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Anthropic 'Suspends' All Mythos and Fable Access After US Order Limiting Foreign Access
Published: June 13, 2026 07:00
"Anthropic said on Friday it will 'abruptly disable' its most advanced AI models for all users," reports Reuters, "after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company…
Data Center Opponents Have Blocked Or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion In 2026
Published: June 13, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study -- conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the…
Jeff Bezos' AI Startup Aims To Build an 'Artificial General Engineer'
Published: June 12, 2026 23:00
Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an "artificial general engineer" capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first…
Justice Department Approves Paramount's $111 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.
Published: June 12, 2026 22:00
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision,…
ShinyHunters Hacked 100+ Organizations By Exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-Day
Published: June 12, 2026 21:20
ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. "ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its…
Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts
Published: June 12, 2026 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network…
Touchscreen Macbook '100% Confirmed,' Says Reputable Leaker
Published: June 12, 2026 19:00
A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is "100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical…
Microsoft Surface Flaw Allowed Unprotected Devices To Be Bricked By a Single Packet
Published: June 12, 2026 18:30
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have…
Sam Bankman-Fried Loses Bid To Overturn Crypto Fraud Conviction
Published: June 12, 2026 17:45
Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors' evidence against…
Infineon to Open German Chip Fab as Part of EU Sovereignty Push
Published: June 12, 2026 16:00
Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue…
SpaceX IPO Makes Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire
Published: June 12, 2026 15:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the…
Pokemon Go Data Was Used To Help Train AI Systems Being Developed For Military Drones
Published: June 12, 2026 11:00
Pokemon Go players' optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial's visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired…
An Algorithm Determines How Fast You Should Drive On California's I-15 Freeway
Published: June 12, 2026 07:00
Riverside County has launched an 8-mile "smart freeway" pilot on northbound I-15 near Temecula, using roadway sensors and an algorithm to coordinate ramp meters and suggest speeds rather than widening the freeway. Officials say the $33 million project…
China Lures Foreign Patients With Cutting-Edge, Cheap Medical Care
Published: June 12, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: While traditional hotspots in the region such as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia focus on services such as cosmetic surgery, IVF or physicals, China is trying to differentiate itself by providing some…
Study Links Smartphones With Declining Fertility Rates
Published: June 11, 2026 23:00
Two recent studies argue that smartphones may have contributed to falling birthrates by reducing in-person social interaction, sexual frequency, and other conditions tied to unintended pregnancies. "One of the studies published in May is called 'The…
Poland To Jail Online Streamers of Violent Crime For Up To 5 Years
Published: June 11, 2026 22:00
Polish lawmakers have voted to criminalize "trash streaming," with up to five years in prison for online broadcasts of serious crimes such as rape or murder, animal cruelty, humiliating violence, gambling promotion, or even simulated depictions of those…
Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments
Published: June 11, 2026 21:00
Coinbase has launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT or Claude execute crypto trades and manage payments on a user's behalf. "For example, customers can prompt their agent to rebalance portfolios, identify trading…
Euro-Office 1.0 Arrives To Open-Source Infighting: 'Compatibility Is Not Sovereignty'
Published: June 11, 2026 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: If digital sovereignty is important to you, and it certainly is in the European Union (EU), then you'll be pleased to know that EuroOffice, a new open-source browser-based office suite alternative to…
ACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man As a Child Abductor
Published: June 11, 2026 19:00
fjo3 shares a report from Reason: Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties…
OpenAI Mulls Slashing Prices As It Competes With Anthropic For Users
Published: June 11, 2026 18:00
OpenAI is reportedly considering sharp price cuts for paid access to its AI models as competition with Anthropic intensifies and both companies race for users ahead of potential IPOs. "The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens,…
Opendoor Ends India Operations, Fueling a Bigger Conversation About AI and Outsourcing
