Instead of Fighting AI, Some Teachers Work It Into Their Lessons
Last year the writing program at the University of Baltimore used an app that tracks students while they're writing in…
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A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418
The EV blog Electrek reports: A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at…
Read at source →'She Lost Her Sight. Her Billionaire Father Bet On a Daring New Treatment.'
"Billionaire Bill Ackman's life was upended this February when his 26-year-old daughter collapsed in her Brooklyn…
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Join siguimi.com →'The Jobs Apocalypse Is Postponed. An AI Jobs Boom Is Here'
A new article about AI in The Economist argues that "Initial effects of the technology on employment look positive."…
Read at source →Bitcoin-based Liquid Network Says $320 Million Withdrawn in Hack
Reuters reports: Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320…
Read at source →Roku's 24/7 AI Slop Channel Is Even Worse Than Expected
A new streaming TV channel shows films made with genAI, reports Engadget. "Fairground AI Creator TV" is free — and…
Read at source →US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops
Slashdot reader DeanonymizedCoward writes: Reuters reports that the US Military is disabling ad tracking on devices, to…
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Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions
A new study published Friday in AGU Advances "depicts the most advanced picture yet of how a rare but massive solar…
Read at source →TiVo Will Start Charging Fees For Its Automatic Commercial Break-Skipping Feature 'SkipMode'
TiVo is notifying customers about changes to "one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features," reports the…
Read at source →Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters
Thursday 404 Media reported that Flock taught America's cops "how they could surveil the No Kings protests" against…
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UN Votes To Encourage Map Projections More Accurately Reflecting the True Size of Continents
The United Nations has an announcement. "The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments,…
Read at source →Private German Rocket Makes History, Reaches Orbit From European Soil
"No rocket had ever reached orbit from Western European soil — until today," reports Space.com. DW.com reports that a…
Read at source →2026 Hugo Award Winners Include Ursula Le Guin-Authored Graphic Novel
This year's Hugo Award winners were announced last weekend at Worldcon — the world's longest-running science…
Read at source →To Promote Grand Theft Auto 6, Mayor Might Transform Miami into 'Vice City'
Rockstar Games and the mayor of Miami-Dade county are discussing a joint marketing campaign transforming parts of the…
Read at source →How US Campaigns Are Already Using AI to Try to Sway Voters
39 U.S. congressional candidates "reported paying for an OpenAI subscription this election cycle," writes the…
Read at source →FSF is Now on Bluesky - But Won't Advocate Signing Up Due to Nonfree JavaScript
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on Bluesky, they announced this week. But "We can't advocate that you sign up…
Read at source →The World Now Has More Seniors Than Young People - for the First Time In History
"There are now more seniors in the world than young children," reports the International Business Times, citing a new…
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Cancer Deaths Attributable to Alcohol Rose 58% Over the Last 33 Years
CNN reports that alcohol "may play a greater role in death from numerous types of cancers in the United States than…
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Hundreds More Flock Cameras Removed in the US This Week. Flock Caught Repackaging Traffic Data
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said this week he's removing Flock cameras from state roadways. And…
Read at source →OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox
Citing researchers published Friday, Ars Technica writes that AI agents "posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that…
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'Coyote vs. Acme' Beats Ridley Scott's Newest Movie
Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend: Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office,…
Read at source →Auto Companies Call For Ban On Chinese-Made Cars
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: A group representing American automakers sent a letter (PDF)…
Read at source →Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Keeps Man Alive For Record Nine Months
A genetically modified pig kidney kept a 66-year-old man off dialysis for a record nine months, marking the longest…
Read at source →Tesla Launches Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab Robotaxi In Austin
Tesla has begun offering public rides in Austin in its purpose-built Cybercab, a two-seat robotaxi with no steering…
Read at source →Bernie Sanders Proposes Artificial Superintelligence Ban Amid Rogue AI Hackings
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) are…
Read at source →Four Major AI Models Suffer Rare Overlapping Downtime
ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all suffered significant service disruptions within roughly the same few-hour window…
Read at source →Apple Sued For $2.7 Billion Over App Tracking Transparency Rules
A former UK competition official has filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Apple on behalf of app developers, alleging…
Read at source →Xbox Cloud Gaming Switches to Monthly Hour Limits
Microsoft is imposing monthly limits on Xbox Cloud Gaming starting in November, with Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and…
Read at source →'Welcome to the AGI Era,' OpenAI Says As GPT-6 Astra Debuts
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a new model that president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and suggested…
Read at source →Nvidia Launches Free Tool That Links Idle Computers Into a Personal AI Data Center
Nvidia has launched PAIR, a free open-source tool that links compatible computers on a home network so they can pool…
Read at source →OpenAI's New Reasoning Technique Alarms AI Safety Experts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI's new Astra model will use a reasoning technique called…
Read at source →Audacity 4 Rebuilds the Open Source Audio Editor But Leaves Some Features Behind
BrianFagioli writes: Audacity 4.0 has been released with a rebuilt Qt interface, a new clip-editing model, customizable…
Read at source →Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, Its Third Flash Model In Six Weeks
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks, claiming it's their best reasoning and coding…
Read at source →Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just Gambling
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Michele Spagnuolo, the Google engineer arrested in May by U.S.…
Read at source →Perplexity Will Open Source Its Faster Lily AI Engine For Apple Silicon
BrianFagioli writes: Perplexity has built a local artificial intelligence engine designed specifically for Apple…
Read at source →Instrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models
"Enshittification of car controls [is] rapidly accelerating," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij, pointing to a new…
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