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Near Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, the Five Stones coffee shop advertised for a barista a few months ago — and started getting resumes from "people who listed Microsoft and other tech companies," writes the Wall Street Journal:
The applicants typically had master's degrees and experience in graphic design or marketing roles, Andrews said — sometimes senior ones. They were applying to jobs at Five Stones that would pay Redmond's minimum wage, $16.66 an hour. Five Stones hasn't yet hired such candidat
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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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Google AI Studio gets Android app building, Google Workspace integration, custom design tools, and a mobile app at I/O 2026. Read more ›
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Google’s experimental Project Genie is no longer building worlds from imagination alone. With Street View now in the mix, the line between real places and AI-generated realities is starting to blur in fascinating ways. Read more ›
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Google has finally given us first look at Android XR audio glasses, powered by Gemini and coming out later this year. Read more ›
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Chuwi’s UniBook pairs Intel’s new Wildcat Lake Core 3 chip with a 14-inch 100% sRGB display, generous ports, and an estimated $449 price. Read more ›
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Edmonton’s largest AI conference celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. Read more ›
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The CFTC has already sued to prevent the Minnesota's prediction markets ban. Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 for Business, both starting at $1,949 and featuring Intel's Panther Lake silicon. There's also a new Surface Laptop 13-inch that comes with as little as 8GB RAM coming later this year and starting at $1,299. Read more ›
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Andrej Karpathy is heading back to the center of the AI race. The OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI director announced Tuesday that he is joining Anthropic, adding another high-profile name to the growing battle for top AI talent between ... Read more ›
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Google’s new Android Halo feature hints at a future where AI quietly works alongside you instead of demanding constant attention. The most interesting part is how little it tries to get in your way. Read more ›
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Another Google I/O 2026 announcement: A new AI running in the background to handle scheduling, emails and more. Read more ›
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China developed a CPU-only exaflop supercomputer using millions of Arm cores to reduce dependence on restricted foreign GPUs. Read more ›
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UV printing relies on tightly controlled chemical reactions, where even small variations in ink behaviour can affect output, maintenance, and long-term reliability. As the technology moves into smaller studios and home setups, the debate between open and closed ink systems increasingly comes down to balancing flexibility, stability, and ease of use. Read more ›
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Drill bits don't last forever, and several habits can shorten their working life. Here's what you need to know about wear, replacement, and proper care. Read more ›
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The Trump administration has a surprising new agenda item: It’s all-in on legalizing a psychedelic drug called ibogaine. Ibogaine is classified as a Schedule I drug, which means it’s illegal on the federal level. But some studies show it may be able to treat opioid addiction, and researchers are also hopeful that it can help […] Read more ›
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The CFTC has sued several states that have tried to regulate prediction markets at the local level. Read more ›
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Google is teasing a new line of "Googlebook" laptops for this fall, powered by a new Android-and-ChromeOS-derived operating system that will run Chrome, Android apps, phone-connected apps and files, and deeply integrated Gemini features. The company says Chromebooks will continue "after the launch of Googlebook" and "...all Chromebooks will continue to receive support through their device's existing date commitment." The Verge reports: "We'll have more to share on the exact... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times (via Ars Technica): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house "MeshClaw" product in recent weeks, allowing employees to create AI agents that can connect to workplace software and carry out tasks on... Read more ›
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Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning platform, says it reached an agreement with the hackers who stole 3.5 terabytes of student and university data. The company says it received "digital confirmation" that the information was destroyed and that affected schools and students would not be extorted. The BBC reports: Paying cyber criminals goes against the advice of law enforcement agencies around the world, as it can fuel... Read more ›
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South Korea's presidential policy chief is calling for a "citizen dividend" that would return some AI-driven profits and tax revenue to the public. The Straits Times. From the report: Presidential policy chief Kim Yong-beom said in a Facebook post that a portion of the profits and tax revenue derived from the artificial intelligence boom "should be structurally returned to all citizens." That is because, Mr Kim argued, the economic gains... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand Tuesday in Elon Musk's trial against the company, testifying that Musk repeatedly sought control of OpenAI before leaving in 2018. Altman said he opposed putting AI "under the control of any one person," while Musk's lawyer used a pointed cross-examination to attack Altman's trustworthiness. An anonymous reader shares updates from the testimony via the New York Times: Before Elon Musk left OpenAI in... Read more ›
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fjo3 shares a report from Phys.org: Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. "It's not a misconception -- mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others," Frederic Simard of France's Institute of Research for Development told AFP. "But we are not all magnets all the... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader ewhac writes: CERN, a longtime Open Source pioneer, has made several contributions over the years to KiCad ("KEE-kad"), an Open Source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) package widely used in the hobbyist and professional electronics communities. It's gotten so widely used that users can now submit their KiCad design files directly to several electronics fabricators (rather than the traditional step of converting the layouts to Gerber files). Over... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta employees distributed flyers at multiple U.S. offices on Tuesday to protest the company's recent installation of mouse-tracking software on their computers, according to photos of the pamphlets seen by Reuters. The flyers, which appeared in meeting rooms, on vending machines and atop toilet paper dispensers at the Facebook owner's offices, encouraged staffers to sign an online petition against the move. "Don't... Read more ›
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Harvard faculty are voting on a proposal (PDF) to curb grade inflation by limiting solid A grades to 20% of students in a class, plus four additional A's per course. Axios reports: Grade inflation is at a tipping point at Harvard. A move to make A grades harder to come by at one of the world's leading universities could influence grading debates at peer institutions. Solid A's account for nearly... Read more ›
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The German Sovereign Tech Fund has invested 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million USD) in KDE Plasma technologies to help strengthen the structural reliability and security of the desktop environment's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services. Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin shares an excerpt from the announcement: For 30 years, KDE has been providing the free and open-source software essential for digital sovereignty in personal,... Read more ›
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