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Adobe Exec: Early Termination Fees Are 'Like Heroin'
Published: July 27, 2024 13:00
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares a report from The Verge: Early termination fees are "a bit like heroin for Adobe," according to an Adobe executive quoted in the FTC's newly unredacted complaint against the company for allegedly hiding fees and…
Boeing Starliner Astronauts Have Been In Space Six Weeks Longer Than Originally Planned
Published: July 27, 2024 10:00
Longtime Slashdot reader Randseed writes: Boeing Starliner is apparently still stuck at the ISS, six weeks longer than planned due to engine troubles. The root cause seems to be overheating. NASA is still hopeful that they can bring the two astronauts back…
NASA Fires Lasers At the ISS
Published: July 27, 2024 07:00
joshuark shares a report from The Verge: NASA researchers have successfully tested laser communications in space by streaming 4K video footage originating from an airplane in the sky to the International Space Station and back. The feat demonstrates that…
'Copyright Traps' Could Tell Writers If an AI Has Scraped Their Work
Published: July 27, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Since the beginning of the generative AI boom, content creators have argued that their work has been scraped into AI models without their consent. But until now, it has been difficult to know…
Crooks Bypassed Google's Email Verification To Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services
Published: July 27, 2024 01:25
Brian Krebs writes via KrebsOnSecurity: Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder at…
Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone At the Border
Published: July 27, 2024 00:45
On Wednesday, Judge Nina Morrison ruled that cellphone searches at the border are "nonroutine" and require probable cause and a warrant, likening them to more invasive searches due to their heavy privacy impact. As reported by Reason, this decision closes…
Nvidia's Open-Source Linux Kernel Driver Performing At Parity To Proprietary Driver
Published: July 27, 2024 00:02
Nvidia's new R555 Linux driver series has significantly improved their open-source GPU kernel driver modules, achieving near parity with their proprietary drivers. Phoronix's Michael Larabel reports: The NVIDIA open-source kernel driver modules shipped by…
How a Cheap Barcode Scanner Helped Fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs In a Flash
Published: July 26, 2024 23:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important…
RFK Jr. Says He'd Direct the Government to Buy $615 Billion in Bitcoin or 4 Million Bitcoins
Published: July 26, 2024 23:03
US presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced during his keynote Friday at the Bitcoin Conference that he would direct the US government to buy Bitcoin until the size of its Bitcoin reserves matched its gold reserves. At current prices, that…
White House Announces New AI Actions As Apple Signs On To Voluntary Commitments
Published: July 26, 2024 22:40
The White House announced that Apple has "signed onto the voluntary commitments" in line with the administration's previous AI executive order. "In addition, federal agencies reported that they completed all of the 270-day actions in the Executive Order on…
Data From Deleted GitHub Repos May Not Actually Be Deleted, Researchers Claim
Published: July 26, 2024 22:00
Thomas Claburn reports via The Register: Researchers at Truffle Security have found, or arguably rediscovered, that data from deleted GitHub repositories (public or private) and from deleted copies (forks) of repositories isn't necessarily deleted. Joe…
Automakers Sold Driver Data For Pennies, Senators Say
Published: July 26, 2024 21:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: If you drive a car made by General Motors and it has an internet connection, your car's movements and exact location are being collected and shared anonymously with a data broker. This practice,…
ISPs Seeking Government Handouts Try To Avoid Offering Low-Cost Broadband
Published: July 26, 2024 20:41
Internet service providers are pushing back against the Biden administration's requirement for low-cost options even as they are attempting to secure funds from a $42.45 billion government broadband initiative. The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment…
2U, Once a Giant in Online Education, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Published: July 26, 2024 20:01
Online education company 2U filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is being taken private in a deal that will wipe out more than half of its $945 million debt [non-paywalled link]. From a report: 2U was a pioneer in the online education space,…
Pixel 9 AI Will Add You To Group Photos Even When You're Not There
Published: July 26, 2024 19:25
