: 32 million devices — roughly 65 percent of household computers in Germany — are still running the aging operating system. In...
As America begins a six-day state funeral for former president Jimmy Carter, Microsoft co-founder/philanthropist Bill Gates shared 'my fondest memory' this week. 'He and Rosalynn were among my first and most inspiring role models in global health.' They played a pretty...
This week New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose published his annual 'Good Tech' awards to 'shine the spotlight on a few tech projects that I think contributed positively to humanity.' And high on the list is 'Andres Freund, and every open-source software...
A U.S. Appeals Court ruled this week that net neutrality couldn't be reinstated by America's Federal Communications Commission. But 'Despite the dismantling of the FCC's efforts to regulate broadband internet service, state laws in California, New York and elsewhere remain...
It 'felt like a Disneyland ride,' reports CBS News. A man took a Waymo takes to the airport — only to discover the car 'wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles.' And because the car was in motion, he also couldn't get out. Still stuck in the car, Michael Johns...
'It's fair to say that by 1995, OS/2 was dead software walking,' remembers a new article from the Register (which begins with a 1995 Usenet post from Gordon Letwin, Microsoft's lead architect on the OS/2 project). But the real question is why this Microsoft-IBM collaboration ...
Sunday January 5, 2025. 10:35 PM
'In many instances, there's a catch: flexible work but at lower pay...' writes Fortune. 'Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to achieve remote status. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to ...
In a potential U.S.-China conflict, cyberattackers are military weapons. That's the thrust of a new article from the Wall Street Journal: The message from President Biden's national security adviser was startling. Chinese hackers had gained the ability to shut down dozens of ...
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In an Op-ed for The Huntington News, fourth year Northeastern University CS student Derek Kaplan argues that real pedagogical merit is what should count when deciding which language to use to teach CS fundamentals (aka 'Fundies'). He...
Friday America's surgeon general warned that alcohol is 'a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States,' and recommended an update to the warning labels on alcohol. So what ...
'We're going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction,' Elon Musk posted Thursday on X.com. Ars Technica's senior space editor points out that 'These are definitive statements that directly contradict NASA's plans to send a series of human missions to the lunar south pole ...
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