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Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Security researcher Tom Joran Sonstebyseter Ronning has found that Microsoft Edge stores passwords in plaintext in RAM. After creating a password and storing it using Edge's password manager, Ronning found that he could dump the RAM and recover his password which was stored in plaintext. Part of the issue is Edge loads all passwords to all sites upon a single verification check, even if the user was not visiting a specific site. This is very different from Chro
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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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Following weeks of rumours and speculation, Microsoft and Xbox have announced today around 3200 jobs are being cut before financial year 2027 ends, with a number of studios being let go to find new owners or go independent. As more details pour out, we've also learned ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks are facing cuts - even if no studios are closing. Moreover, there are new plans for their key properties... Read more ›
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AdGuard VPN is now on the Microsoft Store, giving Windows users a faster install and automatic updates. It's the same app, and the standalone installer stays available. Read more ›
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First, it was a tiny amount of bitcoin sales, then it was the purchase of several thousand BTC, and finally, today, the unloading of thousands of BTC. What's happening at Strategy? Read more ›
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From dinner reservations to motion sickness, here are the most surprising parts of traveling on Amtrak's California Zephyr train for over two days. Read more ›
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The Galaxy S26 is Samsung's compact flagship, but one cheaper Samsung phone may be a better fit for buyers who want One UI without spending flagship money. Read more ›
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Klarna wants to be a real American bank. The Swedish BNPL giant has applied for a US banking licence, betting a friendlier Washington will let it crack a market that has bruised European rivals. Klarna has applied to US regulators to set up its own bank, tech.eu reports. The Swedish fintech filed with the Utah […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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"It's like seeing an old friend well past their expiration date finally getting put to rest.” Read more ›
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Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs in its latest round of layoffs, and the Xbox division is taking one of the biggest hits. Roughly one in five Xbox employees will leave over the next year, marking one of the largest restructurings ... Read more ›
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft's gaming division will cut 3,200 jobs throughout FY27 and is spinning out studios but not canceling any games. Read more ›
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Electric vehicle batteries are lasting far longer than expected – but used EVs still have one major trust problem Read more ›
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Smart home kit doesn't have to cost a fortune — these gadgets make a big difference on a small budget. Read more ›
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The "Lean Ethereum" strawmap, updated earlier this week, has gained support from many of the network's researchers, though several say the biggest challenge won't be deciding what to build, but how quickly it can happen. Read more ›
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Системное мышление дает мощный инструмент для анализа реального мира и создания проектов, которые его изменяют. Казалось бы, такой инструмент полезен всем, кто работает со сложными системами. Однако, когда я несколько лет назад рассказывал про него на Analyst Days, то в обратной связи мне прилетел вопрос: «Это интересно, но зачем так сложно? Почему бы просто не взять c4-model и не создать модель на ее основе, это же гораздо проще?» Сейчас аналогичный... Read more ›
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Ровно 5 лет назад автором была написана статья о публичной меш-сети под названием "Meshtastic – оперативно-тактический радиочат без сотовой связи и интернета". На тот момент концепция была новым веянием времени и являла собой в мир эпоху МЭШ-технологий для простого народа. Тема в основном была предназначена для технически и програмно подкованных коллег-сотоварищей. Сегодня, по прошествии лет, Mesh-технологии шагнули далеко в мир и получили большое развитие в области WiFi сетей 5…8 поколений…... Read more ›
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Valve shares open-source files that let you build an e-paper display for the Steam Machine. Read more ›
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USB-C promised simplicity, but has turned into a mystery box of different specs. Read more ›
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Open Tools, a Paris-based startup, has announced that its Open Printer has been nominated for two French Design Awards. Read more ›
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"Amid growing public anger over A.I. and a debate over how to regulate it, a group of employers, state governors and foundations has raised $500 million to try to answer some of those questions themselves," reports the New York Times. "Just how many jobs will AI upend?" asks the Wall Street Journal, reporting that the new coalition says it's time to ready the U.S. workforce for a "major" disruption —... Read more ›
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"South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms," reports Ars Technica: The goal is to make drones a "universal combat tool" for all troops by training them to use drones like a "second personal weapon," said Ahn Gyu-back, South Korea's Minister of National Defense, in a June 26 briefing reported by Reuters and other media... Read more ›
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Ford executives said they've hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them former employees — after AI and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality, reports TechCrunch: Bloomberg reports the company's chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been "relying more and more on automated quality systems" with disappointing results. So the company "brought back technical specialists," and those specialists "hunt for failure points before a... Read more ›
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Slashdot reader joshuark summarizes this walk down memory lane from the tech site MakeUseOf: Facing real competition from Digital Research's DR DOS, Microsoft secretly embedded a sabotaging mechanism known as "AARD code" into beta versions of Windows 3.1 to prevent it from running on Digital Research's competing DR DOS operating system.This code triggered fake, alarming error messages to convince developers that DR DOS was unstable... Although Microsoft disabled the feature... Read more ›
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 (PDF) in Chatrie v United States (No. 25-112) that geofence warrants sweeping up smartphone location data constitute searches under the Fourth Amendment. The Court found that individuals have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in such data, even when the tracking covers only a brief period or records movements in public. "An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone's... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: South Korea's government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. [...] "We must secure the core elements of AI faster than any other country," said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in a televised speech... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. "Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically -- by 25%, increasing costs by an estimated $5 million next... Read more ›
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Microsoft has released a public preview of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) containers, adding a built-in command-line tool and API for running Linux containers directly inside Windows applications without third-party software. The update also introduces faster file access, improved networking and memory management, plus integration with Defender, Intune, and VS Code. The Register reports: WSL has always been a handy way to run Linux workloads from Windows, and is particularly... Read more ›
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Anthropic has launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that connects more than 60 scientific databases and tools through a single interface. Through the platform, Basecamp Research is making its EDEN models available for tasks such as designing antibiotic peptides and predicting vaccine targets from simple text prompts, though the results still require laboratory testing before clinical use. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News reports: In a Claude Science demo, Oliver Vince,... Read more ›
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"Another breach at Tata has leaked details about Apple's iPhone 18, along with documents belonging to several other Tata clients," writes Longtime Slashdot reader Ritz_Just_Ritz. "It's becoming a recurring theme for the company." Reuters reports: Reuters has previously reported the Tata Electronics leak of more than 200,000 files on the dark web by World Leaks had files with purported component design papers of older iPhones and some parts of Tesla... Read more ›
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