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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2019, we told you about a new interactive digital "murder map" of London compiled by University of Cambridge criminologist Manuel Eisner. Drawing on data catalogued in the city coroners' rolls, the map showed the approximate location of 142 homicide cases in late medieval London. The Medieval Murder Maps project has since expanded to include maps of York and Oxford homicides, as well as podcast episodes focusing on individual cases. It's easy to lose
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Although Transfusions are the go-to drink for many golfers, Water Hazards, which are made with Gatorade, are becoming more popular on golf courses. Read more ›
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The government has reportedly committed around INR 62,900 Cr, nearly 97% of the INR 65,000 Cr, earmarked for semiconductor manufacturing… Read more ›
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Bode's luxury, custom jackets are a fan-favorite fashion investment. They first gained popularity after being worn by celebrities like Harry Styles. Read more ›
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Even if you're not a paying Gemini user, you can generate three videos with Veo 3 until Sunday. Read more ›
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The Alienware Area 51 is the ultimate pre-built gaming PC, if you can afford it. Read more ›
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If you have the iPhone 14 or a later model, you may have seen the phrase "connected via satellite" pop up. This expands your capacity to send messages. Read more ›
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The hospital you choose can affect how likely you are to get a C-section — and experts say profit is one reason. Read more ›
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A college mom felt off-campus housing near Clemson was too expensive, so she bought a townhome for her son instead. They rent a room out to students. Read more ›
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Happiness expert and Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks has done the same workout for 25 years. His entire daily routine is optimized for success. Read more ›
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Jack Weber, 88, and Ardith Weber, 83, both work to stay financially afloat, but say they feel fulfilled by their work. Read more ›
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Arm is moving from licensing designs to building chips, hiring seasoned engineers, and risking conflict with major customers over royalties. Read more ›
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Here's how to watch South Africa vs Australia live streams online from anywhere, with the Springboks out for Rugby Championship revenge at Cape Town Stadium. Read more ›
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'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary warned against wasting money, marrying the wrong person, and spoiling children. Read more ›
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Being an Airbnb host pays my mortgage, so I have found creative ways to attract tourists, while also fighting short-term rental restrictions. Read more ›
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Google opened a new chapter in the Pixel phone story – the first models with TSMC-made chipsets are up for pre-order. Three of the new models will start shipping next week, the foldable won’t be out until early October. The prices are the same as last year, which is great Even better, you get gift codes worth £100. Note that this isn’t an Amazon Gift Card but instead a Google... Read more ›
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"The most important thing I tell all my patients is age is really a number," said Dr. Kurt Hong. Read more ›
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Slashdot reader darwinmac writes: Volkswagen is offering a subscription model for extra horsepower on its ID.3 electric cars. Want to bump your ride from the standard 201 bhp to the full 228 bhp? That will be about £16.50 per month or £165 per year, or a one-time £649 "lifetime" fee that is tied to the car, not you. If you sell it, you have to pay again. VW defended this... Read more ›
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A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with operating one of the most powerful botnets ever recorded. The network, known as Rapper Bot, launched over 370,000 DDoS attacks worldwide, including against X, DeepSeek, U.S. tech firms, and even Defense Department systems. It was allegedly operated by Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon. The Wall Street Journal reports: Foltz faces a maximum of 10 years in prison on a charge of abetting... Read more ›
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Matt Garman, Amazon's cloud boss, has a warning for business leaders rushing to swap workers for AI: Don't ditch your junior employees. From a report: The Amazon Web Services CEO said on an episode of the "Matthew Berman" podcast published Tuesday that replacing entry-level staff with AI tools is "one of the dumbest things I've ever heard." "They're probably the least expensive employees you have. They're the most leaned into... Read more ›
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A real estate developer searched Google for a cruise ship company's customer service number, reports the Washington Post, calling the number in Google's AI Overview. "He chatted with a knowledgeable representative and provided his credit card details," the Post's reporter notes — but the next day he "saw fishy credit card charges and realized that he'd been fooled by an impostor for Royal Caribbean customer service." And the Post's reporter... Read more ›
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Microsoft is testing a COPILOT function in Excel that uses OpenAI's gpt-4.1-mini model to automatically fill spreadsheet cells through natural language prompts. The function can classify feedback, generate summaries, and create tables based on specified cell ranges. Microsoft warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or scenarios involving legal, regulatory, and compliance implications because COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." The feature processes up to 100 functions every 10... Read more ›
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Sony will increase PlayStation 5 console prices by $50 across all models in the United States starting August 21. The standard PS5 rises to $550, the Digital Edition to $500, and the PS5 Pro to $750. The company cited navigating a challenging economic environment for the increases. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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"Phishing training for employees as currently practiced is essentially useless," writes SC World, citing the presentation of two researchers at the Black Hat security conference: In a scientific study involving thousands of test subjects, eight months and four different kinds of phishing training, the average improvement rate of falling for phishing scams was a whopping 1.7%. "Is all of this focus on training worth the outcome?" asked researcher Ariana Mirian,... Read more ›
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ChatGPT now has nearly 700 million weekly users, OpenAI says. But after launching GPT-5 last week, critics bashed its less-intuitive feel, reports CNBC, "ultimately leading the company to restore its legacy GPT-4 to paying chatbot customers." Yet GPT-5 was always about cracking the enterprise market "where rival Anthropic has enjoyed a head start," they write. And one week in, "startups like Cursor, Vercel, and Factory say they've already made GPT-5... Read more ›
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Intel and SoftBank announced on Monday that the Japanese conglomerate will make a $2 billion investment the embattled chipmaker. SoftBank will pay $23 per share for Intel's common stock. The investment is a vote of confidence in Intel, which has not been able to take advantage of the AI boom in advanced semiconductors and has spent heavily to stand up a manufacturing business that has yet to secure a significant... Read more ›
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A complete shutdown of encrypted web traffic isolated China from the global internet for 74 minutes Wednesday morning, blocking citizens from accessing foreign websites and disrupting international business operations that depend on secure connections to offshore servers. The Great Firewall began injecting forged TCP RST+ACK packets to terminate all connections on port 443 at 00:34 Beijing time on August 20, according to activist group Great Firewall Report. The standard HTTPS... Read more ›
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