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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 12:10 EDT

What Researchers Suspect May Be Fueling Cancer Among Millennials

Cancer rates among people aged 15 to 49 have increased 10% since 2000 even as rates have fallen among older populations. Young women face an 83% higher cancer rate than men in the same age range. A 150,000-person study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting found millennials appear to be aging biologically faster than previous generations based on blood biomarkers. That acceleration was associated with up to... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 11:29 EDT

Kindle Scribe Redesign Adds Color Model and AI-powered Notebook Features

Amazon today announced three new Kindle Scribe models, its e ink-featuring tables designed for note-taking and reading. The lineup includes the standard Kindle Scribe and a version without a front light alongside the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. The new devices feature an 11-inch glare-free E Ink screen compared to the 10.2-inch display on previous models. Amazon has reduced the weight to 400 grams from 433 grams and made the devices 5.4mm... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 10:56 EDT

Boeing Has Started Working on a 737 MAX Replacement

An anonymous reader shares a report: Boeing is planning a new single-aisle airplane that would succeed the 737 MAX, according to people familiar with the matter, a long-term bid to recover business lost to rival Airbus during its series of safety and quality problems. Earlier this year, Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg met with officials from Rolls-Royce in the U.K., two of the people said, where they discussed a new engine... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 10:06 EDT

'America's Elite Universities Have Lost Their Way'

Trust in America's elite universities has declined sharply over the past decade [non-paywalled source]. A Manhattan Institute survey conducted in June 2025 found that only 42% of Americans have significant trust in higher education, down 15 percentage points from a decade earlier. Trust in Ivy League institutions stands at just 15%. Harvard is considering building trade schools as part of a settlement with the Trump administration. The proposal comes as... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 09:00 EDT

Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain

Camembert writes: In a move that is sure to make Ripple nervous, traditional financial network Swift announced yesterday that it is partnering with Consensys and more than 30 global banks to build a blockchain based network that will run in parallel with its traditional network. Interestingly, unlike XRP, there is no native coin, rather it aims for interoperability (probably using Chainlink with whom the company did case studies for a... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 06:00 EDT

NASA Backs Lunar Wi-Fi Project To Connect Astronauts and Rovers On the Moon

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: NASA has awarded Solstar Space a $150,000 SBIR Phase I contract to develop a Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP). The system is designed to provide wireless connectivity for astronauts, rovers, and orbiting spacecraft as part of the Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services programs. Solstar's goal is to build a space-rated, multi-band, multi-protocol access point that can survive radiation, extreme lunar temperatures, and other... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/30/2025 03:00 EDT

Senators Try To Halt Shuttle Move, Saying 'Little Evidence' of Public Demand

Sen. Mark Kelly and three Democratic colleagues urged appropriations leaders to block funding for moving space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia to Houston, arguing the transfer would waste taxpayer money, risk permanent damage, and restrict public access. The relocation, pushed by Texas senators Cornyn and Cruz under a new law, carries an estimated cost of nearly $400 million. Ars Technica reports: "Why should hundreds of millions... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 23:30 EDT

Climate Change Spurs Rare Hybrid Between Blue Jay and Green Jay

Researchers in Texas confirmed the first documented wild hybrid between a blue jay and a green jay -- a rare pairing that is likely a result of climate change and habitat shifts. Slashdot reader fjo3 shares a report from CNN: "We think it's the first observed vertebrate that's hybridized as a result of two species both expanding their ranges due, at least in part, to climate change," said Brian Stokes,... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 22:20 EDT

Reddit Mods Sued By YouTuber Ethan Klein Fight Efforts To Unmask Them

alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Critics of YouTuber Ethan Klein are pushing back on subpoenas that would reveal their identities as part of an ongoing legal fight between Klein and his detractors. Klein is a popular content creator whose YouTube channel has more than 2 million subscribers. He's also involved in a labyrinthine personal and legal beef with three other content creators and the moderators of a subreddit... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 21:40 EDT