Published: June 11, 2026 17:00
Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: "I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we…
Xbox CEO Says Current Margins 'Cannot Continue'
Published: June 11, 2026 16:00
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox's current economics "cannot continue," citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints…
OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters
Published: June 11, 2026 15:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it,…
Fully Autonomous Drones Have Killed Human Soldiers For the First Time
Published: June 11, 2026 11:00
Longtime Slashdot reader MattSparkes shares a report from NewScientist, captioned: "For years we've had unconfirmed reports, rumors, hints... now we know." From the report: Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the…
Humans Prefer To Walk Anticlockwise, Scientists Find
Published: June 11, 2026 07:00
fjo3 shares a report from The Guardian: Tests reveal that when people are ambling about, they have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction. "If you simply ask someone to start walking, whether they are wandering around…
Solar Beats Coal In the US For the First Month Ever
Published: June 11, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Solar generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first month on record in May 2026, according to new analysis from global energy think tank Ember. Solar supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity during the…
Microsoft Defender 'RoguePlanet' Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Privileges
Published: June 10, 2026 23:00
A researcher using the name Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit called "RoguePlanet," which reportedly works on fully patched Windows 10 and 11 systems and can spawn a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges through a…
Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT
Published: June 10, 2026 22:00
Visa is integrating its payment network with ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and complete purchases on users' behalf. "It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user's behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts…
Valve Discontinues Physical Steam Gift Cards Due To Scammers
Published: June 10, 2026 21:00
Valve is discontinuing physical Steam Gift Cards and says it will stop restocking them as retailers sell through remaining inventory. In a blog post, the company blamed persistent gift card scams as the reason, though Steam Digital Gift Cards will remain…
Threats Against Politicians Tripled After Meta Changed Its Speech Rules
Published: June 10, 2026 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last year, Meta radically overhauled the rules around what content it would allow on its platforms. The company claimed that its own efforts policing speech had gone too far and that it would relax the rules…
BYD To Install Thousands of 5-Minute EV Chargers Across Europe
Published: June 10, 2026 19:00
BYD plans to install 3,000 ultra-fast "Flash Chargers" across Europe by the end of 2027, with the first stations already appearing in Germany and the UK. The Verge reports: At an estimated cost of 580,000 euros (about $670,000) per charger according to the…
macOS 27 Beta Boots Asahi Linux Off Apple Silicon
Published: June 10, 2026 18:00
The Asahi Linux team is warning Apple Silicon users not to upgrade to the macOS 27 beta because Apple's changes to the boot picker and Startup Disk app make Asahi partitions invisible, preventing Linux from booting. The Register reports: The team added:…
German Court Holds Google Liable For False AI Overview Answers
Published: June 10, 2026 17:00
A Munich regional court has ruled (PDF) that Google can be held directly liable for false claims in AI Overviews. The case involved AI Overviews falsely linking two publishers to scams and shady business practices, with the court rejecting Google's…
Seattle Enacts Year-Long Ban On New AI Datacenters
Published: June 10, 2026 16:00
Seattle has enacted a one-year moratorium on new datacenters, making it the largest U.S. city to do so as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban. The Guardian reports:…
Microsoft Smashes Record For Biggest Ever Patch Tuesday Update
Published: June 10, 2026 15:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ComputerWeekly: Microsoft has issued patches for about 200 flaws in its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop, blasting past a previous record high of almost 170 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in…
Commonwealth Fusion Makes the Physics Case For Its 400 MW Reactor
Published: June 10, 2026 11:00
Commonwealth Fusion has published five peer-reviewed papers laying out the physics case for ARC, its planned 400 MW fusion power plant, which would follow the company's smaller SPARC tokamak now under construction. The papers suggest ARC could produce more…
NASA Announces Astronauts For Its Artemis III Mission
Published: June 10, 2026 07:00
NASA has named Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas as the crew for Artemis III, which has been reworked from a moon-landing mission into a roughly two-week Earth-orbit test of lunar landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.…
