Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults With Lower Cancer Risk
A study of more than 64,000 people born around the end of Britain's postwar sugar rationing found that those exposed to…
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Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Optical fibers are already the backbone of global communication…
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Top Album Releases Linked To Rise In Fatal Crashes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The release of a new album by Taylor Swift might be a cause for…
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Join siguimi.com →Cursor Launches 'Origin' Code Hosting Platform As GitHub Alternative
Cursor has launched Origin, a GitHub-style code hosting platform built directly into its AI coding environment. The…
Read at source →Comcast Is Turning Millions of Its Routers Into Motion Detectors
Comcast is activating Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of compatible Xfinity gateways, allowing the routers to detect…
Read at source →Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses
Disney and ABC are suing the FCC to block an early review of eight station licenses, arguing the Trump administration…
Read at source →Memory Prices Climb 500% In 12 Months
RAM prices have exploded over the past year, with some DDR5 kits approaching 500% year-over-year increases and a 128GB…
Read at source →You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone In the US
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Your iPhone, SamsungGalaxy, andGoogle Pixel have a 1-year warranty.…
Read at source →Google Buys All of Spirit Airlines' Data to Feed Its AI Models
Google has agreed to pay $10 million for a massive trove of anonymized Spirit Airlines data following the carrier's…
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Apple Lowers App Store Fees In Europe to Settle Dispute With EU
Apple is overhauling its EU App Store fees to settle its Digital Markets Act dispute, simplifying the fee structure and…
Read at source →Microsoft MVP Creates Site to Remind You of All the Brands Redmond Replaced
Microsoft MVP Loryan Strant has created the Microsoft Rebrand Registry, cataloging 72 Microsoft products and the 158…
Read at source →India Paves the Way For Charging Merchants a Fee On UPI Transactions
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: For most Indians, paying by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has…
Read at source →Sainsbury's Store Pauses Facial Recognition After False Shoplifting Claim
Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Sainsbury's has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores…
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Solar Power and Batteries Have Been Keeping Europe's Grid Stable
AleRunner writes: "Solar has been doing the 'heavy lifting' to help Europe meet its energy needs amid a string of…
Read at source →'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans For Needs Like Electricity and Rent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Buy now, pay later" loans took off during the pandemic as…
Read at source →New Spinning Drone Hides In Plain Sight
To design invisible drones, researchers have tried camouflage, transparent materials and light-bending optical systems.…
Read at source →Is There a Way to Promote Open Document Formats Instead of 'MS Office' Format?
The Register looks at exactly why "It is practically impossible to move any non-trivial Word document out of MS Office…
Read at source →Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026, reports Phoronix, "and they point to a small uptick in…
Read at source →Group of Teen Hikers Relied on Google Maps. It Was a Disaster.
"When a group of teenagers set out to hike British Columbia's famed Howe Sound Crest Trail in early July, Google Maps…
Read at source →Does Eating Less Protein Produce Healthier Aging and Metabolism?
"A major scientific review is challenging the idea that more protein is always better," reports ABC News: The review,…
Read at source →In a First, 'Super-Earth' Planet Shows It Could Have an Atmosphere
"Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could have…
Read at source →Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America
The blog Linuxiac reports: Linux has crossed a major milestone in North America, with the open-source operating system…
Read at source →Are Return-to-Office Mandates Killing Workers' Trust in Workplaces?
The Hill published the thoughts of Gleb Tsipursky, Ph.D., who serves as the CEO of the future-of-work consultancy…
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As New York Finalizes New Social Media Rules, US Senate Considers Nationwide 'SCREEN' Act
New York has finalized new rules that will govern social media apps in the state starting on January 25, 2027. The law…
Read at source →How 'Situational Awareness' Hedge Fund Dropped 67% in AI Stock Rout
CNN tells the unfortunate tale of hedge fund Situational Awareness, "founded in 2024 by German-born Leopold…
Read at source →Recovery Seeds Reportedly Breached for Coldcard Hardware Bitcoin Wallets, $75M Taken
"A hardware wallet is supposed to be the safest place to keep Bitcoin," writes The Street, since it never connects to…
Read at source →Is Big Tech's AI Gamble Starting to Look Riskier?
The Washington Post looks at giant tech companies "feeding every available dollar into the cash-incinerating maw of AI…
Read at source →150-Game Discount Bundle Raises $57,000 for Videogame Workers 'Hardship Fund'
"An itch.io game bundle put together by Necrosoft Games and The United Videogame Workers-CWA union is a new way gamers…
Read at source →NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers a Field of Honeycomb Textures
NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back images of honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5…
Read at source →Apple's Stock Drops Nearly 10%. How Will It Respond to Memory Shortage?
Apple's stock "fell just shy of 10% on Friday," reports Yahoo Finance, "after CEO Tim Cook warned about the impact of…
Read at source →Hamburg Is Replacing a Bridge In One Huge Piece
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: The northern German City of Hamburg is currently in the process of replacing…
Read at source →New GitHub, PyPI Policies Hope to Boost Supply Chain Security
"GitHub and the Python Package Index (PyPI) have introduced new policies meant to boost supply chain security," reports…
Read at source →Used EV Prices are Now Going Up in America
Electric vehicles have historically been "notorious" for losing their resale value, reports CNBC. But this year prices…
Read at source →Google Plans To Exempt Sanctioned Nations From Android Developer Verification
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We are a month away from the initial rollout of Google's Android…
Read at source →Drones Offer Alternative to Balloons For Weather Research
The U.S. company Meteomatics has created an automated weather-monitoring system that uses drones to collect atmospheric…
Read at source →Drifting SpaceX Rocket Heading For Accidental Collision With the Moon
"Space.com and The Guardian are reporting that the Falcon 9 upper stage leftover from the launch of the Firefly Blue…
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