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• Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month

  09-02-2026 17:01 via yro.slashdot.org
  Discord said today it's rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users' accounts to a "teen-appropriate" experience unless they demonstrate that they're adults. From a report: Users who aren't verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won't be able to speak in Discord's livestream-like "stage" channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive.
  
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• AI Gold Rush is Resurrecting China's Infamous 72-hour Work Week - in US

  09-02-2026 16:14 via slashdot.org
  The AI boom has revived a workplace philosophy that China's own regulators cracked down on years ago: the 72-hour work week, known as 996 for its 9am-to-9pm, six-days-a-week cadence. US startups flush with venture capital are now openly advertising it as a feature, not a bug. Rilla, a New York-based AI company that monitors sales reps in the field, warns applicants on its careers page to expect roughly 70-hour weeks. Browser-Use, a seven-person startup building tools for AI-to-browser interactio
  
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• Age Bias is Still the Default at Work But the Data is Turning

  09-02-2026 15:12 via tech.slashdot.org
  A mounting body of research is making it harder for companies to justify what most of them still do -- push experienced workers out the door just as they're hitting their professional peak. A 2025 study published in the journal Intelligence analyzed 16 cognitive, emotional and personality dimensions and found that while processing speed declines after early adulthood, other capabilities -- including the ability to avoid distractions and accumulated knowledge -- continue to improve, putting peak
  
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• New Raspberry Pi 4 Model Splits RAM Across Dual Chips

  09-02-2026 13:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  The blog OMG Ubuntu reports that a new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. "The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration."
  The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (PCB 13a) adopts a dual-RAM configuration to 'improve supply chain flexibility' and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document. Earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi 4 use a single RAM chip on the top of the board. The new revision adds a second LPDDR4 chip to the underside, wi
  
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• SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says

  09-02-2026 09:34 via science.slashdot.org
  "Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a 'self-growing city' on the moon," reports Reuters, "which could be achieved in less than 10 years."
  SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X social media platform, "but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster."
  Musk's comments echo a Wall Street Journal report on Friday, stating that SpaceX has to
  
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• National Football League Launches Challenge to Improve Facemasks and Reduce Concussions

  09-02-2026 06:34 via science.slashdot.org
  As Super Bowl Sunday comes to a close, America's National Football League "is challenging innovators to improve the facemask on football helmets to reduce concussions in the game," reports the Associated Press:
  The league announced on Friday at an innovation summit for the Super Bowl the next round in the HealthTECH Challenge series, a crowdsourced competition designed to accelerate the development of cutting-edge football helmets and new standards for player safety. The challenge invites invent
  
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• Carmakers Rush To Remove Chinese Code Under New US Rules

  09-02-2026 03:34 via tech.slashdot.org
  "How Chinese is your car?" asks the Wall Street Journal. "Automakers are racing to work it out."
  Modern cars are packed with internet-connected widgets, many of them containing Chinese technology. Now, the car industry is scrambling to root out that tech ahead of a looming deadline, a test case for America's ability to decouple from Chinese supply chains. New U.S. rules will soon ban Chinese software in vehicle systems that connect to the cloud, part of an effort to prevent cameras, microphones
  
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• Amazon Delivery Drone Crashes into Texas Apartment Building

  09-02-2026 00:34 via tech.slashdot.org
  "You can hear the hum of the drone," says a local newscaster, "but then the propellors come into contact with the building, chunks of the drone later seen falling down. The next video shows the drone on the ground, surrounded by smoke..."Amazon tells us there was minimal damage to the apartment building, adding they are working with the appropriate people to handle any repairs." But there were people standing outside, notes the woman who filmed the crash, and the falling drone "could've hit them
  
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