FCC Wants To Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms To Get All Customers' IDs
Published: June 10, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones -- a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of…
US Labels BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and Other Tech Giants As Aiding China's Military
Published: June 9, 2026 23:00
The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, Unitree, and other Chinese companies to its list of firms it says support China's military, barring them from U.S. defense contracts. The companies and China's embassy deny the allegations. The Associated Press…
EU Orders Meta To Open WhatsApp To Rival AI Chatbots
Published: June 9, 2026 22:00
The European Commission has ordered Meta to temporarily restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while it investigates whether Meta's ban on third-party assistants abuses its dominant position. Meta says it will appeal, calling the…
Anthropic Releases Claude Fable, a 'Safe' Version of Mythos
Published: June 9, 2026 21:00
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. "For…
High-Severity Vulnerability In Linux Caused By a Single Errant Character
Published: June 9, 2026 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that's able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don't often see: a single errant character inside the kernel.…
EU Says Decision Not to Launch Siri AI in Europe Is Apple's Alone
Published: June 9, 2026 19:00
The European Commission says Apple's decision not to launch Siri AI in the EU is Apple's alone, arguing that the company sought an exemption from Digital Markets Act interoperability rules instead of building a compliant privacy- and security-preserving…
Meta Will Use Your Activity On Other Websites To Personalize Your Feeds
Published: June 9, 2026 18:00
Meta says it will expand how it uses off-platform activity shared by other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds as well as AI responses, not just ads. The change starts in July and can be disabled through the "Activity from other…
Microsoft Hacked To Deliver Malware To Claude and Gemini Users
Published: June 9, 2026 17:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity…
NHS Prescribes Half a Million Copilot Licenses For Its Paperwork Headache
Published: June 9, 2026 16:00
NHS England plans to roll out Microsoft Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff after a 30,000-person pilot claimed the AI assistant saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on administrative work. The Register reports: The rollout won't happen…
UK PM Gives Tech Firms Ultimatum To Block Explicit Images on Children's Phones
Published: June 9, 2026 15:00
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given Apple, Google, and other tech firms until September to introduce device-level protections that prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing explicit images. "If businesses do not comply within three months,…
Tests Suggest Russian Satellites Can Jam GPS On a Continental Scale
Published: June 9, 2026 11:00
Researchers say mysterious, seconds-long GPS interference bursts detected across Europe appear to come from Russian EKS early-warning satellites, making this "a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space," reports Ars Technica. The…
Donut Lab's 'Solid-State' Battery Exposed As Regular Li-Ion
Published: June 9, 2026 07:00
A battery researcher's investigation, backed by more than 20 independent experts, claims Donut Lab's much-hyped "solid-state" battery is actually a conventional lithium-ion cell, with voltage curves and expansion data matching high-nickel NCM chemistry…
'Severe' Stress On Oceans As Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles In 10 Years, UN Warns
Published: June 9, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The world's oceans are under "severe and accelerating" pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United…
OpenAI Files For IPO
Published: June 8, 2026 23:00
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, "setting it up for what may be the most highly anticipated market debut in recent history and a massive payday for early investors," reports CNN. The decision follows recent IPO announcements from Anthropic and…
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App
Published: June 8, 2026 22:00
Last Thursday, Wired reported that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased facial recognition system called NameTag into software installed on millions of phones. In a follow-up report, Wired says the tech giant has now removed the face-recognition-related…
Xbox Game Exclusivity Will Be Decided on a 'Case-by-Case' Basis, Microsoft Says
Published: June 8, 2026 21:00
Microsoft executive Matt Booty says future Xbox exclusivity will be decided "case-by-case," with Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution remaining Xbox console exclusives while major multiplayer, live-service, and previously promised PlayStation…
Apple Announces macOS 27 'Golden Gate', Drops Support For Intel Macs
