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Longtime Slashdot reader linuxwrangler writes: Dark Reading reports that a team of researchers has determined that signals from tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMSs), required in U.S. cars since 2007, can be used to track the presence, type, weight, and driving pattern of vehicles. The researchers report (PDF) that the TPMS data, which includes unique sensor IDs, is sent in clear text without authentication and can be intercepted 40-50 meters from a vehicle using devices costing $100. "Researchers have d
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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 U.S. Air Force operates massive bases around the world, and some of its largest overseas installations play a key role in global operations. Read more ›
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A father who spent decades believing strength meant silence discovers that his grown son's simple confession—calling him "the safest person" he knew—held more weight than forty years of paychecks and perfectly wired houses ever could. Read more ›
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A building permit filed in Zurich confirms Apple is planning a new retail store at Lintheschergasse 7, near the city's famous Bahnhofstrasse shopping street, with construction set to run through early 2027. The permit, submitted to the city of Zurich in February and reviewed by Swiss Apple publication macprime, explicitly describes the project as a "Bahnhofstrasse Relocation" and includes Apple's internal designation "R159" for its Zurich store. The planned location... Read more ›
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Amazon will buy satellite firm Globalstar for about $11.5 billion and power satellite features on Apple iPhones, the company said Tuesday, in an effort to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink by adding a direct-to-cell service for its upcoming Leo satellite offering. Globalstar owns wireless spectrum and ... Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр. На связи Костя, CEO Кэмпа. Я много общаюсь со студентами и преподавателями и параллельно с командой делаю ИИ-продукты для обеих сторон. По сути, каждый день пытаюсь собрать в одной точке всех участников образовательного процесса и понять, как встроить AI так, чтобы всем было комфортно. Мне стало интересно посмотреть чуть дальше: а кто он — студент будущего? Я заметил три сдвига в обучении, которые начинают менять роль студента Они... Read more ›
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We go through user-submitted PC builds and crown a winner in the inaugural Tom's Hardware Premium Rig Rundown results Read more ›
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It’s Tuesday, April 14, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today — from AI and startups to regulation and Big Tech. AI is no longer just a software story. It’s a battle over chips, electricity, infrastructure, and ... Read more ›
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Several crypto market experts including Mati Greenspan, former senior eToro market analyst, explain what might happen if bitcoin manages to hold $75,000 and if it does not. Read more ›
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The upcoming iPhone Fold will be Apple’s first and long-awaited foray into foldable smartphones, and it’s forecasted to be a big hit. According to a new report from TrendForce , Cupertino’s first foldable will help it reach a 19.3% market share for foldables in 2026, which would directly slot it into the third spot behind Huawei and Samsung. Apple is a late entrant in the folding phone market, but TrendForce... Read more ›
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Cтатья Питера Йоханссона (Peter Johansson) в PLOS ONE за 2013 год называется: “How the Polls Can Be Both Spot On and Dead Wrong: Using Choice Blindness to Shift Political Attitudes and Voter Intentions”Авторы (Lars Hall, Thomas Strandberg, Philip Pärnamets, Andreas Lind, Benoît Tärning и Peter Johansson) изучали, насколько жёстко фиксированы политические предпочтения N=162 респондента, от 18 до 88 лет, 98 женщин и 64 мужчины, используя «слепоту к выбору». Участников набирали... Read more ›
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The stablecoin issuer's crypto wallet lets users send digital dollars, tokenized gold and bitcoin without intermediaries or gas tokens across multiple blockchains. Read more ›
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It's not a PC port or a remake, but Sony is returning to the Gothic world of Bloodborne. There aren't many details yet - Sony says that "plot details are still being kept under wraps" - but the game is being adapted into "an R-rated animated feature," with YouTuber Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin (a known Bloodborne […] Read more ›
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Amazon and Globalstar have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire the satellite operator. The deal also finally puts to bed questions about the fate of Apple's exclusive satellite connectivity partner. Alongside the acquisition, Amazon and Apple have also signed a separate agreement for Amazon's Leo satellite network to power current and future iPhone and Apple Watch satellite features, including Emergency SOS, Messages via satellite, Find My,... Read more ›
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Growing up without safety nets or sick days didn't make the 60s and 70s generation tougher—it just meant they never learned that struggling through a heart attack wasn't mandatory, creating a peculiar strength that modern gym-goers pay good money trying to replicate but can never quite achieve. Read more ›
