9 place 0 fresh

52 Infrasound Waves Stop Kitchen Fires, But Can They Replace Sprinklers?

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot 2 place · today 11:00 EDT

Infrasound Waves Stop Kitchen Fires, But Can They Replace Sprinklers?

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails. But in this demonstration, something less common happens: An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the source of the fire in an attempt to put it out. The science of acoustic fire suppression, which has long been known and

To see detailed statistics for the news please log in »

Read the original

Add your comment
You must be logged in with Facebook to read and write comments.

A newsletter a day!

You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.

or register

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

News from the same source
Slashdot Slashdot
Silicon Valley
George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 1 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

Newark apartment complex bought for much less than prior value

An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more

0

🔮
04.05.2026 ♑︎ Dear Capricorn, Today promises to be насыщенным and very positive for you. Your inner state... Read more ›
Silicon Valley
George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 2 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

PG&E buys San Jose building to bolster South Bay operations

A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more

0

BetaKit
Trevor Nichols @ BetaKit 1 place · today 12:05 EDT

What Canadian founders can learn from Silicon Valley’s speed

At Uniting the Prairies, Chris Neumann argues for learning from the US while building in Canada. Read more

0 newcommer

Inc42 Media
Lokesh Choudhary @ Inc42 Media 1 place · today 12:03 EDT

Aurm Bags ₹42 Cr To Build An Alternative To Bank Lockers

Fintech startup Aurm has raised ₹42 Cr ($4.4 Mn) in its Series A funding round led by Earth Fund and… Read more

0 newcommer

TechRadar
TechRadar 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

What is the release date for The Boys season 5 episode 6 on Prime Video?

Only three episodes remain before The Boys is officially over — this is when you can watch the first of that final trio. Read more

0 newcommer

Gizmodo
Germain Lussier @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

The 25 Genre Films We’re Most Excited for This Summer

Superheroes, horror, animation, aliens, and more—it's going to be a fun summer at the movies. Read more

0 newcommer

Skift
Sean O'Neill @ Skift 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

80% of Hotels Say World Cup Bookings Are Missing Forecasts

FIFA's outrageous ticket prices, combined with geopolitical turmoil, have contributed to soft bookings. Yet hotels that jacked their rates share some of the blame, too. Read more

0 newcommer

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

Scientists Discover 27 Potential New Planets That Orbit Two Stars

Astronomers have identified 27 potential new circumbinary planets -- worlds that orbit two stars, like Star Wars' Tatooine. "To date, only about 18 circumbinary planets ... had been identified in the universe," reports the Guardian. "More than 6,000 planets have been discovered that orbit single stars, like Earth does around the sun." The Guardian reports: In a timely publication for May 4, also known as Star Wars Day, scientists have... Read more

0 newcommer

TechRadar
TechRadar 2 place · today 12:00 EDT

IKEA's donut-shaped Varmblixt smart lamp shines candy-colored light anywhere in your home, though the app experience isn't quite as sweet

This lamp is guaranteed to grab guests' attention, but if you're new to smart home tech, you may prefer to skip the app and use its remote control instead. Read more

0 newcommer

Habr
Smozub @ Habr 1 place · today 11:58 EDT

Карьерный переход топ-менеджера как инвестиционный проект: кейс с цифрами

Карьерный консультант сказал «сфокусируйся».Я сфокусировался: через 22 методики стратегического анализа, 31 экспертное интервью, финмодель, 64 сценария и год работы в Executive Master in Management ВШЭ.Получил: – Прогнозную NPV +8,7 млн ₽ на горизонте 24 месяцев – Стратегию из трёх измерений (где играем, чем играем, через какой канал) – Защиту выпускной работы на 10/10Работы пока нет.Метод — да. Гарантий — нет. Уверенность — да.Это статья о том, как корпоративный стратегический инструментарий... Read more

0 newcommer

Business Insider
Amanda Krause,Samantha Grindell Pettyjohn @ Business Insider 1 place · today 11:50 EDT

The best looks celebrities wore to the 2026 pre-Met Gala celebrations

Stars attended pre-Met Gala celebrations, including a party hosted by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, as well as Anna Wintour's annual dinner. Read more

0 fresh

Habr
sproshchaev (OTUS) @ Habr 2 place · today 11:50 EDT

Как развернуть Spring Boot в Kubernetes за полчаса: туториал

Хотите увидеть, как живое Spring Boot‑приложение проходит путь от репозитория до кластера Kubernetes? В статье пройдем путь от создания простого HealthController до автоматического деплоя через CI/CD. Разберём Dockerfile без магии, манифесты Deployment с пробами, настройку ресурсов и изящный Graceful Shutdown. В финале вы получите живую связку «код — контейнер — кластер», готовую к продакшену. Читать далее Read more

0 fresh

Habr
renbo @ Habr 3 place · today 11:46 EDT

День, когда вы потеряли доменное имя

Если бы у этого дела был спортивный аналог — это титульный бой, выигранный в поздних раундах при отставании по очкам. Соперник: матёрый профи с большим портфелем доменов и опытом в «сотнях разбирательств». Мы: одно небольшое издание. Победили терпением — и тем, что позволили ему нокаутировать самого себя. Вот как это было — и чему нас научило. Читать далее Read more

0 fresh

Silicon Canals
Mal James @ Silicon Canals 1 place · today 11:45 EDT

Retirement isn’t hard because of the empty hours — it’s hard because the silence finally meets the feelings work kept at bay

