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Friday "would have been his 38th birthday," writes the EFF, remembering Aaron Swartz as "a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open..." And they add that today the official web site for Aaron Swartz Day honored his memory with a special podcast "featuring those carrying on the work around issues close to his heart," including an appearance by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive.
The first speaker is Ryan Shapiro, FOIA expert and co-founder of the national securit
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When Gaby Lieberman moved in with her boyfriend Elvin Pavlenko, she didn’t think she’d be so closely scrutinized by their neighbors. But from the start, she was fighting an uphill battle: Pavlenko spent his entire life on the same block in Teaneck, New Jersey; when he moved out of his childhood home, he landed…across the […] Read more ›
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The desktop version of Google Earth Pro is being discontinued, with users pointed towards the web and mobile editions. Read more ›
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Instagram has started using images and videos from public profiles for AI content, although users can opt out of it. Read more ›
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A study of 3,854 adolescents tied compulsive gaming symptoms to lower cognitive performance, while longer playtime showed small positive associations with several measured abilities. Read more ›
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Apple has lost its court challenge against EU rules forcing it to open up its platforms to third parties. Read more ›
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These drivers will make it easier for your Steam Deck or Steam Machine to play nicely with Windows 11. However, Valve says it does not offer customer support for 'Windows on Steam Hardware,' and instead points stuck users to the SteamOS recovery instructions. Read more ›
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Hitting an all-time low price at Amazon, 8Bitdo's wireless Pro 2 gaming controller with hall-effect joysticks is 38% off for Prime members. Read more ›
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Привет! Хочу рассказать вам о том, как мы применили продуктовый подход к исследованию опыта разработчиков при работе с Figma, чтобы создать единый стандарт оформления макетов в компании.На Хабре уже есть несколько отличных разборов того, как разные команды наводят порядок в Figma: аннотации, стрелки, сценарии, раскладки макетов и так далее. Я видел материалы Ozon Tech, t2, Иннотех — это классные справочники правил, можно брать и пользоваться. Но, когда в 2024 году... Read more ›
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AI is set to revolutionize the finance and accounting industries, and Xero wants to provide all the tools your business needs. Read more ›
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In Spain, I learned about the long tradition of cooking paella. Bringing that tradition home to Florida helped us connect with neighbors. Read more ›
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Apple is testing devices with Chinese-made DRAM made by CXMT, which reportedly has ties to the People's Liberation Army. Read more ›
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The Redmi Turbo 5 Max launched in January and now the brand is apparently already working on its successor, the Turbo 6 Max. This isn't coming anytime soon, though, as rumor has it that it's been tentatively scheduled for release in January next year. However, thanks to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, we already know what to expect from the Redmi Turbo 6 Max in terms of its screen and... Read more ›
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US companies are increasingly turning to Chinese-made AI models to cut costs, something the government isn't happy about. Read more ›
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, using the world's largest digital camera to image the entire southern sky every few nights. The project is expected to catalog billions of stars and galaxies, track changing and transient objects, and generate an enormous dataset for studying dark matter, galaxy formation, asteroids, and unexpected cosmic phenomena. The New York Times reports: "This is the... 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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