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• Can Amazon Spread Its Cashierless 'Just Walk Out' Technology to Other Stores?

  06-10-2024 23:58 via slashdot.org
  
  Amazon launched "cashierless checkout" stores In 2018, reports CNBC — but by 2020 it was licensing the "Just Walk Out" technology to other stores in airports, hospitals, and stadiums.
  In April, Amazon announced it was removing cashierless checkout from its U.S. Fresh stores and Whole Foods locations... In place of Just Walk Out, which typically requires ceiling-mounted cameras, shelf sensors and gated entry points, Amazon Fresh stores and Whole Foods supermarkets will feature Dash Carts. T
  
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• Pine64's Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet is Making a Return

  06-10-2024 21:46 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  "Pine64 has confirmed that its open-source e-ink tablet is returning," reports the blog OMG Ubuntu:The [10.1-inch e-ink display] PineNote was announced in 2021, building on the success of its non-SBC devices like the PinePhone (and later Pro model), the PineTab, and PineBook devices. Like most of Pine64's devices, software support is largely tackled by the community. But only a small batch of developer units were ever sold, primarily by enthusiasts within the open-source community who had the kn
  
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• UK Post Office Executive Suspended Over Allegations of Destroying Software Scandal Evidence

  06-10-2024 19:59 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The British Post Office scandal "was first exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered due to Horizon accounting software," remembers Computer Weekly, "which led to the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history."
  But now the Post Office "is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry," Compu
  
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• New JWST Data Explores 'Hubble Constant' Tension for Universe's Expansion Rate

  06-10-2024 18:34 via science.slashdot.org
  
  "Scientists can't agree on the exact rate of expansion of the universe, dictated by the Hubble constant," a new article at Space.com reminds us:The rate can be measured starting from the local (and therefore recent) universe, then going farther back in time — or, it can be calculated starting from the distant (and therefore early) universe, then working your way up. The issue is both methods deliver values that don't agree with each other. This is where the James Web Space Telescope (JWST)
  
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• Google Starts Adding Anti-Theft Locking Features to Android Phones

  06-10-2024 17:34 via it.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget:Three new theft protection features that Google announced earlier this year have reportedly started rolling out on Android. The tools — Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock — are aimed at giving users a way to quickly lock down their devices if they've been swiped, so thieves can't access any sensitive information. Android reporter Mishaal Rahman shared on social media that the first two tools had popped up on
  
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• Hobbyist Builds a Modern System That Still Runs MS-DOS

  06-10-2024 16:34 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  He's the long-time Slashdot reader who installed Linux on a 1993 PC — and then installed a 1994 version of MS-DOS on a modern Thinkpad X13. (And somewhere along the way, he even built a ChatGPT client for DOS...)
  But in a new blog post, yeokm1 reveals "I recently built myself a PC," salvaging parts from a previous desktop system to bootstrap an upgrade. And "I decided to build one with the ability to still reach back into the past to run MS-DOS..."
  The result? A Ryzen 5 7600 and GeForce 40
  
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• Brazil's Top Court Says X Paid Pending Fines to Wrong Bank

  06-10-2024 12:46 via slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters:Brazil's Supreme Court said on Friday that lawyers representing social media platform X did not pay pending fines to the proper bank, postponing its decision on whether to allow the tech firm to resume services in Brazil.
  The payment of the fines, which X lawyers argued that the company had paid correctly, is the only outstanding measure demanded by the court in order to authorize X to operate again in Brazil... Earlier on Friday, X, owned by b
  
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• China Trained a 1-Trillion-Parameter LLM Using Only Domestic Chips

  06-10-2024 08:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  "China Telecom, one of the largest wireless carriers in mainland China, says that it has developed two large language models (LLMs) relying solely on domestically manufactured AI chips..." reports Tom's Hardware.
  "If the information is accurate, this is a crucial milestone in China's attempt at becoming independent of other countries for its semiconductor needs, especially as the U.S. is increasingly tightening and banning the supply of the latest, highest-end chips for Beijing in the U.S.-China
  
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• iOS and Android Security Scare: Two Apps Found Supporting 'Pig Butchering' Scheme

  06-10-2024 04:32 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  "Pig Butchering Alert: Fraudulent Trading App targeted iOS and Android users."
  That's the title of a new report released this week by cybersecurity company Group-IB revealing the official Apple App Store and Google Play store offered apps that were actually one part of a larger fraud campaign. "To complete the scam, the victim is asked to fund their account... After a few seemingly successful trades, the victim is persuaded to invest more and more money. The account balance appears to grow rapid
  
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• License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

  06-10-2024 02:32 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Wired reports on "AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and trucks, initially designed to capture license plates, but which are now photographing political lawn signs outside private homes, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper stickers — all while recordi00ng the precise locations of these observations..."The detailed photographs all surfaced in search results produced by the systems of DRN Data, a license-plate-recognition (LPR) company owned by
  
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• How Mossad Planned Its Exploding Pager Operation: Inside Israel's Penetration of Hezbollah

  06-10-2024 00:59 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The Washington Post interviewed Lebanese officials, people close to Hezbollah, and Israeli, Arab and U.S. security officials and politicians about a years-long plan (originated at Mossad headquarters) that ultimately killed or maimed "as many as 3,000 Hezbollah officers and members — most of them rear-echelon figures... along with an unknown number of civilians... when Israel's Mossad intelligence service triggered the devices remotely on September 17."In the initial sales pitch to Hezboll
  
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