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CCS Insight expects global smartphone shipments to fall 15% this year as AI-driven demand pushes memory manufacturers toward higher-margin server chips. "[S]ome entry-level devices have already seen their sticker prices go up by more than 50 percent since last year," reports The Register. From the report: The firm found that the primary smartphone market (meaning new devices) contracted 4.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, despite sales channels front-loading (meaning stockpiling) product inventor
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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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Users of LG, Dell, and Alienware monitors have recently expressed frustration over manufacturers using dedicated Windows applications to display advertisements. This development follows previous criticism directed at LG for implementing ads on its smart televisions during standby mode. Automated Software Installation and Ads According to various reports shared by users on Reddit communities like PCMasterRace, companion applications—such as the LG Monitor App Installer—have been updated to include promotiona Read more ›
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The summer holiday sales are largely over, but Harbor Freight does have some new and useful items for sale that are definitely worth checking out. Read more ›
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В среде ИТ-специалистов сложился устойчивый миф: «Если нужна система управления ИТ-процессами — бери JIRA, она всё потянет». Давайте посмотрим правде в глаза: JIRA — действительно отличный трекер задач. Но только до тех пор, пока вы не пытаетесь построить на её основе CMDB-систему. Здесь и далее под JIRA, с одной стороны, мы понимаем конкретный продукт, а, с другой, объединяем класс подобных развитых ITSM-систем, которые выпустили модули ITAM и на хайпе пытаются... Read more ›
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'The Odyssey' first reactions praise Christopher Nolan’s IMAX epic as casting backlash continues online. Read more ›
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The websites were defaced with pro-Kurdish media, and messages directed at Trump and Tom Barrack. Read more ›
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AI-generated football memes are taking over the 2026 World Cup, with Haaland, Mbappé, Ronaldo, Messi, and more becoming fan-edit material Read more ›
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Meta announced new mandatory safety update to its smart glasses, preventing users from tampering with recording light. Read more ›
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In celebration of America's milestone 250th birthday, New York City hosted a historic display of military partnerships and naval tradition. Read more ›
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Threads is full of people who seem to be accidentally crossposting from Instagram or Facebook, like the "This is Richard's wife" woman. Read more ›
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Researchers modeled the effect of marine cloud brightening on an emerging super El Niño and completely neutralized it. Read more ›
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There’s a new kind of influencer making the rounds on TikTok and Instagram: the loneliness influencer. Most of these influencers are young women, and “loneliness” might be a slight misnomer. They claim they aren’t lonely, simply alone — no friends, no family, no kids. And they prefer it that way. “I really wanted to convey […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s AI company, SpaceXAI, and Cursor released Grok 4.5, an AI model focused on coding and agentic work, on Wednesday. The Information was the first to report on the release date, which Musk confirmed on Tuesday night. The model is the first joint AI model that SpaceXAI and Cursor have ... Read more ›
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Chery's free-car-if-it-burns warranty sounds outrageous until you see the engineering. And then you see the sales numbers, and it starts to make even more sense. Read more ›
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По определению ВОЗ, выгорание - накопление стресса, которое сопровождается усталостью, раздражительностью и цинизмом. Уже здесь термин вводит в заблуждение и прямо противоречит сути проблемы. Выгорание предполагает отсутствие чего-то, пустоту: «выгорело, кончилось». Тогда как расшифровка ВОЗ указывает на накопленное напряжение. Стресс в переводе с английского - это и есть напряжение. Не дефицит. Переизбыток. В психике вообще гораздо больше физики, механики и математики, чем абстрактных разговоров про маму, Read more ›
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As a single mother, I spent years finding creative ways to keep my children safe, busy, and connected during summer break. Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Cloudflare announced new controls that give publishers more say over how AI companies access and use their content. Beginning September 15, new Cloudflare sites will allow traditional search indexing while blocking AI training and AI agent access on ad supported pages by default. The company is also expanding its monetization efforts with a Pay-Per-Use model that aims to compensate publishers when their content contributes to AI generated answers... Read more ›
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Meta is reportedly developing its own cloud business that could sell access to its AI models and lease data-center computing capacity to other companies. The move would put Meta in direct competition with Amazon, Google, and SpaceX. Engadget reports: The cloud business could offer multiple services, according to [Bloomberg], like selling access to AI models run on Meta's infrastructure, or leasing the computing power of its data centers to other... Read more ›
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T-Mobile appears to be migrating its 303,000-core VMware environment to another platform while fighting Broadcom in court for the extended support it says its perpetual-license agreement guarantees. "The matter is somewhat urgent," The Register reports, because a court-ordered support arrangement expires August 3, "so T-Mobile may soon be unable to get support for its very substantial VMware estate." The Register reports: The dispute relates to a deal T-Mobile struck with... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to offset rising residential electricity costs. The trend could even unlock a more flexible energy supply for power grid operators and even AI data centers. New home battery installations reached a record 673 megawatts of energy storage in the first quarter of... Read more ›
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According to the Wall Street Journal, SpaceX showed investors an early prototype of a slim, "handset-like" AI device running a proprietary operating system and integrating xAI technology. Elon Musk, however, denied the report, calling it "utterly false." TechCrunch reports: SpaceX, alongside sister company Tesla, does have the manufacturing expertise to pull off mass-producing a bunch of AI devices -- not to mention access to the chips needed to power any... Read more ›
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IEEE Spectrum argues that orbital data centers remain far from economically or technically practical despite Elon Musk's prediction that space will become the cheapest place to run AI within a few years. Deploying SpaceX's proposed million-satellite constellation would require enormous increases in launch and manufacturing capacity, while cooling, radiation, maintenance, latency, orbital debris, and astronomical interference present major unresolved obstacles. Longtime Slashdot reader xetdog shares the repo Read more ›
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OnePlus is directing customers in some European markets toward OPPO devices, with its German website presenting OPPO as the natural upgrade path for existing users. The regional handoff adds to "months of speculation that the smartphone brand is slowly being folded into its parent company," reports Android Authority. From the report: The banner, seen on OnePlus' German website, tells visitors seeking "the experience you trust" that OPPO offers the same... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature -- which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number -- is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing scrutiny from security experts and regulators in India, the app's largest market, with more than 500 million users. The rollout marks... Read more ›
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OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, potentially alongside similar contributions from other major AI companies. "Such a deal would help improve the industry's relations with the Trump administration and could help garner political support by sharing wealth generated by the AI boom with the public," reports The Guardian. From the report: [OpenAI CEO Sam Altman] and other OpenAI bosses have suggested that... Read more ›
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Meta is introducing a subscription for expanded access to advanced smart-glasses features. According to Wired, "[U]sers will need the Meta One Premium Plan to unlock expanded access to some features for their smart glasses, whether it's the Ray-Ban, Oakley, or Meta-branded version." They'll still be usable with a subscription, but "certain features will be limited," the report says. From the report: Specifically, a feature called Conversation Focus, which boosts the... Read more ›
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