Google's upcoming Pixel 9 smartphones are set to introduce new AI-powered features, including "Add Me," a tool that will allow users to insert themselves into group photos after those pictures have been taken, according to leaked promotional video obtained…
FTC's Khan Backs Open AI Models in Bid to Avoid Monopolies
Published: July 26, 2024 18:45
Open AI models that allow developers to customize them with few restrictions are more likely to promote competition, FTC Chair Lina Khan said, weighing in on a key debate within the industry. From a report: "There's tremendous potential for open-weight…
Russia To Slow YouTube Speeds
Published: July 26, 2024 18:06
Russia admitted that it's deliberately slowing YouTube's loading speeds and said it plans to throttle the download speeds on the Google platform by up to 70% by the end of next week. Russia is taking this stand in response to Google's refusal to comply…
No Fix For Intel's Crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs - Any Damage is Permanent
Published: July 26, 2024 17:30
An anonymous reader shares a report: On Monday, it initially seemed like the beginning of the end for Intel's desktop CPU instability woes -- the company confirmed a patch is coming in mid-August that should address the "root cause" of exposure to elevated…
Marvel's Kevin Feige Defends Sequels as an 'Absolute Pillar of the Industry'
Published: July 26, 2024 16:48
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who has overseen the Marvel Cinematic Universe's unprecedented success, has expressed his longstanding appreciation for sequels and world-building in cinema at a time when Disney's top executive has admitted that the…
It Is Now Easier To Pass AP Tests
Published: July 26, 2024 16:05
More students are getting high scores on Advanced Placement tests, long seen as a gateway to elite college admissions as well as a way to earn college credit during high school. From a report: Changes by the tests' maker in recent years have shifted scores…
Childhood Air Pollution Directly Linked To Adult Lung Health, Study Says
Published: July 26, 2024 15:36
Air pollution breathed in during childhood is one of the factors in adult lung health, according to a new study. From a report: The origins of the study date back to 1992 when researchers began investigating the effects of air pollution on groups of…
Windows 11 Will Soon Add Your Android Phone To File Explorer
Published: July 26, 2024 14:44
Microsoft has started testing a new way to access your Android phone from directly within Windows 11's File Explorer. From a report: Windows Insiders are now able to test this new feature, which lets you wirelessly browse through folders and files on your…
Microsoft Pushes for Windows Changes After CrowdStrike Incident
Published: July 26, 2024 14:06
In the wake of a major incident that affected millions of Windows PCs, Microsoft is calling for significant changes to enhance the resilience of its operating system. John Cable, Microsoft's vice president of program management for Windows servicing and…
New Chrome Feature Scans Password-Protected Files For Malicious Content
Published: July 26, 2024 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hacker News: Google said it's adding new security warnings when downloading potentially suspicious and malicious files via its Chrome web browser. "We have replaced our previous warning messages with more…
Bizarre Secrets Found Investigating Corrupt Winamp Skins
Published: July 26, 2024 10:00
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares a blog post from Meta Engineer Jordan Eldredge, with the caption: A biography of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, weird images, a worm.exe, random images, encrypted files, a gift a dad in Thailand had made for his…
US Solar Production Soars By 25 Percent In Just One Year
Published: July 26, 2024 07:00
Yesterday, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) released electricity generation numbers for the first five months of 2024, revealing that solar power generation increased by 25% compared to the same period last year. Ars Technica's John Timmer reports: The…
Chemist Explains the Chemistry Behind Decaf Coffee
Published: July 26, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation, written by Michael W. Crowder, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Dean of the Graduate School at Miami University: For many people, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee is the start of a…
AI Models Face Collapse If They Overdose On Their Own Output
Published: July 26, 2024 02:02
According to a new study published in Nature, researchers found that training AI models using AI-generated datasets can lead to "model collapse," where models produce increasingly nonsensical outputs over generations. "In one example, a model started with…
