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The UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, mysteriously shifted from its original orbit above East Africa to a new position over the Americas, likely due to a mid-1970s command whose origins remain unknown. "The question is who that was and with what authority and purpose?" asks the BBC. From the report: "It's still relevant because whoever did move Skynet-1A did us few favours," says space consultant Dr Stuart Eves. "It's now in what we call a 'gravity well' at 105 degrees West longitude, wandering backwards an
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There's a lot to love about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but one of its most impressive and remarked-upon technical aspects is undoubtedly its advanced rendering of characters' hair. Read more Read more ›
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Google has launched its dedicated Gemini artificial intelligence app for iPhone users, expanding beyond the previous limited integration within the main Google app. The standalone app offers enhanced functionality, including support for Gemini Live and iOS-specific features like Dynamic Island integration. The new app allows iPhone users to interact with Google's AI through text or voice queries and includes support for Gemini Extensions. A key feature is Gemini Live, which... Read more ›
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“One of the biggest growth levers”: UK government announces plans to mobilise £80bn from pension funds for investment Read more ›
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Capcom's Resident Evil 2 remake will launch on Apple devices on December 10, making it the fourth Resident Evil title to arrive on Apple's mobile platforms. The game will be available as a free download with a trial version, after which players can purchase the full game. While pricing hasn't been officially announced, it's likely to cost between $19.99 and $59.99, based on other Resident Evil titles on the App... Read more ›
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Xbox is thinking about future hardware, and it might not just be another box attached to your TV. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told Bloomberg the team is considering its own gaming handheld — but it’s years away. In an earlier interview with IGN, Spencer had mentioned a hypothetical “Xbox gaming handheld PC device,” which now appears to be in the early research and prototyping stage. The Xbox boss said... Read more ›
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Digital agritech holds promise for climate action and gender equality. Adoption remains low, with only six percent of farmers using digital tools. Agriculture is both a driver of and vulnerable to climate change, and digital technology is stepping in as a possible game-changer. In Southeast Asia—places like Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and the... Read more » Read more ›
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Thanks to more mainstream influencers, a new, desirable, imitable aesthetic has emerged—and this time it wears a MAGA hat. Read more ›
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed Microsoft is currently working on handheld prototypes. Read more ›
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The world's wealthiest man is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and he has a number of other roles across his many companies. Read more ›
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While overall toy sales are in decline, sales driven by nostalgic adults are on the rise, representing 17% of US toy sales last year, per Circana. Read more ›
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Gazelle Wind Power, a developer of floating offshore wind platform technology, has secured an €11.4M round led by Indico Capital Partners, a premier investor in ocean related sustainable technologies.... Read more ›
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Elon Musk's X has tapped former Tubi executive Mahmoud Reza Banki as the platform's first public chief financial officer since his takeover. Read more ›
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Samsung could hold its next Galaxy Unpacked on January 23, 2025 in San Francisco, according to leaks and reports. Read more ›
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My parents offered me money, but I wanted to be seen as independent. When I accepted that I had a financial safety net, I made progress in my career. Read more ›
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People awarded its inaugural Sexiest Man Alive title to Mel Gibson in 1985. This year, the honor was bestowed upon John Krasinski. Read more ›
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Iran has given Russia short-range ballistic missiles, the US said. These weapons give Russia more firepower and flexibility to hammer the front. Read more ›
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Apple is facing an almost £3 billion ($3.78 billion) lawsuit after British consumer group Which? on Thursday alleged that the company breached competition law by locking millions of its customers out of its iCloud service and charging them "rip-off prices." Apple users receive 5GB of free storage to back up photos, messages, and other content, and are then encouraged to pay for the service once they exceed the limit. Prices... Read more ›
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TeamViewer's chief product and technology officer describes how the company uses artificial intelligence to boost IT support and ensure data privacy. Read more ›
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Jean Kang spent a decade in Big Tech at dream companies like Meta, Pinterest, Intuit, and LinkedIn. This year, she quit to become a solopreneur. Read more ›
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Travel expert Maria Nuzzolillo reveals Italy's hidden gems for offseason visits, highlighting festivals and seasonal foods in the Campania region. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A few months ago, Anthropic quietly hired its first dedicated "AI welfare" researcher, Kyle Fish, to explore whether future AI models might deserve moral consideration and protection, reports AI newsletter Transformer. While sentience in AI models is an extremely controversial and contentious topic, the hire could signal a shift toward AI companies examining ethical questions about the consciousness and rights of... Read more ›
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40% of AI data centers will face operational constraints due to power shortages by 2027 as AI drives unprecedented energy consumption, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. Data center power requirements for AI-optimized servers are projected to reach 500 terawatt-hours annually by 2027, more than double 2023 levels, as companies rapidly expand facilities to handle large language model training and implementation. The surge in power demand will outpace utility providers'... Read more ›
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Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion batteries — and they're also more environmentally friendly. And "In the past few years, sodium-ion battery production has increased in the United States," reports the Washington Post, with a new factory planned to manufacture them "in the same way as lithium-ion batteries, just with different ingredients. Instead of using expensive materials like lithium, nickel and cobalt, these will be made of sodium, iron and... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader DesScorp writes: The Washingtonian magazine reports that yet another company is ending most remote work for its employees. The Post's previous policy from 2022 until now had been 3 days in office, 2 days remote. The employee union for the paper, the Washington Post Guild, will oppose the mandate. The union sent members a defiant email, according to the article. "Guild leadership sees this for what it... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Oregon Live: Intel told employees this week that it will bring back free coffee and tea at its work sites, one of many benefits the chipmaker eliminated last summer as it sought to slash $10 billion from its annual budget. "Although Intel still faces cost challenges, we understand that small comforts play a significant role in our daily routines," Intel wrote on its... Read more ›
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Major retailers are considering embedding radio-emitting threads into clothing as a novel anti-theft measure amid soaring retail crime rates, according to Bloomberg, citing industry sources. The technology, developed by Spanish firm Myruns, uses conductive ink derived from cellulose to create threads five times thinner than human hair that can trigger security alarms. Zara owner Inditex has discussed implementing the system, though the company says it has no plans for in-store... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader Geoffrey.landis writes: Despite its impressive output, a recent study from MIT suggests generative AI doesn't have a coherent understanding of the world. While the best-performing large language models have surprising capabilities that make it seem like the models are implicitly learning some general truths about the world, that isn't necessarily the case. The recent paper showed that Large Language Models and game-playing AI implicitly model the world,... Read more ›
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Android Authority's Rita El Khoury argues that the decline in punctuation use and capitalization in social media writing, especially among younger generations, can largely be attributed to the iPhone keyboard. "By hiding the comma and period behind a symbol switch, the iPhone keyboard encourages the biggest grammar fiends to be lazy and skip punctuation," writes El Khoury. She continues: Pundits will say that it's just an extra tap to add... Read more ›
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The UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, mysteriously shifted from its original orbit above East Africa to a new position over the Americas, likely due to a mid-1970s command whose origins remain unknown. "The question is who that was and with what authority and purpose?" asks the BBC. From the report: "It's still relevant because whoever did move Skynet-1A did us few favours," says space consultant Dr Stuart Eves. "It's now in... Read more ›
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A pre-dawn statewide alert about an officer shooting in Hall County triggered over 4,500 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission. The 4:52 a.m. "Blue Alert" on October 4 awakened millions of Texans, many living hundreds of miles from the incident location, to notify them about suspect Seth Altman. Air traffic controllers, healthcare workers, and other professionals reported safety concerns from sleep disruption, according to records obtained by 404 Media. Multiple... Read more ›
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