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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 18:00 EDT

Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Mythos', Powerful AI With Major Cyber Implications

"Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model capable of discovering critical vulnerabilities at scale," writes Slashdot reader wiredmikey. "It's already powering Project Glasswing, a joint effort with major tech firms to secure critical software. But the same capabilities could also accelerate offensive cyber operations." SecurityWeek reports: Mythos is not an incremental improvement but a step change in performance over Anthropic's current range of frontier models: Haiku (smallest), Sonnet... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 17:00 EDT

Chrome Is Finally Getting Vertical Tabs

Chrome is finally adding built-in vertical tabs, "which will move the tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier to read full page titles and manage tab groups," reports TechCrunch. The company is also introducing an immersive reading mode for a distraction-free, text-focused experience. From the report: The company notes that the new vertical tabs can be enabled at any time by right-clicking on a Chrome window... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 16:00 EDT

Supreme Court Wipes Piracy Liability Verdict Against Grande Communications

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Following on the heels of the landmark Cox v. Sony ruling, the Supreme Court has vacated the contributory copyright infringement verdict against ISP Grande Communications, ordering the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of the new precedent. [...] The order (PDF) effectively removes the case from the Supreme Court docket, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to take another... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 15:00 EDT

Testing Suggests Google's AI Overviews Tells Millions of Lies Per Hour

A New York Times analysis found Google's AI Overviews now answer questions correctly about 90% of the time, which might sound impressive until you realize that roughly 1 in 10 answers is wrong. "[F]or Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Times conducted this analysis with the help of a startup called Oumi, which itself... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 14:00 EDT

Anthropic Reveals $30 Billion Run Rate, Plans To Use 3.5GW of New Google AI Chips

Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion and disclosed plans to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute starting in 2027. Broadcom will supply the key chips and networking gear for the effort, the company announced. The Register reports: News of the two deals emerged today in a Broadcom regulatory filing that opens with two items of news. One is a "Long Term Agreement... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 13:00 EDT

Cloudflare Fast-Tracks Post-Quantum Rollout To 2029

Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum security plans and now aims to make its entire platform fully post-quantum secure by 2029. "The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected," reports SiliconANGLE. From the report: The decision by Cloudflare to move its post-quantum security roadmap forward comes after Google LLC and research from Oratomic demonstrated significant advances in... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 12:00 EDT

New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina's President Milei

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: President Javier Milei of Argentina promoted a cryptocurrency last year that quickly skyrocketed in value then cratered just as fast, costing investors millions of dollars and setting off a scandal and an investigation. Mr. Milei said he was simply highlighting a private venture and had no connection to the digital coin called $Libra. New evidence is now raising questions... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 11:00 EDT

Stanford Daily Ponders Fate of Bill Gates Namesake Building On April Fools' Day

theodp writes: "Gates Computer Science Building renamed Peter Thiel Center for Panoptic Computing" reads the headline of an April Fools' Day story that ran in the Humor section of The Stanford Daily (with the further disclaimer that "This article is purely satirical and fictitious"). The story begins: "Following revelations that the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, had a longstanding relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Stanford has... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 07:00 EDT

LinkedIn Faces Spying Allegations Over Browser Extension Scanning

LinkedIn is facing allegations that it quietly scans users' browsers for installed Chrome extensions. The German group Fairlinked e.V. goes so far as to claim that the site is "running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history." "The program runs silently, without any visible indicator to the user," the group says. "It does not ask for consent. It does not disclose what it is doing. It reports... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/07/2026 03:00 EDT

China Flies World's First Megawatt-Class Hydrogen Turboprop Engine

Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from Fuel Cells Works: China says the AEP100, a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China, has completed its maiden flight on a 7.5-ton unmanned cargo aircraft in Zhuzhou, Hunan. The 16-minute test covered 36km at 220km/h and 300 meters altitude, with the aircraft returning safely after completing its planned maneuvers. State media described it as the world's... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 23:30 EDT

New Jersey Cannot Regulate Kalshi's Prediction Market, US Appeals Court Rules

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 (PDF) in finding that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 19:00 EDT

OpenAI Calls For Robot Taxes, Public Wealth Fund, and 4-Day Workweek To Tackle AI Disruption

OpenAI is proposing (PDF) sweeping policy changes to help manage the societal disruption caused by advanced AI, including taxes on automated labor, a public wealth fund, and experiments with a four-day workweek. The company said the policy document offered a series of "initial ideas" to address the risk of "jobs and entire industries being disrupted" by the adoption of AI tools. Business Insider reports: Among the core policy suggestions is... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 18:00 EDT

Teardown of Unreleased LG Rollable Shows Why Rollable Phones Aren't a Thing

A teardown video of LG's never-released Rollable phone helps explain why rollable phones never became a real product category: they were likely too expensive, fragile, and complicated to manufacture at scale. "The complexity of the internals would have made the Rollable extremely expensive to manufacture, and it would have demanded a high price tag," reports Ars Technica. "Durability is also a big concern. There's just a lot going on inside... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 17:00 EDT

AP Offers Buyouts As Part of Pivot Away From Newspaper Journalism

The Associated Press is offering buyouts to U.S. journalists "as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s," the not-for-profit outlet reported today. AP says it is making the move from a position of strength, responding to shrinking newspaper revenue and growing demand from digital, broadcast, and tech clients. "The AP is not in trouble," said Julie Pace, executive editor... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 16:00 EDT

Artemis II Astronauts Break Apollo Record For Farthest Distance Humans Have Traveled From Earth

Artemis II has broken the Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth. NASA reports: The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen have set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by a human mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record of 248,655 miles set in 1970. NASA... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 15:00 EDT

Samsung's Messages App Is Shutting Down

Samsung says it will discontinue its Samsung Messages app in July 2026 and is directing Galaxy users to switch to Google Messages instead. Android Central reports: [...] Samsung says users can switch to Google Messages as their default app to maintain a consistent Android messaging experience. The fine print also states that once the app is discontinued, "sending messages via Samsung Messages on your phone will no longer be possible,... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 14:00 EDT

Germany Doxes 'UNKN,' Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: An elusive hacker who went by the handle "UNKN" and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion against victims across the country between 2019 and 2021. Shchukin... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 13:00 EDT

More Americans Are Breaking Into the Upper Middle Class

More Americans have moved into upper-middle-class incomes over the past several decades (source paywalled; alternative source), with new research suggesting that group has grown sharply while the lower and core middle class have shrunk. The Wall Street Journal reports: In 2024, about 31% of Americans were part of the upper middle class, up from about 10% in 1979, according to a report released this year by the right-leaning American Enterprise... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 12:00 EDT

Peter Thiel Is Betting Big On Solar-Powered Cow Collars

Halter, a New Zealand agtech startup now valued at $2 billion, has raised $220 million to expand its AI-powered cattle management system. "Halter is now valued at $2 billion following the Series E, which was led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund with participation from Blackbird, DCVC, Bond, Bessemer, and several others," reports Inc. From the report: alter plans to use the funding to expand its existing footprint in the U.S.,... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/06/2026 11:00 EDT

Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Purposes Only,' According To Microsoft's ToS

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI skeptics aren't the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models' outputs -- that's what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service. Take Microsoft, which is currently focused on getting corporate customers to pay for Copilot. But it's also been getting dinged on social media over Copilot's terms of use, which appear to have been last updated... Read more ›

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