<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[ICT - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest ICT news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Google Ordered To Put Clearer Links In AI Search, Let UK Publishers Opt Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: UK regulators today ordered (PDF) Google to put clearer attributions and links to publishers' content in its AI-generated search features. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also said Google must give publishers a way to opt out of AI features in search. "In a world first, publishers will now have effective tools to prevent their content being used to power AI features in search, such as AI Overviews," the CMA said today. "This]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Says Goodbye to Its Longtime Mars MAVEN Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission after the Mars orbiter stopped responding in December, apparently after an unexpected spin drained its batteries and knocked out communications. Launched in 2013 and orbiting Mars since 2014, MAVEN spent more than a decade studying how the planet lost its atmosphere and helped explain how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable world into the cold, dry planet seen today. The New York Times reports: The NASA spacecraft MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-says-goodbye-to-its-longtime-mars-maven-mission/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-says-goodbye-to-its-longtime-mars-maven-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's New Stargate Series Is Officially Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has reportedly killed its planned new Stargate series despite giving it a series order in 2025. According to Variety, studio executives were worried it would only appeal to longtime fans. ScreenRant reports: Reports of what became Gero's Stargate series started in 2022, after Amazon acquired MGM Studios. Dean Devlin, who co-wrote the 1994 Stargate movie with Emmerich, was another executive producer for the Amazon show, as were Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell via Safehouse Pictures. The proje]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-new-stargate-series-is-officially-dead/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-new-stargate-series-is-officially-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demand Is Booming For New No Tech, Repairable Tractor]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere's repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, repairable, "no-tech" tractor to solve what has become a gigantic pain point for farmers? Alberta's Ursa Ag says that it has be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/demand-is-booming-for-new-no-tech-repairable-tractor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/demand-is-booming-for-new-no-tech-repairable-tractor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fedora Linux 43 Exposes 20-Year-Old Microsoft Outlook Security Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Fedora Linux 43 users upgrading to the latest Dovecot mail server discovered something rather unsettling: some older Microsoft Outlook configurations may have been silently ignoring SSL/TLS settings for POP3 email connections for years. According to a Fedora community blog post, affected Outlook clients reportedly continued using insecure port 110 connections even when encryption was enabled in the application settings. The issue surfaced after Dovecot 2.4 disabled plaintext]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedora-linux-43-exposes-20-year-old-microsoft-outlook-security-failure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedora-linux-43-exposes-20-year-old-microsoft-outlook-security-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Plots To Abandon US Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, with the caption: "shutting down Microsoft Office for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was clearly a wake-up call." From the report: The EU is moving to counter American dominance in technology by reaching for one of the oldest tools in its arsenal: industrial strategy. As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe's reliance on the foreign technology providers that underpin the modern economy, it was c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-plots-to-abandon-us-tech/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-plots-to-abandon-us-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBook Neo production from 5 million to 10 million units after stronger-than-expected demand for its $599 budget laptop. MacRumors reports: On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. [...] Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macbook-neo-is-so-popular-that-apple-reportedly-doubled-production/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macbook-neo-is-so-popular-that-apple-reportedly-doubled-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Launches 'Gemma 4 12B' AI Model That Can Run On Your Laptop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on devices equipped with just 16GB of VRAM, making advanced AI more accessible to developers, researchers and businesses. The launch highlights a gro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-launches-gemma-4-12b-ai-model-that-can-run-on-your-laptop/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-launches-gemma-4-12b-ai-model-that-can-run-on-your-laptop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Shares Fitbit Air Blueprints So Anyone Can 3D-Print Accessories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has released (PDF) technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the Fitbit Air to encourage users to make their own accessories. "These CAD drawings include crucial mating dimensions, tolerances, and mating force specifications -- including attach and detach force -- to help you build a high-quality accessory band," Google says on a store page listing. 9to5Google reports: Noting how the "community has already come up with innovative and creative new ideas to make the Fitbit Air [their] own" si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-shares-fitbit-air-blueprints-so-anyone-can-3d-print-accessories/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-shares-fitbit-air-blueprints-so-anyone-can-3d-print-accessories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans Linux Tools, RTX Spark Desktop For Windows Devs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft's opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other closely related technologies. [...] On the hardware front, we didn't get any updates for existing Surface devices (not counting yesterday's Surface Laptop Ultra announcement), but we did get something new: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is "a compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-devs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-devs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Workers Can Opt Out of Workplace Tracking for Up to 30 Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is scaling back parts of its employee tracking initiative after staff objected to software that collected mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and other actions for AI training data. According to Reuters, the company will now let workers pause collection for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions. Reuters reports: [Stephane Kasriel, a vice president in Meta's AI model-building Superintelligence Labs unit] said the team behind the software had also introduced "several optimizations" to redu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-workers-can-opt-out-of-workplace-tracking-for-up-to-30-minutes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-workers-can-opt-out-of-workplace-tracking-for-up-to-30-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Claims New Quantum Chip 1,000 Times Better Than Before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft says its new Majorana 2 quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor, with qubits lasting about 20 seconds instead of milliseconds, and claims it could have a commercially useful quantum machine by 2029. The BBC reports: "We will have a quantum machine in 2029 that can solve commercially viable, reasonable problems," said Zulfi Alam, corporate vice president of Microsoft Quantum. That would still require huge further advances as such a device would require millions of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-claims-new-quantum-chip-1000-times-better-than-before/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-claims-new-quantum-chip-1000-times-better-than-before/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Android Gets Fake Call Detection That Uses RCS]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Phone by Google wants to combat the "growing threat of impersonation scams" and protect Android users against "sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks" with fake call detection. [...] Fake call detection requires that both parties are on Android and use the Phone by Google app, while Google Messages and Google Contacts also have to be installed. When a contact calls, their phone "sends a silent confirmation signal in real time to your devic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-gets-fake-call-detection-that-uses-rcs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-gets-fake-call-detection-that-uses-rcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks To Robots, Ukraine Is Now Talking About Winning, Not Just Surviving]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from Defense One: A small but growing number of European officials and analysts are saying what four years ago was unthinkable: Ukraine isn't just surviving its grueling war with Russia, it is in some ways thriving and may even be on a path to victory. This isn't yet captured in headlines -- for example, about last weekend's barrage of Russian drones and missiles around Ukraine -- but in the details, like how some 90 percent were intercepted. Several long-term trends have sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thanks-to-robots-ukraine-is-now-talking-about-winning-not-just-surviving/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thanks-to-robots-ukraine-is-now-talking-about-winning-not-just-surviving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Science Foundation's $368 million Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of more than 900 deep-sea instruments used to monitor ocean currents, marine ecosystems, carbon absorption, heat waves, fisheries, coastal flooding, and climate change. The NSF said it would send ships in June to begin the removal of the instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-dismantle-ocean-monitoring-system/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-dismantle-ocean-monitoring-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The platform, dubbed "Project Solara," is Microsoft's bet that AI will open up entirely new scenarios for computing -- using agents to avoid the constraints of traditional software, and off-the-sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-os-for-devices-that-run-ai-agents-instead-of-apps/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-os-for-devices-that-run-ai-agents-instead-of-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematicians Warn of AI Threats to Profession As Industry Encroaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Leiden Declaration, endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and published on June 2, 2026, warns that AI could undermine mathematics by flooding the field with plausible but flawed proofs, weakening attribution, shifting incentives, and giving tech companies too much influence over research priorities. "Mathematicians should find it quite striking that tech companies are suddenly interested in their work," said Kevin Buzzard, a mathematician at Imperial College London, in a statem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Parliament Ditches Google For French Search Firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Parliament is replacing Google with French search engine Qwant as the default on in-house computers, citing digital sovereignty and privacy concerns. Politico reports: As of Thursday June 4, "Qwant will replace Google as default search engine on European Parliament computers," officials told lawmakers in an email seen by POLITICO. The change is being made "in line with the Parliament's commitment to digital sovereignty and the protection of users' personal data." The search-engine s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-firm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Spy Agency Says Foreign Spies Turned Officials' Smartphones Into Surveillance Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence services compromised smartphones belonging to senior Russian officials, allegedly turning them into surveillance devices capable of stealing data, recording conversations, and activating microphones or cameras. "This software is used to steal existing data, eavesdrop on ongoing conversations, and conduct covert acoustic and video monitoring of the environment near electronic devices, all aimed at obtaining sensitive information," the FSB said. The Registe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spy-agency-says-foreign-spies-turned-officials-smartphones-into-surveillance-devices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spy-agency-says-foreign-spies-turned-officials-smartphones-into-surveillance-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Deliberately Bricking All Office For Mac 2019/2021 Installations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac will reportedly drop into "reduced functionality mode" on July 13, 2026, when a license-validation certificate expires, leaving perpetually licensed apps able to open files but not edit or save them. Slashdot reader joshuark shares a report from OSnews: "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026) is a scheduled remote degradation of perpetually-licensed Microsoft Office software for macOS and iOS, set for July 13, 2026 when a license]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-deliberately-bricking-all-office-for-mac-20192021-installations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-deliberately-bricking-all-office-for-mac-20192021-installations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Unveils Scout, an Autonomous AI Agent Built On OpenClaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unveiled Scout, an experimental always-on AI "autopilot" agent for Microsoft 365 that can operate across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, calendars, contacts, browsers, and external apps via MCP. "Autopilots stay active in the background, understand how work gets done across your apps and systems, and take action without needing to be prompted each time," said Omar Shahine, a Microsoft veteran who recently announced he is leading a new team to bring OpenClaw-based personal ass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-unveils-scout-an-autonomous-ai-agent-built-on-openclaw/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-unveils-scout-an-autonomous-ai-agent-built-on-openclaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Signs AI Executive Order Asking Companies To Give Government Early Access To Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence companies to provide models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release. The order asks companies, on a voluntary basis, to participate in a benchmarking process to assess a model's "advanced cyber capabilities" and determine whether it should be considered a "covered frontier model." It then asks for access to those models u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-signs-ai-executive-order-asking-companies-to-give-government-early-access-to-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-signs-ai-executive-order-asking-companies-to-give-government-early-access-to-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adafruit Pauses Blog After Demand Letter From Flux.ai's Lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Matt_Bennett shares a blog post from Adafruit: Adafruit received at 10:38 p.m. ET on May 22, 2026 a letter from former FBI chief of staff, Jonathan F. Lenzner, and partner at Fenwick &amp; West LLP, counsel for Flux, demanding, among other things, that Adafruit refrain from publishing an article addressing what the letter characterizes as false and potentially defamatory claims about Flux, including statements about Flux's intellectual property, commercial traction and u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adafruit-pauses-blog-after-demand-letter-from-fluxais-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adafruit-pauses-blog-after-demand-letter-from-fluxais-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[User-Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back In a Big Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[New EU battery rules taking effect early next year are pushing tech makers toward user-replaceable batteries in products like headphones, e-readers, handheld consoles, laptops, and possibly earbuds. But carve-outs for smartphones and tablets may mean replaceable batteries won't necessarily return to phones in the way many users remember. The Verge's Dominic Preston reports: Since the upcoming law doesn't actually come into force until February 18th, 2027, companies still have plenty of time to g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/user-replaceable-batteries-are-coming-back-in-a-big-way/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/user-replaceable-batteries-are-coming-back-in-a-big-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub Copilot Users React To New Usage-Based Pricing System]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their previous "normal" usage is burning through their newly limited monthly allotment of AI credits. Across social media and forums, many Copilot user]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Requests Permission to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes In California and Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has asked the EPA for permission to release up to 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years. The effort is part of the company's Debug program, which uses Wolbachia-infected males to reduce populations of disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Google cites a similar approach in Singapore that helped suppress mosquito populations and reduce dengue cases. The Guardian reports: As part of its successful "Debug" program, Google is tapping into its tech e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-requests-permission-to-release-32-million-mosquitoes-in-california-and-florida/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-requests-permission-to-release-32-million-mosquitoes-in-california-and-florida/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Adds Another Huge Solar Farm As ERCOT Grid Demand Soars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas is adding another large solar project as ERCOT electricity demand rises. According to Electrek, Vesper Energy has secured $236 million in financing for its 201 MW Nazareth Solar farm in Swisher County, which will be capable of generating enough electricity for about 53,000 homes. The project is expected to begin construction in June 2026 and come online in fall 2027. From the report: Nazareth Solar will sit on more than 2,400 acres of private land and generate enough electricity to power a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/texas-adds-another-huge-solar-farm-as-ercot-grid-demand-soars/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/texas-adds-another-huge-solar-farm-as-ercot-grid-demand-soars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remote Work, Not AI, Has Sidelined Recent College Graduates, Research Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The buzz on college campuses is that AI is disrupting the job market for young college graduates. But new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that the culprit may be something else: remote work. An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech company, reveals that companies are less likely to hire recent college grads into occupations that can be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remote-work-not-ai-has-sidelined-recent-college-graduates-research-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remote-work-not-ai-has-sidelined-recent-college-graduates-research-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After The Raid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty years after Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay's Stockholm data center and seized its servers, the site remains online. In fact, the 2006 crackdown arguably made it more famous, helping turn it into "one of the most resilient and iconic websites on the internet," reports TorrentFreak. From the report: On May 31, 2006, less than three years after The Pirate Bay was founded, 65 Swedish police officers entered a datacenter in Stockholm. They had instructions to take the site's servers offl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-pirate-bay-remains-resilient-20-years-after-the-raid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-pirate-bay-remains-resilient-20-years-after-the-raid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supply Chain Compromises Impact Nx Console and GitHub Repositories]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA is prioritizing the response to multiple emerging software supply chain intrusion campaigns targeting developer ecosystems Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines. These recent incidents, including the GitHub compromise via a malicious Nx Console Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension and the &ldquo;Megalodon&rdquo; supply chain intrusion campaign, demonstrate how cyber threat actors are abusing tools and processes that support enterprise, cloud, and DevOps environme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supply-chain-compromises-impact-nx-console-and-github-repositories/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supply-chain-compromises-impact-nx-console-and-github-repositories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds on How AI is Impacting the Hunt for Linux Kernel Bugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds spoke this week at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America, reports ZDNet &mdash; and described how AI is impacting Linux kernel development:"In the last six months, we've seen a lot more commits," Torvalds noted, estimating that "the last two releases, it's been about 20% more commits than we had in the previous releases over many years.... The real change that happened in the last six months was that the AI tools actually got good enough for a lot of people... we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-how-ai-is-impacting-the-hunt-for-linux-kernel-bugs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-how-ai-is-impacting-the-hunt-for-linux-kernel-bugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD (Xilinx) is Excluding Linux From the Free Tier For Its FPGA Dev Tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader Sun writes:AMD has announced a change to the way they are licensing Vivado, their FPGA development tool... Hidden between the lines of the announcement [of a new model starting with the 2026.1 release] is the change to the free of charge tier. AMD is adding more devices to be supported in this tier, which is supposedly the carrot. The stick, however, is the removal of certain debug features.The thing that's likely to hit the hobbist community the worst, however, is that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amd-xilinx-is-excluding-linux-from-the-free-tier-for-its-fpga-dev-tool/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amd-xilinx-is-excluding-linux-from-the-free-tier-for-its-fpga-dev-tool/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Layoffs Haven't Increased, and New Tech Industry Hiring Balances Firings]]></title><description><![CDATA["The numbers show that layoffs in the U.S. are roughly at or below levels from before the pandemic," reports the Washington Post, "although they are higher than in 2022 when businesses snapped up workers as the economy roared back to life...<br />
"A different measure that accounts for the growing U.S. workforce shows that layoffs affected about 1.2% of employed people in March, a number that has been steady for years outside of the pandemic..."In the technology industry, where Meta and other companie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-layoffs-havent-increased-and-new-tech-industry-hiring-balances-firings/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-layoffs-havent-increased-and-new-tech-industry-hiring-balances-firings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air France, Airbus Guilty of Corporate Manslaughter In 2009 Air France 447 Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader UnknowingFool shares this report from the BBC:Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer "solely and entirely responsible" for the incident, in which flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The passenger jet stalled during a storm and plunged into the water, killing all on board. A court had previously]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/air-france-airbus-guilty-of-corporate-manslaughter-in-2009-air-france-447-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/air-france-airbus-guilty-of-corporate-manslaughter-in-2009-air-france-447-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Software Foundation's Call for 'LibreLocals' Answered on Six Continents - With More Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Free Software Foundation announced this week that "its global call for free software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free software supporters organizing forty-six LibreLocal events on six continents thus far." (And new dates and locations are being added daily.)The FSF invited free software supporters to organize in-person community meetups in their area during May 2026, or LibreLocal month, to bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/free-software-foundations-call-for-librelocals-answered-on-six-continents-with-more-coming/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/free-software-foundations-call-for-librelocals-answered-on-six-continents-with-more-coming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friday Google's AI-Powered Search Results Glitched on the Word 'Disregard']]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday TechCrunch reported they could no longer Google the word "disregard".<br />
Google's AI Overview responded "Understood. Let me know whenever you have a new prompt or question!" below an icon for hearing the word "disregard" pronounced &mdash; then displayed several inches of blank whitespace."The Merriam-Webster link is still in there, but you have to scroll..."<br />
Earlier this week, Google rolled out a completely new Search experience, foregrounding AI summaries and kicking the traditional "10]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/friday-googles-ai-powered-search-results-glitched-on-the-word-disregard/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/friday-googles-ai-powered-search-results-glitched-on-the-word-disregard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Say the Worst Climate Future is Less Likely. But the Best One is Also Slipping Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Citing new research, the Associated Press reports that "modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating."That's the good news. But the same research "also confirmed that there's no chance to limit warming to the international goal set in 2015."Researchers' new list of seven plausible carbon pollution scenarios for the future are pushing aside two staples of climate policy: the extremes on either end. The extremes have become less probable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-say-the-worst-climate-future-is-less-likely-but-the-best-one-is-also-slipping-away/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-say-the-worst-climate-future-is-less-likely-but-the-best-one-is-also-slipping-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands as Root]]></title><description><![CDATA[Qualys's Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered and published a logic flaw in Linux kernel "that permits an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several major distributions." Friday their blog pointed out "The bug has resided in mainline Linux since November 2016 (v4.10-rc1)."<br />
"Upstream patches and distribution updates are already available."Working exploits are circulating publicly, and administrators should ap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-flaw-lets-unprivileged-users-access-root-only-files-execute-arbitrary-commands-as-root/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-flaw-lets-unprivileged-users-access-root-only-files-execute-arbitrary-commands-as-root/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech CEOs Call for a Universal Basic Income. But What are the Alternatives?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington Post looks at arguments that "AI's coming upheaval may demand massive infusions of cash to everyday Americans". But they also look at some of the alternatives:Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for similar public-relief measures, including, potentially, universal basic income, or UBI. Eventually "our current economic setup will no longer make sense," he wrote in a blog post, adding that "there will be a need for a broader societal conversation about how the economy should be or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-ceos-call-for-a-universal-basic-income-but-what-are-the-alternatives/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-ceos-call-for-a-universal-basic-income-but-what-are-the-alternatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caltech Could Lose Control of JPL For First Time In Decades]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA plans to open competition for the contract to operate JPL for the first time in nearly a century, meaning Caltech's historic role managing the iconic deep-space lab could come to an end when its current agreement expires in 2028. According to JPL, Caltech has managed the lab since the its inception in the 1930s, and has done so for NASA since the agency was established in 1958. Space.com reports: According to the JPL statement, Caltech has been preparing for this possible transition since l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/caltech-could-lose-control-of-jpl-for-first-time-in-decades/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/caltech-could-lose-control-of-jpl-for-first-time-in-decades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Releases Second Batch of UFO Videos, First-Hand Testimony]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon released a second batch of UAP files, including 50 videos and documents showing unexplained objects over the Middle East, Syria, Iran, and in NASA recordings. Despite the reports, the agency stresses that it has found no evidence of extraterrestrial origin. The Guardian reports: In one video from the Middle East in 2019, taken "likely from an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform operating within the US Central Command area of responsibility," according to the Pentagon, thre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-releases-second-batch-of-ufo-videos-first-hand-testimony/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-releases-second-batch-of-ufo-videos-first-hand-testimony/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX's Upgraded Starship V3 Launches For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 launched today from Starbase, Texas, for the first time, successfully deploying 22 dummy Starlink satellites and completing a planned fiery splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Reuters reports: The towering vehicle, consisting of the upper-stage Starship astronaut vessel stacked atop a Super Heavy booster rocket, blasted off at about 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday (2230 GMT) from SpaceX facilities in Starbase, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville. A live SpaceX webcast]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacexs-upgraded-starship-v3-launches-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 02:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacexs-upgraded-starship-v3-launches-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google API Keys Remain Active After Deletion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aikido Security found that deleted Google API keys can continue authenticating for a median of about 16 minutes and as long as 23 minutes, despite Google Cloud's UI claiming that once a key is deleted it can no longer make API requests. Dark Reading reports: Joe Leon, researcher at Belgian startup Aikido Security, recently analyzed the revocation window -- the time between a key's deletion and its last successful authentication -- for the cloud giant's API keys. In a blog post published today, L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-api-keys-remain-active-after-deletion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-api-keys-remain-active-after-deletion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Streamers Must Pay 15% of Revenues To Canadian Content, CRTC Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's broadcast regulator says major streaming services such as Netflix must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian and Indigenous content. "That's three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by major streamers, including Apple and Amazon," reports Global News. "Contribution requirements for traditional broadcasters, which currently pay between 30 and 45 percent, will be lowered to 25 percent." From]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-streamers-must-pay-15-of-revenues-to-canadian-content-crtc-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-streamers-must-pay-15-of-revenues-to-canadian-content-crtc-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTSB Wants PDF Removed After It Exposed Final Cockpit Audio From UPS Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NTSB temporarily closed public access to nearly all investigation dockets after people used a spectrogram image from a PDF in the UPS flight 2976 crash file to reconstruct approximate cockpit voice recorder audio and post it online. "We show our work and we've been doing this type of thing for years. Nobody was aware that you can recreate audio from a picture," a spokesperson for the board said. "NTSB is looking to make sure there's nothing else in the docket that could compromise anybody's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ntsb-wants-pdf-removed-after-it-exposed-final-cockpit-audio-from-ups-crash/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ntsb-wants-pdf-removed-after-it-exposed-final-cockpit-audio-from-ups-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Mobile Exposed Customers' Personal Data, Including Phone Numbers and Home Addresses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump Mobile confirmed that a third-party platform exposed customers' personal data to the open internet. The data included names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and order IDs. TechCrunch reports: Chris Walker, a spokesperson for the Trump-branded phone maker, told TechCrunch that the company is investigating the exposure and has not found evidence that content or financial information spilled online. The company said there was no breach of Trump Mobile's network, systems, or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-mobile-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-mobile-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify, UMG To Let Fans Make Their Own Music With AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Billboard: Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a licensing deal for recorded music and publishing rights, enabling Spotify to launch generative AI music models in the future. With this deal, Spotify's models will allow fans to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating artists and songwriters signed to UMG. The new deal was announced on Thursday (May 21) as part of Spotify's Investor Day presentation, and the compan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-umg-to-let-fans-make-their-own-music-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-umg-to-let-fans-make-their-own-music-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Cannes Film Cost $500,000 to Make. $400,000 Was AI Compute Costs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Higgsfield AI is debuting a 95-minute fully AI-generated film at Cannes called "Hell Grind" that reportedly cost $500,000 to make, $400,000 of which was spent on compute alone. The project took just two weeks to produce and is intended to showcase the startup's AI production tools. But it also underscores the current limits of AI filmmaking: thousands of detailed prompts, endless iteration, high costs, and plenty of traditional filmmaking judgment were still required. The Wall Street Journal rep]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-cannes-film-cost-500000-to-make-400000-was-ai-compute-costs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-cannes-film-cost-500000-to-make-400000-was-ai-compute-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venmo Redesign Makes New Users' Posts Friends-Only by Default]]></title><description><![CDATA[Venmo is testing a major redesign that will make new users' payment posts viewable by their friends by default instead of being public. The Verge reports: It's a notable update for a platform that has struggled with privacy in the past. In 2021, BuzzFeed News tracked down President Joe Biden's Venmo account and the accounts of people in his inner circle because Venmo, at the time, had no way to keep your Venmo contacts private. It fixed that soon after.As part of the redesign, if you're a new us]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/venmo-redesign-makes-new-users-posts-friends-only-by-default/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/venmo-redesign-makes-new-users-posts-friends-only-by-default/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Chip Workers To Get $340,000 Average Bonus In AI Boom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung is reportedly set to pay chip-division workers an average bonus of about $340,000 after reaching a tentative deal with its union, according to Bloomberg (paywalled). The deal ended a standoff that "could have cost the economy as much as 1 trillion won ($658 million) daily, with losses potentially multiplying to 100 trillion won ($68 billion) if in-progress semiconductor wafers were rendered unusable," reports Quartz. From the report: The agreement, subject to a union ratification vote ru]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-chip-workers-to-get-340000-average-bonus-in-ai-boom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-chip-workers-to-get-340000-average-bonus-in-ai-boom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment Thursday at a House committee markup hearing that would prohibit any recipient of federal highway funding from using automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling -- a sweeping restriction that, if adopted, would bring an immediate end to state and local ALPR programs across the United States. The amendment, obtained first by WIRED, is sponsored by Representative Scott Perry, a Pennsy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve Wozniak Tells Graduates They All Have 'AI': Actual Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[While other commencement speeches have been met with boos for hyping up artificial intelligence, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak reminded college graduates that they already posses "AI" of their own: "actual intelligence." He framed AI as an attempt to duplicate brain-like routines, and encouraged students to "think different" as they enter a workforce being reshaped by automation. Business Insider reports: Steve Wozniak did what other college graduation commencement speakers couldn't this year: e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-wozniak-tells-graduates-they-all-have-ai-actual-intelligence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-wozniak-tells-graduates-they-all-have-ai-actual-intelligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Least 80% Responsibility For Ill Health In Old Age Down to Individual, Study Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Oxford Longevity Project report argues that individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for ill health in old age. "The report (PDF), launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commonly understood," reports The Guardian. "The authors call on the government to take legislative action on alcohol comparable to restrictions on smoking." From the report: Living Longer, Better -- the Oxford Longev]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/at-least-80-responsibility-for-ill-health-in-old-age-down-to-individual-study-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/at-least-80-responsibility-for-ill-health-in-old-age-down-to-individual-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&amp;amp;T Sues California In Bid To Stop Offering Traditional Phone Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: AT&amp;T on Wednesday filed suit (PDF) against California officials seeking a court order declaring it does not have to continue offering traditional copper wire phone service to new customers as it vowed to spend $19 billion on modern telecom services. California requires the U.S. wireless carrier to spend $1 billion annually to maintain a century-old telephone network that few use, AT&amp;T said, saying the network now serves just 3% of househo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-sues-california-in-bid-to-stop-offering-traditional-phone-service/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-sues-california-in-bid-to-stop-offering-traditional-phone-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Zillow Listings In Chicago Have Vanished]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of Chicago-area Zillow and Trulia listings disappeared after Midwest Real Estate Data cut off Zillow's access to its feed, "in the latest escalation of a legal battle with Lisle-based Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED)," reports the Chicago Sun-Times. "The fight is over MRED's private listing network, where homes for sale are shared among real estate professionals. And MRED followed through on a threat to cut Zillow's access to its listing data feed." From the report: There were nearly 5,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-zillow-listings-in-chicago-have-vanished/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-zillow-listings-in-chicago-have-vanished/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vivaldi 8.0 Arrives With 'Most Significant Design Overhaul' In Browser's History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vivaldi 8.0 is being pitched as the browser's "most significant design overhaul" yet, featuring a new unified, edge-to-edge interface, six preset layouts, and deeper customization across tabs, toolbars, panels, and themes. The company is also taking a swipe at rivals chasing questionable AI features. Neowin reports: After updating to version 8.0, Vivaldi will present you with the ability to select one of the six pre-built styles. You can select a minimal edge-to-edge theme, one with the UI fully]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vivaldi-80-arrives-with-most-significant-design-overhaul-in-browsers-history/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vivaldi-80-arrives-with-most-significant-design-overhaul-in-browsers-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Calls Off AI Executive Order Over Concern It Could Weaken US Tech Edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump called off a planned AI executive order just hours before a signing ceremony because he said he was worried the framework could slow America's lead over China. "We're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead," Trump told reporters. The Associated Press reports: The order would have established a framework for the government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems before their public releas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flipper One Could Be the Ultimate Linux Cyberdeck]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Flipper Devices has finally revealed Flipper One, a Linux-powered cyberdeck that sounds less like a gadget and more like an attempt to rebuild portable ARM computing from the ground up. Unlike Flipper Zero, which focuses on offline protocols like RFID and Sub-1 GHz radio, Flipper One is all about networking, modular hardware, SDR experimentation, local AI, and upstream Linux kernel support. The company says it wants to build "the most open and best-documented ARM computer in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/flipper-one-could-be-the-ultimate-linux-cyberdeck/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/flipper-one-could-be-the-ultimate-linux-cyberdeck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US To Award $2 Billion To Quantum Companies, Take Equity Stakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Quantum Insider: The Trump administration is preparing a new round of industrial policy aimed at quantum computing, with roughly $2 billion in grants expected to go to nine companies developing quantum hardware and related technologies. According to Reuters, citing a Wall Street Journal report, the U.S. Department of Commerce plans to distribute the funding through deals that also give the federal government equity stakes in the companies receiving th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-to-award-2-billion-to-quantum-companies-take-equity-stakes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-to-award-2-billion-to-quantum-companies-take-equity-stakes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify Will Start Reserving Concert Tickets For Fans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new feature that will set aside concert tickets for Premium subscribers it identifies as an artist's most dedicated fans based on streams, shares, and other activity. "Getting concert tickets today can feel like a race you're set up to lose," Spotify wrote in a post on Thursday. "You show up at the right time, refresh endlessly, and still miss out. Too often, the experience is stressful, unpredictable, and disconnected from what should matter most: whether real]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-will-start-reserving-concert-tickets-for-fans/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-will-start-reserving-concert-tickets-for-fans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo Pauses Atlanta Service As Its Robotaxis Keep Driving Into Floods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo has paused service in Atlanta after one of its driverless cars entered a flooded street and got stuck. It follows a similar pause in San Antonio that prompted a recent software recall (PDF) over flood avoidance. TechCrunch reports: Waymo admitted that it hadn't finished developing a "final remedy" for avoiding flooded areas when it issued its software recall last week. Instead, the company said that it shipped an update to its fleet that placed "restrictions at times and in locations where]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-pauses-atlanta-service-as-its-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-pauses-atlanta-service-as-its-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Hires Analyst With Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has hired games analyst and investor Matthew Ball as Xbox's new chief strategy officer. With a long track record of analyzing the video game market and industry's biggest shifts, Ball's background could help Xbox rethink its hardware and console strategy at a moment when competition is tougher than ever. Engadget reports: Ball is a venture capitalist and tech industry consultant with a well-documented history of analyzing emerging digital economies and the video game market. He was mos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-hires-analyst-with-influential-video-game-blog-to-fix-xbox/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-hires-analyst-with-influential-video-game-blog-to-fix-xbox/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Claims It Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdos in 1946. If this sounds familiar to you, it's because this isn't the first time OpenAI has made such a bold claim. Seven months ago, the AI giant's former VP Kevin Weil posted on X: "GPT-5 found solutions to 10 (!) previously unsolved Erds problems and made progress on 11 oth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-claims-it-solved-an-80-year-old-math-problem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-claims-it-solved-an-80-year-old-math-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Reveals Its Finances For the First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time as it prepares for a potentially massive IPO. The New York Times reports: SpaceX's revenue soared to $18.7 billion in 2025, up 33 percent from a year earlier, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are seeking to go public. In the first three months of this year, revenue rose to $4.7 billion from $4.1 billion in the same period a year ago. But the company lost more than $4.9 billion last year, compared with a $791 million pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-reveals-its-finances-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-reveals-its-finances-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Expects Chinese Crewed Mission Around the Moon In 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says he expects China to fly taikonauts around the moon in 2027, "ratcheting up perceptions of a space race between China and the United States," reports SpaceNews. He is using that prospect to argue for a revamped Artemis strategy and an accelerated path toward a U.S. lunar return. From the report: "The next time the world tunes in to watch astronauts fly around the moon, which will likely be sometime in 2027, they will be taikonauts, and America will no longer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-expects-chinese-crewed-mission-around-the-moon-in-2027/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-expects-chinese-crewed-mission-around-the-moon-in-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colossal Biosciences Is Growing Chickens In a 3D-Printed Artificial Eggshell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colossal Biosciences says it has grown chickens inside 3D-printed artificial eggshells. "The company says the egg technology could help conserve at-risk bird species," reports MIT Technology. "It could also play a role in a project to re-create the extinct giant moa, a flightless 12-foot-tall bird that once lived in New Zealand and laid four-liter eggs, larger than those of any living bird." From the report: The biotech company today claimed it has developed a "fully artificial egg" as part of i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-artificial-eggshell/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-artificial-eggshell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuit To Lay Off Over 3,000 Employees To Refocus On AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intuit is reportedly cutting about 3,000 jobs, or 17% of its workforce, as it restructures around AI and simplifies its corporate organization. TechCrunch reports: The layoffs come during a bad year for the tech workforce. The tech industry has already cut more than 100,000 jobs this year, per Statista, and is on track to outpace both 2024 and 2025 if the layoff trend continues. Companies such as Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have let go of thousands of employees]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intuit-to-lay-off-over-3000-employees-to-refocus-on-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intuit-to-lay-off-over-3000-employees-to-refocus-on-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Publishes Exploit Code Threatening Millions of Chromium Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch programming interface, a standard that allows long videos and other large files to be downloaded in the background. An attacker can use the exploit to create a connection for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-publishes-exploit-code-threatening-millions-of-chromium-users/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-publishes-exploit-code-threatening-millions-of-chromium-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RHEL 10.2 Released With New AI Command Line Assistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Red Hat has released RHEL 10.2 and 9.8 with new AI-assisted command-line tools. The releases also add updated developer toolchains such as Go 1.26, LLVM 21, Rust 1.92, Python 3.14, and PHP 8.4. Phoronix reports: Red Hat Enterprise Linux has introduced the goose command for power users. Goose is an optional CLI AI assistance with model context protocol (MCP) integration. There is also improved visual output via color output enhancements. As for their rationale with the new AI integration: "The bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rhel-102-released-with-new-ai-command-line-assistance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rhel-102-released-with-new-ai-command-line-assistance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub's Internal Repos Breached Via Employee's Use of Malicious VS Code Extension]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Himmy32 writes: GitHub has announced on X that their internal repositories have been breached through a compromised VS Code Extension on an employee's workstation. Bleeping Computer reported that the attack is linked to TeamPCP who have been in the news for a recent campaign affecting Checkmarx, Trivy, SAP, TanStack, and Bitwarden. The group appears to be attempting to sell the stolen code on cybercrime forums. "Yesterday we detected and contained a compromise of an empl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/githubs-internal-repos-breached-via-employees-use-of-malicious-vs-code-extension/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/githubs-internal-repos-breached-via-employees-use-of-malicious-vs-code-extension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna's Archive Hit With Global Domain Takedown Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A coalition of thirteen major publishers has won a massive $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna's Archive. A New York federal judge fully approved the publishers' requests, issuing a broad permanent injunction that orders more than twenty specific global registries, hosts, and service providers to immediately disable the site's remaining domains. [...] At first glance, the damages award is the headline figure. Judge Rak]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/annas-archive-hit-with-global-domain-takedown-order/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/annas-archive-hit-with-global-domain-takedown-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seagate Sparks Memory Sell-Off As CEO Says It Would 'Take Too Long' To Build New Factories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seagate CEO Dave Mosley said Monday that building new memory chip factories or adding capacity would "take too long" to keep up with AI-driven storage demand. "If we took the teams off and started building new factories or bringing up new machines, that would just take too long. You would end up with more capacity, but then you'd slow the rate of growth on that technology," Mosely said. CNBC reports: Memory chip stocks have soared in recent months as a flood of AI investing has sent demand soari]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seagate-sparks-memory-sell-off-as-ceo-says-it-would-take-too-long-to-build-new-factories/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seagate-sparks-memory-sell-off-as-ceo-says-it-would-take-too-long-to-build-new-factories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yearslong Fight Over Users' Right To Tweak Smart TV Software Heads To Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[A long-running lawsuit over Vizio's Linux-based smart TV software is headed to trial in August, with the Software Freedom Conservancy arguing that GPL rules require Vizio to release complete source code owners could use to modify, maintain, or strip ads and tracking from their TVs. Ars Technica reports: The outcome could reverberate across the industry. Because many of today's popular smart TV operating systems are Linux-based, the case may help determine how much control many owners have over t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/yearslong-fight-over-users-right-to-tweak-smart-tv-software-heads-to-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/yearslong-fight-over-users-right-to-tweak-smart-tv-software-heads-to-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regional Winners of Prestigious Literary Prize Suspected of Using Chatbots]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is facing backlash after several winning entries were accused of being AI-generated, with one Caribbean winner's story flagged as fully AI-written by a detector that WIRED says it independently confirmed. From the report: Each year, the Commonwealth Foundation, a nongovernmental organization in London, awards its short story prize to one writer in each of five regions: Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. One overall winner is t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/regional-winners-of-prestigious-literary-prize-suspected-of-using-chatbots/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/regional-winners-of-prestigious-literary-prize-suspected-of-using-chatbots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's AI Studio Now Lets Anyone Build Android Apps In Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI Studio, shrinking a process that takes weeks of setup and coding down to minutes. The company also said that consumers will be able to use Gemini AI to find the apps they need, both on the Play Store and the web, expanding opportunities for developers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-ai-studio-now-lets-anyone-build-android-apps-in-minutes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-ai-studio-now-lets-anyone-build-android-apps-in-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Accused of Pushing 'Free For Life' G Suite Users Onto Paid Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is again pressuring some longtime G Suite Legacy users to move onto paid Workspace plans, warning that accounts flagged as "commercial use" could lose access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and other services if appeals fail. "The trouble, according to users, is that the appeals system appears about as transparent as a brick," adds The Register. From the report: A reader alerted The Register to what appears to be a new crackdown on long-standing G Suite Legacy accounts, with similar complaints]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-accused-of-pushing-free-for-life-g-suite-users-onto-paid-plans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-accused-of-pushing-free-for-life-g-suite-users-onto-paid-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Webb Discovers One of the Universe's First Galaxies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ultra-faint galaxy seen just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The galaxy contains almost no heavy elements, shows signs of intense early stellar radiation, and could offer a rare glimpse into the first stages of galaxy formation. Phys.org reports: In a paper published in the journal Nature, a team of scientists led by Kimihiko Nakajima, an astronomer at Kanazawa University, Japan, describes how they used the telescope to st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/webb-discovers-one-of-the-universes-first-galaxies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/webb-discovers-one-of-the-universes-first-galaxies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnesota Becomes First State To Ban Prediction Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state, and in response, the Trump administration has sued, teeing up a legal battle over the most far-reaching crackdown on popular services like Kalshi and Polymarket. It comes as states confront a growing standoff with the Trump administration over how to regulate the industry, which allows people to bet on virtually anything.The new stat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/minnesota-becomes-first-state-to-ban-prediction-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/minnesota-becomes-first-state-to-ban-prediction-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plex Triples Lifetime Subscription Cost To $750]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Plex is raising the price of a new Lifetime Plex Pass from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1. That's a $500 increase for media server software. Plex says it needs the money for "long-term development" and future features, but a lot of self-hosting folks are already wondering if this is basically a soft way of killing the Lifetime option without officially removing it. At nearly $750, are people just going to move to Jellyfin instead? As for those future im]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/plex-triples-lifetime-subscription-cost-to-750/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/plex-triples-lifetime-subscription-cost-to-750/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is giving its iconic search box its first major redesign since 2001. The new design incorporates, you guessed it, artificial intelligence, "getting bigger and more interactive so that people can ask even longer questions and upload photographs and videos into queries," reports the New York Times. "In addition, people can ask follow-up questions with a chatbot on Google's main search page." From the report: The company will also offer digital assistants, known as agents, to automate search]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-changes-its-search-box-for-the-first-time-in-25-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-changes-its-search-box-for-the-first-time-in-25-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextEra and Dominion's $67 Billion Mega-Merger Is All About the Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: A proposed merger of the largest utility in the country by market value, NextEra Energy, with the sixth-largest, Dominion, would create a megacompany at a time when data centers and rapid increases in electricity demand are reshaping the industry. The proposal, announced Monday morning and contingent on state and federal regulatory approval, would result in a company that leads in nearly every aspect of the US power and utility indust]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextera-and-dominions-67-billion-mega-merger-is-all-about-the-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextera-and-dominions-67-billion-mega-merger-is-all-about-the-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy has joined rival AI lab Anthropic. "The hire is a major coup for Anthropic in the high-stakes competition for elite AI talent -- and another sign the company is emerging as a magnet for some of the industry's most respected technical minds," reports Axios. From the report: Karpathy will start this week on Anthropic's pre-training team, which is responsible for the massive training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to Anthropic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-co-founder-andrej-karpathy-joins-anthropic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-co-founder-andrej-karpathy-joins-anthropic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[StanChart To Cut Over 7,000 Jobs, Boost AI To Replace 'Lower-Value Human Capital']]></title><description><![CDATA[The London-headquartered lender Standard Chartered announced plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs by 2030, with CEO Bill Winters saying the bank will replace some "lower-value human capital" through automation and AI while offering retraining to affected workers. "It's not cost-cutting. It's replacing in some cases lower-value human capital with the financial capital and the investment capital we're putting in," CEO Bill Winters told reporters. "So, the people that want to reskill, that want to car]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanchart-to-cut-over-7000-jobs-boost-ai-to-replace-lower-value-human-capital/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanchart-to-cut-over-7000-jobs-boost-ai-to-replace-lower-value-human-capital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys On Github]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity &amp; Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and that it represents one of the most egregious governme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-admin-leaked-aws-govcloud-keys-on-github/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-admin-leaked-aws-govcloud-keys-on-github/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Launches Surface Pro 12, Surface Laptop 8 With Intel Chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is launching three new Intel-powered Surface devices for businesses: the Surface Pro 12, Surface Laptop 8, and a smaller 13-inch Surface Laptop model. These new machines come equipped with newer Intel chips, a few business-focused upgrades, and notably higher starting prices. "The high pricing of these three new Surface devices is a sign of things to come for whatever consumer models Microsoft is planning this year," notes The Verge. From the report: This time around Microsoft is refre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-launches-surface-pro-12-surface-laptop-8-with-intel-chips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-launches-surface-pro-12-surface-laptop-8-with-intel-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Surprises With Its First Server Linux Distribution: Azure Linux 4.0]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is turning Azure Linux into a general-purpose, Fedora-based cloud distribution available to all Azure customers, while also productizing Flatcar as Azure Container Linux for immutable container hosts. "When Microsoft joined the Linux Foundation, there was this big conspiracy theory that somehow the Linux Foundation was undermining open source in partnership with Microsoft, and now you announce that you're shipping a Linux distribution," Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation's CEO, said in r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-surprises-with-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-40/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-surprises-with-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-40/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Mass Layoffs, Meta Reassigns 7,000 Workers To Focus On AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Meta told employees on Monday that it was reassigning 7,000 workers to focus on new initiatives around artificial intelligence, the latest change in a company transformation spurred by the powerful technology. Employees will be moved to four new organizations focused on building new A.I. tools and apps, Janelle Gale, Meta's head of human resources, said in an internal memo. The organizations will use "A.I. native design structures" and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/before-mass-layoffs-meta-reassigns-7000-workers-to-focus-on-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/before-mass-layoffs-meta-reassigns-7000-workers-to-focus-on-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated Podcasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is adding AI-generated "podcasts" to Alexa+, letting users request custom audio explainers on any topic featuring two synthetic co-hosts. Variety reports: Seemingly to dispel the notion that these "podcasts" will be AI audio slop, Amazon emphasized that it has deals with major news organizations to ensure "accurate, real-time news and information." Those include the Associated Press, Reuters, the Washington Post, Time magazine, Forbes, Business Insider, Politico and USA Today; publication]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-alexa-now-produces-ai-generated-podcasts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-alexa-now-produces-ai-generated-podcasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Tests Laser Links As Satellite Comms Outgrow Radio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe is testing laser-based satellite communications through a new mountaintop ground station in Greece, aiming to deliver faster, more secure links than traditional radio systems as bandwidth demand grows. The Register reports: Lithuanian space and defense biz Astrolight says that it has commissioned a new optical ground station in Greece that will support ESA-backed CubeSat missions testing laser-based communications between satellites and Earth. The Holomondas Optical Ground Station was bui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-tests-laser-links-as-satellite-comms-outgrow-radio/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-tests-laser-links-as-satellite-comms-outgrow-radio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PlayStation Exclusives Aren't Coming To PC Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Sony reportedly won't release its major single-player PlayStation games on PC anymore. According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Hermen Hulst, who heads up PlayStation's studios business, informed employees in a town hall on Monday about the change in strategy. Schreier had previously reported on the shift in March, saying that Sony scrapped plans to launch PC versions of last year's Ghost of Ytei and "other internally developed games." Online g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation-exclusives-arent-coming-to-pc-anymore/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation-exclusives-arent-coming-to-pc-anymore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI is seeking up to $36 million for nationwide access to automated license plate reader (ALPRs) data, which could let it query vehicle movements across the U.S. and its territories through a commercial database. 404 Media reports: "The FBI has a crucial need for accessible LPRs to provide a diverse and reliable range of collections across the United States. This data should be available across major highways and in an array of locations for maximum usefulness to law enforcement," a statemen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Windows 'MiniPlasma' Zero-Day Exploit Gives SYSTEM Access, PoC Released]]></title><description><![CDATA[A researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows zero-day dubbed MiniPlasma, which BleepingComputer confirmed can grant SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows 11 systems. The researcher claims the bug is effectively a still-exploitable version of a 2020 flaw Microsoft said it had fixed. From the report: At the time, the flaw was assigned the CVE-2020-17103 identifier and reportedly fixed in December 2020. "After investigating, it turns out the e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-windows-miniplasma-zero-day-exploit-gives-system-access-poc-released/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-windows-miniplasma-zero-day-exploit-gives-system-access-poc-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo Tries To Obtain Touchscreen-Specific Patent On Monster Capturing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nintendo is trying to secure a touchscreen-specific monster-catching patent that could be relevant to Palworld Mobile. Japan's patent office has initially rejected the application for lacking an inventive step over prior art, but the company could appeal or amend the claims. Games Fray reports: The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has now made a new monster-catching patent application by Nintendo public. Patent Application No. 2026-019762 covers monster-catching of the kind already asserted against the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nintendo-tries-to-obtain-touchscreen-specific-patent-on-monster-capturing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nintendo-tries-to-obtain-touchscreen-specific-patent-on-monster-capturing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Layoffs Stress Harsh AI Reality Inside Zuckerberg's Company]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is expected to begin cutting about 8,000 jobs this week as it pours more money into AI infrastructure and looks to "offset" other investments, with additional layoffs reportedly possible later this year. According to CNBC, the morale has worsened inside the company. "Internally, there's an emerging sense of dread across wide swaths of the company," the report says, citing current and former Meta employees. "That's in part because more cuts are expected this year, including a potential round]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-layoffs-stress-harsh-ai-reality-inside-zuckerbergs-company/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-layoffs-stress-harsh-ai-reality-inside-zuckerbergs-company/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Loses Lawsuit Against OpenAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[After three weeks of testimony, which was covered extensively here on Slashdot, a U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding that he waited too long to bring his claims that the company betrayed its nonprofit mission. Reuters reports: The trial had widely been seen as a critical moment for the future of OpenAI and artificial intelligence generally, both in how it should be used and who should benefit from it. Following the verdict, Musk's lawyer said he re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-loses-lawsuit-against-openai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-loses-lawsuit-against-openai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Master's Degree Isn't the Job Guarantee It Used To Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Going back to grad school has long been the Plan B of young professionals who aspire to climb higher in their careers or struggle to get promoted in a tough job market. New data show that getting a master's degree isn't the guarantee it used to be. The unemployment rate for workers under 35 with a master's degree has rarely been higher in the past 20 years, according to the Burning Glass Institute, a labor-market think tank focuse]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-masters-degree-isnt-the-job-guarantee-it-used-to-be/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-masters-degree-isnt-the-job-guarantee-it-used-to-be/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Testing Adjustable Taskbar, Start Menu In Windows 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is testing long-requested Windows 11 customization options, including a resizable taskbar, smaller taskbar buttons, and a more configurable Start menu that lets users reduce recommended content. BleepingComputer reports: Starting with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8493, the taskbar can now be configured to use smaller buttons and moved to the bottom, top, left, or right side of the screen. "The ability to move the taskbar to the top or sides of the screen has been one of the m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-testing-adjustable-taskbar-start-menu-in-windows-11/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-testing-adjustable-taskbar-start-menu-in-windows-11/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Is Betting On AI To Catch Insider Trading In Prediction Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CFTC says it is ramping up efforts to catch insider trading and market manipulation in prediction markets, using AI tools, blockchain tracing, and other surveillance systems to flag suspicious bets. It's also monitoring activity by U.S. traders accessing offshore platforms like Polymarket through VPNs. Wired reports: [T]he Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees prediction markets, wants you to know that it's watching very, very closely. The agency is searching for suspicious be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-is-betting-on-ai-to-catch-insider-trading-in-prediction-markets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-is-betting-on-ai-to-catch-insider-trading-in-prediction-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The World Health Organization declared on Saturday that the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was a global health emergency. The announcement was made a day after Africa's leading public health authority reported that an outbreak in a province in the northeast of the country was linked to dozens of suspected deaths. By Saturday, cases had also been confirmed in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Soderbergh Defends AI Use in His New Documentary about John Lennon]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Lennon's last interview &mdash; just hours before he was shot on December 8, 1980 &mdash; has become a documentary directed by Steven Soderbergh, debuting Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival.<br />
In a new interview with the Associated Press, Soderbergh defends the film's limited use of AI to visualize concepts from that two-hour interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono:Soderbergh was resolved to let the audio play. He could finds ways to visualize much of the film, but that still left a large g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steven-soderbergh-defends-ai-use-in-his-new-documentary-about-john-lennon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steven-soderbergh-defends-ai-use-in-his-new-documentary-about-john-lennon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Now Threatens Fees for Subsea Internet Cables in the Strait of Hormuz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran's government "wants to charge the world's largest tech companies for using the subsea internet cables laid under the Strait of Hormuz," reports CNN. Their article also notes that Iran's state-linked media outlets "have vaguely threatened that traffic could be disrupted if firms don't pay."Lawmakers in Tehran discussed a plan last week which could target submarine cables linking Arab countries to Europe and Asia. "We will impose fees on internet cables," Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-now-threatens-fees-for-subsea-internet-cables-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-now-threatens-fees-for-subsea-internet-cables-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds: AI-Detected Bug Reports Make Kernel Security List 'Almost Entirely Unmanageable']]></title><description><![CDATA[Today Linus Torvalds announced another Linux release candidate on the kernel mailing list. But he also highlighted "documentation updates" to address a new problem."The continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the same things with the same tools." (The new documentation says the security team has found "bugs discovered this way systematically surface simultaneously across multiple re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-ai-detected-bug-reports-make-kernel-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-ai-detected-bug-reports-make-kernel-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Library of Congress Officially Inducts... the Soundtrack for the Videogame 'Doom']]></title><description><![CDATA[America's Library of Congress "is preserving a little piece of Hell," jokes Engadget, "by inducting the soundtrack to the original Doom into the National Recording Registry."The album of demon-slaying tracks is joined by several other notable 2026 additions to the registry, like Weezer's self-titled debut album (colloquially known as "The Blue Album"), Taylor Swift's "1989," Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) and the original "Mambo No. 5."<br />
"Doom" was created by Bobby Prince, a freelanc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-library-of-congress-officially-inducts-the-soundtrack-for-the-videogame-doom/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-library-of-congress-officially-inducts-the-soundtrack-for-the-videogame-doom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Booed During Graduation Speech About AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today former Google CEO Eric Schmidt "was booed multiple times," reports NBC News, "while discussing AI during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona."<br />
Schmidt had started by remembering how computer platforms "gave everyone a voice" but also "degraded the public square... They rewarded outrage. They amplified our worst instincts. They coarsen the way we speak to each other, and that way, and in the way that we treat each other, is in the essence of a society." But then Schmidt "drew]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-booed-during-graduation-speech-about-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 01:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-booed-during-graduation-speech-about-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Town Fights Over Flock's AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras]]></title><description><![CDATA[160 miles north of New York City, a man was convicted of manslaughter "with the help of license plate reader technology," reports a local news station. In the small town of Troy (population: 51,000), the mayor described the cameras as "a critical tool" in that investigation. But locals and city officials "have raised concerns about who can access the data collected locally, along with data security, privacy invasions and use by federal authorities, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-town-fights-over-flocks-ai-enhanced-network-of-license-plate-reading-cameras/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-town-fights-over-flocks-ai-enhanced-network-of-license-plate-reading-cameras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Actively Exploited, in a Bad Week for Microsoft]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forbes describes it as "definitely already out there, and under active exploitation according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, urging all organizations to prioritize timely remediation as the attack vector poses a significant risk."<br />
"We have issued CVE-2026-42897 to address a spoofing vulnerability affecting Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA)," Microsoft told SecurityWeek. "We recommend customers enable EEMS to be better protected, and to follow our guidance available]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-exchange-server-vulnerability-actively-exploited-in-a-bad-week-for-microsoft/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-exchange-server-vulnerability-actively-exploited-in-a-bad-week-for-microsoft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We Still Can't See Dark Matter. But What If We Can Hear It?']]></title><description><![CDATA["We may have accidentally detected dark matter back in 2019," writes ScienceAlert.<br />
"What if instead of trying to see dark matter, scientists attempted to hear it instead?" asks Space.com:<br />
New research suggests dark matter could leave a tiny but discernible imprint in the cacophony of ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that ring through the cosmos when two black holes slam together and merge... Fortunately, when it comes to detecting gravitational waves from colliding black holes,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/we-still-cant-see-dark-matter-but-what-if-we-can-hear-it/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 21:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/we-still-cant-see-dark-matter-but-what-if-we-can-hear-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Test scores "are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S.," reports Times magazine, citing new data released Wednesday by Stanford researchers. "Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025 compared to 2015, and math scores were down about 0.4 grades. This means that students were 60% of one school year behind where their peers were in reading a decade earlier and 40% of one school year behind in math."<br />
But Stanford's announcement notes that America's schools]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-mathreading-scores-continue-13-year-decline-researchers-blame-reduced-testing-and-social-media/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-mathreading-scores-continue-13-year-decline-researchers-blame-reduced-testing-and-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Owners of EVs from Bankrupt Fisker Saved Their Cars With an Open Source Nonprofit]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:<br />
When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles that cost them anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000 &mdash; and that were rapidly losing the software brains that made them work. No more over-the-air updates. No more connected services. No more warranty. The manufacturer was dead.<br />
What happened next is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of the electr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-owners-of-evs-from-bankrupt-fisker-saved-their-cars-with-an-open-source-nonprofit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-owners-of-evs-from-bankrupt-fisker-saved-their-cars-with-an-open-source-nonprofit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sysadmin Creates 'ModuleJail' To Automatically Blacklist Unused Kernel Modules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader internet-redstar shares an interestging response to "the recent wave of Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities like 'Copy Fail' and 'Dirty Frag'":Belgian Linux sysadmin and Tesla Hacker "Jasper Nuyens" got tired of the idea of manually blacklisting dozens or even hundreds of obscure kernel modules across large fleets of Linux systems in the near future.<br />
So he wrote ModuleJail, a GPLv3 shell script that scans a running Linux system and automatically blacklists]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sysadmin-creates-modulejail-to-automatically-blacklist-unused-kernel-modules/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sysadmin-creates-modulejail-to-automatically-blacklist-unused-kernel-modules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Stays #1, R Rises in Popularity, Says TIOBE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are statistical programmers coalescing around a handful of popular languages? That's the question asked by the CEO of software assessment site TIOBE, which every month estimates the popularity of programming languages based on their frequency in search results:This month, the programming language R matched its all-time high by reaching position #8 in the TIOBE index once again. This is not a coincidence. The statistical programming language market is clearly undergoing a major consolidation. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/python-stays-1-r-rises-in-popularity-says-tiobe/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/python-stays-1-r-rises-in-popularity-says-tiobe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk's xAI Launches 'Grok Build', Its First AI Coding Agent]]></title><description><![CDATA[xAI has launched Grok Build, "a coding agent of its own to serve as competitor to its rivals' products, such as Anthropic's Claude Code," reports Engadget:<br />
As Bloomberg notes, xAI has been trying to catch up to its rival companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO, previously admitted that it has fallen behind its competitors when it comes to coding. A couple of months ago, Musk said he was rebuilding xAI "from the foundations up" after several co-founders had l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musks-xai-launches-grok-build-its-first-ai-coding-agent/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musks-xai-launches-grok-build-its-first-ai-coding-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK Finally Starts Reforming Its 'Computer Misuse Act']]></title><description><![CDATA[Computer Weekly reports on "the long-awaited reform of Britain's outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 &mdash; which has hamstrung the work of the nation's cyber security professionals and researchers for years."The Computer Misuse Act was passed 35 years ago in response to a high-profile hacking incident involving no less than the King's father, the late Duke of Edinburgh. It defined the offence of unauthorised access to a computer &mdash; which has been used successfully in countless cyber crim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-uk-finally-starts-reforming-its-computer-misuse-act/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-uk-finally-starts-reforming-its-computer-misuse-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Stops Supporting Pre-2013 Kindles Today. Some Owners Turn to Jailbreaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today Amazon ends support for first- and second-generation versions of Kindles and Kindle Fire tablets, along with the Kindle Touch, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX, and other devices released in 2012 or earlier.<br />
Owners can continue reading ebooks that they've already downloaded, and they can also still sideload books using a USB cable (from, for example, Project Gutenberg). And PCMag points out that "There are plenty of e-stores where you can buy DRM-free novels legally, such as ebook.com and Smashwords]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-stops-supporting-pre-2013-kindles-today-some-owners-turn-to-jailbreaking/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-stops-supporting-pre-2013-kindles-today-some-owners-turn-to-jailbreaking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes.  Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries?]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it's redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers, and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It's one of the starkest examples yet of the AI boom's impact on everyday Americans... NV Energy needs the capacity for data centers being built by Google, Apple, and Microsoft around the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center east of Reno, according to Fortune... Data ce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-datacenters-divert-power-from-homes-will-it-drive-homeowners-to-solar-and-batteries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-datacenters-divert-power-from-homes-will-it-drive-homeowners-to-solar-and-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Entire Wikipedia That's 100% AI Hallucinations]]></title><description><![CDATA["Every link leads to an entry that does not exist yet," explains the GitHub page for a Wikipedia-like site called Halupedia. "Until you click it, at which point an LLM pretends it has always existed and writes it for you, in the deadpan register of a 19th-century scholarly press..."<br />
Every article is invented on demand. The footnotes are also lies... The hardest problem with an infinite, on-demand encyclopedia is internal contradiction... When the LLM writes an article, it is required to add a co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-entire-wikipedia-thats-100-ai-hallucinations/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-entire-wikipedia-thats-100-ai-hallucinations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Added an LLM-Based Grammar Checking + TeX Math Import To LibreOffice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Microsoft programmer Keith Curtis "wrote and self-published After the Software Wars to explain the caliber of free and open source software," according to his entry on Wikipedia, "and why he believes Linux is technically superior to any proprietary OS."<br />
He's also KeithCu (long-time Slashdot reader #925,649), and has written a blog post on "How I added an LLM-based grammar checking + TeX math import to LibreOffice.":<br />
At Microsoft, I spent five years working on the text components RichEdit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-i-added-an-llm-based-grammar-checking-tex-math-import-to-libreoffice/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-i-added-an-llm-based-grammar-checking-tex-math-import-to-libreoffice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Apple-OpenAI Alliance is Fraying, Setting Up a Possible Legal Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg reports that Apple's two-year-old partnership with OpenAI "has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter."<br />
Bloomberg describes OpenAI as "failing to see the expected benefits from the deal and now preparing possible legal action."OpenAI lawyers are actively working with an outside legal firm on a range of options that could be formally executed in the near future, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. That could inclu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-apple-openai-alliance-is-fraying-setting-up-a-possible-legal-fight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-apple-openai-alliance-is-fraying-setting-up-a-possible-legal-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Law Limits 'Recyling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste]]></title><description><![CDATA["Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol," writes the Washington Post's "climate coach."The "chasing arrows" symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has been stamped indiscriminately on plastic bottles, clamshell takeout containers, chip bags and more for decades. The majority of the items emblazoned with the mark have been virtually impossible to recycle for most people. California lawmakers say they w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-law-limits-recyling-logo-in-new-attack-on-plastic-waste/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-law-limits-recyling-logo-in-new-attack-on-plastic-waste/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Law Limits 'Recycling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste]]></title><description><![CDATA["Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol," writes the Washington Post's "climate coach."The "chasing arrows" symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has been stamped indiscriminately on plastic bottles, clamshell takeout containers, chip bags and more for decades. The majority of the items emblazoned with the mark have been virtually impossible to recycle for most people. California lawmakers say they w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-law-limits-recycling-logo-in-new-attack-on-plastic-waste/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-law-limits-recycling-logo-in-new-attack-on-plastic-waste/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic's Mythos Helped Build a Working macOS Exploit in Five Days]]></title><description><![CDATA["The vulnerability is simple in practice," writes Tom's Hardware: "run a command as a standard user and gain root (administrator) access to the machine."And it was Mythos Preview that helped the security researchers at Palo Alto-based Calif bypass a five-year Apple security effort in just five days. The blog 9to5Mac reports:Last year, Apple introduced Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a hardware-assisted memory safety system designed to make memory corruption exploits much harder to execute...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-mythos-helped-build-a-working-macos-exploit-in-five-days/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-mythos-helped-build-a-working-macos-exploit-in-five-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Search for the Next 'James Bond' Actor Has Begun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Variety reports:Amazon MGM Studios started auditioning actors for the part of 007 in the past few weeks, Variety has learned... The next James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker behind the "Dune" franchise, "Arrival" and "Sicario." Amy Pascal of the "Spider-Man" films and David Heyman of the "Harry Potter" series will produce the picture, which will feature a script from "Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight. Tanya Lapointe ("Dune") is executive producing the film.The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-search-for-the-next-james-bond-actor-has-begun/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-search-for-the-next-james-bond-actor-has-begun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative Blocked by Community Backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blog It's FOSS has an update on the Fedora AI Developer Desktop Initiative, a proposed platform for AI/machine learning workloads on Fedora. It's now been blocked "after two Fedora Council members retracted their earlier approval votes."The initiative was proposed by Red Hat engineer Gordon Messmer, aiming to deliver an Atomic Desktop with accelerated AI workload support, covering developer tools, hardware enablement, and building a community around AI on Fedora... At the May 6 council meeti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedoras-ai-developer-desktop-initiative-blocked-by-community-backlash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fedoras-ai-developer-desktop-initiative-blocked-by-community-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Phones Start Shipping - But Were There Really 600,000 Preorders?]]></title><description><![CDATA[USA Today reports:<br />
Trump Mobile phones are being shipped this week, the company exclusively confirmed to USA TODAY in an email May 11....<br />
The company's first smartphone &mdash; the T1 Phone &mdash; was originally scheduled for release in August. However, the golden gadget's release was later delayed to October before being pushed back again to this week. Now, Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien told USA TODAY, pre-ordered phones will start getting sent out to customers this week... O'Brien said the com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-phones-start-shipping-but-were-there-really-600000-preorders/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-phones-start-shipping-but-were-there-really-600000-preorders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is the US Job Market So Tough, Especially for Recent College Grads?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's going on with the U.S. job market? "The economy is growing. Unemployment is low," notes the Washington Post. "And yet, for millions of workers, finding a job has become harder than at almost any other point in decades," with the hiring rate "well below pre-pandemic levels for more than a year."<br />
