15 place 18
Longtime Slashdot reader davidwr writes: Winners of the 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes included studies on hair swirling (natural, not from grade-school bathroom torture), mammals that breath through their anal orifices, and a study on pigeon-guided missiles. There were also prizes for the study of the swimming abilities of a formerly-living trout. "Honors" were also bestowed for research in coin-flipping (no, it's not 50/50), why cows spew milk, and drunken worms, among other topics. Prizes included $10
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Slashdot
Drake's company Frozen Moments has filed a petition claiming that Universal Music Group and Spotify falsely boosted Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Read more ›
4,126 fresh
The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
1,652 fresh
Would higher taxes on Earth's elite be more beneficial to the global population's health than all the life-extension science Bezos billions can fund? Read more ›
1,446 fresh
Known for his perfectionism and total dedication to Elon Musk, Omead Afshar has emerged as one of Tesla's most powerful executives. Read more ›
1,123 fresh
The Dyson V15 Outsize is not only the most powerful vacuum in the range, but it's also ideal for larger homes. Read more ›
1,034 fresh
The next live-action Star Wars show is coming hot, a day earlier than planned. Read more ›
905 fresh
Elon Musk's critique of the F-35 sparks debate on manned fighters vs. drones and raises questions about where he'll look to make cuts with DOGE. Read more ›
897 fresh
An anonymous reader shares a report: Softbank-backed online shopping site Meesho has rolled out what it claims is the first GenAI-powered voice bot among Indian e-commerce firms for customer support, paring down some expenses by 75%. Meesho has more than 160 million customers in India, with 80% of them in smaller cities, towns and villages. [...] The Bengaluru-based e-commerce startup said Tuesday its AI bot currently handles 60,000 customer calls... Read more ›
809 fresh
Donald Trump's plans could spark trade wars, fuel volatility, reignite inflation, and spur a flight to safety in markets, analysts said. Read more ›
726 fresh
I took my girlfriend to Morocco for her 40th birthday. We stayed at five-star hotels and did everything we wanted, but with points, I only paid $250. Read more ›
702 fresh
Pokémon Go's next season is named Dual Destiny, and will kick off next week on Tuesday 3rd December. Read more Read more ›
699 fresh
A Russian deserter who guarded nuclear weapons gave the BBC a rare glimpse into the paranoia and surveillance at a top-secret nuclear base. Read more ›
640 fresh
The console has already sold over 30,000 units on Amazon. Read more ›
616 fresh
Threads is testing new features to compete with Bluesky, which is winning over millions of new users. Read more ›
568 fresh
Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. Read more ›
568 fresh
Improvements to the PlayStation 5 Pro patch for Alan Wake 2 are still not ready, despite Remedy today releasing a new update for the game across all platforms. Read more Read more ›
533 fresh
I used my savings and a $15,000 gift from my mom to temporarily move to Italy in my 30s. I learned so much during my "adult gap year" abroad. Read more ›
498 fresh
Realme C75 is the latest member in the maker’s budget C-series. The phone was introduced in Vietnam and features a 6.72-inch IPS LCD (FHD+ 90Hz) and is the first phone to launch with MediaTek’s Helio G92 Max chipset. The new chip is a 4G-only SoC and is likely a revamped Helio G91 with some slight modifications. The rest of the specs include IP69 water and dust resistance, a 50MP main... Read more ›
481 fresh
A major supply chain management company was hit with ransomware, sending ripples throughout the business world. Read more ›
437 fresh
Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina told BI she wasn't offended by Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip's comment that the pageant doesn't need to evolve. Read more ›
437 fresh
Slashdot
According to Business Insider (paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. Now, Microsoft is working to fix the situation, deploying new tools and a guide to address the privacy concerns. The story was highlighted by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. From the report: These updates are designed "to identify and mitigate oversharing and ongoing governance concerns," the company said in a... Read more ›
483
AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to "quit their jobs" and follow it. The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots, Oddity Central reported. The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands. Initially, the act... Read more ›
356
NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found." "Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern." The newly identified substance, named "chloronitramide anion," is produced when water is treated with chloramine, a chemical... Read more ›
107
schwit1 writes: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income below $100,000, parents can expect to pay nothing at all toward the full cost of their students' MIT education, which includes tuition as well as housing, dining, fees,... Read more ›
89
An anonymous reader shares a report: Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News could perform searches for their copyrighted content in its... Read more ›
81
Google has warned websites they will be penalized for hosting marketing content designed to exploit search rankings, regardless of whether they created or outsourced the material. The crackdown on so-called "parasite SEO" targets websites that leverage their search rankings to promote unrelated content, such as news sites hiding shopping coupon codes or educational platforms publishing affiliate marketing material. Chris Nelson from Google's search quality team said the policy applies even... Read more ›
73
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Past corporate-sponsored Hour of Code tutorials for the nation's schoolchildren have blurred the lines between coding lessons and product infomercials. So too is the case again with this year's newly-announced Hour of Code 2024 flagship tutorials, which include Microsoft Minecraft, Amazon Music, and Transformers One movie-themed intros to coding. The press release announcing the tutorials from tech-backed nonprofit Code.org, which organizes the Hour of Code... Read more ›
71
Apple has pushed out security updates that it says are "recommended for all users," after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. From a report: In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two vulnerabilities that "may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems." The bugs are considered "zero day" vulnerabilities because they were unknown to Apple at... Read more ›
71
An anonymous reader shares a report: Plex is beginning to test its "newly reimagined Plex experience," which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms "very soon." Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is "designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface." But don't worry -- while the new version of the app is currently missing... Read more ›
69
Pakistan's IT Industry Association (P@SHA) -- the nation's sole tech biz lobby group -- has warned that government policy could lead to business closures and financial losses among its constituents, and damage the nation's IT exports. From a report: P@SHA's main beef is with a slowing of internet access speeds, and government-imposed service outages. Pakistan went offline in May 2022 around the time of mass political protests and blackouts have... Read more ›
66
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
31% 0 |
Tech Wire Asia
|
14% |
Gizmodo
|
6% 0 |
The Verge
|
5% 0 |
CNET
|
5% 4 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
26.11.2024 10:44
Last update: 10:35 EDT.
News rating updated: 17:34.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular