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samedi 26 avril 2025, 22:34
'Google-owned YouTube's revenue last year was estimated to be $54.2 billion,' reports the Los Angeles Times, 'which would make it the second-largest media company behind Walt Disney Co., according to a recent report from research firm MoffettNathanson, which called YouTube...
ZDNet's reviewer says 'I tested this affordable E Ink phone for two weeks, and it rewired my brain (for the better).' It's Mudita's new Kompakt smartphone with a two-color E Ink display — which ZDNet calls 'an affordable choice' for those 'considering investing in a...
'Only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California,' reports CNN. In fact, they add that California 'outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last year,' according to the California governor's office (which cites new data from the...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent a letter to the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia, accusing the tax-exempt organization of 'allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread...
A New York Times technology columnist has a question. 'Is there any threshold at which an A.I. would start to deserve, if not human-level rights, at least the same moral consideration we give to animals?' [W]hen I heard that researchers at Anthropic, the AI company that made ...
It's a pickup truck 'that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV,' according to the manufacturer's web site. Selling in America for just $20,000 (after federal incentives), the new electric truck is 'affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog,' says...
'A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use Google for nearly all web searches,' reports the Washington Post. 'We've never given other options a real shot.' Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly popular partly because we...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: The XPrize Foundation today announced the winners of its four-year, $100 million XPrize competition in carbon removal. The contest is one of dozens hosted by the foundation in its 20-year effort to encourage...
Initial claims that life-associated gases were detected on exoplanet K2-18b are being challenged, with independent reanalysis by Jake Taylor suggesting the data is too noisy to support such conclusions and that stronger, model-independent evidence is needed. NPR reports:...
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: China will let scientists from six countries, including the U.S., examine the rocks it collected from the Moon -- a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Multiple studies and investigations have found that about half of American households watch TV and movies with subtitles on, but only a relatively small portion of those include someone with a hearing disability. That's...
TV producer Alex Berger criticized Apple TV+ as 'the worst marketer in the universe' for failing to promote his French-language show La Maison, despite its success in Europe. Berger said he initially partnered with Apple out of hope, but ultimately felt they undermined their ...
YKK, the world's largest zipper maker, has unveiled a prototype self-propelled zipper that uses a motorized worm gear to zip itself closed at the push of a button. It currently relies on a wired remote and external power, and can zip spans up to 16 feet in under a minute....
Some developers are 'crying foul' after Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code stopped working with VS Code derivatives like VS Codium and Cursor, reports The Register. The move has prompted Cursor to transition to open-source alternatives, while some developers...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast executives apparently realized something that customers have known and complained about for years: The Internet provider's prices aren't transparent enough and rise too frequently. This might not have mattered...
DoorDash has sent a proposal to buy the British meal delivery company Deliveroo for $3.6 billion. 'The current offer marks the first formal approach since the last report in the summer,' notes Reuters. From the report: The deal is expected to face no regulatory hurdles, as...
Google announced it will end software updates and remote control support for the first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats (plus the 2014 European model) starting October 25th. 'You will no longer be able to control them remotely from your phone or with Google...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured. Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of...
vendredi 25 avril 2025, 23:24
Families earning $300,000 annually -- placing them among America's highest earners -- are increasingly finding themselves unable to afford elite college tuition without taking on substantial debt. Bloomberg's analysis of financial aid data from 50 selective colleges reveals...
Microsoft has finally released Windows Recall to the general public, nearly a year after first announcing the controversial feature. Available exclusively on Copilot+ PCs, Recall continuously captures screenshots of user activity, storing them in a searchable database with...
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