AliExpress Leverages User Audio Systems For Fingerprinting
A developer says AliExpress is using the browser's WebAudio API to help fingerprint users by playing inaudible audio…
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World's Oceans Hit Highest Temperature On Record As El Nino Grows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests,…
Read at source →Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices By 60%, Blaming Memory Shortage
Amazon has raised the prices of its hardware devices by as much as 60%, blaming "significant increases in memory and…
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Join siguimi.com →SEC Investigating Near-Implosion of AI Hedge Fund
The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, sending subpoenas to major…
Read at source →Trump Admin Moves to Impose More Than $100K Fee For H-1B Worker Visas
The Trump administration is proposing to make permanent a $103,265 fee on certain new H-1B visas, dramatically…
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Raspberry Pi Shares Its Official Tutorial For Making a Cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi has published an official guide for building a cyberdeck, leaning into a viral trend of homemade portable…
Read at source →Nvidia Senior Manager Linked To Supermicro Scheme Smuggling AI Servers To China
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Taiwan has indicted nine people -- reportedly including an…
Read at source →China Delays Ambitious Chang'e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027
China has delayed its ambitious Chang'e 7 lunar mission until at least 2027 after scrubbing an August 24 launch. Poor…
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FDA Approves First Alzheimer's Blood Test For Americans As Young As 40
The FDA has cleared the first Alzheimer's blood test for symptomatic patients as young as 40. The test measures amyloid…
Read at source →Humanoid Robots Run 100 Meters Faster Than Usain Bolt's Record Pace
Two humanoid robots competing at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday ran the 100-meter dash faster…
Read at source →Dr. Dre Says He Uses AI To Produce Songs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Dr. Dre, the pioneering rapper and seven-time Grammy-winning producer…
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After 50 Years, Physicists May Have Finally Found a Particle Made of Pure Force
Gluons are the quantum 'Gorilla Glue' involved in binding quarks together, ScienceAlert reminds us. But for nearly 50…
Read at source →SCO Successor Xinuos Asks Court to Rehear Its Claims Against IBM/Red Hat Over Project Monterey
The long legal battle over ownership of Linux "is closer than ever to ending," reports the Register, "after a panel of…
Read at source →One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With AI, Says Pew Research
A Pew Research senior data scientist analyzed 500,000 English-language webpages from the past five years with an AI…
Read at source →Could Mecha Comet's Linux PC-Phone Hybrid Be the Future of Linux Smartphones?
3,346 backers pledged $1,198,844 on Kickstarter to build the (modular) handheld Linux computer, the Mecha Comet. It's…
Read at source →The Global Race To Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward
It's "radically different from other quantum computers" reports Phys.org. The Helios system uses trapped ions — charged…
Read at source →Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers' Content
A class action filed this week accused Amazon's Twitch gaming service of using video streams to fuel its AI products…
Read at source →OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing 'ChatGPT For Teens'
This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17,…
Read at source →Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days
"Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack," reports the Telegraph. More…
Read at source →Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor In Traffic Speed Cameras
Slovakia acquired speed cameras to modernize its traffic control-- but there was a surprise. Tom's Hardware cites this…
Read at source →Stanford Economist Now Believes an AI Job Apocalypse Is Unlikely
"There is still no sign of economy-wide job destruction," says economist Erik Brynjolfsson. Working with researchers at…
Read at source →23 Years After SimCity 4's Release, 'Eternal Commuter' Bug Finally Fixed
"It began life just a year after SimCity 4's 2003 launch," writes the blog PCGamesN. "Now, over 20 years later, it's…
Read at source →Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation
An anonymous reader shared this report from the blog It's FOSS: Canonical has committed funding to a three-year PhD…
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Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation
Falling prices have made grid-scale storage batteries more attractive, reports Bloomberg. But after decades of stagnant…
Read at source →Debian is Voting on Whether to Allow AI-Assisted Contributions
Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, reports the blog Linuxiac, with a ballot…
Read at source →Defamation Suit Demanding Elsevier Retract Paper Heads Closer To Trial
Retraction Watch reports: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the…
Read at source →Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues On RGB Lighting Devices
BleepingComputer reports: Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the…
Read at source →Battery Fires At Recycling Centres Are Costing the UK £1bn a Year
Wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as those in vapes, are causing more than 10 fires a week at U.K. recycling…
Read at source →How Will AI Change the Field of Mathematics?
"AI went from being very terrible to seemingly genuinely quite good at a professional level in a very short space of…
Read at source →Rush Rescue Mission for NASA's $500M Space Telescope Fails
Remember that rush rescue mission for NASA's $500M space telescope? It failed, reports CNN, and the LINK satellite…
Read at source →Flock is Secretly Building a Powerful New Prompt-Based AI Tool for Police
Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired: [Flock] has told the public for years that its technology "cannot…
Read at source →Low Emission Zone Led To Better Lung Size, Function Among London Children
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian: Children's lungs grew bigger and stronger after…
Read at source →Moderna-Merck Vaccine Cuts Recurrence And Spread of Melanoma, Raises New Treatment Hope
Reuters reports "a major success in a new field of cancer treatment this week, as Moderna and Merck announced a…
Read at source →Is AI Really to Blame for High Unemployment Among Recent Graduates? What Economists Say
47% of recent graduates say AI has already impacted hiring in their field, according to an April survey from…
Read at source →Firefox Announces Free VPN and 'Startpage' Search Engine Rolling Out to Android, iOS - Plus GeForce NOW Support
Firefox 154 "brings a number of usability improvements," writes PC World: The free built-in VPN, introduced with…
Read at source →New York Dethrones San Francisco Bay Area As Largest Tech Talent Market
fjo3 shares a report from SFGATE: The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to…
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