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DeanonymizedCoward writes: Engadget reports that Palantir has posted to X a summary of CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025 book, The Technological Republic, which reads like a utopian idealist doodled on a Bond villain's whiteboard. While the post makes some decent points, it also highlights the Big-AI attitude that the AI surveillance state is in fact a good thing, and strongly implies that the Good Guys need to do war crimes before the Bad Guys get around to it. "The ability of free and democrati
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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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Google has redesigned Gemini Live with a cleaner interface, making AI conversations more seamless and easier to access within the main app. Read more ›
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Sony is adopting new age verification policies for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland. The company isn't making this a blanket requirement, but steps to confirm age will be needed to access "communication, broadcasting, and certain in-game features" beginning in June 2026. That includes essentials for online and social gamers, such as joining a party, voice chatting, text messaging or using third-party chat programs such as Discord. Some in-game... Read more ›
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Неумолимое и скачкообразное развитие новомодных LLM не оставляет вообще никаких сомнений (лично у меня), что в ближайшее время можно будет засвидетельствовать у малого и среднего бизнеса свою собственную модельку, работающую с БД клиентов, оперирующую внутренней документацией и нарезающую задачи сотрудникам. И вместе с этим у меня возник логичный вопрос: а насколько такое техническое решение будет устойчиво к атакам школьных‑хулиганов/серьезных злоумышленников? Можно ли будет доверить бездушной, но очень см Read more ›
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Makita is taking over a major power tool business, marking a significant shift in the industry. Here is what the deal means and which brand is involved. Read more ›
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When Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars back in 2012, the company had thirteen full-time employees. Thirteen. A photo-sharing app that hundreds of millions of people loved, valued at ten figures, and the entire team could fit comfortably around a fairly normal dinner table. At the time, this felt like a freak outlier. Now ... Read more Read more ›
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Google has announced a new collection of touch-up tools for Google Photos' image editor designed to apply subtle enhancements, refinements, or fixes to faces in photos. The tools are gradually being rolled out on the Google Photos app globally starting today, but only on devices running Android 9.0 and up with at least 4GB of […] Read more ›
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The idea that you need to save up a certain amount of money before having kids is so common it can feel almost like a moral law. But it isn’t, and I said as much recently when a reader wrote in to my advice column asking if she’s too poor to have a baby. I […] Read more ›
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The Empire has arrived in 'Shadow Lord'—and while there's big changes for Janix, for the show itself it feels like a retreat to the familiar. Read more ›
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HUDIMM is being proposed as a cheaper memory spec using only 1x 32-bit subchannel per stick instead of 2x 32-bit in order to populate less ICs. Turns out, halving the bandwidth like that actually slashes the performance in half too, alongside the expected capacity reduction. Two HUDIMMs running in dual channel perform similar to a single regular DDR5 stick. Read more ›
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A ceasefire between the US and Iran is set to expire on Wednesday. Both sides have already accused each other of breaking it. Read more ›
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Привет Хабр! Меня зовут Артур Валиев, и я разработчик небольшого мобильного приложения с названием «Echo Layer».Меня давно не отпускала одна мысль: почти все разговоры о приватной переписке в какой‑то момент упираются не в шифрование, не в криптографию, не в архитектуру, а в банальную человеческую инерцию. Можно сколько угодно строить красивую систему, можно делать open source, end‑to‑end encryption, писать про zero knowledge и отсутствие серверных логов, но потом ты возвращаешься в... Read more ›
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If Apple Music isn't working for you, you're not alone. According to Apple's System Status page, there's currently an Apple Music outage. Apple says that users may be experiencing intermittent issues with the service. The outage started at 2:38 p.m. Eastern Time, and it is ongoing. We'll update this article when the outage has been resolved.Tag: Apple MusicThis article, "Apple Music Is Down for Some Users" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss... Read more ›
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My family has annual reunions, and we celebrate our 40th this year. Now that my kids are going, I see how they've shaped my life. Read more ›
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California helmet laws are strict, but where GoPro fits in isn't always clear, creating a legal gray area riders should understand before hitting the road. Read more ›
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The building where the company is producing its new R2 mid-size SUV sustained some damage this weekend. Read more ›
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Sales data compiled by Counterpoint Research concerning Samsung’s Galaxy S26 is live, detailing just how well this year’s model is doing compared to 2025’s. The raw numbers appear great for Samsung. According to Counterpoint, sales in the first 3 weeks of availability were up 29% YoY for the Galaxy S26 lineup. Looking more closely among... Read the original post: Galaxy S26 Sales Up Nearly 30% Compared to Galaxy S25 Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning that the feature -- reportedly known inside the company as "Name Tag" -- would hand stalkers, abusers, and federal agents the ability to silently identify strangers in public. The... Read more ›
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The FBI searched the Texas home of a 20-year-old man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's San Francisco residence. Authorities say the suspect also made threats at OpenAI's headquarters, and reports indicate he had written extensively about fears over AI and opposition to AI executives. The suspect reportedly authored a Substack blog and was a member of the Discord server PauseAI, an activist group focused on banning... Read more ›
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More than 1,000 Hollywood figures, including major actors, writers, and directors, signed an open letter opposing Paramount Skydance's proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing it would hurt an industry "already under severe strain." The deal is still under regulatory scrutiny in both the U.S. and U.K., while Paramount says the merger would strengthen competition and expand opportunities for creators. NBC News reports: "This transaction would further consolidate an already... Read more ›
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is developing display-free AI smart glasses aimed at rivaling Meta's Ray-Bans, with multiple frame styles, a distinctive oval camera design, and tight iPhone integration. "The idea is to unveil the product at the end of 2026 or early the following year, with the actual release coming in 2027," writes Gurman. From the report: Like Meta's offering, Apple's glasses will be designed to handle everyday... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI experts and the public's opinion on the technology are increasingly diverging, according to Stanford University's annual report on the AI industry, which was released Monday. In particular, the report noted a growing trend of anxiety around AI and, in the U.S., concerns about how the technology will impact key societal areas, such as jobs, medical care, and the economy. [...] Stanford's... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: For years pop culture has treated April 25 as the "perfect date," thanks to the famous Miss Congeniality line about needing only a light jacket. But new analysis from WeatherBug suggests that idea does not actually hold up when you look at the numbers. After reviewing U.S. weather data from 2018 through today, the company concluded that October 8 delivers the most reliable combination... Read more ›
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J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government's effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than seriously investigate them. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an article from Popular Mechanics, in collaboration with Biography.com, that argues Hynek's shift from skeptic to advocate helped shape modern ufology, and that the... Read more ›
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Researchers at the University of Southern California say they've developed a memristor memory device that continued operating at 700 degrees Celsius. "And crucially, 700 degrees was not the limit, it was simply as hot as their testing equipment could go," adds ScienceAlert. "The device showed no signs of failing." From the report: The device is called a memristor and it's a nanoscale component that can both store information and perform... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet's Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company's online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies. Advertisers are banding together to seek payouts through mass arbitration proceedings. While many companies that displayed ads purchased through Google -- including USA Today Co. and Advance Publications --... Read more ›
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said social media platforms should remove addictive infinite-scroll features for young users as Britain considers new child-safety measures. "We're consulting on whether there should be a ban for under 16s," Starmer told BBC Radio. "But I think equally important, the addictive scrolling mechanisms are really problematic to my mind. They need to go." Reuters reports: Britain, like other countries, is considering restricting access to social... Read more ›
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