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Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: "Every US intelligence agency still unanimously maintains that Covid-19 was not developed as a biological weapon," CNN reported today.
But what about the possibility of an accidental leak (rather than Covid-19 originating from wild animal meat traded the Wuhan Market)? "The agency has for years said it did not have enough information to determine which origin theory was more likely."
CNN notes there's suddenly been a new announcement "just days" after the CIA's new dir
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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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The Lumix S9 is an attractive and capable full-frame camera that's perfect for my needs — especially at this price. Read more ›
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OYO Files UDRHP For ₹6,650 Cr IPO OYO is making its third attempt at the Indian bourses. The hospitality unicorn’s… Read more ›
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История открытия Америки Христофором Колумбом звучит как хороший сценарий для фильма. История открытия Америки викингами ещё до Колумба звучит как ещё один хороший сценарий для фильма. Есть и более прозаичная третья версия, о которой вы, скорее всего, никогда не слышали, потому что она наиболее вероятна, и при этом в слишком невыгодном свете выставляет историю официальную и её авторов.Задолго до Колумба ...Португальцы открыли острова Зелёного Мыса около 1460-го года, а Азорские... Read more ›
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An Indiana State Trooper recently went viral on social media for pointing out something you shouldn't do that a great many drivers don't seem to know. Read more ›
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Shares are priced at $25 in the deal underwritten by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Jefferies Read more ›
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Earlier this month, a leak revealed the fact that Nothing was working on the Ear (3a) TWS earbuds. Today, the company has confirmed their existence, and also revealed when they are becoming official. Rather unsurprisingly, the Nothing Ear (3a) will be unveiled at the same time as the Nothing Phone (4b), on July 7. Only dating DJs this summer.Ear (3a)7 July, 11:00 BSTShot on Nothingw/ Phone (4b) pic.twitter.com/srMb5bykNe— Nothing (@nothing)... Read more ›
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Huawei has begun selling the MatePad Pro Max in Germany, pairing its ultra-thin flagship tablet with free accessories, extended warranty, and productivity-focused software. Read more ›
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The Busy Bar display will finally go on sale in July. It looks irresistibly productive, but $249 is just too much Read more ›
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Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glasses' Conversation Focus feature will soon be limited to three hours of use per month, unless you pay for a $19.99 Meta One Premium subscription. […] Read more ›
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From old PCs to dusty printers, here's where to drop off your outdated tech without paying a cent. Read more ›
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While SUVs and other boxy cars often come with rear wipers, most do not. Why is this, since water and dirt can disrupt the view of any driver? Read more ›
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Feeling nostalgic at a certain age? Then you might remember one or all of these five classic cars that will take you back to to your youth. Read more ›
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Mumbai-based private equity firm Ananta Capital has acquired a majority stake in D2C startup Phitku via a combination of primary… Read more ›
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Anthropic announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration had lifted its controls on the cutting-edge AI model. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A tech sell-off shook global markets on Tuesday as attention turned away from developments in the US war with Iran and toward the future of AI companies and chipmakers that have driven stock markets to record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index closed 2.2% lower on Tuesday. The S&P 500 was also down by Tuesday afternoon, dropping 1.43% while the Dow remained... Read more ›
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fjo3 shares a report from the AFP: The latest heatwave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace. Britain, France, Italy and Spain have issued red alerts and health warnings for much of their territory this week as the region endures its second heat episode since May. Here is a look at... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: If you consumed a wild mushroom and suddenly started seeing tiny people around you, you might reasonably assume it contained a familiar psychedelic. But that does not appear to be the case with Lanmaoa asiatica, known locally as jian shou qing, a mushroom species sold in markets in Yunnan, southwestern China. When eaten undercooked, the mushroom can produce vivid visions of miniature people --... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader Mark Round writes: Longtime reader here (since mid-1999 -- Hot Grits! Oog the Caveman! Beowulf clusters!), and I can still remember posting back on Slashdot's own 5th anniversary. Time's rolled on: my own blog just turned 25, and it's now roughly 40 years since I first sat down at a computer. So I went digging through archive.org, old backups, and a box of ZIP disks, and wrote... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited "tremendous interest" among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities and energy companies. The nuclear plants could begin construction by 2030 and... Read more ›
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A peer-reviewed Nature critique argues that Microsoft's 2025 Majorana quantum-computing breakthrough -- and its claim that it could enable "a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years" -- is fundamentally flawed. According to Dr Henry Legg, a lecturer at the University of St Andrews, the claims were undermined by omitted data, selective plotting, and basic Python errors that concealed alternative results. Microsoft, for... Read more ›
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In an exit interview with The Financial Times (paywalled), former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company seriously considered buying Twitter, explored a potential merger with Apple, and pursued the James Bond franchise during his tenure. The Verge reports: According to Iger, Disney came close to buying Twitter from co-founder Jack Dorsey "at a very attractive price," sometime prior to Elon Musk buying the social media platform in 2022 and... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Barron's: Walmart is signing a long-term contract to buy nuclear power for the first time ever, a promising sign that the industry's future is supported by more than just the AI data center boom. The retail giant agreed on Tuesday to buy power from a nuclear plant in Illinois owned by Constellation Energy for its operations in the area, including its stores and... Read more ›
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OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeno, OpenAI's first custom AI chip, designed primarily to handle inference for ChatGPT and other services. It's a major step in OpenAI's plan to "build the full stack behind its models and products," says OpenAI. "By designing more of the stack ourselves, we can serve more intelligence with greater efficiency and keep pushing advanced AI toward broader access." CNBC reports: The chip with Broadcom is... Read more ›
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Rockstar Games has revealed the price of Grand Theft Auto VI to be $79.99, and confirmed that the physical versions of the game won't include a disc. Instead, they'll contain a one-time download code when it launches November 19. "Not only is that a disappointing decision for people who like to own physical games, but given the scale of the next GTA, it also sets a bad precedent for the... Read more ›
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