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An anonymous reader quotes a repot from the Portland Tribune: There was plenty of uncertainty and debate about the effectiveness of a cell phone ban decreed (PDF) by executive order last summer. But at least in Estacada, the policy has earned two thumbs up, including approval from a "grumpy old teacher." Jeff Mellema is a language arts teacher at Estacada High School. He has worked in the building for 24 years, and he said the new policy that prohibits students from using their phones during the day has bee
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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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From the timing of his lawsuit to his communications with Shivon Zilis, here are some of the questions Elon Musk faced during cross-examination. Read more ›
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If you have any digital games, it's advisable to keep your PS5 connected to the internet. Read more ›
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Amazon's Leo will be "six times better on the uplink performance than existing alternatives," CEO Andy Jassy said. Read more ›
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The vivo X300 Ultra will be making its way to the Indian market on May 6. vivo is also launching the X300 FE in India on the same day. The X300 FE’s India pricing surfaced online just yesterday, and now, the X300 Ultra’s pricing details have also leaked. The same tipster who revealed the X300 FE’s pricing has now shared details about the vivo X300 Ultra in India, along with... Read more ›
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If you're a USAA member, you have access to a Goodyear benefit that could make your next tire purchase more affordable. Here's what you need to know. Read more ›
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Google posted giant revenue growth this past quarter and it was thanks to Gemini. Read more ›
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This Philips air fryer is the most versatile air fryer I've tried and worth every penny, all thanks to an additional steam functionality. Read more ›
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Amazon plans to sell Trainium AI chips to external customers, putting the cloud giant in competition with Nvidia, a major supplier. Read more ›
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Musk's testimony about a "halo effect," and about feeling like a "fool" might help explain this weird lawsuit. Read more ›
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YouTube's picture-in-picture mode on the iPhone and iPad is expanding to more users worldwide, YouTube said today. Picture-in-picture (PiP) will be rolling out globally, so it will no longer be limited to those in the U.S. and Premium subscribers. Non-Premium users worldwide will be able to use PiP for longform, non-music content on iOS and Android. This has already been available in the U.S. and to Premium subscribers globally, so... Read more ›
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About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was […] Read more ›
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It was the Super Bowl of quarterly tech earnings today, with March-quarter results from Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms. The tsunami of numbers, all released within a few minutes of each other, might overwhelm even a top AI model. But for a human, what was clear was that surging demand for AI computing capacity is lifting cloud revenue growth across the industry. One wet blanket, though: Much of the... Read more ›
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Meta's answer to declining user growth? Personal AI agents in its smart glasses. Read more ›
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Google is trying to assuage employee concern following The Information’s reporting on its deal to let the Pentagon use its AI on classified systems. “We have proudly worked with defense departments since Google’s earliest days, and we continue to believe that it’s important to support national ... Read more ›
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Tensions flared on the third day of trial in Musk v. Altman as OpenAI’s lawyers cross-examined Musk. Read more ›
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You can download specific file formats without leaving Gemini. Read more ›
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Makita has a massive lineup of products well-regarded by users, many of which are ideal for DIYers looking to build out their tool and accessory collection. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump's expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone --... Read more ›
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alternative_right writes: A new technology has been proposed that could fundamentally solve the issue of smartphones overheating during high-spec gaming or extended video streaming. Researchers at KAIST have discovered the principle of processing signals using the minute vibrations of magnets (spin waves) instead of electrons. This method significantly reduces heat generation and power consumption while enabling instantaneous frequency switching within the several GHz range. This breakthrough is expected to Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader hwstar shares a report from The Conversation: For the first time ever, more than 50 nations will gather next week in Colombia to hash out how to wind down and end their dependence on coal, oil and gas. The history-making conference was planned before the Iran war. But this year's energy crisis has greatly raised the stakes. [...] Around 80% of the trapped oil was destined for... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday the EV maker plans to use Intel's next-generation 14A manufacturing process to make chips at its Terafab project, an advanced AI chip complex Musk has envisioned in Austin. The contract would mark Intel's first major customer for the technology, a breakthrough for the chipmaker which has struggled to stand up its contract manufacturing business essential... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini, two of the newest players in the prediction market industry, arguing that the companies' unregulated and unlicensed platforms are illegal gambling operations. Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, seeks to bar the companies' platforms from operating in the state unless and until they obtain licenses from the... Read more ›
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Microsoft plans to offer voluntary buyouts for the first time. According to CNBC, "about 7% of U.S. employees are eligible," with the program being "available to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or higher." Further details will be provided on May 7. From the report: Last year Microsoft removed some costs through multiple rounds of layoffs. As... Read more ›
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In a recent town hall meeting reported by Bloomberg (paywalled), Apple CEO Tim Cook named the troubled 2012 launch of Apple Maps as his "first really big mistake" in the role. "The product wasn't ready, and we thought it was because we were testing more of local kind of stuff," Cook told staff. MacRumors reports: Reflecting on the debacle, Cook said it was "valuable," noting that he expressed regret to... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens' identity documents, including national IDs, passports, and immigration documents, confirmed Wednesday that it experienced a data breach. In an announcement, the Agence Nationale des Titres Securises (ANTS) said the data stolen in the breach could include full names, dates and places of birth, mailing and email addresses, and phone numbers... Read more ›
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Meta is reportedly cutting about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 jobs, while closing thousands of open roles it had intended to fill. "We're doing this as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making," said Janelle Gale, Meta's chief people officer. The company had almost 79,000 employees at the start of the year. Quartz... Read more ›
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OpenAI released its new GPT-5.5 model today, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." The Verge reports: OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at tasks like writing and debugging code, doing research online, making spreadsheets and documents, and doing that work across... Read more ›
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