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Special-effects designer Brian Johnson, known for his groundbreaking work on Space: 1999, The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and Aliens, has died at the age of 86. Johnson began his career creating models and explosions for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson productions, later designed the iconic Eagle Transporter, and became one of science fiction cinema's most influential behind-the-scenes artists. Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger remembers the SFX legend, writing: "The Space: 1999 Eagle is one of the great space.
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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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Would you trust your friends to place your likeness in their AI video creations? Read more ›
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Now that Google has announced its Made by Google event for August 12, prepare for a flood of leaks of information onto our plates. Just yesterday, we saw supposed pricing for the new Pixel 11 series and that’s now being followed up with pricing for the Pixel Watch 5. Like with the Pixel 11 series,... Read the original post: Pixel Watch 5 Prices Read more ›
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SPHBM4 promises HBM4-class bandwidth without usage of silicon interposer and CoWoS-like packaging. Read more ›
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As a personal trainer, I like to pick up high-protein and nutritious items at Trader Joe's. I especially love the store's marinated chicken. Read more ›
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Members of Build a Rocket Boy, the development studio behind the often maligned MindsEye, will be picketing outside the studio's Edinburgh offices this Saturday, 11th July. The workers are protesting a fan event the developer is hosting this weekend. Read more Read more ›
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Political operatives in Trumpworld hope that US Senate candidate Graham Platner stays in the race as long as possible. Read more ›
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What if you had a drone that wasn't a buzzy, annoying fly people wanted to swat - but rather a cute dog that runs and jumps? What if it could do tricks on command, and film your tricks as well? What if it could get right back up after a nasty-looking crash, dozens of times […] Read more ›
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The Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in orbit—but we currently have no way to verify that satellites aren't carrying them. Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр! На связи Максим Кацал, руководитель направления автоматизированного тестирования в РТЛабс. Мы с командой на Госуслугах тестируем огромное количество услуг. В каждой из них — тысячи, миллионы сценариев. Писать автотесты руками — безумие, а поддерживать их очень больно.В статье расскажу, как мы научились генерировать тесты прямо из JSON-схемы услуги. JUnit 5 + @TestFactory + рекурсивный обход графа маршрутов. Фреймворк, который сам прокладывает путь пользователя по приложению-конструктору, а пот Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: An Australian beach community was confused -- and later delighted -- by the discovery of six metallic-looking spheres that washed ashore last week. The mystery, and the ensuing attention, prompted a bunch of alien jokes from local residents and businesses. But Australia's space agency put the speculation to rest on Monday, saying that the spheres appeared to be rocket... Read more ›
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It is now July and we are still waiting for Apple to begin its annual Back to School offer in countries like the U.S. and Canada — if it is still coming. In the U.S., Apple launched its Back to School offer in June from 2020 through 2025, but it has waited until July in the more distant past: 2025: June 17 2024: June 20 2023: June 5 2022: June... Read more ›
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Интерфейс можно описывать не только через доступные действия, но и через продолжения, которые он делает более лёгкими. В статье предлагается рамка “архитектуры продолжений”: как после действия один следующий ход становится естественным, а другие остаются возможными, но требуют отдельного усилия. Следующий ход Read more ›
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Scammers are using adult creators’ names to poison trusted government and university websites, while copyright complaints are quietly pushing thousands of malicious pages out of Google. Read more ›
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Одно время я достаточно плотно занялся таким вопросом, как отслеживание упоминаний бренда или околобрендовых запросов, так как работал на позиции, подразумевающей подобную деятельность. Проблема правда заключалась в том, что сама позиция подразумевала такое отслеживание, а собственник бизнеса не подразумевал этого. Он считал, что лишние действия вредят бюджету компании, а так как он в одном лице был и собственником и менеджером и выгодоприобретателем, то и его личному бюджету такие действия вредили... Read more ›
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Amazon today has knocked the price of the 512GB MacBook Neo down to $689.99, from $799.00. This sale is only available in the Indigo color option, and it makes the 512GB model cheaper than the current price of the 256GB model on Amazon. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which... Read more ›
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Before they got to the White House, these US presidents worked as lawyers, journalists, and businessmen. Read more ›
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Global consumer Wi-Fi router shipments have declined 34 percent from their peak in 2021 Read more ›
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How a limited run CPU could open the right doors for Europe's first HPC processors on markets its developers barely hoped to address any time soon. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Space.com: NASA provided an Artemis update today (June 30), announcing new lunar landing contracts for its Moon Base initiative and a surprise new possible rover mission that could be headed to the moon's south pole. During the second monthly update that NASA has provided for its moon base plans, the agency named Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines as the providers of four... Read more ›
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A federal judge rejected Metaâ(TM)s bid to dismiss claims from 29 state attorneys general alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children while concealing the harms. The judge found significant factual disputes that must be decided at trial. The judge also ruled that Meta failed to comply with federal parental notice and consent requirements for children under 13, "and granted summary judgement to the states on that issue,"... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: New PlayStation games will no longer be released on discs from January 2028, the gaming giant has announced. Sony said in a blog post new games would still be able to be bought in shops, but they would come with a digital code. It comes just days after Rockstar announced the hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI would similarly launch without... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect "over the next month," a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to "tighten how automated systems access Reddit." The Reddit employee wrote:... Read more ›
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AleRunner writes: The first fully synthetic cell ("SpudCell") has been created in the Department of Genetics at the University of Minnesota. Strictly speaking, it's described as a "cell-like system constructed entirely from known chemical components that can perform a complete cell cycle." It is able to replicate, but only for approximately five generations. The key advance is that the cell is "built entirely bottom-up from individually purified, non-living components," although... 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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