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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 10:40 EDT

AT&T To Buy Wireless Spectrum From EchoStar For $23 Billion Cash

AT&T said Tuesday it would buy wireless licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion, after a years-long saga over what the latter would do with its vast spectrum holdings. From a report: EchoStar was reportedly under pressure from regulators and the White House to either start selling its spectrum or potentially lose it. The cash payment is almost three times the size of EchoStar's entire market capitalization. AT&T said the acquired... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 10:00 EDT

AI Is Crushing Young Workers' Employment Prospects, Stanford Study Finds

Entry-level workers in AI-exposed occupations have seen employment drop 13% since late 2022, according to Stanford University research analyzing millions of payroll records. The decline affects software developers, customer service representatives, and administrative assistants aged 22 to 25, while employment for older workers in the same roles continued growing. The study [PDF], based on ADP payroll data covering tens of thousands of firms, found the steepest drops in occupations where... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 09:00 EDT

AbbVie Targets Psychedelic-Based Depression Drug Market With $1.2 Billion Deal

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: AbbVie will buy an experimental depression drug from partner Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals for up to $1.2 billion, the companies said on Monday, seeking to access a fast-growing market for psychedelic-based treatments. The deal is the latest in the more than $20 billion AbbVie has spent on acquisitions since 2023 for drugs that can drive growth as its flagship rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Humira, lost... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 06:00 EDT

Class Action Lawsuit Targets Movie Ownership

Amazon is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it misleads customers by advertising digital movies and TV shows as "purchases," when in reality buyers only receive revocable licenses that can disappear if Amazon loses distribution rights. From the Hollywood Reporter: On Friday, a proposed class action was filed in Washington federal court against Amazon over a "bait and switch" in which the company allegedly misleads consumers into believing they've... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 03:00 EDT

With a New Soyuz Rocket, Russia Seeks to Break Its Ukrainian Dependency

Russia's new Soyuz-5 rocket is set for a December debut as Moscow seeks to end reliance on Ukrainian technology and replace its aging Proton-M fleet. Ars Technica reports: According to the report, translated for Ars by Rob Mitchell, the debut launch of Soyuz-5 will mark the first of several demonstration flights, with full operational service not expected to begin until 2028. It will launch from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan.... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/26/2025 02:00 EDT

Japanese Media Groups Sue AI Search Engine Perplexity Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Two of Japan's largest media groups are suing AI search engine Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement, joining a growing list of news publishers taking legal action against AI companies using their content. FT: Japanese media group Nikkei, which owns the Financial Times, and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said in statements on Tuesday that they had jointly filed a lawsuit in Tokyo. The groups join a number of Western media companies... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 23:30 EDT

Study Shows Which Vehicles Pollute the Least In Every US County

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Greenhouse gas reduction is no longer a priority for the US government, but if you're looking for a new vehicle and want to buy something with the lowest life cycle carbon emissions, you're best off looking for a compact with a small battery. That's one of the findings from a group at the University of Michigan of a comprehensive study that... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 20:20 EDT

Farmers Insurance Data Breach Impacts 1.1 Million People After Salesforce Attack

Farmers Insurance disclosed a breach affecting 1.1 million customers after attackers exploited Salesforce in a widespread campaign involving ShinyHunters and allied groups. According to BleepingComputer, the hackers stole personal data such as names, birth dates, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. From the report: The company disclosed the data breach in an advisory on its website, saying that its database at a third-party vendor was breached on May... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 19:40 EDT

Linux Turns 34

Mark Tyson writes via Tom's Hardware: On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland announced that a new free operating system project was "starting to get ready." Linus Benedict Torvalds elaborated by explaining that the OS was "just a hobby, [it] won't be big and professional like GNU." Of course, this was the first public outing for the colossal collaborative project that is now known... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 19:00 EDT

Biotechs Turn to Digital Coins, Crypto to Boost Stock Prices

Struggling small biotech firms are pivoting into cryptocurrencies, rebranding as "crypto treasuries" or stockpiling digital assets like Ether and Litecoin as a last-ditch effort to boost share prices amid stalled funding and weak drug pipelines. Bloomberg reports: Shares of 180 Life Sciences Corp., now doing business as ETHZilla, tripled after the Peter Thiel-backed company said it had accumulated Ether tokens worth over $350 million. Less than two weeks later, the... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 18:20 EDT