Published: June 8, 2026 20:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from AppleInsider: Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more. [...] On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant…
Apple Announces Siri AI, Next Generation of Apple Intelligence
Published: June 8, 2026 19:00
At WWDC 2026, Apple announced a new "Siri AI," describing it as a more conversational, personalized, and systemwide assistant that can understand on-screen context and interact with apps while relying on on-device processing or Private Cloud Compute. The…
WhatsApp Catches Spyware Firm NSO Defying No-Hacking Court Order
Published: June 8, 2026 18:00
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Meta-owned communications app WhatsApp says it recently detected and disrupted a spear-phishing attempt linked to spyware company NSO Group. The attack is allegedly in defiance of a court order that bars the…
Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding
Published: June 8, 2026 17:00
Firefox has merged initial support for Vulkan Video decoding, giving the browser a more cross-platform path for GPU-accelerated video playback beyond Linux's long-running reliance on VA-API. Phoronix reports: Firefox on Linux has long been focused on the…
Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files For Nasdaq IPO
Published: June 8, 2026 16:25
Bending Spoons, the Italian app studio behind acquisitions like Eventbrite, Vimeo, WeTransfer, Evernote, and AOL, has filed to go public in the U.S. after growing into a subscription-heavy app conglomerate with more than 500 million monthly active users.…
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain's 'Core Algorithm'
Published: June 8, 2026 15:00
Jeff Bezos is backing Flourish, a new "neuro AI" startup with $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, that aims to reinvent AI by studying the brain's architecture and building systems that learn continuously while using far less…
Ruby Fights Supply-Chain Attacks With Filter Offering 'Cooldown' Before Installing New Packages
Published: June 8, 2026 11:34
Most supply-chain attacks using Ruby's package hosting site "exploit a narrow window," according to a new blog post form Ruby core maintainer Hiroshi Shibata. So its packaging-managing Bundler tool now offers a filter that blocks new version until it's…
A San Francisco Burglar Escaped in a Robotaxi - and Police Still Can't Find Him
Published: June 8, 2026 07:34
A burglar took a self-driving Waymo taxi to rob a San Francisco yoga studio this past January, reports TechCrunch — "and police have still not caught them." Even the police officer assigned to the case thought it would be easier to solve, notes The San…
Texas Grid Flags Risks As Data Centers, Crypto Sites Fail Voltage Tests
Published: June 8, 2026 04:34
Reuters reports: Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high,…
Police Sued After Imprisoning Innocent Man Placed Near Violent Crime By Flock License Plate Reader
Published: June 8, 2026 01:34
"When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears," reports the Times of San Diego: San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in [but no license plate number] and a witness…
Prada Unveils 'Liquid Cooling' Inner-Layer Garment for NASA's Moon Astronauts with Knitted-In Ventilation Tubes
Published: June 7, 2026 23:27
Italian fashion house Prada "unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon," reports Reuters. "The body-hugging suit, created in collaboration with Houston-based space infrastructure developer Axiom…
Black Market Tinkerers on Facebook Marketplace Offer to Hide 'Recording Lights' on Meta Smartglasses
Published: June 7, 2026 22:17
People are disabling the "recording light" on Meta's Ray-Ban smartglasses — "by my count, thousands of people," says tech journalist Joanna Stern in a new video report: STERN: "They're hiring people on Facebook Marketplace to drill out the light for as…
New Fortune 500 Rankings: Texas Overtakes California, But Amazon is #1, Beating Walmart
Published: June 7, 2026 20:29
"Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies," reports the Los Angeles Times: The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared…
The Gamer-Rights Group Fighting to Make the Industry Stop Killing Games (Servers)
Published: June 7, 2026 19:10
"Can a company take away something you've already paid for?" asks the BBC. "In the world of online video games, some already do." Publishers can decide to switch off a game's servers, often leaving it effectively unplayable. Stop Killing Games, a growing…
Winners Announced in 2026's 'International Obfuscated C Code Competition'
Published: June 7, 2026 17:34
Yesterday 2026's International Obfuscated C Code Contest concluded, with 22 new winners announced in a special three-hour livestreamed ceremony! Started 42 years ago, it's been described as the internet's longest-running contest, with entrants concocting…
James Bond Videogame '007 First Light' Sells 2.2M Copies, Earns $150M
Published: June 7, 2026 16:34
The new James Bond-themed videogame 007 First Light had a budget of 1.3 billion Danish krone — a little more than USD $202 million, reports IGN, citing a report from Denmark's public service broadcaster. "Denmark's TV 2 said that makes 007 First Light the…
After Empty Promises, Will String Theory Find New Uses?
Published: June 7, 2026 15:34
Science magazine reports: For decades, string theory promised a "theory of everything" that described all particles and forces as tiny vibrating strings. Physicists hoped it could also solve one of the field's deepest problems: reconciling quantum…
Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes
Published: June 7, 2026 14:34
A "growing wave" of Reddit's "promoted posts" are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender…
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI
Published: June 7, 2026 11:34
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in AI companies, remembers the Associated Press. And then OpenAI's Sam Altman "told Sanders that he, too, wants the public to have equity in AI companies." …
'Steve Jobs In Exile' Remembers the Birth of the Web and 'Making Unix Taste Sweet'
Published: June 7, 2026 07:34
Ars Technica shares some anecdotes from Steve Jobs in Exile, a new book released last month: [Author Geoffrey] Cain reminds us, in stunning detail, that Jobs' "exile" era at NeXT was not only critical to his evolution as a man and an entrepreneur, but…
Scientists Edited Human Embryo Genes. But Questions Remain
Published: June 7, 2026 04:41
"A DNA-editing feat involving editing the genes of early stage embryos was announced this week," reports the Wall Street Journal. They describe the feat as "a far cry from designer babies, but nevertheless a step in that direction." Dieter Egli, an…
Failing CS Grades Soar At UC Berkeley As Professors See Greater AI Usage
Published: June 7, 2026 02:41
The University of California at Berkeley discovered the percentage of failing grades in multiple CS classes this spring "is significantly higher than past semesters," reports the campus's student newspaper. "Instructors point to students' increased…
Cheaper EVs Sales are Increasing
Published: June 7, 2026 00:40
Sales have increased for Hyundai's under-$35,000 IONIQ 5, totalling 18,395 for the first five months of 2026, reports Electrek, "up 16% from the same period last year." But meanwhile BYD's overseas sales surpassed 160,000 for the first time last month,…
EU's Tech Sovereignty Package Includes 29 Pages on Open Source, Says Open Source Initiative
Published: June 6, 2026 22:40
Friday the Open Source Initiative welcomed the EU's new tech sovereignty package, noting that "over a third of the 29-page document is devoted to Open Source." The nonprofit OSI — maintainers of the Open Source definition — submitted their official…
Hospital Ordered to Pay $13M Over 2022 Death of Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols
Published: June 6, 2026 21:40
The Root reports: A New Mexico jury has found the Gila Regional Medical Center negligent in the death of Nichelle Nichols, who famously played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the hit television series "Star Trek." According to KRQE News 13, Nichols' family…
Ladybird Browser Stops Accepting Public Pull Requests
Published: June 6, 2026 20:34
The Ladybird browser isn't opposed to AI coding tools, but it's just brought a new change to their code-contributing policies. February 23: "Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI." I used Claude Code and Codex for the translation. This was…
New Power Banks Released By BMX With Safer Semi-Solid-State Batteries
Published: June 6, 2026 19:34
From Android Authority: Singapore-based BMX has announced that its SolidSafe magnetic power bank lineup, first showcased at CES 2026, is now available for purchase through its website and Amazon US, with prices starting at $59. What sets these power…
Teen Social Media Bans Risk Strengthening Big Tech's Dominance, Warns Bluesky Exec
Published: June 6, 2026 17:34
Bluesky's chief operating officer believes teen social media bans "risk entrenching Big Tech's dominance," reports CNBC: Rose Wang, Bluesky's chief operating officer, told CNBC on the sidelines of SXSW in London on Wednesday that the smaller open-source…
Early Research Suggests a Path to Predict and Prevent Lung Cancer
Published: June 6, 2026 16:34
Scientists "have made a discovery that may help prevent some people from developing lung cancer," reports the New York Times, noting that lung cancer "kills more people worldwide than any other cancer." A team of more than 80 researchers working across…
Criticisms Rise Before Vote on America's Cryptocurrency 'Clarity Act'
Published: June 6, 2026 15:34
An upcoming vote in a few weeks on America's cryptocurrency "Clarity Act" is "rattling Wall Street and consumer advocates," reports CNN, with its proposal to regulate the bulk of crypto markets through America's Commodity Futures Trading Commission. "It…
2027's 'Tomb Raider' Remake: Unreal Engine 5 and AI-Assisted Assets 'Refined' By Humans
Published: June 6, 2026 14:34
An official trailer dropped this week for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. It's "a full-blown remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider game," reports Kotaku, "rebuilt from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5." Developed by Flying Wild Hog (with…
Utah Residents Sue Officials Over Kevin O'Leary Data Center Plan
Published: June 6, 2026 13:00
Utah residents and a progressive nonprofit are suing officials over Kevin O'Leary's planned Stratos Project AI data center, arguing that the special authority overseeing it gives unelected officials too much control over land use, taxation, public health,…
Scientists Find Wind Blowing From Our Milky Way's Black Hole
Published: June 6, 2026 11:00
After 50 years of searching, astronomers say they have finally found evidence of a long-sought "wind" blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. "Unless a black hole exists in a perfect vacuum, it must blow a…
Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Reaches Criticality In First Test
Published: June 6, 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use…