To Make Way For Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power
Google is funding one of the nation's largest "virtual power plants," paying homes and businesses indirectly to reduce…
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Microsoft Says October Updates Didn't Actually Fix VPN Issues
joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it mistakenly flagged a bug causing Always On VPN…
Read at source →The Browser Company Retires Its Arc Browser, Pushes Users to Dia
The Browser Company is shutting down its Arc browser on December 22 and encouraging users to migrate to Dia, its newer…
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Moderna Shares Plunge After Leak of Cancer Vaccine Data
Moderna shares plunged as much as 25% after partial clinical trial data leaked for its personalized cancer vaccine…
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Bose Is Buying Skullcandy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Longtime audio giant Bose announced on Wednesday that it's acquiring…
Read at source →Zoe Kleinman: PHP Is the Cyber Equivalent of an Unexploded Bomb
BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman likens the recently discovered PHP security vulnerabilities to an unexploded bomb,…
Read at source →Anthropic Takes On Muse With Claude Duet
Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, an AI agent aimed at professionals and small businesses that competes with Meta's…
Read at source →Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative appears to have accidentally disclosed several unpatched Linux kernel vulnerabilities…
Read at source →Google Staff Resign In Backlash Over Its AI Contracts With Military
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Google is facing a backlash from some staff members over the…
Read at source →Airbnb Bans Making Guests Do Dishes, Take Out the Trash
Airbnb is banning hosts from requiring guests to perform time-consuming checkout chores, including washing dishes,…
Read at source →America's War Department Will Test Heat Ray Weapon For Potential Use
Longtime Slashdot reader destinyland shares a report from CNN: The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland…
Read at source →Startup Claims To Use AI-Created Viruses To Treat a Patient
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses…
Read at source →eBay to Cut 9% of Workforce
eBay plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, as CEO Jamie Iannone moves to redirect resources toward the…
Read at source →AMD Brings Ryzen Overclocking Driver to Linux
AMD has published Linux kernel patches for an official Ryzen overclocking driver that allows users to adjust CPU power…
Read at source →More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked
A CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a…
Read at source →Microsoft Reportedly Projects $1,200 To $1,800 Price For Next-Gen Xbox
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We haven't heard many details about Microsoft's upcoming…
Read at source →Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy On Facebook
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about…
Read at source →EA Is Shutting Down BioWare
"According to a recent report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier (paywalled), EA has reportedly decided to shut down…
Read at source →OpenAI Models Are Now On All Three Major US Cloud Platforms
OpenAI is bringing its models to Google Cloud's model garden and Antigravity coding tool, putting its technology on all…
Read at source →Government Websites Go Dark After Severe PHP Vulnerabilities Disclosed
"PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in their programming language and urged web site operators to immediately…
Read at source →PHP Warns It Plans To Release 2 Emergency Patches Imminently
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Website admins, brace yourselves. Fixes for what are believed to…
Read at source →Tesla-SpaceX Merger Being Considered
Elon Musk says a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is under active consideration, with special committees at both…
Read at source →Russian Satellite's Close Shadowing of Radar Imaging Satellite Is a Big Deal
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from TWZ: A Russian satellite, Kosmos 2612, may have passed within…
Read at source →Judge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, Libgen
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Last month, Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson ordered Meta to hand…
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Ukraine Claims World's First Drone Evacuation of Wounded Soldier
Ukraine says it carried out the world's first evacuation of a wounded soldier by aerial drone, using a heavy-lift…
Read at source →Sony Updates the Walkman As a $5,900 Gold-Plated MP3 Player
Sony has revived its Walkman lineup with three Android 16-powered high-end music players ranging from $1,900 to $5,900,…
Read at source →AMD Is Bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox Consoles and Handhelds
AMD is expanding its FSR 4.1 upscaling technology beyond Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs to Xbox Series X/S consoles, Xbox…
Read at source →Google Support Pages Start Defaulting to AI Chatbots
Google is beginning to replace traditional support articles with "Ask Google Help," a Gemini-powered interface that…
Read at source →DHS Lied About Why It Wanted To Search Activist's GrapheneOS Phone
New court records reportedly show that DHS targeted Stop Cop City activist Samuel Tunick at an Atlanta airport because…
Read at source →OpenBSD 8.0 Released
OpenBSD 8.0 has been released with major virtualization and hardware upgrades, including support for up to 64 vCPUs per…
Read at source →Meta Muse Exposes Users' Personal, Business Secrets When They Share Conversations
Security researchers say Meta's Muse AI assistant exposed thousands of users' shared conversations because conversation…
Read at source →US Bans DeepSeek From Government Use
The Trump administration has banned DeepSeek AI from most US civilian federal agencies, ordering the removal of the…
Read at source →Nscale, Anthropic In Talks For New $45 Billion AI Cloud Deal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nscale is in talks to sell AI computing power to Claude maker…
Read at source →Microsoft Abandons UK AI Supercomputer As Grid Struggles to Keep Up
Microsoft has reportedly abandoned plans to serve as the anchor customer for Britain's largest proposed AI…
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Japan Launches Historic MMX Sample-Return Mission to Mars' Moon Phobos
Japan has successfully launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to study Mars' two moons, Phobos and…
Read at source →Amazon To Fund 12 Small Nuclear Reactors At Former Indiana Coal Plant
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear…
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