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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan ''Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020'' (S. 4646), which would help protect Americans' First and Fourth Amendment rights by preventing a president from using emergency powers to unilaterally take control over or deny access to the internet and other telecommunications capabilities. Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares an excerpt from the announcement: In a World War II-era amendment to Section
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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 says a future software update will bring advanced Galaxy AI features, including AI-powered call screening, to the Galaxy S25 lineup. Read more ›
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The MacBook Neo is pitched as the budget laptop for everyone, but can it handle real work? We have your answer. Read more ›
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The MSI MAG A1200PLS PCIE5 delivers strong cold efficiency numbers and excellent build presentation, but a thermal weakness at high load, a questionable 80Plus Platinum claim, and a steep asking price temper an otherwise capable unit. Read more ›
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Когда решение вести блог принято, перед каждым будущим автором немедленно встает следующий вопрос: где? Или, точнее — в чём?Я думал, что решение этого вопроса тривиально и займёт не больше пяти минут. На самом деле я залип почти на неделю, потому что современный мир предлагает нам много вариантов. Вы можете согласиться с моим выбором или сделать свой собственный. Эта кроличья нора оказалась достаточно глубока — и я хочу дать вам путеводитель,... Read more ›
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Решил высказаться на эту тему, так как часто вижу, что профессионализм сотрудников у многих вызывает вопросы. Сейчас как раз то время, когда ФНС вышла на «первую полосу» новостной повестки и общего информационного тренда, заявляя о себе как о передовой цифровой службе, которая буквально всё видит и за всеми следит. Во многом общий новостной фон сейчас демонизирует службу и одновременно приукрашивает её достижения и возможности. Но при этом могу абсолютно точно... Read more ›
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Я выпустил вторую версию PHP-веб-панели для управления Amnezia VPN. Теперь это не просто интерфейс к одному серверу, а полноценная система управления VPN-инфраструктурой: 9 протоколов, роли, лимиты, метрики, резервные копии, Docker-управление удаленными хостами и REST API для автоматизации. Проект открыт и доступен на GitHub. Читать далее Read more ›
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Сейчас каждый второй стартап пилит ИИ-агентов. Мы оборачиваем LLM в цикл Промпт -> Вызов инструмента -> Ответ и ждем, что нейросеть сама расследует инцидент, найдет баг или напишет фичу. Но на практике автономные агенты часто ходят по кругу, игнорируют явные ошибки и «влюбляются» в свою первую догадку.Индустрия пытается лечить это костылями: наращивает контекст до миллионов токенов или заставляет модель «подумать шаг за шагом» (Chain-of-Thought). Я решил проверить эту архитектуру на... Read more ›
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If you’re shopping for a wireless mouse that’ll help you multitask more easily, Logitech’s MX Master 4 is easily one of the best and most comfortable options available. It’s rarely discounted, but the black version is currently down to $99.99 ($20 off) at Newegg with code TRWF233. While it offers similarly quiet clicks and long […] Read more ›
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Fino Payments Bank’s board has approved the appointment of former RBI executive Abhilash Ankathil as the listed fintech major’s chief… Read more ›
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Today, I’m talking with Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco. Cisco is one of those big companies that everyone has heard of but that most of us don’t have to interact with very much; it’s not really a consumer brand. But all of us are in some way using Cisco’s products and services every day because […] Read more ›
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Shopping for tires can get very expensive, which is why some will turn to budget tire brands like Kelly. Are the brand's tires any good, though? Read more ›
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Before you take your electric G-Wagon for its next off-roading excursion, you may want to stop by an authorized dealer. The German automaker issued a recall for every Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ technology with the 2025 model year, as first spotted by InsideEVs. According to the recall on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website, the current wheel bolts could "allow a wheel to loosen or detach from the vehicle,"... Read more ›
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LinkedIn calls it a smear campaign, but does not deny scanning people's browsers for extensions. Read more ›
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Oracle named Schneider Electric’s former chief financial officer Hilary Maxson to be CFO, the first time in years the software-and-cloud giant has had a CFO. Maxson’s appointment comes as Oracle has borrowed heavily to fund a huge investment in AI data centers. Maxson, who had announced her ... Read more ›
