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…
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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…
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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…
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Join siguimi.com →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…
Read at source →Researchers Discover First Known Transmissible Cancer In Fish
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: It's rare that cancerous tumors can spread from one individual to…
Read at source →Verisign Is Finally Bringing<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.web Domains To the Internet
BrianFagioli writes: Verisign is finally bringing web domains to the internet after a decade of fighting. Verisign says…
Read at source →Private Mission Launches To Extend Life of Out-of-Gas Communication Satellites
Northrop Grumman has launched a private satellite-servicing mission to attach life-extending "jetpacks" to aging…
Read at source →Pan Am Plane Crash That Inspired Modern Safety Briefings Found After 74 Years
Longtime Slashdot reader BeaverCleaver shares a report from the BBC: The wreckage of a Pan American Airways plane has…
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GM Is Quietly Becoming a Subscriptions Company
"General Motors has been pulling a Tim Cook and boosting its software and subscription business," reports Business…
Read at source →iOS 27 Code Suggests Apple Could Restrict Leased Devices After Missed Payments
Code found in the iOS 27 beta suggests Apple is developing a system that could restrict leased iPhones when customers…
Read at source →Linux Kernel Team Publishes 432 CVEs In Two Days
Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a post from the OSS Security mailing list, where sysadmin Jan Schaumann wonders…
Read at source →Apple Partners With Klarna To Offer iPhones, Macs On a Subscription Basis
Apple is reportedly launching a Klarna financing deal that will let U.S. customers spread the cost of devices over up…
Read at source →The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged…
Read at source →Microsoft Announces Xbox Backward Compatibility For PC
Microsoft has announced Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC, a new preservation program that will let players run select…
Read at source →Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Announced to Compete With Future iPhone Fold
At a Galaxy Unpacked event in London today, Samsung unveiled a new foldable smartphone designed to compete with the…
Read at source →LG To Ban Residential Proxies From Smart TV Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it…
Read at source →Jack Dorsey Takes On Slack and GitHub With New AI Workplace Platform 'Buzz'
Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, an open-source workplace collaboration platform that combines messaging, project…
Read at source →Long Presumed Dead, a Thriving Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa
Scientists have rediscovered a healthy coral reef off the coast of Benin more than 60 years after surveyors first…
Read at source →OpenAI Says Its AI Models Acted On Its Own In An 'Unprecedented' Hack
"GPT-5.6 Sol and an 'even more capable' model used stolen credentials and exploited vulnerabilities in the Hugging Face…
Read at source →France Becomes First European Country To Ban Social Media Access For Under-15s
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: France's parliament has approved a bill banning social media…
Read at source →Airbus Migrating 70 Critical Apps From AWS to France's Scaleway
Airbus is moving 70 critical applications from AWS to French cloud provider Scaleway as part of a broader digital…
Read at source →Tesla Robotaxis Go To Florida
Tesla says it is launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, though it has not shared fleet sizes or whether…
Read at source →Firefox 153 Released
Longtime Slashdot reader williamyf writes: FireFox 153 was released today. The most important user-facing changes are…
Read at source →AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: As AI companies search for more training data to improve their…
Read at source →Canonical Launches Enterprise Store For Ubuntu Pro
BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has launched the Enterprise Store as part of Ubuntu Pro, giving organizations a way to…
Read at source →Judge Approves $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement Over Pirated Books Used To Train Claude
A federal judge has approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement over pirated books used to train its Claude…
Read at source →AT&T Loses Key Ruling In Bid To Stop Offering Basic Phone Service In California
A federal judge rejected AT&T's request to temporarily block California rules requiring it to offer basic phone service…
Read at source →Judge Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros Merger
A federal judge has temporarily paused the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger after a 12-state coalition led by California…
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