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Iran's government "wants to charge the world's largest tech companies for using the subsea internet cables laid under the Strait of Hormuz," reports CNN. Their article also notes that Iran's state-linked media outlets "have vaguely threatened that traffic could be disrupted if firms don't pay."
Lawmakers in Tehran discussed a plan last week which could target submarine cables linking Arab countries to Europe and Asia. "We will impose fees on internet cables," Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghar
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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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Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky says buyers of its new e-paper smartwatches should know what they're signing up for and trust Pebble to make things right if they run into issues, despite the short warranty. "I think the most important thing is trust," Migicovsky told me in an interview this week. "Do people trust the product […] Read more ›
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The NHTSA recently called for autonomous vehicle companies to improve how cars respond in emergency situations. Read more ›
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Skip the 4K tax with this 1080p Android TV projector featuring 2200 ANSI lumens and Harman Kardon speakers for under $530. Read more ›
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The World Cup delivered real, rate-driven gains for hotels and short-term rentals. But the impact was barely noticed by U.S. airlines, and the international visitor boom is falling short of expectations. Read more ›
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The main reason to buy a Ninja Creami is so that you can make frozen treats that are healthier than what you can buy in a store. Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Axios: Kimi K3, a massive new model by Beijing-based Moonshot AI, threatens the foundations of Americas AI boom. Its release Thursday dazzled developers, jolted Silicon Valley and reset the AI race overnight. Kimi immediately vaulted into the top tier of global AI, beating Anthropics Fable 5 and OpenAIs GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests by AI evaluator Arena. In Arenas broader text... Read more ›
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P.S.Euclid — это браузерное математическое приложение, в котором графики, динамическая геометрия и 3D-построения объединены в одной среде. В статье я расскажу о возможностях проекта: от обычных функций и геометрических конструкций до пространственных поверхностей, сечений и численного поиска пересечений. Читать далее Read more ›
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Associations are unhappy with Europe’s plans to make the aviation industry pay more for its international emissions — for different reasons. One side argues proposals don’t go far enough, and the other says they shouldn’t exist at all. Read more ›
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Wind turbines are engineered to harness the energy from wind and convert it into electricity. Some are smooth, whereas others are designed with a serrated edge. Read more ›
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Communities are forming around taking down the unpopular license plate scanning cameras, by legal means and vigilante action. Read more ›
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BTS member J-Hope's latest Instagram Story appears to show Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8, just days before the company's Galaxy Unpacked event. Read more ›
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The prediction market’s Panamanian operation seems odd, even for a company whose CEO had his apartment raided by FBI agents. Read more ›
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If you missed the action-packed sequel starring Karl Urban in theaters or digital, you can stream it starting July 24. Read more ›
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Apple's streaming box is now much more expensive than comparable alternatives. Should you opt for a Fire TV or Roku instead? Read more ›
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On October 1st, New York City will become the first U.S. city to ban deceptive subscription practices, requiring companies to offer simple cancellation options or face fines of $525 per user subscription, back fees, and additional penalties. The Mamdani administration is also proposing a junk-fee rule requiring sellers, landlords, hotels, and other businesses to "advertise the total price for any good or service, including all mandatory additional charges and fees,... Read more ›
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NHTSA is ordering autonomous vehicle developers to explain by the end of the month how they will stop driverless cars from interfering with police, firefighters, and paramedics. TechCrunch reports: [NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison] noted in the letter (PDF) that the agency has "identified a clear pattern of driverless AVs interfering with law enforcement and other first responders," citing instances in which these vehicles drove into active emergency scenes, blocked the... Read more ›
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Dutch intelligence agencies say Russian hackers have been hijacking unsecured internet-connected cameras, including likely doorbell and security cameras, to spy on NATO military bases and transport routes used to move weapons to Ukraine. "Organisations with IP [internet protocol] cameras on these routes have now been warned so that they could take action," said the AIVD domestic security and MIVD military intelligence agencies. Targeted NATO member states include the Netherlands and... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Inside Higher Ed: For the first time since he started teaching Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory nearly two decades ago, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm this spring. Quite a few students had expressed anxiety about being in a classroom after a gunman killed two students and injured nine in a December mass shooting at... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing secrets about products still in development, setting up a legal face-off between two of the world's biggest tech companies. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the consumer tech giant said that OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence that has a new hardware business, had... Read more ›
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China successfully recovered an orbital rocket booster for the first time, landing the Long March 10B's first stage into a net-equipped sea platform after its maiden launch. "This mission marks my country's first successful controlled recovery of a launch vehicle and the world's first network-based recovery of a launch vehicle," the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced via social media shortly after the launch. (Translation by Google.) "It... Read more ›
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The FCC has approved (PDF) Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 test satellite, which will use a 60-by-60-foot mirror to reflect sunlight back to Earth after dark. "The reflected light from the satellite is supposed to span an area about 3 miles wide on the ground," reports PCMag. It comes despite objections from astronomers and environmental groups who are concerned that the satellites will unleash intrusive light pollution. From the report: The approval... Read more ›
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"Are you armed?!" the police officer screamed. "Get out of the car!" A writer for the car-news site The Drive describes how "a technological chain linking surveillance cameras, AI, and law enforcement... led to me and my wife being surrounded by police, hands on their guns, in a Kohl's parking lot in suburban Minnesota." After dropping off our Amazon returns, we'd just gotten back in the Range Rover and reversed... Read more ›
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Meta "said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties," reports Reuters, "over accusations the company designed its Facebook and Instagram platforms to addict young users and misled the public about their safety." Meta put forward the figure in its response to the attorneys general's filings on how penalties should be calculated if the states prevailed at trial. The number, which has not... Read more ›
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"We need you in the fight," says the American legal expert in privacy, surveillance, AI, and Internet freedom of speech who became the EFF's new executive director in March. As EFF celebrates the anniversary of its founding 1990, "Each headline is different, but they tell one story: Many of the threats that once seemed hypothetical are now reality, and EFF's work to ensure technology supports rights, justice, freedom, and innovation... Read more ›
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