Instrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models
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Global Heating Will Hit At Least 1.8C, UN Warns, and There Are 'No Good Outcomes'
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most…
Read at source →FCC Plans Robocall Scorecard to Grade Phone Companies On Spam Call Blocking
The FCC is proposing (PDF) a public "robocall mitigation scorecard" that would grade phone companies on how well they…
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Join siguimi.com →1Password Wades Into a Right-Wing Mess After Funding a Linux Project
1Password is facing customer and internal employee backlash after pledging $300,000 to support a Linux distro created…
Read at source →CERN Transitioning From RHEL To Debian
Longtime Slashdot reader Microsplat: CERN plans to have all 2,200+ industrial computers and embedded systems in its…
Read at source →OpenAI's Altman Says the Use of AI is 'Non-Negotiable'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI adoption is "non-negotiable" for countries, comparing rejecting it to refusing…
Read at source →NYC Public Schools Ban AI Use Through Middle School
New York City Public Schools is banning generative AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade for the 2026-27…
Read at source →Google Defeats US Bid to Force Ad Tech Sale
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology…
Read at source →Uber Is Laying Off 10% of Its Workforce
Uber is laying off about 3,300 employees, or roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring aimed at cutting…
Read at source →FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A dark-web identity theft service called Nexus claims to be selling scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian…
Read at source →Dell Stock Surges On Record Orders For AI Servers
Dell reported record fiscal Q2 results as AI server demand surged, booking $60.9 billion in AI server orders and ending…
Read at source →Sonos Has New Devices, a New OS, and Yes, a New App
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sonos has a new app. Stop me if you've heard this one before. The smart…
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NASA Selects Blue Origin As Mars Telecommunications Network Provider
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to $700 million to build and operate a dedicated Mars…
Read at source →LZ Experiment Sees Surprising Result In Search For Dark Matter
New submitter greytree shares a report from Brown University: LUX-ZEPLIN, an experiment co-led by Brown University…
Read at source →GoPro Says It's Moving Into Data Centers As Part of a $285 Million Merger
GoPro plans to expand into AI infrastructure through a $285 million merger with optical-photonics company Starman…
Read at source →Who Is John Ternus, the New Apple CEO?
John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple CEO after 15 years under Tim Cook, stepping up from his role as senior…
Read at source →Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 Arrive With a 75% Cost Reduction For Fable Cache Reads
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, two versions of the same underlying model aimed at…
Read at source →Dyson Made a Camera-Equipped Toothbrush That Flosses For You
Dyson is entering oral care with the $499 CameraJet, a smart toothbrush that uses a tiny camera and on-device AI to…
Read at source →BT's Old Copper Landline Network Could Be Worth Over $2 Billion
BT could make more than $2.7 billion by recycling copper from its aging UK landline network as BT subsidiary Openreach…
Read at source →OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here, Ushering In the Era of 'Multiplayer' AI Coding
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The viral fervor we saw earlier this year around OpenClaw, the…
Read at source →Anthropic Signs $35 Billion Cloud Deal With Nvidia-Backed Lambda
Anthropic has reportedly signed a $35 billion cloud-computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda for a roughly 350-megawatt…
Read at source →Jensen Huang and Lisa Su Snubbed By TIME's 2026 List of Top 100 AI Leaders
TIME's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in AI omits Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, despite…
Read at source →Florida Bans Flock Cameras From State Highways
schwit1 shares a report from WCTV: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he's removing Flock camera from state roadways.…
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California Lawmakers Greenlight Solar Panels You Can Plug Into the Wall
California lawmakers have passed a bill that would legalize plug-in "balcony" solar systems, allowing residents to…
Read at source →Electrically Charged Raindrops Can Corrode Cars and Buildings
Researchers have found that tiny electrical charges picked up by moving water droplets may be damaging cars and…
Read at source →Trump Tells FCC To Punish Journalist For Calling His Election Results 'Mixed'
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal…
Read at source →FTC Sues Amazon, Accusing the E-Commerce Giant of Misleading Advertisers
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon, accusing the company of secretly inflating advertising prices…
Read at source →Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio
According to The Information (paywalled), Apple reportedly moved up the release of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models…
Read at source →Broadcom Pledges to Lock Down Open Source Python, Java Libraries
Broadcom is launching "TrueSource," an effort to curate and secure open-source components used with its Tanzu platform,…
Read at source →Kalshi Dishes Out Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to George Santos
Kalshi has issued its first-ever lifetime ban to former U.S. Rep. George Santos after concluding he failed to fully…
Read at source →Bank of England Chief Warns New AI Models Threaten Global Financial Stability
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is warning that advanced "frontier" AI models could materially increase cyber…
Read at source →Tim Cook's Last Day As CEO of Apple
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: Today is Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to…
Read at source →MapQuest's App Surges to No. 1 In Navigation After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario
MapQuest's refusal to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" has sent its app surging up the charts, making it the No. 1…
Read at source →A 12TB Steam 'Teraleak' Spills More Than a Decade of Lost PC Gaming History
A massive 12TB archive of old Steam2 content has surfaced online, apparently containing nearly every version of games…
Read at source →Berlin Is Being Blackmailed By Hackers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise…
Read at source →California's Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact
California's age-verification bill has passed in its legislature — but with its open-source carve-out intact, reports…
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