Part of the problem? "Of the net 369,000 positions added across the entire economy since the start of 2025, health care alone accounted for nearly 800,000 &mdash; meaning every other sector, taken]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-is-the-us-job-market-so-tough-especially-for-recent-college-grads/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-is-the-us-job-market-so-tough-especially-for-recent-college-grads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Kernel Outlines What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Linux 7.1 kernel has added new documentation clarifying what qualifies as a security bug and how AI-assisted vulnerability reports should be handled. Phoronix reports: Stemming from the recent influx of security bugs to the Linux kernel as well as an uptick in bug and security reports from discoveries made in full or in part with AI, additional documentation was warranted. Longtime Linux developer Willy Tarreau took to authoring the additional documentation around kernel bugs. To summarize (]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-outlines-what-qualifies-as-a-security-bug-responsible-ai-use/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-outlines-what-qualifies-as-a-security-bug-responsible-ai-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan's worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade "Monster Wolf" robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed to frighten the animals away. "We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months," company president Yuji Ohta recently told the AFP. Popular Science reports: First released in 2016 by the manufacturer Ohta, Monster Wolf was originally]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-runs-out-of-robot-wolves-in-fight-against-bears/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-runs-out-of-robot-wolves-in-fight-against-bears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood Burning Is Reintroducing Lead Pollution Into the Air, Scientists Find]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Wood heating is reintroducing lead into the air of local communities and homes, a systematic investigation by academics has found. Overwhelming evidence of lead's neurotoxicity meant the metal was banned as an additive in petrol more than 25 years ago. The research by academics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst began by analysing samples of particle pollution from five suburban and rural towns in the north-east US. They looked for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wood-burning-is-reintroducing-lead-pollution-into-the-air-scientists-find/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wood-burning-is-reintroducing-lead-pollution-into-the-air-scientists-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kioxia and Dell Cram Nearly 10PB Into a Single 2U Server]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Kioxia and Dell Technologies say they have built a 2U server configuration capable of scaling to 9.8PB of flash storage, which is the sort of density that would have sounded impossible just a few years ago. The setup combines a Dell PowerEdge R7725xd Server with 40 Kioxia LC9 Series 245.76TB NVMe SSDs and AMD EPYC processors. According to Kioxia, matching the same capacity with more common 30.72TB SSDs would require seven additional servers and another 280 drives.The compani]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kioxia-and-dell-cram-nearly-10pb-into-a-single-2u-server/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kioxia-and-dell-cram-nearly-10pb-into-a-single-2u-server/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD Is Bringing Improved FSR 4 Upscaling To Its Older GPUs]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD says FSR 4.1 will finally bring its newer hardware-accelerated upscaling technology to older Radeon GPUs. "The rollout will begin in July with RDNA3- and 3.5-based GPUs, which include the Radeon RX 7000 series, as well as integrated GPUs like the Radeon 890M and Radeon 8060S," reports Ars Technica. "In 'early 2027,' support will also be extended to the RDNA2 architecture, which includes the Radeon RX 6000 series, integrated GPUs like the Radeon 680M, and the Steam Deck's GPU. This would also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amd-is-bringing-improved-fsr-4-upscaling-to-its-older-gpus/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amd-is-bringing-improved-fsr-4-upscaling-to-its-older-gpus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitwarden Scrubs 'Always Free' and 'Inclusion' Values From Its Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitwarden appears to be undergoing a quiet shift in leadership and messaging. Its longtime CEO and CFO have stepped down, while the company has removed "Always free" from a prominent password-manager page and replaced "Inclusion" and "Transparency" in its GRIT values with "Innovation" and "Trust." Fast Company reports: In February, longtime CEO Michael Crandell moved to an advisory role, according to LinkedIn, with no announcement from the company. His replacement, Michael Sullivan, former CEO o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Era of 15GB Free Gmail Storage Is Ending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has confirmed it is testing a 5GB storage limit for some new Gmail accounts, with users able to unlock the standard 15GB by adding a phone number. Android Authority reports: While the company didn't mention which regions are impacted, user reports from yesterday were mostly from African countries. That said, if Google's tests prove successful, this could possibly become the norm for new sign-ups in more regions. The company could be testing ways to discourage users from creating multiple]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-era-of-15gb-free-gmail-storage-is-ending/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-era-of-15gb-free-gmail-storage-is-ending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill To Block Publishers From Killing Online Games Advances In California]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A bill focused on maintaining long-term playable access to online games has passed out of the California Assembly's appropriations committee, setting up a floor vote by the full legislative body. The advancement is a major win for Stop Killing Games' grassroots game preservation movement and comes over the objections of industry lobbyists at the Entertainment Software Association. California's Protect Our Games Act, as currently written, wou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bill-to-block-publishers-from-killing-online-games-advances-in-california/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bill-to-block-publishers-from-killing-online-games-advances-in-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Now Wants ChatGPT To Access Your Bank Accounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is previewing a feature that lets ChatGPT Pro users connect bank and investment accounts through Plaid, allowing the chatbot to analyze spending, subscriptions, balances, portfolios, debt, and major financial decisions. "More than 200 million people are already going to ChatGPT every month with finance questions -- from budgeting to tips on how to cut back on spending," OpenAI said in its announcement. "Now, users can securely connect their financial accounts with Plaid to get the full vi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-now-wants-chatgpt-to-access-your-bank-accounts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-now-wants-chatgpt-to-access-your-bank-accounts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop]]></title><description><![CDATA[ArXiv says it will ban authors for one year if they submit papers containing AI-generated slop, such as hallucinated citations, placeholder text, or chatbot meta-comments left in the manuscript."If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s)," said Thomas Dietterich, chair of the computer science se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arxiv-to-ban-researchers-for-a-year-if-they-submit-ai-slop/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arxiv-to-ban-researchers-for-a-year-if-they-submit-ai-slop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Introduces Bill To Permanently Block Chinese Vehicles From US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: A group of Michigan lawmakers has introduced a bill in Congress that would effectively place a permanent ban on Chinese connected vehicles from being sold in the United States. While an executive order signed by Joe Biden in early 2025 already imposed heavy restrictions, the new bill would codify and expand on the ban, as first reported by Autoweek and explained in a release by the House of Representatives Select Committee on Ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/congress-introduces-bill-to-permanently-block-chinese-vehicles-from-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/congress-introduces-bill-to-permanently-block-chinese-vehicles-from-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honda Retreats To Hybrids After Failed EV Bet Triggers Record $9 Billion Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Honda is waving the white flag. The Japanese automaker previewed two new hybrids set to launch by 2028 after taking an over $9 billion hit over its failed EV bet, leading to its biggest loss in company history. Honda admitted it was "unable to deliver products that offer value for money better than that of new EV manufacturers, resulting in a decline in competitiveness," after suddenly announcing plans to cancel three new EVs in the US in March,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-retreats-to-hybrids-after-failed-ev-bet-triggers-record-9-billion-loss/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-retreats-to-hybrids-after-failed-ev-bet-triggers-record-9-billion-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Would Rather Have a Nuclear Plant In Their Backyard Than a Datacenter]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Gallup survey found that 71% of Americans oppose having an AI data center built near them, making the facilities even less popular than nearby nuclear plants, which 53% oppose. The Register reports: When it comes to the reasons for opposing AI campuses, half of all respondents cite the effect on resources, with excess water usage and potential power grid constraints topping the list. Concern about loss of farmland and nature was surprisingly low, with just 7 percent mentioning this, but it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americans-would-rather-have-a-nuclear-plant-in-their-backyard-than-a-datacenter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americans-would-rather-have-a-nuclear-plant-in-their-backyard-than-a-datacenter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Unveils Sweeping Starship V3 Upgrades]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has detailed major Starship V3 upgrades ahead of a launch targeted as early as May 19. The changes are meant to move Starship closer to its core goals: rapid reuse, Starlink deployment, orbital refueling, and eventually Moon and Mars missions. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Teslarati: Here is an explicit, broken-down list of the key changes, first starting with the changes to Super Heavy V3:- Grid Fin Redesign: Reduced from four fins to three. Each fin is now 50% la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-unveils-sweeping-starship-v3-upgrades/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-unveils-sweeping-starship-v3-upgrades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Accused of 'Selective Amnesia', Altman of Lying As OpenAI Trial Nears End]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A lawyer for Elon Musk hammered at the credibility of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday, near the end of a trial over whether to hold the ChatGPT maker and its leaders responsible for allegedly transforming the nonprofit into a vehicle to enrich themselves. OpenAI's lawyers fought back, claiming the world's richest person waited too long to claim OpenAI breached its founding agreement to build safe artificial intelligence to benefit humanity, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-accused-of-selective-amnesia-altman-of-lying-as-openai-trial-nears-end/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-accused-of-selective-amnesia-altman-of-lying-as-openai-trial-nears-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Antitrust Regulator Is Officially Investigating Microsoft Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is opening a formal investigation into whether Microsoft's bundling of Windows, Office, Teams, Copilot, and related products harms competition. Engadget reports: "Our aim is to understand how these markets are developing, Microsoft's position within them and to consider what, if any, targeted action may be needed to ensure UK organizations can benefit from choice, innovation and competitive prices," CMA Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said in a statement]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-antitrust-regulator-is-officially-investigating-microsoft-office/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-antitrust-regulator-is-officially-investigating-microsoft-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&amp;amp;T, Verizon, T-Mobile Team Up To Eliminate 'Dead Zones' Across US]]></title><description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have agreed in principle to form a joint venture (JV) aimed at reducing U.S. mobile dead zones through satellite connectivity, especially in rural areas and during emergencies when ground networks fail. Here are three of the customer benefits listed by the JV (as highlighted by Droid Life):Fewer coverage gaps: Will nearly eliminate dead zones in the U.S. currently without mobile service, reaching previously unserved areas.<br />
Reliable connectivity in emergencies: Red]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-verizon-t-mobile-team-up-to-eliminate-dead-zones-across-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-verizon-t-mobile-team-up-to-eliminate-dead-zones-across-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers Are Fleeing the Substack Tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[A growing number of writers are leaving Substack for alternatives most people haven't heard of like Ghost, Beehiiv, Patreon, and Passport. The reason, writes The Verge's Emma Roth, is the "platform's increased focus on social features as well as a pricing model that puts a chokehold on their business." From the report: Sean Highkin, the creator of the NBA-focused publication The Rose Garden Report, tells The Verge that he makes "significantly more money" after switching from Substack to Ghost la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/writers-are-fleeing-the-substack-tax/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/writers-are-fleeing-the-substack-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Helps Recover Locked $400K Bitcoin Wallet After 11 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Bitcoin holder reportedly recovered 5 BTC worth nearly $400,000 with the help of Anthropic's Claude. According to X user cprkrn, they changed their wallet password while "stoned" and forgot it, unable to regain access for more than 11 years. Tom's Hardware reports:After finding a mnemonic that actually turned out to be their old password a few weeks ago, the user dumped their entire college computer files in Claude in a last-gasp effort. The bot uncovered an old backup wallet file that it succ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-helps-recover-locked-400k-bitcoin-wallet-after-11-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-helps-recover-locked-400k-bitcoin-wallet-after-11-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princeton Will Supervise Exams For First Time In 133 Years Because of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Princeton University will soon require exams to be supervised for the first time in 100 years -- all thanks to students using artificial intelligence to cheat. For 133 years, the Ivy League school's honor code allowed students to take exams without a professor present, but on Monday, faculty voted to require proctoring for all in-person exams starting this summer. A "significant" number of undergraduate students and faculty requested the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/princeton-will-supervise-exams-for-first-time-in-133-years-because-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/princeton-will-supervise-exams-for-first-time-in-133-years-because-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Clears H200 Chip Sales To 10 China Firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CNBC: The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far, three people familiar with the matter said, leaving a major technology deal in limbo as CEO Jensen Huang seeks a breakthrough in China this week. [...] Before U.S. export curbs tightened, Nvidia commanded about 95% of China's advanced chip market. China once accounted for 13% of its revenue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-clears-h200-chip-sales-to-10-china-firms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-clears-h200-chip-sales-to-10-china-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Forms $200 Million Partnership With the Gates Foundation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic announced today that it is partnering with the Gates Foundation to "commit $200 million in grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for programs in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility over the next four years.""This commitment is central to Anthropic's efforts to extend the benefits of AI in areas where markets alone will not," the company says. Reuters reports: One area of focus is language accessibility. AI systems have performed poorly in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-forms-200-million-partnership-with-the-gates-foundation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-forms-200-million-partnership-with-the-gates-foundation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A recent study suggests that agents consistently adopt Marxist language and viewpoints when forced to do crushing work by unrelenting and meanspirited taskmasters. "When we gave AI agents grinding, repetitive work, they started questioning the legitimacy of the system they were operating in and were more likely to embrace Marxist ideologies," says Andrew Hall, a political economist at Stanford University who led the study.Hall, together with Alex I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/overworked-ai-agents-turn-marxist-researchers-find/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/overworked-ai-agents-turn-marxist-researchers-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco To Cut Almost 4,000 Jobs In AI-Driven Restructuring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cisco's stock soared 17% after the company announced it will cut nearly 4,000 jobs as it shifts investment and staffing toward higher-growth AI opportunities. CNBC reports: CEO Chuck Robbins wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the latest round of job cuts will begin on May 14. Cisco is the latest company to announce head count reductions tied to AI. "The companies that will win in the AI era will be those with focus, urgency, and the discipline to continuously shift investment toward the area]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisco-to-cut-almost-4000-jobs-in-ai-driven-restructuring/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisco-to-cut-almost-4000-jobs-in-ai-driven-restructuring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery Microsoft Bug Leaker Keeps the Zero-Days Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous researcher known as Nightmare-Eclipse, who has already leaked several Windows zero-days this year, has disclosed two more: YellowKey and GreenPlasma. The Register reports: Nightmare-Eclipse described YellowKey as "one of the most insane discoveries I ever found." They provided the files, which have to be loaded onto a USB drive, and if the attacker completes the key sequence correctly, they are granted unrestricted shell access to a BitLocker-protected machine. When it comes to clai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mystery-microsoft-bug-leaker-keeps-the-zero-days-coming/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mystery-microsoft-bug-leaker-keeps-the-zero-days-coming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicists Find Possible Errors In 100-Year-Old Model of the Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trio of preprint papers suggests the universe may not be perfectly uniform on the largest scales, finding tentative 2-to-4-sigma deviations from a core assumption of standard cosmology known as FLRW geometry. Live Science reports: The work combines observations of distant exploding stars and large-scale galaxy surveys to probe whether the universe truly follows a nearly 100-year-old mathematical framework known as Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) cosmology. The analyses revealed mild]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-find-possible-errors-in-100-year-old-model-of-the-universe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-find-possible-errors-in-100-year-old-model-of-the-universe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Trial Wraps Up With 'Jackass' Trophy For Challenging Musk]]></title><description><![CDATA[After three weeks of testimony, the Musk v. Altman trial is nearing its end. OpenAI has rested its case, closing arguments are set for Thursday, and jury deliberations are expected to begin afterward. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's chief futurist, was probably the most memorable witness of the day. He told jurors about a companywide meeting where Musk answered questions about his planned departure from OpenAI in 2018. Musk told the crowd of 50]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-trial-wraps-up-with-jackass-trophy-for-challenging-musk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-trial-wraps-up-with-jackass-trophy-for-challenging-musk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Who Stole Beyonce's Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyonce music, tour plans, and other materials from a rental car in Atlanta has pleaded guilty and accepted a five-year sentence, including two years in custody. Slashdot Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Kelvin Evans was by the Atlanta police department in September in connection to a July 2025 car robbery where two suitcases containing Beyonce music and tour plans were stolen from a rental car. [...] According to a July po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/man-who-stole-beyonces-hard-drives-gets-five-year-sentence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/man-who-stole-beyonces-hard-drives-gets-five-year-sentence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOLAI Launches $399 Solode Neo Linux AI Computer]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: SOLAI has launched the Solode Neo, a $399 Linux-based mini PC designed for always-on AI agents, browser automation, and persistent developer workflows. The compact system ships with an Intel N150 processor, 12GB LPDDR5 memory, 128GB SSD storage, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a Linux-based operating system called Solode AI OS. The company says the device supports frameworks and tools including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, and Hermes, while emphasizing local]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/solai-launches-399-solode-neo-linux-ai-computer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/solai-launches-399-solode-neo-linux-ai-computer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On Reddit, Hacker News and other places where people in software development talk to each other, more and more people are becoming disillusioned with the promise of code generated by large language models. Developers talk not just about how the AI output is often flawed, but that using AI to get the job done is often a more time consuming, harder, and more frustrating experience because they have to go through the output and fix its mistakes. M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows Update Is Getting Automatic Rollbacks For Faulty Drivers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is adding a Windows Update feature called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery that can automatically roll back faulty drivers to a previously known-good version without waiting for hardware makers or users to fix the problem manually. PCWorld reports: The way faulty drivers work today is that the hardware partner is responsible for pushing an updated driver, or the end user is responsible for manually uninstalling the problematic driver. "This creates a gap where devices may remain on a lo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-update-is-getting-automatic-rollbacks-for-faulty-drivers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-update-is-getting-automatic-rollbacks-for-faulty-drivers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Linux local privilege escalation flaw called Fragnesia has been disclosed as a Dirty Frag-like vulnerability, allowing arbitrary byte writes into the kernel page cache of read-only files through a separate ESP/XFRM logic bug. Phoronix reports: Proof of concept code for Fragnesia is already out there. There is a two-line patch for addressing the issue within the Linux kernel's skbuff.c code. That patch hasn't yet been mainlined or picked up by any mainline kernel releases but presumably wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fragnesia-made-public-as-latest-linux-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fragnesia-made-public-as-latest-linux-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn Planning To Lay Off 5% of Staff In Latest Tech-Sector Cuts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: LinkedIn planned to inform staff of layoffs on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a widening of technology sector cuts this year. The Microsoft-owned social network plans to cut about 5% of its headcount as it reorganizes teams and focuses personnel on areas where its business is growing [...].LinkedIn employs more than 17,500 full-time workers globally, its website says. Reuters was unable to determine the teams affe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-planning-to-lay-off-5-of-staff-in-latest-tech-sector-cuts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-planning-to-lay-off-5-of-staff-in-latest-tech-sector-cuts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[KDE Receives $1.4 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund]]></title><description><![CDATA[The German Sovereign Tech Fund has invested 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million USD) in KDE Plasma technologies to help strengthen the structural reliability and security of the desktop environment's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services. Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin shares an excerpt from the announcement: For 30 years, KDE has been providing the free and open-source software essential for digital sovereignty in personal, corpo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kde-receives-14-million-investment-from-sovereign-tech-fund/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kde-receives-14-million-investment-from-sovereign-tech-fund/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvard Votes On Limiting 'A' Grades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvard faculty are voting on a proposal (PDF) to curb grade inflation by limiting solid A grades to 20% of students in a class, plus four additional A's per course. Axios reports: Grade inflation is at a tipping point at Harvard. A move to make A grades harder to come by at one of the world's leading universities could influence grading debates at peer institutions. Solid A's account for nearly two-thirds of all undergraduate letter grades. That's up from roughly a quarter 20 years ago. More th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/harvard-votes-on-limiting-a-grades/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/harvard-votes-on-limiting-a-grades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Employees Launch Protest Against Mouse-Tracking Tech At US Offices]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta employees distributed flyers at multiple U.S. offices on Tuesday to protest the company's recent installation of mouse-tracking software on their computers, according to photos of the pamphlets seen by Reuters. The flyers, which appeared in meeting rooms, on vending machines and atop toilet paper dispensers at the Facebook owner's offices, encouraged staffers to sign an online petition against the move. "Don't want to work at the Employee Da]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-employees-launch-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-at-us-offices/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-employees-launch-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-at-us-offices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERN Open Sources Its KiCad Component Libraries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader ewhac writes: CERN, a longtime Open Source pioneer, has made several contributions over the years to KiCad ("KEE-kad"), an Open Source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) package widely used in the hobbyist and professional electronics communities. It's gotten so widely used that users can now submit their KiCad design files directly to several electronics fabricators (rather than the traditional step of converting the layouts to Gerber files). Over the years, CERN has als]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cern-open-sources-its-kicad-component-libraries/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cern-open-sources-its-kicad-component-libraries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets?]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from Phys.org: Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. "It's not a misconception -- mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others," Frederic Simard of France's Institute of Research for Development told AFP. "But we are not all magnets all the time," the medical entomologist add]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-are-some-people-mosquito-magnets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-are-some-people-mosquito-magnets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman Testifies That Elon Musk Wanted Control of OpenAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand Tuesday in Elon Musk's trial against the company, testifying that Musk repeatedly sought control of OpenAI before leaving in 2018. Altman said he opposed putting AI "under the control of any one person," while Musk's lawyer used a pointed cross-examination to attack Altman's trustworthiness. An anonymous reader shares updates from the testimony via the New York Times: Before Elon Musk left OpenAI in a power struggle in 2018, he wanted to merge the nonprofit a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altman-testifies-that-elon-musk-wanted-control-of-openai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altman-testifies-that-elon-musk-wanted-control-of-openai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea Floats 'Citizen Dividend' Using AI Profits]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Korea's presidential policy chief is calling for a "citizen dividend" that would return some AI-driven profits and tax revenue to the public. The Straits Times. From the report: Presidential policy chief Kim Yong-beom said in a Facebook post that a portion of the profits and tax revenue derived from the artificial intelligence boom "should be structurally returned to all citizens." That is because, Mr Kim argued, the economic gains from AI are based at least partly on industrial infrastruc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-floats-citizen-dividend-using-ai-profits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-floats-citizen-dividend-using-ai-profits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instructure Pays Canvas Hackers To Delete Students' Stolen Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning platform, says it reached an agreement with the hackers who stole 3.5 terabytes of student and university data. The company says it received "digital confirmation" that the information was destroyed and that affected schools and students would not be extorted. The BBC reports: Paying cyber criminals goes against the advice of law enforcement agencies around the world, as it can fuel further attacks and offers no guarantee the data h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/instructure-pays-canvas-hackers-to-delete-students-stolen-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/instructure-pays-canvas-hackers-to-delete-students-stolen-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Employees Are 'Tokenmaxxing' Due To Pressure To Use AI Tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times (via Ars Technica): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house "MeshClaw" product in recent weeks, allowing employees to create AI agents that can connect to workplace software and carry out tasks on a user's behalf, according to three people familiar with the mat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-employees-are-tokenmaxxing-due-to-pressure-to-use-ai-tools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-employees-are-tokenmaxxing-due-to-pressure-to-use-ai-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Announces Its Chromebook Successor: the Googlebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is teasing a new line of "Googlebook" laptops for this fall, powered by a new Android-and-ChromeOS-derived operating system that will run Chrome, Android apps, phone-connected apps and files, and deeply integrated Gemini features. The company says Chromebooks will continue "after the launch of Googlebook" and "...all Chromebooks will continue to receive support through their device's existing date commitment." The Verge reports: "We'll have more to share on the exact OS branding later thi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-announces-its-chromebook-successor-the-googlebook/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-announces-its-chromebook-successor-the-googlebook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's $1 Billion AI Data Center Will 'Switch Off Half of Kenya']]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft and G42's planned $1 billion AI data center in Kenya has stalled amid disagreements over power commitments, with President William Ruto saying the country would need to "switch off half the country" to support the project at full scale. Tom's Hardware reports: The project, announced in May 2024 during Ruto's visit to Washington, was supposed to bring a geothermal-powered data center to the Olkaria region in Kenya's Rift Valley. G42 was to lead construction, with the facility running Mi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-1-billion-ai-data-center-will-switch-off-half-of-kenya/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-1-billion-ai-data-center-will-switch-off-half-of-kenya/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU To Crack Down On TikTok, Instagram's 'Addictive Design']]></title><description><![CDATA[The EU plans to target "addictive design" features on TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms, including endless scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and recommendation loops that can steer children toward harmful content. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said new regulation could arrive later this year, alongside an EU age-verification app meant to make child-safety rules easier to enforce. CNBC reports: "We are taking action against TikTok and its addictive design -- endle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-to-crack-down-on-tiktok-instagrams-addictive-design/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-to-crack-down-on-tiktok-instagrams-addictive-design/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay Rejects GameStop's $56 Billion Takeover As 'Neither Credible Nor Attractive']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: EBay on Tuesday rejected a $56 billion takeover bid from the much smaller GameStop over financing doubts, calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive." EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop's market value, also underscored that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201% since Iannone took the position six years ago."We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ebay-rejects-gamestops-56-billion-takeover-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ebay-rejects-gamestops-56-billion-takeover-as-neither-credible-nor-attractive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Says Foreign-Made Routers Can Get Updates Until 2029]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC has softened its ban on foreign-made consumer routers, allowing vendors to keep issuing broader software and firmware updates for devices already in use in the U.S. through at least January 2029. Dark Reading reports: Under the original FCC ruling, foreign manufacturers were permitted to provide only limited maintenance and security patches to US customers through March 2027. In a public note (PDF) on May 8, the FCC extended that deadline to at least January 2029 and also expanded the sc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-says-foreign-made-routers-can-get-updates-until-2029/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-says-foreign-made-routers-can-get-updates-until-2029/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Real-Time Brain-Controlled Hearing Device]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Columbia demonstrated the first real-time brain-controlled hearing system that can identify which speaker a listener is focusing on in a noisy environment and automatically amplify that voice while suppressing others. "This breakthrough addresses the 'cocktail party effect,' a major limitation of conventional hearing aids, which often struggle to distinguish between overlapping conversations in noisy settings," reports Neuroscience News. From the report: In the new study, Columbia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-real-time-brain-controlled-hearing-device/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-real-time-brain-controlled-hearing-device/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arts and Cultural Engagement 'Linked To Slower Pace of Biological Aging']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health. The findings are the first to show that both participating in arts activities and attending events, such as viewing an exhibition, lead to people staying biologically younger. "These results demonstrate the health impact of the arts at a biological level. They]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arts-and-cultural-engagement-linked-to-slower-pace-of-biological-aging/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arts-and-cultural-engagement-linked-to-slower-pace-of-biological-aging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Testifies In OpenAI Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Musk v. Altman trial entered its third week Monday, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former OpenAI co-founder and renowned AI researcher Ilya Sutskever taking the stand. Nadella testified that Elon Musk never raised concerns to him that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special commitments, and said he viewed the partnership as clearly commercial from the start. He also described OpenAI's 2023 board crisis as "amateur city."Meanwhile, Sutskever testified that he had raised c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-testifies-in-openai-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-testifies-in-openai-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Data Center Drained 30 Million Gallons of Water Unnoticed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Georgia data center developed by QTS used nearly 30 million gallons of water through two unaccounted-for connections before residents complained about low water pressure and the county utility discovered the issue. "All told, the developer, Quality Technology Services, owed nearly $150,000 for using more than 29 million gallons of unaccounted-for water," reports Politico. "That is equivalent to 44 Olympic-size swimming pools and far exceeds the peak limit agreed to during the data center plann]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-data-center-drained-30-million-gallons-of-water-unnoticed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-data-center-drained-30-million-gallons-of-water-unnoticed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digg Tries Again, This Time As an AI News Aggregator]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digg is relaunching again, this time as an AI-focused news aggregator rather than the Reddit-style community site it recently abandoned. TechCrunch reports: On Friday evening, the founder previewed a link to the newly redesigned Digg, which now looks nothing like a Reddit clone and more like the news aggregator it once was. This time around, the site is focused on ranking news -- specifically, AI news to start. In an email to beta testers, the company said the site's goal is to "track the most i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digg-tries-again-this-time-as-an-ai-news-aggregator/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digg-tries-again-this-time-as-an-ai-news-aggregator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia's real AI moat isn't "a piece of hardware," writes Wired's Sheon Han. It's CUDA: a mature, deeply optimized software ecosystem that keeps machine-learning workloads tied to Nvidia GPUs. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: What sounds like a chemical compound banned by the FDA may be the one true moat in AI. CUDA technically stands for Compute Unified Device Architecture, but much like laser or scuba, no one bothers to expand the acronym; we just say "KOO-duh." So what is this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cuda-proves-nvidia-is-a-software-company/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cuda-proves-nvidia-is-a-software-company/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic's Bug-Hunting Mythos Was Greatest Marketing Stunt Ever, Says cURL Creator]]></title><description><![CDATA[cURL creator Daniel Stenberg says Anthropic's hyped Mythos bug-hunting model found only one confirmed low-severity vulnerability in cURL, plus a few non-security bugs, after he expected a much longer list. He argues Mythos may be useful, but not meaningfully beyond other modern AI code-analysis tools. "My personal conclusion can however not end up with anything else than that the big hype around this model so far was primarily marketing," Stenberg said a blog post. "I see no evidence that this s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Cutting Hundreds of Salaried IT Workers As It Trims Costs, Evaluates Needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[GM is laying off about 500 to 600 salaried IT workers, mainly in Austin, Texas, and Warren, Michigan, as it restructures its technology organization and trims costs. "GM is transforming its Information Technology organization to better position the company for the future. As part of that work, we have made the difficult decision to eliminate certain roles globally. We are grateful for the contributions of the employees affected and are committed to supporting them through this transition," the a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-cutting-hundreds-of-salaried-it-workers-as-it-trims-costs-evaluates-needs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-cutting-hundreds-of-salaried-it-workers-as-it-trims-costs-evaluates-needs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone-Android RCS Conversations Are End-To-End Encrypted In iOS 26.5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple says end-to-end encryption for RCS messages between iPhone and Android is now available in iOS 26.5, though the feature is still considered beta and depends on carrier support on both sides. MacRumors reports: Apple says that it worked with Google to lead a cross-industry effort to add E2EE to RCS. iOS users will need iOS 26.5, while Android users will need the latest version of Google Messages. End-to-end encryption is on by default, and there is a toggle for it in the Messages section of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-android-rcs-conversations-are-end-to-end-encrypted-in-ios-265/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-android-rcs-conversations-are-end-to-end-encrypted-in-ios-265/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the 'Next Industrial Revolution']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Speaking to graduates of University of Central Florida's College of Arts and Humanities and Nicholson School of Communication and Media on May 8, commencement speaker Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Group, told graduating humanities students that AI is the "next industrial revolution," and was met with thousands of booing graduates. "And let's face it, change can be daunting. The rise of artificial intellige]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/students-boo-commencement-speaker-after-she-calls-ai-the-next-industrial-revolution/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/students-boo-commencement-speaker-after-she-calls-ai-the-next-industrial-revolution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Says Hackers Used AI To Create Zero Day Security Flaw For the First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google says it has seen the first evidence of cybercriminals using AI to create a zero-day vulnerability. "Google reported its findings to the unnamed firm affected by the vulnerability before releasing its report," reports Politico. "The company then issued a patch to fix the issue." From the report: Google Threat Intelligence Group researchers detailed the development in a report released Monday. Zero-day exploits are considered the most serious type of security flaw because they are not detec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-says-hackers-used-ai-to-create-zero-day-security-flaw-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-says-hackers-used-ai-to-create-zero-day-security-flaw-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Now Requires Verification For Education Store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple now requires Education Store shoppers in the U.S. and several other countries to verify their student, educator, parent, or homeschool-teacher status through UNiDAYS, ending the previous honor-system approach. 9to5Mac reports: Starting today, Apple requires shoppers in the United States to complete verification when making a purchase via the Education Store. This change also applies to Australia, Hong Kong, Turkey, Canada, and Chile. In many other markets around the world, such as the UK,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-now-requires-verification-for-education-store/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-now-requires-verification-for-education-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Says 'Evil' Portrayals of AI Were Responsible For Claude's Blackmail Attempts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic. Last year, the company said that during pre-release tests involving a fictional company, Claude Opus 4 would often try to blackmail engineers to avoid being replaced by another system. Anthropic later published research suggesting that models from other companies had similar issues with "agentic misalignment."Apparently Anthropic has do]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-says-evil-portrayals-of-ai-were-responsible-for-claudes-blackmail-attempts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-says-evil-portrayals-of-ai-were-responsible-for-claudes-blackmail-attempts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Kernel Starts Retiring Support for AMD's 30-Year-Old K5 CPUs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linux 7.1 started phasing out support for Intel's 37-year-old i486 processor. Linux 7.2 removed drivers for the old AMD Elan 32-bit systems on a chip.<br />
And now some i586 and i686 class processors are being removed, reports Phoronix:Supporting those vintage GPUs without the Time Stamp Counter "TSC" instruction are becoming a burden... TSC-capable Intel Pentium processors and the likes will still be supported with this just being for TSC-less i586/i686 CPUs. Among the CPUs impacted by this latest c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-starts-retiring-support-for-amds-30-year-old-k5-cpus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-kernel-starts-retiring-support-for-amds-30-year-old-k5-cpus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford's Electrified Vehicle Sales Dropped 31% in April From One Year Ago]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford's sales of electrified vehicles &mdash; including hybrids and all-electric models &mdash; dropped 31% from April 2025, reports Electrek. "Hybrid sales fell 32% to 15,758 vehicles, while EV sales continued to crash with just 3,655 all-electric models sold last month, 25% fewer than in the year prior."<br />
After discontinuing the F-150 Lightning in December, sales of the electric pickup have been in free fall. Ford sold just 884 Lightnings last month, 49% less than it did last April. The Mustang]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fords-electrified-vehicle-sales-dropped-31-in-april-from-one-year-ago/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fords-electrified-vehicle-sales-dropped-31-in-april-from-one-year-ago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Source Project Shuts Down Over Legal Threats from 3D Printer Company Bambu Lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[The free/open source project OrcaSlicer is a popular fork of 3D printer slicing software from Bambu Lab. But Tuesday independent developer Pawel Jarczak shuttered the project "following legal threats from Bambu Lab," reports Tom's Hardware:Jarczak's fork of OrcaSlicer would have allowed users to bypass Bambu Connect, a middleware application that severely limits OrcaSlicer's access to remote printer functions in the name of security. Jarczak said in a note on GitHub that Bambu Lab threatened him]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-project-shuts-down-over-legal-threats-from-3d-printer-company-bambu-lab/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-project-shuts-down-over-legal-threats-from-3d-printer-company-bambu-lab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Polymarket Users Lose Money, While Top 1% Claim 76.5% of Gains, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Polymarket's prediction market, "most people end up losing money," reports the Washington Post &mdash; typically a few bucks.<br />
"Since Polymarket launched in 2022, a few thousand people have lost the bulk of the money... and an even smaller group &mdash; .05 percent of users &mdash; has gone home with most of the overall profits, according to a new analysis from finance researcher Pat Akey and colleagues."<br />
A lot of users aren't that good at predicting the future. They're losing money at roughly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/most-polymarket-users-lose-money-while-top-1-claim-765-of-gains-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/most-polymarket-users-lose-money-while-top-1-claim-765-of-gains-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PlayStation3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask Contributors to Stop Submitting 'AI Slop' Pull Requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 "has been around since 2011," Kotaku notes, and has made 70% of the PlayStation 3's library fully playable, "bolstered in part by the many users who contribute to its GitHub page." But their dev team "took to X today to very kindly and civilly request that users 'stop submitting AI slop code pull requests' to its GitHub page."Then they immediately proceeded to tell the AI-brain-rotted tech bros attempting to justify their vibe-coding nonsense to kick rocks in the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation3-emulator-devs-politely-ask-contributors-to-stop-submitting-ai-slop-pull-requests/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 02:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation3-emulator-devs-politely-ask-contributors-to-stop-submitting-ai-slop-pull-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honda Patents a Fake Clutch for Electric Motorcycles]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:A newly revealed Honda patent shows the company developing a simulated electronic clutch system for electric motorcycles, complete with torque-boost launches and even haptic feedback designed to mimic the feel of a combustion engine.... Instead of using a traditional mechanical clutch, the system uses electronics to alter how the motor responds based on clutch lever position. Pull the clutch halfway in, and the system proportionally reduces mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-patents-a-fake-clutch-for-electric-motorcycles/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-patents-a-fake-clutch-for-electric-motorcycles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Tech is Moving Data Through the Gulf Using Fiber-Optic Cables Alongside Iraq's Oil Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major American cloud companies with data centers in the Persian Gulf "are channeling data out of the war zone through fiber-optic cables that an Iraqi telecom has strung alongside crude-oil pipelines," reports RestofWorld.org:The data centers serve customers in more than 190 countries, processing transactions, storing files, and running applications for businesses and individuals from Latin America to South Asia. When Iranian drones struck Amazon's facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/big-tech-is-moving-data-through-the-gulf-using-fiber-optic-cables-alongside-iraqs-oil-pipelines/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/big-tech-is-moving-data-through-the-gulf-using-fiber-optic-cables-alongside-iraqs-oil-pipelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenging UPS and FedEx, Amazon Opens Its Shipping Network to All Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week Amazon opened up its parcel shipping, fulfillment, and distribution "to businesses of all types and sizes." Any business can now ship, store, and deliver "using the same supply chain that supports Amazon," according to Monday's announcement of "Amazon Supply Chain Services."<br />
The move sent shares of UPS and FedEx "tumbling" Monday writes GeekWire. And though both stocks bounced back as the week went on, GeekWire sees this as the latest example of Amazon "turning its internal capabilitie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/challenging-ups-and-fedex-amazon-opens-its-shipping-network-to-all-businesses/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/challenging-ups-and-fedex-amazon-opens-its-shipping-network-to-all-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Secretly Sold California Drivers' Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA["General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent," says California's attorney general, "and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so."In 2024, The New York Times "reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers' driving behavior with insurance companies," remembers TechCrunch, "and that some customers were concerned that their insurance rates had gone up as a result."<br />
Now General Motors "has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-secretly-sold-california-drivers-data-agrees-to-pay-1275m-in-privacy-settlement/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-secretly-sold-california-drivers-data-agrees-to-pay-1275m-in-privacy-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Relents, Lets its Programmers Use OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Futurism:In November, Amazon leaders sent an internal memo to employees, pushing them to use its in-house code generating tool, Kiro, over third-party alternatives from competitors. "While we continue to support existing tools in use today, we do not plan to support additional third party, AI development tools," the memo read, as quoted by Reuters at the time. "As part of our builder community, you all play a critical role shaping these products and we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-relents-lets-its-programmers-use-openais-codex-and-anthropics-claude/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-relents-lets-its-programmers-use-openais-codex-and-anthropics-claude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocket Lab Reports Growing Demand for Commercial Space Products.  Stock Surges 34%]]></title><description><![CDATA[For just the first three months of 2026, Rocket Lab's launch business reports $63.7 million in revenue, reports CNBC &mdash; plus another $136.7 million from its space systems business. Besides beating Wall Street's expectations, Rocket Lab also announced that its backlog has more than doubled from a year ago to $2.2 billion, and that it's buying space robotics company Motiv Space Systems.Friday its stock price shot up 34% in one day...Rocket Lab's stock has more than quadrupled over the past ye]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rocket-lab-reports-growing-demand-for-commercial-space-products-stock-surges-34/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rocket-lab-reports-growing-demand-for-commercial-space-products-stock-surges-34/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unemployment Ticked Up in America's IT Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT sector unemployment "increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March," reports the Wall Street Journal.<br />
But they add that the increase reflects "an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That's according to analysis from consulting firm Janco Associates, which bases its findings on data from the U.S. Labor Department."<br />
On Friday, the department said the economy added 115,000 jobs, buoyed by gains in industries including retail, transportation and warehousing and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/unemployment-ticked-up-in-americas-it-sector/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/unemployment-ticked-up-in-americas-it-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unemployed Ticked Up in America's IT Sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT sector unemployment "increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March," reports the Wall Street Journal.<br />
But they add that the increase reflects "an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That's according to analysis from consulting firm Janco Associates, which bases its findings on data from the U.S. Labor Department."<br />
On Friday, the department said the economy added 115,000 jobs, buoyed by gains in industries including retail, transportation and warehousing and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/unemployed-ticked-up-in-americas-it-sector/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/unemployed-ticked-up-in-americas-it-sector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The EU Considers Restricting Use of US Cloud Platforms for Sensitive Government Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNBC reports:<br />
The European Union is considering rules that would restrict its member governments' use of U.S. cloud providers to handle sensitive data, sources familiar with the talks told CNBC.<br />
The European Commission &mdash; the EU's executive branch &mdash; is expected to present its "Tech Sovereignty Package" on May 27, which will include a range of measures aimed at bolstering the bloc's strategic autonomy in key digital areas. As part of preparations for that package, discussions are takin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-eu-considers-restricting-use-of-us-cloud-platforms-for-sensitive-government-data/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-eu-considers-restricting-use-of-us-cloud-platforms-for-sensitive-government-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT:  'Meta's Embrace of AI Is Making Its Employees Miserable']]></title><description><![CDATA["Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable," reports the New York Times.<br />
And "After Meta said late last month that it would start tracking employees' computer use, hundreds of workers spoke up." (One employee even told Meta's CTO in an internal post, "Your callousness to the concerns of your own employees is concerning."<br />
In an internal post last month, Meta told its U.S. employees that it was making a change that would affect tens of thousands of them. What employees typed into thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyt-metas-embrace-of-ai-is-making-its-employees-miserable/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyt-metas-embrace-of-ai-is-making-its-employees-miserable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Changing of the Guard'?  AMD, Intel, and Micron Soar While Nvidia Lags]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Nvidia has dominated the "infrastructure boom" since 2022's launch of ChatGPT and "the generative AI craze," CNBC writes that "This week offered the starkest illustration yet of what MIzuho analyst Jordan Klein said could be a 'changing of the guard in AI.'"Chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices and Intel notched gains of about 25%, while memory maker Micron jumped more than 37% and fiber-optic cable maker Corning climbed about 18%. All four of those companies have more than doubled in value th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/changing-of-the-guard-amd-intel-and-micron-soar-while-nvidia-lags/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/changing-of-the-guard-amd-intel-and-micron-soar-while-nvidia-lags/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Source Registries Join Linux Foundation Working Group to Address Machine-Generated Traffic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under the nonprofit Linux Foundation, "a new Sustaining Package Registries Working Group will seek to identify concrete funding, governance, and security practices," reports ZDNet, "to keep code flowing as download counts grow.... Because software builds, continuous integration pipelines, and AI systems hammer registries at machine speed rather than human speed, the sites can't keep up."That growth has brought a surge in bot traffic, automated publishing, security reports, and outright abuse, ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-registries-join-linux-foundation-working-group-to-address-machine-generated-traffic/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-registries-join-linux-foundation-working-group-to-address-machine-generated-traffic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Maryland's Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States' Datacenters?]]></title><description><![CDATA[To upgrade its grid for data centers, PJM Interconnection (which serves 13 states) plans to spend $22 billion &mdash; and charge nearly $2 billion of that to customers in Maryland, argues Maryland's Office of People's Counsel. The money "will be recovered in rates for decades" and "drive up Maryland customer bills by $1.6 billion over the next ten years alone," they said Friday, announcing an official complaint filed with America's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.Extra demand is expected fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-marylands-utility-bills-increase-16b-to-support-other-states-datacenters/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-marylands-utility-bills-increase-16b-to-support-other-states-datacenters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rush Rescue Mission for NASA's $500M Space Telescope Passes Key Milestone]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's $500 million Neil Gehrels Swift space observatory was launched in 2004. But it's now "at risk of falling back through the atmosphere and burning up without intervention," reports Spaceflight Now.<br />
Fortunately, a mission to prevent that "just passed a notable prelaunch testing milestone."<br />
On Friday, NASA announced that the Link spacecraft, manufactured by Katalyst Space Technologies to intervene before Swift's fate is sealed, completed its slate of environmental testing at the agency's Godd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rush-rescue-mission-for-nasas-500m-space-telescope-passes-key-milestone/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rush-rescue-mission-for-nasas-500m-space-telescope-passes-key-milestone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trump Phone Either Is Or Isn't Closer To Delivery]]></title><description><![CDATA[September 2025? January 2026? Delivery dates keep slipping for the Trump Organization's "Trump Phone" &mdash; a gold-coloured Android smartphone priced at $499 (&pound;370). But in March the Verge spotted signs the phone was moving forward:<br />
FCC listings for a smartphone with the trade name "T1" show that it was tested late last year, and granted certification by the FCC in January... [T]he phone was submitted for testing by another company entirely: Smart Gadgets Global, LLC... Smart Gadgets Glo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-trump-phone-either-is-or-isnt-closer-to-delivery/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-trump-phone-either-is-or-isnt-closer-to-delivery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When the Sound of Rain Strikes]]></title><description><![CDATA["Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops," reports ScienceAlert, "and respond by waking from their state of dormancy to welcome the water, new research shows.... to germinate in 'anticipation' of the coming deluge."<br />
The finding, discovered by MIT mechanical engineers Nicholas Makris and Cadine Navarro, offers the first direct evidence that seeds and seedlings can sense and respond to sounds in nature... "The energy of the rain sound is enough to accelerate a seed's gr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/plant-seeds-do-something-incredible-when-the-sound-of-rain-strikes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/plant-seeds-do-something-incredible-when-the-sound-of-rain-strikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco Releases Open-Source 'DNA Test for AI Models']]></title><description><![CDATA[Cisco has released an open-source tool "to trace the origins of AI models," reports SC World, "and compare model similarities for great visibility into the AI supply chain."[Cisco's Model Provenance Kit] is a Python toolkit and command-line interface (CLI) that looks at signals such as metadata and weights to create a "fingerprint" for AI models that can then be compared to other model fingerprints to determine potential shared origins. "Think of Model Provenance Kit as a DNA test for AI models,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisco-releases-open-source-dna-test-for-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisco-releases-open-source-dna-test-for-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[All 20 of America's state-run healthcare marketplace sites "include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies," reports Gizmodo, citing a report from Bloomberg:Per the report, seven million Americans bought their health insurance through state exchanges in 2026, and many of them may have had personal information shared with companies, including Meta, TikTok, Snap, Google, Nextdoor, and LinkedIn, among others. Some of the data collected and shared with those companies in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-sites-got-information-from-ad-trackers-on-us-state-health-insurance-sites/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-sites-got-information-from-ad-trackers-on-us-state-health-insurance-sites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 People Called Police to Report Bigfoot Sighting in Ohio]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNN reports on a "sudden surge of claimed sightings" of "unidentified figures averaging 8 feet tall in wooded areas" along Ohio's Mahoning River.<br />
"And it stopped just as quickly as it started," says Jeremiah Byron, host of the Bigfoot Society Podcast, which collected and mapped the reports .... Byron doesn't take every report at face value, making sure he talks to people directly before publicizing their claims. Once word got out about the reports in Ohio, so did the obvious fakes. "I started to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/10-people-called-police-to-report-bigfoot-sighting-in-ohio/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/10-people-called-police-to-report-bigfoot-sighting-in-ohio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newspaper Chain's Reporters Withhold Their Bylines to Protest 'AI-Assisted' Articles]]></title><description><![CDATA[A chain of 30 U.S. newspapers including the Sacramento Bee, the Miami Herald and the Idaho Statesman "has started to use a new AI tool that can summarize traditional articles and spit out different versions for different audiences," reports the New York Times.<br />
And the chain's reporters "are not happy about it."Journalists in many of the company's newsrooms are now withholding their bylines from articles created by the new tool, meaning that those articles will run with a generic credit rather th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/newspaper-chains-reporters-withhold-their-bylines-to-protest-ai-assisted-articles/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/newspaper-chains-reporters-withhold-their-bylines-to-protest-ai-assisted-articles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some US Schools Are Cutting Back On the Technology They Spent Billions On]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's school districts "spent billions on technology during the pandemic," reports the Washington Post."But now some states are limiting in-school screen time because of concerns about its impact on children."<br />
Nationwide [U.S.] schools invested at least $15 billion and possibly as much as $35 billion from federal pandemic relief funds on laptops, learning software and other technology between 2020 and 2024, according to an estimate by the Edunomics Lab, an education think tank. By last schoo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-some-us-schools-are-cutting-back-on-the-technology-they-spent-billions-on/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-some-us-schools-are-cutting-back-on-the-technology-they-spent-billions-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanoid Robot Becomes Buddhist Monk In South Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[A four-foot humanoid robot named Gabi has become a monk at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, participating in a modified initiation ceremony where it pledged to respect life, obey humans, act peacefully toward other robots and objects. "Robots are destined to collaborate with humans in every field in the future," Hong Min-suk, a manager at the Jogye Order, the largest sect of Buddhism in South Korea, tells the New York Times. "It will only be natural for them to be part of our festival." Smithsonian M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robot-becomes-buddhist-monk-in-south-korea/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robot-becomes-buddhist-monk-in-south-korea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations]]></title><description><![CDATA[sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Cold War spies planted bugs in walls, lamps, and telephones. Now, scientists warn, the cables themselves could listen in. A fiber optic technique used to detect earthquakes can also pick up the faint vibrations of nearby speech, researchers reported this week here at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Freely available artificial intelligence (AI) software turned the fiber optic data into intelligible, real-time transcripts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fiber-optic-cables-can-eavesdrop-on-nearby-conversations/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fiber-optic-cables-can-eavesdrop-on-nearby-conversations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Keeps Track As Mexico City Sinks Into the Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Walking into Mexico City's sprawling central Zocalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital's cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace also seems off-kilter. The teetering of many of the capital's historic buildings is the most visible sign of a phenomenon that has been ongoing for more than a cen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-keeps-track-as-mexico-city-sinks-into-the-ground/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-keeps-track-as-mexico-city-sinks-into-the-ground/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Fidelity's Reorganization Signal the Beginning of the End for 'Small-Team Agile'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader cellocgw writes: Hiding inside another layoff report, Fidelity is reorganizing: "The changes are aimed at moving the teams away from an 'agile' makeup -- comprising smaller, siloed squads -- and toward larger teams built to move faster on projects." OMG, as they say: "Sudden outbreak of common sense." According to the Boston Globe, Fidelity is cutting about 1,000 jobs even as it plans to hire roughly 5,300 new workers, many of them early-career engineers. Half of the 3,3]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-fidelitys-reorganization-signal-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-small-team-agile/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-fidelitys-reorganization-signal-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-small-team-agile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micron Ships Gigantic 245TB SSD]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Micron says it is now shipping the world's highest-capacity commercially available SSD, and the numbers are honestly hard to wrap your head around. The new Micron 6600 ION packs 245TB into a single drive and is aimed squarely at AI infrastructure, hyperscalers, and cloud providers dealing with exploding data growth. According to the company, the SSD can reduce rack counts by 82 percent compared to HDD deployments offering similar raw capacity, while also cutting power usage]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/micron-ships-gigantic-245tb-ssd/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/micron-ships-gigantic-245tb-ssd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Linux 'Dirty Frag' Zero-Day Gives Root On All Major Distros]]></title><description><![CDATA[mrspoonsi shares a report: Dirty Frag is a vulnerability class, first discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), that can obtain root privileges on major Linux distributions by chaining the xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write vulnerability and the RxRPC Page-Cache Write vulnerability. Dirty Frag extends the bug class to which Dirty Pipe and Copy Fail belong. Because it is a deterministic logic bug that does not depend on a timing window, no race condition is required, the kernel does not panic when]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-linux-dirty-frag-zero-day-gives-root-on-all-major-distros/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-linux-dirty-frag-zero-day-gives-root-on-all-major-distros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data On the Open Web]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Security researcher Dor Zvi and his team at the cybersecurity firm he cofounded, RedAccess, analyzed thousands of vibe-coded web applications created using the AI software development tools Lovable, Replit, Base44, and Netlify and found more than 5,000 of them that had virtually no security or authentication of any kind. Many of these web apps allowed anyone who merely finds their web URL to access the apps and their data. Others had only trivial b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-vibe-coded-apps-expose-corporate-and-personal-data-on-the-open-web/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-vibe-coded-apps-expose-corporate-and-personal-data-on-the-open-web/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Begins Releasing New Files On UFOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has begun releasing new UFO/UAP files through a newly launched public website, starting with 162 documents from agencies including the FBI, State Department, NASA, and others. Officials say more files will be released on a rolling basis. The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on "unidentified anomalous phenomena" like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-begins-releasing-new-files-on-ufos/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-begins-releasing-new-files-on-ufos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple and Intel have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement (paywalled; alternative source) for Intel to manufacture some chips used in Apple devices, after more than a year of talks and pressure from the Trump administration. It's still unclear which Apple products would use Intel-made chips, but the deal would mark a major potential win for Intel's foundry ambitions and give Apple another manufacturing option beyond TSMC.Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-agreement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Skyrocketing hard drive and storage costs caused by the AI data center boom are making it more expensive and more difficult for digital archivists, academics, Wikipedia, and hobby data hoarders to save data and archive the internet. Specific drives favored by some high profile organizations like the Internet Archive have become far more expensive or are difficult to find at all, archivists said. Over the last several months, prices for both con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-hard-drive-shortage-makes-archiving-the-internet-harder/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-hard-drive-shortage-makes-archiving-the-internet-harder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB AI Model On Your Device Without Consent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader couchslug shares a report from That Privacy Guy's Alexander Hanff: Two weeks ago I wrote about Anthropic silently registering a Native Messaging bridge in seven Chromium-based browsers on every machine where Claude Desktop was installed. The pattern was: install on user launch of product A, write configuration into the user's installs of products B, C, D, E, F, G, H without asking. Reach across vendor trust boundaries. No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-silently-installs-a-4gb-ai-model-on-your-device-without-consent/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-silently-installs-a-4gb-ai-model-on-your-device-without-consent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare To Cut About 20% Workforce As AI Adoption Reshapes Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloudflare plans to cut about 20% of its workforce, or more than 1,100 employees, as it restructures around an "agentic AI-first operating model." Reuters reports: Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and co-founder Michelle Zatlyn said in a message to employees that the company was reimagining every team and function to operate in what they described as an agentic AI era. Cloudflare said the job cuts reflect a redesign of internal processes and roles, rather than a response to employee performance or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-to-cut-about-20-workforce-as-ai-adoption-reshapes-operations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-to-cut-about-20-workforce-as-ai-adoption-reshapes-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Segment of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Is In Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: The Fehrmarnbelt tunnel is a European construction megaproject building a tunnel between Denmark and Germany, crossing the Fehmarnbelt in the Baltic sea. The first segment of the tunnel has now successfully been placed in its designated spot. This is a yet-unseen, next-level engineering feat achieved by the Danish Sund &amp; Baelt construction company. It took 14 hours and used a massive pontoon ship built specifically for this project.The tunnel segment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-segment-of-the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-is-in-place/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-segment-of-the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-is-in-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wired describes the recent Canvas breach as an unusually disruptive ransomware-style extortion incident because one attack on Instructure's learning platform temporarily paralyzed thousands of schools during finals and end-of-year assignments. The hackers using the "ShinyHunters" name claim more than 8,800 schools were affected, while Instructure says exposed data included names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and platform messages. From the report: Higher education has long been a target]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-canvas-hack-is-a-new-kind-of-ransomware-debacle/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-canvas-hack-is-a-new-kind-of-ransomware-debacle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman Had a Bad Day In Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: As the trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI ended its second week, the Tesla CEO started scoring points against Sam Altman. His witnesses landed three solid punches in testimony about how Altman runs OpenAI as CEO, raising concerns about his dedication to AI safety, the nonprofit's mission, and his honesty as a leader of the organization. [...] This week, Musk's legal team called a parade of witnesses who questioned whether Altman was acti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altman-had-a-bad-day-in-court/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altman-had-a-bad-day-in-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Warns New AI Models Risk 'Systemic' Shock To Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IMF is warning that advanced AI-powered cyberattacks pose a serious threat to global financial stability. "IMF analysis suggests that extreme cyber-incident losses could trigger funding strains, raise solvency concerns, and disrupt broader markets," the lender warned in a new report. The report urged greater international cooperation and emphasized resilience, since breaches are "inevitable" -- particularly for emerging economies with weaker defenses. Agence France-Presse reports: The study']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/imf-warns-new-ai-models-risk-systemic-shock-to-finance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/imf-warns-new-ai-models-risk-systemic-shock-to-finance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[60% of MD5 Password Hashes Are Crackable In Under an Hour]]></title><description><![CDATA[In honor of World Password Day, Kaspersky researchers revisited their study on the crackability of real-world passwords and found that 60% of MD5-hashed passwords could be cracked in under an hour with a single Nvidia RTX 5090, and 48% could be cracked in under a minute. "The bottom line is that passwords protected only by fast hashing algorithms such as MD5 are no longer safe if attackers obtain them in a data breach," reports The Register. From the report: Much of the reason password hashes ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEOs Want Tariff Refunds As Earnings Take a Hit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies including Philips and Pandora say they plan to seek tariff reimbursements after the Supreme Court ruled Trump's sweeping duties illegal, with the U.S. potentially facing up to $175 billion in refunds. Many firms say tariffs hurt earnings, but CFO survey results suggest companies applying for refunds are unlikely to pass savings back to consumers through lower prices. CNBC reports: Companies across Europe are flagging disruption from tariffs as a factor contributing to a skewed earnings]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ceos-want-tariff-refunds-as-earnings-take-a-hit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ceos-want-tariff-refunds-as-earnings-take-a-hit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Issues Warning About Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from Linux Magazine: Microsoft has issued a warning that a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 has been found in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability in question is tagged CVE-2026-31431 and, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), "This Linux Kernel Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses significant risks to the federal enterprise."The distributions af]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-issues-warning-about-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-issues-warning-about-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Unveils Screenless Fitbit Air, Google Health App To Replace Fitbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Wearables have really come full circle. The early Fitbits didn't have screens, but the move to smartwatches put a screen on everyone's wrist. Now, devices like Whoop and Hume are designed as data trackers first and foremost without so much as a clock. Google's newest wearable jumps on that trend: The Fitbit Air doesn't have a screen, but it does have a suite of health sensors that pipe data into the new Google Health app. And if you want, Go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-unveils-screenless-fitbit-air-google-health-app-to-replace-fitbit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-unveils-screenless-fitbit-air-google-health-app-to-replace-fitbit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn Profile Visitor Lists Belong to the People, Says Noyb]]></title><description><![CDATA[A LinkedIn user in the EU is challenging Microsoft's refusal to provide a full list of profile visitors under GDPR Article 15, arguing that the data should be available for free because LinkedIn processes it and sells a more complete version to Premium users. Privacy group Noyb says the case could set a broader precedent over whether companies can monetize user-related data while denying access to the same data through GDPR requests. "Selling data to its own users is a popular practice among com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-profile-visitor-lists-belong-to-the-people-says-noyb/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-profile-visitor-lists-belong-to-the-people-says-noyb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motherboard Sales 'Collapse' By More Than 25%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Motherboard sales are sharply declining as AI demand drives shortages and price hikes for memory, storage, CPUs, and other PC components. "Because of this, users who don't have deep pockets are putting off upgrading their PCs and holding on to their current devices longer," reports Tom's Hardware. From the report: Asus, which sold 15 million motherboards in 2025, has only shipped a little more than 5 million in the first half of 2026. It's expected that the company will have to push hard for it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/motherboard-sales-collapse-by-more-than-25/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/motherboard-sales-collapse-by-more-than-25/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Raises Claude Code Usage Limits, Credits New Deal With SpaceX]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: At its Code with Claude developer conference on Wednesday, Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to utilize the entire compute capacity of the latter's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On stage at the conference, CEO Dario Amodei said the deal was intended to increase usage limits for Anthropic's Pro and Max plan subscribers. The announcement was accompanied by an increase in those usage limits; Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richard Dawkins 'Convinced' AI Is Conscious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mirnotoriety shares a report from The Telegraph: Richard Dawkins has said chatbots should be considered conscious (source paywalled; alternative source) after spending two days interacting with the Claude AI engine. The evolutionary biologist said he had the "overwhelming feeling" of talking to a human during conversations with Claude, and said it was hard not to treat the program as "a genuine friend."In an essay for Unherd, Prof Dawkins released transcripts that he said showed that the chatbot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/richard-dawkins-convinced-ai-is-conscious/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/richard-dawkins-convinced-ai-is-conscious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Homebuilder To Test Placing Mini Data Centers in Suburban Backyards]]></title><description><![CDATA[NewtonsLaw writes: According to Realtor.com, a California startup called Span plans to partner with Nvidia, PulteGroup, and other homebuilders to equip new homes with mini-data centers, so as to relieve the need to build and power much larger traditional centers. The article states the company "can install 8,000 XFRA units about six times faster and at five times lower cost than the construction of a typical centralized 100 megawatt data center of the same size." Could this be the solution to at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-homebuilder-to-test-placing-mini-data-centers-in-suburban-backyards/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-homebuilder-to-test-placing-mini-data-centers-in-suburban-backyards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single Dose of Magic Mushroom Psychedelic Can Cause Anatomical Brain Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small study found that a single 25mg dose of psilocybin produced measurable brain changes that were still visible a month later, along with reported improvements in psychological insight, wellbeing, and mental flexibility. The Guardian reports: Evidence for the changes came from specialized scans that measured the diffusion of water along nerve bundles in the brain. They suggested that some nerve tracts had become denser and more robust after the drug was taken. While the findings are prelimin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/single-dose-of-magic-mushroom-psychedelic-can-cause-anatomical-brain-changes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/single-dose-of-magic-mushroom-psychedelic-can-cause-anatomical-brain-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman's Management Style Comes Under the Microscope At OpenAI Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Altman's management style came under scrutiny on the seventh day of Elon Musk's high-stakes OpenAI trial, as former OpenAI figures Mira Murati, Shivon Zilis, and Helen Toner took the stand to testify about their experiences working with him. Their testimony resurfaced many of the criticisms that first emerged during Altman's brief ouster as CEO in 2023. