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Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee and current Democratic House candidate in New York, is proposing an "AI dividend" that would send direct payments to Americans if AI drives major job losses. "At its core, the AI Dividend is simple: if AI dramatically increases productivity and concentrates wealth, the American people have a stake in those gains," a memo on the policy reads. Axios reports: The dividend would fund direct payments to Americans. It would also be invested into workforce training and educat
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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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Hackers hide ransomware tools inside virtual machines using QEMU, allowing attacks to bypass security controls and remain largely invisible. Read more ›
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An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes. Read more ›
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Microsoft-owned GitHub said Monday it is restricting how much customers can use its Copilot AI coding tool and pausing new sign-ups for individual accounts as it struggles to handle an influx of traffic, triggering outages. The company is lowering the usage cap for all but the most expensive ... Read more ›
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The Russo Brothers basically just said the last seven years of Marvel might as well have not happened. Read more ›
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is reportedly meeting with the airline this week. Read more ›
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Start-up behind Claude tool seeks to bulk up on chips and computing power after suffering outages this year Read more ›
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Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO, highlighting its evolution from the iMac to the iPhone, and its leaders, including Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. Read more ›
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The FBI is investigating seven games on the Steam platform that were allegedly infected with malware. Here are the infected apps and what to do. Read more ›
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Faith in iMesage for Android restored! Announced today, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO, making way for the head of its hardware engineering team, John Ternus. Cook has been the head of Apple for 15 years already, taking over for Steve Jobs back in 2011. As for Ternus, he’s been with Apple since... Read the original post: Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO Read more ›
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Motorola has confirmed April 29 as the unveil date for its Razr 2026 foldable series, with a teaser video revealing new colorways including a purple quilted finish, and US sales expected to kick off on May 21. Read more ›
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Scientists load a complete genome into a quantum computer, moving faster DNA analysis closer to reality. Read more ›
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Veremark offers a global background screening platform that streamlines hiring through automation, secure data handling, and customizable workflows. Read more ›
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Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO in September after 15 years in the role, handing the job to hardware chief John Ternus. Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares the news from MarketWatch: Cook leaves an impressive legacy after growing the company to a $4 trillion market capitalization from just $300 billion 15 years ago. Over Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO, Apple's stock has risen 1,932%, beating the... Read more ›
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Пару дней назад Хабр прислал мне письмо про «Технотекст-8». Я про это письмо успешно забыл и вспомнил только сегодня. И внезапно я понял, что это отличный шанс поучаствовать одновременно и в «Технотекст-8» и в «Сезон Heavy Digital» (который я таки пропустил). Дело в том, что в «Сезон Heavy Digital» не раскрыта тема, которую я считаю актуальной и которая предельно ясна из названия - «Не кибербез, а цифро-ТБ». Казалось бы, в... Read more ›
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After debuting in the US, Gemini in Chrome is making its way to more markets. Starting today, Google is rolling out Chrome's built-in chatbot to users in countries in East Asia and the Pacific, including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. The expansion comes after Google earlier this year made Gemini in Chrome available to people in Canada, India and New Zealand. With the exception of... Read more ›
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Samsung has released new updates to the One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S24 family and the Galaxy Z Fold7 today. The updates include the new Galaxy AI features that debuted on the Galaxy S26 family a few weeks ago. We're talking about Creative Studio, Call Screening, the improved version of Photo Assist, and a better Audio Eraser. If you're already using the One UI 8.5 beta on your... Read more ›
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Когда ты молод, кажется, что горы по колено и так будет всегда. Сегодня к молодёжи относят людей до 35 лет, и именно в этом возрасте чаще всего живут так, будто ресурс организма бесконечный. Что там насчёт трёх работ (сидячих!), энергетиков, рваного графика и бесконечных «штош, на выходных отосплюсь». Современное общество и необходимость задают темп. Но между тем есть стойкое ощущение: организм всё выдержит и «молодость простит»…Но давайте честно: молодость не... 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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A Chicago concert superfan Aadam Jacobs who has recorded more than 10,000 shows since the 1980s is working with Internet Archive volunteers to digitize the collection before the cassettes deteriorate. "So far, about 2,500 of these tapes have been posted on the Internet Archive, including some rare gems like a Nirvana performance from 1989," reports TechCrunch. From the report: For many of these recordings, Jacobs was using pretty mediocre equipment,... Read more ›
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Google is rolling out a Chrome feature called "Skills" that lets users save Gemini prompts as reusable one-click workflows they can run across multiple tabs. The feature also includes preset Skills from Google. It's launching first for Chrome desktop users set to US English. The Verge reports: Once you have access to the feature, it can be managed by typing a forward slash ( / ) in Gemini and clicking... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the audit from privacy search engine webXray, 55 percent of the sites it checked set ad cookies in a user's browser even if they opted out of tracking. Each company disputed or took... Read more ›
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