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Colorado's "age-attestation" bill left the House committee with new exemptions for open-source operating systems, applications, code repositories, and containerized software distribution, reports the blog Linuxiac:
[The bill] focuses on operating system providers and application stores. Its main requirement is that these providers supply an age-related signal via an interface, so applications can determine whether a user is a minor... System76 founder Carl Richell shared on Fosstodon that the updated bill.
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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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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees could work out how to retrieve an out-of-reach banana by stacking boxes. Since then, various other primates, elephants and crows have joined an elite cohort of... Read more ›
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The next RedMagic tablet is launching in China as the RedMagic Tablet 5 Pro this month, that much has already been confirmed by the brand. We expect this to be branded Astra 2 internationally, since the original Astra was a rebranded Tablet 3 Pro for global markets, and the number 4 was skipped due to tetraphobia). Today the RedMagic Astra 2 has been certified for sale in China by the... Read more ›
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Advertising In The AI Age The ₹30 Lakh trademark fine on Google in the Hindware case may be modest, but… Read more ›
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Filtr is a new privacy-focused tool that aims to block ads and trackers across nearly every app on iPhones, iPads, and Macs using Apple’s built-in filtering systems. Read more ›
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Senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with major artificial intelligence companies about the federal government possibly acquiring shares in their firms, the publication Notus reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The preliminary discussions have centered on having ... Read more ›
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Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1812 on June 5 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself. Read more ›
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The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience. Read more ›
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Alan Ni confirms TNG eWallet is actively exploring agentic payments as the next frontier for Malaysia’s most-used digital wallet. The TNG Digital CEO sees Bank Negara’s progressive stance as a signal that the regulatory ground is shifting in the right direction. On the sidelines of TNG Digital’s Media Briefing 2026, after the cameras had stopped ... Read more ›
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Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle. Read more ›
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Meta has launched Creator Assistant, a conversational AI tool built into the Facebook creator dashboard that analyzes your content performance, explains why it worked, and suggests new ideas based on trending content. Read more ›
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A WIRED investigation claims Meta quietly embedded facial recognition technology into its smart glasses ecosystem, reviving privacy concerns around biometric surveillance and wearable AI. Read more ›
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A new rumor from China today claims the upcoming Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will have a 200MP main camera using a 1/1.28" type "new generation" LOFIC sensor. The phone also allegedly has a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and f/2.4 aperture. This camera uses a 1/1.56" type sensor. The telephoto camera will support macro shooting from approximately 15cm. This is a wildly different setup compared to the... Read more ›
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If you've been struggling to sleep and end up feeling fatigued during the day, the data collected by these sleep trackers can help you find a solution. Read more ›
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I compared the Samsung M80H mini-LED and Samsung QN80H Neo QLED TVs 2026 TVs side by side ready for the World Cup: it reminded me of the Samsung QN90F's greatness. Read more ›
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Perhaps Kayla Sims (@lilsimsie) was destined to play The Sims, Electronic Arts' hit life simulation franchise. Read more ›
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Google is expanding Ask Gemini in Drive by letting users add Gmail threads as sources for AI-powered answers, summaries, and cross-referenced workplace insights. Read more ›
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Bowers & Wilkins has launched its new 800 Series Diamond D5 speakers with upgraded acoustics, redesigned cabinets, and luxury finishes for audiophiles and studio professionals. Read more ›
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Всем доброго времени суток. Здесь будет описана история происхождения архитектуры мета-трансформеров, которая описана вот здесь. Как я в августе 2025 года, скучая на выходных, дал двум ChatGPT-4o свободно общаться между собой, как из этого родился крайне сырой концепт "рефлексивного ядра", и как значительно позднее, в феврале-марте 2026 это косвеннным образом привело к открытию крайне интересной находки, которую я назвал механизмом мета-внимания. Запустить Цикл 02 Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT News: Currently, lithium hard rock extraction involves baking the rock at over 1,000 Celsius and chemically leaching it to extract lithium. The rest of the rock is discarded. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere has developed a low-temperature process for extracting battery-grade lithium from the most common type of lithium-bearing mineral. The process uses a liquid reagent to dissolve... Read more ›
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NASA has outlined a three-phase plan to build a lunar base at the moon's south pole. The first phase, from 2026 to 2029, will focus on robotic missions, landers, rovers, reactors, satellites, and Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance test. Later phases will add habitats, power systems, communications, cargo logistics, and rotating crews. Wired reports: According to a recent press conference, phase one will be particularly active: at least... Read more ›
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A senior CIA official, David Rush, was arrested after investigators found more than $40 million in gold bars and about $2 million in cash at his Virginia home. According to the New York Times, "The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars." From the report: The court papers describe Mr. Rush as a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny. Parent company Meta appealed after Vermont's highest court allowed a suit filed by its attorney general in 2023 to move forward. The company is facing similar lawsuits from states across... Read more ›
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Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin's rocket "become engulfed in flames. The fireball expands out and covers the entire launch pad as the fuselage of the rocket can be seen crumbling into the flames." Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on X.com "It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it. Very rough... Read more ›
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Wix is laying off roughly 20% of its workforce, about 1,000 employees, as CEO Avishai Abrahami cites both the rapid evolution of AI and currency pressure from a stronger Israeli shekel against the dollar. The web developer joins a growing list of tech companies making similar cuts, including Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle and Intuit. Fast Company reports: "We have witnessed the most significant shift in how companies... Read more ›
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Dell's stock skyrocketed 32.76% on Friday, "its best day ever," reports CNBC, after Dell "reported its fastest pace for revenue growth for any period since returning to the public market in 2018..." "Shares are now up 234% in 2026." Dell, which reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, saw a flood of artificial intelligence-related demand for its servers, which contain graphics processing units from companies like Nvidia. Quarterly revenue... Read more ›
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```Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 brings word that Marcia Lucas, part of the editing team for both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, has died at age 80 after a battle with metastatic cancer. Married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, Marcia is remembered by The Wrap as "a powerful asset in the early days of the Star Wars series, helping shape its voice and identity long before it... Read more ›
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Apple is reportedly working to shrink Google's Gemini models enough to power parts of a long-delayed AI-enhanced Siri on iPhones. But despite Apple's best efforts to run the AI locally, "the iPhone's Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud," reports Ars Technica. That could complicate Apple's privacy-first AI messaging, especially if more complex Siri requests are routed through Google infrastructure and Nvidia's encrypted cloud-computing platform.... Read more ›
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The Trump administration is planning to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to nuclear startups that want to convert it into reactor fuel, arguing it could help address a looming fuel shortage for advanced reactors. Critics warn the idea raises serious nonproliferation, security, cost, and technical concerns. The New York Times reports: The plan has generated debate and some unease among nonproliferation experts. If finalized, it would mark... Read more ›
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