For it seems decades, the standard warning about retirement was that it would be boring. The advice that grew up around that warning was almost entirely about activity. Take up a hobby. Join a club. Volunteer. Travel. Build a list of projects. The implicit theory was simple. The problem with retirement was that it had ... Read more Read more

0 fresh

Business Insider
Lakshmi Varanasi @ Business Insider 2 place · today 11:45 EDT

KPMG now has a dashboard where its consultants can track how often their colleagues use AI

KPMG says it hopes the dashboard encourages more "frequent and sophisticated" AI use among its US advisory's 10,000 workers. Read more

0 fresh

SlashGear
SlashGear 2 place · today 11:45 EDT

Is It Safe To Use An Air Compressor Indoors? Here's What You Should Know

Thinking about running your air compressor indoors? Before you plug in, there are crucial safety factors that could change how - and where - you use it. Read more

0 fresh

Droid Life
Tim @ Droid Life 1 place · today 11:43 EDT

Costco Members Can Now Access T-Mobile Deals Online

T-Mobile and Costco look to be streamlining their partnership, with Costco members now able to access carrier benefits directly through the T-Mobile website. Before this, most perks were reserved for in-person Costco warehouse visits. The perks are quite good, especially for anyone not on T-Mobile who is considering a switch. That’s how they get ya.... Read the original post: Costco Members Can Now Access T-Mobile Deals Online Read more

0 fresh

The Verge
Elizabeth Lopatto @ The Verge 1 place · today 11:43 EDT

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. The trial began with […] Read more

0 fresh

The most popular news from the same source for the last week
Slashdot Slashdot
Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 12:00 EDT

California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot

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,... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 13:00 EDT

Microsoft To Stop Sharing Revenue With OpenAI

Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is ending revenue-sharing payments to OpenAI (paywalled; alternative source) and making the partnership non-exclusive. "The rapid pace of innovation requires us to continue to evolve our partnership to benefit our customers and both companies," Microsoft said Monday in a blog post. Bloomberg reports: The revised deal is meant to simplify a complicated relationship between two partners that has been foundational to OpenAI's rise and the broader... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 14:00 EDT

GitHub Copilot Is Moving To Usage-Based Billing

GitHub said in a blog post today that it is moving Copilot to usage-based billing starting June 1. Base subscription prices will remain the same but premium requests will be replaced with monthly AI Credits that are consumed based on token usage. "Instead of counting premium requests, every Copilot plan will include a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits, with the option for paid plans to purchase additional usage," the... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 15:00 EDT

Supreme Court Reviews Police Use of Cell Location Data To Find Criminals

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When the Call Federal Credit Union outside Richmond, Va., was robbed at gunpoint in 2019, the suspect took $195,000 from the bank's vault and fled before the police arrived. A detective interviewed witnesses and reviewed the bank's security footage. But with no leads, the officer relied on a so-called geofence warrant to sweep up location data from all the... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 16:50 EDT

China Blocks Meta's $2 Billion Takeover of AI Startup Manus

China has blocked Meta's planned $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the deal withdrawn after months of scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington. "The decision to prohibit foreign investment in Manus was made in accordance with laws and regulations," reports CNBC, citing the National Development and Reform Commission. "It added that it has asked the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction." From the report: The deal had... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 17:20 EDT

Notepad++ Finally Lands On macOS as a Native App

BrianFagioli writes: Notepad++ has finally made its way to macOS, and this time it is not through a compatibility layer. A new community-driven port brings the long-standing Windows text editor over as a fully native Mac application, built with Cocoa and compiled for both Apple Silicon and Intel systems. Instead of relying on Wine or similar tools, the project replaces the Windows-specific interface with a macOS-native one while keeping the... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 18:00 EDT

EU Tells Google To Open Up AI On Android; Google Says That's 'Unwarranted Intervention'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In January, the European Commission began an initial investigation, known as a specification proceeding, into how Google has implemented AI in the Android operating system. The results are in, and the EU says Android needs to be more open, which is not surprising. Meanwhile, Google says this amounts to "unwarranted intervention," which is equally unsurprising. Regardless of Google's characterization of the... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 19:00 EDT

Study Finds a Third of New Websites Are AI-Generated

alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI-generated. The team of researchers -- which includes people from Stanford, the Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive -- published their findings online in a paper titled "The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet." The research also found that all this AI-generated... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/27/2026 23:40 EDT

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Head To Court

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires' once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence. The trial, which started Monday with jury selection, centers on the 2015 birth of ChatGPT maker OpenAI as a nonprofit startup primarily... Read more

0

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/28/2026 03:00 EDT

Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms

The Trump administration says it will reimburse energy companies $885 million to cancel two planned offshore wind farms, with the firms in turn agreeing to put money into oil and gas projects instead. "The deals are modeled after a similar agreement last month with the French energy giant TotalEnergies," notes the New York Times. "TotalEnergies forfeited its leases for two wind projects planned off the coasts of New York and... Read more

0

Most popular sources

  • You see 617 news out of 617.
  • Sources 61 out of 61.
Irish Tech News 0%
Vox 0%
Financial Times 0%
The Next Web 0%
Sifted 0%
View sources »

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

04.05.2026 12:15
Last update: 12:11 EDT.
News rating updated: 19:10.

What is Times42?

Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.


Times42 © 2026