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• Valve Open-Sources Steam Machine's E-Ink Display

  03-07-2026 22:00 via news.slashdot.org
  Valve has open-sourced the design for a customizable e-ink front panel for the Steam Machine, dubbed the "Inkterface." "All of it is available on their GitLab under the MIT license, which goes over everything you need to make your own and stick it on the front of your fancy new Steam Machine," reports GamingOnLinux. From the report:
  They're now calling it the "Inkterface" and there's a good few things you'll need to make it including:
  1 x Adafruit ESP32 Feather with 2MB PSRAM.
  1 x Adafruit eInk
  
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• New PamStealer macOS Malware Uses Clever Tradecraft To Remain Stealthy

  03-07-2026 17:00 via apple.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have found a never-before-seen piece of macOS malware that combines a series of clever tradecraft to infect Macs with stealthy, custom-developed credential-stealing code. The malware is delivered in two stages. The first is distributed in a disk image that masquerades as Maccy, a clipboard manager for Macs. It's compiled as AppleScript that is notable for the way it delivers the second stage. The malware is named PamStealer becau
  
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• US Life Expectancy On Track To Reach Record High

  03-07-2026 12:00 via news.slashdot.org
  The US age-adjusted death rate fell to a record low in 2025, likely pushing life expectancy to a record high as overdose deaths declined and mortality improved across all age groups. CNN reports: There were about 689 deaths for every 100,000 people in the US in 2025, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the lowest rate recorded in more than a century of tracking. The age-adjusted rate has fallen 22% since 2021, landing about 4% lower than it was jus
  
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• Amazon Has Enough Satellites To Launch Its Starlink Competitor

  03-07-2026 08:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Amazon says its Leo satellite network now has enough spacecraft in orbit to begin limited commercial internet service, with 396 satellites providing "continuous service across initial latitudes." Early performance will likely be uneven, however, and well behind Starlink. "It'll be years before Amazon can boast similar performance numbers as it continues to launch a planned 3,232 Leo satellites," reports The Verge. From the report: SpaceX went live with its "Better than nothing beta" back in 2020
  
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• Sitting For More Than 30 Minutes At a Time Linked To Higher Risk of Cancer Death

  03-07-2026 04:00 via science.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that sitting or lying down while awake for more than 30 minutes in one period each day was associated with an increased risk of cancer death. The risk increases for every additional hour of continuous inactivity, the findings suggest. However, the researchers also found breaking up periods of sedentary behavior longer than 30 minutes with bursts of physical activity could he
  
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