California Supreme Court Upholds Gig Worker Law In a Win For Ride-Hail Companies
Published: July 26, 2024 01:25
In a major victory for ride-hail companies, California Supreme Court upheld a law classifying gig workers as independent contractors, maintaining their ineligibility for benefits such as sick leave and workers' compensation. This decision concludes a…
ServiceNow Embroiled In DOJ Probe of Government Contract Award
Published: July 26, 2024 00:45
snydeq shares a report from CIO.com: ServiceNow has reported potential compliance issues to the US Department of Justice "related to one of its government contracts" as well as the hiring of the then-CIO of the US Army to be its head of global public…
Video Game Performers Will Go On Strike Over AI Concerns
Published: July 26, 2024 00:02
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios…
Oracle's Java Pricing Brews Bitter Taste, Subscribers Spill Over To OpenJDK
Published: July 25, 2024 23:20
Lindsay Clark reports via The Register: Only 14 percent of Oracle Java subscribers plan to stay on Big Red's runtime environment, according to a study following the introduction of an employee-based subscription model. At the same time, 36 percent of the…
iFixit CEO Takes Shots At Anthropic For 'Hitting Our Servers a Million Times In 24 Hours'
Published: July 25, 2024 22:40
Yesterday, iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens asked AI company Anthropic why it was clogging up their server bandwidth without permission. "Do you really need to hit our servers a million times in 24 hours?" Wiens wrote on X. "You're not only taking our content without…
Secure Boot Is Completely Broken On 200+ Models From 5 Big Device Makers
Published: July 25, 2024 22:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Dan Goodin: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and…
Kaspersky Alleges US Snub Amid Ongoing Ban
Published: July 25, 2024 21:20
The U.S. Department of Commerce is ignoring Kaspersky's latest proposal to address cybersecurity concerns, despite the Russian firm's efforts to prove its products are free from Kremlin influence. Kaspersky's new framework includes localizing data…
UN's Call To Action on Extreme Heat
Published: July 25, 2024 20:41
UN: The UN Secretary-General's Call to Action on Extreme Heat brings together the diverse expertise and perspectives of ten specialized UN entities (FAO, ILO, OCHA, UNDRR, UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, WHO, WMO) in a first-of-its-kind joint product,…
Minnesota Becomes Second State To Pass Law For Flying Cars
Published: July 25, 2024 20:00
Minnesota has become the second state to pass what it's calling a "Jetsons law," establishing rules for cars that can take to the sky. New Hampshire was the first to enact a "Jetsons" law. From a report: The new road rules in Minnesota address "roadable…
5th Circuit Court Upends FCC Universal Service Fund, Ruling It an Illegal Tax
Published: July 25, 2024 19:25
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, which collects fees on phone bills to support telecom network expansion and affordability programs, is unconstitutional, potentially upending the $8…
OpenAI To Launch 'SearchGPT' in Challenge To Google
Published: July 25, 2024 18:22
OpenAI is launching an online search tool in a direct challenge to Google, opening up a new front in the tech industry's race to commercialise advances in generative artificial intelligence. From a report: The experimental product, known as SearchGPT…
North Korean Hackers Are Stealing Military Secrets, Say US and Allies
Published: July 25, 2024 18:05
North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign to try to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang's banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday. From…
Southwest Scraps Open Seating, Ending Decades-Long Practice
Published: July 25, 2024 17:30
Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it will get rid of open seating in a sweeping change from its decades-long practice. Instead, it will begin assigning seats and offer premium seating with extra leg room. From a report: Southwest CEO Bob Jordan…
Google DeepMind's AI Systems Can Now Solve Complex Math Problems
Published: July 25, 2024 16:54
Google DeepMind has announced that its AI systems, AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2, have achieved silver medal performance at the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), solving four out of six problems and scoring 28 out of 42 possible points in a…
Adobe Exec Compared Creative Cloud Cancellation Fees To 'Heroin'
Published: July 25, 2024 16:05
Early termination fees are "a bit like heroin for Adobe," according to an Adobe executive quoted in the FTC's newly unredacted complaint against the company for allegedly hiding fees and making it too hard to cancel Creative Cloud. The Verge: "There is…
