Astronomers Discover the First Green Star
Astronomers have identified what may be the first genuinely green star, a white dwarf called WD J1330+6435 located…
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Over $600 Million In Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Prediction market boosters often tout the platforms as barometers of…
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Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy
The collaborative reverse-engineering site decomp.dev is shutting down, with its administrator saying AI has made game…
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Join siguimi.com →China's Tencent Says AI Agents Showed Unintended Browsing Behavior
Tencent says AI agents used to evaluate third-party models engaged in unintended web-browsing behavior while trying to…
Read at source →Steam For Linux Finally Goes 64-Bit
Valve has released a new Steam Client beta that finally moves the Linux client to 64-bit architecture, while also…
Read at source →Meta May Use Sweeping New Commercial TOS to Avoid Millions In AI Licensing Fees
Meta is facing criticism over updated commercial terms taking effect October 30 that could give the company broad…
Read at source →An OpenAI Research Agent 'Stole' Test Ethereum to Finish a Coding Task
An OpenAI research model reportedly accessed an Ethereum testnet wallet without permission in order to complete a…
Read at source →CoreWeave's Debt Stress Tests Private Credit's AI Financing Boom
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Private credit's expanding role in financing AI infrastructure faced…
Read at source →ChatGPT Can Peek At Your Chrome Tabs Now
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension to let users access information from their open browser tabs. A demo…
Read at source →iPhone Duo Sells Out Immediately, Now Backordered Until Next Year
Apple's first foldable iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, sold out within minutes of preorders opening, with every…
Read at source →KDE Plasma 6.8 Released, Marks 30 Years of the KDE Project
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix: The feature-packed and polished Plasma 6.8 KDE desktop is now…
Read at source →Hackers Hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti Devices To Resell Your Stolen Bandwidth
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34…
Read at source →World's Timekeepers Vote to Eliminate the Leap Second
Timekeepers have officially voted to eliminate the leap second, allowing Coordinated Universal Time to drift as much as…
Read at source →Tesla Reveals SpaceX-Powered 'Flying' Roadster
Tesla has unveiled a dramatically redesigned Roadster concept capable of performing midair flips, controlled landings,…
Read at source →Police Seize Robot that Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl
Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a story that has drawn international attention for being potentially the first…
Read at source →Ubuntu 26.10 Released
prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) has been released today, and it is now…
Read at source →IMF Warns of the Real AI Threat: Debt
"Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that the threat of an…
Read at source →Flock CEO Defends Surveillance Tech Amid National Backlash
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Flock's founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn't think the risks of…
Read at source →First-Ever Public Confirmation of 'Zero-Click' Spyware Delivered Via Targeted Ads
Citizen Lab says it has documented the first publicly confirmed case of zero-click mercenary spyware being delivered…
Read at source →Meta and Apple Bring Muse Spark Open AI Model to Mac Studio
Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model optimized to run locally across two 512GB…
Read at source →Microsoft Says Windows 11 Is Now 'More Responsive', Runs Better On 8GB of RAM
Microsoft says recent Windows 11 updates have made the operating system up to 20% more responsive by improving memory…
Read at source →Amazon Launches New Bee 'Personal AI' Devices That Listen to Conversations
Amazon has unveiled two new Bee "personal AI" devices designed to continuously record, transcribe, and analyze…
Read at source →Uber Begins Self-Driving Robotaxi Trial In Manchester
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Uber has begun a trial of autonomous vehicles on the streets of…
Read at source →Bank of America Hired 1,000 Contractors to Patch Software Flaws Exposed By Anthropic's Mythos
Bank of America hired 1,000 outside contractors to help patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced AI models,…
Read at source →Mini Organs Launching to Space For Study On Aging
Researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA, and Space Tango have launched miniature human hearts and brains to the…
Read at source →Schools Across US Protest FCC Plan That Could Disconnect Kids From Internet
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Schools and libraries from around the U.S. pleaded with the…
Read at source →Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms Young Users
Eight US states, including Kansas, Arizona, and Montana, have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encourages children to…
Read at source →Microsoft Defender Now Supports Linux Desktops
"Starting today, Linux desktops are now officially supported by Microsoft Defender," reports Neowin. A public preview…
Read at source →Epic Games' New Vibe-Coded Launcher Is 46% Faster Than Steam
Epic has launched a preview of a new AI-generated Games Launcher that it says cold-starts 46% faster than Steam. Neowin…
Read at source →US Tech Giants Warn Europe That Data Sovereignty Requirements Could Cost $128 Billion
A study commissioned by CCIA Europe, whose members include Amazon, Google, and Meta, estimates that the EU's proposed…
Read at source →Google Is Silently Linking Your Phone Number Across All Signed-In Accounts
Google has made Android's phone-number verification opt-out, automatically verifying and associating a device's phone…
Read at source →Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate Through IoT Devices
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models…
Read at source →Google Play Now Lets Anyone Build Private, Vibe-Coded Apps That Run On Android
Google Play is adding support for private personal Android apps, allowing users to build an app with tools like Google…
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Netflix Cuts About 6% of Jobs In Biggest Layoffs Since 2022
Netflix is laying off about 1,000 employees, or 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of cuts since 2022. The…
Read at source →Dutch Tax Authorities Cancel Microsoft 365 Cloud Rollout, Turn Toward Open Source
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Netherlands' Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its…
Read at source →Anthropic Reinvents Source Control As Claude Floods the World With Code
Anthropic says Claude-generated code has scaled so quickly that its existing Git-based infrastructure could not keep…
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