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The head of the International Energy Agency warned that Europe may have only "six weeks or so" of jet fuel left if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted. The Associated Press reports: IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced," stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. "In the past there was a group
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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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It’s Thursday, April 16, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds reflect a clear shift toward AI-native infrastructure, financial operating systems, and domain-specific platforms that move beyond surface-level automation into core workflows. From ... Read more ›
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Apple Intelligence is getting enhanced in iOS 27, which will be unveiled this June at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, and will be released in September when the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launch. Four new features coming to Apple Intelligence have been discovered in "backend code", and shared today. First, Visual Intelligence will get the ability to scan food nutrition labels to get more information,... Read more ›
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Netflix co-founder and current chairman Reed Hastings is leaving the streaming company’s board in June to focus on "his philanthropy and other pursuits," according to a shareholder letter released alongside Netflix's Q1 earnings. Hastings has served as chairman of Netflix's board since 2023, a role he assumed after stepping down as co-CEO and promoting Greg Peters in his place."Netflix changed my life in so many ways, and my all‑time favorite... Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a social media post. What’s happening? The ceasefire, which Trump said […] Read more ›
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Приложения российских сервисов перестали работать у российских пользователей с КВН. Об этом пишут и на Хабре, и в Известиях. Ну и мы сами в этом убедились. То есть логика и посыл здесь - "Мы - белые и пушистые. Мы так печемся о безопасности в бушующем мире современном интернете, что считаем, что КВН - это вред. Не пользуйтесь им!".Но что мы видим? У всех этих компаний есть вполне себе рабочие каналы... Read more ›
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GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access. Read more ›
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The gentle glow of late-night television isn't just keeping millions of adults company—it's drowning out the conversations they're too afraid to have with themselves in the dark. Read more ›
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Scientists engineered balsa wood to absorb sunlight, store heat, and generate electricity in darkness using nanoscale materials and phase change technology. Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into a lot of industries. This new dealership tool helps mechanics and technicians diagnose car issues. Read more ›
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Discover why the entrepreneurs who build empires while others burn out have quietly abandoned the productivity gospel—choosing strategic mediocrity, reading poetry instead of business books, and saying no to opportunities that everyone else is desperately chasing. Read more ›
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New findings foretell a looming catastrophe that would drastically alter the planet’s weather and climate. Read more ›
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Apple's MacBook Neo has been a huge hit, and it's still in high demand over a month after it launched. The MacBook Neo is just $599, and with PC makers raising prices because of global RAM shortages, the Neo's low price tag and Apple allure are even more appealing. MacBook Neo orders placed today on the online Apple Store won't reach customers until May, which means that it's sold out... Read more ›
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The James Bond game '007 First Light' gets a dreamy ballad from the pop star. Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: The developers behind Linux Mint say the project is rethinking its release strategy and moving toward a longer development cycle, with the next version now expected around Christmas 2026. In a monthly update, project lead Clement Lefebvre said the team reached a "crossroads" and needs more flexibility to fix bugs, improve the desktop, and adapt to rapid changes across the Linux ecosystem. The upcoming development build, temporarily called... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of stacking the deck against Firefox, arguing that design choices in Windows steer users toward Edge even when they explicitly choose another browser. According to Mozilla, parts of Windows still open links in Edge regardless of the default browser setting, including results from the taskbar search and links launched from apps like Outlook and Teams. Mozilla says this means Firefox often never even gets... Read more ›
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"One of VMware's biggest competitors, Nutanix, claims to have swiped tens of thousands of VMware customers," reports Ars Technica. They said higher prices, forced bundling, licensing changes, and more strained partner relationships have frustrated customers and driven them away from the leading virtualization firm. From the report: Speaking at a press briefing at Nutanix's .NEXT conference in Chicago this week, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said that "about 30,000 customers" have... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Women in the U.S. gave birth to roughly 710,000 fewer children last year compared with the nation's peak in 2007, according to preliminary data released (PDF) this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lead researcher Brady Hamilton, a demographer with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, said the latest one percent drop in "general fertility" from 2024 to... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons -- even a perfect vacuum isn't truly empty. Instead, it is filled with short-lived disturbances in the underlying energy of space that flicker in and out of existence, known as virtual particles. Among them are quark-antiquark... Read more ›
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Meta has started removing ads from law firms seeking clients for social media addiction lawsuits, just weeks after a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark case involving harm to a young user. "Lawyers across the country now are seeking new plaintiffs, in the hopes of bringing a class action lawsuit that could result in lucrative verdicts," reports Axios. From the report: Axios has identified more than a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: An auto dealer software company is pitching AI-powered kiosks designed to replace car salesmen on showroom floors. Automotive News says the industry is "skeptical." But be honest -- would you really rather deal with the average car lot shark than a computer? Epikar, a South Korean company that cooks up digital management solutions for car dealers, has named its new AI... Read more ›
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France says it plans to move some government computers from Windows to Linux as part of a broader push for digital sovereignty and reduced dependence on U.S. technology. TechCrunch reports: In a statement, French minister David Amiel said (translated) that the effort was to "regain control of our digital destiny" by relying less on U.S. tech companies. Amiel said that the French government can no longer accept that it doesn't... Read more ›
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Gmail's end-to-end encryption is now available on all Android and iOS devices, letting enterprise users send and read encrypted emails directly in the app without any extra tools. "This launch combines the highest level of privacy and data encryption with a user-friendly experience for all users, enabling simple encrypted email for all customers from small businesses to enterprises and public sector," Google announced in a blog post. BleepingComputer reports: Starting... Read more ›
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Futurism found that Google News is surfacing Polymarket betting pages alongside traditional news sources. "The bets often appear in the 'For you' section of Google News, which is tailored to a user's personal interests," the publication reports. "In one instance, it was even the very top result, as with this bet on the price of Bitcoin." From the report: In our testing, Polymarket bets are also showing up on the... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device's push notification database, multiple people present for FBI testimony in a recent trial told 404 Media. The case involved a group of people setting off fireworks and vandalizing property... Read more ›
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