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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2026 12:00 EDT

CEO of America's Largest Public Hospital System Says He's Ready To Replace Radiologists With AI

Mitchell H. Katz, MD, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, said hospitals could already replace many radiologists with AI for some imaging tasks -- if regulators allowed it. He argued the technology presents an opportunity to simultaneously cut costs and expand access. Radiology Business reports: Katz -- who has led the 11-hospital organization since 2018 -- said he sees great potential for AI to increase access to breast... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2026 11:00 EDT

Robotaxi Outage In China Leaves Passengers Stranded On Highways

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: An unknown technical problem caused a number of robotaxis owned by the Chinese tech giant Baidu to freeze on Tuesday in the middle of traffic, trapping some passengers in the vehicles for more than an hour. In Wuhan, a city in central China where Baidu has deployed hundreds of its Apollo Go self-driving taxis, people on Chinese social media reported witnessing the... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2026 07:00 EDT

Startup Pitches 'Brainless Clones' To Serve the Role of Backup Human Bodies

MIT Technology Review discovered that startup R3 Bio has pitched an ethically and scientifically explosive long-term vision beyond its public work on non-sentient monkey "organ sacks": creating human "brainless clones" or replacement bodies for organs as part of an extreme life-extension agenda. From the report: Imagine it like this: a baby version of yourself with only enough of a brain structure to be alive in case you ever need a... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2026 03:00 EDT

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Suffers Mysterious 'Anomaly' In Orbit

A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly," apparently due to an "internal energetic source" rather than a collision. "The incident appears to have created some debris, with fragments likely to fall to Earth over the next few weeks," reports Scientific American. From the report: The satellite lost communication at about 560 kilometers above Earth, Starlink said. While the statement from Starlink, which is a subsidiary... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 23:30 EDT

Russia Goes After VPNs As 'Great Crackdown' Gathers Pace

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Russia is going to further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to get around internet controls and censorship, Russia's digital minister said. In what has been cast by diplomats as Russia's "great crackdown," the authorities have repeatedly blocked mobile internet and jammed major messenger services while giving sweeping powers to cut off mass communications. "The... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 19:00 EDT

Volvo Shifts Polestar 3 Production Entirely To the US

Polestar and Volvo are ending Polestar 3 production in Chengdu, China, and consolidating all output of the electric SUV at Volvo's plant in South Carolina. "The move to consolidate global Polestar 3 production in Charleston help[s] generate efficiencies for both companies, whilst also underscoring our confidence in the plant and the role it plays in our manufacturing footprint," said Hakan Samuelsson, chief executive of Volvo Cars. "The U.S. is a... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 18:00 EDT

Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs Across Sales, Engineering, Security

bobthesungeek76036 shares a report from the Register: Oracle laid off thousands of employees on Tuesday as it ramps spending on AI infrastructure projects internally and with major technology partners. The layoffs were carried out via email, according to copies of the message viewed by Business Insider. The email told affected workers they would be terminated immediately and to provide a personal email for follow-up. The cuts echo a TD Cowen... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 17:00 EDT

Top Brussels Official Urges Europeans To Work From Home, Drive Less As Energy Crisis Deepens

A top EU official is urging Europeans to work from home, drive less, and cut air travel as the bloc braces for a prolonged energy crisis triggered by the Gulf conflict. The European Commission is also pushing member states to accelerate renewables and other energy-security measures as oil and gas disruptions continue. Politico reports: In a speech with echoes of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, EU energy chief... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 16:00 EDT

Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address

Google is rolling out a feature in the U.S. that lets some users change their Gmail address without creating a new account or losing their data. TechCrunch reports: Users who have access to this feature can go to their Google Account settings, navigate to Personal info > Email > Google Account email option. Tap on the "Change Google Account email" button to start the process of changing your username. Users... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 15:00 EDT

Global Ban On Digital Duties Expires After Stalled Talks At WTO Meeting

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A global ban on taxing digital streaming and downloads across national borders expired on Monday, after members of the World Trade Organization concluded an annual meeting without agreeing to extend it. U.S. representatives had pushed to extend the ban, which prevents the more than 160 members of the W.T.O. from issuing duties related to e-commerce. But Brazil and Turkey... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 14:00 EDT