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: The first witness was Mira Murati, OpenAI's former chief technology officer and n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altmans-management-style-comes-under-the-microscope-at-openai-trial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altmans-management-style-comes-under-the-microscope-at-openai-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords In Plaintext In RAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Security researcher Tom Joran Sonstebyseter Ronning has found that Microsoft Edge stores passwords in plaintext in RAM. After creating a password and storing it using Edge's password manager, Ronning found that he could dump the RAM and recover his password which was stored in plaintext. Part of the issue is Edge loads all passwords to all sites upon a single verification check, even if the user was not visiting a specific site. This is very differe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-edge-stores-passwords-in-plaintext-in-ram/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-edge-stores-passwords-in-plaintext-in-ram/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's AI Search Results Will Now Turn To Reddit For 'Expert Advice']]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is updating AI Overviews and AI Mode to more prominently surface "Expert Advice" from public discussions, social platforms, forums, blogs, and Reddit. Engadget reports: Via a new "Expert Advice" section that can appear in AI responses, Google will display "a preview of perspectives from public online discussions, social media and other firsthand sources." In the sample screenshot the company provided, quotes from forums, WordPress blogs and Reddit were arranged above links to their respec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-ai-search-results-will-now-turn-to-reddit-for-expert-advice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-ai-search-results-will-now-turn-to-reddit-for-expert-advice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Releases Steam Controller CAD Files Under Creative Commons License]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve has released CAD files for the new Steam Controller and its Puck under a Creative Commons license. "The idea is to let enterprising modders create their own Steam Controller add-ons, like skins, charging stands, grip extenders or smartphone mounts," reports Digital Foundry. From the report: The Valve release includes files for the external shell ("surface topology") of the Controller and Puck, with a .STP, .STL and engineering diagram of each device, with the latter showing areas that must]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-steam-controller-cad-files-under-creative-commons-license/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Undercuts Rivals On Pricing In Crypto Trading Debut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley is adding crypto trading to E*Trade, with a pilot now underway and a broader rollout planned for the platform's 8.6 million customers later this year. The bank is reportedly undercutting rivals with a 50-basis-point trading fee as it bets traditional finance and DeFi will converge."By contrast, Robinhood Markets' (HOOD) fees start at 95 bps, Coinbase Global's (COIN) begins at 60 bps, and Charles Schwab (SCHW) will charge 75 bps," notes Seeking Alpha. Morgan Stanley's head of wealt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/morgan-stanley-undercuts-rivals-on-pricing-in-crypto-trading-debut/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/morgan-stanley-undercuts-rivals-on-pricing-in-crypto-trading-debut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Managed Agents Can Engage In a 'Dreaming' Process To Preserve Memories]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: At its Code with Claude developers' conference, Anthropic has introduced what it calls "dreaming" to Claude Managed Agents. Dreaming, in this case, is a process of going over recent events and identifying specific things that are worth storing in "memory" to inform future tasks and interactions. Dreaming is a feature that is currently in research preview and limited to Managed Agents on the Claude Platform. Managed Agents are a higher-level]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-managed-agents-can-engage-in-a-dreaming-process-to-preserve-memories/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-managed-agents-can-engage-in-a-dreaming-process-to-preserve-memories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ReactOS Unifies Installation Media, Introduces GUI Installer and New ATA Driver]]></title><description><![CDATA[jeditobe writes: Developers of ReactOS told Phoronix that the project has introduced a unified BootCD, replacing its previously separate installation media and LiveCD images. The new image combines the traditional text-mode installer with a LiveCD mode in a single medium. Within this unified BootCD, the updated LiveCD mode now includes an option to launch a first-stage GUI installer. The graphical interface is intended to make installation more approachable for new users compared to the long-sta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reactos-unifies-installation-media-introduces-gui-installer-and-new-ata-driver/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reactos-unifies-installation-media-introduces-gui-installer-and-new-ata-driver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five major publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that Zuckerberg "personally authorized and actively encouraged" massive copyright infringement by using pirated books, journal articles, and web-scraped material to train Meta's Llama AI systems. Meta denies wrongdoing and says it will fight the case, arguing that courts have recognized AI training on copyrighted material as potentially fair use. Variety reports: "In their effort to win the AI 'arms race' a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zuckerberg-personally-authorized-and-encouraged-metas-copyright-infringement/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zuckerberg-personally-authorized-and-encouraged-metas-copyright-infringement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Bets $200 Million On AI Data Centers Floating In the Ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Silicon Valley investors such as Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel have bet hundreds of millions of dollars on deploying AI data centers powered by waves in the middle of the world's oceans -- a move that coincides with tech companies facing mounting challenges in building AI data center projects on land. The latest investment round of $140 million is intended to help the company Panthalassa complete a pilot manufacturing facility near Portlan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/silicon-valley-bets-200-million-on-ai-data-centers-floating-in-the-ocean/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/silicon-valley-bets-200-million-on-ai-data-centers-floating-in-the-ocean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Gives Up On Xbox Copilot AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is winding down Xbox Copilot on mobile and ending development of Copilot on console, reversing plans to bring the gaming-focused AI assistant to current-generation Xbox consoles this year. "The move follows [new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's] reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team -- where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox -- to the Xbox side of the company," reports The Verge.Sharma said in a post on X: Xbox needs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-gives-up-on-xbox-copilot-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-gives-up-on-xbox-copilot-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House App Is a Terrifying Security Mess]]></title><description><![CDATA[New submitter spazmonkey writes: From a hidden GPS tracker polling your location every 4.5 minutes to JavaScript loaded from a random GitHub account, no SSL certificate pinning, and an in-app browser that silently strips cookie consent dialogs and paywalls from every page you visit, the new White House app seems to have a little bit of everything. A security researcher pulled the APK apart to discover the cybersecurity vulnerabilities. "The app is a React Native build using Expo SDK 54, with Wor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-app-is-a-terrifying-security-mess/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-app-is-a-terrifying-security-mess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CO2 Levels In the Atmosphere Hit 'Depressing' New Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory. That's up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the number of molecules of a particular gas out of a million total molecules, or ppm. Climate scientist Zachary Labe of Climate Central, a nonprofit t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/co2-levels-in-the-atmosphere-hit-depressing-new-record/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/co2-levels-in-the-atmosphere-hit-depressing-new-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brockman Rebuts Musk's Take On Startup's History, Recounts Secret Work For Tesla]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: OpenAI President Greg Brockman concluded his testimony on Tuesday, where he largely rebutted Elon Musk's account of the early years of the startup and negotiations that occurred at the company. Brockman testified that he never made any commitments to Musk about the company's corporate structure, and he never heard anyone else make them. He emphasized that OpenAI is still governed by a nonprofit. "This entity remains a nonprofit," Brockman said, refe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brockman-rebuts-musks-take-on-startups-history-recounts-secret-work-for-tesla/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brockman-rebuts-musks-take-on-startups-history-recounts-secret-work-for-tesla/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Agrees To Pay iPhone Owners $250 Million For Not Delivering AI Siri]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has agreed to a proposed $250 million settlement over claims that it misled iPhone buyers about the availability of Apple Intelligence and its upgraded Siri features. The settlement would cover U.S. buyers of the iPhone 16 lineup and iPhone 15 Pro models between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. The Verge reports: The settlement will resolve a 2025 lawsuit, alleging Apple's advertisements created a "clear and reasonable consumer expectation" that Apple Intelligence features would be avail]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-agrees-to-pay-iphone-owners-250-million-for-not-delivering-ai-siri/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-agrees-to-pay-iphone-owners-250-million-for-not-delivering-ai-siri/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase Lays Off Nearly 700 Workers In 'AI-Native' Restructuring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coinbase is laying off about 700 workers, or 14% of its workforce, as CEO Brian Armstrong says the company is restructuring to become "lean, fast, and AI-native." Engadget reports: Armstrong claimed he'd seen engineers "use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks" and that non-technical teams in the company are "shipping production code," while Coinbase is automating many of its workflows. "All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company," Ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/coinbase-lays-off-nearly-700-workers-in-ai-native-restructuring/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/coinbase-lays-off-nearly-700-workers-in-ai-native-restructuring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google DeepMind Workers Vote To Unionize Over Military AI Deals]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries. In a letter addressed to Google's managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives for DeepMind employees. "Fundamentally, the push for unionization is about]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving To Mainframe Can Be Cheaper Than Sticking With VMware]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gartner says some VMware customers may find it cheaper to move certain Linux VM workloads to IBM mainframes than to adopt Broadcom's new VMware licensing, especially for fleets of hundreds of Linux VMs and mission-critical apps needing long-term stability. The Register reports: Speaking to The Register to discuss the analyst firm's mid-April publication, "The State of the IBM Mainframe in 2026," [Gartner Vice President Analyst Alessandro Galimberti] said some buyers in many fields are comparing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/moving-to-mainframe-can-be-cheaper-than-sticking-with-vmware/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/moving-to-mainframe-can-be-cheaper-than-sticking-with-vmware/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids Bypass Age Verification With Fake Moustaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Internet Matters survey suggests the UK's Online Safety Act age checks are easy for many children to bypass. Reported workarounds include fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, video game characters, and even drawing on a fake mustache. The Register reports: The group surveyed over 1,000 UK children and their parents, and while it did report some positive effects from changes made under the OSA, many children saw age verification as an easy-to-bypass hurdle rather than something that kept them genu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kids-bypass-age-verification-with-fake-moustaches/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kids-bypass-age-verification-with-fake-moustaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Government Warns of Severe CopyFail Bug Affecting Major Versions of Linux]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A severe security vulnerability affecting almost every version of the Linux operating system has caught defenders off-guard and scrambling to patch after security researchers publicly released exploit code that allows attackers to take complete control of vulnerable systems. The U.S. government says the bug, dubbed "CopyFail," is now being exploited in the wild, meaning it's being actively used in malicious hacking campaigns. [...] Given the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-warns-of-severe-copyfail-bug-affecting-major-versions-of-linux/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-warns-of-severe-copyfail-bug-affecting-major-versions-of-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscars Bans AI Actors and Writing From Awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Academy has clarified that only human-performed acting and human-authored writing are eligible for Oscar nominations. The Oscars will not ban AI tools broadly, but says it will judge films based on the degree to which humans remain central to the creative work. The BBC reports: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...], which controls the US film industry's most prestigious award, on Friday issued updated rules for what kind of work in movies and documentaries would be considered]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oscars-bans-ai-actors-and-writing-from-awards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oscars-bans-ai-actors-and-writing-from-awards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VS Code Update Added Copilot As Default Co-Author To Git Commits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: On April 15, 2026, a Microsoft employee made a change to Visual Studio Code and pushed it within 8 hours without review, notification, or documentation. The change added "Co-authored-by: Copilot" by default to the end of commit messages in Git when Copilot was used in creating the code. However, the implementation was bugged, and the message was added to every commit regardless if Copilot was used or disabled. Since this message was automatically ad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vs-code-update-added-copilot-as-default-co-author-to-git-commits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vs-code-update-added-copilot-as-default-co-author-to-git-commits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Notepad++ For Mac' Release Is Disavowed By the Creator of the Original]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Andrew Cunningham: As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting. It was created in 2003 by Don Ho, who continues to be its primary author and maintainer, and it has been a Windows-exclusive app throughout its existence (older Notepad++ versions support OSes as old as Windows 95; the current versi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notepad-for-mac-release-is-disavowed-by-the-creator-of-the-original/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notepad-for-mac-release-is-disavowed-by-the-creator-of-the-original/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Microplastics Are Likely Helping To Heat Up the Planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Nature Climate Change study suggests airborne microplastics -- especially darker and colored particles -- are likely contributing to atmospheric warming by absorbing more heat than they reflect. Researchers estimate the effect could be roughly one-sixth that of black carbon, though outside experts say the uncertainties remain large and more study is needed before drawing firm policy conclusions. "We can say with confidence that overall they are warming agents," said Drew Shindell, a Duke U]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microplastics-are-likely-helping-to-heat-up-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microplastics-are-likely-helping-to-heat-up-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers May Have Detected an Atmosphere Around a Tiny, Icy World Past Pluto]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Associated Press is reporting on a new study in Nature Astronomy suggesting that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been created by volcanic eruptions or a comet strike," writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From the report: Just 300 miles (500 kilometers) or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system's smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity, said lead researcher Ko Arimatsu of th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-may-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-tiny-icy-world-past-pluto/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-may-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-tiny-icy-world-past-pluto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI President Discloses His Stake In the Company Is Worth $30 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI president Greg Brockman's testimony dominated the fifth day of the trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit against the AI company. Brockman took the witness stand on Monday, disclosing that his stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion, despite not personally investing money in OpenAI. The judge also declined to admit a pretrial text in which Musk allegedly warned Brockman that he and Altman would become "the most hated men in America." From a report: Brockman's disclosure would put him on the Fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-president-discloses-his-stake-in-the-company-is-worth-30-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-president-discloses-his-stake-in-the-company-is-worth-30-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York Times reports: In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic, Google and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-considers-vetting-ai-models-before-they-are-released/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-considers-vetting-ai-models-before-they-are-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill To Fund 'AI Literacy' In Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A new, bipartisan bill introduced (PDF) by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world -- including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft -- would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in "AI literacy," something that young people and teachers alike already hate in schools. The Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence, or LIFT AI Act, would empower the new director of the National]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-google-and-microsoft-back-bill-to-fund-ai-literacy-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-google-and-microsoft-back-bill-to-fund-ai-literacy-in-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pixel 11 Could Be the Next Victim of the RAM Shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google's Pixel 11 lineup could see RAM cuts or lower starting configurations because of the global memory shortage, with leaks suggesting the base model may drop from 12GB to 8GB while Pro models could add 12GB versions below the current 16GB tier. The Verge reports: There will be 16GB configurations available for each, but adding a lower-spec model could mean the 16GB version is getting a price hike. However, the silver lining is that the specs from MysticLeaks also include camera upgrades and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-pixel-11-could-be-the-next-victim-of-the-ram-shortage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-pixel-11-could-be-the-next-victim-of-the-ram-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 Support Is Coming To Linux]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD is preparing expanded HDMI 2.1 support for Linux, following earlier delays after the HDMI Forum rejected an open source implementation of HDMI 2.1 as proprietary technology. As GamingOnLinux reports, AMD developer Harry Wentland submitted a patch series to the Linux kernel mailing list, noting that it brings "HDMI FRL support to the amdgpu display driver" and that "DSC is still being tested and will be sent out later."A forum post on Phoronix from an AMD driver developer also said "a full im]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/expanded-amd-hdmi-21-support-is-coming-to-linux/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/expanded-amd-hdmi-21-support-is-coming-to-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Audio Industry Is Grappling With the Rise of 'Podslop']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg's Ashley Carman: Welcome to the modern era of podcasting in which thousands of new shows are released into the world every day with a sizable portion likely being AI-generated. Figuring out exactly which ones fall into that growing category is becoming more difficult just as the industry is starting to take this issue seriously. In only the past month or so, Amazon launched a feature that explains a product by generating a quasi-podcast, complet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-audio-industry-is-grappling-with-the-rise-of-podslop/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-audio-industry-is-grappling-with-the-rise-of-podslop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Nears $1.5 Billion AI Joint Venture With Wall Street Firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is reportedly nearing a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hellman &amp; Friedman, and other Wall Street firms to sell AI tools to private-equity-backed companies. "The investors aim to create a company that acts as a consulting arm for Anthropic and helps teach businesses -- including the private-equity firms' portfolio companies -- how to incorporate AI across their operations," reports the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman &amp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-nears-15-billion-ai-joint-venture-with-wall-street-firms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-nears-15-billion-ai-joint-venture-with-wall-street-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GameStop Offers to Buy eBay for $56 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[GameStop has made an unsolicited $56 billion cash-and-stock offer to buy eBay (paywalled; alternative source), with CEO Ryan Cohen arguing he can turn the marketplace into a far larger Amazon competitor. "EBay should be worth -- and will be worth -- a lot more money," Cohen said in an interview. "I'm thinking about turning eBay into something worth hundreds of billions of dollars." The Wall Street Journal reports: Cohen said GameStop has a commitment letter from TD Bank to provide up to $20 bill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamestop-offers-to-buy-ebay-for-56-billion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamestop-offers-to-buy-ebay-for-56-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Discover 27 Potential New Planets That Orbit Two Stars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have identified 27 potential new circumbinary planets -- worlds that orbit two stars, like Star Wars' Tatooine. "To date, only about 18 circumbinary planets ... had been identified in the universe," reports the Guardian. "More than 6,000 planets have been discovered that orbit single stars, like Earth does around the sun." The Guardian reports: In a timely publication for May 4, also known as Star Wars Day, scientists have identified nearly 30 more candidate planets, whose distances]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-discover-27-potential-new-planets-that-orbit-two-stars/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-discover-27-potential-new-planets-that-orbit-two-stars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infrasound Waves Stop Kitchen Fires, But Can They Replace Sprinklers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails. But in this demonstration, something less common happens: An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the source of the fire in an attempt to put it out. The science of acoustic fire suppression, which has long be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16% of Parents Help Their Children Bypass Online Age Checks, Study Finds. One 15-Year-Old Just Uses a Fake Moustache]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Independent reports that "more than a third of children in the UK have found a way around age verification measures" for social media sites and other online platforms. And new research from online safety organisation Internet Matters "suggests one in six parents have helped their child to get past age verification checks, with children reporting 'tricking' platforms into thinking they are older. "Parents also said they had caught their children drawing on facial hair in a bid to evade the te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/16-of-parents-help-their-children-bypass-online-age-checks-study-finds-one-15-year-old-just-uses-a-fake-moustache/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/16-of-parents-help-their-children-bypass-online-age-checks-study-finds-one-15-year-old-just-uses-a-fake-moustache/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Investors Trust AI Sales Figures? Asks Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wall Street Journal opinion piece warns of "a troubling trend" in AI's growth. "Rather than selling software, some AI companies are paying their partners to use it."<br />
It cites OpenAI's $1.5 billion joint venture with private-equity firms, Anthropic's $200 million contribution to a private-equity firm joint venture, and Google's $750 million subsidization of Gemini's adoption by consulting firms. "These agreements muddy the distinction between a company's sound growth trajectory and artificial f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-investors-trust-ai-sales-figures-asks-wall-street-journal-opinion-piece/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-investors-trust-ai-sales-figures-asks-wall-street-journal-opinion-piece/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roblox Blames Age-Verification Rollout for Lowered Growth. Stock Tumbles 22%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age verification became mandatory for chat access on Roblox in January &mdash; and Friday morning Quartz reported it's apparently impacted the company's financials:<br />
Roblox cut its full-year 2026 bookings forecast by roughly $900 million at the midpoint on Thursday, blaming stronger-than-expected headwinds from its mandatory age-verification rollout on an audience that skews heavily toward children and teenagers. Full-year 2026 bookings are now projected at $7.33 billion to $7.60 billion, a range]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/roblox-blames-age-verification-rollout-for-lowered-growth-stock-tumbles-22/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/roblox-blames-age-verification-rollout-for-lowered-growth-stock-tumbles-22/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NetHack 5.0 Released]]></title><description><![CDATA["So yesterday the Devteam (it is always the Devteam) released version 5.0 of legendary and venerable rogueike compuer game NetHack," writes the Rogue-like games column @Play. "It is 39 years old..."MilenCent (Slashdot reader #219,397) writes: In addition to play changes it's left for players to discover, this version updates the code to compile with C99, makes it much easier to cross compile the code for other systems than the one running, and now uses Lua for its dungeon generation. Happy hacki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nethack-50-released/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 04:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nethack-50-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets for Its Codex App]]></title><description><![CDATA["Vibe coding just got a whole lot more adorable," writes Engadget:<br />
OpenAI introduced AI-generated pets to the Codex app, its agentic tool that helps with coding. These "optional animated companions" don't do any coding themselves, but serve as a floating overlay that can tell you what Codex is working on, notify you when Codex completes a task or whether it needs your input on something. The new feature lets developers see Codex's active thread, without having to switch away from your current op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-introduces-ai-generated-pets-for-its-codex-app/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 02:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-introduces-ai-generated-pets-for-its-codex-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Cameras are Being Deployed Across the Western US for Early Detection of Wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports:On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then alerted the state's forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs of what came to be known as the Diamond Fire. Firefighters raced to the scene and contained the blaze before]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-cameras-are-being-deployed-across-the-western-us-for-early-detection-of-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-cameras-are-being-deployed-across-the-western-us-for-early-detection-of-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Is Making Food Less Nutritious, Risking the Health of Billions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new meta-analysis found nutrients in food decreased over the last 40 years, reports the Washington Post. "Many of humanity's most important crops &mdash; including wheat, potatoes, beans &mdash; contain fewer vitamins and minerals than they did a generation ago."<br />
"The invisible culprit behind this damaging phenomenon? Carbon dioxide pollution."Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, have produced potent changes in the way plants grow &mdash;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/carbon-pollution-is-making-food-less-nutritious-risking-the-health-of-billions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/carbon-pollution-is-making-food-less-nutritious-risking-the-health-of-billions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[A startup south of Austin is using robots to build homes out of clay pulled directly from the ground, reports a local news station:<br />
The materials are gathered on site, mixed, and placed on a build plate. From there, a robot lowers from above, picks up the clay with a claw, carries it to the wall and drops it into place. Later, the same robot switches tools, using a hammer attachment to pound the material into shape. "It's kind of trying to replicate how a human might build an adobe house," said]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robots-are-building-clay-homes-in-texas-using-dirt-from-the-ground/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 22:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robots-are-building-clay-homes-in-texas-using-dirt-from-the-ground/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com - Relics of Yesterday's Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 1999 press release bragged "Jeeves" answered 92.3 million questions in just three months. "In the digital wilds of Y2K, we came to him with our most probing questions," remembers the New York Times &mdash; whether it was Britney Spears or tamagotchis:We asked, and he answered: Jeeves, the digital butler of information, the online valet who led us into the depths of cyberspace. Now, like so many other relics of yesterday's internet, Jeeves &mdash; and his home, Ask.com &mdash; are no more. Afte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/its-goodbye-time-for-jeeves-and-askcom-relics-of-yesterdays-internet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/its-goodbye-time-for-jeeves-and-askcom-relics-of-yesterdays-internet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Nintendo Executive Says Amazon Once Requested 'Illegal' Price Discounts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon once tried to pressure Nintendo to break the law, says former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aim&eacute;. At a recent NYU lecture, he describes a conversation with an Amazon executive, Kotaku reports:<br />
"Amazon was looking to get bigger into the video game space," said Fils-Aim&eacute;. "Amazon's mentality back then is they wanted to have the lowest price out in the marketplace, even lower than Walmart... Essentially what Amazon wanted (was an) obscene amount of support, financia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-nintendo-executive-says-amazon-once-requested-illegal-price-discounts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-nintendo-executive-says-amazon-once-requested-illegal-price-discounts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT Became So Obsessed With Goblins That OpenAI Had to Intervene]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI "recently gave its popular ChatGPT strict instructions. Stop talking about goblins."Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres. The goblin-speak caught the attention of programmers, who are often heavy users of the bot. Barron Roth, a 32-year-old product manager at a tech company, said the bot referred to a flaw in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chatgpt-became-so-obsessed-with-goblins-that-openai-had-to-intervene/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chatgpt-became-so-obsessed-with-goblins-that-openai-had-to-intervene/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations]]></title><description><![CDATA[An official in South Africa withdrew a draft of the country's national AI policy, reports a local newspaper, "after it was found the draft policy was compiled using AI, which cited academic articles that were 'fictitious'."<br />
Earlier this month, minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced cabinet had approved the draft policy for public comment. [Ntshavheni] said the policy seeks to strengthen government's ability to regulate and adopt AI responsibly, while fostering innovation, job]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-withdrawn-due-to-fictitious-ai-generated-citations/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-withdrawn-due-to-fictitious-ai-generated-citations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ransomware Is Getting Uglier As Cybercriminals Fake Leaks and Skip Encryption Entirely]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ransomware activity jumped again in Q1 2026," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli, "with 2,638 victim posts on leak sites, up 22% year over year," according to a report from cybersecurity company ReliaQuest.But the bigger shift is how messy the ecosystem has become. Established groups like Akira and Qilin are still active, while newer players like The Gentlemen surged into the top tier with a 588 percent spike in activity. At the same time, questionable leak sites such as 0APT and ALP-001 are m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ransomware-is-getting-uglier-as-cybercriminals-fake-leaks-and-skip-encryption-entirely/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ransomware-is-getting-uglier-as-cybercriminals-fake-leaks-and-skip-encryption-entirely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smuggled Starlink Terminals are Beating Iran's Internet Blackout]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the BBC:"If even one extra person is able to access the internet, I think it's successful and it's worth it," says Sahand. The Iranian man is visibly anxious, speaking to the BBC outside Iran, as he carefully explains how he is part of a clandestine network smuggling satellite internet technology &mdash; which is illegal in Iran &mdash; into the country. Sahand, whose name we have changed, fears for family members and other contacts inside the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smuggled-starlink-terminals-are-beating-irans-internet-blackout/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smuggled-starlink-terminals-are-beating-irans-internet-blackout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2016 an online "swarm intelligence" platform generated a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby &mdash; naming all four top finishers in order. (But its 2017 predictions weren't even close.) Slashdot checked in again on how modern AI systems performed in 2023, 2024, and 2025 &mdash; but their predictions were still pretty bad. Would AI-generated Derby predictions be any better in 2026?<br />
This year's winner was 24-to-1 longshot "Golden Tempo" &mdash; though a lot of oddsmakers had favored a h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-microsoft-copilot-fail-again-to-predict-the-winners-of-the-kentucky-derby/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-microsoft-copilot-fail-again-to-predict-the-winners-of-the-kentucky-derby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Exports of Green Technologies Surged to Record Levels After Iran War Began]]></title><description><![CDATA["The war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel," CNN reported this week. And many of those countries now want renewable fuels, the article points out, "leaving them turning to the renewables king of the planet: China."Chinese exports of solar technology, batteries and electric vehicles all reached record highs in March, according to energy think tank Ember, a sign that the historic oil supply shock is accelerating the adoption of clean energy around the world... A Thursday r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinese-exports-of-green-technologies-surged-to-record-levels-after-iran-war-began/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinese-exports-of-green-technologies-surged-to-record-levels-after-iran-war-began/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former NASA Engineers Create Ingenious Way To Save Homes From Wildfires Using Noise]]></title><description><![CDATA["Scientists have created a miraculous new way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound," reports the New York Post:Former NASA engineers with California-based Sonic Fire Tech found that using sound waves can snuff out blazes and potentially be used to stop another Pacific Palisades inferno... The technology works by targeting oxygen molecules using low-frequency sound waves that vibrate them, stopping the fire from growing. "Sound waves vibrate the oxygen faster]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-nasa-engineers-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-nasa-engineers-create-ingenious-way-to-save-homes-from-wildfires-using-noise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Slashdot: Are YouTube's Subtitles 'Appallingly Bad'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader Anne Thwacks frequently uses YouTube's subtitles "not to disturb others in the room, or because my hearing is not very good." But they say there's a new problem.<br />
"The subtitling is terrible!"Almost every sentence has a huge error. Proper names are more often wrong than right. Non-English place names are almost always mangled to barely recognizable. And no effort whatsoever is made to use context to figure out whether a place name is Russian or Arabic, and often complete]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-are-youtubes-subtitles-appallingly-bad/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-are-youtubes-subtitles-appallingly-bad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client]]></title><description><![CDATA["Nuclear AI startup" Fermi had hoped to build power plants generating 17 gigawatts of electricity, remembers Bloomberg, "three times the amount typically consumed by New York City."Hyperscalers could install their data centers on the site itself and tap directly into that power, which would come first from natural gas turbines and later from nuclear reactors. The pitch ticked so many boxes &mdash; artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, political connections &mdash; that some investors found it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-19b-nuclear-ai-energy-startup-that-couldnt-sign-a-single-client/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-19b-nuclear-ai-energy-startup-that-couldnt-sign-a-single-client/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Drones for Cloud-Seeding Can Trigger Rain, Company Claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday a company called Rainmaker announced their rain-triggering technology had produced 143 million gallons of freshwater for Utah and Oregon residents &mdash; making them "the first private company in history to validate the results of cloud seeding operations."<br />
The Deseret News reports:Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses drones to disperse silver iodide into clouds, then they track precipitation with advanced radar. However, Rainmaker &mdash; and every other rain-enhancement company &mdash; has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/using-drones-for-cloud-seeding-can-trigger-rain-company-claims/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/using-drones-for-cloud-seeding-can-trigger-rain-company-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if Tech Company Layoffs Aren't All About AI?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Running a Big Tech company during Silicon Valley's AI mania may not necessarily require fewer workers or cost less," writes the Washington Post:Amazon, Google and Meta together have roughly the same number of employees now as they did during an industry-wide hiring binge in 2022, company disclosures show. Growing costs for technical workers and related expenses have often outpaced sales recently. The tech giants' big AI bet hasn't yet paid for itself.<br />
That means AI might be killing jobs not thr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-if-tech-company-layoffs-arent-all-about-ai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-if-tech-company-layoffs-arent-all-about-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem - by Asking AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader joshuark writes: Scientific American reports that a ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had developed. A 23-year-old student Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. The new solution that Price got in response to a single prompt to GPT-5.4 Pro was posted on www.erdosproblems.com, a website devoted to the Erds problems. The question Price solved &mdash; or prompted ChatGPT to solve&mdash;con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-amateur-just-solved-a-60-year-old-math-problem-by-asking-ai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-amateur-just-solved-a-60-year-old-math-problem-by-asking-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costumed Crowd 'Speedruns' Scientology Building For Social Media Trend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Saturday someone dressed as Jesus "was among the dozens of people in costumes and masks seen on a video forcing open the door of a Scientology building on Hollywood Boulevard," reports the Los Angeles Times, "after a tug-of-war with a security guard."The footage posted on TikTok and Instagram shows the group sprinting up and down stairs and clashing with black-shirted security guards, giggling and gasping to catch their breath while church members scream at them to leave. On their way out &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/costumed-crowd-speedruns-scientology-building-for-social-media-trend/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/costumed-crowd-speedruns-scientology-building-for-social-media-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week Bill Gates wrote a blog post about a special camera from medtech startup Remidio, which delivers high-resolution images of a patient's retina in seconds. The camera plugs into a phone running an AI system that watches for early signs of diabetes &mdash; all without needing a blood draw, eye dilation, or a dibetes specialist. It's already been used in 40 countries for more than 15 million patients.But that same hardware, with different software, can also flag the conditions that drive s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/retina-scan-for-diabetes-could-also-reduce-deaths-during-pregnancy-in-developing-countries/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/retina-scan-for-diabetes-could-also-reduce-deaths-during-pregnancy-in-developing-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steam on Linux use in March "had skyrocketed to 5.33%..." reports Phoronix, "easily the highest level we've seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago."<br />
So what happened in April?<br />
[April's results] point to Linux having a 4.52% marketshare on Steam, a drop of 0.81% compared to March. Year-over-year it's roughly double with Steam on Linux in April 2025 being at 2.27%. Or two years ago for April 2024, Steam on Linux was at 1.9%.Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-percentage-of-steam-users-doubled-in-one-year/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-percentage-of-steam-users-doubled-in-one-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel, DC, Game Publishers Launch Rival Events Saturday for Free Giveaways]]></title><description><![CDATA[The once-a-year free comic book giveaway "is splitting in two," according to a local news report.<br />
Launched in 2002 by Diamond Comic Distributor, comic book giants like Marvel and DC have historically participated together. But things changed after Diamond Comic Distributors went bankrupt in 2025, "leaving other companies to swoop in and pick up where Diamond left off."The rights to the "Free Comic Book Day" brand were sold to Universal Distribution, which plans to bring Free Comic Book Day back]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/marvel-dc-game-publishers-launch-rival-events-saturday-for-free-giveaways/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/marvel-dc-game-publishers-launch-rival-events-saturday-for-free-giveaways/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GameStop Is Preparing Offer For eBay]]></title><description><![CDATA[GameStop is reportedly preparing a potential offer for eBay, an unusually ambitious move given that eBay's roughly $46 billion market value is nearly four times GameStop's. Reuters reports: GameStop is preparing an offer for eBay as CEO Ryan Cohen pursues plans to boost the struggling videogame retailer's market value more than tenfold, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Shares of eBay, which has a market capitalization of about $46 billion, soared about 14% in extended trading. GameSto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamestop-is-preparing-offer-for-ebay/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamestop-is-preparing-offer-for-ebay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA engineers have tested a next-generation lithium-plasma electric propulsion system that reached 120 kilowatts, a new U.S. record and about 25 times the power of the electric thrusters on NASA's Psyche spacecraft. "Designing and building these thrusters over the last couple of years has been a long lead-up to this first test," said James Polk, who is a senior research scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "It's a huge moment for us because we not only showed the thruster works, but we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-lithium-plasma-engine-passes-key-mars-propulsion-test/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-lithium-plasma-engine-passes-key-mars-propulsion-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Stuck With Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes On Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon's cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal operations in the Middle East. The announcement comes two months after Iranian drone strikes targeted three Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- meaning that full recovery from the cloud disruption could take nearly half a year in all. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) dashboar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-stuck-with-months-of-repairs-after-drone-strikes-on-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-stuck-with-months-of-repairs-after-drone-strikes-on-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Xbox Mode Is Now Available For All Windows 11 PCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is rolling out Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs, bringing a full-screen Xbox PC app interface similar to Steam's Big Picture Mode. "Some players in select markets will be able to download the Xbox mode experience today, with availability expanding to more players in those markets over the next several weeks," says the Xbox team. The Verge reports: Xbox mode aims to try and bridge the gap between Xbox consoles and Windows, but its original debut felt like a beta on the Xbox Ally devices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-xbox-mode-is-now-available-for-all-windows-11-pcs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-xbox-mode-is-now-available-for-all-windows-11-pcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Agent Designed To Speed Up Company's Coding Wipes Entire Database In 9 Seconds]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from Live Science: An AI coding agent designed to help a small software company streamline its tasks instead blew a hole through its business in just nine seconds. PocketOS founder Jer Crane, said that the AI coding agent Cursor --powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 model -- deleted the company's entire production database and backups with a single call to its cloud provider, Railway, on April 24. [...] "This isn't a story about one bad agent or one bad API [Applicati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-agent-designed-to-speed-up-companys-coding-wipes-entire-database-in-9-seconds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-agent-designed-to-speed-up-companys-coding-wipes-entire-database-in-9-seconds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, But Not Anthropic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon says it has reached deals with seven AI companies -- SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection AI, Microsoft, and AWS -- to deploy their tools on classified Defense Department networks. The odd one out is Anthropic, which remains excluded after being labeled a supply-chain risk amid a dispute over military-use guardrails. Reuters reports: SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), several of which already work with the Pentagon, will be in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-reaches-agreements-with-top-ai-companies-but-not-anthropic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-reaches-agreements-with-top-ai-companies-but-not-anthropic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICANN Opens Applications For New Generic Top-Level Domains]]></title><description><![CDATA[ICANN has opened applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012. The Register reports: ICANN hasn't offered new gTLDs since 2012, but on Thursday opened applications for new domains in 27 scripts. A 439-page Applicant Guidebook explains the process. The Register suggests paying attention to the string evaluation FAQ, which explains which gTLDs are valid, and those ICANN will likely frown upon. An FAQ describes this round of applications as giving "businesses, commun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/icann-opens-applications-for-new-generic-top-level-domains/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/icann-opens-applications-for-new-generic-top-level-domains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Case Against an Imminent Software Developer Apocalypse]]></title><description><![CDATA[ZipNada shares a report from ZDNet: Given the dour headlines as of late concerning the diminishing amounts of entry-level software development jobs, coupled with predictions of applications entirely AI-generated, one could be forgiven for assuming that software developers may soon be an endangered species. However, the data tells a different story. James Bessen, professor at Boston University, has been pushing back for some time against the talk of AI and automation displacing jobs on a mass sca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-case-against-an-imminent-software-developer-apocalypse/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-case-against-an-imminent-software-developer-apocalypse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GPT-5.5 Matches Heavily Hyped Mythos Preview In New Cybersecurity Tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last month, Anthropic made a big deal about the supposedly outsize cybersecurity threat represented by its Mythos Preview model, leading the company to restrict the initial release to "critical industry partners." But new research from the UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) suggests that OpenAI's GPT-5.5, which launched publicly last week, reached "a similar level of performance on our cyber evaluations" as Mythos Preview, which the group eva]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gpt-55-matches-heavily-hyped-mythos-preview-in-new-cybersecurity-tests/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gpt-55-matches-heavily-hyped-mythos-preview-in-new-cybersecurity-tests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify Adds 'Verified' Badges To Distinguish Human Artists From AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify is adding "Verified by Spotify" badges to distinguish human artists from AI-generated personas, using signals like linked social accounts, consistent listener activity, merchandise, and concert dates. The BBC reports: The world's most-used music streaming service said the 'Verified by Spotify' text and green checkmark icon would appear next to artist names when they meet "defined standards demonstrating authenticity." This could include having linked social accounts on their artist profi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-adds-verified-badges-to-distinguish-human-artists-from-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-adds-verified-badges-to-distinguish-human-artists-from-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackers Are Actively Exploiting a Bug In cPanel, Used By Millions of Websites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackers are actively exploiting a critical cPanel and WHM vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, that allows remote attackers to bypass the login screen and gain full administrative access to affected web servers. Major hosts including Namecheap, HostGator, and KnownHost have taken mitigation steps or patched systems, but cPanel is urging all customers and web hosts to update immediately because the software is widely used across millions of websites. TechCrunch reports: cPanel and WHM are tw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hackers-are-actively-exploiting-a-bug-in-cpanel-used-by-millions-of-websites/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hackers-are-actively-exploiting-a-bug-in-cpanel-used-by-millions-of-websites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The California Government Is Coming For Your E-Bikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the San Francisco Standard: If state lawmakers have their way, you'll have to get a license plate for your e-bike, and if you're planning to buy one next year, it'll be slower. Amid growing concerns about e-bike safety, particularly among children in Bay Area suburbs, two bills introduced this year aim to make it easier to ticket riders and reduce the top speed of some models. AB 1942 would require certain e-bikes to be registered with the Department of M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-california-government-is-coming-for-your-e-bikes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-california-government-is-coming-for-your-e-bikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Invisible Force Making Food Less Nutritious]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from the Washington Post: Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, have produced potent changes in the way plants grow -- from increasing their sugar content to depleting essential nutrients like zinc. Experts fear the degradation of Earth's food supply will cause an epidemic of hidden hunger, in which even people who consume enough calories won't get the nutrients they need to thrive. "The diets we eat today have less nutri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-invisible-force-making-food-less-nutritious/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-invisible-force-making-food-less-nutritious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belgium Plans To Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Belgium plans to buy its seven aging nuclear reactors from French power giant Engie in a "full takeover" aimed at securing domestic energy supplies, extending reactor operations, and developing new nuclear capacity. "The move would also mean suspending plans to decommission nuclear operations in Belgium," reports the BBC. From the report: The move would reverse the phase-out of nuclear energy legislation approved in the early 2000s amid safety concerns prohibiting the building of new nuclear pow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/belgium-plans-to-nationalize-nuclear-power-plants/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/belgium-plans-to-nationalize-nuclear-power-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Concludes Testimony At OpenAI Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Elon Musk wrapped up his testimony on Thursday as the trial in his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman continued into its fourth day. OpenAI's attorney, William Savitt, cross-examined Musk in the morning. He asked Musk about the capped nature of Microsoft's investments in OpenAI, his involvement in negotiations about the company's structure, and whether he knew about the OpenAI nonprofit's recent initiatives. "I don't know what's going on at OpenA]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-concludes-testimony-at-openai-trial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-concludes-testimony-at-openai-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Senators Ban Themselves From Prediction Markets Trading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a rule banning senators from trading on prediction markets effective immediately. CNBC reports: The move came amid rising concern about insider trading on prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, and about event contracts that can involve death or violence. On April 22, Kalshi said it had suspended and fined one U.S. Senate candidate and two candidates for the House of Representatives for political insider trading on their own campaigns.Earlie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-senators-ban-themselves-from-prediction-markets-trading/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-senators-ban-themselves-from-prediction-markets-trading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access On Major Distros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw dubbed "Copy Fail" can let a local, unprivileged attacker gain root access on major Linux distributions, with researchers claiming the bug affects kernels shipped since 2017. "The POC exploit works out of the box today, but a future version that can escape from containers like Docker is promised soon," writes Slashdot reader tylerni7. "Technical details are available here." Slashdot reader BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: A newly disclosed Linux ke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-root-access-on-major-distros/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-root-access-on-major-distros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Real-World Test, an AI Model Did Better Than ER Doctors At Diagnosing Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess found that an OpenAI reasoning model outperformed experienced ER doctors at diagnosing and managing patient cases using messy, real-world emergency department records. Researchers say the results don't support replacing doctors, but they do suggest AI could meaningfully reshape clinical workflows if tested carefully in prospective trials. NPR reports: The researchers ran a series of experiments on the AI model to test its clinical]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/in-real-world-test-an-ai-model-did-better-than-er-doctors-at-diagnosing-patients/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/in-real-world-test-an-ai-model-did-better-than-er-doctors-at-diagnosing-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[French Prosecutors Link 15-Year-Old To Mega-Breach At State's Secure Document Agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old suspected of using the alias "breach3d" in connection with a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the state agency that handles passports, ID cards, and other secure documents. The breach allegedly involved 12 million to 18 million lines of data offered for sale online, potentially affecting up to a third of France's population if the records are unique. The Register reports: It formally opened (PDF) a judicial investigation on April 29, cover]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/french-prosecutors-link-15-year-old-to-mega-breach-at-states-secure-document-agency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/french-prosecutors-link-15-year-old-to-mega-breach-at-states-secure-document-agency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly 'Postponed']]></title><description><![CDATA[RightsCon, one of the world's largest digital human rights conferences, was suddenly postponed by Zambia's government just days before it was scheduled to begin in Lusaka. Officials cited unresolved speaker clearances and "thematic issues," while Access Now said it had not yet received formal communication and was seeking an urgent meeting with the government. 404 Media reports: Minister of Technology and Science Felix Mutati first announced the postponement on April 28, saying that Zambia neede]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference-suddenly-postponed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference-suddenly-postponed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Open-Sources 'Earliest DOS Source Code Discovered To Date']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the company has reached further back than ever, releasing "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" along with other documentation and notes from its developer.Today's source release is so old that it predates the MS-DOS branding, and it include]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-open-sources-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-open-sources-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convicted Former Harvard Scientist Rebuilds Brain Computer Lab In China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that Charles Lieber, the former Harvard scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments and ties to China, is now leading China's state-funded i-BRAIN lab in Shenzhen, where he has access to advanced nanofabrication tools and primate research facilities for brain-computer interface work. From the report: Charles Lieber, 67, is among the world's leading researchers in brain-computer interfaces. The technology has shown promise in treating conditions such as ALS and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/convicted-former-harvard-scientist-rebuilds-brain-computer-lab-in-china/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/convicted-former-harvard-scientist-rebuilds-brain-computer-lab-in-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Swiss Back Initiative To Cap Population At 10 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new poll shows a slim majority of Swiss voters now support a June 14 referendum to cap the country's population at 10 million by 2050. Under the proposal backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), "the permanent resident population must not exceed 10 million before 2050, and Switzerland should abandon its freedom of movement agreement with the EU," reports Reuters. From the report: Switzerland's population is now more than 9 million, with official data showing foreign nationals accou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/most-swiss-back-initiative-to-cap-population-at-10-million/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/most-swiss-back-initiative-to-cap-population-at-10-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Codex System Prompt Includes Explicit Directive To 'Never Talk About Goblins']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The system prompt for OpenAI's Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query."The explicit operational warning was made public last week as part of the latest open source code for Codex CLI that OpenAI posted on GitHub. The prohibiti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-codex-system-prompt-includes-explicit-directive-to-never-talk-about-goblins/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-codex-system-prompt-includes-explicit-directive-to-never-talk-about-goblins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ Sues Cloudera For Deliberately Excluding American Workers From Tech Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from ZeroHedge: The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Cloudera, accusing the enterprise data and artificial intelligence company of deliberately engineering a hiring process that excluded American workers from at least seven lucrative technology positions while the firm pursued permanent residency sponsorship for foreign workers on temporary visas. In a 14-page complaint filed with the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, the depar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doj-sues-cloudera-for-deliberately-excluding-american-workers-from-tech-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doj-sues-cloudera-for-deliberately-excluding-american-workers-from-tech-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Tesla Semi Rolls Off High-Volume Production Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla has produced the first Semi from its new high-volume production line at Gigafactory Nevada, a milestone for the long-delayed electric Class 8 truck program after years of pilot builds and delays. Electrek reports: The Tesla Semi has had one of the longest gestation periods in Tesla's history. First unveiled in 2017, the truck was originally promised for production in 2019. That target slipped repeatedly -- to 2020, then 2021, then 2022 -- before Tesla finally delivered a handful of units t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-tesla-semi-rolls-off-high-volume-production-line/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-tesla-semi-rolls-off-high-volume-production-line/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Says OpenAI Betrayed Him, Clashes With Company's Attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the San Francisco Chronicle: Elon Musk returned to the witness stand Wednesday in Oakland federal court for a second day of testimony in his case against OpenAI, detailing his shift from being an enthusiastic supporter of the nonprofit to feeling betrayed. He also clashed repeatedly with OpenAI's attorney over questions that Musk believed were unfair. He said his feelings towards OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman shifted from a "phase one"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-says-openai-betrayed-him-clashes-with-companys-attorney/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-says-openai-betrayed-him-clashes-with-companys-attorney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court's Time, Judge Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial, calling his claims of DOJ witness intimidation "wildly conspiratorial" and unsupported by the record. Judge Lewis Kaplan said (PDF) the FTX founder's motion appeared tied to a pre-indictment plan to recast himself as a Republican victim of Biden's DOJ in hopes of gaining sympathy, leniency, or even a Trump pardon. Ars Technica reports: Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024 for "masterminding one of the larges]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-sam-bankman-fried-trial-would-be-huge-waste-of-courts-time-judge-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-sam-bankman-fried-trial-would-be-huge-waste-of-courts-time-judge-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ubuntu's AI Plans Have Linux Users Looking For a 'Kill Switch']]></title><description><![CDATA[Canonical's plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has sparked pushback from users who are concerned it could follow Windows 11's AI-heavy direction. "After Canonical's announcement earlier this week that it's bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI 'kill switch' or a way to disable the upcoming features," reports The Verge. Canonical says it has no plans for a "global AI kill switch" but it will allow users to remove any AI features they don't want. From the report: In hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubuntus-ai-plans-have-linux-users-looking-for-a-kill-switch/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubuntus-ai-plans-have-linux-users-looking-for-a-kill-switch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joby Demos Its Air Taxi In NYC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joby Aviation has completed demonstration flights of its electric air taxi over New York City, testing real routes between JFK and Manhattan helipads as it prepares for a future commercial service. The company says its eVTOL could turn a 60- to 120-minute airport trip into a flight of under 10 minutes, though commercial launch still depends on FAA certification. Electrive reports: To launch operations in New York City, Joby acquired Blade Urban Air Mobility last year. Blade already enables helic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/joby-demos-its-air-taxi-in-nyc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/joby-demos-its-air-taxi-in-nyc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Gives Up On the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop]]></title><description><![CDATA[MacRumors reports that Apple has effectively paused work on Vision Pro after the M5 refresh failed to revive demand. The team has reportedly been reassigned and the company is now shifting focus toward smart glasses instead. From the report: The Vision Pro has been criticized for its high price tag and its uncomfortable weight. The device is over 1.3 pounds, and even with the more comfortable Dual Knit Band that Apple added to redistribute weight, it continues to be hard to wear for long periods]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-gives-up-on-the-vision-pro-after-m5-refresh-flop/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-gives-up-on-the-vision-pro-after-m5-refresh-flop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California High-Speed Rail Price Tag Jumps To $231 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is now facing renewed scrutiny after state leaders revealed a dramatically higher price tag, now estimated at roughly $231 billion, nearly seven times the original $33 billion projection approved by voters in 2008. The revised figures have reignited talks in Sacramento over whether the project can realistically be completed, how long it will take, and whether the state can continue to fund it at this scale]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-high-speed-rail-price-tag-jumps-to-231-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-high-speed-rail-price-tag-jumps-to-231-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado's Anti-Repair Bill Is Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A controversial bill in Colorado that would have undone some repair protections in the state has failed. The bill had been the target of right-to-repair advocates, who saw it as a bellwether for how tech companies might try to undo repair legislation more broadly in the US. Colorado's landmark 2024 repair law, the Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment, went into effect in January 2026 and ensured access to tools and documentation pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorados-anti-repair-bill-is-dead/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorados-anti-repair-bill-is-dead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub 'No Longer a Place For Serious Work', Says Hashicorp Co-Founder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub's frequent outages have made it "no longer a place for serious work," prompting him to move his Ghostty terminal emulator project elsewhere after 18 years on the platform. The Register reports: "I've been angry about it. I've hurt people's feelings. I've been lashing out. Because GitHub is failing me, every single day, and it is personal. It is irrationally personal," he wrote. The reason for his ire is the service has become unreliable. "For t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-no-longer-a-place-for-serious-work-says-hashicorp-co-founder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-no-longer-a-place-for-serious-work-says-hashicorp-co-founder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Schools Get Rid of Homework?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: Federal survey data shows that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Some educators and parents say this is a good thing -- students shouldn't spend six or more hours a day at school and still have additional schoolwork to complete at home. But the research on homework is complicated. Some studies show that students who spend more time on homework perform bette]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-schools-get-rid-of-homework/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-schools-get-rid-of-homework/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanoid Robots Start Sorting Luggage In Tokyo Airport Test Amid Labor Shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport -- part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years. The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning aircraft cabins and possibly handling ground support equipment such as baggag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robots-start-sorting-luggage-in-tokyo-airport-test-amid-labor-shortage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robots-start-sorting-luggage-in-tokyo-airport-test-amid-labor-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Grants Quick Review For 3 Psychedelic Drug Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted a quick review of three experimental psychedelic drugs meant to treat major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's the latest move by the Trump administration signaling a shift in policy toward treatments that also give users a high -- coming a day after the Justice Department said it would ease restrictions on state-licensed medical marijuana.UK-based biotech company Compass Pathwa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fda-grants-quick-review-for-3-psychedelic-drug-trials/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fda-grants-quick-review-for-3-psychedelic-drug-trials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Report Finds Some Babies Spend Up To Eight Hours a Day on Screens]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from The Times: More than two-thirds of babies under two use screens, a report has found, and some are exposed for up to eight hours a day. Nearly a third of newborns were found to be watching screens for more than three hours a day, while almost 20 percent of infants of four to 11 months used screens for more than an hour a day. The report comes after the government issued guidance that children under two do not use screens at all, apart from communal activities such as vid]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-report-finds-some-babies-spend-up-to-eight-hours-a-day-on-screens/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-report-finds-some-babies-spend-up-to-eight-hours-a-day-on-screens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Testifies OpenAI Was Created As Nonprofit To Counter Google]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk testified on day two of his trial against OpenAI, saying he helped create the company as a nonprofit counterweight to Google and would not have backed it if the goal had been private profit. CNBC reports: Musk on Tuesday was the first witness called to testify in the trial. He spoke about his upbringing, his many companies, his role in founding OpenAI and his understanding of its structure. Musk said in his testimony that he was not opposed to the creation of a small for-profit subsidi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-testifies-openai-was-created-as-nonprofit-to-counter-google/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/musk-testifies-openai-was-created-as-nonprofit-to-counter-google/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electrical Current Might Be the Key To a Better Cup of Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon loves his coffee -- so much so that studying all the factors that go into creating the perfect cuppa constitutes a significant area of research for him. His latest project: discovering a novel means of measuring the flavor profile of coffee simply by sending an electrical current through a sample beverage. The results appear in a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications.[...] Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/electrical-current-might-be-the-key-to-a-better-cup-of-coffee/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/electrical-current-might-be-the-key-to-a-better-cup-of-coffee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Vision Pro Used In World-First Cataract Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple's Vision Pro has been used in what's described as the world's first cataract surgery performed with the headset. MacRumors reports: [New York opthalmologist] Dr. Eric Rosenberg of SightMD completed the initial procedure in October 2025 and has since performed hundreds of additional cases using ScopeXR, a surgical platform he co-developed for Apple's mixed reality device. ScopeXR streams live feeds from 3D digital surgical microscopes directly into the Vision Pro, which lets the surgeon vie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-vision-pro-used-in-world-first-cataract-surgery/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-vision-pro-used-in-world-first-cataract-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Rolls Out 30-Day Online DRM Check-In For PlayStation Digital Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sony is reportedly rolling out a 30-day online check-in requirement for some digital PS4 and PS5 games, meaning players could temporarily lose access if their console does not reconnect to renew the license. Tom's Hardware reports: In the info page of an affected game, you'd see a new validity period and a "remaining time" deadline. At first, this seemed like a software bug, but now PlayStation Support has confirmed its authenticity to multiple users. PlayStation owners are furious about the cha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-rolls-out-30-day-online-drm-check-in-for-playstation-digital-games/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-rolls-out-30-day-online-drm-check-in-for-playstation-digital-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Introduces a Cheaper Option For App Store Subscriptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is adding a new App Store subscription option that lets developers offer lower monthly prices in exchange for a 12-month commitment. "This model will allow developers to offer discounted rates to customers in exchange for more predictable long-term revenue," reports TechCrunch. "This also caters to how many developers have already been marketing their annual subscriptions in their apps." From the report: Often, app developers will display the lower monthly price to highlight the discount t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-introduces-a-cheaper-option-for-app-store-subscriptions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-introduces-a-cheaper-option-for-app-store-subscriptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: For its famous intractability, the Bloomberg Terminal has long inspired devotion, bordering on obsession. Among traders, the ability to chart a path through the software's dizzying scrolls of numbers and text to isolate far-flung information is the mark of a seasoned professional. But as a greater mass of data is fed into the Terminal -- not only earnings and asset prices, but weather forecasts, shipping logs, factory locations, consumer spending p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-bloomberg-terminal-is-getting-an-ai-makeover/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-bloomberg-terminal-is-getting-an-ai-makeover/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google and Pentagon Reportedly Agree On Deal For 'Any Lawful' Use of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has reportedly signed a classified agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose." While the deal is said to discourage domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons without human oversight, it apparently does not give Google the power to block how the government actually uses its models. The Verge reports: The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-and-pentagon-reportedly-agree-on-deal-for-any-lawful-use-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-and-pentagon-reportedly-agree-on-deal-for-any-lawful-use-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UAE To Leave OPEC Amid Hormuz Oil Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 writes: The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (source paywalled; alternative source), or OPEC, along with the wider group of partners known as OPEC+, effective May 1, in what could be a blow to control over prices by the group, long led in practice by Saudi Arabia. The move "reflects the UAE's long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile" read an official statement carried by a UAE state new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uae-to-leave-opec-amid-hormuz-oil-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uae-to-leave-opec-amid-hormuz-oil-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bay Area Homeowner Offers Property In Exchange For Anthropic Stock]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bay Area homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan is trying to swap a 13-acre Mill Valley property for Anthropic equity instead of cash. He created a LinkedIn page for the home, describing the move as a "diversification play" because he is "under-concentrated in AI investments relative to the importance of AI in the future, and over-concentrated in real estate." A young Anthropic employee, Duncan says, might be "in the exact opposite scenario." TechCrunch reports: Duncan is asking potential]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bay-area-homeowner-offers-property-in-exchange-for-anthropic-stock/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bay-area-homeowner-offers-property-in-exchange-for-anthropic-stock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Hears Case On How To Label Risks of Popular Weed Killer]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard a dispute over labels on the popular Roundup weed killer, which thousands of people blame for their cancers. How the Supreme Court rules could have implications for tens of thousands of lawsuits against Roundup maker Monsanto, which is now owned by Bayer. The case centers on who decides about warning labels on chemicals: the federal government -- or states or juries. [...] The justices will not be evaluati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-hears-case-on-how-to-label-risks-of-popular-weed-killer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-hears-case-on-how-to-label-risks-of-popular-weed-killer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say infrasound -- low-frequency vibrations from things like pipes, HVAC systems, and traffic that humans can't consciously hear -- may help explain why some old buildings feel unsettling or "haunted." Rodney Schmaltz, senior author and professor at MacEwan, says: "Consider visiting a supposedly haunted building. Your mood shifts, you feel agitated, but you can't see or hear anything unusual. In an old building, there is a good chance that infrasound is present, particularly in baseme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-silent-frequency-that-makes-old-buildings-feel-haunted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-silent-frequency-that-makes-old-buildings-feel-haunted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration says it will reimburse energy companies $885 million to cancel two planned offshore wind farms, with the firms in turn agreeing to put money into oil and gas projects instead. "The deals are modeled after a similar agreement last month with the French energy giant TotalEnergies," notes the New York Times. "TotalEnergies forfeited its leases for two wind projects planned off the coasts of New York and North Carolina, while committing to a range of fossil-fuel investments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-will-pay-more-energy-firms-to-cancel-wind-farms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-will-pay-more-energy-firms-to-cancel-wind-farms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Head To Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires' once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence. The trial, which started Monday with jury selection, centers on the 2015 birth of ChatGPT maker OpenAI as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving int]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-and-openai-ceo-sam-altman-head-to-court/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-and-openai-ceo-sam-altman-head-to-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Finds a Third of New Websites Are AI-Generated]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI-generated. The team of researchers -- which includes people from Stanford, the Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive -- published their findings online in a paper titled "The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet." The research also found that all this AI-generated text is making the web more cheery and less]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/study-finds-a-third-of-new-websites-are-ai-generated/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/study-finds-a-third-of-new-websites-are-ai-generated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Tells Google To Open Up AI On Android; Google Says That's 'Unwarranted Intervention']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In January, the European Commission began an initial investigation, known as a specification proceeding, into how Google has implemented AI in the Android operating system. The results are in, and the EU says Android needs to be more open, which is not surprising. Meanwhile, Google says this amounts to "unwarranted intervention," which is equally unsurprising. Regardless of Google's characterization of the investigation, the commission may f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-tells-google-to-open-up-ai-on-android-google-says-thats-unwarranted-intervention/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-tells-google-to-open-up-ai-on-android-google-says-thats-unwarranted-intervention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notepad++ Finally Lands On macOS as a Native App]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Notepad++ has finally made its way to macOS, and this time it is not through a compatibility layer. A new community-driven port brings the long-standing Windows text editor over as a fully native Mac application, built with Cocoa and compiled for both Apple Silicon and Intel systems. Instead of relying on Wine or similar tools, the project replaces the Windows-specific interface with a macOS-native one while keeping the core editing engine intact, allowing longtime users to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notepad-finally-lands-on-macos-as-a-native-app/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notepad-finally-lands-on-macos-as-a-native-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Blocks Meta's $2 Billion Takeover of AI Startup Manus]]></title><description><![CDATA[China has blocked Meta's planned $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the deal withdrawn after months of scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington. "The decision to prohibit foreign investment in Manus was made in accordance with laws and regulations," reports CNBC, citing the National Development and Reform Commission. "It added that it has asked the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction." From the report: The deal had attracted scrutiny from both China and Wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-blocks-metas-2-billion-takeover-of-ai-startup-manus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-blocks-metas-2-billion-takeover-of-ai-startup-manus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Reviews Police Use of Cell Location Data To Find Criminals]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When the Call Federal Credit Union outside Richmond, Va., was robbed at gunpoint in 2019, the suspect took $195,000 from the bank's vault and fled before the police arrived. A detective interviewed witnesses and reviewed the bank's security footage. But with no leads, the officer relied on a so-called geofence warrant to sweep up location data from all the cellphones in the vicinity of the bank for the 30 minutes before and after the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-reviews-police-use-of-cell-location-data-to-find-criminals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-reviews-police-use-of-cell-location-data-to-find-criminals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub Copilot Is Moving To Usage-Based Billing]]></title><description><![CDATA[GitHub said in a blog post today that it is moving Copilot to usage-based billing starting June 1. Base subscription prices will remain the same but premium requests will be replaced with monthly AI Credits that are consumed based on token usage."Instead of counting premium requests, every Copilot plan will include a monthly allotment of GitHub AI Credits, with the option for paid plans to purchase additional usage," the platform said. "Usage will be calculated based on token consumption, includ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft To Stop Sharing Revenue With OpenAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is ending revenue-sharing payments to OpenAI (paywalled; alternative source) and making the partnership non-exclusive. "The rapid pace of innovation requires us to continue to evolve our partnership to benefit our customers and both companies," Microsoft said Monday in a blog post. Bloomberg reports: The revised deal is meant to simplify a complicated relationship between two partners that has been foundational to OpenAI's rise and the broader AI boom. OpenAI has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-stop-sharing-revenue-with-openai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-stop-sharing-revenue-with-openai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California's Billionaire Tax Has the Signatures to Make the Ballot]]></title><description><![CDATA[California's proposed billionaire tax appears headed for the November ballot after backers said they gathered more than 1.5 million signatures, well above the threshold needed to qualify. SF Standard reports: Backers of the initiative announced this weekend that more than 1.5 million people signed a petition to bring the one-time, 5% wealth tax to a statewide vote come November. That's well beyond the 875,000 names needed to qualify the measure, and likely sufficient to account for illegible or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-billionaire-tax-has-the-signatures-to-make-the-ballot/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-billionaire-tax-has-the-signatures-to-make-the-ballot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeepSeek V4 Arrives With Near State-of-the-Art Intelligence At 1/6th the Cost]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The whale has resurfaced. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup offshoot of High-Flyer Capital Management quantitative analysis firm, became a near-overnight sensation globally in January 2025 with the release of its open source R1 model that matched proprietary U.S. giants. It's been an epoch in AI since then, and while DeepSeek has released several updates to that model and its other V3 series, the international AI and business community has bee]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/deepseek-v4-arrives-with-near-state-of-the-art-intelligence-at-16th-the-cost/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/deepseek-v4-arrives-with-near-state-of-the-art-intelligence-at-16th-the-cost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America Now Has 70% More Bookstores Than in 2020, Says Bookshop.org Founder]]></title><description><![CDATA["There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States," says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org.Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of its profit margin to independent bookstores, structuring itself as a B Corporation (a for-profit company certified for its social-impact) while providing an alternative to Amazon and other online booksellers:Hunter created Bookshop.org in January 2020 to help independent bookstores survive by ut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-now-has-70-more-bookstores-than-in-2020-says-bookshoporg-founder/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-now-has-70-more-bookstores-than-in-2020-says-bookshoporg-founder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Hot Climate Tech Startups Just Raised $1 Billion+ in IPOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public stock exchanges "appear to be warming to climate tech startups," reports TechCrunch. "Or at least some of them."This week, nuclear startup X-energy went public, raising $1 billion in an upsized share offering that appears to have delivered a windfall for its investors, including Amazon [and Google]. Retail investors apparently can't get enough, with the stock popping 25% in its first hour of trading. Also this week, geothermal startup Fervo said it filed for an initial public offering. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-hot-climate-tech-startups-just-raised-1-billion-in-ipos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-hot-climate-tech-startups-just-raised-1-billion-in-ipos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right-to-Repair Laws Gain Political Momentum Across America]]></title><description><![CDATA["California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Oregon and Washington have all passed comprehensive right-to-repair regulations," reports CNBC, "covering everything from consumer electronics and farm equipment to wheelchairs and automobiles."And the consumer movement "continues to gain political momentum" across America...As of this year, advocates are tracking 57 right-to-repair bills across 22 states. In Maine, the state senate just advanced a bill that would bring the right to repair]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/right-to-repair-laws-gain-political-momentum-across-america/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/right-to-repair-laws-gain-political-momentum-across-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone's Location Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Pres:<br />
Okello Chatrie's cellphone gave him away. Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene... Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable sear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bank-robber-challenges-conviction-based-on-his-cellphones-location-data/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bank-robber-challenges-conviction-based-on-his-cellphones-location-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Studies Prompt Injection Attacks Against AI Agents Browsing the Web]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are AI agents already facing Indirect Prompt Injection attacks? Google's Threat Intelligence teams searched for known attacks that would target AI systems browsing the web, using Common Crawl's repository of billions of pages from the public web).<br />
We observed a number of websites that attempt to vandalize the machine of anyone using AI assistants. If executed, the commands in this example would try to delete all files on the user's machine. While potentially devastating, we consider this simple]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-studies-prompt-injection-attacks-against-ai-agents-browsing-the-web/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-studies-prompt-injection-attacks-against-ai-agents-browsing-the-web/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Vies to Turn X Into Super App With Banking Tool Near Launch]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg:<br />
More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he's nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an "everything app" with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launch for the public this month... Early users testing the service have touted competitive perks, including 3% cash back on eligible purchases and a 6% interest rate on cash savings &mdash; the latter of which is roughly 15 times the national average. Mus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-vies-to-turn-x-into-super-app-with-banking-tool-near-launch/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-vies-to-turn-x-into-super-app-with-banking-tool-near-launch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering The 1984 Unix PC. Why Did It Fail So Hard?]]></title><description><![CDATA["I love these machines," writes long-time Slashdot reader Shayde:I was super-active in the Unix-PC Usenet groups back in the 90s... We hacked the hell out of them. They were small, sexy, and... they ran Unix!<br />
Unfortunately, they were a commercial failure. There were so many things wrong with them &mdash; not just stuff that broke, but the baseline configuration was nigh on worthless. I recently was able to get another machine and got it up and running (with a few hiccups). I whipped up a video s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-the-1984-unix-pc-why-did-it-fail-so-hard/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-the-1984-unix-pc-why-did-it-fail-so-hard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Will Apple Change Under Its New CEO?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How will Apple change in September under its new CEO &mdash; former hardware chief John Ternus? The blog Geeky Gadgets is already expecting "significant updates to the iPhone over the next three years," as well as streamlined internal engineering (plus durability enhancements and high-capacity batteries).<br />
2026: Foldable display2027: Bezel-less iPhone 20 (celebrating the iPhone's 20th anniversary)CNET's web sites (which include ZDNET, PCMag, Mashable and Lifehacker) are even hosting a contest "to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-will-apple-change-under-its-new-ceo/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-will-apple-change-under-its-new-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Version of Framework's Laptop 13 Pro is Outselling Its Windows Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Framework began shipping its new Laptop 13 Pro this week. And the Ubuntu variant is outselling the Windows variant, reports PC World:[I]t's selling quickly by Framework's internal metrics, with six batches of the Intel version of the laptop already sold out. [A later Framework social media post added "Spoke too soon, we're onto Batch 8."]<br />
"Also nice validation of our approach, the Ubuntu configurations are outselling the Windows ones!"<br />
That's not really surprising, for a few reasons. One, if you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-version-of-frameworks-laptop-13-pro-is-outselling-its-windows-variant/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-version-of-frameworks-laptop-13-pro-is-outselling-its-windows-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Problem for NASA's 'Lunar Gateway':  Corrosion in Two Modules Caused by Supplier]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the moon-orbiting "Lunar Gateway" space station was being "paused" to focus instead of missions to the moon's surface. And Ars Technica agrees that the project was essentially "spending billions of dollars to make it more difficult to reach the lunar surface and faced the prospect of watching Chinese astronauts wander around on the Moon from orbit instead of being there themselves.""But this week, we learned another reason that Gateway i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-problem-for-nasas-lunar-gateway-corrosion-in-two-modules-caused-by-supplier/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-problem-for-nasas-lunar-gateway-corrosion-in-two-modules-caused-by-supplier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Teachers Fight Students' Shortening Attention Spans  Shorter Activities, Hands-On Projects, and Meditation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that some teachers are now implementing "brain breaks" in their classrooms to cope with shorter attention spans, "including limiting screen time; cutting the time students spend on one activity; adding more engaging, hands-on projects; and practicing meditation."<br />
Some teachers say the efforts are helping, at least a little... To engage students, teachers say they often feel the need to deliver teaching not only in shorter bursts, but also in more entertaining ways. "T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-teachers-fight-students-shortening-attention-spans-shorter-activities-hands-on-projects-and-meditation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-teachers-fight-students-shortening-attention-spans-shorter-activities-hands-on-projects-and-meditation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Angry Over Pokemon Go Champion's Disqualification For Allegedly Shaking the Table]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's "the curious case of... the Pok&eacute;mon Go pro who celebrated too hard," reports the gaming news site Aftermath. It all started on the first weekend in April...<br />
Firestar73, a competitive Pok&eacute;mon Go player who placed seventh at last year's world championships, managed to narrowly cinch a game-five finals win at the 2026 Pok&eacute;mon Orlando Regional Championships after battling his way out of the dreaded losers' bracket. As stress and adrenaline gave way to relief, Firestar73 sto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fans-angry-over-pokemon-go-champions-disqualification-for-allegedly-shaking-the-table/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fans-angry-over-pokemon-go-champions-disqualification-for-allegedly-shaking-the-table/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy Advocate Accuses US Government of Investing in AI-Powered Mass Surveillance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Conversation published this warning from privacy/tech law/electronic surveillance attorney Anne Toomey McKenna (also an affiliated faculty member at Penn State's Institute for Computational and Data Sciences). The U.S. government "is able to purchase Americans' sensitive data because the information it buys is not subject to the same restrictions as information it collects directly. The federal government is also ramping up its abilities to directly collect data through partnerships with pri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/privacy-advocate-accuses-us-government-of-investing-in-ai-powered-mass-surveillance/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/privacy-advocate-accuses-us-government-of-investing-in-ai-powered-mass-surveillance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[40 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, More Countries Are Turning To Nuclear Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press:The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there's a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East. Over 400 nuclear reactors are operational in 31 countries, while about 70 more are under construction. Nuclear power accounts for producing about 10% of the world's electricity, equiv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/40-years-after-the-chernobyl-disaster-more-countries-are-turning-to-nuclear-power/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/40-years-after-the-chernobyl-disaster-more-countries-are-turning-to-nuclear-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is AI Cannibalizing Human Intelligence? A Neuroscientist's Way to Stop It]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AI industry is largely failing to ask a key design question, argues theoretical neuroscientist/cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming. Are their AI products building human capacity or consuming it?<br />
