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President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. federal agencies to "immediately cease" using Anthropic's AI technology, escalating a standoff after the company sought limits on Pentagon use of its models. CNBC reports: The company, which in July signed a $200 million contract with Pentagon, wants assurances that the Defense Department will not use its AI models will not be used for fully autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance of Americans. The Pentagon had set a deadline of 5:01 p.m. ET Friday for An
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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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The TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro launched at $199 and makes every phone in its price range look bad. We compared it to the Samsung Galaxy A17 5G, Moto G Power 2026, and even the Pixel 10a. Read more ›
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The new appointments at Turkish Airlines are the latest in a set of executive shuffles that have taken place across the airline industry. Read more ›
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Pixel phones are getting around to fixing their biggest AI voicemail oversight. Read more ›
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Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA’s first program to […] Read more ›
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The Artemis 2 crew has beamed tons of incredible photos back to Earth. Here's a look at our favorite shots. Read more ›
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You may already know that emulators can run Wii games on a Mac. But one developer has flipped the script. Bryan Keller now has an ancient version of the Mac's operating system running on Nintendo's 2006 game console (via Kottke). Why? Because they said it couldn't be done.The developer first had the idea in 2013 while a sophomore in college. However, they found renewed motivation five years ago when Redditor... Read more ›
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Знакомая история - товар хороший. Цена нормальная. Но карточка на Wildberries или Ozon выглядит так, будто её фотографировали на кухне при выключенном свете. Конверсия — ноль. Продаж — нет.Раньше выход был один: нанять фотографа, арендовать студию, заплатить дизайнеру за обработку. Это время и деньги — от 5 000 до 30 000 рублей за одну позицию. Для малого бизнеса или начинающего селлера — часто неподъёмно.Теперь есть другой путь. Читать далее Read more ›
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Andrew Pritchard was arrested for smuggling $130 million dollars worth of cocaine through the Caribbean to Europe using shipping containers. Read more ›
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OpenAI said Thursday it was making several changes to how it bills companies that use its AI coding agent, Codex, due to rising use of the tools. The changes are geared towards matching the amount customers spend more closely with how much they use the products. OpenAI on Thursday announced a ... Read more ›
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The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is set to debut in China and global markets on April 21. Ahead of the launch, Oppo has revealed the phone’s full camera specifications, while its design and other key specs have surfaced via a China Telecom listing. Oppo recently confirmed that the Find X9 Ultra will feature a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 10x optical zoom, and has now revealed the rest of the... Read more ›
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It seems like at least this one piece of 'Star Wars' Expanded Universe continuity is being kept locked up. Read more ›
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OpenAI is reportedly preparing a new cybersecurity product for a small group of partners, out of concern that a broader rollout could wreak havoc if it were released more widely. If that move sounds familiar, it's because Anthropic took a similar limited-release approach with its Mythos model and Project Glasswing initiative. Axios reports: OpenAI introduced its "Trusted Access for Cyber" pilot program in February after rolling out GPT-5.3-Codex, the company's... Read more ›
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В данный момент в России идёт работа по созданию закона о "Робототехнике и беспилотного автономного транспорта", который предположительно появится в 2027 году. Но подобные законы, планируются и в других странах и будет нелишним рассмотреть опыт других стран.Анализ ключевых тенденций, описанных в исследовании «Robots In Public: Building the Governance Framework for shared Human-Robot Spaces» (2025–2026 гг.). Отчёт основан на данных экспертного воркшопа в MassRobotics (Бостон), анализа кейсов и международного Read more ›
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Meta Platforms is pulling top engineers from across the company into its new Applied AI Engineering division—whether they like it or not—as part of its aggressive push to step up its competitiveness in the AI model arms race. In an internal memo sent to employees on Wednesday and seen by The ... Read more ›
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Even before the Trump administration went to war with Iran, it was talking differently about its approach to combat. President Donald Trump relabeled the Department of Defense to something more in line with his values: the Department of War. His Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, promised to deliver on a philosophy of “maximum lethality.” For many […] Read more ›
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IBM and Arm are teaming up to let Arm-based software run on IBM Z mainframes. Network World reports: The two companies plan to work on three things: building virtualization tools so Arm software can run on IBM platforms; making sure Arm applications meet the security and data residency rules that regulated industries must follow; and creating common technology layers so enterprises have more software options across both platforms, IBM said... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Amazon will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% "fuel and logistics" surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher. The fees take effect on April 17 for customers of the company's Fulfillment by Amazon service -- which is used by many of the independent sellers... Read more ›
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OpenAI is acquiring tech news podcast TBPN, a fast-growing daily show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence, even though the acquisition is widely viewed as part of a broader effort to influence public discourse around AI. CNBC reports: In the announcement, OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo wrote that their mission of bringing artificial general intelligence comes with a responsibility... Read more ›
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schwit1 shares a report from the Kathmandu Post: In Nepal, helicopter rescue on high altitude is, by any measure, a genuine lifesaving operation. At high altitude, where oxygen thins and weather changes without warning, the ability to airlift a stricken trekker to Kathmandu within hours has saved countless lives. But threaded through that legitimate system, exploiting its urgency, its opacity, and its distance from oversight, is one of the most... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA announced the move Thursday, touting it as a "historic step" for the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement, which often raises concerns about... Read more ›
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Renewables made up nearly half of global installed electricity capacity by the end of 2025, "accounting for 85.6% of global capacity expansion," reports the Register, citing the International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) 2026 Renewable Capacity Statistics report. "Per IRENA's data, that aforementioned 85.6 percent share of new power capacity additions was actually a decrease from 2024, when renewables were about 92 percent of global capacity additions. Yes, the share of... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot writes: CU Boulder researchers are reporting that they have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The findings were published in the journal Natural Metabolism on March 19, 2026. Pythons can grow as big as a telephone pole, swallow an antelope whole, and go months or even years without eating... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Perplexity's AI search engine encourages users to go deeper with their prompts by engaging in chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with Google and Meta without users' knowledge or consent. "This happened to every user regardless of whether or not they signed up for a Perplexity account," the lawsuit alleged, while stressing that "enormous... Read more ›
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Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, nearly half of planned U.S. data center projects are being delayed or canceled. "One major reason behind these setbacks is the availability of key electrical components -- such as transformers, switchgear, and batteries -- that are used both at data center sites and outside of them," reports Tom's Hardware. "Meanwhile, grid infrastructure is also stressed by electric vehicles and electrified heating systems."... Read more ›
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Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: When it comes to using AI, it seems some lawyers just can't help themselves. Last year saw a rapid increase in court sanctions against attorneys for filing briefs containing errors generated by artificial intelligence tools. The most prominent case was that of the lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who were fined $3,000 each for filing briefs containing fictitious, AI-generated citations. But as... Read more ›
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