Streameast Reclaims Domain Name Previously Seized By US Government

Pirate sports streaming site Streameast has quietly reclaimed the Streameast.xyz domain after U.S. authorities allowed it to expire, despite having seized it under a federal warrant in 2024. TorrentFreak reports: While researching both old and newly-seized Streameast domains recently, we noticed that Streameast.xyz expired earlier this year. Apparently, it was not renewed by those who controlled it, as the seizure banner was gone. Instead, the domain appeared to have been... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 21:00 EDT

ChatGPT Adds 'Instant Checkout' To Shop Directly In Chat

OpenAI unveiled Instant Checkout, a new ChatGPT feature that lets users buy stuff directly through its chatbot. Currently, the feature supports single-item purchases directly from Etsy sellers, but support for more than one million Shopify merchants is coming soon. It's also only available to U.S. ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Free users at this time. CNBC reports: OpenAI will take a fee from transactions that are completed through ChatGPT, which means... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 20:20 EDT

Buyers of RadioShack Accused of Running $112 Million Ponzi Scheme

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: A pair of e-commerce entrepreneurs who bought a number of well-known retail brands -- including RadioShack, Modell's Sporting Goods and Pier 1 Imports -- out of bankruptcy are accused of running a Ponzi scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday accused Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez, founders of the Miami-based Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), of defrauding investors out of approximately... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 19:40 EDT

FCC Mistakenly Leaks Confidential iPhone 16e Schematics

The FCC mistakenly published a 163-page PDF containing detailed schematics for Apple's upcoming iPhone 16e, despite Apple explicitly requesting indefinite confidentiality to protect trade secrets. AppleInsider reports: A cover letter is also distributed alongside the schematics, addressed to the FCC and dated September 16, 2024. The letter from Apple is a request for the confidential treatment of documents that are filed with the FCC. [...] The letter from Apple requests... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 19:00 EDT

Afghanistan Hit By Nationwide Internet Blackout As Taliban Cuts Fiber Optic Cables

The Taliban have imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, severing fibre-optic connections and cutting off internet, mobile, and satellite services as part of "morality" measures. Netblock is currently tracking the outages. The BBC reports: Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed numerous restrictions in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. Flights from Kabul airport have also been disrupted, according to reports. Several people in Kabul... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 18:20 EDT

Gavin Newsom Signs First-In-Nation AI Safety Law

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols -- marking the end of a lobbying battle with big tech companies like ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Meta and setting the groundwork for a potential national standard. The proposal was the second attempt by the author, ambitious San Francisco Democrat state... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 17:41 EDT

Open Source Android Repository F-Droid Says Google's New Rules Will Shut It Down

F-Droid has warned that Google's upcoming developer verification program will kill the free and open source app repository. Google announced plans several weeks ago to force all Android app developers to register their apps and identity with the company. Apps not validated by Google will not be installable on certified Android devices. F-Droid says it cannot require developers to register with Google or take over app identifiers to register for... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 17:00 EDT

OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator To Require Copyright Holders To Opt Out

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, according to people familiar with the matter. OpenAI began alerting talent agencies and studios about the forthcoming product and its opt-out process over the last week and plans to release the new version in the... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 16:20 EDT

UK Government To Guarantee $2 Billion Jaguar Land Rover Loan After Cyber Shutdown

The UK government will underwrite a $2 billion loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover in a bid to support its suppliers as a cyber-attack continues to halt production at the car maker. BBC: Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the loan, from a commercial bank, would protect jobs in the West Midlands, Merseyside and across the UK. The manufacturer has been forced to suspend production for weeks after being targeted by... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 15:40 EDT

Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It's Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

An anonymous reader shares a report: In a preprint titled "Can LIGO Detect Daylight Savings Time?," Reed Essick, former LIGO member and now a physicist at the University of Toronto, gives a simple answer to the paper's title: "Yes, it can." The paper, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, was recently uploaded to arXiv. That might seem like an odd connection. It's true that observational astronomy must contend with noise... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/29/2025 15:01 EDT

Environmental Damage is Putting European Way of Life at Risk, Says Report

The European way of life is being jeopardized by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU officials warning against weakening green rules. The Guardian: The continent has made "important progress" in cutting planet-heating pollution, according to the European Environment Agency, but the death of wildlife and breakdown of the climate are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy. The seventh edition of the report, which has been published every five... Read more ›

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