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lundi 29 avril 2024, 06:35
Though it's long past Y2K, another date-related bug is still with us, writes Slashdot reader Bruce66423, sharing this report from the BBC. 'A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby, because of an error with an airline's booking system.' The problem occurs...
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN: Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world's biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland. The scale of the project transforming swathes of barren salt desert on the edge of western India into ...
An anonymous reader shared a report this week from Reuters: The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing the national security implications of China's work in open-source RISC-V chip technology, according to a letter sent to U.S. lawmakers... The technology is being used by...
Pursuing an unfair business practices case against Amazon, America's Federal Trade Commission has now 'accused' Amazon of using Signal, reports the Seattle Times: The newspaper notes that the app 'can be set to automatically delete messages, to hide information related to...
dimanche 28 avril 2024, 23:19
Long-time Slashdot reader lee1 shares 'an interesting essay on the history of orthodoxy in quantum mechanics,' published this week in Nature. Its title? ''Shut up and calculate': how Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality.' [T]he views of Danish physicist Niels...
'In less than 15 years, battery costs have fallen by more than 90%,' according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, 'one of the fastest declines ever seen in clean energy technologies.' And it's expected to get even cheaper, reports Reuters: An expected...
This year Dell moved to soldered RAM for its XPS 14 and 16, writes Digital Trends, which 'makes it impossible to upgrade, or even repair.' 'This was a big change from the past, where the XPS 15 and 17 were both celebrated for their upgradability.' Of course, Dell isn't the...
In September NASA's James Webb Space Telescope investigated an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, and 'revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide.' Webb's discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that [planet] K2-18 b...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: Poland's prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. Adam Bodnar...
They're calling it 'the world's largest 3D printer,' but also 'the factory of the future' — not just a 3D printer, but a manufacturing system. It's the succcessor to a 3D printer that could create an entire house, cutting construction time and labor, according to the...
'South Korea is considering prohibiting the use of iPhones and smart wearable devices inside military buildings,' reports the Defense Post, 'due to increasing security concerns.' But the blog Apple Insider argues the move 'has less to do with security and more to do with a...
It's another speech-recognizing, AI-powered handheld device 'about half the size of a phone,' writes CNET. (Though the $199 device comes with a keyboard and a tiny 2.8-inch screen.) 'The Rabbit R1 can identify items in its environment. Point it at a plant, and it can tell...
Macworld There is no shortage of iPad accessories, but if you had to choose just one? A keyboard is the no-brainer answer, as it provides extra versatility for your iPad. This Apple Magic Keyboard Folio is one of the best on the market, and it’s compatible with iPad 10th...
Japan's moon lander 'has woken up again,' reports the Register, 'having survived three lunar nights.' A post on social media from the lander's X account confirmed that once more, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had defied the odds and snapped a picture of...
Japan's moon lander 'has woken up again,' reports the Register, 'having survived three lunar nights.' A post on social media from the lander's X account confirmed that once more, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had defied the odds and snapped a picture of...
What happened after India banned TikTok? The move 'mostly drew widespread support' notes the Associated Press, in a country 'where protesters had been calling for a boycott of Chinese goods since the deadly confrontation in the remote Karakoram mountain border region.'...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: Tech giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically and to benefit the common good... The ...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Times of India: Several Apple customers were inexplicably locked out of their Apple ID accounts Friday evening in a major service disruption, forcing them to reset their passwords across all devices and services. According to...
samedi 27 avril 2024, 23:34
This week Russia vetoed a UN resolution that proposed banning nuclear weapons in space, CNN reports. But it all happened 'amid U.S. intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites.' In February, President Joe...
'A former high school athletic director was arrested Thursday morning,' reports CBS News, 'after allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate the school principal in a recording...' One-time Pikesville High School employee Dazhon Darien is facing charges that...
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