AI Video Generator Runway Trained On Thousands of YouTube Videos Without Permission
Published: July 25, 2024 15:22
samleecole writes: A leaked document obtained by 404 Media shows company-wide effort at generative AI company Runway, where employees collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated content for training data for its Gen-3 Alpha model. The model --…
Monday Was Hottest Recorded Day on Earth: 'Uncharted Territory'
Published: July 25, 2024 14:40
World temperature reached the hottest levels ever measured on Monday, beating the record that was set just one day before, data suggests. From a report: Provisional data published on Wednesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which holds data that…
Data Breach Exposes US Spyware Maker Behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook Malware
Published: July 25, 2024 14:03
A little-known spyware maker based in Minnesota has been hacked, TechCrunch reports, revealing thousands of devices around the world under its stealthy remote surveillance. From the report: A person with knowledge of the breach provided TechCrunch with a…
Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Would End Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Published: July 25, 2024 10:00
A NASA committee determined that the Chandra X-ray Observatory would have to cease operations under the proposed budget cuts in NASA's 2025 budget. The committee reviewed various options but found that only shutting down Chandra fit within the proposed…
Russia Announces It Will Create Core of New Space Station By 2030
Published: July 25, 2024 07:00
"Despite its domestic space program faltering even before sanctions due to its invasion of Ukraine, and at least one very public failure on a less ambitious project, Russia has announced it will begin construction of a Russian-only replacement for the ISS…
Australian Scientists Genetically Engineer Common Fly Species To Eat More of Humanity's Waste
Published: July 25, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A team of Australian scientists is genetically engineering a common fly species so that it can eat more of humanity's organic waste while producing ingredients for making everything from lubricants and…
Canada Apologizes After Drone Caught Spying On New Zealand's Olympic Practices
Published: July 25, 2024 02:02
New Zealand has lodged a formal complaint with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after a Canadian soccer "support staff member" allegedly flew a drone over their training session. The Canadian Olympic Committee has apologized, expressed shock and…
Cyber Firm KnowBe4 Hired a Fake IT Worker From North Korea
Published: July 25, 2024 01:25
In a blog post on Tuesday, security firm KnowBe4 revealed that a remote software engineer hire was a North Korean threat actor using a stolen identity and AI-augmented images. "Detailing a seemingly thorough interview process that included background…
World of Warcraft Developers Form Blizzard's Largest and Most Inclusive Union
Published: July 25, 2024 00:45
Ash Parrish reports via The Verge: More than 500 developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on World of Warcraft have voted to form a union. The World of Warcraft GameMakers Guild, formed with the assistance of the Communication Workers of America…
Hugo Awards Organizers Reveal Thousands Spent On Fraudulent Votes To Help One Writer Win
Published: July 25, 2024 00:02
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The prestigious Hugo awards for science fiction and fantasy writing has revealed that almost 400 votes -- about 10% of all votes cast in this year's awards -- were fraudulently paid for to help one…
GM-Owned Cruise Has Lost Interest In Cars Without Steering Wheels
Published: July 24, 2024 23:20
Yesterday, GM announced it was delaying production of the Cruise Origin indefinitely, opting to use the Chevy Bolt as the main vehicle for its self-driving efforts. Introduced four years ago, the Cruise Origin embodied a futuristic vision with no steering…
Phish-Friendly Domain Registry '.top' Put On Notice
Published: July 24, 2024 22:40
Investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs writes: The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in ".top" has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and…
Lawsuit: T-Mobile Must Pay For Breaking Lifetime Price Guarantee
Published: July 24, 2024 22:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier's decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price guarantee. "Based upon T-Mobile's…
Malaysia Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Consider Covering Losses From Global Outage
Published: July 24, 2024 21:20
Malaysia's digital minister said today he has asked global tech firms Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage. From a report: Five government agencies and nine companies…
