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The FAA plans to replace its 1973 ban on civilian supersonic flight over U.S. land with a noise-based standard, potentially allowing aircraft to exceed Mach 1 as long as they stay below certain sound limits. The agency aims to finalize the rules by mid-2027, opening the door for companies such as Boom Supersonic and Spike Aerospace to operate quieter next-generation passenger jets over land. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shared the notice (PDF) published Tuesday by the FAA. Forbes reports: Technological.
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Abbott suffers two attacks in the same week, and at least one is demanding a ransom payment. Read more ›
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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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Samsung has announced the launch of the Galaxy Card, its first co-branded credit card in the United States, developed in partnership with Barclays and Visa. Designed to compete directly with services like the Apple Card, the financial product aims to strengthen Samsung’s consumer ecosystem by offering specialized perks and deep integration with the Samsung Wallet platform. The Galaxy Card carries no annual fee and is provided as both a virtual... Read more ›
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Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash Lite, and Flash Cyber as it focuses on bringing down AI costs, but competitors have taken the frontier. Read more ›
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X (formerly Twitter) has launched a completely rebuilt Android application, fulfilling a major promise made by Elon Musk nearly a year ago. Available via the Google Play Store, the updated version was designed from scratch to deliver a faster, smoother, and more reliable user experience compared to its predecessor. According to an official statement from the X Engineering team, the application’s underlying codebase has been thoroughly modernized. This architectural update... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Nearly seven years after Apple debuted the Apple Card, Samsung is following the iPhone maker's footsteps with the Galaxy Card, aiming for its own slice of the credit card market. The announcement comes two days before Samsung's second Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, where it's expected to showcase new smartwatches and folding smartphones. The Galaxy Card is issued by Barclays on... Read more ›
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A few years ago, the team at Light shipped the most smartphone-like device they'd ever created. The Light Phone III still kept to its minimalist, no-distractions ethos, but it was a phone-size rectangle with a phone-size touchscreen, a camera, and a number of other features. Some people loved having an almost-smartphone, but Kaiwei Tang, Light's […] Read more ›
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Microsoft has updated the “Leaving Soon” section of the Xbox Game Pass mobile application, confirming that eight more titles will be removed from the service on July 31. This update comes shortly after Microsoft announced the latest additions to its platform, concluding a month marked by significant changes to the gaming library. The upcoming departure follows the removal of 11 games on July 15, bringing the total number of titles... Read more ›
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Do you need to stream Loki's TV show before you watch Avengers: Doomsday? The man behind the God of Mischief tells all. Read more ›
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Bristol-based startup Ponda has raised $2.4m (£1.8m) in seed funding to grow BioPuff, its plant-based, regenerative insulation, and expand its wetland farming network across Europe. Ponda makes biomaterials crafted from regenerative wetland fibres that are designed to help brands reduce impact, restore ecosystems and build truly responsible products. Around the world, drained peatlands release two ... Read more ›
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Dell Technologies Cork recently hosted Minister of State for Trade Promotion, AI and Digital Transformation, Niamh Smyth TD, as part of the Government’s AI Works for Ireland roadshow. The event brought together SMEs, local government representatives, educational partners and technology leaders to discuss the practical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and the opportunities AI presents […] Read more ›
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The latest cellular device for the 'dumb phone' movement will test your dial pad texting skills once more. Read more ›
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Google is launching an AI security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google describes Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as a "cost-efficient and highly capable alternative" to larger, more expensive AI systems, such as the one offered by Anthropic's Mythos. The new model is built upon Gemini […] Read more ›
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Light has unveiled the Light Flip, its first flip phone featuring a classic clamshell design, T9 keypad, 5G connectivity, LightOS, and a distraction-free experience starting at $299. Read more ›
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The Jellyfish Nebula, one of the best-studied supernova remnants in our galaxy, may have been hiding a sibling this whole time. Read more ›
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Nvidia reveals all of the details about its Vera data center CPU, including an architectural breakdown of the Olympus core and the first (unofficial) SPEC CPU 2026 results. Read more ›
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A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so. Read more ›
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As Nvidia continues to roll out Vera, its first custom CPU for agentic AI, it revealed that its last-gen Grace design has seen mass deployments, even as a standalone CPU for non-agentic workloads. Read more ›
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New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, pausing construction for one year over concerns that AI-driven data center growth is raising utility bills, straining water supplies, and burdening communities. "As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it's my responsibility to take action and lead," said New York... Read more ›
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IBM shares plunged after the company warned that Q2 revenue and earnings would miss expectations, blaming customers' sudden shift in spending toward AI hardware instead of software services. However, CEO Arvind Krishna did not place all the blame on IBM's customers. The CEO also said it "faltered" by failing to "anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization." "These conditions require our teams to execute perfectly, and this quarter we faltered.... Read more ›
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OnePlus will reportedly announce this week that it is shutting down its brand in the U.S. and Europe, following months of signs that parent company Oppo was winding down the brand's global presence. India and China are reportedly unaffected, but it's unclear whether Oppo will replace the brand directly in those markets. The move also raises questions about future support for existing OnePlus users. 9to5Google reports: WinFuture reports that OnePlus... Read more ›
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Today, the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents, APIs, and applications, based on Coinbase's contributed x402 protocol. Backed by companies including AWS, American Express, Cloudflare, Google, Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa, the effort aims to make payments work directly over HTTP (assuming users are comfortable letting AI agents handle financial transactions). "The whole idea is to give agents access to money and, through that... Read more ›
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Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis is calling for a U.S.-led AI standards body to review frontier models for national security risks such as cybersecurity and biological threats. His proposal would create a federally overseen public-private organization, initially voluntary and eventually mandatory for U.S. deployment. CNBC reports: Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate, said in an article posted on X on Tuesday that "urgent action" was needed to address... Read more ›
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A lawsuit from 26 Meta employees alleges the company used AI-driven scoring and monitoring systems to select workers for layoffs, disproportionately targeting employees with disabilities or those who had taken protected medical, family, pregnancy, or parental leave. "Meta did not assemble the termination list through the considered judgment of managers who knew the work. Instead, Meta used a constellation of internal artificial-intelligence systems -- including a system referred to internally... Read more ›
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Google Images is getting a Pinterest-like redesign that turns image search into a personalized discovery feed, with "For You" galleries, real-time updates, and collections for saving visual ideas. "Google is also adding a way for users to create AI images right in Search, as it celebrates 25 years since the debut of Google Images," reports TechCrunch. From the report: After navigating to the redesigned Google Images, users will see a... Read more ›
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OpenAI is reportedly developing a screen-free, portable smart speaker meant to act as a personalized home computer and humanlike AI companion. "It will help control smart-home appliances, play media, answer questions, respond to messages and tap into the range of capabilities offered by OpenAI's ChatGPT," reports Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The device, expected to be unveiled this year and released in 2027, would mark OpenAI's first major... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the build-up to the Iran War, as well as in the early days of the conflict, according to Financial Times. The Iranian government exploited Signaling System 7, or SS7, a set of protocols for 2G and 3G networks that has long been the backbone of... Read more ›
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The House voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide and end the twice-yearly clock change. The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, "where one G.O.P. leader said it was unclear whether it could move ahead and at least one Republican appears inclined to try to block it," reports The New York Times. Some sleep experts oppose permanent daylight saving... Read more ›
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