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dimanche 3 août 2025, 09:42
'Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games,' reports Engadget, 'and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content...' In a statement included in the Itch.io update, Stripe said it hasn't closed the...
Established in 1943 to coordinate America's building of the first atomic bomb, the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico is still 'one of the world's largest and most advanced scientific institutions' notes Wikipedia. And it now has a 'National Security AI Office,' where...
It's a cultural milestone. Fiverr just released an ad mocking vibe coding. The video features what its description calls a 'clueless entrepreneur' building an app to tell if an avocado is ripe — who soon ends up blissfully singing with an avocado to the tune of the cheesy...
Remember, it's all synthesized 'anthropomorphizing'. But with that caveat, Science News reports: In populations of simple software agents (like characters in 'The Sims' but much, much simpler), having 'guilt' can be a stable strategy that benefits them and increases...
The women-only app Tea now 'faces two class action lawsuits filed in California' in response to a recent breach,' reports NPR — even as the company is now boasting it has more than 6.2 million users. A spokesperson for Tea told the CBC it's 'working to identify any users...
samedi 2 août 2025, 22:34
The Washington Post reports: In early July, a wasp nest with a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations was found inside the grounds of a sprawling Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina that today partly serves as a storage area for radioactive...
After an 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia, 'weather authorities leapt into action,' reports SFGate, by modeling the threat of a tsunami 'and releasing warnings and advisories to prepare their communities...' But some residents of Hawaii, Japan and North America's West...
There's now an 'influx' of startups fightging wildfires, reports the Washington Post. 'More than 100 new wildfire-related technologies have launched in the U.S. and around the world since 2023, according to Lori Moore-Merrell, who served as U.S. fire administrator during the ...
'The July 2025 results of the Steam Survey were posted a few minutes ago,' Phoronix reported last night, 'and show a healthy 0.32% increase to put the Linux gaming marketshare at 2.89%.' That's a recent high in percentage terms and while Steam saw around 3% in the early days ...
After it began 'peering into the distant universe' in 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope 'has discovered a rash of 'little red dots',' reports Science magazine. There's 'hundreds of them, shining within the first billion years of the 13.8-billion-year-old universe, so...
In Shanghai at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (which ran until Tuesday), the Chinese government 'announced an international organization for AI regulation and a 13-point action plan aimed at fostering global cooperation to ensure the technology's beneficial and ...
The vehicle 'once led the Space Shuttle down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base,' The Drive reported in 2022, noting it was won in an auction for $21,061 (beating 18 other bidders). 'I just figured the NASA brand combined with Airsteam hip seemed like a can't lose...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Silicon Valley's AI talent war just reached a compensation milestone that makes even the most legendary scientific achievements of the past look financially modest. When Meta recently offered AI researcher Matt Deitke...
A Rutgers-led study using advanced computational modeling reveals that expanding solar power by just 15% could reduce U.S. carbon emissions by over 8.5 million metric tons annually, with the greatest benefits concentrated in specific regions like California, Texas, and the...
A new paper from Bangor University outlines the 'bizarre phenomenon' known as the transparency paradox: that transparency is needed to foster public trust in science, but being transparent about science, medicine and government can also reduce trust. The paper argues that...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Anthropic revoked OpenAI's API access to its models on Tuesday, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell WIRED. OpenAI was informed that its access was cut off due to violating the terms of service. 'Claude Code has...
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Peak Energy shipped out its first sodium-ion battery energy storage system, and the New York-based company says it's achieved a first in three ways: the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery storage system;...
Aurora Innovation has expanded its autonomous trucking operations with nighttime driverless runs between Dallas and Houston and a new Phoenix terminal. 'Efficiency, uptime, and reliability are important for our customers, and Aurora is showing we can deliver,' said Chris...
Longtime Slashdot reader Mr_Blank shares a report from Autoblog: Once a new OTA update becomes available, owners of GM vehicles have 45 days to install the update. After this date, the company will not cover any damages or issues that are caused by ignoring the update....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: An airline leaving all of its passengers' travel records vulnerable to hackers would make an attractive target for espionage. Less obvious, but perhaps even more useful for those spies, would be access to a premium travel...
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