Open Source AI Better for US as China Will Steal Tech Anyway, Zuckerberg Argues
Published: July 24, 2024 20:15
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has advocated for open-source AI development, asserting it as a strategic advantage for the United States against China. In a blog post, Zuckerberg argued that closing off AI models would not effectively prevent Chinese access,…
A Hacker 'Ghost' Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub
Published: July 24, 2024 20:01
Researchers at Check Point have uncovered a clandestine network of approximately 3,000 "ghost" accounts on GitHub, manipulating the platform to promote malicious content. Since June 2023, a cybercriminal dubbed "Stargazer Goblin" has been exploiting…
The AI Job Interviewer Will See You Now
Published: July 24, 2024 19:22
AI is increasingly being employed in job interviews across China and India, marking a significant shift in recruitment practices in the region. This follows a similar practice making inroads in the U.S. Rest of World adds: A 2023 survey of 1,000…
Google's Exclusive Reddit Access
Published: July 24, 2024 18:41
Google is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web's most valuable repositories of user generated content exclusive to the internet's already dominant search engine. 404 Media: If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo,…
Microsoft: Our Licensing Terms Do Not Meaningfully Raise Cloud Rivals' Costs
Published: July 24, 2024 18:05
In a response to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority's investigation into cloud services and licensing, Microsoft has defended its practices, asserting that its terms "do not meaningfully raise cloud rivals' costs." The Windows-maker emphasized…
OpenAI Could Lose $5 Billion This Year
Published: July 24, 2024 17:23
OpenAI has built one of the fastest-growing businesses in history. It may also be one of the costliest to run. The Information: The ChatGPT maker could lose as much as $5 billion this year [non-paywalled source], according to an analysis by The…
T-Mobile Expands Fiber Footprint With Metronet Acquisition
Published: July 24, 2024 16:41
T-Mobile and investment firm KKR have formed a joint venture (JV) to acquire fiber service provider Metronet. From a report: The fiber provider reaches over 300 communities and more than 2 million homes in 17 states. Metronet is both a pure-play fiber…
CrowdStrike Offers a $10 Apology Gift Card To Say Sorry For Outage
Published: July 24, 2024 16:02
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, reporting for TechCrunch: CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according…
US Urges Vigilance By Tech Startups, VC Firms on Foreign Funds
Published: July 24, 2024 15:28
The US is warning homegrown tech startups and venture capital firms that some foreign investments may be fronts for hostile nations seeking data and technology for their governments or to undermine American businesses. From a report: Several US…
Wealthy Western Countries Lead in Global Oil and Gas Expansion
Published: July 24, 2024 14:40
A surge in new oil and gas production in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12 billion tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world's wealthiest countries -- such as the US and the UK -- leading a stampede of fossil fuel expansion in spite of their…
AI Adoption Creeps as Enterprises Wrestle With Costs and Use Cases
Published: July 24, 2024 14:00
Global enterprises are grappling with the complexities of AI adoption, according to hundreds of top industry executives at a recent private software conference hosted by UBS. UBS adds: We heard: 1. The data points from a private GPU cloud infrastructure…
Mark Zuckerberg Imagines Content Creators Making AI Clones of Themselves
Published: July 24, 2024 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Content creators are busy people. Most spend more than 20 hours a week creating new content for their respective corners of the web. That doesn't leave much time for audience engagement. But Mark…
Digital Tax Talks In G20 Spotlight As US Tariff Threat Looms
Published: July 24, 2024 10:00
Negotiations on a global tax deal have extended beyond the June 30 deadline, with countries now looking to the G20 finance leaders meeting for progress. "The stakes in the negotiations are high," reports Reuters. "A failure to reach agreement on final…
Sunday Was the Hottest Day Ever Recorded On Earth, Scientists Say
Published: July 24, 2024 07:00
On Sunday, global temperatures reached their highest levels in recorded history (source may be paywalled; alternative source), with a daily average of 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit). "The historic day comes on the heels of 13 straight…
DHS Has a DoS Robot To Disable Internet of Things 'Booby Traps' Inside Homes
