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British Columbia is permanently banning new cryptocurrency mining operations from connecting to its power grid to conserve electricity for industries that generate more jobs and tax revenue. The province is also capping power allocations for AI and data centers, while launching a competitive allocation process in January 2026. CoinDesk reports: The move from the government of Canada's third-most populous province is part of a broader legislative and regulatory overhaul unveiled Monday [...]. "Government wil
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Apple is "drastically" cutting production of the iPhone Air and shifting focus toward the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro models, Nikkei Asia reports. The business publication claims to have learned of a major cut to iPhone Air production motivated by weaker-than-expected consumer interest. Although Nikkei declined to disclose the extent of the production cut or which suppliers will be affected, it says that the changes may be seen in... Read more ›
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It should go without saying, but don't clean your phone with bleach or peroxide-based cleaners. Read more ›
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With Galaxy XR, you can split screen between a game like Stardew Valley and a real-time video chat.Samsung After dropping hints for over two years, Samsung, in partnership with Google, finally revealed its first-ever Android extended reality headset Tuesday night. The new device, dubbed Galaxy XR, will run you $1,800 and you can actually buy it today. Due to its collaboration with Google, it's not a surprise that the headset... Read more ›
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Starfield is a "good game" but it failed to match the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games because of its use of procedural generation and the fact "space is inherently boring". Read more Read more ›
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Tracy Smith and Clair Mattig-Smith, a mother and daughter, were planning to move to Texas. A new affordable living community, kept them in California. Read more ›
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The ban shouldn't be lifted until there's "broad scientific consensus" that superintelligent AI can be developed safely, the statement said. Read more ›
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Shield AI says its new autonomous fighter jet could turn even a container ship into a launchpad for combat airpower. Read more ›
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Dollar General grew its share of short trips over the last several years, Placer.ai found. Customers are stopping by for quick snacks or milk. Read more ›
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A new study sheds light on how stem cells in hair follicles react to stress, with very different outcomes. Read more ›
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As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering grants of $4,000 for drivers to swap their gas-guzzlers for zero-tailpipe emission vehicles. The company is also dropping its “Uber Green” branding in favor of the more simple “Uber Electric.” Uber has said it will […] Read more ›
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Between 'KPop Demon Hunters,' 'Wicked: For Good,' and Ryan Coogler's vampire hit, the Best Original Song category is shaping up to be a tight race. Read more ›
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Jackee Taylor didn't ask to be part of Witness Protection. She was ushered into it when she was 7. She's been trying to prove she exists ever since. Read more ›
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Yoni Rechtman made partner not by mimicking another's playbook but by writing his own. "I have a style that either attracts or repels founders." Read more ›
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Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida believes Sony "cannot do the same thing they have been doing" with PS6, as even he cannot tell the difference between improved graphics these days. Read more Read more ›
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Egan-Jones split from ISS and Glass Lewis over Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla award, saying it ties pay to bold performance goals. Read more ›
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Apple's new Vision Pro with the M5 chip and the Dual Knit headband are assembled in Vietnam, Bloomberg reports. The original Vision Pro with the M2 chip was manufactured in China by Luxshare, which also makes some AirPods models. The move demonstrates Apple's increasing shift away from China. While it still makes most iPhones in the country, many of its other devices sold in the United States are being produced... Read more ›
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Ukraine's defense ministry said it continues to hit Russia's industries, "weakening the offensive potential of the aggressor state." Read more ›
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Rebekah Bowling, who helps Citi's ultra-wealthy clients manage their art collections, says people breaking into the market should do three key things. Read more ›
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"The gig economy is facing a reckoning," argues Business Insider's BI Today newsletter." Two stories this past week caught my eye. Uber unveiled a new way for its drivers to earn money. No, not by giving rides, but by helping train the ride-sharing company's AI models instead. On the same day, Waymo announced a partnership with DoorDash to test driverless grocery and meal deliveries. Both moves point toward the same... Read more ›
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"Eleven days ago, the nonprofit entity that develops the protocol, Signal Messenger LLC, published a 5,900-word write-up describing its latest updates that bring Signal a significant step toward being fully quantum-resistant," writes Ars Technica: The mechanism that has made this constant key evolution possible over the past decade is what protocol developers call a "double ratchet." Just as a traditional ratchet allows a gear to rotate in one direction but... Read more ›
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Instant coffee beat drip coffee in blind taste tests conducted by researchers at the Drexel Food Lab. Jonathan Deutsch and Rachel Sherman tested 84 participants across two rounds of tastings for The Guardian's Filter US newsletter. They first narrowed 24 instant coffee varieties to the best options. Those finalists then competed against drip coffees in a second test. 77% of participants preferred instant coffee over drip. The top-performing instant coffee... Read more ›
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Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project. The move means all future GIMP releases will now be built directly from the team's CI pipeline, ensuring faster, more consistent updates across distributions. The developers also introduced a new "gimp-plugins" interface to support external plugins while maintaining Snap's security confinement, with GMIC and OpenVINO already supported. This Read more ›
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Canada's Prime Minister "paused an electric-vehicle sales mandate that was set to take effect next year," reports the Wall Street Journal, which argues a kind of retreat from electric-vehicle ambitions "is spreading around the globe." Even the U.K.'s Prime Minister "has allowed for a more flexible timetable to hit the country's EV targets." And demand is expected to drop in the U.S., where global consulting firm AlixPartners now predicts EVs... Read more ›
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China now generates well over twice as much electricity as the United States. The country's economy has become substantially larger than America's in real terms, measured at purchasing power parity, economist Paul Krugman wrote this week. The Trump administration has moved aggressively against renewable energy development. It rolled back Biden's tax incentives for renewables through the One Big Beautiful Bill. The administration is attempting to stop a nearly completed offshore... Read more ›
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Alexis Ohanian, who helped build Reddit, says much of the internet has become dominated by bots and AI. Speaking on the podcast TBPN, he described the internet as increasingly "quasi-AI" and filled with what he called "LinkedIn slop." Ohanian referenced dead internet theory, the assertion that bot activity exceeds human activity on the web. In September, Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, posted that while he had not taken the theory seriously,... Read more ›
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The U.S. is awash with scam text messages. Officials say it has become a billion-dollar, highly sophisticated business benefiting criminals in China. From a report: Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You have U.S. Postal Service fees to pay, another threatens. You owe the New York City Department of Finance for unpaid traffic violations. The texts are ploys to get unsuspecting victims to fork over... Read more ›
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Investigators recovered the OceanGate Titan sub's underwater camera nearly intact, discovering a SanDisk SD card that survived the 2023 implosion and still contained 12 images and 9 videos. TechSpot reports: Scott Manley, the science communication YouTuber, gamer, astrophysicist, and programmer, posted about the latest find: a hardened SubC-branded Rayfin Mk2 Benthic Camera containing the undamaged SD card. The titanium and synthetic sapphire crystal camera is rated to withstand depths of... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Heise: The European Commission has revised the Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies (EPS). The new rules aim to increase consumer convenience, resource efficiency, and energy efficiency. Manufacturers have three years to prepare for the changes. The new regulations apply to external power supplies that charge or power devices such as laptops, smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, and computer monitors. Starting in 2028, these products... Read more ›
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