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California's proposed billionaire tax appears headed for the November ballot after backers said they gathered more than 1.5 million signatures, well above the threshold needed to qualify. SF Standard reports: Backers of the initiative announced this weekend that more than 1.5 million people signed a petition to bring the one-time, 5% wealth tax to a statewide vote come November. That's well beyond the 875,000 names needed to qualify the measure, and likely sufficient to account for illegible or invalid sign
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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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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson took home a $38.7m bonus for the 2026 financial year, as the company's games such as Battlefield 6 performed well, met "all milestones", and a new AI strategy was executed. That bonus and many others to senior EA executives come despite layoffs across multiple studios in the same financial year. Read more Read more ›
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Tolan founder Quinten Farmer says the company's AI companion, a cartoon alien, is a hit with mothers between 35 and 45 years old. Read more ›
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The charges could result in life imprisonment, escalating an investigation that has already led to over 100 million rubles in fines for the platform this year. Read more ›
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Делюсь личным опытом создания проекта с нуля на вайбкоде.Красивый сайт со сверхбыстрой загрузкой и функционалом, которого не найти на ресурсах без авторизации. И всё это — с нуля за полчаса описания банальных пожеланий на русском языке и менее 10 рублей затрат на одном из самых дешёвых ИИ-сервисов. Это реально новый мир.Описываю в деталях по шагам. В том числе — как ИИ банально «тупит» и не может решить указанную задачу, и... Read more ›
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Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, suggested that AI data centers are better suited for the desert. Read more ›
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A tech worker quit her job to keep her family together and became a stay-at-home mom. She said a returner program helped her find a way back into her field. Read more ›
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If you're only applying to big-name employers, you could be overlooking where most hiring is actually happening, according to new federal hiring data. Read more ›
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Fritz Lanman, the CEO of ClassPass, waits to eat until lunch and keeps fiber pills at his desk in the office. He has three life hacks for success. Read more ›
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Все мы знаем, что языки делятся на динамические и статические: Python или JS позволяют молниеносно прототипировать, но расплачиваться нестабильностью в продакшене приходится потом, тогда как C++, Java или C# требуют прописывать типы сразу, оплачивая монументальную надежность замедлением разработки.В 2006 году Джереми Сиек предложил разрешить этот конфликт концепцией постепенной типизации в работе «Gradual Typing for Functional Languages»: язык остается динамическим по умолчанию, однако разработчик может анн Read more ›
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Qureight, an end-to-end imaging company that provides enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials with a focus on lung and heart disease, today announced it has raised $20 mil... Read more ›
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Откройте терминал и выполните cat /etc/hosts. Скорее всего, там лежит пара строк про localhost и, может быть, несколько ваших локальных записей… А когда‑то этот файл содержал адреса всех компьютеров интернета и обновлялся по телефонному звонку. Под катом расскажу, как весь интернет работал через один текстовый файл, кто его обновлял и куда он в итоге делся. Читать Read more ›
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One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities. Read more ›
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UK firms developing energy software have raised around £1bn in funding over the past 10 years, with the pace of investment growing significantly in the past few years, according to new research. In the UK EnergyTech Report from investment group AlbionVC in partnership with data company Beauhurst, the researchers analysed every UK asset-lite energy software ... Read more ›
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A developer has used OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol to help port a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS and iPadOS devices. Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: [I]n a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center in the U.S. have revealed that we can put certain tasks on autopilot in a way that enables something closer to true multitasking. Driving is the perfect example: When you take your test, your entire mental and physical energy is concentrated on executing the right combinations of... Read more ›
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Cheap Chinese AI models are giving America's software companies a boost, lowering costs, lifting margins, and reviving SaaS stocks. Read more ›
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Legora has acquired London startup Wexler to better serve trial lawyers. The deal continues an acquisition spree for the Swedish-born software maker. Read more ›
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Scientists have rediscovered a healthy coral reef off the coast of Benin more than 60 years after surveyors first hinted at its existence. "At least eight coral types and eight fish species have formed a thriving ecosystem on this long-forgotten site," reports Inside Climate News. "What they had captured was a wealth of marine life: six types of soft coral; two black corals; and eight species of sheltering fish, from... Read more ›
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Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, an open-source workplace collaboration platform that combines messaging, project management, and software development workflows for teams of both humans and AI agents. Dorsey described Buzz as "a new groupchat platform for teams of people and agents of all sizes" that is "model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign and open source." SmartCompany reports: According to the Buzz website, users can invite specialized AI agents into team chats, allowing... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one's television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes less than a month after researchers found that more than 42 percent of games and other apps available for download on LG's webOS store allow unknown third-parties to... Read more ›
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At a Galaxy Unpacked event in London today, Samsung unveiled a new foldable smartphone designed to compete with the still-unannounced iPhone Fold. Called the Galaxy Z Fold 8, it features a wider 4:3 form factor with a 7.6-inch inner AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip, up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. "The inner display has enough extra real estate for multi-tasking and entertainment,"... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC, a new preservation program that will let players run select classic Xbox games on Windows PCs and handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally. Tom's Hardware reports: "This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time," the company said in a blog post authored by Xbox "VP next generation" Jason... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged that nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, members of the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) received an email informing them that they were burning through tokens, and needed to limit use. "Although the Army CIO announced in May 2026 that they were offering... Read more ›
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Apple is reportedly launching a Klarna financing deal that will let U.S. customers spread the cost of devices over up to three years, pushing the company closer to a hardware-as-a-service model. "The only thing you don't get under the new arrangement is AppleCare, for which you'll allegedly need to pay extra," notes Computerworld. From the report: The introduction of the scheme gives consumers a way to purchase the company's popular... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a post from the OSS Security mailing list, where sysadmin Jan Schaumann wonders what to do after the Linux kernel cranked out 432 CVEs in a little over 24 hours: "I understand the position that CVEs were always a flawed way to track or prioritize security changes... But this onslaught really shows it's not feasible to attempt to prioritize individual kernel changes. I'm not sure... Read more ›
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Code found in the iOS 27 beta suggests Apple is developing a system that could restrict leased iPhones when customers fall behind on payments. The discovery follows a recent Bloomberg report that Apple may soon launch a new "Apple Upgrade" leasing program, allowing customers to pay for hardware through monthly installments. 9to5Mac reports: The code describes a system called App Managed Features, which allows an authorized financing or provider app... Read more ›
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"General Motors has been pulling a Tim Cook and boosting its software and subscription business," reports Business Insider. During the automaker's Tuesday earnings call, executives said they're increasingly leaning on software subscriptions like OnStar and Super Cruise to generate high-margin recurring revenue long after customers buy their vehicles. GM says OnStar brought in about $800 million in the second quarter, while Super Cruise revenue grew about 70% year over year.... Read more ›
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