- http://it.slashdot.org/story/25/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedFord's push for a four-day in-office workweek hit turbulence when someone hijacked meeting room screens to display an anti-RTO protest image targeting CEO Jim Farley. The company quickly removed it and is investigating. The Detroit Free Press reports: According to photos employees took of the image, which were posted on social media and sent to the Detroit ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedBruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Those diagnosed as small children typically have distinct genetic profile from those diagnosed later, [finds an international study based on genetic data from more than 45,000 autistic people in Europe and the U.S]. So, there's more than one condition out there that's being diagnosed as "autism." This, of ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedColorado unveiled an autonomous crash-protection truck designed to absorb highway work zone collisions, removing human drivers from one of the most dangerous road maintenance roles. The Denver Gazette reports: At a press event in Falcon on Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation demonstrated an autonomous truck-mounted attenuator -- a driverless ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/25/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: New Zealand's Institute of IT Professionals has discovered it is insolvent and advised members it has no alternative but to enter liquidation. The Institute (ITP) wrote to members on Thursday and posted a document titled "Important Update on ITP's Future" that reveals it has "reached a point where the ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedTwo Amazon Prime Air drones collided with a crane in Tolleson, Arizona near 96th Avenue and Roosevelt Street. Amazon confirmed the incident and is working with authorities to determine what happened, though no injuries have been reported. CNBC reports: The incident occurred on Wednesday around 1 p.m. EST in Tolleson, Arizona, a city west of Phoenix. Two ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/sto...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"Your AMD chips may have Intel Inside soon," writes longtime Slashdot reader DesScorp. "Discussions are underway between the two companies to move an undisclosed amount of AMD's chip business to Intel foundries. (AMD currently does their production through TSMC.) The talks come hot on the heels of a flurry of other Intel investments." Tom's Hardware ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://yro.slashdot.org/story/25...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: The operator of a popular pirate sports streaming site in Argentina has gone from spending time in jail with murderers to landing a new high-profile job a month later. Alejo "Shishi" Warles, the 25-year-old operator of Al Angulo TV, was arrested on August 20 in a LaLiga-backed crackdown. After his ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://slashdot.org/story/25/10/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAI has run out of training data, according to Neema Raphael, Goldman Sachs' chief data officer and head of data engineering. "We've already run out of data," Raphael said on the bank's podcast. He said this shortage is already shaping how developers build new AI systems. China's DeepSeek may have kept costs down by training on outputs from existing models ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedThe Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022. The pyroclastic flow severed both of Tonga's underwater internet cables. The eruption cut sixty-five miles from the domestic cable and fifty-five miles from the international link to Fiji. Tonga lost all internet access. The cables sit on the ocean floor and carry 95% of the world's ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedWalmart plans to deploy sensors across its 4,600 US stores by the end of 2026 to track 90 million pallets of groceries shipped annually [Editor's note: non-paywalled source]. The retailer and technology vendor Wiliot announced the expansion Thursday. The sensors will monitor the location, condition and temperature of perishables as they move from warehouses ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader shares a report: Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications. In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with the ransomware gang cl0p, opens new tab was sending emails to "executives at numerous ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://slashdot.org/story/25/10/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedTop college degrees may no longer provide the edge they once did in the job market, per LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky. "I think the mindset shift is probably the most exciting thing because my guess is that the future of work belongs not anymore to the people that have the fanciest degrees or went to the best colleges, but to the people who are adaptable, ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://slashdot.org/story/25/10/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedJapan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation's most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries. From a report: The vast majority of Asahi Group's 30 factories in Japan have not operated since Monday after the attack disabled its ordering and delivery ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader shares a report: It's not the vibes; Earth is literally getting darker. Scientists have discovered that our planet has been reflecting less light in both hemispheres, with a more pronounced darkening in the Northern hemisphere, according to a study published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new trend ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAmericans' confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a "great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, according to Gallup. From the report: This is down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. Meanwhile, seven in 10 U.S. adults now say ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedTech companies are struggling to fill AI-specialized roles despite a surplus of available tech talent. U.S. colleges more than doubled the number of computer science degrees awarded between 2013 and 2022. Major layoffs at Google, Meta, and Amazon flooded the job market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts businesses will employ 6% fewer computer ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://linux.slashdot.org/story/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedA hacking group claims to have pulled data from a GitLab instance connected to Red Hat's consulting business, scooping up 570 GB of compressed data from 28,000 customers. From a report: The hack was first reported by BleepingComputer and has been confirmed by Red Hat itself. "Red Hat is aware of reports regarding a security incident related to our ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMore than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heatstroke in Japan between May 1 and Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Bloomberg, via Japan Times: The number is the most on record, according to NHK. Transport to hospitals of patients linked to heatstroke over the period rose almost 3% to 100,143 from ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedMajor health insurers are threatening to drop renowned cancer centers from their networks during contract negotiations, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's president and CEO Selwyn M. Vickers and chairman Scott M. Stuart wrote in a story published by WSJ. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reported that both Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/2...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedGoogle has laid off over 100 employees in design-related roles, including user experience research and cloud design teams, as part of broader cost-cutting measures to prioritize AI infrastructure. CNBC reports: Earlier this week, the company laid off employees within the cloud unit's "quantitative user experience research" teams and "platform and service ...Posted 1 week 2 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://science.slashdot.org/stor...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedScientists have discovered complex organic molecules within the icy plume erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, strengthening the case that its hidden saltwater ocean may harbor the conditions for life. The Guardian reports: The sixth largest of Saturn's moons, Enceladus has become one of the leading contenders in the search for bodies that could harbor ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 10/02/25
- http://slashdot.org/story/25/10/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Thinking Machines Lab,a heavily funded startup cofounded by prominent researchers fromOpenAI, has revealed its first product -- a tool called Tinker that automates the creation of custom frontier AI models. "We believe [Tinker] will help empower researchers and developers to experiment with models and will ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 10/01/25
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/25/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedResearchers have unveiled two new hardware-based attacks, Battering RAM and Wiretap, that break Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP trusted enclaves by exploiting deterministic encryption and physical interposers. Ars Technica reports: In the age of cloud computing, protections baked into chips from Intel, AMD, and others are essential for ensuring confidential data ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 10/01/25
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/sto...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedRenewables generated 54% of the EU's net electricity in Q2 2025, with solar power emerging as the leading source at nearly 20% of the total mix. Electrek reports: According to new data from Eurostat, renewable energy sources generated 54% of the EU's net electricity in Q2 2025, up from 52.7% year-over-year. The growth came mainly from solar, which produced ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 10/01/25
- http://apple.slashdot.org/story/...nlinkanon&utm_medium=feedApple has paused development of a cheaper, lighter Vision Pro headset to shift resources toward AI-powered smart glasses aimed at competing with Meta. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports: The company had been preparing a cheaper, lighter variant of its headset -- code-named N100 -- for release in 2027. But Apple announced internally last week that it's moving ...Posted 1 week 3 days ago - 10/01/25
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