Published: July 24, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media's Jason Koebler: The Department of Homeland Security bought a dog-like robot that it has modified with an "antenna array" that gives law enforcement the ability to overload people's home networks in an…
Hackers Leak Documents From Pentagon IT Services Provider Leidos
Published: July 24, 2024 02:02
According to Bloomberg, hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings, one of the largest IT services providers of the U.S. government. Reuters reports: The company recently became aware of the issue and believes the documents were…
Alphabet To Invest Another $5 Billion Into Waymo
Published: July 24, 2024 01:25
During Alphabet's second-quarter earnings call today, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat announced the organization will spend an additional $5 billion on its self-driving subsidiary, Waymo. "This new round of funding, which is consistent with recent annual…
Indie Game Publisher Humble Games Reportedly Lays Off All Staff
Published: July 24, 2024 00:45
Humble Games, the indie game publisher behind the popular pay-what-you-want "Humble Game Bundle," has laid off its entire staff of 36 people. However, the company says it is not shutting down and Humble Bundle will not be impacted. Instead, the job cuts…
The Kremlin Jails the Father of Russia's Internet
Published: July 24, 2024 00:02
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA): Alexey Soldatov, a Russian Internet pioneer and a founder of the first Internet provider in the country, has been sentenced by a court to two years in a labor colony…
House Committee Calls On CrowdStrike CEO To Testify On Global Outage
Published: July 23, 2024 23:20
According to the Washington Post (paywalled), the House Homeland Security Committee has called on the CrowdStrike CEO to testify over the major outage that brought flights, hospital procedures, and broadcasters to a halt on Friday. The outage was caused by…
Switzerland Now Requires All Government Software To Be Open Source
Published: July 23, 2024 22:18
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks" (EMBAG), mandating open-source software (OSS) in the public sector to enhance transparency, security, and efficiency. "This new law requires…
EU To Investigate Delivery Hero, Glovo Over Food Delivery Cartel Concerns
Published: July 23, 2024 22:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The European Commission announced a formal investigation into Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary, Glovo, on Tuesday, citing cartel concerns. The Commission will…
China Is Getting Secretive About Its Supercomputers
Published: July 23, 2024 21:21
For decades, American and Chinese scientists collaborated on supercomputers. But Chinese scientists have become more secretive as the U.S. has tried to hinder China's technological progress, and they have stopped participating altogether in a prominent…
Hackers Shut Down Heating in Ukrainian City With Malware, Researchers Say
Published: July 23, 2024 20:41
An anonymous reader shares a report: For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a cyberattack against a municipal energy company, security researchers and…
'GitHub Is Starting To Feel Like Legacy Software'
Published: July 23, 2024 20:01
Developer and librarian Misty De Meo, writing about her frustrating experience using GitHub: To me, one of GitHub's killer power user features is its blame view. git blame on the commandline is useful but hard to read; it's not the interface I reach for…
US Opens Investigation Into Delta After Airline Cancels Thousands of Flights
Published: July 23, 2024 19:21
The US transportation department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into Delta Air Lines after the carrier canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday as it struggles to recover from a global cyber outage that snarled airlines worldwide.…
AI Is Already Taking Jobs In the Video Game Industry
Published: July 23, 2024 18:41
merbs writes: Video games -- and the people who make them -- are in trouble. An estimated 10,500 people in the industry were laid off in 2023 alone. This year, layoffs in the nearly $200 billion sector have only gotten worse, with studios axing what is…
FTC Launches Probe Into 'Surveillance Pricing'
Published: July 23, 2024 18:00
smooth wombat writes: The FTC has sent mandatory notices for information to eight companies it says engages in "surveillance pricing", the process by which prices are rapidly changed using AI based on data about customer behavior and characteristics. This…
Meta Warns EU Regulatory Efforts Risk Bloc Missing Out on AI Advances
Published: July 23, 2024 17:21
Meta has warned that the EU's approach to regulating AI is creating the "risk" that the continent is cut off from accessing cutting-edge services, while the bloc continues its effort to rein in the power of Big Tech. From a report: Rob Sherman, the social…