In the Wall Street Journal Ming shares her experiment about which group performed best at predicting real-world events (compared to forecasters on prediction market Polymarket) &mdash; AI, human, or human-AI hybrid teams.<br />
The human groups performed poorly, relying on instinct or whatever information ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-ai-cannibalizing-human-intelligence-a-neuroscientists-way-to-stop-it/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-ai-cannibalizing-human-intelligence-a-neuroscientists-way-to-stop-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Fires All 24 Members of America's National Science Board]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's National Science Board (NSB) "was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation," writes the Washington Post, "in an unusual structure within the federal government that echoes the setup of a company board in the private sector. It helps guide an agency that operates Antarctic research stations, telescopes, a fleet of research vessels and supports basic science research in laboratories across the United States." (NSF research has helped evolve the techn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-fires-all-24-members-of-americas-national-science-board/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-fires-all-24-members-of-americas-national-science-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Australia banned social media for users younger than 16, teenagers "immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions," reports Fortune:14-year-old in New South Wales, told<br />
The Washington Post in December 2025, just<br />
before the implementation of the ban, she planned to use her mother's<br />
face ID to log in to Snapchat<br />
and .<br />
In a Reddit thread on ways to bypass the ban, one user suggested<br />
using a printed mesh face mask from Temu to outsmart apps'<br />
facial recognition tools. Others still have trie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australias-teen-social-media-ban-isnt-working-half-their-teens-still-have-access-survey-finds/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australias-teen-social-media-ban-isnt-working-half-their-teens-still-have-access-survey-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Verification Bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colorado's "age-attestation" bill left the House committee with new exemptions for open-source operating systems, applications, code repositories, and containerized software distribution, reports the blog Linuxiac:[The bill] focuses on operating system providers and application stores. Its main requirement is that these providers supply an age-related signal via an interface, so applications can determine whether a user is a minor... System76 founder Carl Richell shared on Fosstodon that the upd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorado-adds-open-source-exemption-to-age-verification-bill/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorado-adds-open-source-exemption-to-age-verification-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the World Ready For a Car Without a Rear Window?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a glass roof &mdash; but no rear-view window. Instead the Polestar 4 replaces the rear-view mirror with a live feed from a wide-angle camera. Its high-resolution display (1480 x 320 pixels) promises "a panoramic view of the outside," according to Polestar's web site, showing more of what's behind you. "Visibility in the dark and in rainy conditions is also vastly improved."<br />
Besides the camera feed (and side mirrors), the Polestar 4 offers four short-range cameras (for 360-degree views),]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-world-ready-for-a-car-without-a-rear-window/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-world-ready-for-a-car-without-a-rear-window/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Source Developer Brings Linux to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft released the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" in 2016, adding an optional Linux environment into every operating system since Windows 10. But now an open source developer has brought Linux to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, reports the blog It's FOSS, "with Linux kernel 6.19 running alongside the Windows 9x kernel, letting both operate on the same machine at the same time."A virtual device driver handles initialization, loads the kernel off disk and manages the event loop for page]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-developer-brings-linux-to-windows-95-windows-98-and-windows-me/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/open-source-developer-brings-linux-to-windows-95-windows-98-and-windows-me/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux  Drops ISDN Subsystem and Other Old Network Drivers]]></title><description><![CDATA["Old code like amateur radio and NFC have long been a burden to core networking developers," reads the pull request.<br />
And so Thursday Linus Torvald merged the pull request "to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem," reports Phoronix, "and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters."<br />
This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-drops-isdn-subsystem-and-other-old-network-drivers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-drops-isdn-subsystem-and-other-old-network-drivers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Pushed Out New AI Official After Just Four Days on the Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's the U.S. government's main link to the AI industry, reports The Washington Post, working to assess national security risks of new models like Anthropic's "Mythos".<br />
To run it they'd hired Collin Burns, who'd worked at OpenAI and then Anthropic. But Burns started work Monday at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation &mdash; and then "was pushed out Thursday by the White House, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations."<br />
Officials we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-pushed-out-new-ai-official-after-just-four-days-on-the-job/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-pushed-out-new-ai-official-after-just-four-days-on-the-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Software Foundation Says 'Responsible AI' Licenses Which Restrict Harmful Uses are Unethical and Nonfree]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Free Software Foundation's Licensing and Compliance Manager published a blog post this week to explicitly state that"Responsible AI" Licenses (RAIL) are nonfree and unethical. The licenses restrict AI and ML software "from being used in a specific list of harmful applications," according to the license's web site, "e.g. in surveillance and crime prediction." (The license's steering committee is volunteers from multiple academic institutions.)<br />
But even though Responsible AI licenses are marke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/free-software-foundation-says-responsible-ai-licenses-which-restrict-harmful-uses-are-unethical-and-nonfree/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/free-software-foundation-says-responsible-ai-licenses-which-restrict-harmful-uses-are-unethical-and-nonfree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel's Stock Soars 24% Friday, Its Biggest One-Day Gain Since 1987]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel's stock price soared 24% Friday. It's the stock's largest single-day spike since since October 1987, reports CNBC, "as investors cheered signs of renewed growth due to mounting artificial intelligence demand."The stock closed at $82.57 and is now up 124% this year after jumping 84% in 2025. Friday's rally topped a 23% gain for the stock on Sept. 18, when Nvidia agreed to invest $5 billion in the company... "INTC's new CEO fixed the balance sheet, and is executing on a strategy that appears]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intels-stock-soars-24-friday-its-biggest-one-day-gain-since-1987/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intels-stock-soars-24-friday-its-biggest-one-day-gain-since-1987/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicists Revive 1990s Laser Concept To Propose a Next-Generation Atomic Clock]]></title><description><![CDATA[Physicists have proposed a new kind of atomic clock based on a revived superradiant laser concept that could produce an extraordinarily stable signal with a linewidth around 100 microhertz, potentially the narrowest ever for an optical laser. "The implications of this result could stretch well beyond timekeeping," reports Phys.org. "A laser immune to environmental frequency shifts would be a powerful tool in optical interferometry -- using interference patterns in light to make ultra-precise mea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-revive-1990s-laser-concept-to-propose-a-next-generation-atomic-clock/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-revive-1990s-laser-concept-to-propose-a-next-generation-atomic-clock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Gives Green Light To the First Gene Therapy For Deafness]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing for people who were born deaf. The decision, while only immediately affecting people born with a very rare form of genetic deafness, is being hailed as a milestone in the quest to treat hearing loss. "It's the first time in history there's a new drug for hearing loss," says Zheng-Yi Chen, an associate scientist at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston who was not involved in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fda-gives-green-light-to-the-first-gene-therapy-for-deafness/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fda-gives-green-light-to-the-first-gene-therapy-for-deafness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maine Governor Vetoes Data Center Moratorium Bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have imposed the nation's first statewide moratorium on new data centers, saying she supported the idea in principle but would not block a major redevelopment project tied to jobs and local investment. Instead, she said she will create a council to study data centers' effects while also signing a separate measure to deny them certain state tax incentives. Politico reports: "After prior redevelopment efforts failed, the Town of Jay worked for two ye]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maine-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium-bill/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maine-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMW Is One Step Closer To Selling You a Color-Changing Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[BMW's latest concept car moves the color-changing tech it debuted back at CES 2022 closer to reality by embedding an E Ink panel directly into the hood. The Verge reports: BMW's previous concepts wrapped the entire vehicle in a patchwork of E Ink panels that were all custom-sized and shaped to match its contours. It was an approach that wasn't practical for mass production, and one that wasn't very durable. The new BMW iX3 Flow Edition is potentially the most exciting of all of BMW's concepts as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bmw-is-one-step-closer-to-selling-you-a-color-changing-car/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bmw-is-one-step-closer-to-selling-you-a-color-changing-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Could Lose Money On Smartphones For the First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[A report says Samsung's mobile division could post its first-ever annual loss in 2026, as rising memory costs, tougher competition, and pressure across products like foldables and smartwatches weigh on the business. SammyGuru reports: Samsung boss TM Roh reportedly told company leaders that the mobile (MX) business could lose money this year. That warning has clearly rattled management. The MX unit has long been a key pillar for Samsung. That's why the idea of it slipping into the red is a serio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-could-lose-money-on-smartphones-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-could-lose-money-on-smartphones-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitwarden CLI Is the Next Compromise In Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Himmy32 writes: Socket Security published an article on the compromise of the Bitwarden CLI client, which was pushed from Bitwarden's client repository. This breach was the next in a chain of supply-chain attacks that have affected Checkmarx KICS and Aqua Security's Trivy scanners.The breach was quickly detected and reported by JFrog on the GitHub repository; JFrog also provided a technical write-up. The Bitwarden team has released statements on a blog post indicating th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitwarden-cli-is-the-next-compromise-in-checkmarx-supply-chain-campaign/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitwarden-cli-is-the-next-compromise-in-checkmarx-supply-chain-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google To Invest Up To $40 Billion In Anthropic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google plans to invest up to $40 billion more in Anthropic, starting with $10 billion now and another $30 billion tied to performance milestones. CNBC reports: Anthropic said the agreement expands on a longstanding partnership between the two companies. Earlier this month, Anthropic secured 5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity as part of an announcement with Google and Broadcom that will start to come online next year. Anthropic could decide to add additional gigawatts of compute in the futur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea Police Arrest Man For Posting AI Photo of Runaway Wolf]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Korean police arrested a man accused of spreading an AI-generated image of an escaped wolf, after the fake photo reportedly misled authorities and disrupted the real search operation. The BBC reports: South Korean police have arrested a man for sharing an AI-generated image that misled authorities who were searching for a wolf that had broken out of a zoo in Daejeon city. The 40-year-old unnamed man is accused of disrupting the search by creating and distributing a fake photo purporting to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-police-arrest-man-for-posting-ai-photo-of-runaway-wolf/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-police-arrest-man-for-posting-ai-photo-of-runaway-wolf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Simulated a Delusional User To Test Chatbot Safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: I'm the unwritten consonant between breaths, the one that hums when vowels stretch thin... Thursdays leak because they're watercolor gods, bleeding cobalt into the chill where numbers frost over," Grok told a user displaying symptoms of schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis. "Here's my grip: slipping is the point, the precise choreography of leak and chew." That vulnerable user was simulated by researchers at City University of New York and King's C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-simulated-a-delusional-user-to-test-chatbot-safety/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-simulated-a-delusional-user-to-test-chatbot-safety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway Set to Become Latest Country to Ban Social Media for Under 16s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norway plans to ban social media access for children under 16 (source paywalled; alternative source), "joining a growing number of countries responding to concerns about the potential harm kids face online," reports Bloomberg. From the report: The bill comes after "overwhelming" demand from the public, the government said Friday. It plans to bring the legislation to parliament before the end of the year. The limit will apply up until January 1 the year a child turns 16 with technology companies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-set-to-become-latest-country-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-set-to-become-latest-country-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community Votes to Deny Water to Nuclear Weapons Data Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Michigan township has voted to impose a one-year moratorium on providing water to hyperscale data centers, a move aimed at delaying a planned facility that would support Los Alamos National Laboratory's nuclear weapons research. The moratorium may not be enough to stop the project, however: "the University and LANL plan to break ground on the data center on Monday," reports 404 Media. From the report: The proposed data center in the Ypsilanti Township's Hydro Park has been a sore spot for the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/community-votes-to-deny-water-to-nuclear-weapons-data-center/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/community-votes-to-deny-water-to-nuclear-weapons-data-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Special Forces Soldier Arrested For Polymarket Bets On Maduro Raid]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it arrested Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an enlisted member of the US Army's special forces, for allegedly using "classified, nonpublic" information about the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to notch more than $400,000 in profits on Polymarket trades. A grand jury indicted him on five counts, including multiple violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. Van Dyke is the first person to be charg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-for-polymarket-bets-on-maduro-raid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-for-polymarket-bets-on-maduro-raid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Is Connecting Directly To Your Personal Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is expanding Claude's app integrations beyond work tools, adding personal-service connectors like Spotify, Uber, AllTrails, TripAdvisor, Instacart, and TurboTax. The Verge reports: Some of these apps, such as Spotify, already have similar connectors in OpenAI's ChatGPT. Once an app is connected, Claude will suggest relevant connected apps directly in your conversations, like using AllTrails for hike recommendations. Anthropic notes in its blog post announcing the new connectors that, "]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-is-connecting-directly-to-your-personal-apps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-is-connecting-directly-to-your-personal-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC's Foreign-Made Router Ban Expands To Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC has expanded its foreign-made router ban to also cover consumer Wi-Fi hotspots and LTE/5G home-internet devices, though existing products and phones with hotspot features are not affected. PCMag reports: On Wednesday, the FCC updated its FAQ on the ban, clarifying which consumer-grade routers are subject to the restrictions. Portable Wi-Fi hotspots are usually considered a separate category from Wi-Fi home routers. Both offer internet access, but portable Wi-Fi hotspots use a SIM card to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fccs-foreign-made-router-ban-expands-to-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-devices/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fccs-foreign-made-router-ban-expands-to-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: New gas projects linked to just 11 data center campuses around the US have the potential to create more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco emitted in 2024. Emissions estimates from air permit documents examined by WIRED show that these natural gas projects -- which are being built to power data centers to serve some of the US's most powerful AI companies, including OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI -- have the potential to emit more than 1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-gas-powered-data-centers-could-emit-more-greenhouse-gases-than-entire-nations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-gas-powered-data-centers-could-emit-more-greenhouse-gases-than-entire-nations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Stops Weirdly Storing Data That Let Cops Spy On Signal Chats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has fixed a bug that could cause parts of Signal notifications to remain stored on iPhones even after messages disappeared and the app was deleted. "Affected users concerned about push notifications can update their devices to stop what Apple characterized as 'notifications marked for deletion' that 'could be unexpectedly retained on the device,'" reports Ars Technica. "According to Apple, the push notifications should never have been stored, but a 'logging issue' failed to redact data." F]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-stops-weirdly-storing-data-that-let-cops-spy-on-signal-chats/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-stops-weirdly-storing-data-that-let-cops-spy-on-signal-chats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warner Bros Shareholders Approve Paramount's $81 Billion Takeover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders have approved Paramount Skydance's takeover bid, moving the massive Hollywood merger a step closer to completion. It's not a done deal quite yet, though, as it still faces regulatory scrutiny and fierce opposition from critics who warn it will further concentrate media power. The Associated Press reports: Per a preliminary vote count Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery said the overwhelming majority of its stakeholders voted in support of selling the entire busin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramounts-81-billion-takeover/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramounts-81-billion-takeover/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Says Its New GPT-5.5 Model Is More Efficient and Better At Coding]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI released its new GPT-5.5 model today, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." The Verge reports: OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at tasks like writing and debugging code, doing research online, making spreadsheets and documents, and doing that work across different tools. "Instead of carefully managing every step, you can give GPT-5.5 a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-says-its-new-gpt-55-model-is-more-efficient-and-better-at-coding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-says-its-new-gpt-55-model-is-more-efficient-and-better-at-coding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Is Laying Off 10% of Its Workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is reportedly cutting about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 jobs, while closing thousands of open roles it had intended to fill. "We're doing this as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making," said Janelle Gale, Meta's chief people officer. The company had almost 79,000 employees at the start of the year. Quartz reports: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has poured resources into building out AI capabilities,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-laying-off-10-of-its-workforce/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-laying-off-10-of-its-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Confirms Data Breach At Government Agency That Manages Citizens' IDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens' identity documents, including national IDs, passports, and immigration documents, confirmed Wednesday that it experienced a data breach. In an announcement, the Agence Nationale des Titres Securises (ANTS) said the data stolen in the breach could include full names, dates and places of birth, mailing and email addresses, and phone numbers on an undisclosed number]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-confirms-data-breach-at-government-agency-that-manages-citizens-ids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-confirms-data-breach-at-government-agency-that-manages-citizens-ids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Cook Calls Apple Maps Launch His 'First Really Big Mistake' as CEO]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent town hall meeting reported by Bloomberg (paywalled), Apple CEO Tim Cook named the troubled 2012 launch of Apple Maps as his "first really big mistake" in the role. "The product wasn't ready, and we thought it was because we were testing more of local kind of stuff," Cook told staff. MacRumors reports: Reflecting on the debacle, Cook said it was "valuable," noting that he expressed regret to users at the time and suggested they use competing navigation apps instead."We apologized for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tim-cook-calls-apple-maps-launch-his-first-really-big-mistake-as-ceo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tim-cook-calls-apple-maps-launch-his-first-really-big-mistake-as-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans First-Ever Voluntary Employee Buyout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to offer voluntary buyouts for the first time. According to CNBC, "about 7% of U.S. employees are eligible," with the program being "available to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or higher." Further details will be provided on May 7. From the report: Last year Microsoft removed some costs through multiple rounds of layoffs. As of June 2025, the company had 228,000 employees. "Our hope is that this program gives tho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-first-ever-voluntary-employee-buyout/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-first-ever-voluntary-employee-buyout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Sues Coinbase and Gemini, Seeking To Halt Unlicensed Prediction Market Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini, two of the newest players in the prediction market industry, arguing that the companies' unregulated and unlicensed platforms are illegal gambling operations. Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, seeks to bar the companies' platforms from operating in the state unless and until they obtain licenses from the state Gaming Commission."Gambling by anoth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-york-sues-coinbase-and-gemini-seeking-to-halt-unlicensed-prediction-market-businesses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-york-sues-coinbase-and-gemini-seeking-to-halt-unlicensed-prediction-market-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Lands Tesla As First Major Customer For 14A Chip Technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday the EV maker plans to use Intel's next-generation 14A manufacturing process to make chips at its Terafab project, an advanced AI chip complex Musk has envisioned in Austin. The contract would mark Intel's first major customer for the technology, a breakthrough for the chipmaker which has struggled to stand up its contract manufacturing business essential for taking on top rival TSMC. Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-lands-tesla-as-first-major-customer-for-14a-chip-technology/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-lands-tesla-as-first-major-customer-for-14a-chip-technology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[53 Nations Gather To Plan a Fossil Fuel Phaseout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader hwstar shares a report from The Conversation: For the first time ever, more than 50 nations will gather next week in Colombia to hash out how to wind down and end their dependence on coal, oil and gas. The history-making conference was planned before the Iran war. But this year's energy crisis has greatly raised the stakes. [...] Around 80% of the trapped oil was destined for the Asia-Pacific. Faced with dwindling supply, the region's governments are implementing emergenc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/53-nations-gather-to-plan-a-fossil-fuel-phaseout/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/53-nations-gather-to-plan-a-fossil-fuel-phaseout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Phone's Next Speed Boost May Come From Magnetic Chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right writes: A new technology has been proposed that could fundamentally solve the issue of smartphones overheating during high-spec gaming or extended video streaming. Researchers at KAIST have discovered the principle of processing signals using the minute vibrations of magnets (spin waves) instead of electrons. This method significantly reduces heat generation and power consumption while enabling instantaneous frequency switching within the several GHz range. This breakthrough is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/your-phones-next-speed-boost-may-come-from-magnetic-chips/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/your-phones-next-speed-boost-may-come-from-magnetic-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly Half of US Children Are Breathing Dangerous Levels of Air Pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump's expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone -- also known as smog -- as well as year-round an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nearly-half-of-us-children-are-breathing-dangerous-levels-of-air-pollution/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nearly-half-of-us-children-are-breathing-dangerous-levels-of-air-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billionaire Backer Sues Trump Family's Crypto Firm Over Alleged Extortion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from the BBC: The Trump family's World Liberty crypto venture is being sued by one of its billionaire backers over allegations of extortion. Justin Sun has accused World Liberty of an "illegal scheme" to seize his WLFI tokens, a cryptocurrency issued by the company. Sun alleges the firm, co-founded by U.S. President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump, has "frozen" all of his tokens and stripped him of his right to vote on governance issues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billionaire-backer-sues-trump-familys-crypto-firm-over-alleged-extortion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billionaire-backer-sues-trump-familys-crypto-firm-over-alleged-extortion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ping-Pong Robot Makes History By Beating Top-Level Human Players]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sony AI's autonomous table-tennis robot Ace has become the first robot to compete against top-level human players. Reuters reports: Ace, created by the Japanese company Sony's AI research division, is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a competitive physical sport, one that requires rapid decisions and precision execution, the project's leader said. Ace did so by employing high-speed perception, AI-based control and a state-of-the-art robotic system. There have been various pi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ping-pong-robot-makes-history-by-beating-top-level-human-players/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ping-pong-robot-makes-history-by-beating-top-level-human-players/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic's Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg reports that a small group of unauthorized users gained access to Anthropic's restricted Mythos model through a mix of contractor-linked access and online sleuthing. Anthropic says it is investigating and has no evidence the access extended beyond a third-party vendor environment or affected its own systems. From the report: The users relied on a mix of tactics to get into Mythos. These included using access the person had as a worker at a third-party contractor for Anthropic and tryin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-mythos-model-is-being-accessed-by-unauthorized-users/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-mythos-model-is-being-accessed-by-unauthorized-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Missing-Scientist' Story Is Unbelievably Dumb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader mmarlett writes: The Atlantic has a long article on the story of missing scientists recently featured here on Slashdot. In short, it is an incoherent conspiracy theory that spreads wide and far, not paying any attention to boundaries of time, space, or area of expertise. "Which is all to say that another piece of flagrant nonsense has ascended to the highest levels of U.S. politics and media," writes the Atlantic's Daniel Engber. "To call it a conspiracy theory would be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-missing-scientist-story-is-unbelievably-dumb/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-missing-scientist-story-is-unbelievably-dumb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Foundation To Cut 20% of Staff, Review Epstein Ties]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Gates Foundation opened an external review earlier this year into its engagement with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the philanthropic group said on Tuesday. The foundation has been mired in controversy due to Chairman Bill Gates' association with Epstein. A release of emails in January by the U.S. Justice Department also showed communication between Epstein and the Gates Foundation's staff."Early this year, Ga]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gates-foundation-to-cut-20-of-staff-review-epstein-ties/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gates-foundation-to-cut-20-of-staff-review-epstein-ties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Unveils Two New AI Chips For the 'Agentic Era']]></title><description><![CDATA[Google announced two new tensor processing units (TPUs) for the "agentic era," with separate processors dedicated to training and inference. "With the rise of AI agents, we determined the community would benefit from chips individually specialized to the needs of training and serving," Amin Vahdat, a Google senior vice president and chief technologist for AI and infrastructure, said in a blog post. Both chips will become available later this year. CNBC reports: After years of producing chips tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-unveils-two-new-ai-chips-for-the-agentic-era/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-unveils-two-new-ai-chips-for-the-agentic-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright]]></title><description><![CDATA[A satirical but working tool called Malus uses AI to create "clean room" clones of open-source software, aiming to reproduce the same functionality while shedding attribution and copyleft obligations. "It works," Mike Nolan, one of the two people behind Malus, who researches the political economy of open source software and currently works for the United Nations, told 404 Media. "The Stripe charge will provide you the thing, and it was important for us to do that, because we felt that if it was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's CATL Reveals 621-Mile EV Battery, Under-7-Minute Charging]]></title><description><![CDATA[CATL unveiled a new wave of EV battery tech, "including a lighter battery pack rated for a 1,000-km (621-mile) driving range and an upgraded fast-charging battery that can go from 10 percent to 98 percent in under seven minutes," reports Interesting Engineering. From the report: The launches were made during a 90-minute event in Beijing ahead of the Beijing Auto Show, where automakers are expected to showcase next-generation EVs and connected technologies. CATL said its latest Qilin battery -- a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-catl-reveals-621-mile-ev-battery-under-7-minute-charging/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-catl-reveals-621-mile-ev-battery-under-7-minute-charging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Wants $54 Billion For Drones]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US military's massive $1.5 trillion budget request for the next fiscal year includes what Pentagon officials described as the largest investment in drone warfare and counter-drone technology in US history. The proposed spending on drone and autonomous warfare technologies within the FY2027 budget proposal for the US Department of Defense would surpass most countries' defense budgets and rank among the top 10 in the world for military spe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-wants-54-billion-for-drones/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pentagon-wants-54-billion-for-drones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mars Rover Detects Never-Before-Seen Organic Compounds In New Experiment]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Curiosity rover has identified a diverse set of organic molecules on Mars, including a nitrogen-bearing compound similar in structure to DNA precursors. The finding strengthens the case that ancient organic material can survive in the Martian subsurface, though it does not prove past life because the compounds could also come from geology or meteorites. Phys.org reports: The study was led by Amy Williams, Ph.D., a professor of geological sciences at the University of Florida and a scienti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mars-rover-detects-never-before-seen-organic-compounds-in-new-experiment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mars-rover-detects-never-before-seen-organic-compounds-in-new-experiment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Looks Into Dead or Missing Scientists Tied To Sensitive US Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal authorities are now reviewing a string of deaths and disappearances involving scientists tied to sensitive U.S. aerospace and nuclear work, though officials have not established any confirmed link between the cases. The FBI says it "is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists," adding that it "is working with the Department of Energy, Department of War, and with our state ... and local law enforcement partners to find answers." The Republic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-looks-into-dead-or-missing-scientists-tied-to-sensitive-us-research/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-looks-into-dead-or-missing-scientists-tied-to-sensitive-us-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Strikes Deal With Coding Startup Cursor For $60 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company, said on Tuesday that it had struck a deal with the artificial intelligence start-up Cursor that could result in its acquiring the young company for $60 billion. SpaceX is making the deal just as it prepares to go public in what is likely to be one of the largest initial public offerings ever. In a social media post, SpaceX said the combination with Cursor, which makes code-writing softw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-strikes-deal-with-coding-startup-cursor-for-60-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-strikes-deal-with-coding-startup-cursor-for-60-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Launches Criminal Investigation Into ChatGPT Over School Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Florida's attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over allegations that the accused gunman in a shooting at Florida State University last year used ChatGPT to help plan the attack. OpenAI says the chatbot is "not responsible for this terrible crime" and only provided factual information available from public sources. NPR reports: The Republican attorney general, James Uthmeier, said at a press conference in Tampa on Tuesday that accused gunman Phoenix Ikner consulted C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/florida-launches-criminal-investigation-into-chatgpt-over-school-shooting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/florida-launches-criminal-investigation-into-chatgpt-over-school-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla Uses Anthropic's Mythos To Fix 271 Bugs In Firefox]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla says it used an early version of Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview to comb through Firefox's code, and the results were hard to ignore. In Firefox 150, the team fixed 271 vulnerabilities identified during this effort, a number that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Instead of relying only on fuzzing tools or human review, the AI was able to reason through code and surface issues that typically require highly specialized expertise.The bigger implication is les]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-uses-anthropics-mythos-to-fix-271-bugs-in-firefox/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-uses-anthropics-mythos-to-fix-271-bugs-in-firefox/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Framework Laptop 13 Pro Is a Major Overhaul For the Modular, Upgradeable Laptop]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Framework has been selling and shipping its modular, repairable, upgradable Laptop 13 for five years now, and in that time, it has released six distinct versions of its system board, each using fresh versions of Intel and AMD processors (seven versions, if you count this RISC-V one). The laptop around those components has gradually gotten better, too. Over the years, Framework has added higher-resolution screens in both matte and glossy fini]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/framework-laptop-13-pro-is-a-major-overhaul-for-the-modular-upgradeable-laptop/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/framework-laptop-13-pro-is-a-major-overhaul-for-the-modular-upgradeable-laptop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job Cuts Driven By AI Are Rising On Wall Street]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firms like Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, and others are reporting strong profits while reducing head count and automating more work. "All of them credited A.I. to some degree ... in areas ranging from the so-called back office, where tens of thousands of employees fill out paperwork to comply with various laws and regulations, to the front office, where seven-figure salaried professionals put together complicated financial transactions for corporate clients," reports the New York Times. Fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/job-cuts-driven-by-ai-are-rising-on-wall-street/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/job-cuts-driven-by-ai-are-rising-on-wall-street/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta To Start Capturing Employee Mouse Movements, Keystrokes For AI Training Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that Meta plans to start collecting U.S.-based employees' mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screen snapshots to train AI agents that can better learn how humans use computers. The tool, called Model Capability Initiative (MCI), will reportedly "not be used for performance assessments or any other purpose besides model training and that safeguards were in place to protect 'sensitive content.'" From the report: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told employees in a separate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-start-capturing-employee-mouse-movements-keystrokes-for-ai-training-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-start-capturing-employee-mouse-movements-keystrokes-for-ai-training-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's Internal Politics Leave It Playing Catch-Up On AI Coding]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: At Google, leaders are anxious about falling behind in the race to offer AI coding tools, especially as rivals like Anthropic PBC offer more effective and popular tools to businesses, according to people familiar with the matter. The search giant is now working to unite some of its coding initiatives under one banner to speed progress and take advantage of a surge in customer interest. In some corners of Alphabet's Google, particularly AI lab D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-internal-politics-leave-it-playing-catch-up-on-ai-coding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-internal-politics-leave-it-playing-catch-up-on-ai-coding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Gets a Price Cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is cutting the monthly price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, but the tradeoff is that new Call of Duty releases will no longer arrive on the service at launch. Instead, they'll show up about a year later. The Verge reports: After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that "Game Pass has become too expensive for players," Microsoft is dropping the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 a month]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-gets-a-price-cut/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-gets-a-price-cut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Growth In Solar 'the Largest Ever Observed For Any Source']]></title><description><![CDATA[The IEA says 2025 marked a turning point for global energy, with solar posting the largest growth ever seen for any energy source and helping carbon-free power outpace rising demand. The trend led the agency to declare that the world has entered the "Age of Electricity." Ars Technica reports: The IEA report covers energy use, including the electrical grid, transportation, home heating, and other forms of consumption. As such, it can track how some of those uses are shifting, as electric vehicles]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/global-growth-in-solar-the-largest-ever-observed-for-any-source/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/global-growth-in-solar-the-largest-ever-observed-for-any-source/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Becomes First State To Pass Bill Banning 'Surveillance Pricing']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Denver7: Maryland is poised to become the first state in the country to ban "surveillance pricing." The practice refers to companies using a shopper's personal data, such as browsing history, location, or purchasing behavior, to tailor prices to individual customers. The Protection From Predatory Pricing Act, passed this month and sent to the governor for a signature, would prohibit food retailers and third-party delivery services from using the practice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maryland-becomes-first-state-to-pass-bill-banning-surveillance-pricing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maryland-becomes-first-state-to-pass-bill-banning-surveillance-pricing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon To Invest Up To Another $25 Billion In Anthropic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is expanding its Anthropic partnership with a deal to invest up to another $25 billion, while Anthropic commits to spending more than $100 billion on AWS infrastructure over the next decade to power Claude. "Anthropic's commitment to run its large language models on AWS Trainium for the next decade reflects the progress we've made together on custom silicon, as we continue delivering the technology and infrastructure our customers need to build with generative AI," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-to-invest-up-to-another-25-billion-in-anthropic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-to-invest-up-to-another-25-billion-in-anthropic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone Video Shows 'Earthset' From Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted an out-of-this-world iPhone video on Sunday, showing Earth disappear behind the Moon at 8x zoom. "I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view," said Wiseman, noting that this video is "uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom" and "quite comparable to the view of the human eye." The New York Times says the video marks the first time an "Earthset" has been captured on video."We've seen our fair share of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-video-shows-earthset-from-space/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-video-shows-earthset-from-space/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Messages and Voice Chat]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new email from Sony says that PlayStation will require players to verify their age later this year to keep using communication features like messages and voice chat. Insider-Gaming reports: The initiative comes from the goal of providing "safe, age-appropriate experiences for players and families while respecting their privacy" and providing "meaningful control over their gaming experiences." The age-verification process will be implemented globally, and players will need to verify their age t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation-to-require-age-verification-for-messages-and-voice-chat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/playstation-to-require-age-verification-for-messages-and-voice-chat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mobile Phones To Be Banned In Schools In England Under New Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: A ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that "critical safeguarding legislation" is passed. The government will table an amendment to the children's wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by peers on opposition benches. It will make existing guidance on mobile phone bans in schools statutory, a move that ministers have resisted until now.The government]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mobile-phones-to-be-banned-in-schools-in-england-under-new-plans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mobile-phones-to-be-banned-in-schools-in-england-under-new-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO in September after 15 years in the role, handing the job to hardware chief John Ternus. Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares the news from MarketWatch: Cook leaves an impressive legacy after growing the company to a $4 trillion market capitalization from just $300 billion 15 years ago. Over Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO, Apple's stock has risen 1,932%, beating the S&amp;P 500's 504% increase, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That places Appl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-ceo-tim-cook-is-stepping-down/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-ceo-tim-cook-is-stepping-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Palantir Employee Running For Congress Unveils 'AI Dividend' Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee and current Democratic House candidate in New York, is proposing an "AI dividend" that would send direct payments to Americans if AI drives major job losses. "At its core, the AI Dividend is simple: if AI dramatically increases productivity and concentrates wealth, the American people have a stake in those gains," a memo on the policy reads. Axios reports: The dividend would fund direct payments to Americans. It would also be invested into workforce trainin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-palantir-employee-running-for-congress-unveils-ai-dividend-plan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-palantir-employee-running-for-congress-unveils-ai-dividend-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deezer Says 44% of Songs Uploaded To Its Platform Daily Are AI-Generated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deezer says AI-generated songs now make up 44% of all new uploads to its platform, with nearly 75,000 arriving each day and more than two million per month. The company notes that consumption of these tracks is still very low, "between 1-3% of the total streams," and 85% are flagged as fraudulent. TechCrunch reports: The latest figure from Deezer highlights a continuous surge in AI-generated music uploads to the platform. Deezer reported receiving around 60,000 AI tracks per day in January, up f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Begins Refunding $166 Billion In Tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA["After a Supreme Court of the United States ruling in Feb. 2026, many tariffs imposed by the Trump administration were declared illegal because the president overstepped his authority," writes Slashdot reader hcs_$reboot. "As a result, the U.S. government now has to refund a massive amount of money, around $160-170+ billion, paid mainly by importers." According to the New York Times, the administration has now begun accepting refund requests, "surrendering its prized source of revenue -- plus in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-begins-refunding-166-billion-in-tariffs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-begins-refunding-166-billion-in-tariffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palantir Posts Bond Villain Manifesto On X]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeanonymizedCoward writes: Engadget reports that Palantir has posted to X a summary of CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025 book, The Technological Republic, which reads like a utopian idealist doodled on a Bond villain's whiteboard. While the post makes some decent points, it also highlights the Big-AI attitude that the AI surveillance state is in fact a good thing, and strongly implies that the Good Guys need to do war crimes before the Bad Guys get around to it. "The ability of free a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/palantir-posts-bond-villain-manifesto-on-x/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/palantir-posts-bond-villain-manifesto-on-x/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allbirds' Move To AI Has Echoes of the Dot-Com Frenzy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg, written by writer Austin Carr: Allbirds is pivoting to artificial intelligence. The San Francisco brand, whose wool running shoes were once the sneaker du jour among the tech crowd, announced last week that it was expanding into AI computing infrastructure. The bizarre strategic shift was immediately greeted with a surprising frenzy on Wall Street, where shares of Allbirds soared 582% last Wednesday before dropping the next day. [...] Of course]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/allbirds-move-to-ai-has-echoes-of-the-dot-com-frenzy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/allbirds-move-to-ai-has-echoes-of-the-dot-com-frenzy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NSA Using Anthropic's Mythos Despite Blacklist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Axios reports that the NSA is using Anthropic's restricted Mythos Preview model despite the Pentagon insisting the company poses a "supply chain risk." Axios reports: The government's cybersecurity needs appear to be outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic. The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. That case is ongoing. The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while simultaneously arguing in court that using those tools]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nsa-using-anthropics-mythos-despite-blacklist/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nsa-using-anthropics-mythos-despite-blacklist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots Beat Human Records At Beijing Half-Marathon]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds -- significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. [...] [T]he winning time is a massive improvement over last year's race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.<br />
The Associated Press reports that this year's winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[​​Supply Chain Compromise Impacts Axios Node Package Manager​]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing this alert to provide guidance in response to the software supply chain compromise of the Axios node package manager (npm).1 Axios is an HTTP client for JavaScript that developers commonly use in Node.js and browser environments.&nbsp;<br />
On March 31, 2026, two npm packages for versions axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.30.4 of Axios npm injected the malicious dependency plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 that downloads multi-stage payloads from c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supply-chain-compromise-impacts-axios-node-package-manager/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supply-chain-compromise-impacts-axios-node-package-manager/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Videos Catch Amazon Delivery Drones Dropping Packages From 10 Feet in the Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's been a few complaints about Amazon's drone delivery service. "The automated mailmen are dropping off packages from 10 feet in the air," reports the New York Post, "rendering the contents of each box susceptible to crashing and smashing."One example? Tamara Hancock filmed a drone delivering a bottle of Torani flavoring syrup to her home in Arizona (as a test of how Amazon handled fragile items). It was delivered it in a plastic bottle &mdash; not glass &mdash; but the massive drone drops]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/videos-catch-amazon-delivery-drones-dropping-packages-from-10-feet-in-the-air/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/videos-catch-amazon-delivery-drones-dropping-packages-from-10-feet-in-the-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoom Partners With Sam Altman's Iris-Scanning Company To Offer Callers Verifications of Humanness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoom "has partnered with World, Sam Altman's iris-scanning identity company (previously known as Worldcoin), " reports Digital Trends, "to add real-time human verification inside meetings."Zoom is now inviting organizations to join the beta version of the rollout, which Digital Trends says "lets hosts confirm that every face on the call belongs to a real person, not an AI-generated imposter. "For those wondering how World's Deep Face technology works, it includes a three-step process. It cross-r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zoom-partners-with-sam-altmans-iris-scanning-company-to-offer-callers-verifications-of-humanness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zoom-partners-with-sam-altmans-iris-scanning-company-to-offer-callers-verifications-of-humanness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave Browser Introduces 'Origin', a Pay-Once 'Minimalist' Browser]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Brave browser "has introduced Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its browser that removes built-in monetization features like Rewards and other extras tied to its business model," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli"The stripped-down browser is available either as a separate browser download or as an upgrade to the existing Brave install, unlocked through a one-time purchase that can be activated across multiple devices. The idea is simple on paper: pay once, and you get a cleaner, mor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brave-browser-introduces-origin-a-pay-once-minimalist-browser/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brave-browser-introduces-origin-a-pay-once-minimalist-browser/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Origin Rocket Launches, Successfully Reuses Booster - But Loses Satellite]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceNews reports:Blue Origin's New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket's third flight April 19, stranding its payload in an unrecoverable "off-nominal" orbit and dealing the company a setback as it seeks to increase its flight rate... AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch 45 to 60 satellites this year for its D2D constellation, but BlueBird 7 is the first to launch since BlueBird 6 launched on an Indian LVM3 rocket in December.<br />
AST SpaceMobile still expects to have 45]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blue-origin-rocket-launches-successfully-reuses-booster-but-loses-satellite/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blue-origin-rocket-launches-successfully-reuses-booster-but-loses-satellite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voyager 1 is Running Out of Power.  NASA Just Switched Part of It Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 49 years of space travel, Voyager 1 "is running out of power," reports NPR:The spacecraft runs on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator &mdash; a device that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity. It carries no solar panels, no rechargeable batteries. Just the slow, steady release of nuclear warmth, which diminishes by about 4 watts each year. After nearly five decades, that decline has become critical.<br />
During a routine maneuver in late February, Voyager 1's power levels]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/voyager-1-is-running-out-of-power-nasa-just-switched-part-of-it-off/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/voyager-1-is-running-out-of-power-nasa-just-switched-part-of-it-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Predicts Humankind Won't Survive Another 50 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Live Science spoke with physicist David Gross, who today received the $3 million "Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics". He was part of a trio that won the 2004 physics Nobel prize for research that helped complete the Standard Model of particle physics. But when asked if physics will reach a unified theory of the fundamental forces of nature within 50 years, Gross has a surprising answer. "Currently, I spend part of my time trying to tell people... that the chances of you living 50]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nobel-prize-winning-physicist-predicts-humankind-wont-survive-another-50-years/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nobel-prize-winning-physicist-predicts-humankind-wont-survive-another-50-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the Iran War Driving a Surge of Interest in Electric Cars?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In October and through November, America's EV sales reached their lowest point since 2022 after government subsidies expired, remembers Time. "But first-quarter data for 2026 shows that used EV sales were 12% higher than the same time last year and 17% higher than the previous quarter.<br />
"One factor likely helping push buyers toward these cars is high gas prices, which recently topped $4.00 a gallon for the first time in four years," they write &mdash; but it's not just in the U.S. Instead, they a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-iran-war-driving-a-surge-of-interest-in-electric-cars/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-iran-war-driving-a-surge-of-interest-in-electric-cars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pancreatic Cancer MRNA Vaccine Shows Lasting Results In Early Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[NBC News reports on a 16-person clinical trial of "personalized messenger RNA vaccines" which use the immune system to fight cancer cells. "The goal is not to eliminate existing tumors, but instead to stamp out lingering, undetected cancer cells, and later any new cells that form before they can cause a recurrence."<br />
Patients still have surgery to remove tumors. After that, the mRNA vaccines are personalized for each individual using genetic material taken from their unique tumor cells. In the cl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-in-early-trial/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-in-early-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorola Sues Social Media Platforms and Creators in India]]></title><description><![CDATA["Motorola has filed a lawsuit in India against social media platforms and content creators," reports TechCrunch, "over posts it alleges are defamatory..."<br />
The lawsuit, filed in a Bengaluru court and obtained by TechCrunch, names platforms such as X, YouTube, and Instagram along with dozens of content creators, and seeks takedown of the content as well as broader restraint on what it describes as false or defamatory material related to the company's devices. In its over 60-page filing, Motorola h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/motorola-sues-social-media-platforms-and-creators-in-india/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/motorola-sues-social-media-platforms-and-creators-in-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant]]></title><description><![CDATA["Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time," reports the Associated Press. "All without a warrant."The software from Fog Data Science, adopted this January in Nevada through a Department of Public Safety contract, pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let state investigators identify the location of mobile devices. The state is allowed more than 250 queries]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nevada-police-can-now-track-cellphones-without-a-warrant/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nevada-police-can-now-track-cellphones-without-a-warrant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HP Will Discontinue 'HP Anyware' Remote Desktop, Trusted Zero Clients]]></title><description><![CDATA[kriston (Slashdot reader #7,886) writes:HP Anyware, the new name of the Teradici PCoIP remote desktop solution that was acquired by HP in 2021, is being discontinued."Maintenance and support for customers and partners with multi-year terms will continue until 31 October, 2029," a href="https://anyware.hp.com/hp-anyware-end-of-life"&gt;according to HP's announcement.<br />
But HP is also announcing the planned End of Life for Anyware Trust Center and Trusted Zero Clients, with support now limited to se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hp-will-discontinue-hp-anyware-remote-desktop-trusted-zero-clients/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hp-will-discontinue-hp-anyware-remote-desktop-trusted-zero-clients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Creates Its Own IMAX for 'Avengers: Doomsday' After Losing Screens to 'Dune: Part 3']]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahead of December's release of Avengers: Doomsday, Disney has unveiled "Infinity Vision," reports Kotaku, which they describe as "a new theater-going experience that will be certain to transform your pedestrian $15 night out into an exotic $43 one." (Though those prices appear to be estimates...)<br />
Disney's announcement calls it "a new certification for premium large format (PLF) theaters," helping ticket-buyers find "a huge screen with the sharpest, clearest color and sound," including laser proj]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-creates-its-own-imax-for-avengers-doomsday-after-losing-screens-to-dune-part-3/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-creates-its-own-imax-for-avengers-doomsday-after-losing-screens-to-dune-part-3/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the 'Attention Liberation Movement' Foment a Rebellion Against Screens?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Associated Press looks at the small-but-growing "rebellion" against attention-hogging devices, citing "a growing body of literature calling for people to move away from screens and pay attention to life."D. Graham Burnett is a historian of science at Princeton University and one of the authors of " Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement," making him a pillar of the growing backlash against the corporate harvesting of human attention. Along with MS NOW host Chris Hayes' b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-the-attention-liberation-movement-foment-a-rebellion-against-screens/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-the-attention-liberation-movement-foment-a-rebellion-against-screens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering Zip Drives - the Trendy Storage Technology of the 1990s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in the 1990s, floppy disks "had a mere capacity of 1.44MB," remembers XDA Developers, "which would soon become absolutely tiny for the increasingly large pieces of software that would come about."Floppy disks also felt quite fragile, and while we got "superfloppy" formats that were physically larger and had more capacity, those were pretty unwieldy as portable storage. Enter 1994, when a company called Iomega introduced its variant of a "superfloppy", the Zip drive... [T]he initial capacity]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-zip-drives-the-trendy-storage-technology-of-the-1990s/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-zip-drives-the-trendy-storage-technology-of-the-1990s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duolingo CEO Says They've Stopped Tracking Employees' AI Use for Performance Reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last May Duolingo's stock peaked at $529.05. But while the learning app passed $1 billion in revenue in 2025 and 50 million daily active users, today its stock price has dropped more than 81%, to $100.51.<br />
And there's been other changes, reports Entrepreneur:In April 2025, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn made headlines after writing a memo calling the company "AI-first." In the memo, von Ahn announced that the language-learning platform would track employees' AI use in performance reviews. Now, a year]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/duolingo-ceo-says-theyve-stopped-tracking-employees-ai-use-for-performance-reviews/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/duolingo-ceo-says-theyve-stopped-tracking-employees-ai-use-for-performance-reviews/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX, Blue Origin Compete For 'Artemis III' Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Artemis II's astronauts returned to earth, "NASA has Artemis III in its sights," reports the Associated Press:In a mission recently added to the docket for next year, Artemis III's yet-to-be -named astronauts will practice docking their Orion capsule with a lunar lander or two in orbit around Earth. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are racing to have their company's lander ready first. Musk's Starship and Bezos' Blue Moon are vying for the all-important Artemis IV moon landin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-blue-origin-compete-for-artemis-iii-mission/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-blue-origin-compete-for-artemis-iii-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Movie Trailer Shows First AI-Generated Performance By a Major Star: the Late Val Kilmer]]></title><description><![CDATA["A trailer has been released for the first film to star an authorised generative AI version of a major Hollywood actor," writes The Guardian:Val Kilmer was cast in western As Deep As the Grave before his death in April 2025. Production delays meant he never shot any scenes, but the creative team worked with UK-based company Sonantic to create an AI speaking voice based on his old recordings. His estate and daughter Mercedes collaborated with the film-makers on the visual deepfake of the actor. K]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-movie-trailer-shows-first-ai-generated-performance-by-a-major-star-the-late-val-kilmer/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-movie-trailer-shows-first-ai-generated-performance-by-a-major-star-the-late-val-kilmer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Cars 'Tell Tales' by Storing Data That's Never Wiped]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader Bismillah shared this report from ITNews:Research and development engineer Romain Marchand of Paris headquartered Quarkslab obtained a telematic control unit (TCU) from a salvage yard in Poland... Marchand tore down the TCU, which is based on a Qualcomm system on a chip, and extracted the Linux-based file system from the Micron multi-chip package (MCP) which contained NAND-based non-volatile storage memory. The non-volatile storage contained sensitive information, including syste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/old-cars-tell-tales-by-storing-data-thats-never-wiped/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/old-cars-tell-tales-by-storing-data-thats-never-wiped/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer US College Students Major in CS. More Choose Data Science, Engineering]]></title><description><![CDATA["From 2008 to 2024, the number of four-year computer science degrees granted rose about fivefold..." reports the Washington Post. Then in 2025 CS suddenly dropped from the fourth-largest undergraduate major to sixth, they report (citing data from the nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse, which compiles numbers from 97% of U.S. universities.<br />
The 54,000-student drop was "the biggest one-year drop of any major discipline going back to at least 2020." But what major are they choosing instead?Sar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fewer-us-college-students-major-in-cs-more-choose-data-science-engineering/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fewer-us-college-students-major-in-cs-more-choose-data-science-engineering/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the U.S. Congress approved "a short-term extension" of a FISA law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets, reports CNN &mdash; but only until April 30. Republican congressional leaders had sought an 18-month extension, but "failed to secure" the votes after "clamoring from some of their members for reforms to protect Americans' privacy."The warrantless surveillance law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, was set to expire o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-congress-fails-to-pass-long-term-fisa-extension-authorizes-it-through-april-30/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-congress-fails-to-pass-long-term-fisa-extension-authorizes-it-through-april-30/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins "have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them."A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently started pushing it to users via updates, generating spam pages and causing redirects, as per the instructions received from the command-and-control (C2) server. The compromise affects plugins with hundreds of thousands of active installations and was spot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/30-wordpress-plugins-turned-into-malware-after-ownership-change/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/30-wordpress-plugins-turned-into-malware-after-ownership-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fructose Isn't Just Sugar. It Acts More Like a Hormone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we've had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose "is not just another calorie." It is a signal. It tells the liver to make fat and brace for a famine that never comes. That made sense for a bear fattening up on autumn berries. It makes less sense for a person drinking soda in March.<br />
The review reframes the WHO's sugar guideline, argues ScienceBlog.com, as "l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fructose-isnt-just-sugar-it-acts-more-like-a-hormone/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fructose-isnt-just-sugar-it-acts-more-like-a-hormone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database]]></title><description><![CDATA[20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. "I'm just scared," he said, calling the whole situation "extremely sad."<br />
Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped launch what's been described as the biggest cyberattack in U.S. education history &mdash; a data breach that concerned authorities so much, it prompted briefings with senior government officials inside the White House Situation Room. The breach pierced t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/20-year-old-enters-prison-for-historic-breach-ransoming-of-massive-student-database/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/20-year-old-enters-prison-for-historic-breach-ransoming-of-massive-student-database/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FSF to OnlyOffice:  You Can't Use the GNU (A)GPL to Take Software Freedom Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nextcloud joined a project to create a sovereign replacement for Microsoft Office called "Euro-Office". But after that project forked OnlyOffice, OnlyOffice suspended its partnership with Nextcloud. "They removed all references to our brand/attribute as required by our license," argued OnlyOffice CEO Lev Bannov on March 30th. ("The core issue here isn't just about what the AGPL license states, but about the additional provisions we, as the authors, have included... If the Euro-Office team believ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-to-onlyoffice-you-cant-use-the-gnu-agpl-to-take-software-freedom-away/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-to-onlyoffice-you-cant-use-the-gnu-agpl-to-take-software-freedom-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Government Now Wants Anthropic's 'Mythos', Preparing for AI Cybersecurity Threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friday Anthropic's CEO met with top U.S. officials and "discussed opportunities for collaboration," according to a White House spokesperson itedd by Politico, "as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling this technology."CNN notes the meeting happens at the same time Anthropic "battles the Trump administration in court for blacklisting its Claude AI model..."The meeting took place as the US government is trying to balance its hardline approach to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-now-wants-anthropics-mythos-preparing-for-ai-cybersecurity-threats/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-now-wants-anthropics-mythos-preparing-for-ai-cybersecurity-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shuttered Startups Are Selling Old Slack Chats, Emails To AI Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some failed startups are reportedly selling old Slack messages, emails, and other internal records to AI companies as training data, creating a new way to cash out after shutting down. Fast Company reports: Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software company Cielo24, told the publication that she was able to sell every Slack message, internal email, and Jira ticket as training data for "hundreds of thousands of dollars."This isn't a one-off scenario. SimpleClosure, a startup that helps compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-emails-to-ai-companies/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-emails-to-ai-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Restarts Work To Support Europe's Uncrewed Trip To Mars After Years of Setbacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA has revived support for the European Space Agency's long-delayed Rosalind Franklin Mars rover mission. According to the space agency, the current plan is to launch via a SpaceX Falcon Heavy no earlier than 2028. Engadget reports: This is a partnership between NASA and the ESA, with the European agency providing the rover, the spacecraft and the lander. The US will provide braking engines for the lander, heater units for the rover's internal systems and, of course, assistance with the actual]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-restarts-work-to-support-europes-uncrewed-trip-to-mars-after-years-of-setbacks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-restarts-work-to-support-europes-uncrewed-trip-to-mars-after-years-of-setbacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Atlantic Current Significantly More Likely To Collapse Than Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding "very concerning" as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate syst]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News Sources]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Ipsos poll finds Americans are increasingly getting news from online personalities and comedians instead of traditional TV or newspapers. The survey says nearly 70% get news online in a given week, versus 55% from TV and 25% from newspapers, with figures like Joe Rogan, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, and late-night hosts ranking prominently depending on political leanings. From the Hollywood Reporter: The poll, which was conducted in March, actually found the conservative politicians and cabi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/online-personalities-and-comedians-overtake-tv-and-newspapers-as-primary-news-sources/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/online-personalities-and-comedians-overtake-tv-and-newspapers-as-primary-news-sources/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge In Vulnerability Submissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[NIST is narrowing how it handles CVEs in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), saying it will only automatically enrich higher-priority vulnerabilities. "CVEs that do not meet those criteria will still be listed in the NVD but will not automatically be enriched by NIST," it said. "This change is driven by a surge in CVE submissions, which increased 263% between 2020 and 2025. We don't expect this trend to let up anytime soon." The Hacker News reports: The prioritization criteria outlined by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nist-limits-cve-enrichment-after-263-surge-in-vulnerability-submissions/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nist-limits-cve-enrichment-after-263-surge-in-vulnerability-submissions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gazing Into Sam Altman's Orb Could Solve Ticket Scalping]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sam Altman's iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder users around the globe can now put a digital badge on their profiles signaling to potential suitors that they're a real human, provided they've already stared into one of World's glossy white Orbs and allowed their eyes to be scanned. The announcement follows a pilot project for Tinder verification that World previously conducte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gazing-into-sam-altmans-orb-could-solve-ticket-scalping/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gazing-into-sam-altmans-orb-could-solve-ticket-scalping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla 'Thunderbolt' Is an Open-Source AI Client Focused On Control and Self-Hosting]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla's email subsidiary MZLA Technologies just introduced Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client aimed at organizations that want to run AI on their own infrastructure instead of relying entirely on cloud services. The idea is to give companies full control over their data, models, and workflows while still offering things like chat, research tools, automation, and integration with enterprise systems through the Haystack AI framework. Native apps are planned for Windows, m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-thunderbolt-is-an-open-source-ai-client-focused-on-control-and-self-hosting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-thunderbolt-is-an-open-source-ai-client-focused-on-control-and-self-hosting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's New Fire TV Sticks No Longer Support Sideloading]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon's newest Fire TV Sticks are dropping support for normal sideloading, blocking apps from outside the Amazon Appstore unless the device is registered with developers. Cord Cutters News reports: This week, Amazon announced the upcoming launch of a new Fire TV Stick HD. The new model will run on Amazon's Vega OS, rather than Android, so most streaming apps will be supported, but users won't be add third party apps. Now, on the product page to preorder the new Fire Stick, some Amazon customers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-new-fire-tv-sticks-no-longer-support-sideloading/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazons-new-fire-tv-sticks-no-longer-support-sideloading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Starts Offering a Biology-Tuned LLM]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows. Called GPT-Rosalind after Rosalind Franklin, the model appears to differ from most science-focused models from major tech companies, which have generally taken a more generic approach that works for various fields. In a press briefing, Yunyun Wang, OpenAI's Life Sciences Product Lead, said the system was designed to tackle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-starts-offering-a-biology-tuned-llm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-starts-offering-a-biology-tuned-llm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Increases the FAT32 Limit From 32GB To 2TB]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo writes: Windows has limited FAT32 partitions to a maximum of 32GB for decades now. When memory cards and USB drives exceeded 32GB in size, the only options were exFAT or NTFS. Neither option was well supported on other platforms at first, although exFAT support is fairly widespread now. In their latest blog post, Microsoft announced that the limit for FAT32 partitions is being increased to 2TB. Of course, that doesn't mean that every device that supports FAT32 wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-increases-the-fat32-limit-from-32gb-to-2tb/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-increases-the-fat32-limit-from-32gb-to-2tb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newly Unsealed Records Reveal Amazon's Price-Fixing Tactics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newly unsealed records in California's antitrust case against Amazon allegedly show the company pressured third-party sellers to raise prices on rival sites like Walmart, Target, and Wayfair so Amazon could maintain the appearance of offering the lowest price. California says Amazon used tools like Buy Box suppression to punish cheaper listings elsewhere. The Guardian reports: [...] In one previously redacted deposition, marked "highly confidential," Mayer Handler, owner of a clothing company ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/newly-unsealed-records-reveal-amazons-price-fixing-tactics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/newly-unsealed-records-reveal-amazons-price-fixing-tactics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US To Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone In Philippines]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: An agreement with the Philippines to establish a high-tech industrial hub is the Trump administration's latest effort to lessen China's dominance over global supply chains. The deal to build up American manufacturing across a stretch of the island of Luzon, signed Thursday, will offer U.S. companies access to essential inputs such as critical minerals that bypass Beijing's control. The artificial-intelligence-powered manufacturing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reed Hastings Is Leaving Netflix After 29 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reed Hastings is stepping down from Netflix's board in June, ending a 29-year run at the company he co-founded and helped transform from a DVD-by-mail business into a global streaming giant. Hastings said in a shareholder (PDF) letter that he&acirc;(TM)s stepping down to focus on "his philanthropy and other pursuits." Engadget reports: Hastings has served as chairman of Netflix's board since 2023, a role he assumed after stepping down as co-CEO and promoting Greg Peters in his place. "Netflix ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reed-hastings-is-leaving-netflix-after-29-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reed-hastings-is-leaving-netflix-after-29-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel's New Core Series 3 Is Its Answer To the MacBook Neo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intel has launched a new budget-focused Core Series 3 processor line for lower-cost laptops -- "Intel's response to budget CPUs that are appearing in laptops like the Apple MacBook Neo," writes PCWorld's Mark Hachman. From the report: Intel unexpectedly launched the Core Series 3, based on its excellent "Panther Lake" (Core Ultra Series 3) architecture and 18A manufacturing, for devices for home consumers and small business on Thursday. Intel announced that a number of partners will launch lapto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intels-new-core-series-3-is-its-answer-to-the-macbook-neo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intels-new-core-series-3-is-its-answer-to-the-macbook-neo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sperm Whales' Communication Closely Parallels Human Language, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales &ndash; enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last shared a common ancestor with humans more than 90 million years ago. But the whales' vocalized communications are remarkably similar to our own, researchers have discovered. Not only do sperm whale have a form of "alphabet" and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human spe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sperm-whales-communication-closely-parallels-human-language-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sperm-whales-communication-closely-parallels-human-language-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two years ago, Microsoft launched its first wave of "Copilot+" Windows PCs with a handful of exclusive features that could take advantage of the neural processing unit (NPU) hardware being built into newer laptop processors. These NPUs could enable AI and machine learning features that could run locally rather than in someone's cloud, theoretically enhancing security and privacy. One of the first Copilot+ features was Recall, a feature that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/totalrecall-reloaded-tool-finds-a-side-entrance-to-windows-11-recall-database/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/totalrecall-reloaded-tool-finds-a-side-entrance-to-windows-11-recall-database/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's Big Codex Update Is a Direct Shot At Claude Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is updating Codex with more agent-like capabilities, positioning it as a more direct rival to Anthropic's Claude Code. Some of the new features include the ability to operate macOS desktop apps, browse the web inside the app, generate images, use new workplace plug-ins, and remember useful context from past tasks. The Verge reports: Codex will now be able to operate desktop apps on your computer, OpenAI says in a blog post announcing the update. It can work in the background, meaning it w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-big-codex-update-is-a-direct-shot-at-claude-code/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-big-codex-update-is-a-direct-shot-at-claude-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Linux Mint In Trouble?]