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Dustin Destree shares a report from Phys.org: Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion. Extrapolated, this means that people in a city like Leipzig inhale approximately 2.1 micrograms of plastic per day through the air, wh
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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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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL). Those who refuse could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $12,700, and individuals who provide "false or misleading information" could face up to three years in jail. It comes as part... Read more ›
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Quinn Emanuel says judge must recuse herself over post, which judge says she may have liked ‘accidentally’ Read more ›
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Amazon's Spring Sale kicks off very soon, but the deals have already started. This DeWalt 20V combo kit, for example, is available for nearly 50% off. Read more ›
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В языке Python значительная часть практической работы выполняется не только средствами самого языка, но и с использованием библиотек. Библиотекой называется набор готовых программных средств: функций, классов, методов и модулей, предназначенных для решения определённого круга задач. В случае Pygame таким кругом задач являются создание оконных приложений, обработка действий пользователя, вывод графики, работа со временем, звуком и текстом. Читать далее Read more ›
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RooCode — расширение для VS Code с многоагентной системой (встроено 5 Модов: Orchestrator, Ask, Architect, Code, Debug) Ключевые преимущества: синхронное выполнение задач (предсказуемость), гибкая настройка модов, MCP-серверы для снижения ошибок и количества запросов к LLM Основная идея настройки: каждый Мод отвечает за свою задачу, Оркестратор распределяет работу между ними Настройка идёт по спирали: от базовых настроек → скиллы → моды → провайдеры → итеративное улучшение Читать далее Read more ›
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New fathers appear to have fewer mental health diagnoses during pregnancy and the early months after birth. But that early stability does not last. About a year later, depression and stress-related disorders increase significantly, surprising researchers. The findings suggest that the emotional toll of fatherhood builds over time rather than hitting immediately. Read more ›
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SGB's Jireh Chua explains how SGB Net settles $2bn monthly, bridging legacy SWIFT rails and digital assets through a regulated, real-time clearing infrastructure. Read more ›
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AI competition is heating up as Meta plans new pay increases. CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't included in the plan. Read more ›
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According to a new rumor out of China, Apple is having some trouble placing the Face ID sensor array under the screen. It has so far been rumored multiple times that the company is working on effectively destroying the Dynamic Island by doing this, thus only leaving the camera sensor hole-punched into the screen. And yet, if this rumor is true, it looks like the Dynamic Island will live on,... Read more ›
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While exact definitions can vary by manufacturer, there are some clear-cut differences between a snow blower and a snow thrower, even if they work similarly. Read more ›
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When a four-year-old apologizes for laughing too loudly without being told to, she's revealing an inherited pattern of emotional self-editing that can trace back generations. Recognizing the moment it starts is the first step to interrupting it. Read more ›
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Sarvam Eyes The Unicorn Tag Sarvam AI may soon become India’s newest unicorn, and potentially one of the youngest ones… Read more ›
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We thought the recent sales events in Australia would be the last time we'd see any discounts on Apple tech. How wrong we were, as these savings of up to 40% prove. Read more ›
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Android Auto has been experiencing widespread connectivity issues, but fixes are already on their way. Read more ›
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A new neural implant is so small it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can track and wirelessly transmit brain activity for over a year. It’s powered by laser light that safely passes through tissue and communicates using tiny infrared signals. This ultra-miniature device could transform how scientists study the brain without invasive wiring. Read more ›
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People raised in lower middle class homes often carry money habits that persist long after financial security arrives, from obsessive mental math to guilt about comfort spending. The reason isn't willpower or personality. It's a nervous system that learned to count before it learned to rest. Read more ›
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Я живу вне РФ, но у меня там остаются близкие, с которыми важно продолжать общение.И в какой-то момент я столкнулся с простой, но неприятной реальностью:поддерживать стабильную связь становится всё сложнее.В условиях массовых блокировок и внедрения «белых списков» интернет постепенно перестаёт быть глобальным - вместо этого остаётся ограниченный набор разрешённых сервисов.На практике: Читать далее Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this month, largely try to take the things AI is good at, or could be good at, and match them to existing job... Read more ›
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Nvidia unveiled its Vera Rubin Space-1 system for powering AI workloads in orbital data centers. "Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived," said CEO Jensen Huang. "As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated." CNBC reports: In a press release, the company said that its Vera Rubin Space-1 Module, which includes the IGX Thor and Jetson Orin, will be used on... Read more ›
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sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: In The Martian, fictional astronaut Mark Watney survives the wasteland of Mars by growing potatoes in lunar soil -- with a bit of help from human poop. The idea may not be so far-fetched. In a preprint posted this month on bioRxiv, researchers show potatoes can indeed grow in the equivalent of Moon dust, though they need a lot of help from compost found... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple's App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned Musi's lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts to fill the perceived gaps in Musi's... Read more ›
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ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft's GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: "The package is a pile of shit." From the report: In late 2024, the federal government's cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft's biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech... Read more ›
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Dave Knott shares a report from the New York Times: On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest society of computing professionals, said Drs. Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard had won this year's Turing Award for their work on quantum cryptography and related technologies. The Turing Award, which was introduced in 1966, is often called the Nobel Prize of computing, and it includes a $1 million prize, which... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: Nearly a trillion dollars has been wiped from software stocks in 2026, with hedge funds making billions shorting Salesforce, HubSpot, and Atlassian. At FOSDEM 2026, cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down his bug bounty program after AI-generated slop overwhelmed his team. A new article on HackerNoon argues that most commercial SaaS could inevitably become OpenSource, not out of ideology but economics. The author points to... Read more ›
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Meta is shutting down its VR social platform Horizon Worlds, which was once a key piece of the pivot to the metaverse. The company said the app will be taken off the Quest store at the end of March, and fully removed from Quest headsets by June 15. After that date, it will shift to a standalone "mobile-only experience." CNBC reports: The shift for Horizon Worlds, which was once a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative industries and allowing the AI sector to innovate, saying in a statement... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Users of Samsung PCs are reporting the inability to access the C: drive after the Windows 11 February update. The bug seems to be in connection with the Samsung Galaxy Connect app, which allows Samsung phones and tablets to connect to Windows machines. [A previous stable version of the app has been re-released to prevent this problem from spreading.] This parody explains the situation with... Read more ›
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