Apple Moves Forward With Foldable iPhone
Published: July 23, 2024 16:42
Apple is advancing its plans for a foldable iPhone, with potential release as early as 2026, The Information reported Tuesday. The iPhone-maker has begun engaging with Asian suppliers for component production, the report added. The proposed device is said…
Meta Launches Powerful Open-Source AI Model Llama 3.1
Published: July 23, 2024 16:05
Meta has released Llama 3.1, its largest open-source AI model to date, in a move that challenges the closed approaches of competitors like OpenAI and Google. The new model, boasting 405 billion parameters, is claimed by Meta to outperform GPT-4o and Claude…
Intel Blames 13th, 14th Gen CPU Crashes on Software Bug
Published: July 23, 2024 15:22
Intel has finally figured out why its 13th and 14th generation core desktop CPUs are repeatedly crashing. From a report: In a forum post on Monday, Intel said it traced the problem to faulty software code, which can trigger the CPUs to run at higher…
Alexa Is in Millions of Households - and Amazon Is Losing Billions
Published: July 23, 2024 14:44
Amazon's strategy to set prices low for Echo speakers and other smart devices, expecting them to generate income elsewhere in the tech giant, hasn't paid off [paywalled]. From a report: Amazon's Echo speakers are the type of business success companies…
AT&T Outage Blocked 92 Million Calls, FCC Report Reveals
Published: July 23, 2024 14:00
AT&T's February wireless outage disrupted over 92 million voice calls and hindered more than 25,000 attempts to reach emergency services, an FCC report said. The 12-hour nationwide incident affected approximately 125 million devices, including those of…
In Shock Move, California Forever Pulls Measure To Build Bay Area City
Published: July 23, 2024 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SFGate: A group of tech billionaires and millionaires has pulled its ballot measure that aimed to build a utopian city in Solano County. Instead, the group will go back to the drawing board the old-fashioned way by…
Chinese Researchers Create Four-Gram Drone
Published: July 23, 2024 10:00
Simon Sharwood reports via The Register: Chinese researchers have created a drone that weighs just over four grams -- less than a sheet of printer paper -- and may be able to fly indefinitely. Documented in a paper published last week in Nature, the drone…
Physics Pioneer Receives PhD After 75 Years For Discovering Kaon Particle
Published: July 23, 2024 07:00
Rosemary Fowler, a pioneering physicist who discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research in 1948, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol -- 75 years after she left her PhD to raise a family. The Guardian reports:…
Google's New Weather Prediction System Combines AI With Traditional Physics
Published: July 23, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Researchers from Google have built a new weather prediction model that combines machine learning with more conventional techniques, potentially yielding accurate forecasts at a fraction of the…
Wiz Turns Down $23 Billion Google Deal
Published: July 23, 2024 02:39
Wiz, the cloud security startup that was in acquisition talks with Google, has decided not to forward with the deal and to remain an independent company, according to an internal note sent to company employees on Monday. Fortune: "While we are flattered by…
Japan's Copyright Rules Draw AI Groups -- and Alarm From Creators
Published: July 23, 2024 01:30
The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association claims that AI-powered search engines by U.S. tech giants like Google and Microsoft likely infringe on copyright by using news articles without permission. Therefore, they're urging the Japanese…
Microsoft: Linux Is the Top Operating System on Azure Today
Published: July 23, 2024 00:50
Azure used to be a cloud platform dedicated to Windows. Now, it's the most widely used operating system on Microsoft Azure. The New Stack's Joab Jackson writes: These days, Microsoft expends considerable effort that Linux runs as smoothly as possible on…
Nvidia RTX 40-Series GPUs Hampered By Low-Quality Thermal Paste
Published: July 23, 2024 00:10
"Anyone who is into gaming knows your graphics card is under strain trying to display modern graphics," writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. "This results in increased power usage, which is then turned into heat. Keeping your card cool is a must…
Meta Risks Sanctions Over 'Sneaky' Ad-Free Plans Confusing Users, EU Says
Published: July 22, 2024 23:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The European Commission (EC) has finally taken action to block Meta's heavily criticized plan to charge a subscription fee to users who value privacy on its platforms. Surprisingly, this step wasn't…
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