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Longtime Slashdot reader ndsurvivor shares a report from MIT: MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of light. They also happen to confirm that Albert Einstein was wrong about this particular quantum scenario. The experiment in question is the double-slit experiment, which was first performed in 1801 by the British scholar Thomas Young to show how light b
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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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Inside Booking.com's Amsterdam engineering floors, a homemade experimentation framework from 2007 quietly runs tens of thousands of parallel A/B tests, turning fractions of a percent into billions in bookings. Read more ›
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Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is connected to its Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy in terms of both gameplay and narrative. Read more ›
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FIFA introduced hydration breaks for the 2026 World Cup, drawing criticism from players and fans as some broadcasters cut to commercials. Read more ›
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I'll just work from the car, I thought. But after a few minutes of staring at my screen on quick mountain switchbacks I could feel the first signs of cold, coagulated nausea bubbling up from that sweaty place in my gut. I looked to the horizon for relief, but nothing helped… until I remembered Apple's […] Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has dramatically lowered the barriers to creating, translating and distributing content. But as synthetic content floods the… Read more ›
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our time now barely mention it at all. The phrase has begun disappearing from their speeches, social media posts, and podcast […] Read more ›
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My Great Aunt Joanne helped raise me, and is now a retired teacher. I became a teacher in my 40s, and it's made us even closer. Read more ›
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Привет! На связи команда QA Automation СВОЙ Тех. Сегодня мы хотим поднять тему, которая за последний год превратилась из хайпового «вайб-кодинга» в суровую инженерную реальность. Мы поговорим об агентной разработке (AI Agents) в автоматизации тестирования. Читать далее Read more ›
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Italy's competition regulator said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into Apple over its compliance with interoperability obligations as set out in the European Digital Markets Act (DMA). Under the DMA, Apple must ensure that third-party providers of consumer cloud services can interoperate effectively and free of charge with Apple's iOS and iPadOS software platforms. The rules also mandate equal access to Apple's iCloud service. The Italian Competition Authority... Read more ›
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Save $500 on a super-powerful 16-inch gaming laptop with RTX 5090 graphics and a 240Hz OLED screen. Acer's Predator Helios AI falls to just $2,999. Read more ›
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Save $32 on this Samsung P9 Express microSD card with read speeds up to 800MB/s. Read more ›
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I combed through hundreds of deals to find these brilliant buys to brighten up your summer — from just $2.99. Read more ›
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Lightbringer, a Malmö-based legal technology startup focused on patent services, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion, with participation from existing investors Luminar Ventures and Alliance VC. The company develops AI-powered software for patent drafting, filing, and portfolio management, targeting startups and small-to-medium-sized businesses. Lightbringer […] Read more ›
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Каждый день нужно проверять приборы на системах пожаротушения! Когда это обширные склады, охранник должен постоянно их обходить все - только ради этой задачи. Манометр стал символом наказаний в органах пожаробезопасности.Спецлаб разработал аналого-цифровой преобразователь для аналоговых приборов – стрелочную нейросеть, которая показания стрелки переводит в цифры... Посмотреть новый вид АЦП Read more ›
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Temporary casinos in Chicago and Waukegan will remain open longer after Illinois regulators approved extensions, allowing operations to continue while… Continue reading Illinois extends Bally’s casino operations as Waukegan license lawsuit continues Read more ›
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The first video ever uploaded to YouTube is not an event, not a viral phenomenon, not a curated piece of content, and not particularly interesting on its own terms. It is a 19-second clip of a 25-year-old man standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, observing that elephants have long ... Read more Read more ›
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“Longevity” — a buzzy catchall for the quest for a longer life — is having a moment. Tech titans like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are spending billions to fund research into how to slow aging. Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Hailey Bieber are touting peptide use. And the world’s most powerful authoritarian […] Read more ›
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given Apple, Google, and other tech firms until September to introduce device-level protections that prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing explicit images. "If businesses do not comply within three months, legislation will be brought forward requiring the protection to be added to all phones and tablets sold in the UK," reports The Guardian. "Tech firms that fail to do so could face fines,... Read more ›
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NHS England plans to roll out Microsoft Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff after a 30,000-person pilot claimed the AI assistant saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on administrative work. The Register reports: The rollout won't happen overnight. NHS England said that each trust will receive a central allocation of licenses based on headcount, typically starting with around 2,000 Copilot seats, and that more than half... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity researchers and a statement given to 404 Media by Microsoft. Hackers planted malware that would harvest peoples' credentials when they opened it in AI coding tools like Claude Code... Read more ›
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Meta says it will expand how it uses off-platform activity shared by other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds as well as AI responses, not just ads. The change starts in July and can be disabled through the "Activity from other businesses" setting, though Meta says it is not collecting new data as part of the update. The Verge reports: For example, Meta says if you bought a tent... Read more ›
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The European Commission says Apple's decision not to launch Siri AI in the EU is Apple's alone, arguing that the company sought an exemption from Digital Markets Act interoperability rules instead of building a compliant privacy- and security-preserving solution. Apple, meanwhile, says regulators rejected its proposals and claims the DMA would require giving third-party AI systems overly broad access to users' devices. MacRumors reports: Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that's able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don't often see: a single errant character inside the kernel. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23111, is located in nf_tables, a subsystem of the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering capabilities. It's used to manage firewall rules and replaces older subsystems... Read more ›
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Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. "For us, it's really around what we call 'race to the top,' being able to provide this technology in a valuable fashion, and at the same time providing the right safety guardrails so... Read more ›
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The European Commission has ordered Meta to temporarily restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while it investigates whether Meta's ban on third-party assistants abuses its dominant position. Meta says it will appeal, calling the move "regulatory overreach" that would let major AI companies use a paid WhatsApp product for free. The BBC reports: The EU said it began its investigation, in December 2025, after Meta banned... Read more ›
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The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, Unitree, and other Chinese companies to its list of firms it says support China's military, barring them from U.S. defense contracts. The companies and China's embassy deny the allegations. The Associated Press reports: Created in 2021 by a congressional mandate, the list (PDF) seeks to identify Chinese companies that the Pentagon considers to have links to the Chinese military -- not only those... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones -- a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase -- which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse survivors, to journalists, and many more. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country's telecoms... Read more ›
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