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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Politico: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA -- an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring. Senators confirmed the billionaire private astronaut in a 67-30 vote. Trump renominated Isaacman for NASA administrator in November, after pulling his original nomination in May. He cited Isaacman's relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, with whom Trump had just had a falling out,.
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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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OpenAI is launching a personal finance experience so you can connect up accounts and ask questions about your money. Read more ›
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A new survey says CEOs are looking to slash junior roles in the next two years and focus hiring on mid-level positions. Read more ›
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The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab. Read more ›
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Apple had a strong start to 2026 while the rest of the US smartphone market struggled. Delays may have been to blame, Counterpoint Research said. Read more ›
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From Lauren Sánchez to the gold-plated Oval Office to "Mar-a-Lago face," America's elite are embracing louder, flashier displays of wealth. Read more ›
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We spoke to 12 current and former Amazon workers about how layoffs, AI, and return-to-office rules reshaped their jobs in recent years. Read more ›
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«Укрытие», оно же Саркофаг, стало неотъемлемой часть внешнего вида ЧАЭС в представлении рядового человека и среднестатистического геймера. Это — конструкция из стали и бетона укрыла от мира развёрстую дыру реактора 4-го энергоблока Чернобыльской АЭС. Это — памятник первой Атомной эре, начавшейся с огненных грибов над Аламагордо и Японией и закончившийся полуночным взрывом на ЧАЭС. Это — гигантский короб, появившийся за считанные месяцы в тяжелейших условиях, с которыми когда либо сталкивались... Read more ›
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's fast-and-free bus pitch is one of his best-known promises. Commuters are fans of the "fast" part — not so much the "free." Read more ›
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Caila Moed, 35, went from professional dance, to arts and philanthropy, to Goldman Sachs, to entrepreneurship — and a better work-life balance. Read more ›
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Закон Паркинсона гласит, что работа растягивается на всё отведённое под неё время. А в современную эпоху ИИ у людей вообще появился инструмент, способный масштабировать результаты их работы до той степени, до которой они смогут нагенерировать целевой контент, то есть почти безгранично.То, что я наблюдаю в своём профессиональном поле на протяжении двух последних лет, сложно описать. Первый явный звоночек я заметил чуть меньше, чем полтора года назад. Тогда я обратил внимание,... Read more ›
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A deaf Uber driver in Texas shares how driving for a ride-hailing company helped him escape the restaurant industry and earn more money. Read more ›
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AI-related jobs span the org chart from gig work to AI accelerators to the C-suite. Read more ›
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As reconstruction materials remain blocked, Palestinians are crushing debris into interlocking blocks to build shelters from destruction. Read more ›
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American composer Gordy Haab is a force to be reckoned with, pun absolutely intended. His catalogue of video game work includes composing scores for the likes of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Star Wars Squadrons and, most recently, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. He is arguably our generation's John Williams, perfectly encapsulating everything we have heard and loved from those iconic scores gone before, but... Read more ›
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A man who worked at Google for nearly 20 years quit because he felt unhappy with its AI policy. Read more ›
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CNBC reports: The European Union is considering rules that would restrict its member governments' use of U.S. cloud providers to handle sensitive data, sources familiar with the talks told CNBC. The European Commission — the EU's executive branch — is expected to present its "Tech Sovereignty Package" on May 27, which will include a range of measures aimed at bolstering the bloc's strategic autonomy in key digital areas. As part... Read more ›
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IT sector unemployment "increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March," reports the Wall Street Journal. But they add that the increase reflects "an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That's according to analysis from consulting firm Janco Associates, which bases its findings on data from the U.S. Labor Department." On Friday, the department said the economy added 115,000 jobs, buoyed by gains... Read more ›
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For just the first three months of 2026, Rocket Lab's launch business reports $63.7 million in revenue, reports CNBC — plus another $136.7 million from its space systems business. Besides beating Wall Street's expectations, Rocket Lab also announced that its backlog has more than doubled from a year ago to $2.2 billion, and that it's buying space robotics company Motiv Space Systems. Friday its stock price shot up 34% in... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from Futurism: In November, Amazon leaders sent an internal memo to employees, pushing them to use its in-house code generating tool, Kiro, over third-party alternatives from competitors. "While we continue to support existing tools in use today, we do not plan to support additional third party, AI development tools," the memo read, as quoted by Reuters at the time. "As part of our builder... Read more ›
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"General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent," says California's attorney general, "and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so." In 2024, The New York Times "reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers' driving behavior with insurance companies," remembers TechCrunch, "and that some customers were concerned that their insurance rates had gone up as a result." Now... Read more ›
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This week Amazon opened up its parcel shipping, fulfillment, and distribution "to businesses of all types and sizes." Any business can now ship, store, and deliver "using the same supply chain that supports Amazon," according to Monday's announcement of "Amazon Supply Chain Services." The move sent shares of UPS and FedEx "tumbling" Monday writes GeekWire. And though both stocks bounced back as the week went on, GeekWire sees this as... Read more ›
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Major American cloud companies with data centers in the Persian Gulf "are channeling data out of the war zone through fiber-optic cables that an Iraqi telecom has strung alongside crude-oil pipelines," reports RestofWorld.org: The data centers serve customers in more than 190 countries, processing transactions, storing files, and running applications for businesses and individuals from Latin America to South Asia. When Iranian drones struck Amazon's facilities in the United Arab... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: A newly revealed Honda patent shows the company developing a simulated electronic clutch system for electric motorcycles, complete with torque-boost launches and even haptic feedback designed to mimic the feel of a combustion engine.... Instead of using a traditional mechanical clutch, the system uses electronics to alter how the motor responds based on clutch lever position. Pull the clutch halfway in, and... Read more ›
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Open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 "has been around since 2011," Kotaku notes, and has made 70% of the PlayStation 3's library fully playable, "bolstered in part by the many users who contribute to its GitHub page." But their dev team "took to X today to very kindly and civilly request that users 'stop submitting AI slop code pull requests' to its GitHub page." Then they immediately proceeded to tell the AI-brain-rotted... Read more ›
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In Polymarket's prediction market, "most people end up losing money," reports the Washington Post — typically a few bucks. "Since Polymarket launched in 2022, a few thousand people have lost the bulk of the money... and an even smaller group — .05 percent of users — has gone home with most of the overall profits, according to a new analysis from finance researcher Pat Akey and colleagues." A lot of... Read more ›
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