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China’s AI race just took a turn that could reshape how the industry thinks about chips, control, and independence. DeepSeek’s upcoming V4 model is expected to run on Huawei-designed processors, marking a clear break from reliance on U.S. hardware. The ... Read more ›
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From violent ejection to possible capture, here's how US aircrew train to survive even before they've hit the ground. Read more ›
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A high-end AM5 platform bundle that not only cuts costs but also includes a free 240mm AIO cooler and a bundled game. Read more ›
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SpaceX executives say its Starlink Mobile direct-to-cell service offered through mobile carriers will eventually reach hundreds of millions of customers around the globe, which would help justify SpaceX’s valuation. But right now, the service’s revenue is tiny. T-Mobile, for instance, SpaceX’s only mobile partner in the U.S., is offering its customers access to Starlink Mobile in exchange for paying SpaceX a total of around $100 million as it hits service... Read more ›
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For the "foreseeable future," Sony says it has stopped accepting new orders for most of its CFexpress and SD memory card lines due to the an ongoing memory supply shortage. "Due to the global shortage of semiconductors (memory) and other factors, it is anticipated that supply will not be able to meet demand for CFexpress memory cards and SD memory cards for the foreseeable future," the company said in a... Read more ›
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Microsoft Copilot is reportedly injecting promotional "tips" into GitHub pull requests, with Neowin claiming more than 1.5 million PRs have been affected by messages advertising integrations like Raycast, Slack, Teams, and various IDEs. From the report: According to Melbourne-based software developer Zach Manson, a team member used the AI to fix a simple typo in a pull request. Copilot did the job, but it also took the liberty of editing... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In an effort to gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna's Archive and other shadow libraries. According to several authors, Meta facilitated the infringement of others by "seeding" these torrents. This week, the court granted the authors permission to add these claims to their complaint, despite openly scolding their counsel for "lame excuses" and... Read more ›
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fjo3 shares a report from France 24: Too many lines of code to analyze, armies of AI assistants to wrangle, and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI adopters. Consultants at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have dubbed the phenomenon "AI brain fry," a state of mental exhaustion stemming "from the excessive use or supervision of artificial intelligence tools, pushed beyond our cognitive limits." The rise of... Read more ›
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OkCupid and parent company Match Group settled an FTC case dating back to 2014 over allegations that the dating app shared users' photos and other personal data with a third party without proper disclosure or opt-out rights. Engadget reports: According to the FTC, OkCupid's privacy policy at the time noted that the company wouldn't share a user's personal information with others, except for some cases including "service providers, business partners,... Read more ›
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Samsung is reportedly planning to roll out AirDrop-style file sharing for older Galaxy phones via a Quick Share update. Early reports suggest the feature is appearing on devices from the Galaxy S22 through the S25, though it is not actually working yet. Android Central reports: As spotted by Reddit users (via Tarun Vats on X), a Quick Share app update is rolling out via the Galaxy Store on older Samsung... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military's most troubled space programs might finally bear fruit. The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, is designed for command and control of the military's constellation of more... Read more ›
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Microsoft is reportedly shifting Windows 11 app development back toward fully native apps. Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a new team to work on Windows apps. "You don't need prior experience with the platform.. what matters most is strong product thinking and a deep focus on the customer," he wrote. "If... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Andrea Marinoni at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues saw that the amount of energy needed to run a data centre had been steadily increasing of late and was likely to "explode" in the coming years, so wanted to quantify the impact. The researchers took satellite measurements of land surface temperatures over the past 20 years and cross-referenced them... Read more ›
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Researchers found that common nitrile and latex lab gloves can shed stearate particles that closely resemble microplastics, potentially "increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution," reports ScienceDaily. "We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none," said Anne McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering. "There's still a lot out there, and that's the problem." From the report:... Read more ›
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