AMD Blames Motherboard Makers For Burnt-Out CPUs

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AMD's X3D-series Ryzen chips have become popular with PC gamers because games in particular happen to benefit disproportionately from the chips' extra 64MB of L3 cache memory. But that extra memory occasionally comes with extra headaches. Not long after they were released earlier this year, some early adopters started having problems with their CPUs, ranging from failure to boot to actual... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 17:40 EDT

Apple Accuses Former Apple Watch Staffer of Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets for Oppo

Apple has filed a lawsuit against former Apple Watch staffer Dr. Chen Shi, alleging that he "conspired to steal Apple's trade secrets relating to Apple Watch and to disclose them to his new employers (Oppo)." The company alleges he downloaded 63 sensitive documents, attended technical meetings, and coordinated with Oppo to transfer proprietary information, though Oppo denies wrongdoing. The Verge reports: Ahead of starting his new job at Oppo, the... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 17:00 EDT

Nvidia's New 'Robot Brain' Goes On Sale

Nvidia has launched its Jetson AGX Thor robotics chip module, a $3,499 "robot brain" developer kit that starts shipping next month. CNBC reports: After a company uses the developer kit to prototype their robot, Nvidia will sell Thor T5000 modules that can be installed in production-ready robots. If a company needs more than 1,000 Thor chips, Nvidia will charge $2,999 per module. CEO Jensen Huang has said robotics is the... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 16:20 EDT

Perplexity Launches Subscription Program That Includes Revenue Sharing With Publishers

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS: Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity has announced a new subscription program called Comet Plus that it said gives users access to premium content from trusted publishers and journalists, while providing publishers with a better compensation model. "Comet Plus transforms how publishers are compensated in the AI age," the company said in a Monday blog post. "As users demand a better internet in the... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 15:39 EDT

FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption

The Federal Trade Commission is warning major U.S. tech companies against yielding to foreign government demands that weaken data security, compromise encryption, or impose censorship on their platforms. From a report: FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson signed the letter sent to large American companies like Akamai, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, Discord, GoDaddy, Meta, Microsoft, Signal, Snap, Slack, and X (Twitter). Ferguson stresses that weakening data security at the request... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 14:45 EDT

Intel Warns US Equity Stake Could Trigger 'Adverse Reactions'

Intel said Monday that converting $8.87 billion in federal chip subsidies into a 10% equity stake creates unprecedented complications and potential "adverse reactions" for a company deriving 76% of revenue internationally. The arrangement transforms Biden-era CHIPS Act grants into share purchases at $20.74 -- a discount to Friday's $24.80 close -- with the Department of Commerce receiving up to 433 million shares by Tuesday's expected closing. Foreign governments may impose... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 14:05 EDT

In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find

Living through extreme heat waves can accelerate your rate of aging, according to research published Monday. From a report: Scientists analyzed 15 years' worth of health data from nearly 25,000 adults in Taiwan and found that two years of exposure to heat waves could speed up a person's so-called biological aging by eight to 12 extra days. It may not sound like a lot, but this number builds over time,... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 13:25 EDT

Google To Require Identity Verification for All Android App Developers by 2027

Google will require identity verification for all Android app developers, including those distributing apps outside the Play Store, starting September 2026 in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand before expanding globally through 2027. Developers must register through a new Android Developer Console beginning March 2026. The requirement applies to certified Android devices running Google Mobile Services. Google cited malware prevention as the primary motivation, noting sideloaded apps contain 50 times Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 12:54 EDT

Perplexity's AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts

Security researchers have uncovered critical vulnerabilities in Perplexity's Comet browser that enable attackers to hijack user accounts and execute malicious code through the browser's AI summarization features. The flaws, discovered independently by Brave and Guardio Labs, exploit indirect prompt injection attacks that bypass traditional web security mechanisms when users request webpage summaries. Brave demonstrated account takeover through a malicious Reddit post that compromised Perplexity accounts w Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 08/25/2025 12:05 EDT

Stock Exchanges Urge Regulators To Crack Down on 'Tokenised Stocks'

A group representing the world's biggest stock exchanges has called on securities regulators to clamp down on so-called tokenised stocks, arguing that the blockchain-based tokens create new risks for investors and could harm market integrity. From a report: Crypto exchange Coinbase and broker Robinhood are among those making a push into the nascent sector that could shake up the securities investing landscape. Proponents say tokenised equities can cut trading costs,... Read more ›

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