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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Andrew Cunningham: As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting. It was created in 2003 by Don Ho, who continues to be its primary author and maintainer, and it has been a Windows-exclusive app throughout its existence (older Notepad++ versions support OSes as old as Windows 95; the current version officiall
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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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In terms of pricing, the original AirPods Max remained stubbornly high even years after their debut, which made them hard to recommend over the Bose QC Ultra or Sony’s XM series headphones unless you were an Apple die-hard. The AirPods Max 2, however, have been out for just over a month, and we’re already seeing a $40 […] Read more ›
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It is amazing what some people will do for an in-game cosmetic, and even those who don't live in the right area to receive a pizza promo skin for gory fighting game Invincible Vs are still ordering themselves a slice, just to receive the in-game ensemble. Read more Read more ›
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Meta is expanding Threads messaging to web users as weekly DMs cross 350 million, the app's top executive Connor Hayes said. Read more ›
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The Duffer Brothers ('Stranger Things') executive produce Netflix's new horror series starring Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman. Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: On April 15, 2026, a Microsoft employee made a change to Visual Studio Code and pushed it within 8 hours without review, notification, or documentation. The change added "Co-authored-by: Copilot" by default to the end of commit messages in Git when Copilot was used in creating the code. However, the implementation was bugged, and the message was added to every commit regardless if Copilot was... Read more ›
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Google is shipping out a two-part update to the entire Google Home experience. You have your Google Home hardware and the software it runs getting updated with the latest Gemini model, but then we also have the Google Home app that’s getting improved upon, too. As announced, Gemini 3.1 is coming to supported Google Home... Read the original post: Google Home Updated With Gemini 3.1, App Gets Big Improvements Read more ›
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Marc Andreessen shared his ideal AI prompt calling for less constraints. Critics say today's models can't reliably follow such instructions. Read more ›
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Although these celebrities started out as actors or musicians, they eventually found success as producers as well. Read more ›
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Передовые модели сейчас действительно хорошо пишут код — лучше, чем справляются с большинством других задач. Работа с агентами ощущается как взгляд из будущего: полигон для проверки того, насколько далеко можно зайти с агентными возможностями. Это заряжает, даёт результат и при этом — откровенно странно ощущается.Я веду список советов по агентному кодингу: правила и ориентиры для тех, кто только начинает работать с Codex, Claude Code, Pi или любым другим агентом. Каждый... Read more ›
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The findings challenge the long-held assumption that prehistoric people didn’t spend much time in high-altitude mountain regions. Read more ›
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The cuts landed just days before earnings. Coinbase is laying off about 700 employees, roughly 14% of its workforce, as the company reshapes itself around AI and braces for a softer crypto market. CEO Brian Armstrong framed the move as ... Read more ›
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Исследование, опубликованное в журнале Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, является одним из первых контролируемых экспериментов на людях, в котором подтверждённое воздействие инфразвука сопоставляется как с психологическими самоотчётами, так и с конкретным физиологическим маркером — уровнем кортизола в слюне, гормона, который мы ассоциируем со стрессом. Результаты получились, можно сказать, тревожными.Инфразвук — это звуковые волны с частотой ниже примерно 20 Гц, что соответствует нижней границе диапазон Read more ›
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Hackers are stealing access to legitimate AWS tools and using them to launch phishing campaigns. Read more ›
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Have you been tempted to plant a handprint in wet concrete when passing by on the street? There's a reason you should definitely not do this. Read more ›
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A bipartisan Senate bill would criminalize the use of AI-generated deepfakes for financial fraud and identity impersonation, with provisions that address the growing threat of […] Read more ›
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Synthetic identity fraud now accounts for 11 percent of all fraud globally, an eightfold increase from 2024, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ annual cybercrime report […] Read more ›
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fjo3 writes: The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (source paywalled; alternative source), or OPEC, along with the wider group of partners known as OPEC+, effective May 1, in what could be a blow to control over prices by the group, long led in practice by Saudi Arabia. The move "reflects the UAE's long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving... Read more ›
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Google has reportedly signed a classified agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose." While the deal is said to discourage domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons without human oversight, it apparently does not give Google the power to block how the government actually uses its models. The Verge reports: The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: For its famous intractability, the Bloomberg Terminal has long inspired devotion, bordering on obsession. Among traders, the ability to chart a path through the software's dizzying scrolls of numbers and text to isolate far-flung information is the mark of a seasoned professional. But as a greater mass of data is fed into the Terminal -- not only earnings and asset prices, but... Read more ›
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Apple is adding a new App Store subscription option that lets developers offer lower monthly prices in exchange for a 12-month commitment. "This model will allow developers to offer discounted rates to customers in exchange for more predictable long-term revenue," reports TechCrunch. "This also caters to how many developers have already been marketing their annual subscriptions in their apps." From the report: Often, app developers will display the lower monthly... Read more ›
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Sony is reportedly rolling out a 30-day online check-in requirement for some digital PS4 and PS5 games, meaning players could temporarily lose access if their console does not reconnect to renew the license. Tom's Hardware reports: In the info page of an affected game, you'd see a new validity period and a "remaining time" deadline. At first, this seemed like a software bug, but now PlayStation Support has confirmed its... Read more ›
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Apple's Vision Pro has been used in what's described as the world's first cataract surgery performed with the headset. MacRumors reports: [New York opthalmologist] Dr. Eric Rosenberg of SightMD completed the initial procedure in October 2025 and has since performed hundreds of additional cases using ScopeXR, a surgical platform he co-developed for Apple's mixed reality device. ScopeXR streams live feeds from 3D digital surgical microscopes directly into the Vision Pro,... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon loves his coffee -- so much so that studying all the factors that go into creating the perfect cuppa constitutes a significant area of research for him. His latest project: discovering a novel means of measuring the flavor profile of coffee simply by sending an electrical current through a sample beverage. The results appear in... Read more ›
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Elon Musk testified on day two of his trial against OpenAI, saying he helped create the company as a nonprofit counterweight to Google and would not have backed it if the goal had been private profit. CNBC reports: Musk on Tuesday was the first witness called to testify in the trial. He spoke about his upbringing, his many companies, his role in founding OpenAI and his understanding of its structure.... Read more ›
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fjo3 shares a report from The Times: More than two-thirds of babies under two use screens, a report has found, and some are exposed for up to eight hours a day. Nearly a third of newborns were found to be watching screens for more than three hours a day, while almost 20 percent of infants of four to 11 months used screens for more than an hour a day. The... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted a quick review of three experimental psychedelic drugs meant to treat major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's the latest move by the Trump administration signaling a shift in policy toward treatments that also give users a high -- coming a day after the Justice Department said it would ease restrictions on state-licensed... Read more ›
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