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Longtime Slashdot reader whoever57 writes: Birmingham City Council, the largest such entity in Europe, has been declared effectively bankrupt. There are a couple of reasons for this, but one of them is a disastrous project to replace the city's income management system using Oracle. The cost of this has risen to $230 million, while the initial estimate was $24 million. There was a failed rollout of the new system earlier this year. "Original plans for the replacement of SAP with Oracle Fusion set aside a 19
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We catch up with Magnus Gravem from reMarkable to chat about ethics, sustainability and how he aims to integrate this into his current work. Who are we talking to? Magnus Gravem, VP Sustainability in reMarkable Is it a logical journey to what you are doing now? Yes, from a certain point onward, my path has […] Read more ›
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A senior developer from Call of Duty studio Treyarch has admitted worry over series fatigue, as Black Ops 7 arrives next month just one year after the last game. Read more Read more ›
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The Tuesday episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was the second-most-watched in the show's history, with 6.26 million viewers on broadcast. Read more ›
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Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member next to Russia, in its first major long-term deployment abroad since World War II. Read more ›
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Forza Horizon 6 will be set in Japan, as revealed by Microsoft at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Not only that, it will be the biggest and "most full" of any map in the series so far. Read more Read more ›
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Meta is bringing its “pay or consent” ad model to the UK after months of wrangling with regulators over the controversial policy. The update will force Instagram and Facebook users to pick between being served up personalized ads or shelling out for monthly subscriptions to ad-free versions. Subscriptions start at £2.99 a month, around $4, […] Read more ›
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Intel has effectively entered the custom silicon market by appointing a dedicated executive to lead its bespoke CPU efforts and securing a major multi-year deal to design custom Xeon processors for Nvidia, marking a shift from semi-custom tweaks to full-fledged contract chip design. Read more ›
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After more than five years of machinations, secret meetings, legislative actions, and confusing messaging, it appears a deal is coming to keep TikTok alive in the US. On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that didn't quite make a deal, but at least gave everyone space to make deal. It's a concept of a […] Read more ›
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On Thursday night, the Justice Department revealed an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, that lays out vague allegations that Comey made false statements to Congress. The indictment is not at all surprising because, last week, President Donald Trump briefly posted, and then deleted, what appears to be a direct order to Attorney General […] Read more ›
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Xiaomi's Lei Jun said the Model Y was an "outstanding" car, and those who don't choose to buy the Xiaomi's YU7 should consider the Model Y. Read more ›
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Comedian, actor, and author Kate McKinnon hit the seitan wings on "Hot Ones," and reader, "The wings, they are hot." Read more ›
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Vibe coding tools have seen traffic drop, with Vercel's v0 and Lovable seeing significant declines, raising sustainability questions, Barclays warns. Read more ›
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Young workers should develop their "learning skills" so they can adapt to the job market's needs, Cambridge professor Thomas Roulet said. Read more ›
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CNET speaks with the star of Paul Thomas Anderson's newest movie about playing a relatable dad in One Battle After Another. Read more ›
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Trials of vision-improving substances are showing good results, though so far only two have been authorized for use in the United States. Read more ›
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Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser is set to retire at the end of the year, and will be succeeded by the company's first female president. Read more Read more ›
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The US has a lot of layers of government. Some would say too many. I would say too many. Here in Washington, DC, we mercifully only have a city government and a federal government, but you state-dwellers often have to juggle a state government, a county government, a municipal government, and sometimes school districts and […] Read more ›
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Obtaining medicine, buying trucks, and furnishing your home could all get more expensive starting on October 1, when Trump's new tariffs kick in. Read more ›
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A YouTube gamer has constructed a homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton which tracks on-screen movement and adjusts his aim physically, helping to max out his score in Aimlabs' FPS training program. Read more ›
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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose a new $100,000 application fee for H-1B worker visas, a White House official said, potentially dealing a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China. From a report: As part of his broader immigration crackdown, the Republican president was expected to sign a proclamation as early as Friday restricting entry under the H-1B visa program... Read more ›
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The consumer advocacy nonprofit PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is now petitioning Microsoft to reconsider pulling support for Windows 10 in 2025, since "as many as 400 million perfectly good computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 will be thrown out." In a petition addressed to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the group warned the October 14 end of free support could cause "the single biggest jump in junked computers ever,... Read more ›
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Last week the Guardian reported on "thousands of AI workers contracted for Google through Japanese conglomerate Hitachi's GlobalLogic to rate and moderate the output of Google's AI products, including its flagship chatbot Gemini... and its summaries of search results, AI Overviews." "AI isn't magic; it's a pyramid scheme of human labor," said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. "These raters are the... Read more ›
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Mickey Mouse's first movie Steamboat Willie entered the public domain in 2024. Now one of America's largest personal injury firms is suing Disney, reports the Associated Press, "in an effort to get a ruling that would allow it to use Steamboat Willie in advertisements..." [The law firm said] it had reached out to Disney to make sure the entertainment company wouldn't sue them if they used images from the animated... Read more ›
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When Meta finally unveiled its newest smart glasses, CEO Mark Zuckerberg "drew more snickers than applause," wrote the New York Times. (Mashable points out a video call failing onstage followed by an unsuccessful recipe demonstration.) Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth later explained the funny reason their demo didn't work, reports TechCrunch, while answering questions on Instagram: "When the chef said, 'Hey, Meta, start Live AI,' it started every single... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When the COVID-19 pandemic forced kids to stay home, educators flocked to VMware, and thousands of school districts adopted virtualization. The technology became a solution for distance learning during the pandemic and after, when events such as bad weather and illness can prevent children from physically attending school. However, the VMware being sold to K-12 schools today differs from the VMware... Read more ›
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The Leon Thevenin, Africa's only permanently stationed cable repair ship, maintains over 60,000 kilometers of undersea internet infrastructure from Madagascar to Ghana. The 43-year-old vessel employs a 60-person crew who perform precision repairs on fiber-optic cables that carry data for Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon -- companies that consumed 3.6 billion megabits per second of bandwidth in 2023. Operating costs range from $70,000 to $120,000 daily, according to owner Orange Marine.... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Over at the Communications of the ACM, Bard College CS Prof Valerie Barr explains why she's Feeling Cranky About AI and CS Education. Having seen CS education go through a number of we-have-to-teach-this moments over the decades — introductory programming languages, the Web, Data Science, etc. — Barr turns her attention to the next hand-wringing "what will we do" CS education moment with AI. "We're... Read more ›
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Microsoft will increase Xbox Series X and Series S console prices in the United States on October 3. The Series X rises to $649.99 from $599.99 and the 512GB Series S increases to $399.99 from $379.99. The 1TB Series S moves to $449.99 from $429.99. The Series X Digital Edition reaches $599.99 from $549.99 and the 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition climbs to $799.99 from $729.99. Microsoft cited macroeconomic changes... Read more ›
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Neon Mobile, now the No. 2 social networking app in Apple's U.S. App Store, pays users up to $30 per day to record their phone calls and sell the data to AI companies. The app claims to only capture one side of a call unless both parties use Neon, but its terms grant sweeping rights over recordings. TechCrunch reports: The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a money-making tool offering... Read more ›
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