- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052717Only two new cases were identified since last month, bringing total to 59.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052674Crashing is caused by a confluence of four separate power and voltage bugs.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052719Some Libgen links cant be reached after broad takedown order.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052716Joel and Ellie return, but we also get glimpses of Isaac and Abby.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052735Battery EVs are expected to account for more than 8 percent.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=1918321Prototypes control fluid flow in a preferred direction with no need for moving parts.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://mobile.slashdot.org/story...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedA year-long test of Apple's 80% charge limit feature on the iPhone 15 Pro Max has revealed only marginal benefits to battery health. MacRumors editor Juli Clover reported her device maintained 94% battery capacity after 299 charge cycles, compared to 87-90% capacity for iPhones without the limit. The opt-in setting, introduced with iPhone 15 models, aims to ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader shares a report: Google Maps is reeling in business pages engaging in fake reviews, and highlighting such activity to its users. Google will now impose restrictions against business profiles that violate the search giant's Fake Engagement policy, such as temporarily removing reviews, blocking new reviews or ratings, and displaying a ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat "disappearing" purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks. The legislation will force digital storefronts to tell customers they're just getting a license to use the digital media, rather than suggesting they actually own it. From a report: When the law comes into effect next ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/24/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedIntel has released microcode update 0x12B for its 13th and 14th generation Core processors, addressing persistent stability issues stemming from voltage irregularities. The update targets a specific clock tree circuit within the CPU's IA core that was causing elevated voltage requests during idle and light workloads. The company identified four key ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052622Nightly suspended animation, sugary diet, backwards flight, and long migrations help.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052243This is Apple's most iterative annual release yet, but that's not a bad thing.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052614Under plans that have attracted criticism, shift may give Altman 7% equity in the firm.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052657Ralph de la Torre, CEO of Steward, faces up to 12 months in prison if convicted.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://arstechnica.com/?p=2052651Switch-maker shows little interest in jumping on the latest industry bandwagon.Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedWordPress has escalated its feud with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers from accessing WordPress.org resources -- and therefore from potentially vital software updates. From a report: WordPress is an open source CMS which is extensible using plugins. Its home is WordPress.org, which also hosts resources such as themes and ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedThe Tor Project: Today the Tor Project, a global non-profit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity, and Tails, a portable operating system that uses Tor to protect users from digital surveillance, have joined forces and merged operations. Incorporating Tails into the Tor Project's structure allows for easier collaboration, better sustainability, ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/24...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Among the first AI companies that the Federal Trade Commission has exposed as deceiving consumers is DoNotPay -- which initially was advertised as "the world's first robot lawyer" with the ability to "sue anyone with the click of a button." On Wednesday, the FTC announced that it took action to stop ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"The New York Times reports that astronomers have discovered a black hole spitting energy across 23 million light-years of intergalactic space (source paywalled; alternative source)," writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From the report: Two jets, shooting in opposite directions, compose the biggest lightning bolt ever seen in the sky -- about 140 ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedNew research suggests that Mars' missing atmosphere may have been absorbed by minerals in the planet's clays, in a process similar to geological reactions on Earth. It may explain Mars' loss of its atmosphere and potential to support life, with methane possibly still present and usable as an energy source. Longtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam writes: ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/26/24
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/sto...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Some McDonald's franchisees -- which own and operate 95% of McDonald's in the United States -- are now rolling out kiosks that can take cash and accept change. But even in these locations, McDonald's is reassigning cashiers to other roles, including new "guest experience lead" jobs that help customers use the ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/25/24
- http://entertainment.slashdot.or...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedDisney has officially launched its password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out what it is calling its "paid sharing program" to users in the U.S. and in many regions around the world this week. The rollout follows the company sharing plans to crackdown on unauthorized usage on its streaming service earlier this year. From a report: The paid sharing ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/25/24
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/24/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"Looks like there's a storm brewing, and it's not good news," writes ancient Slashdot reader jd. "Whether or not the bugs are classically security defects or not, this is extremely bad PR for the Linux and Open Source community. It's not clear from the article whether this affects other Open Source projects, such as FreeBSD." From a report: A critical ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/25/24
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/24/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedWinamp, the iconic media player from the late 1990s, has released its complete source code on GitHub, fulfilling a promise made in May. The move aims to modernize the player by inviting developers to collaborate on the project. The source code release includes build tools and associated libraries for the Windows app, allowing developers to provide bug ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/25/24
- http://slashdot.org/story/24/09/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader shares a report: Some Amazon workers are refusing to "disagree and commit," as one of the company's famed leadership principles requires of those who aren't on board with a decision. Instead, hundreds of the online retailing giant's employees are complaining that CEO Andy Jassy's five-days-per-week return-to-office mandate, announced ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 09/25/24
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