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dimanche 29 septembre 2024, 13:34
Uplevel provides insights from coding and collaboration data, according to a recent report from CIO magazine — and recently they measured 'the time to merge code into a repository [and] the number of pull requests merged' for about 800 developers over a three-month period...
California governor Gavin Newsom 'vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit,' reports the Associated Press: In explaining his veto, Newsom said federal law already dictates vehicle safety standards and adding...
Bryan Choi, an associate professor of law and computer science focusing on software safety, proposes shifting AI liability onto the builders of the systems: To date, most popular approaches to AI safety and accountability have focused on the technological characteristics and ...
America's National Transportation Safety Board 'is issuing 'urgent safety recommendations' for some Boeing 737s...' reports CNN, 'warning that critical flight controls could jam.' The independent investigative agency is issuing the warning that an actuator attached to the...
Last weekend Boeing announced that its CEO of Defense, Space, and Security 'had left the company,' according to Barrons. 'Parting ways like this, for upper management, is the equivalent to firing,' they write — though they add that setbacks on Starliner's first crewed test...
Long-time Slashdot reader dmitrygr writes: Debian Linux booted on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 — the first microprocessor in the world — the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004...
'After complaining that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with for the best part of two years, bosses are no longer all talk, no action — now they're rapidly firing young workers who aren't up to scratch just months after hiring them,' writes Fortune. 'According to a new...
samedi 28 septembre 2024, 23:07
Past studies have suggested a major ocean current could collapse, quickly changing temperatures and climate patterns, reports the Washington Post. 'But scientists disagree on whether the the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already slowing, and questions ...
How were the Pyramids built? NBC News reported on 'a possible answer' after new evidence was published earlier this year in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The theory? '[A]n extinct branch of the Nile River once weaved through the landscape in a much wetter...
Ars Technica reports NASA officials operating the International Space Station 'are seriously concerned about a small Russian part of the station' — because it's leaking. The 'PrK' tunnel connecting a larger module to a docking port 'has been leaking since September 2019......
The world's oldest and largest cancer research association 'found excessive levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk for six different types of cancer,' reports CBS News: 'Some of this is happening through chronic inflammation. We also know that alcohol changes the...
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shared this report from NBC News: Octopuses don't always hunt alone — but their partners aren't who you'd expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes...
Researchers propose a 'deceptively simple' way to sequester carbon, reports the Washington Post: burying wood underground: Forests are Earth's lungs, sucking up six times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than the amount people pump into the atmosphere every year by burning coal and ...
When it comes to professional certifications, the long-running nonprofit Linux Professional Institute boasts they've issued 250,000, making them the world's largest Linux/Open Source certification body. And last week they announced a 'strategic alliance' with the Open Source ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal judge in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations for fluoride in drinking water, saying the compound poses an unreasonable potential risk to children at levels that...
Black hole jets, which spew near-light-speed particle beams, can trigger nearby white dwarf stars to explode by igniting hydrogen layers on their surfaces. 'We don't know what's going on, but it's just a very exciting finding,' said Alec Lessing, an astrophysicist at...
Longtime Slashdot reader penciling_in shares a report from CircleID: Starlink, SpaceX's satellite-based internet service, has hit a major milestone by surpassing 4 million subscribers worldwide. SpaceX confirmed the news on Thursday after company President Gwynne Shotwell...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The Dutch Supreme Court has requested guidance from the EU's top court on geo-blocking, VPNs, and copyright in a case involving the online publication of Anne Frank's manuscripts. The CJEU's response has the potential to ...
A U.S. Trademark Office tribunal canceled Marvel and DC's jointly owned 'Super Hero' trademarks after the companies failed to respond to a request by London-based Superbabies Ltd, which argued the marks couldn't be owned collectively or monopolize the superhero genre. The...
The Register's Tobias Mann reports: Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and ...
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