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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2023, the Swedish government announced that the country's schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a pencil or pen, on sheets of paper. The Swedish government also plans to make schools cellphone-free throughout the c
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This is a no-brainer if you've been looking to purchase a Windows 11 license. Read more ›
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The Meghalaya government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Elon Musk-led Starlink to pilot satellite communications (satcom) services… Read more ›
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Ethan Evans, a former Amazon vice president, says "pushy" employees are more likely to be promoted or spared in layoffs. Read more ›
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New research shows AI bias isn’t just in algorithms. Women are using AI less, receiving less support, and . falling behind in workplace adoption Read more ›
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Researchers examined millions of webpages and found thousands of exposed API credentials, revealing persistent security gaps across cloud services and development environments. Read more ›
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Apple celebrated its 50th anniversary on Wednesday. Leading up to the date, the company has mounted a full-scale media blitz, giving out numerous executive interviews and putting on big events. On Tuesday, it rang the Nasdaq opening bell, and later that night, Paul McCartney played a concert at ... Read more ›
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In classic Cloudflare fashion, the CDN provider used April Fool's Day to unveil an actual, "not a joke" product. Today, the company announced EmDash -- an open-source "spiritual successor" to WordPress that aims to solve plugin security. Phoronix reports: With the help of AI coding agents, Cloudflare engineers have been rebuilding the WordPress open-source project "from the ground up." EmDash is written entirely in TypeScript and is a server-less design.... Read more ›
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'Weapons' is officially getting a prequel focused on the character played by Oscar winner Amy Madigan, with Zach Shields coming aboard to co-write the screenplay. Read more ›
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The gorgeous Samsung S95F QD-OLED is on super sale ahead of the newest models hitting stores. Read more ›
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Hiring your first employee is a big step. It usually means your business is growing and you’re ready… Read more ›
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For a budget friendly TV, check out the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series 50-inch 4K TV which is even cheaper right now thanks to being on sale at Amazon. Read more ›
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Harbor Freight regularly rotates its inventory, but some tools and products have been permanently discontinued for reasons ranging from recalls to upgrades. Read more ›
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A couple of days ago some details about the upcoming HMD Crest 2 Pro got leaked alongside an image, and today the same prolific source of HMD-related leaks is back with another image and some extra details. The phone allegedly has the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 SoC at the helm, with 5G support, and this is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The Crest 2 Pro also... Read more ›
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В Symfony есть встроенный компонент Serializer, который покрывает 90% задач. Но его часто обходят стороной, то ли по привычке, то ли из-за того, что документация показывает только тривиальные примеры. А между тем, Serializer — гибкий и вполне годный инструмент, если понимать его архитектуру.Разберём, как он устроен. Читать далее Read more ›
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Apple today updated its vintage and obsolete product page to add the Wi-Fi version of the third-generation iPad Air. Cellular iPad Air 3 models were already on the list, but the Wi-Fi models were sold for a longer period of time, and are now just appearing. The iPad Air 3 was released in March 2019, five years after the prior-generation iPad Air 2. It was a new iPad in Apple's... Read more ›
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New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada's Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department's AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist -- she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging -- but the AI genius instead described her as "wiring and assembling control... Read more ›
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The U.S. Postal Service plans to impose its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages (source paywalled; alternative source), adding an 8% fee starting in April as it struggles with rising fuel costs and ongoing financial pressure. The surcharge will not apply to letter mail and is currently expected to remain in place until January 2027. The Wall Street Journal reports: Other parcel carriers, including FedEx and United Parcel Service, have imposed... Read more ›
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Thirty years after the alleged 1996 "ET of Varginha" encounter, debate continues to rage over the events that happened in Brazil's self-styled UFO capital. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from the Guardian: The skies over this far-flung coffee-growing hub went charcoal black, the heavens opened and one of Brazil's greatest mysteries was born. "It really was something unique," recalls Marco Antonio Reis, a zoo director, who was at his... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: In Melania and the Robot, the New York Times reports on First Lady Melania Trump's inaugural Fostering the Future Together Coalition Summit, which brought together international leaders, First Spouses from around the world, tech leaders, educators, and nonprofits to collaborate on practical solutions that expand access to educational tools while strengthening protections for children in digital environments (Day 2 WH summary). The Times begins: "On... Read more ›
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Reddit is rolling out human-verification checks for accounts that show signs of bot-like behavior, while also labeling approved automated accounts that provide useful services. The social media company stressed that these checks will only happen if something appears "fishy," and that it is "not conducting sitewide human verification." TechCrunch reports: To identify potential bots, Reddit is using specialized tooling that looks at account-level signals and other factors -- like how... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Physics World: Researchers at the CERN particle-physics lab have successfully transported antiprotons in a lorry across the lab's main site. The feat, the first of its kind, follows a similar test with protons in 2024. CERN says the achievement is "a huge leap" towards being able to transport antimatter between labs across Europe. [...] To do so, in 2020 the BASE team began... Read more ›
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Chinese authorities have barred two Manus executives from leaving the country while investigating whether Meta's reported $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based AI startup violated foreign investment reporting rules. "Manus was founded in China but last year relocated its headquarters and core team to Singapore," notes the Financial Times. "Meta acquired it for $2 billion at the end of last year." The Financial Times reports: Manus's chief executive Xiao Hong... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine," has died at the age of 80. "The Soul of a New Machine" is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980's just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic. "I'm going to a commune... Read more ›
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Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI to write or rewrite articles, saying it "often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies." That said, editors may still use it for translation or light refinements as long as a human carefully checks the copy for accuracy. Engadget reports: Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla just teamed up with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to push open source AI -- and it feels like a direct response to Big Tech tightening its grip on the space. Instead of relying on closed models, the goal here is to build "sovereign AI" that's more transparent, privacy-focused, and actually under the control of developers and even governments. They're starting with things like private memory... Read more ›
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