Australia Readies Social Media Court Action Citing Teen Ban Breaches

Australia is preparing possible court action against major social media platforms that are failing to enforce the country's social media ban on under-16s. "Three months after the ban came into effect, the eSafety Commissioner said it was probing Meta's Instagram and Facebook, Google's YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok for possible breaches of the law," reports Reuters. From the report: Communications Minister Anika Wells said the government was gathering evidence "so that... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 13:05 EDT

Claude Code's Source Code Leaks Via npm Source Maps

Grady Martin writes: A security researcher has leaked a complete repository of source code for Anthropic's flagship command-line tool. The file listing was exposed via a Node Package Manager (npm) mapping, with every target publicly accessible on a Cloudflare R2 storage bucket. $ du -hs .35M .$ find -type f | sed 's/^.*\.//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -bVr 1332 ts 552 tsx 18 js There's been a... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 12:00 EDT

Euro-Office Wants To Replace Google Docs and Microsoft Office

Euro-Office is a new open-source project supported by several European companies that aims to offer a "truly open, transparent and sovereign solution for collaborate document editing," using OnlyOffice as a starting point. The project is positioned around European digital independence and familiar Office-style editing, though it has already drawn pushback from OnlyOffice over alleged licensing violations. "The company behind OnlyOffice is also based in Russia, and Russia is still heavily... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 11:00 EDT

US Paves Way For Private Assets To Be Included In 401(k) Retirement Plans

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited proposed rule to open up retirement plans to alternative assets, paving the way for private equity and cryptocurrencies to be added to 401(k) accounts. The measure, announced by the U.S. Department of Labor, is intended to ease longstanding barriers to incorporating these less liquid and less transparent assets into American retirement plans. It follows... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 07:00 EDT

Quadratic Gravity Theory Reshapes Quantum View of Big Bang

Researchers at the University of Waterloo say a new "quadratic quantum gravity" framework could explain the universe's rapid early expansion without adding extra ingredients to Einstein's theory by hand. The idea is especially notable because it makes testable predictions, including a minimum level of primordial gravitational waves that future experiments may be able to detect. "Even though this model deals with incredibly high energies, it leads to clear predictions that... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2026 03:00 EDT

Scientists Shocked To Find Lab Gloves May Be Skewing Microplastics Data

Researchers found that common nitrile and latex lab gloves can shed stearate particles that closely resemble microplastics, potentially "increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution," reports ScienceDaily. "We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none," said Anne McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering. "There's still a lot out there, and that's the problem." From the report:... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 23:30 EDT

AI Data Centers Can Warm Surrounding Areas By Up To 9.1C

An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Andrea Marinoni at the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues saw that the amount of energy needed to run a data centre had been steadily increasing of late and was likely to "explode" in the coming years, so wanted to quantify the impact. The researchers took satellite measurements of land surface temperatures over the past 20 years and cross-referenced them... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 19:00 EDT

Microsoft Plans To Build 100% Native Apps For Windows 11

Microsoft is reportedly shifting Windows 11 app development back toward fully native apps. Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a new team to work on Windows apps. "You don't need prior experience with the platform.. what matters most is strong product thinking and a deep focus on the customer," he wrote. "If... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 18:00 EDT

After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military's most troubled space programs might finally bear fruit. The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, is designed for command and control of the military's constellation of more... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 17:00 EDT

Samsung Is Bringing AirDrop-Style Sharing to Older Galaxy Devices

Samsung is reportedly planning to roll out AirDrop-style file sharing for older Galaxy phones via a Quick Share update. Early reports suggest the feature is appearing on devices from the Galaxy S22 through the S25, though it is not actually working yet. Android Central reports: As spotted by Reddit users (via Tarun Vats on X), a Quick Share app update is rolling out via the Galaxy Store on older Samsung... Read more ›

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