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The card network configured and managed the validator node entirely in-house, it said, following six months of joint work with Tempo’s engineering team. Read more ›
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Many major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine's crawler from archiving their pages, despite using the tool for their reporting. Their primary concern is that AI tech companies are breaking fair use and training their models on publicly available data. Read more ›
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Документация к инфраструктуре устаревает быстрее, чем коммиты попадают в main ветку, но мы решили эту «боль», отдав её на откуп ИИ. В статье разбираем, как связка из нескольких LLM-агентов автоматически парсит Ansible-плейбуки, генерирует пользовательские инструкции, проверяет и переводит их. Всё это крутится на четырёх Tesla V100 с ручной балансировкой через Ollama и OpenWebUI — без свежего железа, но с десятками сэкономленных часов и гарантией актуальности текстов. Читать далее Read more ›
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McKinsey Senior Partner Kurt Strovink said it's one of the hardest times to be a CEO, between AI, geopolitics, and motivating young leaders. Read more ›
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theodp writes: "Gates Computer Science Building renamed Peter Thiel Center for Panoptic Computing" reads the headline of an April Fools' Day story that ran in the Humor section of The Stanford Daily (with the further disclaimer that "This article is purely satirical and fictitious"). The story begins: "Following revelations that the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, had a longstanding relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Stanford has... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: President Javier Milei of Argentina promoted a cryptocurrency last year that quickly skyrocketed in value then cratered just as fast, costing investors millions of dollars and setting off a scandal and an investigation. Mr. Milei said he was simply highlighting a private venture and had no connection to the digital coin called $Libra. New evidence is now raising questions... Read more ›
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Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum security plans and now aims to make its entire platform fully post-quantum secure by 2029. "The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected," reports SiliconANGLE. From the report: The decision by Cloudflare to move its post-quantum security roadmap forward comes after Google LLC and research from Oratomic demonstrated significant advances in... Read more ›
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Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion and disclosed plans to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute starting in 2027. Broadcom will supply the key chips and networking gear for the effort, the company announced. The Register reports: News of the two deals emerged today in a Broadcom regulatory filing that opens with two items of news. One is a "Long Term Agreement... Read more ›
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A New York Times analysis found Google's AI Overviews now answer questions correctly about 90% of the time, which might sound impressive until you realize that roughly 1 in 10 answers is wrong. "[F]or Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Times conducted this analysis with the help of a startup called Oumi, which itself... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Following on the heels of the landmark Cox v. Sony ruling, the Supreme Court has vacated the contributory copyright infringement verdict against ISP Grande Communications, ordering the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of the new precedent. [...] The order (PDF) effectively removes the case from the Supreme Court docket, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to take another... Read more ›
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Chrome is finally adding built-in vertical tabs, "which will move the tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier to read full page titles and manage tab groups," reports TechCrunch. The company is also introducing an immersive reading mode for a distraction-free, text-focused experience. From the report: The company notes that the new vertical tabs can be enabled at any time by right-clicking on a Chrome window... Read more ›
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"Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model capable of discovering critical vulnerabilities at scale," writes Slashdot reader wiredmikey. "It's already powering Project Glasswing, a joint effort with major tech firms to secure critical software. But the same capabilities could also accelerate offensive cyber operations." SecurityWeek reports: Mythos is not an incremental improvement but a step change in performance over Anthropic's current range of frontier models: Haiku (smallest), Sonnet... Read more ›
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Apple may have a supply problem on its hands with the MacBook Neo... The laptop reportedly relies on "binned" A18 Pro chips with one GPU core disabled, and demand is so strong that the supply of those cheaper leftover chips could run out before the next model is ready. That leaves Apple choosing between lower margins, shifting production plans, or changing the lineup to keep its $599 hit product in... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim's internet traffic to steal their passwords and access tokens, security researchers and government authorities warned on Tuesday. [...] The hacking group targeted unpatched routers made by MikroTik and TP-Link using previously disclosed vulnerabilities according... Read more ›
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