32 of 35 Students Caught Using Hilariously Wrong AI-Generated Answers for Professor's Midterm
"32 of my 35 students between two classes failed a portion of their midterm because they all used AI to generate their…
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Firefox' New Tab Page Will Get Widgets - Including an AI-Powered Daily Crossword
In a sign of the times, Firefox's New Tab page could soon include a crossword puzzle from AI-powered news platform…
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In a sign of the times, Firefox's New Tab page could soon include a crossword puzzle from AI-powered news platform…
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Join siguimi.com →Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns?
Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there's dozens of data center projects "that altogether need 70…
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Drying Lakebeds Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon, Study Finds
"In many parts of the world, lakes are drying out at a scale so massive that scientists are warning they may be…
Read at source →Hyundai Claims Humanoid Robot Plan Is Not Part of Talks With Striking Workers
Ars Technica reports: Hyundai Motor Company's plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current…
Read at source →Amazon Cracks Down On Use of AI Images By Sellers
CNBC reports: Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain…
Read at source →Top Online Sites Debate Cutting Off Google's Crawlers
Futurism reports: [Some online publications] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street…
Read at source →China is Creating a Herd of 100 Elite Yak Clones
CNN reports on yaks "designed and cloned" in secretive, high-altitude labs in Tibet — 2.4 miles (4,000 meters) above…
Read at source →Facebook Offers a Verification System Certifying to Other Users That You're a Real Human
Facebook announced Friday they're launching a badge "that verifies there's a real person behind a profile". "You record…
Read at source →Risks of Parkinson's Disease May Increase With Prolonged Exposure to Road Traffic Noise
A large Danish study found a modest but consistent association between long-term road traffic noise exposure and higher…
Read at source →Trump Threatens New Tariffs Against EU Over Google Fine
President Trump threatened a "substantial" new tariff on the European Union after Brussels fined Google more than $1…
Read at source →Wine 11.14 Released
Wine 11.14 is out with initial WoW64 mode support on FreeBSD, allowing 32-bit Windows applications to run on a 64-bit…
Read at source →SpaceX's Starship Megarocket Hits Key Milestones In Its 'Lucky 13' Test Flight
SpaceX's Friday launch of its massive Starship rocket "went quite smoothly," reports CNN, with a SpaceX spokesperson…
Read at source →SpaceX's Starship Megarocket Hits Key Milestones in 'Lucky 13' Test Flight
SpaceX's Friday launch of its massive Starship rocket "went quite smoothly," reports CNN, with a SpaceX spokesperson…
Read at source →OpenAI's Rogue Agent Went Unnoticed For a Week
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a…
Read at source →Instagram Is Now Banning Pickup Artists, Pranksters Who Use Meta Glasses
Instagram is banning videos filmed with Meta smart glasses that harass strangers in public, including prank videos…
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Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027
Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger until five days after an…
Read at source →US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for…
Read at source →Roku Raises Prices of Streaming Devices By Up To 60%
Roku has raised prices on several streaming devices, blaming memory and component shortages tied to the AI data-center…
Read at source →Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Warn Against 'Premature Restrictions' of Open-Weight Models
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not…
Read at source →Anthropic's New Opus 5 Model Rivals Fable 5 For Half the Price
Anthropic has released Opus 5, a new Claude model that it says comes close to its higher-end Fable 5 model at half the…
Read at source →John C. Dvorak, an Early and Influential Technology Journalist, Dies At 80
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares the passing of John C. Dvorak, an early and influential technology…
Read at source →Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal For AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS.com: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence…
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Astronomers May Have Discovered First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Astronomers studying the star system CD-35 2722 may have found the first known moon-like object outside our solar…
Read at source →Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A study published in PLOS One in 2021 by researchers from Durham…
Read at source →World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use
"The Norwegian certification agency DNV has certified the commercial wave-driven power generator Corpower C4 for…
Read at source →Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: You'll now be able to use selfie videos to log into your Google…
Read at source →Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion
Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses,…
Read at source →Microsoft Responds to LG Monitors Installing McAfee Ads On Windows
LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently…
Read at source →EU Fines Google $1 Billion For Breaking Digital Antitrust Regulations
The European Union fined Google more than $1 billion for allegedly using Google Play and Search to steer users toward…
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Amazon Is Bringing Games to Prime Video
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video, adding a new "Games" tab where Prime members can…
Read at source →Sony's Decision To Ditch Discs Was Practically Inevitable, Data Shows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Many gamers have been lamenting Sony's recently announced…
Read at source →In a First, Apple Maps Navigation To Be Embedded In Ford UEV Pickups
Ford will become the first automaker to embed Apple Maps directly into its vehicles, starting with an all-electric…
Read at source →Four Young Mathematicians Awarded the 2026 Fields Medals
Scientific American reports that the 2026 Fields Medals went to four mathematicians for work ranging from the theory of…
Read at source →Startup Founders Urge Trump Not to Shut Off Chinese Open Weight AI
Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, are urging the Trump administration not to…
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