- http://www.cnet.com/tech/service...anywhere/#ftag=CAD590a51eThe Gunners look to keep the pressure on title rivals Man City as they host the Foxes at the Emirates.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/28/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053121Study hopes to answer questions about connection between GI and neurological symptoms.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/28/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053275Op-ed: Why you should care about the GDPR, and how the US could develop a better version.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/28/24
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedBlack 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 Stanford University and lead author of a new study describing the phenomenon, in an ESA ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/28/24
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedLongtime 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 hinted earlier in the week that the service would reach the mark within days. Since ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/28/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn 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 reshape the online content distribution landscape, impacting streaming platforms ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://developers.slashdot.org/s...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedThe 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 has the option to gain majority control over the chip house in 2027. "The total ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedA 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 ruling was "not just a win for our client but a victory for creativity and ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://meta.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAt its Connect event earlier this week, Meta said it'll be adding conversational voices to its AI chatbot from celebrities like Awkwafina, John Cena, Dame Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key and Kristen Bell. The Verge reports: These celebrity voices will only be available to US users of Meta's apps to start. And if you prefer a voice that is a little more ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMeta has been fined $101.5 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for storing over half a billion user passwords in plain text for years, with some engineers having access to this data for over a decade. The issue, discovered in 2019, predominantly affected non-US users, especially those using Facebook Lite. AppleInsider reports: Meta Ireland ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://slashdot.org/story/24/09/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Jack Ryan from San Diego was recently being interviewed for a job. On a video call, the interviewer, a woman with red hair, said, "I find it helps when candidates tell me a story in answering the questions." "I'm looking for examples from your work experience," the woman added. During the conversation, ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://apple.slashdot.org/story/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feediFixit's iPhone 16 teardown revealed a new battery removal process that does away with the usual pull tabs, instead opting for an adhesive that debonds when exposed to a low electrical current. "It only takes about a minute and a half for it to come unstuck," reports Engadget, citing Apple's repair guide. iFixit tech Shahram Mokhtari said, "I'm not sure ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053207The update raises questions about how the health investigation is going.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053245There's a 2.5x boost in nova frequency, and all reasonable explanations fail.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052711News about Gemini updates, Llama 3.2, and Google's new AI-powered chip designer.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053264The new iPhones received a repair score of 7 out of 10.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053273Apple TV+ has made more waves with TV shows than movies so far.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by John Timmer: [P]art of the software stack that companies are developing to control their quantum hardware includes software that converts abstract representations of quantum algorithms into the series of commands needed to execute them. IBM's version of this software is called Qiskit ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feed23andMe is not doing well. Its stock is on the verge of being delisted. It shut down its in-house drug-development unit last month, only the latest in several rounds of layoffs. Last week, the entire board of directors quit, save for Anne Wojcicki, a co-founder and the company's CEO. Amid this downward spiral, Wojcicki has said she'll consider selling ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMeta Platforms' claims that Facebook doesn't polarize Americans came under new doubt as the journal Science raised questions about a prominent research paper the tech giant has cited to support its position. WSJ: In an editorial Thursday, Science said that Meta's emergency efforts to calm its platforms in the wake of the 2020 election may have swayed the ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053196Valve previously sued a law firm in attempt to stop mass arbitration claims.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedThe European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters the atmosphere. From a report: The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that scientists can learn how to prevent the creation of more space debris. Space junk is becoming a bigger problem as we ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/24/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedSpzToid shares a report: Today, a group of independent security researchers revealed that they'd found a flaw in a web portal operated by the carmaker Kia that let the researchers reassign control of the Internet-connected features of most modern Kia vehicles -- dozens of models representing millions of cars on the road -- from the smartphone of a car's ...Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053063I, for one, welcome our traffic light-identifying overlords.Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2053090"... sales teams are more productive when onsite."Posted 1 week 1 day ago - 09/27/24
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