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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 used or disabled. Since this message was automatically added to the e
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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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Google details all the latest smart home features and upgrades hitting users this month. Read more ›
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The island's summer kick-off takes a turn for the terrifying in this sneak peek at episode three, 'The Inaugural Swim.' Read more ›
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OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant improvements in factuality across the board." The company claims that, based on "internal evaluations," GPT-5.5 Instant produced "52.5% fewer hallucinated claims" than its […] Read more ›
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Someone must have slipped up a week ago and posted this slightly early, so if you saw it and are thinking you’ve seen this before, I apologize. However, it’s now official that Google will host a “The Android Show: I/O Edition” on May 12 to showcase a bunch of Android happenings at I/O 2026. This... Read the original post: Android Show “I/O Edition” to Highlight One of Android’s Biggest Years... Read more ›
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Save the date: the next Android Show is being held on May 12, and we have some ideas of what might be shown off there. Read more ›
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Your weather app doesn't need your precise address, and Chrome finally agrees. Read more ›
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Why is this one of the biggest years for Android? Google will tell you on May 12. Read more ›
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The Academy has clarified that only human-performed acting and human-authored writing are eligible for Oscar nominations. The Oscars will not ban AI tools broadly, but says it will judge films based on the degree to which humans remain central to the creative work. The BBC reports: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...], which controls the US film industry's most prestigious award, on Friday issued updated rules for... Read more ›
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The virtual event will showcase some of the biggest changes to the OS in years. Read more ›
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The potential for fewer earnings reports could save publicly traded companies millions, including money spent on white-collar jobs. Read more ›
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Bank of America says there are two pillars of the US economy: AI and consumer spending. They warn that the Iran war threatens both. Read more ›
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My husband and I can't afford to send our 3 kids to college, so the financial burden is on them. We try to help them in other ways. Read more ›
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We go hands-on with Netflix's new Clips feature and find it both underpowered and addictive. Read more ›
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Если вы за последние полгода хоть раз заходили в интернет, то наверняка натыкались на посты в духе: «За выходные навайбкодил B2B SAAS ULTRA SUPER AI APP». Как-то незаметно мы оказались в мире, где сидишь и смотришь, как ИИ-агент сам ползает по папкам на диске, запускает тесты, падает с ошибкой, ругается на свои же логи (или тебя) и молча открывает пулреквест. Предлагаю отмотать время немного назад и посмотреть, как мы вообще... Read more ›
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Rob Khazzam, Andrew D'Souza, Lulu Cheng Meservey, and others join lineup for official mainstage event. Read more ›
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Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history" when training its Llama AI models, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In their suit, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Hachette, Cengage, […] Read more ›
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From photo ops with the exhibit to hugs between A-list attendees, check out the best photos you missed from inside the 2026 Met Gala. 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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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport -- part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years. The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning... Read more ›
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