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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Singapore's central bank will hold trials to issue tokenized MAS bills next year and bring in laws to regulate stablecoins as it presses forward with plans to build a scalable and secure tokenised financial ecosystem, the bank's top official said on Thursday. "Tokenization has lifted off the ground. But have asset-backed tokens achieved escape velocity? Not yet," said Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a keynote ad
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The Steam Deck 2 is not happening anytime soon, a notion that has just been reinforced by software engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais, who says that Valve is waiting for true next-gen silicon with architectural improvements that will allow the Steam Deck successor to offer both significantly better performance and battery life, likely without incurring extra costs toward the end-user. Read more ›
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Following the latest Switch 2 console update, Nintendo appears to have blocked third-party Switch 2 docks. Read more Read more ›
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China has reportedly developed the world's first scalable and industrial-compatible optical quantum chip that allegedly has 1000x the amount of processing power as Nvidia's outgoing AI GPUs. Read more ›
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Microsoft keeps describing this model for the future of a game console that sounds great for players: it's as easy as a console, it can play a huge library of PC titles, and it even supports third-party stores. That'd be a wonderful product if someone could build it, and it sure looks like Valve has […] Read more ›
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See which films starring Jennifer Lawrence critics liked best, from "Winter's Bone" to the "Hunger Games" series. Read more ›
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The Steam Deck changed the way I buy and play games. Just like how the Nintendo Switch blew me away with how it let me play the latest and greatest Nintendo games on the go and on a TV, the Steam Deck has drawn me in with how it offers a vast catalog of PC […] Read more ›
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"Never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try." Read more ›
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Walmart said Friday it will appoint Walmart US CEO John Furner as head of the corporation when longtime CEO Doug McMillon retires in February. Read more ›
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It's difficult to believe, but it has been the better part of two decades since the last new Metroid Prime. The third game, Corruption, hit the Wii back in 2007. The good news for those who have been eagerly waiting for more Prime is that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond certainly appears to be a confident expression of that. It's more Prime. In that, it'll give you what you want. On... Read more ›
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Joseph Emerson attempted to shut down a plane's engines mid-flight after magic mushrooms left him feeling detached from reality for several days. Read more ›
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Spotify announced that it is now beta testing AI audiobook recaps for iOS users. The feature aims to summarize the audiobooks until the past point where users left off, so they can quickly resume their listening sessions. Recaps are currently limited to a small selection of English-language audiobooks, but Spotify confirmed that it plans to expand it to more titles soon. The Recap button will be placed right above the... Read more ›
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By shifting water to a higher elevation, the giant Three Gorges Dam caused the Earth to spin more slowly. Read more ›
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Elegoo can no longer guarantee a release date on a promised multicolor upgrade to the Centauri Carbon. Read more ›
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Samsung has raised the prices of its individual memory chips by up to 60% since September, adding to concerns that the uptick in pricing for consumer products that use NAND Flash will continue for some time to come, amidst AI data center build-out-induced shortages. Read more ›
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When regular people talk about a celebrity having “literally the worst week ever,” it’s never actually the worst week a person could ever have. What they mean is that a famous person is dealing with famous-people problems that regular people never deal with, combined with attention that civilians will never endure. That in mind: For […] Read more ›
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More and more people want to make it official with their computer-generated lovers. Read more ›
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My wife and I got an RV to homeschool our four kids in and travel together. We aren't against public school, it just wasn't for us. Read more ›
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Barcelona-based Holo has closed a €1 million pre-Seed funding round to transform how people understand and manage their health through an all-in-one app that combines advanced lab testing, AI, and functional medicine, integrated with devices such as Apple Watch, Garmin, and Oura. The round was led by Calm/Storm Ventures and Mission VC, with participation from ... Read more ›
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FFmpeg, the open source multimedia framework that powers video processing in Google Chrome, Firefox, YouTube and other major platforms, has called on Google to either fund the project or stop burdening its volunteer maintainers with security vulnerabilities found by the company's AI tools. The maintainers patched a bug that Google's AI agent discovered in code for decoding a 1995 video game but described the finding as "CVE slop." The confrontation... Read more ›
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"A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years," reports The Register. And the software librarian at Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, Al Kossow of Bitsavers, believes the tape "has a pretty good chance of being recoverable." Long-time Slashdot reader bobdevine says the tape will be analyzed at the Computer History Museum. More from The Register: The... Read more ›
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A former Business Analyst reportedly filed a class action lawsuit claiming that for years, hundreds of remote employees at Bank of America first had to boot up complex computer systems before their paid work began, reports Human Resources Director magazine: Tava Martin, who worked both remotely and at the company's Jacksonville facility, says the financial institution required her and fellow hourly workers to log into multiple security systems, download spreadsheets,... Read more ›
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New submitter benramsey writes: The PHP Foundation has launched a search for its next executive director. The Executive Director serves as the operational leader of the PHP Foundation, defining its strategic vision and translating it into reality while managing day-to-day operations and serving as the primary bridge between the Board, staff, community, and sponsors. While the programming language PHP is over 30 years old, the PHP Foundation was only created... Read more ›
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Valve has unveiled a new Steam Machine console, taking a second shot at living room gaming a decade after its 2015 Steam Machine initiative failed. The 6-inch cube runs Linux-based SteamOS but plays Windows games through Proton, a compatibility layer built on Wine that translates Microsoft graphical APIs. Valve spent over a decade working on SteamOS and ways to run Windows games on Linux after the original Steam Machines failed.... Read more ›
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The US is set to make its final penny. The Philadelphia Mint will strike its last batch of one-cent coins on Thursday, after more than 230 years of production. From a report: The coins will remain in circulation but the phase-out has already prompted businesses to start adjusting prices, as they say pennies are becoming harder to find. The government says the move will save money, or as President Donald... Read more ›
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Iceland has formally classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security threat, warning that a disruption could trigger a modern-day ice age in Northern Europe and destabilize global weather systems. The move elevates the risk across government and enables it to strategize for worst-case scenarios. Reuters reports: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, current brings warm water from the tropics northward toward the... Read more ›
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Apple has launched the iPhone Pocket, a knitted bag designed to hold iPhones. The limited edition collaboration with Japanese designer Issey Miyake costs $229.95 for the crossbody version. A shorter version is priced at $149.95. Apple said the 3D-knitted design was inspired by "a piece of cloth" and was born from the idea of creating an additional pocket for any iPhone and small everyday items. Yoshiyuki Miyamae, design director at... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Ryanair is trying to force users to download its mobile app by eliminating paper boarding passes, starting on November 12. As announced in February and subsequently delayed from earlier start dates, Europe's biggest airline is moving to digital-only boarding passes, meaning customers will no longer be able to print physical ones. In order to access their boarding passes, Ryanair flyers will... Read more ›
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After the Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million grant because it restricted DEI activity, "a flood of new donations followed," according to a new report. By Friday they'd raised over $157,000, including 295 new Supporting Members paying an annual $99 membership fee, says PSF executive director Deb Nicholson. "It doesn't quite bridge the gap of $1.5 million, but it's incredibly impactful for us, both financially and in terms of... Read more ›
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