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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. "It's a big step for our country," Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. "Social media is making our children unhappy and unsafe, and as a parent, as much as a Prime Minister, I just can't let that go on anymore," he added.
The ban will include
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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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I've been looking for an upgrade to my home coffee machine for a while, and now that the Breville Barista Express is back to its lowest-ever price ahead of Prime Day, I think I might have found what I'm looking for. Read more ›
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Anthropic was already navigating one dispute with the government in its standoff with the Pentagon, and then came an order on June 12th to block off foreign access to its most recently released AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. When they launched on June 9th, Anthropic said “Fable 5’s capabilities exceed those of any […] Read more ›
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AMD acquires MEXT to get Predictive Memory Engine that offloads infrequently accessed data from DRAM to NAND storage. Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader necro81 writes: The heavily promoted, $499 T1 "Trump Phone" was originally said to be "Made in the USA" and ship in September 2025. Later, that was downgraded to "Assembled in the USA." Given the Trump Organization's lack of engineering or supply chain expertise, many assumed the "T1" would just be a private-label phone made by someone else. After a number of delays, the first phones are finally... Read more ›
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The apocalyptic tale 'The Last House' also stars Greta Lee and hits the streamer August 7. Read more ›
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EA has launched EA Advertising, a new business that will bring brands directly into gameplay through dynamic in-game integrations and live experiences. Read more ›
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Модель уверенно выдаёт прогноз, но насколько ему можно доверять на конкретном объекте? Конформные предсказания добавляют к результату интервал или набор классов с формальной гарантией покрытия — почти поверх любой ML‑модели и без предположений о распределении данных. В статье разберём, как это работает для регрессии и классификации, где ломается маргинальная гарантия и что делать при дрейфе данных. Читать далее Read more ›
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How to watch World Cup on YouTube (it's free), with all 104 games of the 2026 tournament free-to-air courtesy of Brazilian network CazéTV. Read more ›
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Google Messages wants to arm you with tools to tell real pictures from AI creations. Read more ›
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After showing you last week that the Galaxy Z Flip 8 had found its way through the FCC in preparation for launch, we’ve been on the lookout for other Samsung devices that we expect to ship alongside it. Over the week, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and all of Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch models... Read the original post: Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, New Watches Get Needed Approvals Read more ›
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На прошлой неделе компания Microsoft выпустила очередной кумулятивный набор патчей для своих продуктов. В соответствии с общей тенденцией на увеличение количества обнаруживаемых уязвимостей за единицу времени, данный релиз исправляет рекордные 206 уязвимостей, из них 39 имеют статус критических. Если делить заплатки по категориям, то 63 патча закрывают уязвимости, ведущие к повышению привилегий, 56 багов обеспечивают выполнение произвольного кода, еще 30 могут приводить к утечке информации.Наиболее опасная. Read more ›
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Заходят как-то две машины Тьюринга в одну диаграмму… а у них имена одинаковые.Я говорю «машины», а на деле — два разных экземпляра State @turing-machine-js/machine, сконструированные по-разному, с разным поведением во время исполнения, и со строго одинаковым state.name. Это происходило в библиотеке, которую я разрабатываю в качестве хобби с 2019 года, и я этого не замечал семь лет.Обнаружил случайно, начиная с задачи на чистку Mermaid-визуализации. Закончил — кардинальной переделкой того, как... Read more ›
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Ending a 53-year drought, the New York Knicks clinched the NBA title. Here's what NYC was like the last time the Knicks won. Read more ›
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The cost of fuel is hurting everyone, including truckers. Some have started driving slower to improve fuel efficiency, but that approach has its downsides. Read more ›
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It’s been more than five years since we asked you this question: If your current phone didn’t exist, what phone would you have? A lot of cool phones have launched since then. There are a ton of great foldables, non-foldables, and basically everything in between. Maybe it would even make you consider importing one of... Read the original post: Monday Question: If Your Current Phone Didn’t Exist, What Phone Would... Read more ›
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Melania Trump's best looks as first lady balance professional style and chicness, but she has also worn some controversial outfits. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from AppleInsider: Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more. [...] On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant an upgrade as macOS Big Sur, or even macOS Tahoe with its Liquid Glass redesign. But under the surface, it is much more significant than it seems. Apple has chosen... Read more ›
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Microsoft executive Matt Booty says future Xbox exclusivity will be decided "case-by-case," with Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution remaining Xbox console exclusives while major multiplayer, live-service, and previously promised PlayStation releases stay multiplatform. But IGN's Tom Phillips says Microsoft's announcement still leaves numerous questions unanswered, like "why just Gears and Clockwork Revolution?" and "how will this policy be enforced in future?" From the report: Last night's Xbox Sh Read more ›
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Last Thursday, Wired reported that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased facial recognition system called NameTag into software installed on millions of phones. In a follow-up report, Wired says the tech giant has now removed the face-recognition-related code, while saying "no final decision" has been made about whether the feature will launch. From the report: On Thursday, WIRED reported that Meta had quietly integrated substantial portions of the NameTag system... Read more ›
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OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, "setting it up for what may be the most highly anticipated market debut in recent history and a massive payday for early investors," reports CNN. The decision follows recent IPO announcements from Anthropic and SpaceX. From the report: OpenAI said it has not decided on timing yet. And because the filing is confidential, it's not yet clear how many shares the company plans... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The world's oceans are under "severe and accelerating" pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United Nations. The "intensifying" stressors, which include pollution and large-scale industrial fishing, are cumulative, said the report, resulting in widespread biodiversity loss and putting ocean systems under "severe strain." The... Read more ›
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A battery researcher's investigation, backed by more than 20 independent experts, claims Donut Lab's much-hyped "solid-state" battery is actually a conventional lithium-ion cell, with voltage curves and expansion data matching high-nickel NCM chemistry rather than the promised sodium-ion solid-state design. Electrek reports the company raised about $25 million from more than 1,300 mostly small investors on claims of 400 Wh/kg energy density, 100,000-cycle life, and 5-minute charging that now appear... Read more ›
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Researchers say mysterious, seconds-long GPS interference bursts detected across Europe appear to come from Russian EKS early-warning satellites, making this "a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space," reports Ars Technica. The signals may be tests of space-based jamming capability, short satellite communications, or something else, but experts say they raise troubling questions about whether GPS disruption could eventually be weaponized on a continental scale. From the report:... Read more ›
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given Apple, Google, and other tech firms until September to introduce device-level protections that prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing explicit images. "If businesses do not comply within three months, legislation will be brought forward requiring the protection to be added to all phones and tablets sold in the UK," reports The Guardian. "Tech firms that fail to do so could face fines,... Read more ›
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NHS England plans to roll out Microsoft Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff after a 30,000-person pilot claimed the AI assistant saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on administrative work. The Register reports: The rollout won't happen overnight. NHS England said that each trust will receive a central allocation of licenses based on headcount, typically starting with around 2,000 Copilot seats, and that more than half... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity researchers and a statement given to 404 Media by Microsoft. Hackers planted malware that would harvest peoples' credentials when they opened it in AI coding tools like Claude Code... Read more ›
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