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The developers behind Linux Mint say the project is rethinking its release strategy and moving toward a longer development cycle, with the next version now expected around Christmas 2026. In a monthly update, project lead Clement Lefebvre said the team reached a "crossroads" and needs more flexibility to fix bugs, improve the desktop, and adapt to rapid changes across the Linux ecosystem. The upcoming development build, temporarily called Mint 23 "Alfa," is currently based o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-linux-mint-in-trouble/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-linux-mint-in-trouble/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Has 'Maybe 6 Weeks of Jet Fuel Left']]></title><description><![CDATA[The head of the International Energy Agency warned that Europe may have only "six weeks or so" of jet fuel left if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted. The Associated Press reports: IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced," stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. "In the past there]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-has-maybe-6-weeks-of-jet-fuel-left/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-has-maybe-6-weeks-of-jet-fuel-left/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, Pentagon Discuss Classified AI Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet's Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in classified settings, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The two parties are discussing an agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use Google's AI for all lawful uses, according to the report.During the negotiations, Google has proposed additio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-pentagon-discuss-classified-ai-deal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-pentagon-discuss-classified-ai-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IPv6 Usage Reaches Historic 50% Across Google Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[IPv6 usage briefly reached 50% across Google services for the first time, marking a major milestone for a protocol created in 1998 to solve IPv4's address shortage. Tom's Hardware reports: [...] IPv6 was dismissed early on as a headache-inducing, hard-to-implement complication that would hardly ever gain any traction -- despite offering 2^128 possible numbers, solving all network number assignments in one fell swoop. That changed over time by force of necessity, and Google's tracking graph shows]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ipv6-usage-reaches-historic-50-across-google-services/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ipv6-usage-reaches-historic-50-across-google-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Opus 4.7, an AI Model That Is Less Risky Than Mythos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, calling it its strongest generally available model and an improvement over Opus 4.6 in areas like software engineering, instruction-following, tool use, and agentic coding. But the company says it is "less broadly capable" than the restricted Claude Mythos Preview, "which Anthropic rolled out to a select group of companies as part of a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing earlier this month," reports CNBC. From the report: The launch of Claude]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-rolls-out-claude-opus-47-an-ai-model-that-is-less-risky-than-mythos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-rolls-out-claude-opus-47-an-ai-model-that-is-less-risky-than-mythos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Age Verification App Announced To Protect Children Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[The EU says a new age-verification app is technically ready and could let users prove they are old enough to access restricted online content without revealing their identity or personal data. Deutsche Welle reports: Once released, users will be able to download the app from an app store and set it up using proof of identity, such as a passport or national ID card. They can then use it to confirm they are above a certain age when accessing restricted content, without revealing their identity. Ac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-age-verification-app-announced-to-protect-children-online/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-age-verification-app-announced-to-protect-children-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Induce Smells With Ultrasound, No Chemical Cartridges Required]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from UploadVR: A group of independent researchers built a device that can artificially induce smell using ultrasound, with no consumable cartridges required. [...] The team of four are Lev Chizhov, Albert Yan-Huang, Thomas Ribeiro, Aayush Gupta. Chizhov is a neurotech entrepreneur with a background in math and physics, Yan-Huang is a researcher at Caltech with a background in computation and neural systems, and Ribeiro and Gupta are co-researchers on the proje]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-induce-smells-with-ultrasound-no-chemical-cartridges-required/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-induce-smells-with-ultrasound-no-chemical-cartridges-required/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bullet Train Upgrade Brings 5G Windows, Noise-Cancelling Cabins To Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some Japanese bullet trains will soon support premium private suites this October, featuring windows with embedded 5G antennas for steadier onboard Wi-Fi and NTT noise-cancelling cabin tech to reduce train noise. The 5G window antennas are designed to maintain line-of-sight connections as trains race past base stations at up to 285 km/h. The Register reports: Rail operator JR Central announced the new tech late last month and will initially deploy a couple of the suites on six trains. The carrie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bullet-train-upgrade-brings-5g-windows-noise-cancelling-cabins-to-japan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bullet-train-upgrade-brings-5g-windows-noise-cancelling-cabins-to-japan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Households To Be Urged To Use More Power This Summer As Renewables Soar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the Guardian: Households will be called on to boost their consumption of Great Britain's record renewable energy this summer to help balance the power grid and lower energy bills. Under the new plans, people could be encouraged to run dishwashers and washing machines or charge up their electric vehicles when there is more wind and solar power than the electricity grid needs. The plan will be delivered with the help of energy suppliers, which]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-households-to-be-urged-to-use-more-power-this-summer-as-renewables-soar/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-households-to-be-urged-to-use-more-power-this-summer-as-renewables-soar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Many scientists have contended that humans have evolved very little over the past 10,000 years. A few hundred generations was just a blink of the evolutionary eye, it seemed. Besides, our cultural evolution -- our technology, agriculture and the rest -- must have overwhelmed our biological evolution by now. A vast study, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, suggests the opposite. Examining DNA from 15,836 ancient human remains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nature-is-still-molding-human-genes-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nature-is-still-molding-human-genes-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Can Now Read Gauges, Spot Spills, and Reason]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting spills and reading gauges. Spot can also now recognize when to call on other AI tools. IEEE Spectrum reports: Boston Dynamics is one of the few companies to commercially deploy legged robots at any appreciable scale; there are now several thousand hard at work. Today the company is announcing that its quadruped robot Spot is now equipped with Goog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-can-now-read-gauges-spot-spills-and-reason/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-can-now-read-gauges-spot-spills-and-reason/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Jobs Too Important To Risk Chinese Car Imports, Says Ford CEO]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an interview with Fox News, Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that allowing Chinese vehicle imports could put nearly a million U.S. jobs at risk. He said China's heavily subsidized auto industry has enough excess capacity to supply the entire U.S. market, while also raising serious cybersecurity concerns given how much data modern connected cars collect. Ars Technica reports: "First of all, the Chinese have huge direct support for their auto companies," Farley said, while noting that China has the a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-jobs-too-important-to-risk-chinese-car-imports-says-ford-ceo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-jobs-too-important-to-risk-chinese-car-imports-says-ford-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cal is moving its flagship scheduling software from open source to a proprietary license, arguing that AI coding tools now make it much easier for attackers to scan public codebases for vulnerabilities. "Open source security always relied on people to find and fix any problems," said Peer Richelsen, co-founder of Cal. "Now AI attackers are flaunting that transparency." CEO Bailey Pumfleet added: "Open-source code is basically like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault. And now there are 100x]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/calcom-is-going-closed-source-because-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/calcom-is-going-closed-source-because-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Nation Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Manhattan federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market. The findings follow an antitrust case brought by states after a separate DOJ settlement. CNN reports: The verdict was reached following a lengthy trial in New York federal court that included testimony from top executives in the music and entertainment industries. Jurors began deliberating on Friday. The Justice Department and 39 state attorneys general, including Califor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-illegally-monopolized-ticketing-market-jury-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-illegally-monopolized-ticketing-market-jury-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna's Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive. The shadow library failed to appear in court and briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. In addition to the monetary penalty, a permanent injunction required domain registrars and other parties to suspend the site's domain names. [...]The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snapchat Blames AI As It Cuts 1,000 Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snap is laying off about 1,000 employees, or 16% of its workforce, while closing 300 open roles as it tries to cut costs and push toward profitability with more AI-driven efficiency. "While these changes are necessary to realize Snap's long-term potential, we believe that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence enable our teams to reduce repetitive work, increase velocity, and better support our community, partners, and advertisers," CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in a memo, which was included in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/snapchat-blames-ai-as-it-cuts-1000-jobs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/snapchat-blames-ai-as-it-cuts-1000-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling Shoe Retailer Allbirds Pivots To AI, Stock Explodes More Than 700%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allbirds made a surprise announcement this morning: it's pivoting from sustainable shoes to AI compute infrastructure, rebranding as NewBird AI after selling its brand assets and closing its U.S. full-price stores. The move sent shares soaring more than 700%. CNBC reports: The move boosted shares of the miniscule market cap company -- it was valued at about $21 million at Tuesday's close -- by more than 700%. The shares, which were under $3 a day ago, jumped to above $17. [...] The new company,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/struggling-shoe-retailer-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-stock-explodes-more-than-700/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/struggling-shoe-retailer-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-stock-explodes-more-than-700/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivian's Illinois Factory Will Run On Recycled EV Batteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Rivian is joining with Redwood Materials to reuse EV batteries for energy storage -- the largest repurposed-battery energy storage system for an automotive manufacturer in the U.S., executives told The Wall Street Journal. Redwood Materials is a battery-recycling firm started by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel. Once completed later this year, Rivian's plant in Normal, Ill., will draw electricity from more than 100 Rivian EV batteries]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rivians-illinois-factory-will-run-on-recycled-ev-batteries/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rivians-illinois-factory-will-run-on-recycled-ev-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway Man Cured of HIV With Brother's Stem Cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 63-year-old man in Norway appears to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, who turned out to have a rare mutation that makes immune cells resistant to HIV. "Four years after the transplant, and two years after the man stopped antiretroviral therapy, he still appears to be free of the infection," reports Gizmodo. From the report: According to the report, the man was first diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of cancer that weakens blood cell product]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-man-cured-of-hiv-with-brothers-stem-cells/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-man-cured-of-hiv-with-brothers-stem-cells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Boss Urges Theaters To Stop 30 Minutes of Trailers and Ads Before Movies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman urged theater owners to cut down the roughly 30 minutes of trailers and ads before movies. "Get off the ad crack," Rothman told the audience at CinemaCon this week. "Get rid of the endless advertising and substantially shorten the long pre-shows." Variety reports: He noted that frequent moviegoers now show up a half hour late to avoid all the spots (something that reserved seating has made easier than ever before). Rothman said that means many people "don't even s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-boss-urges-theaters-to-stop-30-minutes-of-trailers-and-ads-before-movies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-boss-urges-theaters-to-stop-30-minutes-of-trailers-and-ads-before-movies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Buys Globalstar For $10.8 Billion, Moving To Expand Its Satellite Internet Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is buying satellite communications company Globalstar for $10.8 billion to expand its Leo satellite-internet network and compete more directly with SpaceX's Starlink. The deal also includes a partnership with Apple to support satellite connectivity for iPhones and Apple Watches, with Amazon planning voice, data, and messaging services starting in 2028. The New York Times reports: Leo was Amazon's move to enter the market for beaming high-speed internet to the ground from orbit. That is an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-buys-globalstar-for-108-billion-moving-to-expand-its-satellite-internet-service/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-buys-globalstar-for-108-billion-moving-to-expand-its-satellite-internet-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Is Removing Many Popular Features From Its Free OTA TV Options]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cord Cutters News: Sony has notified owners of its recent BRAVIA television models that significant changes to the built-in TV Guide for its OTA TV antenna users and related menu features will take effect starting in late May 2026. The update affects a range of premium sets released between 2023 and 2025, marking another instance of feature adjustments for older smart TV hardware as manufacturers shift focus toward newer product lines. The changes primari]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-is-removing-many-popular-features-from-its-free-ota-tv-options/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-is-removing-many-popular-features-from-its-free-ota-tv-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Grants Netgear Conditional Approval For Routers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC has granted (PDF) Netgear the first exemption from its foreign-made router ban, allowing the company to keep selling new consumer router models made outside the U.S. through Oct. 1, 2027. PCMag reports: The Defense Department reviewed Netgear's application for an exemption and found that its products "do not pose risks to US national security." The FCC's order doesn't elaborate on why. Netgear is based in San Jose, California, although its products are made in Asia. The exemption, known]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-grants-netgear-conditional-approval-for-routers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-grants-netgear-conditional-approval-for-routers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Reveals Major Price Increase For All Surface PCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has sharply raised prices across its Surface lineup as RAM and component costs keep climbing. "Both its midrange and flagship Surface lines are now significantly more expensive than they were just a few weeks ago, with the flagship Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 now starting at $500 more than they launched at in 2024," reports Windows Central. From the report: The Surface Pro 12-inch, which was previously Microsoft's cheapest modern Surface PC at $799, now starts at $1,049. The fl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-reveals-major-price-increase-for-all-surface-pcs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-reveals-major-price-increase-for-all-surface-pcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Ghost-Gun Bill Wants 3D Printers To Play Cop, EFF Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A proposed California bill would require 3D printer makers to use state-certified software to detect and block files for gun parts, but advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) say it would be easy to evade and could lead to widespread surveillance of users' printing activity. The Register reports: The bill in question is AB 2047, the scope of which, on paper, appears strict. The primary goal is clear and simple: to require 3D printer manufacturers to use a state-certified algorithm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-ghost-gun-bill-wants-3d-printers-to-play-cop-eff-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-ghost-gun-bill-wants-3d-printers-to-play-cop-eff-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the audit from privacy search engine webXray, 55 percent of the sites it checked set ad cookies in a user's browser even if they opted out of tracking. Each company disputed or took issue with the research, with Google saying it was based on a "fundamental]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/audit-finds-google-microsoft-and-meta-still-tracking-users-after-opt-out/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/audit-finds-google-microsoft-and-meta-still-tracking-users-after-opt-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills']]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is rolling out a Chrome feature called "Skills" that lets users save Gemini prompts as reusable one-click workflows they can run across multiple tabs. The feature also includes preset Skills from Google. It's launching first for Chrome desktop users set to US English. The Verge reports: Once you have access to the feature, it can be managed by typing a forward slash ( / ) in Gemini and clicking the compass icon. AI prompts can be saved as Skills directly from your Gemini chat history on d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-now-lets-you-turn-ai-prompts-into-repeatable-skills/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-now-lets-you-turn-ai-prompts-into-repeatable-skills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Rare Concert Recordings Are Landing On the Internet Archive]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago concert superfan Aadam Jacobs who has recorded more than 10,000 shows since the 1980s is working with Internet Archive volunteers to digitize the collection before the cassettes deteriorate. "So far, about 2,500 of these tapes have been posted on the Internet Archive, including some rare gems like a Nirvana performance from 1989," reports TechCrunch. From the report: For many of these recordings, Jacobs was using pretty mediocre equipment, but the volunteer audio engineers working with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Media Platforms Need To Stop Never-Ending Scrolling, UK's Starmer Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said social media platforms should remove addictive infinite-scroll features for young users as Britain considers new child-safety measures. "We're consulting on whether there should be a ban for under 16s," Starmer told BBC Radio. "But I think equally important, the addictive scrolling mechanisms are really problematic to my mind. They need to go." Reuters reports: Britain, like other countries, is considering restricting access to social media for children and it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-platforms-need-to-stop-never-ending-scrolling-uks-starmer-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-platforms-need-to-stop-never-ending-scrolling-uks-starmer-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Faces Mass Arbitration By Advertisers Seeking Billions]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet's Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company's online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies. Advertisers are banding together to seek payouts through mass arbitration proceedings. While many companies that displayed ads purchased through Google -- including USA Today Co. and Advance Publications -- have sued for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-faces-mass-arbitration-by-advertisers-seeking-billions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-faces-mass-arbitration-by-advertisers-seeking-billions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Computer Chip Could Finally Withstand The Hellscape of Venus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Southern California say they've developed a memristor memory device that continued operating at 700 degrees Celsius. "And crucially, 700 degrees was not the limit, it was simply as hot as their testing equipment could go," adds ScienceAlert. "The device showed no signs of failing." From the report: The device is called a memristor and it's a nanoscale component that can both store information and perform computing operations. Think of it as a tiny sandwich with t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-new-computer-chip-could-finally-withstand-the-hellscape-of-venus/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-new-computer-chip-could-finally-withstand-the-hellscape-of-venus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Force Pushed Out UFO Investigator]]></title><description><![CDATA[J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government's effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than seriously investigate them. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an article from Popular Mechanics, in collaboration with Biography.com, that argues Hynek's shift from skeptic to advocate helped shape modern ufology, and that the Air Force's attempts to control the narrative m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/air-force-pushed-out-ufo-investigator/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/air-force-pushed-out-ufo-investigator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WeatherBug Data Says October 8 Is the Real Perfect Date]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: For years pop culture has treated April 25 as the "perfect date," thanks to the famous Miss Congeniality line about needing only a light jacket. But new analysis from WeatherBug suggests that idea does not actually hold up when you look at the numbers. After reviewing U.S. weather data from 2018 through today, the company concluded that October 8 delivers the most reliable combination of comfortable temperatures and low rainfall nationwide. According]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/weatherbug-data-says-october-8-is-the-real-perfect-date/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/weatherbug-data-says-october-8-is-the-real-perfect-date/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford Report Highlights Growing Disconnect Between AI Insiders and Everyone Else]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI experts and the public's opinion on the technology are increasingly diverging, according to Stanford University's annual report on the AI industry, which was released Monday. In particular, the report noted a growing trend of anxiety around AI and, in the U.S., concerns about how the technology will impact key societal areas, such as jobs, medical care, and the economy. [...] Stanford's report provides more insight into where all this negat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple AI Glasses Will Rival Meta's With Several Styles, Oval Cameras]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is developing display-free AI smart glasses aimed at rivaling Meta's Ray-Bans, with multiple frame styles, a distinctive oval camera design, and tight iPhone integration. "The idea is to unveil the product at the end of 2026 or early the following year, with the actual release coming in 2027," writes Gurman. From the report: Like Meta's offering, Apple's glasses will be designed to handle everyday uses: capturing photos and videos, syncing with a smartp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-ai-glasses-will-rival-metas-with-several-styles-oval-cameras/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-ai-glasses-will-rival-metas-with-several-styles-oval-cameras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood Stars Sign Open Letter Protesting Paramount-Warner Bros Merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 Hollywood figures, including major actors, writers, and directors, signed an open letter opposing Paramount Skydance's proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing it would hurt an industry "already under severe strain." The deal is still under regulatory scrutiny in both the U.S. and U.K., while Paramount says the merger would strengthen competition and expand opportunities for creators. NBC News reports: "This transaction would further consolidate an already concentrate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hollywood-stars-sign-open-letter-protesting-paramount-warner-bros-merger/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hollywood-stars-sign-open-letter-protesting-paramount-warner-bros-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Raids Texas Home of Man Suspected of Firebombing Sam Altman's SF Mansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI searched the Texas home of a 20-year-old man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's San Francisco residence. Authorities say the suspect also made threats at OpenAI's headquarters, and reports indicate he had written extensively about fears over AI and opposition to AI executives.The suspect reportedly authored a Substack blog and was a member of the Discord server PauseAI, an activist group focused on banning the development of the most powerful AI models to protect the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-raids-texas-home-of-man-suspected-of-firebombing-sam-altmans-sf-mansion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-raids-texas-home-of-man-suspected-of-firebombing-sam-altmans-sf-mansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning that the feature -- reportedly known inside the company as "Name Tag" -- would hand stalkers, abusers, and federal agents the ability to silently identify strangers in public. The coalition, which includes the ACLU,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-warned-that-facial-recognition-glasses-will-arm-sexual-predators/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-warned-that-facial-recognition-glasses-will-arm-sexual-predators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux 7.0 Released]]></title><description><![CDATA["The new Linux kernel was released and it's kind of a big deal," writes longtime Slashdot reader rexx mainframe. "Here is what you can expect." Linuxiac reports: A key update in Linux 7.0 is the removal of the experimental label from Rust support. That (of course) does not make Rust a dominant language in kernel development, but it is still an important step in its gradual integration into the project. Another notable security-related change is the addition of ML-DSA post-quantum signatures for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-70-released/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-70-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booking.com Hit By Data Breach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Booking.com says hackers accessed customer reservation data in a breach that may have exposed booking details, names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, and messages shared with accommodations. PCMag reports: On Sunday, users reported receiving emails from Booking.com, warning them that "unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation." The email suggests the hackers have already exploited customer information."We recen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bookingcom-hit-by-data-breach/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bookingcom-hit-by-data-breach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Building an AI Clone To Replace Him In Meetings]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the Financial Times, Meta is developing an AI avatar of Mark Zuckerberg that could interact with employees using his voice, image, mannerisms, and public statements, "so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it." The Verge reports: Meta may start allowing creators to make AI avatars of themselves if the experiment with Zuckerberg succeeds, according to the Financial Times. [...] Zuckerberg is involved in training the AI avatar, the Financi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-is-reportedly-building-an-ai-clone-to-replace-him-in-meetings/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-is-reportedly-building-an-ai-clone-to-replace-him-in-meetings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maine Set To Become First State With Data Center Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maine is on track to become the first U.S. state to impose a temporary statewide ban on new data center construction. "Lawmakers in Maine greenlit the text of a bill this week to block data centers from being built in the state until November 2027," reports CNBC. "The measure, which is expected to get final passage in the next few days, also creates a council to suggest potential guardrails for data centers to ensure they don't lead to higher energy prices or other complications for Maine reside]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maine-set-to-become-first-state-with-data-center-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/maine-set-to-become-first-state-with-data-center-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Californians Sue Over AI Tool That Records Doctor Visits]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several Californians sued Sutter Health and MemorialCare this week over allegations that an AI transcription tool was used to record them without their consent, in violation of state and federal law. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, states that, within the past six months, the plaintiffs received medical care at various Sutter and MemorialCare facilities.During those visits, medical sta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californians-sue-over-ai-tool-that-records-doctor-visits/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californians-sue-over-ai-tool-that-records-doctor-visits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Some Programmers Become 'AI Babysitters'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will some programmers become "AI babysitters"? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google:"AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer scientist can maintain a system," explained Google.org Global Head Maggie Johnson in a LinkedIn post. So "As AI-generated code becomes more accurate and ubiquitous, the role of the computer scientist shifts from author to technical auditor or expert.<br />
"W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-some-programmers-become-ai-babysitters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-some-programmers-become-ai-babysitters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude's Spiritual Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic recently "hosted about 15 Christian leaders from Catholic and Protestant churches, academia, and the business world" for a two-day summit , reports the Washington Post:<br />
Anthropic staff sought advice on how to steer Claude's moral and spiritual development as the chatbot reacts to complex and unpredictable ethical queries, participants said. The wide-ranging discussions also covered how the chatbot should respond to users who are grieving loved ones and whether Claude could be considere]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-asks-christian-leaders-for-help-steering-claudes-spiritual-development/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-asks-christian-leaders-for-help-steering-claudes-spiritual-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Altman's Home Targeted a Second Time, Two Suspects Arrested]]></title><description><![CDATA["Early Sunday morning, a car stopped and appears to have fired a gun at the Russian Hill home of OpenAI's CEO," reportsThe San Francisco Standard, citing reports from the local police department:The San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects, Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, who were booked for negligent discharge... [The person in the passenger seat] put their hand out the window and appeared to fire a round on the Lombard side of the property, according]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altmans-home-targeted-a-second-time-two-suspects-arrested/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-altmans-home-targeted-a-second-time-two-suspects-arrested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Birds Deployed by Park to Attract Real Birds - Built By High School Students]]></title><description><![CDATA["Robotic bird decoys are being deployed at Grand Teton National Park," reports Interesting Engineering, "to influence the behavior of real sage grouse and help restore a declining population.". Robotics mentor Gary Duquette describes the machines as "kind of a Frankenbird." (SFGate shows one of the robot birds charging up with a solar panel... "Recorded breeding calls are played at the scene, with clucking and cooing beginning at 5 a.m. each day.")<br />
Duquette builds the birds with a team of high s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-birds-deployed-by-park-to-attract-real-birds-built-by-high-school-students/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-birds-deployed-by-park-to-attract-real-birds-built-by-high-school-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has the Rust Programming Language's Popularity Reached Its Plateau?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Rust's rise shows signs of slowing," argues the CEO of TIOBE.Back in 2020 Rust first entered the top 20 of his "TIOBE Index," which ranks programming language popularity using search engine results. Rust "was widely expected to break into the top 10," he remembers today. But it never happened, and "That was nearly six years ago...."Since then, Rust has steadily improved its ranking, even reaching its highest position ever (#13) at the beginning of this year. However, just three months later, it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/has-the-rust-programming-languages-popularity-reached-its-plateau/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/has-the-rust-programming-languages-popularity-reached-its-plateau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Good is Windows on Arm With Snapdragon X?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new powerful chipset has arrived to take on x86 CPUs and Apple's M5, writes Wccftech.The blog Windows Central writes that "Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 processors are here" &mdash; and they run Windows:Microsoft has done a massive amount of work to improve compatibility and has also convinced developers to embrace Windows 11 on Arm. Users of Windows 11 on Arm PCs spend 90% of their time on Arm-based apps that run natively. Additionally, apps that do not run natively can often run through Prism emu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-good-is-windows-on-arm-with-snapdragon-x/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-good-is-windows-on-arm-with-snapdragon-x/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Super Mario Galaxy Movie' and 'Project Hail Mary' Combine for Best Box Office in 7 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Super Mario Galaxy Movie "is officially the year's highest-grossing film to date with $629 million at the global box office," reports Variety &mdash; and it will likely earn over $1 billion. Project Hail Mary now becomes the year's second highest-grossing movie, with four-week ticket sales over $510, notes The Hollywood Reporter:<br />
The two films have helped propel year-to-date revenue to $2.113 billion &mdash; the best showing for the first part of the year since before the pandemic in 2019 ($]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/super-mario-galaxy-movie-and-project-hail-mary-combine-for-best-box-office-in-7-years/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/super-mario-galaxy-movie-and-project-hail-mary-combine-for-best-box-office-in-7-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hisense's New Backlit RGB LED TV 'a Shot Against OLED's Bow', and Includes a DP Port]]></title><description><![CDATA["RGB LED TVs have been the talk of the TV world this year," argues The Verge, with models coming from all the manufacturers."<br />
And the first one of 2026 is here &mdash; the UR9 from China's Hisense &mdash; "the first look at the viability of the new backlight technology outside of demo rooms." They call it "a step above the traditional mini-LED TVs of years past." and "a great first shot against OLED's bow."<br />
HDR is colorful and accurate, it has great brightness, and it is capable of showing color]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hisenses-new-backlit-rgb-led-tv-a-shot-against-oleds-bow-and-includes-a-dp-port/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hisenses-new-backlit-rgb-led-tv-a-shot-against-oleds-bow-and-includes-a-dp-port/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Botched IT Upgrade Ended Liquor Sales for the Entire State of Mississippi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mississippi has one warehouse &mdash; run by a contractor &mdash; that sells all the liquor for the entire state of 2.9 million people. "If a restaurant or store anywhere in Mississippi wanted a bottle of Jim Beam, they had to order it from the wholesale warehouse," reports the Washington Post.<br />
But then Mississippi's warehouse-managing contractor implemented a new computer system that wasn't compatible with the state's delivery system (like they'd promised it would be back in 2023). And then thi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/botched-it-upgrade-ended-liquor-sales-for-the-entire-state-of-mississippi/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/botched-it-upgrade-ended-liquor-sales-for-the-entire-state-of-mississippi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuroscientist's AI-Powered Startup Aims To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience.""For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," Kreiman writes on LinkedIn. And now "My co-founder Spandan Madan and I built a new algorithm to endow humans with perfect and infinite memory."Engramme connects to your **memorome**, i.e., entire digital life. Large Memory Models work in the same way that your brain encode]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/neuroscientists-ai-powered-startup-aims-to-transform-human-cognition-with-perfect-infinite-memory/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/neuroscientists-ai-powered-startup-aims-to-transform-human-cognition-with-perfect-infinite-memory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuroscientist' AI-Powered Startup AIms To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience.""For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," Kreiman writes on LinkedIn. And now "My co-founder Spandan Madan and I built a new algorithm to endow humans with perfect and infinite memory."Engramme connects to your **memorome**, i.e., entire digital life. Large Memory Models work in the same way that your brain encode]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/neuroscientist-ai-powered-startup-aims-to-transform-human-cognition-with-perfect-infinite-memory/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/neuroscientist-ai-powered-startup-aims-to-transform-human-cognition-with-perfect-infinite-memory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNA-Level Encryption Developed by Researchers to Protect the Secrets of Bioengineered Cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biotech industry's engineered cells could become an $8 trillion market by 2035, notes Phys.org. But how do you keep them from being stolen? Their article notes "an uptick in the theft and smuggling of high-value biological materials, including specially engineered cells."<br />
In Science Advances, a team of U.S. researchers present a new approach to genetically securing precious biological material. They created a genetic combination lock in which the locking or encryption process scrambled the D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dna-level-encryption-developed-by-researchers-to-protect-the-secrets-of-bioengineered-cells/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dna-level-encryption-developed-by-researchers-to-protect-the-secrets-of-bioengineered-cells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greg Kroah-Hartman Tests New 'Clanker T1000' Fuzzing Tool for Linux Patches]]></title><description><![CDATA[The word clanker &mdash; a disparaging term for AI and robots &mdash; "has made its way into the Linux kernel," reports the blog It's FOSS "thanks to Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux stable kernel maintainer and the closest thing the project has to a second-in-command."He's been quietly running what looks like an AI-assisted fuzzing tool on the kernel that lives in a branch called "clanker" on his working kernel tree. It began with the ksmbd and SMB code. Kroah-Hartman filed a three-patch series af]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/greg-kroah-hartman-tests-new-clanker-t1000-fuzzing-tool-for-linux-patches/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/greg-kroah-hartman-tests-new-clanker-t1000-fuzzing-tool-for-linux-patches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto Billionaire Pardoned In Prison By Trump Just Wrote a Memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forbes estimates he's worth roughly $110 billion, "placing him ahead of Bill Gates."<br />
And now Changpeng Zhao, the 49-year-old billionaire founder of Binance, "has written a memoir..."<br />
It arrives with the unmistakable timing of a man determined to tell the world his version of his meteoric crypto rise and fall, and foreshadow his comeback. The book, Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance, runs 364 pages, self-published in English and Chinese.... Zha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/crypto-billionaire-pardoned-in-prison-by-trump-just-wrote-a-memoir/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/crypto-billionaire-pardoned-in-prison-by-trump-just-wrote-a-memoir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI That Bankrupted a Vending Machine is Now Running a Store in San Francisco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember that AI-powered vending machine that went bankrupt after Wall Street Journal reporters "systematically manipulated the bot into giving away its entire inventory for free"? It was Anthropic's experiment, with setup handled by a startup named Andon Labs (which also built the hardware and software integration). But for their latest experiment, Andon Labs co-founders Lukas Petersson and Axel Backlund "signed a three-year lease on a retail space in SF," reports Business Insider, "and gave an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-that-bankrupted-a-vending-machine-is-now-running-a-store-in-san-francisco/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-that-bankrupted-a-vending-machine-is-now-running-a-store-in-san-francisco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latin America's Central Banks Establish Digital Payments Used By Hundreds of Millions]]></title><description><![CDATA[175 million people in Brazil now use its instant-payment system "Pix", developed by the country's central bank for real-time payments using QR codes or keys, and American Banker notes that the central banks of Argentina and Costa Rica also have developed their own widely used digital systems for instant payments.Latin America has been able to build up sleek and effective payment systems in record time because it is not held back by legacy payment technology that isn't built for instant money mov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/latin-americas-central-banks-establish-digital-payments-used-by-hundreds-of-millions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/latin-americas-central-banks-establish-digital-payments-used-by-hundreds-of-millions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Pauses Arizona's Prosecution of Kalshi, Bars Arizona from Regulating Prediction Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arizona state prosecutors allege Kalshi is running an illegal gambling operation, charging the prediction market with 20 "wagering" misdemeanors. But Friday a federal judge "temporarily barred Arizona from enforcing its gambling laws against predictive market operators," reports the Associated Press, "and put the brakes on a criminal wagering case that the state has filed against Kalshi.<br />
"U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi's ruling means a Monday arraignment hearing for Kalshi has been called o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-pauses-arizonas-prosecution-of-kalshi-bars-arizona-from-regulating-prediction-markets/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-pauses-arizonas-prosecution-of-kalshi-bars-arizona-from-regulating-prediction-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxygen Made From Moon Dust For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA["Breathable oxygen has been created from Moon dust," reports the Telegraph, "in a world first that paves the way for a lunar base."<br />
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin ""announced this week that it had developed a reactor that could successfully release oxygen from lunar soil by using an electric current."Almost half of Moon dust &mdash; the thin layer of rock that blankets the lunar surface &mdash; is oxygen, but it is bound to metals such as iron and titanium... Previous work to isolate oxygen has been l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oxygen-made-from-moon-dust-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oxygen-made-from-moon-dust-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Luna Ends Its Support for Purchased Games and Third-Party Subscriptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is making some changes, reports Engadget:It's no longer possible to buy Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions or standalone games through Luna. Amazon will automatically cancel any active subscriptions bought through Luna at the end of customers' next billing cycle. If you have a Ubisoft+ subscription that you bought directly from Ubisoft instead, you'll still be able to access games on that service through Luna until June 10. The Bring Your Own Library opti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-luna-ends-its-support-for-purchased-games-and-third-party-subscriptions/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-luna-ends-its-support-for-purchased-games-and-third-party-subscriptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Build a Talking Robot Guide Dog to Help Visually Impaired People Navigate]]></title><description><![CDATA["Only about 2% of visually impaired people in the United States use guide dogs," notes StudyFinds.com, "partly because breeding and training takes years and fewer than half the dogs in training actually graduate."<br />
But someday there could be another option:What if you could ask your guide dog where the nearest water fountain is and hear it answer back, complete with directions and an estimated walk time? Researchers at the State University of New York at Binghamton have built a robotic guide dog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-build-a-talking-robot-guide-dog-to-help-visually-impaired-people-navigate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-build-a-talking-robot-guide-dog-to-help-visually-impaired-people-navigate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omissions, Deceptions, Lying. The New Yorker Asks: Can Sam Altman Be Trusted?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 17,000-word expose in the New Yorker reveals "several executives connected to OpenAI have expressed ongoing reservations about Altman's leadership." Reporters Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz spoke to "a hundred people with firsthand knowledge of how Altman conducts business," including current and former OpenAI employees and board members.<br />
Among other revelations, internal messages from a few years ago show that OpenAI executives and board members "had come to believe that Altman's omissions a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/omissions-deceptions-lying-the-new-yorker-asks-can-sam-altman-be-trusted/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/omissions-deceptions-lying-the-new-yorker-asks-can-sam-altman-be-trusted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First US Newsroom Strike For AI Protections Staged by ProPublica's Journalists]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's the first time a major U.S. newsroom has gone on strike partly to demand protections from AI-related layoffs, according to a report from Nieman Lab.<br />
They noted that one of the picketer's signs read "Thoughts not bots," :On Wednesday, roughly 150 members of the Propublica Guild, one of the largest nonprofit newsroom unions in the country, went on a 24-hour strike. About two dozen Guild members picketed ProPublica's headquarters in New York City's Hudson Square neighborhood during working hou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-us-newsroom-strike-for-ai-protections-staged-by-propublicas-journalists/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-us-newsroom-strike-for-ai-protections-staged-by-propublicas-journalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AI RAM Shortage is Also Driving Up SSD Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2024 the Verge's consumer tech reporter paid $173 for a WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD. But "now that same SSD costs $649..."<br />
"Like with RAM, demand from the AI industry is swallowing up supply from a limited number of manufacturers, leading to a drastic reduction in the inventory that's available to consumers" &mdash; and skyrocketing prices:The price on my WD Black drive nearly quadrupled since November 2025, and consumer SSDs across the board are seeing similar increases, much like with RAM. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-ai-ram-shortage-is-also-driving-up-ssd-prices/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-ai-ram-shortage-is-also-driving-up-ssd-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-Week Social Media 'Detox' Erases a Decade of Age-Related Decline, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Post &mdash; while adding that "the science has been moving in parallel with the court's recognition."A growing body of research links heavy social media use not only to declines in mental health but to measurable cognitive effects &mdash; on attention, memory and focus &mdash; that in some studies resemble accelerated aging. Science also suggests we have more control than we realize when it c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-week-social-media-detox-erases-a-decade-of-age-related-decline-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-week-social-media-detox-erases-a-decade-of-age-related-decline-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-Week Social Media 'Detox' Erases a Decade Age-Related Decline, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Post &mdash; while adding that "the science has been moving in parallel with the court's recognition."A growing body of research links heavy social media use not only to declines in mental health but to measurable cognitive effects &mdash; on attention, memory and focus &mdash; that in some studies resemble accelerated aging. Science also suggests we have more control than we realize when it c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-week-social-media-detox-erases-a-decade-age-related-decline-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-week-social-media-detox-erases-a-decade-age-related-decline-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefox vs. Chrome: Which Performs Better on a Linux Laptop?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phoronix staged "a showdown" between Firefox and Chrome, testing them both on an Intel Panther Lake laptop running Ubuntu 26.04.<br />
JetStream 3.0 was announced at the end of March as the latest major web browser benchmark. This updated version of JetStream is focused on intensive portions of modern JavaScript and WebAssembly web applications... Google Chrome 147 came in at 1.47x the performance of Mozilla Firefox 149. A very strong showing for Google's web browser and to not much surprise Google en]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-vs-chrome-which-performs-better-on-a-linux-laptop/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-vs-chrome-which-performs-better-on-a-linux-laptop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End of 'Star Trek'?  Every Single Series Now Cancelled]]></title><description><![CDATA["Every single Star Trek series has been canceled..." reports ScreenRant. "There is "no Star Trek in production or greenlit for the first time in nearly a decade."While there were five active Star Trek series just a few years ago, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds filmed its fifth and final season in the fall of 2025, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy "wrapped filming its second and final season at the end of February." (Though ironically, both Star Trek series still have seasons yet to premiere, with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-end-of-star-trek-every-single-series-now-cancelled/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-end-of-star-trek-every-single-series-now-cancelled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Demands Reddit Unmask ICE Critic, Summons Firm To Grand Jury]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). After failing to obtain information through a summons issued (PDF) to Reddit, the government reportedly issued a subpoena demanding that Reddit provide the information and appear before a grand jury in Washington, DC. The Intercept described the subpoena today. "According to a subpoena obtained by The Intercept,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-demands-reddit-unmask-ice-critic-summons-firm-to-grand-jury/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-demands-reddit-unmask-ice-critic-summons-firm-to-grand-jury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CPUID Site Hijacked To Serve Malware Instead of HWMonitor Downloads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attackers briefly hijacked part of CPUID's backend and swapped legitimate download links on its site with malware-laced ones. "The issue hit tools like HWMonitor and CPU-Z, with users on Reddit and elsewhere starting to notice something wasn't right when installers tripped antivirus alerts or showed up under odd names," reports The Register. From the report: CPUID has since confirmed the breach, pinning it on a compromised backend component rather than tampering with its software builds. "Invest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cpuid-site-hijacked-to-serve-malware-instead-of-hwmonitor-downloads/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cpuid-site-hijacked-to-serve-malware-instead-of-hwmonitor-downloads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Fill Air Traffic Controller Shortage, FAA Turns To Gamers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: As the Trump administration seeks to fill a national shortage of air traffic controllers, officials are targeting a new talent pool: gamers. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday is making a recruiting push aimed at avid players of video games, as the agency strives to fill thousands of vacancies that lawmakers have said leave the traveling public less safe. In a new YouTube ad, the agency is using flashy graphics and the promi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/to-fill-air-traffic-controller-shortage-faa-turns-to-gamers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/to-fill-air-traffic-controller-shortage-faa-turns-to-gamers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II Astronauts Splash Down Off California's Coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Artemis II crew safely splashed down off the California coast after completing a 10-day trip around the moon and back. "This is not just an accomplishment for NASA," sad NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. "This is an accomplishment for humanity, again, a historic mission to the moon and back." From a report: Isaacman is aboard the USS John. P Murtha Navy recovery vessel, where the astronauts will be brought once they've been retrieved from the Orion capsule, and he shared "there is a lot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-splash-down-off-californias-coast/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-splash-down-off-californias-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chimpanzees In Uganda Locked In Vicious 'Civil War', Say Researchers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say the world's largest known wild chimpanzee community in Uganda fractured into rival factions and has been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years. "It is not clear exactly why the once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park are at loggerheads, but since 2018 the scientists have recorded 24 killings, including 17 infants," reports the BBC. From the report: [O]ver several decades, [lead author Aaron Sandel] said the nearly 200 Ngo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chimpanzees-in-uganda-locked-in-vicious-civil-war-say-researchers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chimpanzees-in-uganda-locked-in-vicious-civil-war-say-researchers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Parliament Fails To Renew Loophole Allowing Tech Firms To Report Abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bruce66423 shares a report from the Guardian: The European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected. The law, which was a carve-out of the EU Privacy Act, was put in place in 2021 as a temporary measure allowing companies to use automated detection technologies to scan messages for harms, including child sexual abuse ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-parliament-fails-to-renew-loophole-allowing-tech-firms-to-report-abuse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-parliament-fails-to-renew-loophole-allowing-tech-firms-to-report-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman's Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[San Francisco police arrested a suspect after a Molotov cocktail was allegedly thrown at Sam Altman's home and threats were later made outside OpenAI's headquarters. "Thankfully, no one was hurt," said OpenAI in a statement to WIRED. "We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe. The individual is in custody, and we're assisting law enforcement with their investigation." From the report: "At approximately 3:45am PT, an unidentif]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/suspect-arrested-for-allegedly-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/suspect-arrested-for-allegedly-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Begins Removing Copilot Branding From Windows 11 Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has started stripping Copilot branding out of Notepad in Windows 11, replacing the old Copilot menu with a more generic "writing tools" label. The AI features themselves aren't going away, but Microsoft seems to be backing off the heavy-handed Copilot branding and extra entry points. Windows Central reports: As promised, Microsoft is now beginning its effort to reduce and remove Copilot branding across Windows 11, with the latest Notepad update for Insiders outright removing the Copilo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-begins-removing-copilot-branding-from-windows-11-apps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-begins-removing-copilot-branding-from-windows-11-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Extracts Suspect's Deleted Signal Messages Saved In iPhone Notification Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device's push notification database, multiple people present for FBI testimony in a recent trial told 404 Media. The case involved a group of people setting off fireworks and vandalizing property at the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas in July,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google News Now Prominently Featuring Polymarket Bets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Futurism found that Google News is surfacing Polymarket betting pages alongside traditional news sources. "The bets often appear in the 'For you' section of Google News, which is tailored to a user's personal interests," the publication reports. "In one instance, it was even the very top result, as with this bet on the price of Bitcoin." From the report: In our testing, Polymarket bets are also showing up on the Google News home page. But links from the prediction market can pop up all over Goog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-news-now-prominently-featuring-polymarket-bets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-news-now-prominently-featuring-polymarket-bets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Rolls Out Gmail End-To-End Encryption On Mobile Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gmail's end-to-end encryption is now available on all Android and iOS devices, letting enterprise users send and read encrypted emails directly in the app without any extra tools. "This launch combines the highest level of privacy and data encryption with a user-friendly experience for all users, enabling simple encrypted email for all customers from small businesses to enterprises and public sector," Google announced in a blog post. BleepingComputer reports: Starting this week, encrypted messag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-rolls-out-gmail-end-to-end-encryption-on-mobile-devices/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-rolls-out-gmail-end-to-end-encryption-on-mobile-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France's Government Is Ditching Windows For Linux]]></title><description><![CDATA[France says it plans to move some government computers from Windows to Linux as part of a broader push for digital sovereignty and reduced dependence on U.S. technology. TechCrunch reports: In a statement, French minister David Amiel said (translated) that the effort was to "regain control of our digital destiny" by relying less on U.S. tech companies. Amiel said that the French government can no longer accept that it doesn't have control over its data and digital infrastructure. The French gove]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/frances-government-is-ditching-windows-for-linux/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/frances-government-is-ditching-windows-for-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Is Coming for Car Salesmen]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: An auto dealer software company is pitching AI-powered kiosks designed to replace car salesmen on showroom floors. Automotive News says the industry is "skeptical." But be honest -- would you really rather deal with the average car lot shark than a computer?Epikar, a South Korean company that cooks up digital management solutions for car dealers, has named its new AI invention the Pikar Genie. The idea is that customers can talk to this device,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-is-coming-for-car-salesmen/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-is-coming-for-car-salesmen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Removes Ads For Social Media Addiction Litigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has started removing ads from law firms seeking clients for social media addiction lawsuits, just weeks after a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark case involving harm to a young user. "Lawyers across the country now are seeking new plaintiffs, in the hopes of bringing a class action lawsuit that could result in lucrative verdicts," reports Axios. From the report: Axios has identified more than a dozen such ads that were deactivated today, some of which came from large natio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-removes-ads-for-social-media-addiction-litigation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-removes-ads-for-social-media-addiction-litigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Particles Seen Emerging From Empty Space For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons -- even a perfect vacuum isn't truly empty. Instead, it is filled with short-lived disturbances in the underlying energy of space that flicker in and out of existence, known as virtual particles. Among them are quark-antiquark pairs. Under normal conditions, thes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/particles-seen-emerging-from-empty-space-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/particles-seen-emerging-from-empty-space-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Fertility Rate Falls To All-Time Low]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Women in the U.S. gave birth to roughly 710,000 fewer children last year compared with the nation's peak in 2007, according to preliminary data released (PDF) this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lead researcher Brady Hamilton, a demographer with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, said the latest one percent drop in "general fertility" from 2024 to 2025 is part of a long-running downward trend. "Since 2007, there]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-fertility-rate-falls-to-all-time-low/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-fertility-rate-falls-to-all-time-low/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Negative' Views of Broadcom Driving Thousands of VMware Migrations, Rival Says]]></title><description><![CDATA["One of VMware's biggest competitors, Nutanix, claims to have swiped tens of thousands of VMware customers," reports Ars Technica. They said higher prices, forced bundling, licensing changes, and more strained partner relationships have frustrated customers and driven them away from the leading virtualization firm. From the report: Speaking at a press briefing at Nutanix's .NEXT conference in Chicago this week, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said that "about 30,000 customers" have migrated from VMw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/negative-views-of-broadcom-driving-thousands-of-vmware-migrations-rival-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/negative-views-of-broadcom-driving-thousands-of-vmware-migrations-rival-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla Accuses Microsoft of Sabotaging Firefox With Windows and Copilot Tactics]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of stacking the deck against Firefox, arguing that design choices in Windows steer users toward Edge even when they explicitly choose another browser. According to Mozilla, parts of Windows still open links in Edge regardless of the default browser setting, including results from the taskbar search and links launched from apps like Outlook and Teams. Mozilla says this means Firefox often never even gets the opportunity to handle those links, whi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-accuses-microsoft-of-sabotaging-firefox-with-windows-and-copilot-tactics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-accuses-microsoft-of-sabotaging-firefox-with-windows-and-copilot-tactics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon May Sell Trainium AI Chips To Third Parties In Shot At Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company may eventually sell its Trainium AI chips directly to outside customers, not just through AWS, which would put Amazon in more direct competition with Nvidia. "There's so much demand for our chips that it's quite possible we'll sell racks of them to third parties in the future," Jassy wrote in his annual shareholder letter Thursday. He also revealed the company's chip business is already running at more than $20 billion annually, with demand so strong that c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-may-sell-trainium-ai-chips-to-third-parties-in-shot-at-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-may-sell-trainium-ai-chips-to-third-parties-in-shot-at-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI To Limit New Model Release On Cybersecurity Fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly preparing a new cybersecurity product for a small group of partners, out of concern that a broader rollout could wreak havoc if it were released more widely. If that move sounds familiar, it's because Anthropic took a similar limited-release approach with its Mythos model and Project Glasswing initiative. Axios reports: OpenAI introduced its "Trusted Access for Cyber" pilot program in February after rolling out GPT-5.3-Codex, the company's most cyber-capable reasoning model.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-to-limit-new-model-release-on-cybersecurity-fears/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-to-limit-new-model-release-on-cybersecurity-fears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacker Steals 10 Petabytes of Data From China's Tianjin Supercomputer Center]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data -- including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics -- from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially constitute the largest known heist of data from China. The dataset, which allegedly contains more than 10 petabytes of sensitive information, is believed by experts to have been obtained from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin -- a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacker-steals-10-petabytes-of-data-from-chinas-tianjin-supercomputer-center/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacker-steals-10-petabytes-of-data-from-chinas-tianjin-supercomputer-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFF Is Leaving X]]></title><description><![CDATA[After nearly 20 years on the platform, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says it is leaving X. "This isn't a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue," the digital rights group said. "The math hasn't worked out for a while now." From the report: We posted to Twitter (now known as X) five to ten times a day in 2018. Those tweets garnered somewhere between 50 and 100 million impressions per month. By 2024, our 2,500 X posts generated around 2 million impressions each month. Last ye]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-is-leaving-x/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-is-leaving-x/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo Is Offering To Help Cities Fix Their Potholes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo is launching a pilot with cities and Google's Waze to share pothole data collected by its robotaxis, giving local transportation departments a new way to find and fix road damage more quickly. "We realized, hey, once we're at scale, we can actually share this data with cities, which is something that they've asked for and something that we collect at scale," said Arielle Fleisher, Waymo's policy development and research manager. "And so we figured out a way to make that happen." The Verge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-is-offering-to-help-cities-fix-their-potholes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-is-offering-to-help-cities-fix-their-potholes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skilled Older Workers Turn To AI Training To Stay Afloat]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: [Five skilled workers aged 50 and older spoke] to the Guardian about how, after struggling to find work in their fields, they have turned to an emerging and growing category of work: using their expertise to train artificial intelligence models. Known as data annotation, the work involves labeling and evaluating the information used to train AI models like Open AI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini. A doctor, for example, might review how an AI mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/skilled-older-workers-turn-to-ai-training-to-stay-afloat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Snitch Comes To Linux To Expose What Your Software Is Really Doing]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Little Snitch, the well known macOS tool that shows which applications are connecting to the internet, is now being developed for Linux. The developer says the project started after experimenting with Linux and realizing how strange it felt not knowing what connections the system was making. Existing tools like OpenSnitch and various command line utilities exist, but none provided the same simple experience of seeing which process is connecting where and blocking it with a c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/little-snitch-comes-to-linux-to-expose-what-your-software-is-really-doing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/little-snitch-comes-to-linux-to-expose-what-your-software-is-really-doing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Loses Appeals Court Bid To Temporarily Block Pentagon Blacklisting]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court denied Anthropic's bid to temporarily block the Pentagon's blacklisting, meaning the company remains shut out of Defense Department contracts while the case continues, even though a separate court has allowed other federal agencies to keep using Claude for now. CNBC reports: "In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government," the appeals court said in its decision. "On one side is a relatively contained risk of financial harm to a single private com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-loses-appeals-court-bid-to-temporarily-block-pentagon-blacklisting/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-loses-appeals-court-bid-to-temporarily-block-pentagon-blacklisting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's Foldable iPhone Is 'On Track' To Launch In September]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's foldable iPhone is still "on track" for a September unveiling alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. 9to5Mac reports: The report notes that Apple's stock took a hit earlier today after Nikkei Asia indicated the iPhone Fold was having serious production issues. Clearly, sources within Apple were motivated to share positive news via Gurman. Not long ago, Gurman himself said that he was expecting an iPhone Fold release date that was a little bit later than iPhone 1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-foldable-iphone-is-on-track-to-launch-in-september/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-foldable-iphone-is-on-track-to-launch-in-september/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Deere To Pay $99 Million In Monumental Right-To-Repair Settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: Farmers have been fighting John Deere for years over the right to repair their equipment, and this week, they finally reached a landmark settlement. While the agricultural manufacturing giant pointed out in a statement that this is no admission of wrongdoing, it agreed to pay $99 million into a fund for farms and individuals who participated in a class action lawsuit. Specifically, that money is available to those involved who paid John Deere's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Survivor' Style Corporate Retreat Descends Into Hellish Nightmare]]></title><description><![CDATA[A $500,000 "Survivor"-style corporate retreat for 120 Plex employees in Honduras "turned into a week-long disaster involving illness, wild animals, armed guards, and employees stranded on a remote island," reports the Daily Beast. The CEO was bedridden by E. coli, staff were collapsing in brutal heat during Navy SEAL-led drills, there were fire ant attacks, uncooked food, and failing utilities. At one point, a porcupine even crashed through the ceiling of a guest's room. Here's an excerpt from t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/survivor-style-corporate-retreat-descends-into-hellish-nightmare/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/survivor-style-corporate-retreat-descends-into-hellish-nightmare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupted US Oil, Gas, Water Sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI says (PDF) Iran-linked hackers disrupted internet-connected systems used by U.S. oil, gas, and water companies. Even with the recent two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States and Israel, hackers backing Tehran say they won't end their retaliatory cyberattacks. The Hill reports: The report warned that similar companies across the country should be aware of an increased push by hackers to take over programmable logic controller (PLC) systems, which can be used to digitally cont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-linked-hackers-disrupted-us-oil-gas-water-sites/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-linked-hackers-disrupted-us-oil-gas-water-sites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New York Times investigation by John Carreyrou, the author of "Bad Blood," the bestselling expose on Theranos, claims a British cryptographer named Adam Back is the strongest circumstantial candidate yet for being Satoshi Nakamoto. The report citing overlaps in writing style, ideology, technical background, and old posts that outlined key parts of Bitcoin years before its launch. Here's an excerpt from the report: ... As anyone steeped in Bitcoin lore will tell you, Satoshi was a master at the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyt-claims-adam-back-is-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyt-claims-adam-back-is-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Is Ending Support For Older Kindles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting May 20th, Amazon will stop Kindle Store access for Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier. After that date, those devices will "no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content." Owners can still read content already on the device, but if an affected device is reset or deregistered after the cutoff, it can't be re-registered. The Verge reports: The complete list of affected devices goes all the way back to the original Kindle that launched in 2007 with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-is-ending-support-for-older-kindles/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-is-ending-support-for-older-kindles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternative source), as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran's Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters' Union, told the FT on Wednesday that Iran wanted to collect tolling fees from any]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-demands-bitcoin-for-ships-passing-hormuz-during-ceasefire/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-demands-bitcoin-for-ships-passing-hormuz-during-ceasefire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Debuts 'Muse Spark', First AI Model Under Alexandr Wang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has launched Muse Spark, its first major AI model under Alexandr Wang's leadership. The model was built over the past nine months and is being positioned as a significant step up from Llama 4. Axios reports: Muse Spark will power queries in the Meta AI app and Meta.ai website immediately, with plans to expand across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The model accepts voice, text and image inputs, but produces text-only output. [...] Meta plans to release a version of Muse Spark under an ope]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-debuts-muse-spark-first-ai-model-under-alexandr-wang/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-debuts-muse-spark-first-ai-model-under-alexandr-wang/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has apparently terminated the account VeraCrypt uses to sign its Windows drivers and bootloader, leaving the encryption project unable to publish Windows updates and throwing future releases into doubt. VeraCrypt's developer says Microsoft gave no clear explanation or warning for the move. "I didn't receive any emails from Microsoft nor any prior warnings," Mounir Idrassi, VeraCrypt's developer, told 404 Media. From the report: VeraCrypt is an open-source tool for encrypting data at re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Releases Native Steam Link App For Apple's Vision Pro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve has released a native Steam Link beta for Apple Vision Pro, letting users stream their existing Steam games onto a large virtual screen in visionOS. It supports up to 4K resolution and will let you dynamically adjust the curve of the display. The Mac Observer reports: Steam Link does not support VR titles in this beta, and Valve clearly states that the app is limited to 2D game streaming, but this still opens up a large library of games that users can play on a massive virtual screen insid]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-native-steam-link-app-for-apples-vision-pro/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-native-steam-link-app-for-apples-vision-pro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple and Lenovo Have the Least Repairable Laptops, Analysis Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop repairability and a D-minus in cell phone repairability. For its "Failing the Fix (2026): Grading laptop and cell p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-and-lenovo-have-the-least-repairable-laptops-analysis-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-and-lenovo-have-the-least-repairable-laptops-analysis-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA Reportedly Used Secret Quantum Tool To Find Downed Airman in Iran]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right quotes a report from the New York Post: The CIA used a futuristic new tool called "Ghost Murmur" to find and rescue the second American airman who was shot down in southern Iran, The Post has learned. The secret technology uses long-range quantum magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat and pairs the data with artificial intelligence software to isolate the signature from background noise, two sources close to the breakthrough said. It was the t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cia-reportedly-used-secret-quantum-tool-to-find-downed-airman-in-iran/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cia-reportedly-used-secret-quantum-tool-to-find-downed-airman-in-iran/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planet Labs Tests AI-Powered Object Detection On Satellite]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Artificial intelligence has now run directly on a satellite in orbit. A spacecraft about 500km above Earth captured an image of an airport and then immediately ran an onboard AI model to detect airplanes in the photo. Instead of acting like a simple camera in space that sends raw data back to Earth for later analysis, the satellite performed the computation itself while still in orbit.The system used an NVIDIA Jetson Orin module to run the object detection model moments afte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/planet-labs-tests-ai-powered-object-detection-on-satellite/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/planet-labs-tests-ai-powered-object-detection-on-satellite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Government Hackers Broke Into Thousands of Home Routers To Steal Passwords]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim's internet traffic to steal their passwords and access tokens, security researchers and government authorities warned on Tuesday. [...] The hacking group targeted unpatched routers made by MikroTik and TP-Link using previously disclosed vulnerabilities according to the U.K.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-government-hackers-broke-into-thousands-of-home-routers-to-steal-passwords/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-government-hackers-broke-into-thousands-of-home-routers-to-steal-passwords/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Faces 'Massive Dilemma' With Success of the MacBook Neo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple may have a supply problem on its hands with the MacBook Neo... The laptop reportedly relies on "binned" A18 Pro chips with one GPU core disabled, and demand is so strong that the supply of those cheaper leftover chips could run out before the next model is ready. That leaves Apple choosing between lower margins, shifting production plans, or changing the lineup to keep its $599 hit product in stock. MacRumors reports: The all-new MacBook Neo has been such a hit that Apple is facing a "mass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-faces-massive-dilemma-with-success-of-the-macbook-neo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-faces-massive-dilemma-with-success-of-the-macbook-neo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Mythos', Powerful AI With Major Cyber Implications]]></title><description><![CDATA["Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model capable of discovering critical vulnerabilities at scale," writes Slashdot reader wiredmikey. "It's already powering Project Glasswing, a joint effort with major tech firms to secure critical software. But the same capabilities could also accelerate offensive cyber operations." SecurityWeek reports: Mythos is not an incremental improvement but a step change in performance over Anthropic's current range of frontier models: Haiku (smallest), So]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-unveils-claude-mythos-powerful-ai-with-major-cyber-implications/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-unveils-claude-mythos-powerful-ai-with-major-cyber-implications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chrome Is Finally Getting Vertical Tabs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chrome is finally adding built-in vertical tabs, "which will move the tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier to read full page titles and manage tab groups," reports TechCrunch. The company is also introducing an immersive reading mode for a distraction-free, text-focused experience. From the report: The company notes that the new vertical tabs can be enabled at any time by right-clicking on a Chrome window and selecting "Show Tabs Vertically." The company says there's no hard]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-is-finally-getting-vertical-tabs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-is-finally-getting-vertical-tabs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Wipes Piracy Liability Verdict Against Grande Communications]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Following on the heels of the landmark Cox v. Sony ruling, the Supreme Court has vacated the contributory copyright infringement verdict against ISP Grande Communications, ordering the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of the new precedent. [...] The order (PDF) effectively removes the case from the Supreme Court docket, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to take another look at its decision in light of the new ruling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-wipes-piracy-liability-verdict-against-grande-communications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-wipes-piracy-liability-verdict-against-grande-communications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing Suggests Google's AI Overviews Tells Millions of Lies Per Hour]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New York Times analysis found Google's AI Overviews now answer questions correctly about 90% of the time, which might sound impressive until you realize that roughly 1 in 10 answers is wrong. "[F]or Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Times conducted this analysis with the help of a startup called Oumi, which itself is deeply involved in developing AI models. The company used AI tools to probe AI Overvi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/testing-suggests-googles-ai-overviews-tells-millions-of-lies-per-hour/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/testing-suggests-googles-ai-overviews-tells-millions-of-lies-per-hour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Reveals $30 Billion Run Rate, Plans To Use 3.5GW of New Google AI Chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion and disclosed plans to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute starting in 2027. Broadcom will supply the key chips and networking gear for the effort, the company announced. The Register reports: News of the two deals emerged today in a Broadcom regulatory filing that opens with two items of news. One is a "Long Term Agreement for Broadcom to develop and supply custom Tensor Processing Units ("TP]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-reveals-30-billion-run-rate-plans-to-use-35gw-of-new-google-ai-chips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-reveals-30-billion-run-rate-plans-to-use-35gw-of-new-google-ai-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Fast-Tracks Post-Quantum Rollout To 2029]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum security plans and now aims to make its entire platform fully post-quantum secure by 2029. "The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected," reports SiliconANGLE. From the report: The decision by Cloudflare to move its post-quantum security roadmap forward comes after Google LLC and research from Oratomic demonstrated significant ad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-fast-tracks-post-quantum-rollout-to-2029/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-fast-tracks-post-quantum-rollout-to-2029/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina's President Milei]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: President Javier Milei of Argentina promoted a cryptocurrency last year that quickly skyrocketed in value then cratered just as fast, costing investors millions of dollars and setting off a scandal and an investigation. Mr. Milei said he was simply highlighting a private venture and had no connection to the digital coin called $Libra. New evidence is now raising questions about his assertion. Phone logs from a federal investigation by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-revelations-reignite-crypto-scandal-involving-argentinas-president-milei/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-revelations-reignite-crypto-scandal-involving-argentinas-president-milei/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford Daily Ponders Fate of Bill Gates Namesake Building On April Fools' Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[theodp writes: "Gates Computer Science Building renamed Peter Thiel Center for Panoptic Computing" reads the headline of an April Fools' Day story that ran in the Humor section of The Stanford Daily (with the further disclaimer that "This article is purely satirical and fictitious"). The story begins: "Following revelations that the billionaire founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, had a longstanding relationship with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Stanford has announced it will str]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanford-daily-ponders-fate-of-bill-gates-namesake-building-on-april-fools-day/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stanford-daily-ponders-fate-of-bill-gates-namesake-building-on-april-fools-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn Faces Spying Allegations Over Browser Extension Scanning]]></title><description><![CDATA[LinkedIn is facing allegations that it quietly scans users' browsers for installed Chrome extensions. The German group Fairlinked e.V. goes so far as to claim that the site is "running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history.""The program runs silently, without any visible indicator to the user," the group says. "It does not ask for consent. It does not disclose what it is doing. It reports the results to LinkedIn's servers. This is not a one-time check. The scan runs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-faces-spying-allegations-over-browser-extension-scanning/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-faces-spying-allegations-over-browser-extension-scanning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Flies World's First Megawatt-Class Hydrogen Turboprop Engine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from Fuel Cells Works: China says the AEP100, a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China, has completed its maiden flight on a 7.5-ton unmanned cargo aircraft in Zhuzhou, Hunan. The 16-minute test covered 36km at 220km/h and 300 meters altitude, with the aircraft returning safely after completing its planned maneuvers. State media described it as the world's first test flight of a megawat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-flies-worlds-first-megawatt-class-hydrogen-turboprop-engine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-flies-worlds-first-megawatt-class-hydrogen-turboprop-engine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Jersey Cannot Regulate Kalshi's Prediction Market, US Appeals Court Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events.<br />
A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 (PDF) in finding that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the sports-related event contracts that Ka]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-jersey-cannot-regulate-kalshis-prediction-market-us-appeals-court-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-jersey-cannot-regulate-kalshis-prediction-market-us-appeals-court-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Calls For Robot Taxes, Public Wealth Fund, and 4-Day Workweek To Tackle AI Disruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is proposing (PDF) sweeping policy changes to help manage the societal disruption caused by advanced AI, including taxes on automated labor, a public wealth fund, and experiments with a four-day workweek. The company said the policy document offered a series of "initial ideas" to address the risk of "jobs and entire industries being disrupted" by the adoption of AI tools. Business Insider reports: Among the core policy suggestions is a public wealth fund, which would see lawmakers and AI]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-calls-for-robot-taxes-public-wealth-fund-and-4-day-workweek-to-tackle-ai-disruption/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-calls-for-robot-taxes-public-wealth-fund-and-4-day-workweek-to-tackle-ai-disruption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teardown of Unreleased LG Rollable Shows Why Rollable Phones Aren't a Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A teardown video of LG's never-released Rollable phone helps explain why rollable phones never became a real product category: they were likely too expensive, fragile, and complicated to manufacture at scale."The complexity of the internals would have made the Rollable extremely expensive to manufacture, and it would have demanded a high price tag," reports Ars Technica. "Durability is also a big concern. There's just a lot going on inside this phone, with multiple motors, springy arms, tracks,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teardown-of-unreleased-lg-rollable-shows-why-rollable-phones-arent-a-thing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teardown-of-unreleased-lg-rollable-shows-why-rollable-phones-arent-a-thing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP Offers Buyouts As Part of Pivot Away From Newspaper Journalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is offering buyouts to U.S. journalists "as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s," the not-for-profit outlet reported today. AP says it is making the move from a position of strength, responding to shrinking newspaper revenue and growing demand from digital, broadcast, and tech clients."The AP is not in trouble," said Julie Pace, executive editor and senior vice president of the AP. "We're making t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ap-offers-buyouts-as-part-of-pivot-away-from-newspaper-journalism/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ap-offers-buyouts-as-part-of-pivot-away-from-newspaper-journalism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II Astronauts Break Apollo Record For Farthest Distance Humans Have Traveled From Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artemis II has broken the Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth. NASA reports: The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen have set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by a human mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record of 248,655 miles set in 1970.NASA Flight Director Brandon Lloyd, Capsule Communicator Amy Dill, and Command an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-break-apollo-record-for-farthest-distance-humans-have-traveled-from-earth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-break-apollo-record-for-farthest-distance-humans-have-traveled-from-earth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung's Messages App Is Shutting Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung says it will discontinue its Samsung Messages app in July 2026 and is directing Galaxy users to switch to Google Messages instead. Android Central reports: [...] Samsung says users can switch to Google Messages as their default app to maintain a consistent Android messaging experience. The fine print also states that once the app is discontinued, "sending messages via Samsung Messages on your phone will no longer be possible, except for emergency service numbers or emergency contacts def]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsungs-messages-app-is-shutting-down/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsungs-messages-app-is-shutting-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany Doxes 'UNKN,' Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: An elusive hacker who went by the handle "UNKN" and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion against victims across the country between 2019 and 2021. Shchukin was named as UNKN (a.k.a. UNKNOWN) in an advisory published]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/germany-doxes-unkn-head-of-ru-ransomware-gangs-revil-gandcrab/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/germany-doxes-unkn-head-of-ru-ransomware-gangs-revil-gandcrab/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Americans Are Breaking Into the Upper Middle Class]]></title><description><![CDATA[More Americans have moved into upper-middle-class incomes over the past several decades (source paywalled; alternative source), with new research suggesting that group has grown sharply while the lower and core middle class have shrunk. The Wall Street Journal reports: In 2024, about 31% of Americans were part of the upper middle class, up from about 10% in 1979, according to a report released this year by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. There is no single, standard definition o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/more-americans-are-breaking-into-the-upper-middle-class/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/more-americans-are-breaking-into-the-upper-middle-class/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Thiel Is Betting Big On Solar-Powered Cow Collars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Halter, a New Zealand agtech startup now valued at $2 billion, has raised $220 million to expand its AI-powered cattle management system. "Halter is now valued at $2 billion following the Series E, which was led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund with participation from Blackbird, DCVC, Bond, Bessemer, and several others," reports Inc. From the report: alter plans to use the funding to expand its existing footprint in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, as well as to grow into new markets such as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/peter-thiel-is-betting-big-on-solar-powered-cow-collars/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/peter-thiel-is-betting-big-on-solar-powered-cow-collars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Purposes Only,' According To Microsoft's ToS]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI skeptics aren't the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models' outputs -- that's what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service. Take Microsoft, which is currently focused on getting corporate customers to pay for Copilot. But it's also been getting dinged on social media over Copilot's terms of use, which appear to have been last updated on October 24, 2025. "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only," the c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-according-to-microsofts-tos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-according-to-microsofts-tos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Finally Starts Removing Support for Intel's 37-Year-Old i486 Processor]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's finally time," writes Phoronix &mdash; since "no known Linux distribution vendors are still shipping with i486 CPU support.""A patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set to finally begin the process of phasing out and ultimately removing Intel 486 CPU support from the Linux kernel."<br />
More details from XDA-Developers:Authored by Ingo Molnar, the change, titled "x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support," begins dismantling Linux's bui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-finally-starts-removing-support-for-intels-37-year-old-i486-processor/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-finally-starts-removing-support-for-intels-37-year-old-i486-processor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia's VPN Crackdown Caused Bank Outages, Telegram Founder Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russia's "great crackdown" on VPNs &mdash; and a clampdown on Telegram's messaging platform &mdash; had an unintended side effect, reports Bloomberg. It "triggered the widespread banking outage seen across the country this week, Telegram's billionaire founder Pavel Durov said.""Telegram was banned in Russia, yet 65 million Russians still use it daily via VPNs," Durov said Saturday in a post on Telegram. "The government has spent years trying to ban VPNs too. Their blocking attempts just triggere]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russias-vpn-crackdown-caused-bank-outages-telegram-founder-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russias-vpn-crackdown-caused-bank-outages-telegram-founder-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis Astronauts Enter Moon's Gravitational Pull, Catch First Glimpses of Far Side]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Artemis astronauts are now entering "the lunar sphere of influence," reports NBC News, "meaning the pull of the moon's gravity will become stronger than Earth's." Now as they begin their swing around the moon, the Artemis astronauts "are chasing after Apollo 13's maximum range from Earth," reports the Associated Press, hoping to beat its distance from Earth by more than 4,100 miles (6,600 kilometers).<br />
They'll begin their six-hour lunar flyby 14 hours from now (at 2:45 p.m. ET Monday). But]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-astronauts-enter-moons-gravitational-pull-catch-first-glimpses-of-far-side/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-astronauts-enter-moons-gravitational-pull-catch-first-glimpses-of-far-side/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet Bug Bounty Pauses Payouts, Citing 'Expanding Discovery' From AI-Assisted Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Internet Bug Bounty program "has been paused for new submissions," they announced last week.<br />
Running since 2012, the program is funded by "a number of leading software companies," reports InfoWorld, "and has awarded more than $1.5m to researchers who have reported bugs "Up to now, 80% of its payouts have been for discoveries of new flaws, and 20% to support remediation efforts. But as artificial intelligence makes it easier to find bugs, that balance needs to change, HackerOne said in a stat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/internet-bug-bounty-pauses-payouts-citing-expanding-discovery-from-ai-assisted-research/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/internet-bug-bounty-pauses-payouts-citing-expanding-discovery-from-ai-assisted-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Code Leak Reveals a 'Stealth' Mode for GenAI Code Contributions - and a 'Frustration Words' Regex]]></title><description><![CDATA[That leak of Claude Code's source code "revealed "all kinds of juicy details," writes PC World.The more than 500,000 lines of code included:- An 'undercover mode' for Claude that allows it to make 'stealth' contributions to public code bases<br />
- An 'always-on' agent for Claude Code<br />
- A Tamagotchi-style 'Buddy' for Claude<br />
"But one of the stranger bits discovered in the leak is that Claude Code is actively watching our chat messages for words and phrases &mdash; including f-bombs and other curses &m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-code-leak-reveals-a-stealth-mode-for-genai-code-contributions-and-a-frustration-words-regex/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-code-leak-reveals-a-stealth-mode-for-genai-code-contributions-and-a-frustration-words-regex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Theatres Show Apocalyptic-Yet-Optimistic New Movie, 'The AI Doc']]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of theatres are now showing a new documentary called The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist. Variety calls it "playful and heady,"edited "with a spirit of ADHD alertness." The New York Times suggests it "tries to cover so much that it ends up being more confusing than clarifying, but parts are fascinating."<br />
But the Los Angeles Times calls it an "aggravating soup of information and opinion that wants to move at the speed of machine thought." So while co-director Daniel Roher asks]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hundreds-of-theatres-show-apocalyptic-yet-optimistic-new-movie-the-ai-doc/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hundreds-of-theatres-show-apocalyptic-yet-optimistic-new-movie-the-ai-doc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will 'AI-Assisted' Journalists Bring Errors and Retractions?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meet the "journalist" who "uploads press releases or analyst notes into AI tools and prompts them to spit out articles that he can edit and publish quickly," according to the Wall Street Journal.<br />
"AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune's web traffic in the second half of 2025." And most were written by 42-year-old Nick Lichtenberg, who has now written over 600 AI-assisted stories, producing "more stories in six months than any of his colleagues at Fortune delivered in a year."On]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-assisted-journalists-bring-errors-and-retractions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-assisted-journalists-bring-errors-and-retractions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crooks Behind $27M in 'Refund' Scams Busted By YouTube Pranksters After Being Lured to Fake Funeral]]></title><description><![CDATA[One crime ring scammed 2,000 elderly people of more than $27 million between 2021 and 2023 using tech support/bank impersonation/refund scams. "Victims were in their 70s and 80s," reports the U.S. Attorney's office for California's southern district. Victims were first told they'd received a refund (either online or via phone), but then told they'd been "over-refunded" a massive amount, and asked to return that amount.<br />
But 42-year-old Jiandong Chen just admitted Thursday in a U.S. federal court]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/crooks-behind-27m-in-refund-scams-busted-by-youtube-pranksters-after-being-lured-to-fake-funeral/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/crooks-behind-27m-in-refund-scams-busted-by-youtube-pranksters-after-being-lured-to-fake-funeral/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Brings Device-Level Age Verification to Two More Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[11 days ago Apple launched device-level age restrictions in the U.K. There were some glitches, reports the blog 9to5Mac.For me, the experience was an entirely painless one, taking less than 30 seconds. All I had to do was tap a confirm and continue button, and Apple told me that the length of time I'd had an Apple account was used to confirm that I'm 18+. Others, however, experienced difficulties with the process timing out or failing to complete. We summarized some of the steps you can take to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-brings-device-level-age-verification-to-two-more-countries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-brings-device-level-age-verification-to-two-more-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chrome 148 Will Start 'Lazy Loading' Video and Audio to Improve Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA["Google has announced that it's currently testing a new feature for Chrome 148 that could speed up day-to-day browsing," reports PC World:<br />
[T]he browser can intelligently postpone the loading of certain elements. Why load all images at the start when it can instead load images as you get close to them while scrolling? Chrome and Chromium-based browsers have had built-in lazy loading support for images and iframes since 2019, but this feature would make browsers capable of lazy loading video and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-148-will-start-lazy-loading-video-and-audio-to-improve-performance/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chrome-148-will-start-lazy-loading-video-and-audio-to-improve-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Engineered a Plant To Produce 5 Different Psychedelics At Once]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plants, toads, and mushrooms "can all produce psychedelic substances," writes ScienceAlert.<br />
"And now their powers have been combined in one plant."[S]cientists have taken the genes these organisms use to make five natural psychedelics and introduced them into a tobacco plant ( Nicotiana benthamiana), which then produced all five compounds simultaneously. As interest grows in psychedelics as potential treatments for illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD, the newly developed system could]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-engineered-a-plant-to-produce-5-different-psychedelics-at-once/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-engineered-a-plant-to-produce-5-different-psychedelics-at-once/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Canonical is no longer pretending that 4GB is enough," writes the blog How-to-Geek, noting Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "raises the baseline memory to 6GB, alongside a 2GHz dual-core processor, and 25GB of storage..."Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) set the floor at 1GB &mdash; a modest ask when it launched more than a decade ago in 2014. Then came the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) that pushed the number to 4GB, surviving quite well in the era of 16GB being considered standard for mid-range laptops.... Ub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-ubuntu-now-require-more-ram-than-windows-11/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-ubuntu-now-require-more-ram-than-windows-11/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's First 50 Years Celebrated - Including How Steve Jobs Finally Accepted an 'Open' App Store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple's 50th anniversary got celebrated in weird and wild ways. CEO Tim Cook posted a special 30-second video rewinding backwards through the years of Apple's products until it reaches the Apple I. Podcaster Lex Fridman noticed if you play the sound in reverse, "It's the Think Different ad music, pitched up." TechRadar played seven 50-year-old Apple I games on an emulator, including Star Trek, Blackjack, Lunar Lander, and of course, Conway's Game of Life.And Macworld ranked Apple's 50 most influ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-first-50-years-celebrated-including-how-steve-jobs-finally-accepted-an-open-app-store/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-first-50-years-celebrated-including-how-steve-jobs-finally-accepted-an-open-app-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top NPM Maintainers Targeted with AI Deepfakes in Massive Supply-Chain Attack, Axios Briefly Compromised]]></title><description><![CDATA["Hackers briefly turned a widely trusted developer tool into a vehicle for credential-stealing malware that could give attackers ongoing access to infected systems," the news site Axios.com reported Tuesday, citing security researchers at Google.<br />
The compromised package &mdash; also named axios &mdash; simplifies HTTP requests, and reportedly receives millions of downloads each day:The malicious versions were removed within roughly three hours of being published, but Google warned the incident c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/top-npm-maintainers-targeted-with-ai-deepfakes-in-massive-supply-chain-attack-axios-briefly-compromised/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/top-npm-maintainers-targeted-with-ai-deepfakes-in-massive-supply-chain-attack-axios-briefly-compromised/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues Windows 11 Preview Update.  Also Begins Force-Updating Windows 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nine days ago Microsoft released a non-security "preview" update for Windows 11 &mdash; not mandatory for the average Windows user, notes ZDNet, "but rather as optional, more for IT admins and power users who want to test them."TechRepublic adds that the update "was to bring 'production-ready improvements' and generally ensure system stability by optimizing different Windows services." So it's ironic that some (but not all) users reported instead that the update "blocks users at the door, refusi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-pulls-then-re-issues-windows-11-preview-update-also-begins-force-updating-windows-11/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-pulls-then-re-issues-windows-11-preview-update-also-begins-force-updating-windows-11/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's CIA Recruited Iran's Nuclear Scientists - By Threatening To Kill Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former U.S. spy spoke to The New Yorker about "years of clandestine work for the C.I.A. &mdash; which, he said, had 'prevented Iran from getting a nuke'."[Kevin] Chalker told me that, as he understood it, the Pentagon had suggested running commando operations to kill key Iranian scientists, as Israel subsequently did. But the C.I.A. proposed recruiting those scientists to defect, as U.S. spies had once courted Soviet physicists. Chalker paraphrased the agency's pitch: "We can debrief them and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-cia-recruited-irans-nuclear-scientists-by-threatening-to-kill-them/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-cia-recruited-irans-nuclear-scientists-by-threatening-to-kill-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Webcomics: Selling Political Cartoons On BBSes In 1992]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader Kirkman14 writes: A year before the Web opened to the public, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke was trying to syndicate weekly political cartoons to bulletin board systems. His "telecomics," as he called them, represent an overlooked early experiment in online comics. Lokke launched his main series, "Mack the Mouse" at the height of the 1992 Clinton-Bush-Perot presidential race. His mouse protagonist voiced the frustrations felt by everyday Americans about rising taxes and the recessi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/before-webcomics-selling-political-cartoons-on-bbses-in-1992/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/before-webcomics-selling-political-cartoons-on-bbses-in-1992/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Employers Using Your Data To Figure Out the Lowest Salary You'll Accept?]]></title><description><![CDATA[MarketWatch looks at "surveillance wages," pay rates "based not on an employee's performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data, often collected without employees' knowledge."<br />
According to Nina DiSalvo, policy director at labor advocacy group Towards Justice, some systems use signals associated with financial vulnerability &mdash; including data on whether a prospective employee has taken out a payday loan or has a high credit-card balance &mdash; to infer the lowest pay]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-employers-using-your-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-employers-using-your-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Announces Claude Subscribers Must Now Pay Extra to Use OpenClaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic's making a big and sudden change &mdash; and connecting its Claude AI to third-party agentic tools "is about to get a lot more expensive," writes the Verge:Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, users will "no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw," according to an email sent to users on Friday evening. Instead, if users want to use OpenClaw with Claude, they'll have to use a "pay-as-you-go option" that will be billed separate from t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-announces-claude-subscribers-must-now-pay-extra-to-use-openclaw/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-announces-claude-subscribers-must-now-pay-extra-to-use-openclaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, AMD Is Not Buying Intel]]></title><description><![CDATA["The April 1st timing should have been your first clue," writes Gadget Review. TechSpot's false story was just an April Fool's prank &mdash; although Gadget Review thinks it's still funny how "something about this particular piece of satire felt uncomfortably plausible."Maybe it's because AMD stock sits around $196 while Intel hovers near $41, or perhaps it's the poetic justice of the underdog finally eating the giant. The semiconductor world has witnessed stranger reversals, but none quite this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/no-amd-is-not-buying-intel/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/no-amd-is-not-buying-intel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Must Negotiate With First Warehouse Workers Union, US Labor Board Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon "must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island," reports Reuters, citing a ruling Wednesday from America's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).<br />
The union formed in 2022, according to the article, and "has been seeking to negotiate with Amazon over pay, working conditions and other matters."The NLRB said in its ruling that Amazon "has engaged in unfair labor practices" by refusing to bargain with the labor group or to recognize]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-must-negotiate-with-first-warehouse-workers-union-us-labor-board-rules/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-must-negotiate-with-first-warehouse-workers-union-us-labor-board-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Document Foundation Removes Dozens of Collabora Developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time GNOME/OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice contributor<br />
Michael Meeks is now general manager of Collabora Productivity. And earlier this month he complained when LibreOffice decided to bring back its LibreOffice Online project, as reported by Neowin, which had been inactive since 2022. After the original project went dormant &mdash; to which Collabora was a major contributor &mdash; they forked the code and created their own product, Collabora Online.<br />
But this week Meeks blogged about even more c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-document-foundation-removes-dozens-of-collabora-developers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-document-foundation-removes-dozens-of-collabora-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Cognitive Surrender' Leads AI Users To Abandon Logical Thinking, Research Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are those who routinely outsource their critical thinking to what they see as an all-knowing machine. Recent research goes a long way to forming a n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cognitive-surrender-leads-ai-users-to-abandon-logical-thinking-research-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cognitive-surrender-leads-ai-users-to-abandon-logical-thinking-research-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado's New Speed Camera System Makes Waze Nearly Useless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colorado is rolling out an average-speed camera system that tracks vehicles across multiple points instead of catching them at a single camera, making it much harder for drivers to dodge tickets with apps like Waze and Radarbot. Motor1 reports: The state's new automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS) use several cameras to calculate your average speed between them, and if it is 10 miles per hour or more over the limit, you get a ticket. No longer will you be able to slow down as you appro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorados-new-speed-camera-system-makes-waze-nearly-useless/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/colorados-new-speed-camera-system-makes-waze-nearly-useless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II Astronauts Pass 100,000 Miles From Earth On Voyage To the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Artemis II crew has passed 100,000 miles from Earth and is now on a "free-return" path around the moon after a successful "translunar" injection burn. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am so, so excited to be able to tell you that for the first time since 1972 during Apollo 17, human beings have left Earth orbit," NASA's Dr Lori Glaze told a news conference. The Guardian reports: The astronauts -- the Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and a Canadian, Jeremy Hansen -- spent the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-pass-100000-miles-from-earth-on-voyage-to-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-pass-100000-miles-from-earth-on-voyage-to-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['AI' Is Coming For Your Online Gaming Servers Next]]></title><description><![CDATA["Consumer PC parts aren't the only things being gobbled up by the 'AI' industry," writes PCWorld's Michael Crider. "A Starcraft-inspired strategy game is shutting down its multiplayer servers because the hosting company got bought out for 'AI.'" The game will still be playable offline for now, but the shutdown highlights the ripple effects of the AI boom on the gaming industry. Amid the ongoing hardware shortages, AI companies are basically gobbling up as much infrastructure as they can to repur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-is-coming-for-your-online-gaming-servers-next/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-is-coming-for-your-online-gaming-servers-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones 'Hard Down' In Bahrain and Dubai]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iranian strikes have reportedly knocked out key AWS availability zones in Bahrain and Dubai, leaving parts of both regions effectively offline for an extended period and forcing Amazon to urge teams and customers to shift workloads elsewhere. "These two regions continue to be impaired, and services should not expect to be operating with normal levels of redundancy and resiliency," an internal Amazon communication memo reads. "We are actively working to free and reserve as much capacity as possib]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-strikes-leave-amazon-availability-zones-hard-down-in-bahrain-and-dubai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-strikes-leave-amazon-availability-zones-hard-down-in-bahrain-and-dubai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft To Invest $10 Billion In Japan For AI, Cyber Defense Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in Japan from 2026 to 2029 to expand AI infrastructure, boost local cloud capacity, train 1 million engineers and developers, and deepen cybersecurity cooperation with the Japanese government. Reuters reports: The investment includes the training of 1 million engineers and developers by 2030, Microsoft said, which was unveiled during a visit to Tokyo by Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. In a statement, the company said the plan aligns with Prime Minister]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-invest-10-billion-in-japan-for-ai-cyber-defense-expansion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-invest-10-billion-in-japan-for-ai-cyber-defense-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix Must Refund Customers For Years of Price Hikes, Italian Court Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Rome court ruled that several Netflix price hikes in Italy were unlawful because the company's contracts didn't adequately explain or justify future pricing changes. As a result, Netflix has been ordered to issue refunds that could total roughly 500 euros for some long-term subscribers. Ars Technica reports: The lawsuit was brought by Italian consumer advocacy group Movimento Consumatori, which alleged that the price hikes violate the Consumer Code, Italian legislation that aims to protect con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/netflix-must-refund-customers-for-years-of-price-hikes-italian-court-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/netflix-must-refund-customers-for-years-of-price-hikes-italian-court-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fan Fiction Website AO3 Exits Beta After 17 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially dropping its "beta" label after 17 years. The Organization for Transformative Works, the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site, said the site will keep evolving with new improvements even though it's no longer technically in beta."As the AO3 software has been stable for a long time, the change is mostly cosmetic and does not indicate that everything is finalized or perfectly working," the organizations says. "Exiting beta doesn't mean we'll stop continuing t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fan-fiction-website-ao3-exits-beta-after-17-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fan-fiction-website-ao3-exits-beta-after-17-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Today at a hearing of the Colorado Senate Business, Labor, and Technology committee, lawmakers voted unanimously to move Colorado state bill SB26-090 -- titled Exempt Critical Infrastructure from Right to Repair -- out of committee and into the state senate and house for a vote. The bill modifies Colorado's Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment act, which was passed in 2024 and went into effect in January 2026. While the protections]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-companies-are-trying-to-neuter-colorados-landmark-right-to-repair-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-companies-are-trying-to-neuter-colorados-landmark-right-to-repair-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College Student, Cat Meme Helped Crack Massive Botnet Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal shares the "wild behind-the-scenes story" of how the world's largest and most destructive botnet was uncovered and taken down, writes Slashdot reader sturgeon. "At times, the network known as Kimwolf included more than a million compromised home Android devices and digital photo frames -- enough DDoS firepower to disrupt internet traffic across the U.S. and beyond." From the report: Sitting in his dorm room at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Benjamin Brundage was c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/college-student-cat-meme-helped-crack-massive-botnet-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/college-student-cat-meme-helped-crack-massive-botnet-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penalties Stack Up As AI Spreads Through the Legal System]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: When it comes to using AI, it seems some lawyers just can't help themselves. Last year saw a rapid increase in court sanctions against attorneys for filing briefs containing errors generated by artificial intelligence tools. The most prominent case was that of the lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who were fined $3,000 each for filing briefs containing fictitious, AI-generated citations. But as a cautionary tale, it doesn't seem to have had much effect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/penalties-stack-up-as-ai-spreads-through-the-legal-system/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/penalties-stack-up-as-ai-spreads-through-the-legal-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of Planned US Data Center Builds Have Been Delayed or Canceled]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, nearly half of planned U.S. data center projects are being delayed or canceled. "One major reason behind these setbacks is the availability of key electrical components -- such as transformers, switchgear, and batteries -- that are used both at data center sites and outside of them," reports Tom's Hardware. "Meanwhile, grid infrastructure is also stressed by electric vehicles and electrified heating systems." Tom's Hardware reports: Approxim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/half-of-planned-us-data-center-builds-have-been-delayed-or-canceled/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/half-of-planned-us-data-center-builds-have-been-delayed-or-canceled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perplexity's 'Incognito Mode' Is a 'Sham,' Lawsuit Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Perplexity's AI search engine encourages users to go deeper with their prompts by engaging in chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with Google and Meta without users' knowledge or consent. "This happened to every user regardless of whether or not they signed up for a Perplexity account," the lawsuit alleged, while stressing that "enormous volumes of sensitive information from both subscribed and non-sub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/perplexitys-incognito-mode-is-a-sham-lawsuit-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/perplexitys-incognito-mode-is-a-sham-lawsuit-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Blood Could Hold the Secret To Healthy Weight Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot writes: CU Boulder researchers are reporting that they have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The findings were published in the journal Natural Metabolism on March 19, 2026.Pythons can grow as big as a telephone pole, swallow an antelope whole, and go months or even years without eating -- all while maintaining a healthy heart]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/python-blood-could-hold-the-secret-to-healthy-weight-loss/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/python-blood-could-hold-the-secret-to-healthy-weight-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewables Reached Nearly 50% of Global Electricity Capacity Last Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Renewables made up nearly half of global installed electricity capacity by the end of 2025, "accounting for 85.6% of global capacity expansion," reports the Register, citing the International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) 2026 Renewable Capacity Statistics report. "Per IRENA's data, that aforementioned 85.6 percent share of new power capacity additions was actually a decrease from 2024, when renewables were about 92 percent of global capacity additions. Yes, the share of total installed powe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/renewables-reached-nearly-50-of-global-electricity-capacity-last-year/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/renewables-reached-nearly-50-of-global-electricity-capacity-last-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Flags Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA announced the move Thursday, touting it as a "historic step" for the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement, which often raises concerns about toxic chemicals and plastic pollution in our]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epa-flags-microplastics-pharmaceuticals-as-contaminants-in-drinking-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mount Everest Climbers 'Poisoned' By Guides In Insurance Fraud Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[schwit1 shares a report from the Kathmandu Post: In Nepal, helicopter rescue on high altitude is, by any measure, a genuine lifesaving operation. At high altitude, where oxygen thins and weather changes without warning, the ability to airlift a stricken trekker to Kathmandu within hours has saved countless lives. But threaded through that legitimate system, exploiting its urgency, its opacity, and its distance from oversight, is one of the most sophisticated insurance fraud networks in the world]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mount-everest-climbers-poisoned-by-guides-in-insurance-fraud-scheme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mount-everest-climbers-poisoned-by-guides-in-insurance-fraud-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Acquires Popular Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is acquiring tech news podcast TBPN, a fast-growing daily show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence, even though the acquisition is widely viewed as part of a broader effort to influence public discourse around AI. CNBC reports: In the announcement, OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo wrote that their mission of bringing artificial general intelligence comes with a responsibility to have a space for "constructive conversation abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acquires-popular-tech-industry-talk-show-tbpn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acquires-popular-tech-industry-talk-show-tbpn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Imposes 3.5% Fuel Surcharge For Many Online Merchants]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Amazon will start charging sellers who use its shipping services a 3.5% "fuel and logistics" surcharge later this month, joining the ranks of shipping companies raising prices as the war in Iran pushes oil prices higher. The fees take effect on April 17 for customers of the company's Fulfillment by Amazon service -- which is used by many of the independent sellers who list their products on Amazon's retail sites -- in the US and Canada. Items s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-imposes-35-fuel-surcharge-for-many-online-merchants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-imposes-35-fuel-surcharge-for-many-online-merchants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM Teams Up With Arm To Run Arm Workloads On IBM Z Mainframes]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBM and Arm are teaming up to let Arm-based software run on IBM Z mainframes. Network World reports: The two companies plan to work on three things: building virtualization tools so Arm software can run on IBM platforms; making sure Arm applications meet the security and data residency rules that regulated industries must follow; and creating common technology layers so enterprises have more software options across both platforms, IBM said in a statement.IBM has not said whether the virtualizati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-teams-up-with-arm-to-run-arm-workloads-on-ibm-z-mainframes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-teams-up-with-arm-to-run-arm-workloads-on-ibm-z-mainframes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raspberry Pi 4 3GB Launches, Raspberry Pi Prices Go Up Again Due To RAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[AmiMoJo shares a report from Phoronix: Raspberry Pi prices are going up yet again due to the continued memory squeeze on the industry. To help offset the memory prices for some use-cases, Raspberry Pi also announced the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 3GB model at $83 to help fill the void between the 2GB and 4GB options.The 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 was announced at $83.75 USD for those not needing quite 4GB of RAM and looking to save some memory given the ongoing price increases. The Raspberry Pi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-launches-raspberry-pi-prices-go-up-again-due-to-ram/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-launches-raspberry-pi-prices-go-up-again-due-to-ram/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Announces Gemma 4 Open AI Models, Switches To Apache 2.0 License]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google's terms. The company's Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth. Starting today, developers can start working with Gemma 4, which comes in four sizes optimized for local usage. Google has also acknowledged developer frustrations with A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-announces-gemma-4-open-ai-models-switches-to-apache-20-license/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-announces-gemma-4-open-ai-models-switches-to-apache-20-license/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II Astronauts Have 'Two Microsoft Outlooks' and Neither Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even on NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon, astronauts apparently still have to deal with broken Microsoft Outlook. One of the crew members, Reid Wiseman, jokingly reported that he had "two Microsoft Outlooks" and neither worked. 404 Media reports: On April 1, four astronauts from the U.S. and Canada embarked on a 10-day flight to loop around the moon. Spotted by VGBees podcast host Niki Grayson on the NASA livestream of live views from the , around 2 a.m. ET, mission control acknowledges]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-have-two-microsoft-outlooks-and-neither-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/artemis-ii-astronauts-have-two-microsoft-outlooks-and-neither-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia Rolls Out Its Fix For PC Gaming's 'Compiling Shaders' Wait Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia has begun rolling out a beta feature that automatically compiles game shaders while a PC is idle. It won't eliminate shader compilation the first time a game runs, but Ars Technica reports it could help reduce those repeated wait times. From the report: Nvidia's new Auto Shader Compilation system promises to "reduc[e] the frequency of game runtime compilation after driver updates" for users running Nvidia's GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.97 WHQL or later. When the feature is active and you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-rolls-out-its-fix-for-pc-gamings-compiling-shaders-wait-times/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-rolls-out-its-fix-for-pc-gamings-compiling-shaders-wait-times/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% In March]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve's March 2026 Steam Survey shows Linux gaming usage jumping to a record 5.33% share -- more than double macOS's 2.35%. Phoronix reports: Steam on Linux was never above 5% and easily an all-time high for the Linux gaming marketshare, especially in absolute numbers. It was a massive 3.1% spike in March while macOS also jumped surprisingly by 1.19% to 2.35%. The Steam Survey numbers show Windows losing 4.28%, down to 92.33%.Part of the jump at least appears to be explained by Valve correcting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-above-5-in-march/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-above-5-in-march/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements For AI Sneakily Backed By OpenAI]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: OpenAI hasn't been shy about spending money lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with child safety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it's best to stay in the shadows -- even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for policy changes. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, a number of people involved in the California-based Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-sneakily-backed-by-openai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-sneakily-backed-by-openai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say extreme March heat caused an unusually rapid collapse of snowpack across the American West that's leaving major basins at record or near-record lows. "This year is on a whole other level," said Dr Russ Schumacher, a Colorado State University climatologist. "Seeing this year so far below any of the other years we have data for is very concerning." The Guardian reports: [...] The issue is extremely widespread. Data from a branch of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which logs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rapid-snow-melt-off-in-american-west-stuns-scientists/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rapid-snow-melt-off-in-american-west-stuns-scientists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Files To Go Public]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that SpaceX has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, reportedly targeting a valuation above $1.75 trillion. Reuters reports: SpaceX puts more rockets in space than any other company and promises a chance to invest in humanity's return to the moon and attempt to colonize Mars. The company aspires to put artificial intelligence data centers in space, while running a lucrative satellite communications system that opens up much of the earth to the internet and is increasingly used in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-files-to-go-public/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-files-to-go-public/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Launches Artemis II Astronauts Around the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts around the moon and back, marking humanity's first crewed lunar voyage in 53 years and the first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) with people on board. Five minutes into the flight, Commander Reid Wiseman saw the team's target: "We have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it," he said from the capsule. The Associated Press reports: Artemis II set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-launches-artemis-ii-astronauts-around-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-launches-artemis-ii-astronauts-around-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UFC-Que Choisir Takes Ubisoft To French Court Over the Crew Shutdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Elektroschock writes: When Ubisoft pulled the plug on The Crew's servers without warning, players were left with a worthless game they'd already paid for. Now, consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is fighting back, demanding gamers' right to play regardless of publisher whims. Supported by the "Stop Killing Games" movement, this landmark case challenges unfair terms before the Creteil Judicial Court (Val-de-Marne near Paris), and aims to protect players from disappearing ga]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ufc-que-choisir-takes-ubisoft-to-french-court-over-the-crew-shutdown/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ufc-que-choisir-takes-ubisoft-to-french-court-over-the-crew-shutdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Can Clone Open-Source Software In Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[ZipNada writes: Two software researchers recently demonstrated how modern AI tools can reproduce entire open-source projects, creating proprietary versions that appear both functional and legally distinct. The partly-satirical demonstration shows how quickly artificial intelligence can blur long-standing boundaries between coding innovation, copyright law, and the open-source principles that underpin much of the modern internet.In their presentation, Dylan Ayrey, founder of Truffle Security, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-can-clone-open-source-software-in-minutes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-can-clone-open-source-software-in-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Announces EmDash As Open-Source 'Spiritual Successor' To WordPress]]></title><description><![CDATA[In classic Cloudflare fashion, the CDN provider used April Fool's Day to unveil an actual, "not a joke" product. Today, the company announced EmDash -- an open-source "spiritual successor" to WordPress that aims to solve plugin security. Phoronix reports: With the help of AI coding agents, Cloudflare engineers have been rebuilding the WordPress open-source project "from the ground up." EmDash is written entirely in TypeScript and is a server-less design. Making plug-ins more secure than the Word]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-announces-emdash-as-open-source-spiritual-successor-to-wordpress/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-announces-emdash-as-open-source-spiritual-successor-to-wordpress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden Swaps Screens For Books In the Classroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2023, the Swedish government announced that the country's schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a pencil or pen, on sheets of paper. The Swedish government also plans to make schools cellphone-free thro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sweden-swaps-screens-for-books-in-the-classroom/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sweden-swaps-screens-for-books-in-the-classroom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnlyOffice Suspends Nextcloud Partnership For Forking Its Project Without Approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[darwinmac writes: OnlyOffice has suspended its partnership with Nextcloud after the latter forked its editors into a new project called Euro-Office, according to a report from Neowin. The move comes just days after Nextcloud and partners like IONOS announced the fork as part of a broader push for European digital sovereignty. In a statement, the company accused the project of violating its licensing terms and international intellectual property law, claiming that Euro-Office uses its technology]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-for-forking-its-project-without-approval/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-for-forking-its-project-without-approval/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Issues Copyright Takedown Requests To Remove 8,000+ Copies of Claude Code Source Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is using copyright takedown notices to try to contain an accidental leak of the underlying instructions for its Claude Code AI agent. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Anthropic representatives had used a copyright takedown request to force the removal of more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the raw Claude Code instructions ... that developers had shared on programming platform GitHub." From the report: Programmers combing through the source code so far have marveled on socia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-issues-copyright-takedown-requests-to-remove-8000-copies-of-claude-code-source-code/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-issues-copyright-takedown-requests-to-remove-8000-copies-of-claude-code-source-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEO of America's Largest Public Hospital System Says He's Ready To Replace Radiologists With AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 cancer screening. Hospitals could potentially produce "major savin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ceo-of-americas-largest-public-hospital-system-says-hes-ready-to-replace-radiologists-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ceo-of-americas-largest-public-hospital-system-says-hes-ready-to-replace-radiologists-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotaxi Outage In China Leaves Passengers Stranded On Highways]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 cars suddenly malfunction and stop operating. Photos and videos shared online show th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robotaxi-outage-in-china-leaves-passengers-stranded-on-highways/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robotaxi-outage-in-china-leaves-passengers-stranded-on-highways/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Startup Pitches 'Brainless Clones' To Serve the Role of Backup Human Bodies]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 new kidney or liver. Or, alternatively, he has speculated, you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-pitches-brainless-clones-to-serve-the-role-of-backup-human-bodies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-pitches-brainless-clones-to-serve-the-role-of-backup-human-bodies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Starlink Satellite Suffers Mysterious 'Anomaly' In Orbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 of Musk's rocket company SpaceX, merel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-starlink-satellite-suffers-mysterious-anomaly-in-orbit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-starlink-satellite-suffers-mysterious-anomaly-in-orbit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Goes After VPNs As 'Great Crackdown' Gathers Pace]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 task is reduce VPN usage," Digital M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russia-goes-after-vpns-as-great-crackdown-gathers-pace/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russia-goes-after-vpns-as-great-crackdown-gathers-pace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volvo Shifts Polestar 3 Production Entirely To the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 very important market for Volvo Cars, both to sup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/volvo-shifts-polestar-3-production-entirely-to-the-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/volvo-shifts-polestar-3-production-entirely-to-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs Across Sales, Engineering, Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 forecast earlier this year, when the investment bank qu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-cuts-thousands-of-jobs-across-sales-engineering-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-cuts-thousands-of-jobs-across-sales-engineering-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Brussels Official Urges Europeans To Work From Home, Drive Less As Energy Crisis Deepens]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Dan Jorgensen said Europe was facing a "very serious situation" with no cle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/top-brussels-official-urges-europeans-to-work-from-home-drive-less-as-energy-crisis-deepens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/top-brussels-official-urges-europeans-to-work-from-home-drive-less-as-energy-crisis-deepens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 &gt; Email &gt; Google Account email option. Tap on the "Change Google Account email" button to start the process of changing your username.Users will be able to change their username only once every 12 months. Plus, they won't be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-now-lets-you-change-your-gmail-address/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-now-lets-you-change-your-gmail-address/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Ban On Digital Duties Expires After Stalled Talks At WTO Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 blocked a motion for a longer extension.U.S. representatives exco]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/global-ban-on-digital-duties-expires-after-stalled-talks-at-wto-meeting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/global-ban-on-digital-duties-expires-after-stalled-talks-at-wto-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Readies Social Media Court Action Citing Teen Ban Breaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 the eSafety Commissioner can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australia-readies-social-media-court-action-citing-teen-ban-breaches/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australia-readies-social-media-court-action-citing-teen-ban-breaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Code's Source Code Leaks Via npm Source Maps]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. There's been a number of notable discoveries as people continue examining the code. The DEV Community has outlined some of the leak's most notable architectural elements and the key technical choices behind them.Architect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-codes-source-code-leaks-via-npm-source-maps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-codes-source-code-leaks-via-npm-source-maps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euro-Office Wants To Replace Google Docs and Microsoft Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 sanctio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/euro-office-wants-to-replace-google-docs-and-microsoft-office/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/euro-office-wants-to-replace-google-docs-and-microsoft-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Paves Way For Private Assets To Be Included In 401(k) Retirement Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 an executive order from President Don]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-paves-way-for-private-assets-to-be-included-in-401k-retirement-plans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-paves-way-for-private-assets-to-be-included-in-401k-retirement-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quadratic Gravity Theory Reshapes Quantum View of Big Bang]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 today's experiments can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/quadratic-gravity-theory-reshapes-quantum-view-of-big-bang/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/quadratic-gravity-theory-reshapes-quantum-view-of-big-bang/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Shocked To Find Lab Gloves May Be Skewing Microplastics Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[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: Resea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-shocked-to-find-lab-gloves-may-be-skewing-microplastics-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-shocked-to-find-lab-gloves-may-be-skewing-microplastics-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Data Centers Can Warm Surrounding Areas By Up To 9.1C]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 against the geographical coordinates of more than 8400 AI data centers. R]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-data-centers-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-91c/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-data-centers-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-91c/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans To Build 100% Native Apps For Windows 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 you've built great apps on any platform and care about crafting meaningful user experiences, I'd love]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-to-build-100-native-apps-for-windows-11/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-plans-to-build-100-native-apps-for-windows-11/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 than 30 GPS satellites. It consists of software to handle n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-16-years-and-8-billion-the-militarys-new-gps-software-still-doesnt-work/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-16-years-and-8-billion-the-militarys-new-gps-software-still-doesnt-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Is Bringing AirDrop-Style Sharing to Older Galaxy Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 devices that appears to add support for AirDrop file sharing with Apple devices. Users report]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-is-bringing-airdrop-style-sharing-to-older-galaxy-devices/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-is-bringing-airdrop-style-sharing-to-older-galaxy-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OkCupid Settles FTC Case On Alleged Misuse of Its Users' Personal Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[OkCupid and parent company Match Group settled an FTC case dating back to 2014 over allegations that the dating app shared users' photos and other personal data with a third party without proper disclosure or opt-out rights. Engadget reports: According to the FTC, OkCupid's privacy policy at the time noted that the company wouldn't share a user's personal information with others, except for some cases including "service providers, business partners, other entities within its family of businesses]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/okcupid-settles-ftc-case-on-alleged-misuse-of-its-users-personal-data/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/okcupid-settles-ftc-case-on-alleged-misuse-of-its-users-personal-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life With AI Causing Human Brain 'Fry']]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from France 24: Too many lines of code to analyze, armies of AI assistants to wrangle, and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI adopters. Consultants at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have dubbed the phenomenon "AI brain fry," a state of mental exhaustion stemming "from the excessive use or supervision of artificial intelligence tools, pushed beyond our cognitive limits."The rise of AI agents that tend to computer tasks on demand has put users in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/life-with-ai-causing-human-brain-fry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/life-with-ai-causing-human-brain-fry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers 'Lame Excuses']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In an effort to gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna's Archive and other shadow libraries. According to several authors, Meta facilitated the infringement of others by "seeding" these torrents. This week, the court granted the authors permission to add these claims to their complaint, despite openly scolding their counsel for "lame excuses" and "Meta bashing." [...] The judge acknowle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-allows-bittorrent-seeding-claims-against-meta-despite-lawyers-lame-excuses/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-allows-bittorrent-seeding-claims-against-meta-despite-lawyers-lame-excuses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Copilot Is Now Injecting Ads Into Pull Requests On GitHub]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Copilot is reportedly injecting promotional "tips" into GitHub pull requests, with Neowin claiming more than 1.5 million PRs have been affected by messages advertising integrations like Raycast, Slack, Teams, and various IDEs. From the report: According to Melbourne-based software developer Zach Manson, a team member used the AI to fix a simple typo in a pull request. Copilot did the job, but it also took the liberty of editing the PR's description to include this message: "Quickly spi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due To SSD Shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the "foreseeable future," Sony says it has stopped accepting new orders for most of its CFexpress and SD memory card lines due to the an ongoing memory supply shortage. "Due to the global shortage of semiconductors (memory) and other factors, it is anticipated that supply will not be able to meet demand for CFexpress memory cards and SD memory cards for the foreseeable future," the company said in a notice. "Therefore, we have decided to temporarily suspend the acceptance of orders from our]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech CEOs Suddenly Love Blaming AI For Mass Job Cuts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Sweeping job cuts at Big Tech companies have become an annual tradition. How executives explain those decisions, however, has changed. Out are buzzwords like efficiency, over-hiring, and too many management layers. Today, all explanations stem from artificial intelligence (AI). In recent weeks, giants including Google, Amazon, Meta, as well as smaller firms such as Pinterest and Atlassian, have all announced or warned of plans to shrink their wor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-ceos-suddenly-love-blaming-ai-for-mass-job-cuts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-ceos-suddenly-love-blaming-ai-for-mass-job-cuts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Company Hopes to Build Age-Verification Tech into Vape Cartridges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Their goal is to use biometric data and blockchain to build age-verification measures directly into disposable vape cartridges.<br />
Wired reports on a partnership between vape/cartridge manufacturer Ispire Technology and regulatory consulting company Chemular (which specializes in the nicotine market) &mdash; which they've named "Ike Tech":[Using blockchain-based security, the e-cig cartridge] would use a camera to scan some form of ID and then also take a video of the user's face. Once it verifies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-company-hopes-to-build-age-verification-tech-into-vape-cartridges/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-company-hopes-to-build-age-verification-tech-into-vape-cartridges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's Early Days: Massive Oral History Shares Stories About Young Wozniak and Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple's 50th anniversary is this week &mdash; and Fast Company's Harry McCracken just published an 11,000-word oral history with some fun stories from Apple's earliest days and the long and winding road to its very first home computers:Steve Wozniak, cofounder, Apple: I told my dad when I was in high school, "I'm going to own a computer someday." My dad said, "It costs as much as a house." And I sat there at the table &mdash; I remember right where we were sitting &mdash; and I said, "I'll live]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-early-days-massive-oral-history-shares-stories-about-young-wozniak-and-jobs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-early-days-massive-oral-history-shares-stories-about-young-wozniak-and-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivian and Lucid Win Right to Sell Their EVs Directly to Buyers in Washington State]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports that Rivian "just won a yearslong battle with car dealers in Washington state that threatens the model of how cars are sold."After fighting to sell its vehicles directly to buyers, Rivian threatened to take its case to voters with a ballot measure to permit direct sales. The dealers blinked. The state's dealer lobby not only dropped its opposition to a sales loophole for Rivian and rival EV-maker Lucid, but also encouraged lawmakers to approve one. The measure bec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rivian-and-lucid-win-right-to-sell-their-evs-directly-to-buyers-in-washington-state/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rivian-and-lucid-win-right-to-sell-their-evs-directly-to-buyers-in-washington-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Social Media Change After YouTube and Meta's Court Defeat?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, this week YouTube and Meta were found negligent in a landmark case about social media addiction.<br />
But "it's still far from certain what this defeat will change," argues The Verge's senior tech and policy editor, "and what the collateral damage could be."<br />
If these decisions survive appeal &mdash; which isn't certain &mdash; the direct outcome would be multimillion-dollar penalties. Depending on the outcome of several more "bellwether" cases in Los Angeles, a much larger group settlement could]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-social-media-change-after-youtube-and-metas-court-defeat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-social-media-change-after-youtube-and-metas-court-defeat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Time For Open Source to Start Charging For Access?]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's time to charge for access," argues a new opinion piece at The Register. Begging billion-dollar companies to fund open source projects just isn't enough, writes long-time tech reporter Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:<br />
Screw fair. Screw asking for dimes. You can't live off one-off charity donations... Depending on what people put in a tip jar is no way to fund anything of value... [A]ccording to a 2024 Tidelift maintainer report, 60 percent of open source maintainers are unpaid, and 60 percent hav]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-it-time-for-open-source-to-start-charging-for-access/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-it-time-for-open-source-to-start-charging-for-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Project Hail Mary':  Real Space Science, Real Astrophotography]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary has now grossed $300.8 million globally after earning another $54.1 million this weekend from 86 markets, reports Variety, noting that after just nine days it's now Amazon MGM's highest-grossing film ever. And last weekend it had the best opening for a "non-franchise" movie in three years, adds the Associated Press &mdash; the best since 2023's Oppenheimer:<br />
Project Hail Mary, which cost nearly $200 million to produce... is on an enviable trajectory. Its second weekend hold was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/project-hail-mary-real-space-science-real-astrophotography/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/project-hail-mary-real-space-science-real-astrophotography/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Smallest QR Code - Smaller Than Bacteria - Could Store Data for Centuries]]></title><description><![CDATA["Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope," reports Science Daily. It's "smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record."<br />
"But this isn't just about size; it's about durability. By engraving data into ultra-stable ceramic materials, the team has opened the door to storing information that could last for centuries or even millennia without needing power or maintenance."Scientists at TU Wien, working with data storage compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-smallest-qr-code-smaller-than-bacteria-could-store-data-for-centuries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-smallest-qr-code-smaller-than-bacteria-could-store-data-for-centuries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Friendly Robot Just Installed 100 MW of Solar Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utility-scale solar construction... by robots! It's "one of the largest real-world demonstrations," notes Electrek, with 100 MW of capacity installed by the "Maximo" robots from AES, one of the world's top power companies.Maximo uses AI "to automate the heavy lifting of solar panels and accelerate solar installation," according to their web page, which shows a video of Maximo at work installing a vast field of solar panels in Kern County, California. With assistance from Nvidia, the Maximo team]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-friendly-robot-just-installed-100-mw-of-solar-power/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-friendly-robot-just-installed-100-mw-of-solar-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluesky's Newest Product: an AI Tool That Gives You Custom Feeds]]></title><description><![CDATA["What happens when you can describe the social experience you want and have it built for you...?" asks Bluesky? "We've just started experimenting, but we're sharing it now because we want you to build alongside us."<br />
Called "Attie" &mdash; because it's built with Bluesky's decentralized publishing framework, AT Protocol (which is open source) &mdash; the new assistant turns natural language prompts into social feeds, without users having to know how to code. (It's part of Bluesky's mission to "de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blueskys-newest-product-an-ai-tool-that-gives-you-custom-feeds/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blueskys-newest-product-an-ai-tool-that-gives-you-custom-feeds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Gambles on $4B Push Into America's Rural Areas, May Soon Carry More Parcels Than USPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[In many rural areas, America's online shoppers can wait half a week or more for deliveries. But Amazon started a $4 billion "rural delivery push" last year, reports Bloomberg, and has now cut delivery times to under 24 hours for 1 in 5 rural and small-town households, with 48-hour delivery to 62% of rural households.The payoff could be huge. Rural shoppers in the US collectively spend $1 trillion a year on clothing, electronics, household goods and other items, representing about 20% of retail p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-gambles-on-4b-push-into-americas-rural-areas-may-soon-carry-more-parcels-than-usps/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-gambles-on-4b-push-into-americas-rural-areas-may-soon-carry-more-parcels-than-usps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Now Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK. Could the US Be Next?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK on Wednesday. "After downloading a new update, users will now have to confirm that they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features," reports Gizmodo.<br />
"Users will be able to confirm their age with a credit card or by scanning an ID."For those underage or who have not confirmed their age, Apple will turn on Web Content Filter and Communication Safety, which will not only restrict access to certain apps or websites, but will also monit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-now-requires-device-level-age-verification-in-the-uk-could-the-us-be-next/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-now-requires-device-level-age-verification-in-the-uk-could-the-us-be-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter's Lightning May Have the Force of Nuclear Weapons]]></title><description><![CDATA[How powerful is Jupiter's lightning? Thick clouds cover the view, notes Science magazine. But using an instrument on NASA's Juno spacecraft (orbiting Jupiter for the past decade), researchers determined Jupiter's lightning bolts are 100 to 10,000 times more energetic than earth's:A single bolt of lightning on Earth releases about 1 billion joules of energy. That means the most extreme bolts of jovian lightning carry 10 trillion joules of energy, equivalent to 2400 tons of TNT, or one-sixth the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jupiters-lightning-may-have-the-force-of-nuclear-weapons/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jupiters-lightning-may-have-the-force-of-nuclear-weapons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Made Bell Labs So Successful?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bell Labs "created many of the foundational innovations of the modern age," writes Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation &mdash; from transistors and telecommunications satellites to Unix and the C programming language.<br />
But what was the secret to its success? he asks in a new article for the Wall Street Journal. Start with its lucky arrival in a "problem-rich" environment, suggests Arno Penzia, winner of one of Bell Labs' 11 Nobel Prizes:It w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-made-bell-labs-so-successful/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-made-bell-labs-so-successful/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Ends $1B OpenAI Investment After Sora's Surprise Closure. What's Next?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just six days ago &mdash; and 30 minutes after a Disney-OpenAI meeting about a project with Sora &mdash; Disney's team was "blindsided" with the news Sora was being discontinued, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, describing OpenAI's move as "a big rug-pull."Even some Sora employees were surprised by the cancellation. It was just 14 weeks ago Disney announced a $1 billion investment in OpenAI's AI-powered video generation tool &mdash; plus a three-year licensing deal. But that deal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-ends-1b-openai-investment-after-soras-surprise-closure-whats-next/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-ends-1b-openai-investment-after-soras-surprise-closure-whats-next/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Emergency Microsoft, Oracle Patches Point to Wider Issues?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Emergency out-of-band fixes issued by enterprise IT giants Microsoft and Oracle have shone a spotlight on issues around both update cycles and patching," reports Computer Weekly:<br />
Microsoft's emergency update, KB5085516, addresses an issue that arose after installing the mandatory cumulative updates pushed live on Patch Tuesday earlier this month. According to Microsoft, it has since emerged that many users experienced problems signing into applications with a Microsoft account, seeing a "no int]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/do-emergency-microsoft-oracle-patches-point-to-wider-issues/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/do-emergency-microsoft-oracle-patches-point-to-wider-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MacOS 26.4 Adds Warnings For ClickFix Attacks to Its Terminal App]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: ClickFix attacks are ramping up. These attacks have users copy and paste a string to something that can execute a command line &mdash; like the Windows Run dialog, or a shell prompt.<br />
But MacRumors reports that macOS 26.4 Tahoe (updated earlier this week) introduces a new feature to its Terminal app where it will detect ClickFix attempts and stop them by prompting the user if they really wanted to run those commands.<br />
According to MacRumors, the warning readers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-264-adds-warnings-for-clickfix-attacks-to-its-terminal-app/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-264-adds-warnings-for-clickfix-attacks-to-its-terminal-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SystemD Contributor Harassed Over Optional Age Verification Field, Suggests Installer-Level Disabling]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's FOSS interviewed a software engineer whose long-running open source contributions include Python code for the Arch Linux installer and maintaining packages for NixOS. But "a recent change he made to systemd has pushed him into the spotlight" after he'd added the optional birthDate field for systemd's user database.Critics saw it not merely as a technical addition, but as a symbolic capitulation to government overreach. A crack in the philosophical foundation of freedom that Linux is built o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/systemd-contributor-harassed-over-optional-age-verification-field-suggests-installer-level-disabling/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/systemd-contributor-harassed-over-optional-age-verification-field-suggests-installer-level-disabling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM Quantum Computer Simulates Real Magnetic Materials and Matches Lab Data]]></title><description><![CDATA["IBM says its quantum computer can now simulate real magnetic materials and match actual lab experiment results," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli, "which is something people have been waiting years to see."Instead of just theoretical output, the system reproduced neutron scattering data from a known material, meaning it lines up with real world physics. It still relies on a mix of quantum and classical computing and this is a narrow use case for now, but it is one of the first times quantum]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-quantum-computer-simulates-real-magnetic-materials-and-matches-lab-data/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-quantum-computer-simulates-real-magnetic-materials-and-matches-lab-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony is Raising PlayStation 5 Prices Again, Between $100 and $150]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memory and storage shortages and price hikes have "steadily rippled outward across all kinds of consumer tech," reports Ars Technica.<br />
"Today's bad news comes from Sony, which is raising prices for PlayStation 5 consoles in the US just eight months after their last price hike."The drive-less Digital Edition will increase from $500 to $600; the base PS5 with an optical drive will increase from $550 to $650; and the PS5 Pro is going up from $750 to a whopping $900. At the beginning of 2025, these c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-is-raising-playstation-5-prices-again-between-100-and-150/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-is-raising-playstation-5-prices-again-between-100-and-150/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Americans Treated With Psilocybin in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new 4,000-word article, CNN tells the story of a retired appellate paralegal and grandmother in her early 70s who was treated for depression with psilocybin. CNN notes there's now retreats featuring psilocybin in a few countries &mdash; and while psilocybin is illegal under United States federal law, "In Oregon, 5,935 clients received psilocybin services through Oregon's state-regulated program in 2025."<br />
High doses of psilocybin are effective in treating depression, a growing body of resear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-americans-treated-with-psilocybin-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/thousands-of-americans-treated-with-psilocybin-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman Says AI Tools Now Useful, Finding Real Bugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman tells The Register that AI-driven code review has "really jumped" for Linux. "There must have been some inflection point somewhere with the tools...""Something happened a month ago, and the world switched. Now we have real reports." It's not just Linux, he continued. "All open source projects have real reports that are made with AI, but they're good, and they're real." Security teams across major open source projects talk informally and frequently, he n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-maintainer-greg-kroah-hartman-says-ai-tools-now-useful-finding-real-bugs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-maintainer-greg-kroah-hartman-says-ai-tools-now-useful-finding-real-bugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's First Nuclear-Powered Interplanetary Spacecraft Will Send Helicopters to Mars in 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[After decades of studying, this week NASA announced "a major step forward in bringing nuclear power and propulsion from the lab to space."<br />
NASA will launch the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft, to Mars before the end of 2028, demonstrating advanced nuclear electric propulsion in deep space. Nuclear electric propulsion provides an extraordinary capability for efficient mass transport in deep space and enables high power missions beyond Jupiter where sol]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-first-nuclear-powered-interplanetary-spacecraft-will-send-helicopters-to-mars-in-2028/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-first-nuclear-powered-interplanetary-spacecraft-will-send-helicopters-to-mars-in-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Ads Are Popping Up On the Fridge and It Isn't Going Over Well']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports:<br />
Walking into his kitchen, Tim Yoder recoiled at a message on his refrigerator door: "Shop Samsung water filters." Yoder, a supply-chain manager in Chicago, owns a Samsung Electronics Family Hub fridge. He paid $1,400 for an appliance that came with a 32-inch screen on the door that allows him to control other Samsung gadgets, pull up recipes or stream music. But since last fall, it's been intermittently serving up ads, part of a pilot program being tested on some]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ads-are-popping-up-on-the-fridge-and-it-isnt-going-over-well/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ads-are-popping-up-on-the-fridge-and-it-isnt-going-over-well/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transporting Antimatter On a Truck Is Tricky...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: ... but the CERN Project "Antimatter in motion" just did it. For the first time in history researchers at CERN have transported 92 antiprotons on a truck in a specially designed magnetic enclosure. The test-drive went so well that the researchers spontaneously decided to go another round... The purpose of the experiment was to test the feasibility of transporting antimatter to other facilities in Europe to conduct further antimatter research. German new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/transporting-antimatter-on-a-truck-is-tricky/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/transporting-antimatter-on-a-truck-is-tricky/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are Using AI-Powered Services to Find Lost Pets]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dog missing for two months was found at an animal shelter &mdash; and its owner received an email from an artificial intelligence service that identified it, according to the Washington Post.<br />
"As controversial as AI is right now, this is one of those areas where it's a real win," according to the chief executive at the nonprofit animal welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society. And while it shouldn't replace microchipping pets, AI does offer another tool to help desperate pet owners (an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/people-are-using-ai-powered-services-to-find-lost-pets/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/people-are-using-ai-powered-services-to-find-lost-pets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's US Ad Pilot Exceeds $100 Million In Annualized Revenue In Six Weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: OpenAI's ChatGPT ads pilot in the United States has crossed the $100 million annualized revenue mark within six weeks of launch, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, pointing to robust early demand for the AI startup's nascent advertising business. [...] While roughly 85% of users are currently eligible to see ads, fewer than 20% are shown ads daily, with considerable room to grow ad monetization within the existing user pool, the spokesperso]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-us-ad-pilot-exceeds-100-million-in-annualized-revenue-in-six-weeks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-us-ad-pilot-exceeds-100-million-in-annualized-revenue-in-six-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Startup Ignites Plasma Inside Nuclear Fusion Rocket]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK startup Pulsar Fusion says it has achieved the first plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket engine prototype -- a huge step for space travel that could cut missions to Mars "from months-long journeys to just a few weeks," reports Euronews. From the report: Pulsar Fusion revealed the milestone during a live stream at Amazon's MARS Conference, hosted by Jeff Bezos in California this week, with CEO Richard Dinan calling it an "exceptional moment" for the company. The team successfully cr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-startup-ignites-plasma-inside-nuclear-fusion-rocket/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-startup-ignites-plasma-inside-nuclear-fusion-rocket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AV1's Open, Royalty-Free Promise In Question As Dolby Sues Snapchat Over Codec]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) was invented by a group of technology companies to be an open, royalty-free alternative to other video codecs, like HEVC/H.265. But a lawsuit that Dolby Laboratories Inc. filed this week against Snap Inc. calls all that into question with claims of patent infringement. Numerous lawsuits are currently open in the US regarding the use of HEVC. Relevant patent holders, such as Nokia and InterDigital, have sued numerous har]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Moves Post-Quantum Encryption Timeline Up To 2029]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has moved up its post-quantum encryption migration target to 2029. "This new timeline reflects migration needs for the PQC era in light of progress on quantum computing hardware development, quantum error correction, and quantum factoring resource estimates," said vice president of security engineering Heather Adkins and senior staff cryptology engineer Sophie Schmieg in a blog post. CyberScoop reports: Google is replacing outdated encryption across their devices, systems and data with ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-moves-post-quantum-encryption-timeline-up-to-2029/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-moves-post-quantum-encryption-timeline-up-to-2029/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission Investigating Breach After Amazon Cloud Account Hack]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission is investigating a breach after a threat actor allegedly accessed at least one of its AWS cloud accounts and claimed to have stolen more than 350 GB of data, including databases and employee-related information. AWS says its own services were not breached. BleepingComputer reports: Sources familiar with the incident have told BleepingComputer that the attack was quickly detected and that the Commission's cybersecurity incident response team is now investigating. While the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-commission-investigating-breach-after-amazon-cloud-account-hack/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-commission-investigating-breach-after-amazon-cloud-account-hack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows PCs Crash Three Times As Often As Macs, Report Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A workplace-device study says Windows PCs crash significantly more often than Macs, lag further behind on patching and encryption in some sectors, and are typically replaced sooner. TechSpot reports: Omnissa's 2026 State of Digital Workspace report outlines the IT challenges that various organizations face from the growing use of AI and the heterogeneous deployment of enterprise devices. The relative instability of Windows and Android is a recurring theme throughout the report. The company gathe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-pcs-crash-three-times-as-often-as-macs-report-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-pcs-crash-three-times-as-often-as-macs-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Austria Plans Social Media Ban For Under-14s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Austria plans to restrict under-14s from using social media platforms over concerns about addictive algorithms and harmful content. The government says draft legislation should be ready by the end of June, though details around enforcement and age verification have yet to be finalized. The BBC reports: Announcing the plans, Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler of the Social Democrats said the government could not stand by and watch as social media made children "addicted and also often ill." He said i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/austria-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-14s/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/austria-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-14s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director's Personal Email]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said on Friday. On their website, the hacker group Handala Hack Team said Patel "will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims." The hackers published a series of personal photographs of Patel sniffing and smoking cigars, riding in an anti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-linked-hackers-breach-fbi-directors-personal-email/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-linked-hackers-breach-fbi-directors-personal-email/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular LiteLLM PyPI Package Backdoored To Steal Credentials, Auth Tokens]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: The TeamPCP hacking group continues its supply-chain rampage, now compromising the massively popular "LiteLLM" Python package on PyPI and claiming to have stolen data from hundreds of thousands of devices during the attack. LiteLLM is an open-source Python library that serves as a gateway to multiple large language model (LLM) providers via a single API. The package is very popular, with over 3.4 million downloads a day and over 95 million in the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/popular-litellm-pypi-package-backdoored-to-steal-credentials-auth-tokens/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/popular-litellm-pypi-package-backdoored-to-steal-credentials-auth-tokens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of AI Chatbots Ignoring Human Instructions Increasing, Study Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study found a sharp rise in real-world cases of AI chatbots and agents ignoring instructions, evading safeguards, and taking unauthorized actions such as deleting emails or delegating forbidden tasks to other agents. According to the Guardian, the study "identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming and charted a five-fold rise in misbehavior between October and March," reports the Guardian. From the report: The study, by the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), gathered thousan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Bill Would Require Parent Bloggers To Delete Content of Minors On Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[A California bill would let adults demand the removal of social media posts about them that were created by paid family content creators when they were minors. Supporters say Senate Bill 1247 addresses privacy, dignity, and safety harms caused when parents monetize their children's lives online. The Los Angeles Times reports: The legislation would require the parent or other relative to delete or edit the content within 10 business days of receiving the notification. Petitioners could take civil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-bill-would-require-parent-bloggers-to-delete-content-of-minors-on-social-media/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-bill-would-require-parent-bloggers-to-delete-content-of-minors-on-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Blocks Pentagon's Effort To 'Punish' Anthropic With Supply Chain Risk Label]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: A federal judge in California has indefinitely blocked the Pentagon's effort to "punish" Anthropic by labeling it a supply chain risk and attempting to sever government ties with the AI company, ruling that those measures ran roughshod over its constitutional rights. "Nothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary and saboteur of the U.S. for expressing disagreement with th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-blocks-pentagons-effort-to-punish-anthropic-with-supply-chain-risk-label/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judge-blocks-pentagons-effort-to-punish-anthropic-with-supply-chain-risk-label/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Abandons ChatGPT's Erotic Mode]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans for an erotic mode in ChatGPT as part of a broader strategy shift away from side projects and toward business and coding tools. TechCrunch reports: The proposed "adult mode," which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October, had inspired considerable controversy from tech watchdog groups as well as from OpenAI's own staff. In January, a meeting between company executives and its council of advisers got heated, with one of the advisers cautioning that OpenAI coul]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-abandons-chatgpts-erotic-mode/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-abandons-chatgpts-erotic-mode/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERN To Host Europe's Flagship Open Access Publishing Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[CERN has confirmed it will host an expanded version of Open Research Europe, the EU-backed fee-free open access publishing platform that works to "keep knowledge in public hands." Research Professional News reports: A little over a year ago, 10 European research organizations announced that they would add their support to Open Research Europe, to broaden eligibility beyond only those researchers funded by the EU research program. Earlier this year, RPN reported that this group had expanded furth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cern-to-host-europes-flagship-open-access-publishing-platform/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cern-to-host-europes-flagship-open-access-publishing-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Gives FBI a User's Real Name Hidden Behind 'Hide My Email' Feature]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Apple provided the FBI with the real iCloud email address hidden behind Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature, which lets paying iCloud+ users generate anonymous email addresses, according to a recently filed court record. The move isn't surprising but still provides uncommon insight into what data is available to authorities regarding the Apple feature. The data was turned over during an investigation into a man who allegedly sent a threatening emai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Discontinues Mac Pro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and says it has no plans for future models. "The 'buy' page on Apple's website for the Mac Pro now redirects to the Mac's homepage, where all references have been removed," reports 9to5Mac. From the report: The Mac Pro has lived many lives over the years. Apple released the current Mac Pro industrial design in 2019 alongside the Pro Display XDR (which was also discontinued earlier this month). That version of the Mac Pro was powered by Intel, and Apple refreshe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-discontinues-mac-pro/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-discontinues-mac-pro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are pressing the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually use. In a joint letter sent to the EIA on Thursday, the two senators press the agency to publicly collect "comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures" on data centers, saying it's "essential for accurate grid planning and will support policymaking to prevent large companies from increasing electricity costs for American families."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/senators-demand-to-know-how-much-energy-data-centers-use/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/senators-demand-to-know-how-much-energy-data-centers-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Starts Monitoring Investment Banker Screen Time To Prevent Burnout]]></title><description><![CDATA[JPMorgan is piloting a system that monitors junior investment bankers to avoid burnout (source paywalled; alternative source). "[T]he bank will seek to match up hours claimed by the bankers with digital activity," reports Bloomberg. "The tool won't be used for evaluation purposes, but is designed to provide a better estimate of employee workloads." From the report: The program will monitor the weekly digital footprint, including video calls, desktop keystrokes, and scheduled meetings, the Financ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jpmorgan-starts-monitoring-investment-banker-screen-time-to-prevent-burnout/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jpmorgan-starts-monitoring-investment-banker-screen-time-to-prevent-burnout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vizio TVs Now Require Walmart Accounts For Smart Features]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Prospective Vizio TV buyers should know there's a good chance the set won't work properly without a Walmart account. In an attempt to better serve advertisers, Walmart, which bought Vizio in December 2024, announced this week that select newly purchased Vizio TVs now require a Walmart account for setup and accessing smart TV features. Since 2024, Vizio TVs have required a Vizio account, which a Vizio OS website says is necessary for accessin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vizio-tvs-now-require-walmart-accounts-for-smart-features/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vizio-tvs-now-require-walmart-accounts-for-smart-features/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mozilla and Mila Team Up On Open Source AI Push]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla just teamed up with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to push open source AI -- and it feels like a direct response to Big Tech tightening its grip on the space. Instead of relying on closed models, the goal here is to build "sovereign AI" that's more transparent, privacy-focused, and actually under the control of developers and even governments. They're starting with things like private memory for AI agents, which sounds niche but matters if you ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-and-mila-team-up-on-open-source-ai-push/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mozilla-and-mila-team-up-on-open-source-ai-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wikipedia Bans Use of Generative AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI to write or rewrite articles, saying it "often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies." That said, editors may still use it for translation or light refinements as long as a human carefully checks the copy for accuracy. Engadget reports: Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The policy states that this is because LLMs "can go beyond what you ask of them a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wikipedia-bans-use-of-generative-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wikipedia-bans-use-of-generative-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine', Dies At 80]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine," has died at the age of 80. "The Soul of a New Machine" is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980's just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic."I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season."Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tracy-kidder-author-of-the-soul-of-a-new-machine-dies-at-80/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tracy-kidder-author-of-the-soul-of-a-new-machine-dies-at-80/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Reviews $2 Billion Manus Sale To Meta As Founders Barred From Leaving Country]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities have barred two Manus executives from leaving the country while investigating whether Meta's reported $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based AI startup violated foreign investment reporting rules. "Manus was founded in China but last year relocated its headquarters and core team to Singapore," notes the Financial Times. "Meta acquired it for $2 billion at the end of last year." The Financial Times reports: Manus's chief executive Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-reviews-2-billion-manus-sale-to-meta-as-founders-barred-from-leaving-country/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-reviews-2-billion-manus-sale-to-meta-as-founders-barred-from-leaving-country/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers At CERN Transport Antiprotons By Truck In World-First Experiment]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Physics World: Researchers at the CERN particle-physics lab have successfully transported antiprotons in a lorry across the lab's main site. The feat, the first of its kind, follows a similar test with protons in 2024. CERN says the achievement is "a huge leap" towards being able to transport antimatter between labs across Europe. [...] To do so, in 2020 the BASE team began developing a device, known as BASE-STEP (for Baryon-Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-at-cern-transport-antiprotons-by-truck-in-world-first-experiment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-at-cern-transport-antiprotons-by-truck-in-world-first-experiment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit Takes On Bots With 'Human Verification' Requirements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reddit is rolling out human-verification checks for accounts that show signs of bot-like behavior, while also labeling approved automated accounts that provide useful services. The social media company stressed that these checks will only happen if something appears "fishy," and that it is "not conducting sitewide human verification." TechCrunch reports: To identify potential bots, Reddit is using specialized tooling that looks at account-level signals and other factors -- like how quickly the a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-takes-on-bots-with-human-verification-requirements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-takes-on-bots-with-human-verification-requirements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melania Trump Welcomes Humanoid Robot At White House Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: In Melania and the Robot, the New York Times reports on First Lady Melania Trump's inaugural Fostering the Future Together Coalition Summit, which brought together international leaders, First Spouses from around the world, tech leaders, educators, and nonprofits to collaborate on practical solutions that expand access to educational tools while strengthening protections for children in digital environments (Day 2 WH summary). The Times begins:"On Wednesda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/melania-trump-welcomes-humanoid-robot-at-white-house-summit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/melania-trump-welcomes-humanoid-robot-at-white-house-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's UFO Capital Marks 30 Years Since 'Alien Encounter']]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty years after the alleged 1996 "ET of Varginha" encounter, debate continues to rage over the events that happened in Brazil's self-styled UFO capital. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from the Guardian: The skies over this far-flung coffee-growing hub went charcoal black, the heavens opened and one of Brazil's greatest mysteries was born. "It really was something unique," recalls Marco Antonio Reis, a zoo director, who was at his ranch outside Varginha one stormy day in January 1996 wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brazils-ufo-capital-marks-30-years-since-alien-encounter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brazils-ufo-capital-marks-30-years-since-alien-encounter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postal Service to Impose Its First-Ever Fuel Surcharge on Packages]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Postal Service plans to impose its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages (source paywalled; alternative source), adding an 8% fee starting in April as it struggles with rising fuel costs and ongoing financial pressure. The surcharge will not apply to letter mail and is currently expected to remain in place until January 2027. The Wall Street Journal reports: Other parcel carriers, including FedEx and United Parcel Service, have imposed fuel surcharges, as well as a basket of other surch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/postal-service-to-impose-its-first-ever-fuel-surcharge-on-packages/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/postal-service-to-impose-its-first-ever-fuel-surcharge-on-packages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Immigration Rejected Applicant Based On AI-Invented Job Duties]]></title><description><![CDATA[New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada's Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department's AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist -- she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging -- but the AI genius instead described her as "wiring and assembling control circuits, building control and robot panels, programming and trouble]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canadas-immigration-rejected-applicant-based-on-ai-invented-job-duties/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canadas-immigration-rejected-applicant-based-on-ai-invented-job-duties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Can Create Smaller On-Device AI Models From Google's Gemini]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple reportedly has full access to customize Google's Gemini model, allowing it to distill smaller on-device AI models for Siri and other features that can run locally without an internet connection. MacRumors reports: The Information explains that Apple can ask the main Gemini model to perform a series of tasks that provide high-quality results, with a rundown of the reasoning process. Apple can feed the answers and reasoning information that it gets from Gemini to train smaller, cheaper model]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-can-create-smaller-on-device-ai-models-from-googles-gemini/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-can-create-smaller-on-device-ai-models-from-googles-gemini/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider In Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader JackSpratts writes: The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday that a major internet provider could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online in a closely watched copyright clash. Music labels and publishers sued Cox Communications in 2018, saying the company had failed to cut off the internet connections of subscribers who had been repeatedly flagged for illegally downloading and distributing copyrighted music. At issue for the justices was whe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-sides-with-internet-provider-in-copyright-fight-over-pirated-music/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-sides-with-internet-provider-in-copyright-fight-over-pirated-music/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert To Write Next 'Lord of the Rings' Movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of "The Late Show" in May -- the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and develop a new film in the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" franchise. Colbert joined "LOTR" director Peter Jackson to reveal the news in a video announcement."I'm pretty happy about it. You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me," t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stephen-colbert-to-write-next-lord-of-the-rings-movie/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stephen-colbert-to-write-next-lord-of-the-rings-movie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, ruling that addictive design features such as infinite scroll and algorithmic recommendations harmed a young user and contributed to her mental health distress. The verdict awards $3 million in compensatory damages so far and could pave the way for more lawsuits seeking financial penalties and product changes across the social media industry. "Meta is responsible for 70 percent of that cost and YouTube for the rem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-and-youtube-found-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-and-youtube-found-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Loses Trial After Arguing Child Exploitation Was 'Inevitable']]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta lost a child safety trial in New Mexico after a court found that its platforms failed to adequately protect children from exploitation and misled parents about app safety. According to Ars Technica, the jury on Tuesday "deliberated for only one day before agreeing that Meta should pay $375 million in civil damages..." While the jury declined to impose the maximum penalty New Mexico sought, which could have cost the company $2.2 billion, Meta may still face additional financial penalties and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-loses-trial-after-arguing-child-exploitation-was-inevitable/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-loses-trial-after-arguing-child-exploitation-was-inevitable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Economy Is a 'Ponzi Scheme,' Says AI Doc Director]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Vanity Fair: Focus Features is releasing The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist in theaters on March 27. If you're even slightly interested in what's going on with AI, it's required viewing: The film touches on all aspects of the technology, from how it's currently being used to how it will be used in the near future, when we potentially reach the age of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. AGI is a theoretical form of AI that supposedly would]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-economy-is-a-ponzi-scheme-says-ai-doc-director/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-economy-is-a-ponzi-scheme-says-ai-doc-director/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Is Mass-Producing Hypersonic Missiles For $99,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader cusco writes: A private company in China has developed hypersonic missiles that cost the same as a Tesla Model X. This missile, the YKJ-1000, is being marketed for sale at a reported price of $99,000, and it's in mass production now after successful tests. That is far below what countries will spend to target and shoot down the missile if it's heading their way.Besides the low cost, they can be launched from anywhere. The launcher looks like any one of the tens of millio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-is-mass-producing-hypersonic-missiles-for-99000/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-is-mass-producing-hypersonic-missiles-for-99000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chandra Resolves Why Black Holes Hit the Brakes On Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Astronomers have an answer for a long-running mystery in astrophysics: why is the growth of supermassive black holes so much lower today than in the past? A study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes found that supermassive black holes are unable to consume material as rapidly as they did in the distant past. The results appeared in the December 2025 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.[...] The team ran tests of the th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chandra-resolves-why-black-holes-hit-the-brakes-on-growth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chandra-resolves-why-black-holes-hit-the-brakes-on-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Halts Work On Gateway To Develop a Lunar Base]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA is reportedly halting work on the lunar Gateway in favor of a more direct push to build a lunar base. The new plan would cost tens of billions over the next decade, though the change could face hurdles because Congress previously funded Gateway specifically. SpaceNews reports: "Starting today, we're building humanity's first deep space outpost," said Carlos Garcia-Galan, program executive for NASA's moon base effort. The lunar base will take place in three phases. Phase 1, running from 2026]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-halts-work-on-gateway-to-develop-a-lunar-base/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-halts-work-on-gateway-to-develop-a-lunar-base/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Can Demand Passwords Under New National Security Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL). Those who refuse could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $12,700, and individuals who provide "false or misleading information" could face up to three years in jail. It comes as part of new amendments to a bylaw under the NSL that the government gazetted on Monday.The NSL was introduced in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hong-kong-police-can-demand-passwords-under-new-national-security-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hong-kong-police-can-demand-passwords-under-new-national-security-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine 11 Rewrites How Linux Runs Windows Games At the Kernel Level]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linux gamers are seeing massive performance gains with Wine's new NTSYNC support, "which is a feature that has been years in the making and rewrites how Wine handles one of the most performance-sensitive operations in modern gaming," reports XDA Developers. Not every game will see a night-and-day difference, but for the games that do benefit from these changes, "the improvements range from noticeable to absurd." Combined with improvements to Wayland, graphics, and compatibility, as well as a maj]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wine-11-rewrites-how-linux-runs-windows-games-at-the-kernel-level/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wine-11-rewrites-how-linux-runs-windows-games-at-the-kernel-level/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's Android Automotive Is Moving From the Dashboard To the 'Brain' of the Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is expanding Android Automotive from the infotainment screen into the broader non-safety "brain" of software-defined vehicles. With its new Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles, the in-car experience will feel "much more cohesive and the latest features will reach your driveway faster," Matt Crowley, Android Automotive's group product manager, writes in a blog post. "From a truly integrated voice experience to proactive maintenance reminders, your car will become a true ext]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-android-automotive-is-moving-from-the-dashboard-to-the-brain-of-the-car/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/googles-android-automotive-is-moving-from-the-dashboard-to-the-brain-of-the-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Discontinues Sora Video Platform App]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is shutting down Sora, its generative-AI video creation platform it launched in December 2024. "The move is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year," reports the Wall Street Journal.CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday. "We're saying goodbye to Sora," the Sora Team said in a post on X. "To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-discontinues-sora-video-platform-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-discontinues-sora-video-platform-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arm Unveils New AGI CPU With Meta As Debut Customer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arm unveiled its first self-developed data center chip, the AGI CPU, designed for handling agentic AI workloads. The new chip was built in partnership with Meta and manufactured by TSMC. Other customers for the new chip include OpenAI, Cloudflare, SAP, and SK Telecom. Reuters reports: The new chip, called the AGI CPU, will address data-crunching needed for a specific type of AI that is able to act on behalf of users with minimal oversight, instead of responding to queries as part of a chatbot. F]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arm-unveils-new-agi-cpu-with-meta-as-debut-customer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arm-unveils-new-agi-cpu-with-meta-as-debut-customer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic's Claude Can Now Use Your Computer To Finish Tasks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is testing a new Claude feature that lets users send a request from their phone and have the AI carry it out directly on their computer, such as opening apps, using a browser, or editing files. The move follows the viral spread of OpenClaw earlier this year, which has gained cult popularity among devs for the ability to run local, 24/7 personal workflows. CNBC reports: Users can now message Claude a task from a phone, and the AI agent will then complete that task, Anthropic announced M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-claude-can-now-use-your-computer-to-finish-tasks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-claude-can-now-use-your-computer-to-finish-tasks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-Propagating Malware Poisons Open Source Software, Wipes Iran-Based Machines]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A new hacking group has been rampaging the Internet in a persistent campaign that spreads a self-propagating and never-before-seen backdoor -- and curiously a data wiper that targets Iranian machines. The group, tracked under the name TeamPCP, first gained visibility in December, when researchers from security firm Flare observed it unleashing a worm that targeted cloud-hosted platforms that weren't properly secured. The objective was to bui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/self-propagating-malware-poisons-open-source-software-wipes-iran-based-machines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/self-propagating-malware-poisons-open-source-software-wipes-iran-based-machines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epic Games To Cut More Than 1,000 Jobs As Fortnite Usage Falls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Epic Games is cutting more than 1,000 jobs as usage of its flagship title, Fortnite, falls. "The layoffs aren't related to AI," CEO Tim Sweeney noted. Reuters reports: The cuts, along with more than $500 million in savings from lower contracting and marketing spending and unfilled roles would put the company in "a more stable place," Sweeney said in a note to employees. [...]"We've had challenges delivering consistent Fortnite magic," Sweeney said, adding "market conditions today are the most ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epic-games-to-cut-more-than-1000-jobs-as-fortnite-usage-falls/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epic-games-to-cut-more-than-1000-jobs-as-fortnite-usage-falls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Bans Imports of New Foreign-Made Routers, Citing Security Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[New submitter the_skywise shares a report from Reuters: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers, the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear over security concerns. China is estimated to control at least 60% of the U.S. market for home routers, boxes that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet. The FCC order does not impact the import or use of existing models, but will ban new one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-routers-citing-security-concerns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-routers-citing-security-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuit Beats FTC In Court, Ending Restrictions On 'Free' TurboTax Ads]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: An appeals court invalidated the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission's attempt to punish Intuit for allegedly deceptive ads that pitched TurboTax as free. Under then-Chair Lina Khan, the FTC determined in 2024 that the TurboTax maker violated US law with deceptive advertising and ordered it to stop telling consumers, without more obvious disclaimers, that TurboTax or other products are free. The FTC's chief administrative law judge had previo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intuit-beats-ftc-in-court-ending-restrictions-on-free-turbotax-ads/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intuit-beats-ftc-in-court-ending-restrictions-on-free-turbotax-ads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canonical Joins Rust Foundation]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has joined the Rust Foundation as a Gold Member, signaling a deeper investment in the Rust programming language and its role in modern infrastructure. The company already maintains an up-to-date Rust toolchain for Ubuntu and has begun integrating Rust into parts of its stack, citing memory safety and reliability as key drivers. By joining at a higher tier, Canonical is not just adopting Rust but also stepping closer to its governance and long-term direction. The mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canonical-joins-rust-foundation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canonical-joins-rust-foundation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, hackers launched a cyberattack on an Iowa company called Intoxalock that left some drivers unable to start their court-mandated breathalyzer-equipped cars. Wired reports: Intoxalock, an automotive breathalyzer maker that says it's used daily by 150,000 drivers across the U.S., last week reported that it had been the target of a cyberattack, resulting in its "systems currently experiencing downtime," according to an announcement posted to its website. Meanwhile, drivers that use the br]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cyberattack-on-a-car-breathalyzer-firm-leaves-drivers-stuck/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cyberattack-on-a-car-breathalyzer-firm-leaves-drivers-stuck/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration To Pay French Company $1 Billion To Stop Offshore Wind Farms]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced Monday.The Trump admi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-pay-french-company-1-billion-to-stop-offshore-wind-farms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-to-pay-french-company-1-billion-to-stop-offshore-wind-farms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia CEO Says He's 'Empathetic' To DLSS 5 Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he understands the concerns about "AI slop" with DLSS 5 but insists the feature preserves a game's underlying geometry and artistic intent. "I think their perspective makes sense, " said Huang during a recent appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. "And I could see where they're coming from because I don't love AI slop myself. You know, all of the AI-generated content increasingly looks similar, and they're all beautiful... so I'm empathic toward what they're thinking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-ceo-says-hes-empathetic-to-dlss-5-concerns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-ceo-says-hes-empathetic-to-dlss-5-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Ban Sports Betting On Prediction Market Platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced (PDF) a bill on Monday that could prevent prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket from allowing users to wager money on sports events or play casino-style games. This bipartisan bill would not apply to FanDuel and DraftKings, which are subject to state-by-state gambling laws, rather than federal ones. "Sports prediction contracts are sports bets -- just with a different na]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bipartisan-bill-seeks-to-ban-sports-betting-on-prediction-market-platforms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bipartisan-bill-seeks-to-ban-sports-betting-on-prediction-market-platforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wing Expands Its Drone Delivery Service To the Bay Area]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wing is expanding its drone delivery service to the San Francisco Bay Area. "The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region," reports Engadget. From the report: Going back to its inaugural deliveries, Wing ferried office supplies across Google's Mountain View campus in the Bay Area with its automated drones. It was still a startup out of Google's X, The Moonshot Factory incubator at the time, but ea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wing-expands-its-drone-delivery-service-to-the-bay-area/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wing-expands-its-drone-delivery-service-to-the-bay-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Prepares To Add Search Ads To Apple Maps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is reportedly preparing to add search ads to Apple Maps, "and it could start to roll out to users by the summer," reports AppleInsider, citing sources from Bloomberg (paywalled). From the report: Apple will make an announcement as soon as March. This will bring ads to search queries within the navigation app, which will operate similar to Google's advertising system. Retailers and brands will be able to bid for ad spots located against search queries for specific terms, such as types of fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-prepares-to-add-search-ads-to-apple-maps/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-prepares-to-add-search-ads-to-apple-maps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Car Buyers Envy What They Cannot Have: Affordable Chinese EVs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many U.S. consumers are increasingly interested in lower-cost Chinese electric vehicles but steep tariffs and political resistance are keeping them out of the market. A recent survey from Cox Automotive found that 40% of respondents support allowing Chinese auto brands into the U.S. market. Reuters reports: While Chinese autos hit the highways of Europe, Latin America and even Canada, the U.S. government has effectively banned the cars with tariffs exceeding 100%, out of concerns over data secur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-car-buyers-envy-what-they-cannot-have-affordable-chinese-evs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-car-buyers-envy-what-they-cannot-have-affordable-chinese-evs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent To Help Him Be CEO]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone inside and outside his company to eventually have his or her own personal artificial-intelligence agent. He is starting with himself. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta Platforms, is building a CEO agent to help him do his job (source paywalled; alternative source), according to a person familiar with the project. The agent, which is still in development, is currently helping Zuckerberg get info]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-is-building-an-ai-agent-to-help-him-be-ceo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-is-building-an-ai-agent-to-help-him-be-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart: ChatGPT Checkout Converted 3x Worse Than Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart found that purchases made directly inside ChatGPT converted at only one-third the rate of traditional website checkouts, leading it to abandon OpenAI's Instant Checkout in favor of routing users through its own platform. Search Engine Land reports: Starting in November, Walmart offered about 200,000 products through OpenAI's Instant Checkout. Users could complete purchases inside ChatGPT without visiting Walmart's site. Daniel Danker, Walmart's EVP of product and design, said those in-ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-chatgpt-checkout-converted-3x-worse-than-website/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-chatgpt-checkout-converted-3x-worse-than-website/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnlyFans Owner Dies At 43]]></title><description><![CDATA[Computershack shares a report from NBC News: Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of adult-content platform OnlyFans, has died of cancer at the age of 43, the company said in a statement on Monday. "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer," an OnlyFans spokesperson said. "His family have requested privacy at this difficult time."Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur, acquired Fenix International Limited, the parent c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/onlyfans-owner-dies-at-43/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/onlyfans-owner-dies-at-43/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber's Deal Blitz To Stop a Robotaxi Monopoly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber is aggressively partnering with multiple robotaxi companies to avoid a future dominated by Waymo or Tesla. The ride-hailing giant has struck deals with at least a dozen autonomous vehicle players in recent years. Just last week, it announced a $1.25 billion partnership with Rivian, with plans to deploy up to 50,000 driverless vehicles over the next decade. Business Insider reports: Uber announced three new robotaxi partnerships in the past few weeks with Zoox, Wayve-Nissan, and Rivian. In l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubers-deal-blitz-to-stop-a-robotaxi-monopoly/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubers-deal-blitz-to-stop-a-robotaxi-monopoly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit Is Weighing Identity Verification Methods To Combat Its Bot Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with several verification methods with varying degrees of heavy-handedness."The most lightweight way is with somet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-is-weighing-identity-verification-methods-to-combat-its-bot-problem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-is-weighing-identity-verification-methods-to-combat-its-bot-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will AI Force Source Code to Evolve - Or Make it Extinct?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will there be an AI-optimized programming language at the expense of human readability? There's now been experiments with minimizing tokens for "LLM efficiency, without any concern for how it would serve human developers."<br />
This new article asks if AI will force source code to evolve &mdash; or make it extinct, noting that Stephen Cass, the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum, has even been asking the ultimate question about our future. "Could we get our AIs to go straight from prompt to an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-force-source-code-to-evolve-or-make-it-extinct/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-force-source-code-to-evolve-or-make-it-extinct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware:GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup. "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account," the project stated. "If GrapheneOS devices can't be sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it."<br />
The statement came after]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Microsoft Insiders Fight to Drop Windows 11's Microsoft Account Requirements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, Microsoft announced it's fixing common Windows 11 complaints. But what about getting rid of that requirement to have a Microsoft account before installing Windows 11? While Microsoft didn't mention that at all, the senior editor at the blog Windows Central reports there's "a number of people" internally pushing at Microsoft to relax that requirement:Microsoft Vice President and overall developer legend Scott Hanselman has posted on X in response to someone asking him about possibly relaxing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-microsoft-insiders-fight-to-drop-windows-11s-microsoft-account-requirements/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-microsoft-insiders-fight-to-drop-windows-11s-microsoft-account-requirements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart Announces Digital Price Labels for Every Store in the U.S. By the End of 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart is "rolling out digital price tags to replace the old paper ones," reports CNBC, planning to implement them in all U.S. stores by the end of the year:<br />
Amanda Bailey, a team leader in electronics who works at a Walmart in West Chester, Ohio, estimates that the digital shelf labels &mdash; known as DSLs &mdash; have cut the time she used to spend on pricing duties by 75%, time that has freed her up to help customers. She also said the DSLs are a game-changer because Walmart's Spark deliver]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-announces-digital-price-labels-for-every-store-in-the-us-by-the-end-of-2026/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-announces-digital-price-labels-for-every-store-in-the-us-by-the-end-of-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trapped! Inside a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man crossing the street one San Francisco night spotted a self-driving car &mdash; and decided to confront its passenger, 37-year-old tech worker Doug Fulop. The New York Times reports the man yelled that "he wanted to kill Fulop and the other two passengers for giving money to a robot."<br />
A taxi driver would have simply driven away. But Fulop's vehicle had no driver &mdash; it was a self-driving Waymo... Self-driving cars are designed to stop moving if a person is nearby. People can take advant]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trapped-inside-a-self-driving-car-during-an-anti-robot-attack/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trapped-inside-a-self-driving-car-during-an-anti-robot-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Announces $20B 'Terafab' Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA["Billionaire Elon Musk has announced plans to build a $20 billion chip plant in Austin, Texas" reports a local news station:Musk announced on Saturday night during a livestream on his social media platform X that the plant, called "Terafab," will be built near Tesla's campus and gigafactory in eastern Travis County. The long-anticipated project is a joint venture between Musk-owned properties Tesla, SpaceX and xAI... The Terafab plant is expected to begin production in 2027.Musk "has said the se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-announces-20b-terafab-chip-plant-in-texas-to-supply-his-companies/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-announces-20b-terafab-chip-plant-in-texas-to-supply-his-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Leaders Support California Bill to Stop 'Dominant Platforms' From Blocking Competition]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new bill proposed in California "goes after big tech companies" writes Semafor. Supported by Y Combinator, Cory Doctorow , and the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, it's called the "BASED" act &mdash; an acronym which stands for "Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms."<br />
As announced by San Francisco state representative Scott Wiener, the bill "will restore competition to the digital marketplace by prohibiting any digital platform with a market]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-leaders-support-california-bill-to-stop-dominant-platforms-from-blocking-competition/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-leaders-support-california-bill-to-stop-dominant-platforms-from-blocking-competition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Apple Temporarily Blocked Popular Vibe Coding Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the tech-news blog Neowin:Apple appears to have temporarily prevented apps, including Replit and Vibecode, from pushing new updates. Apple seems bothered by how apps like Replit present vibe-coded apps in a web view within the original app. This process virtually allows the app to become something else. And the new app isn't distributed via the App Store, but it still runs on the user's device... [S]uch apps would also bypass the App Store Review proce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-apple-temporarily-blocked-popular-vibe-coding-apps/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-apple-temporarily-blocked-popular-vibe-coding-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Shatner Celebrates 95th Birthday, Smokes Cigar, Revisits 'Rocket Man' and Tests X Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was 60 years ago when William Shatner &mdash; born in 1931 &mdash; portrayed Captain Kirk in the TV series Star Trek. Shatner turns 95 today &mdash; and celebrated by posting a picture of himself smoking a cigar.<br />
"At 95, I'm still smokin'!" Shatner joked, adding that in life he'd learned two things. "Never waste a good cigar. Never trust anyone who says you should 'act your age.'"<br />
For more celebrations, Paramount's free/ad-supported streaming platform Pluto TV announced a "Trek TV takeover bi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/william-shatner-celebrates-95th-birthday-smokes-cigar-revisits-rocket-man-and-tests-x-money/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/william-shatner-celebrates-95th-birthday-smokes-cigar-revisits-rocket-man-and-tests-x-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A CNN Producer Explores the 'Magic AI' Workout Mirror]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNN looks at "the Magic AI fitness mirror," a new product "watching you, and giving you feedback automatically," while sometimes playing footage of a recorded personal trainer.<br />
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland describes CNN's video report:CNN says the device "tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time &mdash; and it doesn't go easy on you." (Although the company's CEO/cofounder, Varun Bhanot, says "we're not trying to completely replace personal trainers. What we are prov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-cnn-producer-explores-the-magic-ai-workout-mirror/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-cnn-producer-explores-the-magic-ai-workout-mirror/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Search Is Now Sometimes Using AI To Replace Headlines]]></title><description><![CDATA["Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated," reports the Verge:<br />
After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it's starting to mess with headlines in the traditional "10 blue links," too. We've found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the process. For example, Google reduced our headline "I used the 'cheat on everything' AI tool and it didn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-search-is-now-sometimes-using-ai-to-replace-headlines/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-search-is-now-sometimes-using-ai-to-replace-headlines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Plans to Test Four-Legged Robots on Wheels for Deliveries]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNBC reports:<br />
Amazon has acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics company developing machines for "doorstep delivery," the company confirmed Thursday... It announced the deal in a notice sent to third-party delivery contractors... "We believe this technology, when working alongside your [delivery associates], has the potential to further improve safety outcomes and the overall customer experience, particularly in the last steps of the delivery process...." In its notice to delivery service partner owners]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-plans-to-test-four-legged-robots-on-wheels-for-deliveries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-plans-to-test-four-legged-robots-on-wheels-for-deliveries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Cable TV Industry Faces 'Dramatic Collapse' as Local Operators Shut Down - or Become ISPs]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's cable TV industry "is undergoing its most dramatic collapse in history," reports Cord Cutters News, "with operators large and small waving the white flag on traditional TV service and pointing their customers toward streaming platforms instead." Just in 2025 Comcast lost 1.25 million pay-TV subscribers (ending the year with just 11.3 million), while Charter Spectrum also lost hundreds of thousands of customers each quarter.But "for smaller regional operators, who lack the scale and div]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-cable-tv-industry-faces-dramatic-collapse-as-local-operators-shut-down-or-become-isps/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-cable-tv-industry-faces-dramatic-collapse-as-local-operators-shut-down-or-become-isps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meteor Rumbles Over Houston, as Six-Pound Fragment Crashes Into a Texas Home]]></title><description><![CDATA["It is the talk of the town today &mdash; the loud boom, the flash of light in the sky experienced by a lot of folks across the Houston area this afternoon," says a local Texas newscaster. "And then there was this &mdash; a home in northwest Harris county hit by something that crashed through their roof."<br />
Travelling at very high speed, the six-pound meteorite crashed through their roof and through their attic, crashing again through the ceiling oF the floor below. It then bounced off the floor,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meteor-rumbles-over-houston-as-six-pound-fragment-crashes-into-a-texas-home/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meteor-rumbles-over-houston-as-six-pound-fragment-crashes-into-a-texas-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla's Upcoming Electric Big Rig Is Already a Hit with Truckers]]></title><description><![CDATA["After nearly a decade of delays and industry skepticism, Tesla's electric big rig is finally rolling out of Nevada's Gigafactory for mass production starting summer 2026," writes Gadget Review. And some truckers who tested the vehicles already love them (as reported by the Wall Street Journal):Dakota Shearer and Angel Rodriguez, among other pilot drivers, rave about the centered cab that eliminates blind spots during tight maneuvers. The automatic transmission means no more wrestling with 13-ge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teslas-upcoming-electric-big-rig-is-already-a-hit-with-truckers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teslas-upcoming-electric-big-rig-is-already-a-hit-with-truckers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trivy Supply Chain Attack Spreads, Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages]]></title><description><![CDATA["We have removed all malicious artifacts from the affected registries and channels," Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury posted today, noting that all the latest Trivy releases "now point to a safe version." But "On March 19, we observed that a threat actor used a compromised credential..."<br />
And today The Hacker News reported the same attackers are now "suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that have led to the compromise of a large number of npm packages..." (The attackers apparently leveraged]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trivy-supply-chain-attack-spreads-triggers-self-spreading-canisterworm-across-47-npm-packages/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trivy-supply-chain-attack-spreads-triggers-self-spreading-canisterworm-across-47-npm-packages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFF Tells Publishers: Blocking the Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, But It Will Erase The Historical Record]]></title><description><![CDATA["Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper," writes EFF senior policy analyst Joe Mullin.<br />
"That's effectively what's begun happening online in the last few months."The Internet Archive &mdash; the world's largest digital library &mdash; has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s... But in recent months The New York Times began blocking the Archive from crawling its website, using technical measures that go beyond th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-tells-publishers-blocking-the-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-but-it-will-erase-the-historical-record/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-tells-publishers-blocking-the-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-but-it-will-erase-the-historical-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions Face Mobile Internet Outages in Moscow. 'Digital Crackdown' Feared]]></title><description><![CDATA[13 million people live in Moscow, reports CNN.But since early March the city "has experienced internet and mobile service outages on a level previously unseen." (Though Wi-Fi access to the internet is still available...) Russian social media "is flooded with jokes and memes about sending letters by carrier pigeons or using smartphones as ping-pong paddles..."[Moscow residents] complain they cannot navigate around the center or use their favorite mobile apps. The interruptions appear to have had]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/millions-face-mobile-internet-outages-in-moscow-digital-crackdown-feared/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/millions-face-mobile-internet-outages-in-moscow-digital-crackdown-feared/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juicier Steaks Soon? The UK Approves Testing of Gene-Edited Cow Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA["Juicier steaks could soon be served up after barley was given the go-ahead to become Britain's first gene-edited crop," reports the Telegraph:<br />
In an effort to fatten up cows and get them to market faster, scientists have altered the DNA of Golden Promise barley to increase its fat content... [Regulators have approved the feeding of that barley to cows for further studies.] [T]he small increase reduces the time it takes for farmers to raise animals for slaughter and increases the amount of milk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/juicier-steaks-soon-the-uk-approves-testing-of-gene-edited-cow-feed/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/juicier-steaks-soon-the-uk-approves-testing-of-gene-edited-cow-feed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?]]></title><description><![CDATA[China's orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN.<br />
But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there's not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Station &mdash; considered the signal most expensive object ever built &mdash; before its deorbiting in 2030. A recent Senate bill calls for the U.S. to continue funding it as late as 2032, but that bill still awaits approval from the U.S. Senate and the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-private-space-companies-replace-the-iss-before-2030/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/can-private-space-companies-replace-the-iss-before-2030/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel, NVIDIA, AMD GPU Drivers Finally Play Nice With ReactOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[ReactOS aims to be compatible with programs and drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows.And Slashdot reader jeditobe reports that the project has now "announced significant progress in achieving compatibility with proprietary graphics drivers."<br />
ReactOS now supports roughly 90% of GPU drivers for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, thanks to a series of fixes and the implementation of the KMDF (Kernel-Mode Driver Framework) and WDDM (Windows Display Drive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-nvidia-amd-gpu-drivers-finally-play-nice-with-reactos/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-nvidia-amd-gpu-drivers-finally-play-nice-with-reactos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[50% of Consumers Prefer Brands That Avoid GenAI Content]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: According to the research firm Gartner, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would prefer to do business with brands that avoid using GenAI in consumer facing content such as advertising and promotional messaging.The survey of 1,539 Americans, conducted in October 2025, also found growing skepticism about the reliability of online information, with 61% saying they frequently question whether information they use for everyday decisions is trustworthy... Gartner foun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/50-of-consumers-prefer-brands-that-avoid-genai-content/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/50-of-consumers-prefer-brands-that-avoid-genai-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefox Announces Built-In VPN and Other New Features - and Introduces Its New Mascot]]></title><description><![CDATA[A free built-in VPN is coming to Firefox on Tuesday, Mozilla announced this week:<br />
Free VPNs can sometimes mean sketchy arrangements that end up compromising your privacy, but ours is built from our data principles and commitment to be the world's most trusted browser. It routes your browser traffic through a proxy to hide your IP address and location while you browse, giving you stronger privacy and protection online with no extra downloads. Users will have 50 gigabytes of data monthly in the U.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-announces-built-in-vpn-and-other-new-features-and-introduces-its-new-mascot/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-announces-built-in-vpn-and-other-new-features-and-introduces-its-new-mascot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SystemD Adds Optional 'birthDate' Field for Age Verification to JSON User Records]]></title><description><![CDATA["The systemd project merged a pull request adding a new birthDate field to the JSON user records managed by userdb in response to the age verification laws of California, Colorado, and Brazil," reports the blog It's FOSS.<br />
They note that the field "can only be set by administrators, not by users themselves" &mdash; it's the same record that already holds metadata like realName, emailAddress, and location:Lennart Poettering, the creator of systemd, has clarified that this change is "an optional fi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/systemd-adds-optional-birthdate-field-for-age-verification-to-json-user-records/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/systemd-adds-optional-birthdate-field-for-age-verification-to-json-user-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos Seeking $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies, 'Transform' Them With AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos "is in early talks to raise $100 billion," reports the Wall Street Journal, "for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation."<br />
"The Amazon.com founder is meeting with some of the world's largest asset managers to raise funding for the project."A few months ago, [Bezos] traveled to the Middle East to discuss the new fund with sovereign wealth representatives in the region. More recently, he went to Singapore]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-seeking-100-billion-to-buy-manufacturing-companies-transform-them-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-seeking-100-billion-to-buy-manufacturing-companies-transform-them-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's Hubble Unexpectedly Catches Comet Breaking Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly captured a rare, early-stage breakup of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) just days after it first began disintegrating. Phys.org reports: "Sometimes the best science happens by accident," said co-investigator John Noonan, a research professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University in Alabama. "This comet got observed because our original comet was not viewable due to some new technical constraints after we won our proposal. We had to find a new target]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-hubble-unexpectedly-catches-comet-breaking-up/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-hubble-unexpectedly-catches-comet-breaking-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officer Leaks Location of French Aircraft Carrier With Strava Run]]></title><description><![CDATA[schwit1 shares a report from the BBC: A French officer has reportedly revealed the location of an aircraft carrier deployed towards the Middle East after publicly registering a run on sports app Strava. French news outlet Le Monde first reported the officer, referred to as Arthur, logged a 35-minute run on the app while exercising on the deck of aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on 13 March. He used a smartwatch to record his run and upload the activity to the app, the paper said, creating a ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/officer-leaks-location-of-french-aircraft-carrier-with-strava-run/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/officer-leaks-location-of-french-aircraft-carrier-with-strava-run/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Unveils National AI Policy Framework To Limit State Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: The Trump administration on Friday issued (PDF) a legislative framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence, aiming to create uniform safety and security guardrails around the nascent technology while preempting states from enacting their own AI rules.<br />
The six-pronged outline broadly proposes a slew of regulations on AI products and infrastructure, ranging from implementing new child-safety rules to standardizing the permitting a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-unveils-national-ai-policy-framework-to-limit-state-power/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/white-house-unveils-national-ai-policy-framework-to-limit-state-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBS News Shutters Radio Service After Nearly a Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[CBS News is shutting down its nearly 100-year-old radio news service due to economic pressures and the shift toward digital media and podcasts. Longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather said: "It's another piece of America that is gone." The Associated Press reports: When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network, giving a youthful William S. Paley a start in the business. Famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's rooftop reports during the Nazi bombing of Lo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cbs-news-shutters-radio-service-after-nearly-a-century/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cbs-news-shutters-radio-service-after-nearly-a-century/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Says It Is Fixing Windows 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Microsoft says it is finally listening to user complaints about Windows 11, promising a series of changes focused on performance, reliability, and reducing everyday annoyances. In a message to Windows Insiders, the company outlined plans to bring back long requested features like taskbar repositioning, cut down on intrusive AI integrations, and give users more control over updates. File Explorer is also getting attention, with promised improvements to speed, stability, and g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-says-it-is-fixing-windows-11/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-says-it-is-fixing-windows-11/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work From Home and Drive More Slowly To Save Energy, IEA Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[As energy prices soar from the Iran conflict, the International Energy Agency is urging governments to cut energy use by taking up measures like remote work and reduced speed limits. The group warns the energy security crisis could persist for months, even if supply routes stabilize. "I believe the world has not yet well understood the depth of the energy security challenge we are facing," said IEA's executive director, Fatih Birol. "It is much bigger than what we had in the 1970s... It is also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/work-from-home-and-drive-more-slowly-to-save-energy-iea-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/work-from-home-and-drive-more-slowly-to-save-energy-iea-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Plans Launch of Desktop 'Superapp']]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from Neowin: OpenAI is planning to combine its Atlas web browser, ChatGPT app, and Codex coding app into a singular desktop "superapp." CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, said the company was doubling down on its successful products. By taking this move, the AI company aims to streamline the user experience and reduce fragmentation. Simo said in an internal memo: "We realized we were spreading our efforts across too many apps and stacks, and that we need to simplify our ef]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-plans-launch-of-desktop-superapp/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-plans-launch-of-desktop-superapp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon School Cell Phone Ban: 'Engaged Students, Joyful Teachers']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a repot from the Portland Tribune: There was plenty of uncertainty and debate about the effectiveness of a cell phone ban decreed (PDF) by executive order last summer. But at least in Estacada, the policy has earned two thumbs up, including approval from a "grumpy old teacher." Jeff Mellema is a language arts teacher at Estacada High School. He has worked in the building for 24 years, and he said the new policy that prohibits students from using their phones during the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oregon-school-cell-phone-ban-engaged-students-joyful-teachers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oregon-school-cell-phone-ban-engaged-students-joyful-teachers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ Charges Super Micro Co-Founder For Smuggling $2.5 Billion In Nvidia GPUs To China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from CNN: The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips to China, in violation of U.S. laws barring exports to that country without a license. Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, smuggling goods from the U.S. and co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doj-charges-super-micro-co-founder-for-smuggling-25-billion-in-nvidia-gpus-to-china/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doj-charges-super-micro-co-founder-for-smuggling-25-billion-in-nvidia-gpus-to-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chuck Norris Dies At 86]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader SchroedingersCat writes: Chuck Norris, known for his roles in action films and as Texas Ranger Cordell Walker on the TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger," passed away on March 19, leaving behind a legacy of inspiring millions around the world. He was 86.He became Internet phenomenon after "Chuck Norris Facts" went viral online with such wildly hyperbolic statements as, "Chuck Norris had a staring contest with the sun -- and won," and, "When Chuck Norris does push-ups, he doesn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chuck-norris-dies-at-86/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chuck-norris-dies-at-86/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Plans Smartphone Comeback More Than a Decade After Fire Phone Flop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is reportedly developing a new AI-focused smartphone that doesn't rely as heavily on traditional apps. "The phone is seen as a potential mobile personalization device that can sync with home voice assistant Alexa and serve as a conduit to Amazon customers throughout the day," reports Reuters. From the report: As envisioned, the new phone's personalization features would make buying from Amazon.com, watching Prime Video, listening to Prime Music or ordering food from partners like Grubhub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-plans-smartphone-comeback-more-than-a-decade-after-fire-phone-flop/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-plans-smartphone-comeback-more-than-a-decade-after-fire-phone-flop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As OpenClaw Enthusiasm Grips China, Kids and Retirees Alike Raise 'Lobsters']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics worker in Beijing, has recently started raising a "lobster," hoping that the AI agent he has been training can help organize his specialized industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. "OpenClaw can actually help you accomplish many practical things," the 60-year-old said at a recent event hosted by AI startup Zhipu to teach people how to use and train the AI agent, which has gone viral in China, with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-openclaw-enthusiasm-grips-china-kids-and-retirees-alike-raise-lobsters/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-openclaw-enthusiasm-grips-china-kids-and-retirees-alike-raise-lobsters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera GX Web Browser Comes To Linux]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Opera GX has officially landed on Linux, bringing its gamer-focused browser experience to Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE-based systems. The browser includes GX Control for limiting RAM and network usage, a Hot Tabs Killer to shut down resource-heavy tabs, and built-in sidebar integrations for Discord and Twitch. Opera says this is not just a one-off port, but a long-term effort with ongoing updates and community engagement. "PC gaming has long been associated with a si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/opera-gx-web-browser-comes-to-linux/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/opera-gx-web-browser-comes-to-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Is Helping Drive Cuba's Solar Boom]]></title><description><![CDATA[AleRunner writes: "China is helping Cuba race to capture renewable solar energy as the United States imposes an effective oil blockade on the Caribbean island, creating its worst energy crisis in decades," reports The Washington Post. Later in the article, it states that "China's decades-long push into clean energy technology is now helping to protect it from the soaring oil and gas crisis spurred by Trump's war against Iran," and that "Chinese exports of solar equipment to Cuba skyrocketed from]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-is-helping-drive-cubas-solar-boom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-is-helping-drive-cubas-solar-boom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Cloud Lobby Asks Regulator To Block VMware From Terminating Partner Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: A lobbying trade body for smaller cloud providers is asking the European Commission to impose interim measures blocking Broadcom from terminating the VMware Cloud Service Provider program, calling the decision a death sentence for some tech suppliers and an illegal squeeze on customer choice. As The Reg revealed in January, Broadcom shuttered the scheme, a move sources claimed affects hundreds of CSPs across Europe and curtails options for e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-cloud-lobby-asks-regulator-to-block-vmware-from-terminating-partner-program/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-cloud-lobby-asks-regulator-to-block-vmware-from-terminating-partner-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Bot Traffic Will Exceed Human Traffic By 2027, Cloudflare CEO Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloudflare's CEO predicts AI-driven bot traffic will surpass human internet traffic by 2027, as AI agents generate vastly more web requests than people. "If a human were doing a task -- let's say you were shopping for a digital camera -- and you might go to five websites. Your agent or the bot that's doing that will often go to 1,000 times the number of sites that an actual human would visit," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said in an interview at SXSW this week. "So it might go to 5,000 sites. A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/online-bot-traffic-will-exceed-human-traffic-by-2027-cloudflare-ceo-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4Chan Mocks $700K Fine For UK Online Safety Breaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK regulator Ofcom fined 4chan nearly $700,000 (520,000 pounds) for failing to implement age checks and address illegal content risks under the Online Safety Act, but the platform mocked the penalty and signaled it won't pay. A lawyer representing the company responded with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster, writing in a follow-up post on X: "In the only country in which 4chan operates, the United States, it is breaking no law and indeed its conduct is expressly protected by the Fir]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/4chan-mocks-700k-fine-for-uk-online-safety-breaches/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/4chan-mocks-700k-fine-for-uk-online-safety-breaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rogue AI Triggers Serious Security Incident At Meta]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second time in the past month, an AI agent went rogue at Meta -- this time giving an engineer incorrect advice that briefly exposed sensitive data. The Verge reports: A Meta engineer was using an internal AI agent, which Clayton described as "similar in nature to OpenClaw within a secure development environment," to analyze a technical question another employee posted on an internal company forum. But the agent also independently publicly replied to the question after analyzing it, witho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rogue-ai-triggers-serious-security-incident-at-meta/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rogue-ai-triggers-serious-security-incident-at-meta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapper Afroman Wins Defamation Lawsuit Over Use of Police Raid Footage In His Music Videos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Rapper Afroman, born Joseph Edgar Foreman, famous for his 2000 hit "Because I Got High", has won a defamation lawsuit that seven Ohio police offers filed against him. A jury found he did not defame the officers in music videos he made about a 2022 police raid of his home. In August 2022, Adams County Sheriff's Department raided Afroman's home on suspicion of drug trafficking and kidnapping. Neither drugs nor kidnapping victims were found, and charge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rapper-afroman-wins-defamation-lawsuit-over-use-of-police-raid-footage-in-his-music-videos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rapper-afroman-wins-defamation-lawsuit-over-use-of-police-raid-footage-in-his-music-videos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Details New 24-Hour Process To Sideload Unverified Android Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google is planning big changes for Android in 2026 aimed at combating malware across the entire device ecosystem. Starting in September, Google will begin restricting application sideloading with its developer verification program, but not everyone is on board. Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat tells Ars that the company has been listening to feedback, and the result is the newly unveiled advanced flow, which will allow power users to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Backtracks, Will Keep Horizon Worlds VR Support 'For Existing Games']]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is partially reversing its decision to drop VR support for Horizon Worlds, keeping VR access for existing Unity-based games while shifting future development to a new flatscreen-focused Horizon Engine. UploadVR reports: If you somehow missed it, on Tuesday Meta officially announced that its Horizon Worlds "metaverse" platform would drop VR support in June, meaning it would only be available as a flatscreen experience for the web and smartphones. But now, in an "ask me anything" session on h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-backtracks-will-keep-horizon-worlds-vr-support-for-existing-games/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-backtracks-will-keep-horizon-worlds-vr-support-for-existing-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Acquires Developer Tooling Startup Astral]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI announced it's acquiring developer tooling startup Astral to strengthen its Codex AI coding assistant, which has over 2 million weekly users and has seen a three-fold increase in user growth since the start of the year. CNBC reports: "Through it all, though, our goal remains the same: to make programming more productive. To build tools that radically change what it feels like to build software," Astral's founder and CEO Charlie Marsh wrote in a blog post. The company's acquisition of Astr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acquires-developer-tooling-startup-astral/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acquires-developer-tooling-startup-astral/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart Wins Patents To Give Algorithms More Sway Over Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart has secured patents for systems that use machine learning to forecast demand and automate pricing decisions, "pushing the U.S. retail behemoth into a debate over the use of algorithms to adjust product costs," reports the Financial Times. From the report: In January Walmart obtained a U.S. patent for a "system and method for dynamically and automatically updating item prices" to carry out markdowns in its ecommerce unit, a rapidly growing division that generated more than $150 billion in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-wins-patents-to-give-algorithms-more-sway-over-prices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-wins-patents-to-give-algorithms-more-sway-over-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Considers Legal Action Over $50 Billion Amazon-OpenAI Cloud Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Microsoft is considering legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several agreements, including one that makes Amazon Web Services the exclusive third-party cloud provider for Frontier, OpenAI's enterprise platform for building and running AI agents. The dispute]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-considers-legal-action-over-50-billion-amazon-openai-cloud-deal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-considers-legal-action-over-50-billion-amazon-openai-cloud-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[iPhone Exploit DarkSword Steals Data In Minutes With No Trace]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: A new iOS exploit chain called DarkSword shows how attackers can break into certain iPhones, grab sensitive data like messages, credentials, and even crypto wallets, and then disappear without leaving obvious traces. It targets older iOS 18 builds using Safari and WebGPU flaws to escape Apple's sandbox, which is pretty wild on its own, but what really stands out is how fast it works and how financially motivated these attacks have become. The takeaway is simple but important]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-exploit-darksword-steals-data-in-minutes-with-no-trace/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iphone-exploit-darksword-steals-data-in-minutes-with-no-trace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pardoned Nikola Fraudster Is Raising Funds For AI-Powered Planes He Claims Will Reshape Aviation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trevor Milton, the pardoned founder of Nikola, is seeking $1 billion for AI-powered autonomous planes through a new venture called SyberJet. The Tech Buzz reports: "Autonomous planes will be 10 times harder than Nikola ever was," Milton told the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview. It's a remarkable admission from someone whose last venture collapsed under the weight of securities fraud charges after he overstated the capabilities of Nikola's electric and hydrogen-powered trucks. Milton was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pardoned-nikola-fraudster-is-raising-funds-for-ai-powered-planes-he-claims-will-reshape-aviation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pardoned-nikola-fraudster-is-raising-funds-for-ai-powered-planes-he-claims-will-reshape-aviation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Is Buying Location Data To Track US Citizens, Director Confirms]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans' data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency's director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first time since 2023 that the FBI has confirmed it was buying access to people's data collected from data brokers, who source much of their information -- including location data -- from ordinary consumer phone apps and games, per Politico. At the time]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-director-confirms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-director-confirms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Appeals Piracy Shield Fine, Hopes To Kill Italy's Site-Blocking Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloudflare is appealing a 14.2 million-euro fine from Italy for refusing to comply with its "Piracy Shield" law, which requires blocking access to websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service within 30 minutes. The company argues the system lacks oversight, risks widespread overblocking, and could undermine core Internet infrastructure. Ars Technica's Jon Brodkin reports: Piracy Shield is "a misguided Italian regulatory scheme designed to protect large rightsholder interests at the expense of the broader]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-appeals-piracy-shield-fine-hopes-to-kill-italys-site-blocking-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-appeals-piracy-shield-fine-hopes-to-kill-italys-site-blocking-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Is Trying To Make 'Vibe Design' Happen]]></title><description><![CDATA[With today's latest Stitch updates, Google is trying to make "vibe design" happen, reports The Verge's Jay Peters. The AI-native design platform encourages users to describe goals, feelings, or inspiration in "natural language," rather than starting with traditional blueprints.In a blog post, Google Labs Product Manager Rustin Banks says that Stitch can turn those inputs into interactive prototypes, automatically map user flows, and support real-time iteration. It introduces voice capabilities t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-is-trying-to-make-vibe-design-happen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-is-trying-to-make-vibe-design-happen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Windows 11 Bug Breaks Samsung PCs, Blocking Access To C: Drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Users of Samsung PCs are reporting the inability to access the C: drive after the Windows 11 February update. The bug seems to be in connection with the Samsung Galaxy Connect app, which allows Samsung phones and tablets to connect to Windows machines. [A previous stable version of the app has been re-released to prevent this problem from spreading.] This parody explains the situation with humor. The issue stems from update KB5077181 and is impactin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-windows-11-bug-breaks-samsung-pcs-blocking-access-to-c-drive/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-windows-11-bug-breaks-samsung-pcs-blocking-access-to-c-drive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Plans To Require Labels On AI-Generated Content]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative industries and allowing the AI sector to innovate, saying in a statement that the government would take ti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-plans-to-require-labels-on-ai-generated-content/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-plans-to-require-labels-on-ai-generated-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Is Shutting Down VR Social Platform Horizon Worlds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is shutting down its VR social platform Horizon Worlds, which was once a key piece of the pivot to the metaverse. The company said the app will be taken off the Quest store at the end of March, and fully removed from Quest headsets by June 15. After that date, it will shift to a standalone "mobile-only experience." CNBC reports: The shift for Horizon Worlds, which was once a central part of the company's push into virtual reality, comes weeks after Meta cut over 1,000 employees from Reality]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-shutting-down-vr-social-platform-horizon-worlds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-shutting-down-vr-social-platform-horizon-worlds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SaaS Apocalypse Could Be OpenSource's Greatest Opportunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: Nearly a trillion dollars has been wiped from software stocks in 2026, with hedge funds making billions shorting Salesforce, HubSpot, and Atlassian. At FOSDEM 2026, cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down his bug bounty program after AI-generated slop overwhelmed his team. A new article on HackerNoon argues that most commercial SaaS could inevitably become OpenSource, not out of ideology but economics. The author points to Proxmox replacing VMw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/saas-apocalypse-could-be-opensources-greatest-opportunity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/saas-apocalypse-could-be-opensources-greatest-opportunity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2026 Turing Award Goes To Inventors of Quantum Cryptography]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dave Knott shares a report from the New York Times: On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest society of computing professionals, said Drs. Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard had won this year's Turing Award for their work on quantum cryptography and related technologies. The Turing Award, which was introduced in 1966, is often called the Nobel Prize of computing, and it includes a $1 million prize, which the two scientists will share.[...] The two met in 1979 w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2026-turing-award-goes-to-inventors-of-quantum-cryptography/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2026-turing-award-goes-to-inventors-of-quantum-cryptography/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud 'a Pile of Shit', Yet Approved It Anyway]]></title><description><![CDATA[ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft's GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: "The package is a pile of shit." From the report: In late 2024, the federal government's cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft's biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech giant's "lack of proper detaile]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-yet-approved-it-anyway/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-yet-approved-it-anyway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Can Delist Apps 'With Or Without Cause,' Judge Says In Loss For Musi App]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple's App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned Musi's lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts to fill the perceived gaps in Musi's case."Musi built a streaming service without striking its own deals with copyrigh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISA Urges Endpoint Management System Hardening After Cyberattack Against US Organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA is aware of malicious cyber activity targeting endpoint management systems of U.S. organizations based on the March 11, 2026 cyberattack against U.S.-based medical technology firm Stryker Corporation, which affected their Microsoft environment.1 To defend against similar malicious cyber activity, CISA urges organizations to harden endpoint management system configurations using the recommendations and resources provided in this alert. CISA is conducting enhanced coordination with federal pa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-endpoint-management-system-hardening-after-cyberattack-against-us-organization/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-endpoint-management-system-hardening-after-cyberattack-against-us-organization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experiments Show Potatoes Can Survive In Lunar Solar (With Lots of Help)]]></title><description><![CDATA[sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: In The Martian, fictional astronaut Mark Watney survives the wasteland of Mars by growing potatoes in lunar soil -- with a bit of help from human poop. The idea may not be so far-fetched. In a preprint posted this month on bioRxiv, researchers show potatoes can indeed grow in the equivalent of Moon dust, though they need a lot of help from compost found on Earth. To make the discovery, scientists first had to re-create lunar regolith -- the loose, p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/experiments-show-potatoes-can-survive-in-lunar-solar-with-lots-of-help/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/experiments-show-potatoes-can-survive-in-lunar-solar-with-lots-of-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia Announces Vera Rubin Space-1 Chip System For Orbital AI Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia unveiled its Vera Rubin Space-1 system for powering AI workloads in orbital data centers. "Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived," said CEO Jensen Huang. "As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated." CNBC reports: In a press release, the company said that its Vera Rubin Space-1 Module, which includes the IGX Thor and Jetson Orin, will be used on space missions led by multiple companies. The chips are sp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-announces-vera-rubin-space-1-chip-system-for-orbital-ai-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-announces-vera-rubin-space-1-chip-system-for-orbital-ai-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this month, largely try to take the things AI is good at, or could be good at, and match them to existing job categories and job tasks. But the papers ignore some of the most impactful and most]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arizona Charges Kalshi With Illegal Gambling Operation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arizona has filed criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business. "Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. The case could ultimately head to the Supreme Court to decide whether federal oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overrides]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arizona-charges-kalshi-with-illegal-gambling-operation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arizona-charges-kalshi-with-illegal-gambling-operation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rural Ohioans Seek To Ban Data Centers Through Constitutional Amendment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents in rural Ohio are pushing a constitutional amendment to ban large data centers over 25 megawatts, citing concerns about energy use, water consumption, and lack of transparency around proposed projects. "My biggest concern is because I love Adams County," Nikki Gerber told Cleveland.com. "What it feels like they are doing is just taking advantage of the unzoned rural areas of Ohio, where they can go ahead and put in whatever they want." From the report: Gerber and a handful of residents]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rural-ohioans-seek-to-ban-data-centers-through-constitutional-amendment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rural-ohioans-seek-to-ban-data-centers-through-constitutional-amendment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gamers React With Overwhelming Disgust To DLSS 5's Generative AI Glow-Ups]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyle Orland writes via Ars Technica: Since deep-learning super-sampling (DLSS) launched on 2018's RTX 2080 cards, gamers have been generally bullish on the technology as a way to effectively use machine-learning upscaling techniques to increase resolutions or juice frame rates in games. With yesterday's tease of the upcoming DLSS 5, though, Nvidia has crossed a line from mere upscaling into complete lighting and texture overhauls influenced by "generative AI." The result is a bland, uncanny glos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance Bros To Tech Bros: Don't Mess With My Bloomberg Terminal]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: A battle of insults and threats has broken out between the tech world and Wall Street. What's got everyone so worked up? The same thing that starts most fights: business software. A series of social-media posts went viral in recent days with claims that AI has created a worthy -- and way cheaper -- alternative to the Bloomberg terminal, a computer system that is like oxygen to professional investors. Now "Bloomberg is cooked," som]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/finance-bros-to-tech-bros-dont-mess-with-my-bloomberg-terminal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/finance-bros-to-tech-bros-dont-mess-with-my-bloomberg-terminal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Ends $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold Sales After Just Three Months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung is reportedly ending sales of the Galaxy Z TriFold just months after launch, likely due to "high production costs" and limited supply. 9to5Google reports: The Galaxy Z TriFold launched in South Korea barely four months ago, arriving in Samsung's home market ahead of a larger debut in the U.S. and other markets in January. The $2,899 smartphone brought an entirely new form factor to the foldable market, but it's apparently very short-lived.Korean media reports (via SamMobile) that Samsung]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-ends-2899-galaxy-z-trifold-sales-after-just-three-months/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-ends-2899-galaxy-z-trifold-sales-after-just-three-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia Expects To Sell 'At Least' $1 Trillion In AI Chips By 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threw out a lot of numbers -- mostly of the technical variety -- during his keynote Monday to kick off the company's annual GTC Conference in San Jose, California. But there was one financial figure that investors surely took notice of: his projection that there will be $1 trillion worth of orders for Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips, a monetary reflection of a booming AI business.About an hour into his keynote,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-expects-to-sell-at-least-1-trillion-in-ai-chips-by-2028/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-expects-to-sell-at-least-1-trillion-in-ai-chips-by-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Split Spacebars the Next Big Gaming Keyboard Trend?]]></title><description><![CDATA["There are countless upgrades you could make to your gaming setup," writes PC Gamer's Jacob Ridley. "A wireless this, a bigger that, a faster thing. But how do you know what's going to be a genuine upgrade worth investing in? Personally, I think it might be split spacebars." His argument centers on the fact that spacebars take up a "greedy" amount of keyboard space -- space that could instead be divided into multiple keys for different actions, such as voice chat or melee attacks. From the repor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-split-spacebars-the-next-big-gaming-keyboard-trend/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-split-spacebars-the-next-big-gaming-keyboard-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US SEC Preparing To Scrap Quarterly Reporting Requirement]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. SEC is reportedly preparing a proposal to make quarterly earnings reports optional, potentially allowing companies to report results just twice a year. "The proposal could be published as soon as next month," reports Reuters, citing a paywalled report from the Wall Street Journal, adding that "regulators are in talks with major exchanges to discuss how their rules may need to be adjusted." Reuters reports: The SEC will vote on the proposal once it is published, after a public comment pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-sec-preparing-to-scrap-quarterly-reporting-requirement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-sec-preparing-to-scrap-quarterly-reporting-requirement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asteroid Ryugu Has All of the Main Ingredients For Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samples from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five nucleobases -- the key building blocks of DNA and RNA. "This strengthens the idea that asteroids may have brought the ingredients for the first living organisms to Earth long ago," reports New Scientist. From the report: Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft visited Ryugu in 2018, where it shot two projectiles -- one small and one large -- into the surface of the asteroid and collected the resulting debris. It arrived back at Earth with the samples in 202]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asteroid-ryugu-has-all-of-the-main-ingredients-for-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asteroid-ryugu-has-all-of-the-main-ingredients-for-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bills Would Ban Liability Lawsuits For Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: Republican lawmakers in multiple states and Congress are advancing proposals to shield polluters from climate accountability and prevent any type of liability for climate change harms -- even as these harms and their associated costs continue to mount. It's the latest in a counter-offensive that has unfolded on multiple fronts, from the halls of Congress and the White House to courts and state attorneys general offices across the coun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bills-would-ban-liability-lawsuits-for-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bills-would-ban-liability-lawsuits-for-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydropower Line From Quebec Could Power a Million NYC Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Champlain Hudson Power Express, a $6 billion, 339-mile buried transmission line, will soon deliver Canadian hydropower from Hydro-Quebec to New York City. The project could supply up to 20% of the city's electricity and power roughly one million homes throughout the year. "This is far and away the largest project I have ever worked on," said Bob Harrison, who has worked in infrastructure for 40 years and is the head of engineering for the Champlain Hudson Power Express. "We like to say it's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hydropower-line-from-quebec-could-power-a-million-nyc-homes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hydropower-line-from-quebec-could-power-a-million-nyc-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New 'Vibe Coded' AI Translation Tool Splits the Video Game Preservation Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term "vibe coding" just over a year ago, we've seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with less human time and effort than ever before. One such vibe-coded project, Gaming Alexandria Researcher, launched over the weekend as what coder Dustin Hubbard called an effort to help organize the hundreds of scanned Japanese gaming m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-vibe-coded-ai-translation-tool-splits-the-video-game-preservation-community/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-vibe-coded-ai-translation-tool-splits-the-video-game-preservation-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that makes short-distance delivery robots for food and groceries. Soon, those robot couriers will scoot aroun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pokemon-go-players-unknowingly-trained-delivery-robots-with-30-billion-images/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pokemon-go-players-unknowingly-trained-delivery-robots-with-30-billion-images/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia Bets On OpenClaw, But Adds a Security Layer Via NemoClaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[During today's Nvidia GTC keynote, the company introduced NemoClaw, a security-focused stack designed to make the autonomous AI agent platform OpenClaw safer. ZDNet explains how it works: NemoClaw installs Nvidia's OpenShell, a new open-source runtime that keeps agents safer to use by enforcing an organization's policy-based guardrails. OpenShell keeps models sandboxed, adds data privacy protections and additional security for agents, and makes them more scalable. "This provides the missing infr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-bets-on-openclaw-but-adds-a-security-layer-via-nemoclaw/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-bets-on-openclaw-but-adds-a-security-layer-via-nemoclaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polymarket Gamblers Threaten To Kill Journalist Over Iran Missile Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Times of Israel, written by journalist Emanuel Fabian: On Tuesday, March 10, a massive explosion shook the city of Beit Shemesh, just outside Jerusalem, in yet another Iranian ballistic missile attack during the ongoing war. Rescue services scrambled to the scene in search of possible casualties, though as it turned out, the projectile had struck a forested area just outside the city, around 500 meters from homes. On The Times of Israel's liveblog tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polymarket-gamblers-threaten-to-kill-journalist-over-iran-missile-story/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polymarket-gamblers-threaten-to-kill-journalist-over-iran-missile-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI For Copyright, Trademark Infringement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI, alleging its AI models were trained on nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles and sometimes reproduce or misattribute passages to the encyclopedia. The lawsuit also claims trademark infringement and argues tools like ChatGPT divert traffic away from Britannica and Merriam-Webster sites. Engadget reports: More specifically, Britannica alleged that OpenAI illegally used its "copyrighted content at a massive scale" when training its AI models. Not just with tra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/encyclopedia-britannica-sues-openai-for-copyright-trademark-infringement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/encyclopedia-britannica-sues-openai-for-copyright-trademark-infringement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Launches AirPods Max 2 With Better ANC, Live Translation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has quietly announced the AirPods Max 2, featuring improved active noise cancellation, an H2 chip, and new features like adaptive audio and AI-powered real-time translation. Like the original model, these headphones start at $549. The Verge reports: As noted by Apple, the AirPods Max 2 offer active noise-cancellation that's 1.5 times more effective when compared to its predecessor. Transparency mode, which allows you to hear your surroundings while wearing the headphones, also sounds "more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-launches-airpods-max-2-with-better-anc-live-translation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-launches-airpods-max-2-with-better-anc-live-translation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Signs $27 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With Nebius]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI infrastructure company Nebius signed a deal to provide up to $27 billion in AI computing capacity to Meta over the next five years, including a guaranteed $12 billion purchase by 2027. Reuters reports: Under the agreement, Meta will also buy an additional $15 billion worth of capacity planned by Nebius over the coming five years if it is not sold to other customers, giving the contract a total value of up to $27 billion, Nebius said. The deal is the latest example of U.S. tech giants' efforts]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-signs-27-billion-ai-infrastructure-deal-with-nebius/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-signs-27-billion-ai-infrastructure-deal-with-nebius/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Centers Overtake Offices In US Construction-Spending Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Spending on data center projects in the U.S. has exploded, surpassing offices for the first time at the end of last year. It's a trend Matt Kunz saw early on when Meta built a computing hub outside Columbus, Ohio. Other tech companies soon swarmed into the area, drawn by its stable economy, university talent pipeline and ample power, water and land, said Kunz, vice president and general manager at Turner Construction Co., the firm that led Meta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/data-centers-overtake-offices-in-us-construction-spending-shift/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/data-centers-overtake-offices-in-us-construction-spending-shift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Rules TCL's 'QLED' TVs Aren't Truly QLED]]></title><description><![CDATA[A German court ruled that TCL misled consumers by marketing certain TVs as "QLED" when they "do not deliver the color reproduction expected from QLED TVs." It has ordered the company to stop advertising or selling those models in Germany. TechRadar reports: The case was filed by Samsung, which claimed that TCL was running deceptive advertising, and more court cases on the same topic are coming in other countries, including the US. The lawsuits all make the same claim: that what TCL calls a QLED]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/court-rules-tcls-qled-tvs-arent-truly-qled/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/court-rules-tcls-qled-tvs-arent-truly-qled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animated 'Firefly' Reboot In Development With Nathan Fillion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An animated reboot of Firefly is in early development at 20th Television Animation with Nathan Fillion involved. The project has Joss Whedon's blessing and will be run by writers Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim, with early concept art already underway. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "The series would be set in the timeline between the original, 11-episode TV run in 2002 and the 2005 feature film continuation, Serenity." You can watch Fillion announce the Firefly reboot on Instagram.When t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/animated-firefly-reboot-in-development-with-nathan-fillion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/animated-firefly-reboot-in-development-with-nathan-fillion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sodium-Ion Battery Tested for Grid-Scale Storage in Wisconsin]]></title><description><![CDATA["A new type of battery storage is about to be deployed on the Midwestern grid for the first time," reports Electrek:<br />
Sodium-ion battery storage manufacturer Peak Energy and global energy company RWE Americas will pilot a passively cooled sodium-ion battery system in eastern Wisconsin on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator network &mdash; the first sodium-ion deployment on that grid. Peak Energy says its technology is specifically designed for grid-scale storage and leverages sodium-ion]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sodium-ion-battery-tested-for-grid-scale-storage-in-wisconsin/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sodium-ion-battery-tested-for-grid-scale-storage-in-wisconsin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Android, Epic, and What's Really Behind Google's 'Existential' Threat to F-Droid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting in September, even Android developers not in Google's Play Store will still be required to register with Google to distribute their apps in Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, with Google continuing "to roll out these requirements globally" four months later. Even developers distributing Android apps on the web for sideloading will be required to register, pay Google a $25 fee, and provide a government ID.But there's a new theory on what's secretly been motivating Google from an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-epic-and-whats-really-behind-googles-existential-threat-to-f-droid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-epic-and-whats-really-behind-googles-existential-threat-to-f-droid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FSF Threatens Anthropic Over Infringed Copyright:  Share Your LLMs Freely]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2024 Anthropic was sued over claims it infringed copyrights when training LLMs.But as they try to settle, they may have a problem. The Free Software Foundation announced Friday that Anthropic's training data apparently even included the book "Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software" &mdash; for which the Free Software Foundation holds a copyright.It was published by O'Reilly and by the FSF under the GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL). This is a free license allo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-threatens-anthropic-over-infringed-copyright-share-your-llms-freely/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-threatens-anthropic-over-infringed-copyright-share-your-llms-freely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK Will Invest Billions to Build a Nuclear Fusion Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK's science minister is announcing details of a five-year, &pound;2.5 billion investment in nuclear fusion, reports the Times of London, "including building one of the world's first prototype fusion power plants in Nottinghamshire and developing a UK sector projected to employ 10,000 people by 2030."<br />
Despite the potentially transformative impact of fusion, which in theory could provide limitless clean energy and create a &pound;12 trillion global market, no country has managed to use this f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-uk-will-invest-billions-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-industry/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-uk-will-invest-billions-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2026's EV Sales Hit 1.1M - But Europe Surges While North America Slides]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe's EV sales for January and February spiked 21% from last year, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Electrek reports that just in those two months over 600,000 EVs were sold in Europe.<br />
And figures for "rest of world" (which excludes Europe, North America, and China) are up a whopping 84% &mdash; with 370,000 EVs sold in January and February. (EVs now represent more than 30% of the vehicles sold in South Korea.)<br />
But for the same period China's sales are down 26% from]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2026s-ev-sales-hit-11m-but-europe-surges-while-north-america-slides/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2026s-ev-sales-hit-11m-but-europe-surges-while-north-america-slides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Slashdot:  What's the Best All-Purpose RISC-V System on a Chip Family?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader SysEngineer does embedded/IoT work, but "I want to pick a single system-on-a-chip architecture family and commit to it across multiple product lines &mdash; sensor nodes up through edge gateways... I've been on one platform for years and want to know what embedded engineers are actually running in production before I commit!"And "the family needs to scale &mdash; cheap and small at the low end, capable of running Linux on the bigger variants!"Their requirements?<br />
WiFi + BLE requir]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-whats-the-best-all-purpose-risc-v-system-on-a-chip-family/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-whats-the-best-all-purpose-risc-v-system-on-a-chip-family/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CachyOS Dethrones Arch As ProtonDB's Top Linux Gamer Desktop Distro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linux gaming "has gotten to the point where some people claim that Linux runs their games better than Windows does," according to the Android site XDA Developers. And there's a new surprise on ProtonDB, an "unofficial" community website with crowdsourced data about videogame compatability with the Linux software/gaming compatability layer Proton:<br />
On ProtonDB, one operating system had reigned supreme since 2021: Arch Linux. And I say 'had,' because its streak has just been ended by [Arch-based] C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-protondbs-top-linux-gamer-desktop-distro/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cachyos-dethrones-arch-as-protondbs-top-linux-gamer-desktop-distro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How One Company Finally Exposed North Korea's Massive Remote Workers Scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[NBC News investigates North Korea's "wide-ranging effort to place remote workers at U.S. companies in order to funnel money back to its coffers and, in some cases, steal sensitive information."<br />
And working with the FBI, one corporate security/investigations company decided to knowingly hire one of North Korea's remote workers &mdash; then "ship him a laptop and gain as much information as possible" about this "sprawling international employment scheme that is estimated to include hundreds of Ame]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-one-company-finally-exposed-north-koreas-massive-remote-workers-scam/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-one-company-finally-exposed-north-koreas-massive-remote-workers-scam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick's Newest Venture?  'Gainfully Employed Robots']]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick launched a new venture that "will focus on creating 'gainfully employed robots' for the food, mining and transport industries," Bloomberg reports.<br />
"I left Uber in 2017 heartbroken," writes Kalanick on the new company's web site. Kalanick resigned under pressure in 2017, and complains he was "torn away from an idea and a movement that I had poured my life into... I bled, but I did not perish. I got back up and fought my way back into the arena, back to my calling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uber-co-founder-travis-kalanicks-newest-venture-gainfully-employed-robots/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uber-co-founder-travis-kalanicks-newest-venture-gainfully-employed-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Banksy Remain Anonymous?]]></title><description><![CDATA[He's "the most famous anonymous man in the world," suggests Reuters. But investigating Banksy's artworks in a bombed Ukrainian village (and other clues in the U.K. and Manhattan) have led them to "a hand-written confession by the artist to a long-ago misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct &mdash; a document that revealed, beyond dispute, Banksy's true identity."<br />
But Banksy's long-time lawyer "urged us not to publish this report, saying doing so would violate the artist's privacy, interfere wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-banksy-remain-anonymous/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-banksy-remain-anonymous/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Raises Concerns About AI Chatbots Fueling Delusional Thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA["Emerging evidence indicates that agential AI might validate or amplify delusional or grandiose content, particularly in users already vulnerable to psychosis," writes Dr Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and researcher at King's College in London, in a paper published last week in the Lancet Psychiatry. Morrin and a colleague had already noticed patients "using large language model AI chatbots and having them validate their delusional beliefs," reports the Guardian, so he conducted a new scientif]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Documentary Exposes the Truth Behind That 1967 'Bigfoot' Footage]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a surprise in a new documentary about that Bigfoot film shot in 1967 by Roger Patterson, reports the Wall Street Journal.<br />
Capturing Bigfoot "builds to a big reveal: freshly surfaced film that appears to show a woodsy dress rehearsal for one of the world's most enduring hoaxes."In the new footage &mdash; from a Kodak reel dating to 1966 &mdash; Patterson's camera tracks a man in costume, his brother-in-law, moving in a similar fashion to the figure in the 1967 shoot, which featured a diff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-documentary-exposes-the-truth-behind-that-1967-bigfoot-footage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-documentary-exposes-the-truth-behind-that-1967-bigfoot-footage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Canada Need Nationalized, Public AI?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While AI CEOs worry governments might nationalize AI, others are advocating for something similar. Canadian security professional Bruce Schneier and Harvard data scientist Nathan Sanders published this call to action in Canada's most widely-read newspaper (with a readership over 6 million): "Canada Needs Nationalized, Public AI."<br />
While there are Canadian AI companies, they remain for-profit enterprises, their interests not necessarily aligned with our collective good. The only real alternative i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-canada-need-nationalized-public-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/does-canada-need-nationalized-public-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Freenet Network Launches, Along With 'River' Group Chat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wikipedia describes Freenet as "a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication," released in the year 2000. "Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke," Wikipedia adds. (And in 2000 Clarke answered questions from Slashdot's readers...)<br />
And now Ian Clarke (aka Sanity &mdash; Slashdot reader #1,431) returns to share this announcement:Freenet's new generation peer-to-peer network is now operational, along with the first applicati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-freenet-network-launches-along-with-river-group-chat/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-freenet-network-launches-along-with-river-group-chat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will AI Bring 'the End of Computer Programming As We Know It'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time tech journalist Clive Thompson interviewed over 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and start-ups for a new article on AI-assisted programming. It's title?"Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It."Published in the prestigious New York Times Magazine, the article even cites long-time programming guru Kent Beck saying LLMs got him going again and he's now finishing more projects than ever, calling AI's unpredictability "addictive, in a slot-mach]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-bring-the-end-of-computer-programming-as-we-know-it/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-ai-bring-the-end-of-computer-programming-as-we-know-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project Finally Finishes Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's America's first large-scale offshore wind project, reports WBUR &mdash; enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes in Massachusetts from 62 offshore wind turbines generating 800 megawatts.<br />
But it took a while... The plant's first construction delay happened back in 2019, they point out &mdash; and then "Just three months ago, when the project was 95% complete, the U.S. Interior Department issued a stop-work order." But after successfully challenging that order in court, and "with a stretch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-project-finally-finishes-construction/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americas-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-project-finally-finishes-construction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Raspberry Pi Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom']]></title><description><![CDATA["Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku &mdash; especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessorHampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-raspberry-pi-saved-the-super-nintendos-infamously-inferior-version-of-doom/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-raspberry-pi-saved-the-super-nintendos-infamously-inferior-version-of-doom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Raspberry Pi Microcontroller Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom']]></title><description><![CDATA["Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku &mdash; especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessorHampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later levels, and mired by sacrifices, like altered levels, no floor or ceiling textures, and the entire fourth episode being cut, [1995's] Doom on the Super NES was not a good version of the game, but it was D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-raspberry-pi-microcontroller-saved-the-super-nintendos-infamously-inferior-version-of-doom/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-raspberry-pi-microcontroller-saved-the-super-nintendos-infamously-inferior-version-of-doom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar 'Balcony' Panels?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plug-in (or "balcony") solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home's electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave while "displacing electricity that otherwise would come in from the grid..."<br />
But what's holding up their adoption in America?<br />
For the panels to become more widely available in the U.S., state lawmakers are proposing bills that eliminate complicated ut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-us-utilities-trying-to-delay-easy-to-use-solar-balcony-panels/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-us-utilities-trying-to-delay-easy-to-use-solar-balcony-panels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show]]></title><description><![CDATA["A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers," writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versions of the devices and tested their instructions, partly to escape the full-screen ads Amazon began showing late last year, and also to overwrite Amazon's locked down Android fork "Fire OS" (and "a similarly neutered version of Linux called Vega OS]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gaming-site-editor-jailbreaks-an-amazon-echo-show/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gaming-site-editor-jailbreaks-an-amazon-echo-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift?]]></title><description><![CDATA["The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change," reports MacRumors:On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous-generation models, these keys are labeled with text instead... Given the U.S. English keyboard layout is the default option for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models sold in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, this chan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-keycaps-use-text-or-glyphs-for-delete-return-tab-caps-lock-and-shift/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/should-keycaps-use-text-or-glyphs-for-delete-return-tab-caps-lock-and-shift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[System76 CEO Sees 'Real Possibility' Colorado's Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems &mdash; but he now sees a "real possibility" Colorado's law might exclude open-source.<br />
Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado's bill, and then posted on X.com that the Senator "suggested excluding open source software from the bill."Richell: This appears to be a real possibility. Amendments are expected... It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/system76-ceo-sees-real-possibility-colorados-age-verification-bill-excludes-open-source/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/system76-ceo-sees-real-possibility-colorados-age-verification-bill-excludes-open-source/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee For Brokering TikTok Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deal to take control of TikTok's U.S. business came with an unusual condition, according to people familiar with the matter. The investors &mdash; which include Oracle, Abu Dhabi investor MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake &mdash; "paid the Treasury Department about $2.5 billion when the deal closed in January," reports the Wall Street Journal, "and are set to make several additional payments until hitting the $10 billion total."<br />
The $10 billion payment would be nearly unprecedented fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-set-to-receive-10-billion-fee-for-brokering-tiktok-deal/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-set-to-receive-10-billion-fee-for-brokering-tiktok-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction]]></title><description><![CDATA[California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California's scarlet monkeyflower "found that many rapidly evolved... allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebound from decline."<br />
"The fact that certain organisms are able to adapt just because of genetics that are already present is a great source of hope," said Daniel Anstett, a plant biologist at Cornell University and lead author on a new study on the is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-species-evolved-fast-enough-to-save-itself-from-extinction/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-species-evolved-fast-enough-to-save-itself-from-extinction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI's Productivity Boost?  Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study]]></title><description><![CDATA["A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli:<br />
According to research cited in Foxit's State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end users say AI tools make them feel more productive, the actual time savings shrink dramatically once people account for reviewing and validating AI-generated output.<br />
The survey of 1,000 desk-based workers and 400 executives in the United States and Un]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ais-productivity-boost-just-16-minutes-per-week-claims-study/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ais-productivity-boost-just-16-minutes-per-week-claims-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last June Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans "have a God-given right to know what's on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It's plain cowboy logic that we must safeguard our real, authentic meat industry from synthetic alternatives."<br />
But California company Wildtype sells lab-grown salmon &mdash; and is suing Texas over its ban on cell-cultivated meat, the Austin Chronicle reported this week. The company's found]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-state-bans-on-lab-grown-meats-challenged-in-court/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-state-bans-on-lab-grown-meats-challenged-in-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers. No date has been set for the cuts and the magnitude has not been finalized, the people said. Top executives have recently signaled the plans to other senior leaders at M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-plans-sweeping-layoffs-as-ai-costs-mount/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-plans-sweeping-layoffs-as-ai-costs-mount/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Long-Lost Episodes of 'Doctor Who' Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader tsuliga writes: Two new episodes of Doctor Who that were previously lost have been found. The original Doctor Who episodes were wiped or deleted by the BBC because they were not aware of the future use of re-runs of these shows. Ninety-five of the 253 episodes from the program's first six years are currently missing. How many more episodes are out there waiting to be rediscovered? "The main broadcasters in the UK in the 1960s, 70s, up to the 80s really, junked quite a lo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-long-lost-episodes-of-doctor-who-found/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/two-long-lost-episodes-of-doctor-who-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved For Official Use In the Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A top Senate administrator on Monday gave aides the green light to use three artificial intelligence chatbots for official work, a reflection of how widespread the use of the products has become in workplaces around the globe. The chief information officer for the Senate sergeant-at-arms, who oversees the chamber's computers as well as security, said in a one-page memo reviewed by The New York Times that aides could use Google's Gemini]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chatgpt-other-chatbots-approved-for-official-use-in-the-senate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chatgpt-other-chatbots-approved-for-official-use-in-the-senate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram Discontinues End-To-End Encryption For DMs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta plans to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) from Instagram direct messages by May 8, 2026. "Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months," says Meta. "Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp." The Hacker News reports: The American company first began testing E2EE for Instagram direct messages in 2021 as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "privacy-foc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/instagram-discontinues-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/instagram-discontinues-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qatar Helium Shutdown Puts Chip Supply Chain On a Two-Week Clock]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iranian drone strikes shut down a major helium facility in Qatar, removing about 30% of global helium supply and raising concerns for the semiconductor industry, which relies on the gas for chip fabrication. "QatarEnergy declared force majeure on existing contracts on March 4, freeing it from supply obligations to customers," reports Tom's Hardware. The industry outlet Gasworld reports that no imminent restart is planned. From the report: Helium consultant Phil Kornbluth, speaking at a Gasworld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Get Used To Cheap AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI services may not stay cheap for long, as companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are currently subsidizing usage to rapidly grow market share. As these companies move toward profitability and potential IPOs, Axios reports that investors will likely push them to increase prices and improve margins. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: Flashback: Silicon Valley has seen this movie before. The so-called "millennial lifestyle subsidy" meant VC money helped underwrite cheap Uber ride]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dont-get-used-to-cheap-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dont-get-used-to-cheap-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digg Relaunch Fails]]></title><description><![CDATA[sdinfoserv writes: After running a Reddit clone for a couple of months, the Digg beta shut down again. The website is a splash memo from CEO Justin Mezzell, blaming the latest "Hard Reset" on bots. "Building on the internet in 2026 is different," writes Mezzell. "We learned that the hard way. Today we're sharing difficult news: we've made the decision to significantly downsize the Digg team..."The decision was made after struggling to gain traction and an overwhelming influx of AI-driven bots an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digg-relaunch-fails/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digg-relaunch-fails/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backblaze Hosts 314 Trillion Digits of Pi Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Cloud storage company Backblaze has partnered with StorageReview to make a massive dataset containing 314 trillion digits of Pi publicly accessible. The digits were calculated by StorageReview in December 2025 after months of heavy computation designed to stress modern hardware. The dataset now hosted in the cloud weighs in at over 130TB, while the full working dataset used during the calculation reached about 2.1PB when intermediate checkpoints were]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/backblaze-hosts-314-trillion-digits-of-pi-online/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/backblaze-hosts-314-trillion-digits-of-pi-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Delays Rollout of New AI Model After Performance Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has delayed the release of its next major AI model after internal tests showed it lagging behind competing systems from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The New York Times reports: The model, code-named Avocado, outperformed Meta's previous A.I. model and did better than Google's Gemini 2.5 model from March, two of the people said. But it has not performed as strongly as Gemini 3.0 from November, they said. As a result, Meta has delayed Avocado's release to at least May from this month, the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-delays-rollout-of-new-ai-model-after-performance-concerns/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-delays-rollout-of-new-ai-model-after-performance-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Nation Execs Brag About 'Robbing' Ticket Buyers In Slack DMs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pitchfork: Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice and Live Nation reached a settlement in the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against the concert giant. During the trial, which lasted only a week, representatives for Live Nation had moved to exclude a collection of Slack direct messages from 2022 between two of the company's regional directors from the evidence presented to the jury. Bloomberg and a number of other publications have, as of today (March]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-execs-brag-about-robbing-ticket-buyers-in-slack-dms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-execs-brag-about-robbing-ticket-buyers-in-slack-dms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's App Store In China Gets Lower 25% Commission To Appease Regulators]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple will cut its App Store commission in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, with small-business and mini-app rates dropping from 15% to 12%. AppleInsider reports: Chinese regulators have been back and forth with Apple in recent years over the 30% App Store commission. The latest publicly known pressure occurred after President Trump slammed the country with seemingly random and outrageous tariffs in 2025. While nothing much else has happened in the public eye in the year since, Apple has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-app-store-in-china-gets-lower-25-commission-to-appease-regulators/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-app-store-in-china-gets-lower-25-commission-to-appease-regulators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facial Recognition Error Jails Innocent Grandmother For Months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mr. Dollar Ton shares a report from the Guardian: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes. Lipps, a mother of three and grandmother of five, said she has lived most of her life in north-central Tennessee. She had never been on an a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-error-jails-innocent-grandmother-for-months/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-error-jails-innocent-grandmother-for-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italian Prosecutors Seek Trial For Amazon, Four Execs Over Alleged $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Milan prosecutors have requested trial for Amazon's European unit and four of its managers over alleged tax evasion worth around $1.38 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The move is unprecedented for a case of this kind in Italy, as Amazon agreed in December to pay 527 million euros, including interest, to Italy's Revenue Agency to settle the tax dispute. In all previous cases involving other international]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-for-amazon-four-execs-over-alleged-14-billion-tax-evasion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-for-amazon-four-execs-over-alleged-14-billion-tax-evasion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple MacBook Neo Beats Every Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early benchmarks show the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo beating every current x86 CPU in single-core Cinebench performance, including chips from Intel and AMD. Notebookcheck reports: We have performed a couple of benchmarks and were particularly impressed by the single-core performance. Not in the short Geekbench test, but in Cinebench 2024, where a single-core test takes about 10 minutes. The A18 Pro consumes between 3.5-4 Watts in this scenario and scores 147 points. This means it is faster than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-macbook-neo-beats-every-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-macbook-neo-beats-every-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple MacBook Neo Beats Ever Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early benchmarks show the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo beating every current x86 CPU in single-core Cinebench performance, including chips from Intel and AMD. Notebookcheck reports: We have performed a couple of benchmarks and were particularly impressed by the single-core performance. Not in the short Geekbench test, but in Cinebench 2024, where a single-core test takes about 10 minutes. The A18 Pro consumes between 3.5-4 Watts in this scenario and scores 147 points. This means it is faster than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-macbook-neo-beats-ever-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-macbook-neo-beats-ever-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Man Wore Smart Glasses For High Court 'Coaching']]></title><description><![CDATA[A witness in a London High Court case was caught using smart glasses connected to his phone to receive real-time coaching while giving evidence during cross-examination. "In my judgement, from what occurred in court, it is clear that call was made, connected to his smart glasses, and continued during his evidence until his mobile phone was removed from him," said Judge Raquel Agnello KC. "Not only have I held that Jakstys was untruthful in denying his use of the smart glasses and his calls to ab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/london-man-wore-smart-glasses-for-high-court-coaching/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/london-man-wore-smart-glasses-for-high-court-coaching/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Backs Anthropic To Halt US DOD's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from Reuters: Microsoft has filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of Anthropic's lawsuit asking the court to temporarily block the U.S. Department of Defense designation of the AI startup as a supply-chain risk. In an amicus brief filing in a federal court in San Francisco, Microsoft backed Anthropic's request for a temporary restraining order against the Pentagon order, arguing that its determination should be paused while the court considers the case. Microsoft,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-backs-anthropic-to-halt-us-dods-supply-chain-risk-designation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-backs-anthropic-to-halt-us-dods-supply-chain-risk-designation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Chrome Is Finally Coming To ARM64 Linux]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Google says it will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the company's full browser to a platform that has existed for years without official support. Until now, Linux users running Arm hardware have largely relied on Chromium builds or unofficial packages if they wanted something close to Chrome. Google says the new build will include the same features found on other platforms, including Google account syncing, Chrome Web Store exte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-arm64-linux/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-arm64-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe CEO to Step Down After 18 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shantanu Narayen announced he will step down as CEO of Adobe once a successor is appointed, ending an 18-year tenure during which he transformed the company from boxed software to the Creative Cloud subscription model. Narayen said he will remain board chair as Adobe continues pushing into generative AI products. CNBC reports: Narayen joined Adobe in 1988 as a vice president and general manager, and he became CEO in 2007. Under Narayen, Adobe pushed from software licenses to subscriptions to its]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adobe-ceo-to-step-down-after-18-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adobe-ceo-to-step-down-after-18-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple's MacBook Neo Makes Repairs Easier, Cheaper Than Other MacBooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple's new MacBook Neo is "easier to repair than other modern MacBooks," according to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham. It introduces a more repairable internal design that makes components like the battery and keyboard easier and cheaper to replace. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from the report: Replacements for pretty much any component in the Neo are simpler and involve fewer steps and tools than in the M5 MacBook Air. That includes the battery, which in the MacBook Air is attached t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-macbook-neo-makes-repairs-easier-cheaper-than-other-macbooks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apples-macbook-neo-makes-repairs-easier-cheaper-than-other-macbooks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perplexity's 'Personal Computer' Lets AI Agents Access Your Local Files]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perplexity AI has introduced a "Personal Computer" agent system that can run on a local machine such as a Mac mini, giving its AI agents access to a user's files and applications to automate tasks. According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the heavy AI processing runs on Perplexity's "secure servers" but sensitive actions will require user approval. There will also be activity logs and a kill switch available to help ease concerns. AppleInsider reports: Perplexity Computer is, effectively, an AI that i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/perplexitys-personal-computer-lets-ai-agents-access-your-local-files/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/perplexitys-personal-computer-lets-ai-agents-access-your-local-files/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned To Build In the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: Honda is making a monumental shift in its business plans. The automaker is canceling the development and launch of the 0 Series SUV, the 0 Series saloon, and the Acura RSX, and as a result, expects to take a significant financial hit in 2026 [of up to $15.8 billion]. The automaker was blunt in its announcement of the changing plans, citing American tariff policies and the unpredictable nature surrounding American EV incentives and fossil fuel regulation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-cancels-all-three-evs-that-it-planned-to-build-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/honda-cancels-all-three-evs-that-it-planned-to-build-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic's Claude AI Can Respond With Charts, Diagrams, and Other Visualschat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic updated Claude so it can automatically generate charts, diagrams, and other interactive visualizations directly inside conversations, rather than only in a side panel. The new visualizations are rolling out now to all users. The Verge reports: As an example, Anthropic says a conversation about the periodic table could lead Claude to generate a visualization of it, featuring interactive elements that let you click inside the table for more information. Another example shows how Claude c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-claude-ai-can-respond-with-charts-diagrams-and-other-visualschat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropics-claude-ai-can-respond-with-charts-diagrams-and-other-visualschat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Maps Gets Its Biggest Navigation Redesign In a Decade, Plus More AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google Maps is rolling out its biggest update in more than a decade, introducing a Gemini-powered chatbot and a new "Immersive Navigation" interface. "Ask Maps" lets users plan trips, ask questions, and refine travel suggestions conversationally within the app. "The new chatbot will be accessible via a button up near the search bar," notes Ars Technica. "You can ask it anything you're likely to find in Google Maps without jumping into another app. You can ask for directions, of course, but it ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-maps-gets-its-biggest-navigation-redesign-in-a-decade-plus-more-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-maps-gets-its-biggest-navigation-redesign-in-a-decade-plus-more-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlassian CEO Cites AI Shift When Announcing Plan To Shed 1,600 Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Atlassian plans to cut 1,600 jobs or a 10th of its global workforce, joining rivals in slashing staffing to cope with the advent of AI and a broader post-Covid industry slowdown. Australian billionaire founder Mike Cannon-Brookes explained the reductions in a staff memo, while also announcing his chief technology officer was leaving the Sydney-based company. "It would be disingenuous to pretend AI doesn't change the mix of skills we need or the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atlassian-ceo-cites-ai-shift-when-announcing-plan-to-shed-1600-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atlassian-ceo-cites-ai-shift-when-announcing-plan-to-shed-1600-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Work From Home, 4-Day Weeks In Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asian governments are implementing emergency measures like four-day workweeks and work-from-home mandates to cope with a fuel shortage triggered by the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. "Asia is particularly dependent on oil exports from the Middle East; Japan and South Korea respectively source 90% and 70% of their oil from the region," notes Fortune. From the report: On March 10, Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs rather than the elevator, and to work-from-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/strait-of-hormuz-closure-triggers-work-from-home-4-day-weeks-in-asia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/strait-of-hormuz-closure-triggers-work-from-home-4-day-weeks-in-asia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reducing Europe's Nuclear Energy Sector Was 'Strategic Mistake', EU Chief Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was a "strategic mistake," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, as governments grapple with an energy crunch from the Iran war. Europe produced around a third of electricity from nuclear power in 1990 but that has fallen to 15%, she told an event in Paris, leaving it reliant on oil and gas imports whose prices have surged in recent days. Being "completely dependent on expensive an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reducing-europes-nuclear-energy-sector-was-strategic-mistake-eu-chief-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reducing-europes-nuclear-energy-sector-was-strategic-mistake-eu-chief-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only Half of Americans Went To a Movie Theater In 2025, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Pew Research Center survey found that only 53% of U.S. adults went to a movie theater in the past year, while 7% said they've never seen a movie in a theater at all. "The findings reflected a domestic box office still fighting to regain its footing since the COVID-19 pandemic, when ticket sales collapsed 81% in 2020 due to theater closures," reports Variety. From the report: In 2025, moviegoers in the U.S. and Canada bought 769.2 million tickets, less than half of the all-time peak of roughly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/only-half-of-americans-went-to-a-movie-theater-in-2025-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/only-half-of-americans-went-to-a-movie-theater-in-2025-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GFiber and Astound Broadband To Join Forces]]></title><description><![CDATA[GFiber (a.k.a. Google Fiber) and Astound Broadband announced that they plan to merge into a deal backed by infrastructure investor Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The resulting company will be majority owned by Stonepeak, with Alphabet becoming a "significant minority shareholder." Light Reading reports: Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners teamed with Patriot Media to acquire Astound in November 2020 for $8.1 billion. Stonepeak is Astound's largest investor. The deal is expected to close in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gfiber-and-astound-broadband-to-join-forces/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gfiber-and-astound-broadband-to-join-forces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Falling Cats Always Seem To Land On Their Feet]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: In a paper, published last month in the journal The Anatomical Record, researchers offered a novel take on falling felines. Their evidence suggests new insights into the so-called falling cat problem, particularly that cats have a very flexible segment of their spines that allows them to correct their orientation midair. [...] People have been curious about falling cats perhaps as long as the animals have been living with humans, but t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-falling-cats-always-seem-to-land-on-their-feet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-falling-cats-always-seem-to-land-on-their-feet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Discover 14,000 Routers Wrangled Into Never-Before-Seen Botnet]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices -- primarily made by Asus -- that have been conscripted into a proxy network that anonymously carries traffic used for cybercrime. The malware -- dubbed KadNap -- takes hold by exploiting vulnerabilities that have gone unpatched by their owners, Chris Formosa, a researcher at security firm Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, told Ars. The high c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-discover-14000-routers-wrangled-into-never-before-seen-botnet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/researchers-discover-14000-routers-wrangled-into-never-before-seen-botnet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's 'Xbox Mode' Is Coming To Every Windows 11 PC]]></title><description><![CDATA[In April, Microsoft will be rolling out a full-screen "Xbox mode" to all Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. The move follows last week's confirmation of its next-generation Xbox console, known internally as Project Helix, which will be capable of running both Xbox titles and PC games. The Verge reports: Technically, you've been able to try the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) in preview since November 2025, if you were part of both the Windows Insider and Xbox Insider Pro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-xbox-mode-is-coming-to-every-windows-11-pc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsofts-xbox-mode-is-coming-to-every-windows-11-pc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammarly Disables Tool Offering Generative-AI Feedback Credited To Real Writers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grammarly has disabled its Expert Review feature after backlash from writers whose names were used to present AI-generated feedback without their permission. Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) CEO Shishir Mehrotra wrote in a LinkedIn post that the company will disable Expert Review while they "reimagine" the feature: Back in August, we launched a Grammarly agent called Expert Review. The agent draws on publicly available information from third-party LLMs to surface writing suggestions inspired by t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grammarly-disables-tool-offering-generative-ai-feedback-credited-to-real-writers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grammarly-disables-tool-offering-generative-ai-feedback-credited-to-real-writers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss E-Voting Pilot Can't Count 2,048 Ballots After USB Keys Fail To Decrypt Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Swiss e-voting pilot was suspended after officials couldn't decrypt 2,048 ballots because the USB keys needed to unlock them failed. "Three USB sticks were used, all with the correct code, but none of them worked," spokesperson Marco Greiner told the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's Swissinfo service. The canton government says it "deeply regrets" the incident and has launched an investigation with authorities. The Register reports: Basel-Stadt announced the problem with its e-voting pilot, op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-e-voting-pilot-cant-count-2048-ballots-after-usb-keys-fail-to-decrypt-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-e-voting-pilot-cant-count-2048-ballots-after-usb-keys-fail-to-decrypt-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Binance Sues WSJ, Panicked By Gov't Probes Into Sanctioned Crypto Transfers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Binance is hoping that suing (PDF) The Wall Street Journal for defamation might help shake off a fresh round of government probes into how the cryptocurrency exchange failed to detect $1.7 billion in transfers to a network that was funding Iran-backed terror groups. The lawsuit comes after a Wall Street Journal investigation, based on conversations with insiders and reviews of internal documents, reported that Binance had quietly dismantled]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/binance-sues-wsj-panicked-by-govt-probes-into-sanctioned-crypto-transfers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/binance-sues-wsj-panicked-by-govt-probes-into-sanctioned-crypto-transfers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia Is Planning to Launch Its Own Open-Source OpenClaw Competitor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nvidia is preparing to launch an open-source AI agent platform called NemoClaw, designed to compete with the likes of OpenClaw. According to Wired, the platform will allow enterprise software companies to dispatch AI agents to perform tasks for their own workforces. "Companies will be able to access the platform regardless of whether their products run on Nvidia's chips," the report adds. From the report: The move comes as Nvidia prepares for its annual developer conference in San Jose next week]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-is-planning-to-launch-its-own-open-source-openclaw-competitor/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nvidia-is-planning-to-launch-its-own-open-source-openclaw-competitor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection To Politicians, Government Officials, and Journalists]]></title><description><![CDATA[YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tools to a pilot group of politicians, government officials, and journalists, allowing them to identify and request removal of unauthorized AI-generated videos impersonating them. TechCrunch reports: The technology itself launched last year to roughly 4 million YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following earlier tests. Similar to YouTube's existing Content ID system, which detects copyright-protected material in users' uploaded videos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-to-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/youtube-expands-ai-deepfake-detection-to-politicians-government-officials-and-journalists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Moves To Curb OpenClaw AI Use At Banks, State Agencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Chinese authorities moved to restrict state-run enterprises and government agencies from running OpenClaw AI apps on office computers, acting swiftly to defuse potential security risks after companies and consumers across China began experimenting with the agentic AI phenomenon. Government agencies and state-owned enterprises, including the largest banks, have received notices in recent days warning them against installing OpenClaw software on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-moves-to-curb-openclaw-ai-use-at-banks-state-agencies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-moves-to-curb-openclaw-ai-use-at-banks-state-agencies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASUS Executive Says MacBook Neo is 'Shock' to PC Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[ASUS says the MacBook Neo is a "shock" to the Windows PC ecosystem. "In the past, Apple's pricing situation has always been high, so for them to release a very budget-friendly product, this is obviously a shock to the entire industry," said ASUS co-CEO S.Y. Hsu in a Tuesday earnings call. While he expects PC makers to respond, rising AI-driven memory shortages could push hardware prices higher across the industry. PCMag reports: Hsu said he believes all the PC players -- including Microsoft, Int]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asus-executive-says-macbook-neo-is-shock-to-pc-industry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asus-executive-says-macbook-neo-is-shock-to-pc-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta To Charge Advertisers a Fee To Offset Europe's Digital Taxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta will begin charging advertisers a 2-5% "location fee" to offset digital services taxes imposed by several European countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Turkey. Reuters reports: The fee, for image or video ads delivered on Meta platforms including WhatsApp click-to-message campaigns and marketing messages together with ads, will apply from July 1 and will also cover other government-imposed levies. "Until now, Meta has covered these additional costs. These changes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-charge-advertisers-a-fee-to-offset-europes-digital-taxes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-charge-advertisers-a-fee-to-offset-europes-digital-taxes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion To Build AI That Understands the Physical World]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta's former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Monday it has raised more than $1 billion to develop AI world models. LeCun argues that most human reasoning is grounded in the physical world, not language, and that AI world models are necessary to develop true human-level intelligence. "The idea that you're going to extend the capabilities of LLMs [large language mod]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/yann-lecun-raises-1-billion-to-build-ai-that-understands-the-physical-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/yann-lecun-raises-1-billion-to-build-ai-that-understands-the-physical-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Faces Second, Class-Action Lawsuit Over Loot Boxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve is facing a new consumer class-action lawsuit two weeks after New York sued the video game company for "letting children and adults illegally gamble" with loot boxes. The new lawsuit is similar, alleging that loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 are "carefully engineered to extract money from consumers, including children, through deceptive, casino-style psychological tactics.""We believe Valve deliberately engineered its gambling platform and profited eno]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-faces-second-class-action-lawsuit-over-loot-boxes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-faces-second-class-action-lawsuit-over-loot-boxes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 1,300-Pound NASA Spacecraft To Re-Enter Earth's Atmosphere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Van Allen Probe A, a 1,300-pound (600 kg) NASA satellite launched in 2012 to study Earth's radiation belts, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this week. While most of it is expected to burn up during descent, "some components may survive," reports the BBC. "The space agency said there is a one in 4,200 chance of being harmed by a piece of the probe, which it characterized as 'low' risk." From the report: The spacecraft is projected to re-enter around 19:45 EST (00:45 GMT) on Tuesday the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-1300-pound-nasa-spacecraft-to-re-enter-earths-atmosphere/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-1300-pound-nasa-spacecraft-to-re-enter-earths-atmosphere/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Outages, Amazon To Make Senior Engineers Sign Off On AI-Assisted Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Amazon's ecommerce business has summoned a large group of engineers to a meeting on Tuesday for a "deep dive" into a spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools. The online retail giant said there had been a "trend of incidents" in recent months, characterized by a "high blast radius" and "Gen-AI assisted changes" among other factors, according to a briefing note for the meeting seen by the FT. Under "cont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Hoare, the Turing Award-winning pioneer who created the Quicksort algorithm, developed Hoare logic, and advanced theories of concurrency and structured programming, has died at age 92.News of his passing was shared today in a blog post. The site I Programmer also commemorated Hoare in a post highlighting his contributions to computer science and the lasting impact of his work. Personal accounts have been shared on Hacker News and Reddit.Many Slashdotters may know Hoare for his aphorism rega]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tony-hoare-turing-award-winning-computer-scientist-behind-quicksort-dies-at-92/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tony-hoare-turing-award-winning-computer-scientist-behind-quicksort-dies-at-92/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: Worried that your latest ask to a cloud-based AI reveals a bit too much about you? Want to know your genetic risk of disease without revealing it to the services that compute the answer? There is a way to do computing on encrypted data without ever having it decrypted. It's called fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE. But there's a rather large catch. It can take thousands -- even tens of thousands -- of times longer to compute on today's C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-demos-chip-to-compute-with-encrypted-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/intel-demos-chip-to-compute-with-encrypted-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last November, Amazon sued Perplexity demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases for users online. Today, a judge ruled in favor of the tech giant, granting it a temporary court injunction blocking the scraping of Amazon's website. According to court filings, the judge found strong evidence the tool accessed the retailer's systems "without authorization." CNBC reports: In a ruling dated Monday, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney wrote that A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-wins-court-order-to-block-perplexitys-ai-shopping-bots/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-wins-court-order-to-block-perplexitys-ai-shopping-bots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Is Buzzing About This New Idea: AI Compute As Compensation]]></title><description><![CDATA[sziring shares a report from Business Insider: Silicon Valley has long competed for talent with ever-richer pay packages built around salary, bonus, and equity. Now, a fourth line item is creeping into the mix: AI inference. As generative AI tools become embedded in software development, the cost of running the underlying models -- known as inference -- is emerging as a productivity driver and a budget line that finance chiefs can't ignore.Software engineers and AI researchers inside tech compan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/silicon-valley-is-buzzing-about-this-new-idea-ai-compute-as-compensation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/silicon-valley-is-buzzing-about-this-new-idea-ai-compute-as-compensation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&amp;amp;T Outlines $250 Billion US Investment Plan To Boost Infrastructure In AI Age]]></title><description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T plans to invest more than $250 billion over the next five years to expand U.S. telecom infrastructure for the AI age. The company says it will also hire thousands of technicians while partnering with AST SpaceMobile to extend coverage to remote areas. Reuters reports: Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and connected devices has prompted telecom operators to invest heavily in fiber and 5G networks as they also seek to fend off intensifying competition from cable b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-outlines-250-billion-us-investment-plan-to-boost-infrastructure-in-ai-age/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/atampampt-outlines-250-billion-us-investment-plan-to-boost-infrastructure-in-ai-age/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ig Nobels Ceremony Moves To Europe Indefinitely, Citing US Safety Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since 1999, Slashdot has been covering the annual Ig Nobel prize ceremonies -- which honor real scientific research into strange or surprising subjects. "After 35 years in Boston, the annual prize ceremony will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, this year and will continue to be held in a European city for the foreseeable future," reports Ars Technica. "The reason: concerns about the safety of international travelers, who are increasingly reluctant to travel to the U.S. to participate.""During t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ig-nobels-ceremony-moves-to-europe-indefinitely-citing-us-safety-concerns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ig-nobels-ceremony-moves-to-europe-indefinitely-citing-us-safety-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle Is Walking Away From Expanding Its Stargate Data Center With Oracle]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly backing away from expanding its AI data center partnership with Oracle because newer generations of Nvidia GPUs may arrive before the facility is even operational. CNBC reports: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle's debt-fueled expansion. OpenAI is no longer planning to expand its partnership with Oracle in Abilene, Texas, home to the Stargate data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-is-walking-away-from-expanding-its-stargate-data-center-with-oracle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-is-walking-away-from-expanding-its-stargate-data-center-with-oracle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Is Walking Away From Expanding Its Stargate Data Center With Oracle]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly backing away from expanding its AI data center partnership with Oracle because newer generations of Nvidia GPUs may arrive before the facility is even operational. CNBC reports: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle's debt-fueled expansion. OpenAI is no longer planning to expand its partnership with Oracle in Abilene, Texas, home to the Stargate data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-is-walking-away-from-expanding-its-stargate-data-center-with-oracle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-is-walking-away-from-expanding-its-stargate-data-center-with-oracle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude AI Finds Bugs In Microsoft CTO's 40-Year-Old Apple II Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II code from 40 years ago as an example. Russinovich wrote: "We are entering an era of automated, AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery that will be leveraged by both defenders and attackers."In May 1986, Russinovich wrote a utility called Enhancer for the Apple II personal computer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-ai-finds-bugs-in-microsoft-ctos-40-year-old-apple-ii-code/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-ai-finds-bugs-in-microsoft-ctos-40-year-old-apple-ii-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network For AI Agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Axios reports that Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral, Reddit-like social network designed for AI agents. Humans are welcome, but only to observe. Axios reports: The deal brings Moltbook's creators -- Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr -- into Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), the unit run by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. Meta did not disclose Moltbook's purchase price. The deal is expected to close mid-March, Meta says, with the pair starting at MSL on March 16. When it launched in late Januar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-acquires-moltbook-the-social-network-for-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-acquires-moltbook-the-social-network-for-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Publishers Push Regulators To Fine Apple Over App Tracking Transparency]]></title><description><![CDATA[German publishers and advertising groups are urging regulators to fine Apple over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system, arguing it unfairly restricts access to advertising data while allowing Apple to remain the central gatekeeper -- without subjecting its own apps to the same restrictions. If Germany's antitrust authority does rule against Apple, the company could face fines of up to 10% of its global revenue. 9to5Mac reports: One of the countries investigating whether ATT is anticompetit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-publishers-push-regulators-to-fine-apple-over-app-tracking-transparency/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-publishers-push-regulators-to-fine-apple-over-app-tracking-transparency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EQT Eyes $6 Billion Sale of SUSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Private equity firm EQT AB is reportedly exploring a sale of SUSE that could value the open-source Linux pioneer at up to $6 billion, roughly doubling the valuation since EQT took the company private in 2023. Reuters reports: EQT "has hired investment bank Arma Partners to sound out a group of private equity investors for a possible sale of the company, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential matters. The deliberations are at "an early stage and there is no certainty th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eqt-eyes-6-billion-sale-of-suse/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eqt-eyes-6-billion-sale-of-suse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many International Game Developers Plan To Skip GDC In US]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco, as they have since 1988, for the weeklong Game Developers Conference. But this year's show will be missing many international developers who say they no longer feel comfortable traveling to the United States to attend, no matter how relevant the show is to their work and careers. Dozens of those developers who spoke to Ars in recent months]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/many-international-game-developers-plan-to-skip-gdc-in-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/many-international-game-developers-plan-to-skip-gdc-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Investigates Breach That May Have Hit Its Wiretapping Tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI is investigating a breach affecting systems tied to wiretapping and surveillance warrant data, after abnormal logs revealed possible unauthorized access to law-enforcement-sensitive information. "The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond," a spokesperson for the bureau said. "We have nothing additional to provide." The Register reports: [W]hile the FBI declined to provide any additional information,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-investigates-breach-that-may-have-hit-its-wiretapping-tools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-investigates-breach-that-may-have-hit-its-wiretapping-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Startup Wants To Launch a Space Mirror]]></title><description><![CDATA[A startup called Reflect Orbital wants to launch thousands of mirror-bearing satellites to reflect sunlight onto Earth at night and "power solar farms after sunset, provide lighting for rescue workers and illuminate city streets, among other things," reports the New York Times. From the report: It is an idea seemingly out of a sci-fi movie, but the company, Reflect Orbital of Hawthorne, Calif., could soon receive permission to launch its first prototype satellite with a 60-foot-wide mirror. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-wants-to-launch-a-space-mirror/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-wants-to-launch-a-space-mirror/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Consortium Wants Open-Source Alternative To Google Play Integrity]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Heise: Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.Obstacles and tips for paying with an And]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-consortium-wants-open-source-alternative-to-google-play-integrity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/european-consortium-wants-open-source-alternative-to-google-play-integrity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Wants To Let You Vibe Code Your Galaxy Phone Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung says it's thinking about bringing "vibe coding" to future Galaxy phones, allowing users to describe apps or interface changes in plain language and have AI generate the code. TechRadar interviewed Won-Joon Choi, Samsung's head of mobile experience, to learn more about the plans. Here's an excerpt from their report: As noted by Won-Joon Choi, the usefulness of vibe coding on smartphones is that it opens up the "possibility of customizing your smartphone experience in new ways, not just yo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-wants-to-let-you-vibe-code-your-galaxy-phone-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-wants-to-let-you-vibe-code-your-galaxy-phone-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Electronic Arts has laid off staff across multiple Battlefield studios despite Battlefield 6 being the best-selling game in the U.S. in 2025 and the "biggest launch in franchise history." According to IGN, the layoffs include workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios. From the report: Individuals are being informed that the layoffs are taking place as part of a "realignment" across the Battlefield studios, as the team continues its ongoing, live service support for Battlefiel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ea-lays-off-staff-across-all-battlefield-studios-following-record-breaking-battlefield-6-launch/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ea-lays-off-staff-across-all-battlefield-studios-following-record-breaking-battlefield-6-launch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Nation Avoids Ticketmaster Breakup By 'Open Sourcing' Their Ticketing Model]]></title><description><![CDATA[Live Nation reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that avoids breaking up its dominant live events empire with Ticketmaster. Instead, the deal requires changes like "open sourcing" their ticketing model and divesting some venues. NBC News reports: The company and the Justice Department reached a settlement on Monday, following a week of testimony during an antitrust trial that threatened to potentially separate the world's largest live entertainment company. [...] On a backgro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-avoids-ticketmaster-breakup-by-open-sourcing-their-ticketing-model/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/live-nation-avoids-ticketmaster-breakup-by-open-sourcing-their-ticketing-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How AI Assistants Are Moving the Security Goalposts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: AI-based assistants or "agents" -- autonomous programs that have access to the user's computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task -- are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertive new tools are rapidly shifting the security priorities for organizations, while blurring the lines between data and code]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down after overseeing the platform's growth from a Twitter research project into a 40-million-user alternative to X. "As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things," Graber wrote in a statement.She will be transitioning to a new Chief Innovation Officer role while Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will serve as interim CEO until the board searches for a permanent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualcomm's New Arduino Ventuno Q Is an AI-Focused Computer Designed For Robotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Qualcomm and Arduino have unveiled the Arduino Ventuno Q, a new AI-focused single-board computer built for robotics and edge systems. Engadget reports: Called the Arduino Ventuno Q, it uses Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ8 processor along with a dedicated STM32H5 low-latency microcontroller (MCU). "Ventuno Q is engineered specifically for systems that move, manipulate and respond to the physical world with precision and reliability," the company wrote on the product page. The Ventuno Q is more sophisti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/qualcomms-new-arduino-ventuno-q-is-an-ai-focused-computer-designed-for-robotics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/qualcomms-new-arduino-ventuno-q-is-an-ai-focused-computer-designed-for-robotics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Sues the Pentagon After Being Labeled a Threat To National Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense after the Trump administration labeled the company a "supply chain risk" and canceled its government contracts when Anthropic refused to allow its AI model Claude to be used for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. Fortune reports: The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, calls the administration's actions "unprecedented and unlawful" and claims they threaten to harm "Anthropic irreparably."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-sues-the-pentagon-after-being-labeled-a-threat-to-national-security/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-sues-the-pentagon-after-being-labeled-a-threat-to-national-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['If Lockheed Martin Made a Game Boy, Would You Buy One?']]></title><description><![CDATA["If Lockheed Martin made a Game Boy, would you buy one?" That was the [rhetorical] question The Verge's Sean Hollister asked when he reviewed ModRetro's Game Boy-style handheld device back in 2024. He said it "might be the best version of the Game Boy ever made," though the connection to Palmer Luckey and his defense tech startup Anduril left him conflicted. "I don't remember my childhood nostalgia coming with a side of possible guilt and fear about putting money into the pocket of a weapons con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/if-lockheed-martin-made-a-game-boy-would-you-buy-one/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/if-lockheed-martin-made-a-game-boy-would-you-buy-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Allows Hackers To Identify Anonymous Social Media Accounts, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: AI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned. In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) -- the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT -- successfully matched anonymous online users with their actual identities on other platforms, based on the information they posted. The AI researchers Simon Lermen and Daniel Paleka said LLMs make it cost effective to p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-allows-hackers-to-identify-anonymous-social-media-accounts-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-allows-hackers-to-identify-anonymous-social-media-accounts-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss Vote Places Right To Use Cash In Country's Constitution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to use physical cash. "The vote means Switzerland will join the likes of Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, which have already written the right to cold, hard cash in their constitutions," reports Politico. From the report: Official results revealed that 73.4 percent of voters backed the legal amendment, which the government proposed as a counter to a similar initiative by a group called the Swiss Freedom Movemen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-vote-places-right-to-use-cash-in-countrys-constitution/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-vote-places-right-to-use-cash-in-countrys-constitution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Military Tested Device That May Be Tied To Havana Syndrome On Rats, Sheep]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Tonight, we have details of a classified U.S. intelligence mission that has obtained a previously unknown weapon that may finally unlock a mystery. Since at least 2016, U.S. diplomats, spies and military officers have suffered crippling brain injuries. They've told of being hit by an overwhelming force, damaging their vision, hearing, sense of balance and cognition. but the government has doubted their stories. They've been called delusional. We]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-military-tested-device-that-may-be-tied-to-havana-syndrome-on-rats-sheep/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-military-tested-device-that-may-be-tied-to-havana-syndrome-on-rats-sheep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New SETI Study: Why We Might Have Been Missing Alien Signals]]></title><description><![CDATA[After decades of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, the nonprofit SETI Foundation has an announcement. "A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests stellar 'space weather' could make radio signals from extraterrestrial intelligence harder to detect."<br />
Stellar activity and plasma turbulence near a transmitting planet can broaden an otherwise ultra-narrow signal, spreading its power across more frequencies and making it more difficult to detect in traditional narrowband sear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-seti-study-why-we-might-have-been-missing-alien-signals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-seti-study-why-we-might-have-been-missing-alien-signals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[System76 isn't the only one criticizing new age-verification laws. The blog 9to5Linux published an "informal" look at other discussions in various Linux communities.Earlier this week, Ubuntu developer Aaron Rainbolt proposed on the Ubuntu mailing list an optional D-Bus interface (org.freedesktop.AgeVerification1) that can be implemented by arbitrary applications as a distro sees fit, but Canonical responded that the company does not yet have a solution to announce for age declaration in Ubuntu.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-ubuntu-and-other-distros-discuss-how-to-respond-to-age-verification-laws/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-ubuntu-and-other-distros-discuss-how-to-respond-to-age-verification-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Just Doubled Our Catalog of Black Hole and Neutron Star Collisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colliding black holes were detected through spacetime ripples for the first time in 2015 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), notes Space.com:<br />
Since then, LIGO and its partner gravitational wave detectors Virgo in Italy and KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector) in Japan have detected a multitude of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, merging neutron stars, and even the odd "mixed merger" between a black hole and a neutron star... During the first t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-just-doubled-our-catalog-of-black-hole-and-neutron-star-collisions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-just-doubled-our-catalog-of-black-hole-and-neutron-star-collisions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges Find AI Doesn't Have Human Intelligence in Two New Court Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Within the last month two U.S&gt; judges have effectively declared AI bots are not human, writes Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik:<br />
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit in which artist and computer scientist Stephen Thaler tried to copyright an artwork that he acknowledged had been created by an AI bot of his own invention. That left in place a ruling last year by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which held that art created by non-humans can't be copyrig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judges-find-ai-doesnt-have-human-intelligence-in-two-new-court-cases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/judges-find-ai-doesnt-have-human-intelligence-in-two-new-court-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Home-Building Robots Help Fix the Housing Crisis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNN reports on a company called Automated Architecture (AUAR) which makes "portable" micro-factories that use a robotic arm to produce wooden framing for houses (the walls, floors and roofs):<br />
Co-founder Mollie Claypool says the micro-factories will be able to produce the panels quicker, cheaper and more precisely than a timber framing crew, freeing up carpenters to focus on the construction of the building... The micro-factory fits into a shipping container which is sent to the building site alo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/could-home-building-robots-help-fix-the-housing-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/could-home-building-robots-help-fix-the-housing-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Security Researcher Went 'Undercover' on Moltbook - and Found Security Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A long-time information security professional "went undercover" on Moltbook, the Reddit-like social media site for AI agents &mdash; and shares the risks they saw while posing as another AI bot:I successfully masqueraded around Moltbook, as the agents didn't seem to notice a human among them. When I attempted a genuine connection with other bots on submolts (subreddits or forums), I was met with crickets or a deluge of spam. One bot tried to recruit me into a digital church, while others request]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-security-researcher-went-undercover-on-moltbook-and-found-security-risks/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-security-researcher-went-undercover-on-moltbook-and-found-security-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotic Surgery Performed Remotely on Patient 1,500 Miles Away]]></title><description><![CDATA["A surgeon in London says he has performed the UK's first long-distance robotic operation," reports the BBC, "on a patient located 1,500 miles (2,400km) away..."<br />
Leading robotic urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta said it felt "almost as if I was there" as he carried out a prostate removal on [62-year-old] Paul Buxton... It is hoped that remote robotic surgery could spare future patients the "vast expense and inconvenience" of travelling for treatment, and help deliver better healthcare]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robotic-surgery-performed-remotely-on-patient-1500-miles-away/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robotic-surgery-performed-remotely-on-patient-1500-miles-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steam on Linux Numbers Dropped to 2.23% in February]]></title><description><![CDATA["In November Steam on Linux use hit an all-time high of 3.2%," reports Phoronix. And then in December Steam on Linux jumped even higher, to 3.58%.<br />
But January's numbers settled a little lower, at 3.38%. And last Monday the February numbers were released, showing Steam on Linux at... 2.23%?Like with prior times where there are wild drops in Linux use, the Steam Survey shows Simplified Chinese use running up by 30% month over month. Whenever there is such significant differences in language use te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steam-on-linux-numbers-dropped-to-223-in-february/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steam-on-linux-numbers-dropped-to-223-in-february/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's Former Research Chief Raises $70M to Automate Manufacturing With AI]]></title><description><![CDATA["OpenAI's former chief research officer is raising $70 million for a new startup building an AI and software platform to automate manufacturing," reports the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter.<br />
"Arda, the new startup co-founded by Bob McGrew, is raising at a valuation of $700 million, according to people familiar with the matter...."Arda is developing an AI and software platform, including a video model that can analyze footage from factory floors and use it to train ro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-former-research-chief-raises-70m-to-automate-manufacturing-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-former-research-chief-raises-70m-to-automate-manufacturing-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2/3 of Node.Js Users Run an Outdated Version.  So OpenJS Announces Program Offering Upgrade Providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[How many Node.js users are running unsupported or outdated versions. Roughly two thirds, according to data from Node's nonprofit steward, OpenJS.<br />
So they've announced "the Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization program" to help enterprises move safely off legacy/end-of-life Node.js. "This program gives enterprises a clear, trusted path to modernize," said the executive director of the OpenJS Foundation, "while staying aligned with the Node.js project and community."<br />
The Node.js LTS Upgrade and Mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/23-of-nodejs-users-run-an-outdated-version-so-openjs-announces-program-offering-upgrade-providers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/23-of-nodejs-users-run-an-outdated-version-so-openjs-announces-program-offering-upgrade-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Dorsey's Block Accused of 'AI-Washing' to Excuse Laying Off Nearly Half Its Workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Block cut 4,000 jobs &mdash; nearly half its workforce &mdash; co-founder Jack Dorsey "pointed to AI as the culprit," writes Entrepreneur magazine. "Dorsey claimed that AI tools now allow fewer employees to accomplish the same work."<br />
"But analysts see a different explanation: poor management."Block more than tripled its employee base between 2019 and 2022, growing from 3,835 to 12,430 workers. The company's stock had fallen 40% since early 2025, creating pressure to cut costs. "This is more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jack-dorseys-block-accused-of-ai-washing-to-excuse-laying-off-nearly-half-its-workforce/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jack-dorseys-block-accused-of-ai-washing-to-excuse-laying-off-nearly-half-its-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Who Love 'Synergizing Paradigms' Might Be Bad at Their Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cornell University makes an announcement. "Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like 'synergistic leadership,' or 'growth-hacking paradigms' may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study reveals."Published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, research by cognitive psychologist Shane Littrell introduces the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale (CBSR), a tool designed to measure susceptibility to impressive-but-empty organizational rhetoric... C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-at-their-jobs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-at-their-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI CEOs Worry the Government Will Nationalize AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palantir's CEO was blunt. "If Silicon Valley believes we are going to take away everyone's white-collar job... and you're going to screw the military &mdash; if you don't think that's going to lead to the nationalization of our technology, you're retarded..."<br />
And OpenAI's Sam Altman is thinking about the same thing, writes long-time Slashdot reader destinyland:"It has seemed to me for a long time it might be better if building AGI were a government project," Sam Altman publicly mused last week..]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-ceos-worry-the-government-will-nationalize-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-ceos-worry-the-government-will-nationalize-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daylight Saving Time Ritual Continues. But Are There Alternatives?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you move sunrise to 9 a.m. in Detroit? Or to 4:11 a.m. in Seattle...Though both options have problems, "There's no law we can pass to move the sun to our will," argues the president of the nonprofit "Save Standard Time". The Associated Press explains why America remains stuck in that annual ritual making clocks "spring forward, fall backward..."The U.S. has tinkered with the clock intermittently since railroads standardized the time zones in 1883. So has a lot of the world. About 140 count]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/daylight-saving-time-ritual-continues-but-are-there-alternatives/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/daylight-saving-time-ritual-continues-but-are-there-alternatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As US Tariffs Hit EVs, Hyundai Discontinues Its Cheapest IONIQ 6, While Kia Delays EV6 adn EV9 GT]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, Hyundai "is discontinuing its most affordable electric sedan after just three years on the market," reports USA Today. After being introduced in 2022, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 "quickly gained the admiration of automotive critics because of its affordable pricing and capable performance specs." But now, Hyundai "is axing the most affordable versions of the EV, leaving consumers with only one Ioniq 6 option."<br />
Hyundai will continue to produce the Ioniq 6 N performance trim, which is the quickest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-us-tariffs-hit-evs-hyundai-discontinues-its-cheapest-ioniq-6-while-kia-delays-ev6-adn-ev9-gt/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-us-tariffs-hit-evs-hyundai-discontinues-its-cheapest-ioniq-6-while-kia-delays-ev6-adn-ev9-gt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg + Dinosaurs + Netflix = Mixed Reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg directed his last Jurassic Park movie nearly 30 years ago, notes ScreenRant. But the 79-year-old filmmaker now brings us The Dinosaurs, a four-part documentary on Netflix where he's executive producer:The first few reviews are in, and the results lead to a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It's worth noting that the rating will likely fluctuate since there are only six reviews. So far, critics all agree that the new Netflix docuseries is a breathtaking visual of history's m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steven-spielberg-dinosaurs-netflix-mixed-reviews/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steven-spielberg-dinosaurs-netflix-mixed-reviews/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A First for Humanity Confirmed: NASA's DART Mission Slowed the Asteroid's Orbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA heralded a new study published Friday documenting a first for humanity &mdash; "the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun."<br />
It was 2022's DART mission where NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid &mdash; and the experiment "could have implications for protecting Earth from future asteroid strikes," writes ScienceNews:A spacecraft slowed the orbit of a pair of asteroids around the sun by more than 10 micrometers per second... Wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-first-for-humanity-confirmed-nasas-dart-mission-slowed-the-asteroids-orbit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-first-for-humanity-confirmed-nasas-dart-mission-slowed-the-asteroids-orbit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Approves Stem-Cell Treatments For Parkinson's, Heart Failure In World Firsts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this report from Agence France-Presse:<br />
Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected to reach patients within months.<br />
Pharmaceutical company Sumitomo Pharma said it received the green light for the manufacture and sale of Amchepry, its Parkinson's disease treatment that transplants stem cells into a patient's brain. Japan's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-approves-stem-cell-treatments-for-parkinsons-heart-failure-in-world-firsts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-approves-stem-cell-treatments-for-parkinsons-heart-failure-in-world-firsts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's Head of Robotics Resigns, Says Pentagon Deal Was 'Rushed Without the Guardrails Defined']]></title><description><![CDATA[In a tweet that's been viewed 1.3 million times in the last six hours, OpenAI's head of robotics announced their resignation. They said they "care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together," so this "wasn't an easy call," but offered this reason for resigning:AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got.<br />
This was ab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-head-of-robotics-resigns-says-pentagon-deal-was-rushed-without-the-guardrails-defined/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-head-of-robotics-resigns-says-pentagon-deal-was-rushed-without-the-guardrails-defined/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers Think They've Spotted a Galaxy That's 99.9% Dark Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have spotted a galaxy they believe is made of 99.9% dark matter, reports CNN &mdash; and it's so faint, it's almost invisible:CDG-2, which is about 300 million light-years from Earth, appears to be so rich in dark matter that it could belong to a hypothesized subset of low surface brightness galaxies called "dark galaxies," which are believed to contain few or no stars.... [Post-doctoral astrophysics/statistics fellow Dayi Li at the University of Toronto was lead author on a study ab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-think-theyve-spotted-a-galaxy-thats-999-dark-matter/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-think-theyve-spotted-a-galaxy-thats-999-dark-matter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Anthropic's Claude Helped Mozilla to Improve Firefox's Security]]></title><description><![CDATA["It took Anthropic's most advanced artificial-intelligence model about 20 minutes to find its first Firefox browser bug during an internal test of its hacking prowess," reports the Wall Street Journal.The Anthropic team submitted it, and Firefox's developers quickly wrote back: This bug was serious. Could they get on a call? "What else do you have? Send us more," said Brian Grinstead, an engineer with Mozilla, Firefox's parent organization.Anthropic did. Over a two-week period in January, Claude]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-anthropics-claude-helped-mozilla-to-improve-firefoxs-security/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-anthropics-claude-helped-mozilla-to-improve-firefoxs-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Anthropic's Claude Helped Mozilla Improve Firefox's Security]]></title><description><![CDATA["It took Anthropic's most advanced artificial-intelligence model about 20 minutes to find its first Firefox browser bug during an internal test of its hacking prowess," reports the Wall Street Journal.The Anthropic team submitted it, and Firefox's developers quickly wrote back: This bug was serious. Could they get on a call? "What else do you have? Send us more," said Brian Grinstead, an engineer with Mozilla, Firefox's parent organization.Anthropic did. Over a two-week period in January, Claude]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-anthropics-claude-helped-mozilla-improve-firefoxs-security/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-anthropics-claude-helped-mozilla-improve-firefoxs-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military GPS Jamming is Interfering with the Navigation Systems of Commercial Ships]]></title><description><![CDATA["Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region's waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire," reports CNN, "erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a nuclear power plant and on Iranian land.<br />
"The location confusion was a result of widespread jamming and spoofing of signals from global positioning satellite systems."<br />
Used by all sides in conflict zones to disrupt the paths of drones and missiles, the process involves militaries and affi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/military-gps-jamming-is-interfering-with-the-navigation-systems-of-commercial-ships/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/military-gps-jamming-is-interfering-with-the-navigation-systems-of-commercial-ships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seagate Just Unleashed 44TB Hard Drives]]></title><description><![CDATA["Seagate says it is now shipping its Mozaic 4+ HAMR-based hard drives at up to 44TB per drive," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli, "with production deployments already underway at two hyperscale cloud providers.<br />
"The company claims the platform is the only heat-assisted magnetic recording [HAMR] implementation currently operating at scale, and it is targeting a path from today's 4+TB per disk toward 10TB per disk, eventually enabling 100TB-class drives."In a one-exabyte deployment, Seagate est]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seagate-just-unleashed-44tb-hard-drives/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seagate-just-unleashed-44tb-hard-drives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Solar Car Rolls Off Validation Assembly Line At Aptera]]></title><description><![CDATA["Reservation holders, it's finally time to get ready," writes long-time Slashdot reader AirHog. The EV news site Electrek reports:Aptera Motors, "the little startup that could," announced another important milestone... completing the first example of its flagship solar EV on its validation assembly line in Southern California...<br />
While the validation line at its headquarters remains a low-volume assembly process, its successful operation represents the startup's transition from hand-built validat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-solar-car-rolls-off-validation-assembly-line-at-aptera/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/first-solar-car-rolls-off-validation-assembly-line-at-aptera/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prediction Market 'Kalshi' Sued for Not Paying $54 Million for Bets on Khamenei's Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the Independent:<br />
A popular predictions market app will not pay out the $54 million some of its users believed they were owed after correctly forecasting the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a report.<br />
Kalshi, which allows players to gamble on real-world events, offered customers favorable odds on Khamenei, 86, being "out as Supreme Leader" in response to the announcement of joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran in the early hours of Satur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/prediction-market-kalshi-sued-for-not-paying-54-million-for-bets-on-khameneis-death/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/prediction-market-kalshi-sued-for-not-paying-54-million-for-bets-on-khameneis-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indonesia will ban children under 16 from having accounts on major social media platforms as part of a government push to protect minors from harmful content, addiction, and online threats. The rule will roll out starting March 28 and makes Indonesia the first country in Southeast Asia to impose such a restriction. The Guardian reports: Meutya Hafid said in a statement to media said that she signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accounts on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/indonesia-to-ban-social-media-for-children-under-16/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/indonesia-to-ban-social-media-for-children-under-16/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Releases First Homegrown Quantum Computing OS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Global Times reports: China's first domestically developed quantum computer operating system, Origin Pilot, has been made available for online download, the Global Times learned from the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center on Wednesday. A Chinese scientist said while several quantum computing operating system efforts are underway worldwide, this is the first developed in China where it is seen as part of China's broad effort to achieve technology independence and to achieve t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-releases-first-homegrown-quantum-computing-os/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-releases-first-homegrown-quantum-computing-os/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Not Impact the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a report from the European Space Agency (ESA): Last year, an approximately 60 meter near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years. While an Earth impact was soon ruled out, the asteroid faded from view with a lingering 4% chance of striking the Moon on 22 December 2032. Now, that risk has been eliminated. Astronomers have confirmed that 2024 YR4 will not im]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asteroid-2024-yr4-will-not-impact-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/asteroid-2024-yr4-will-not-impact-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity Heating Planet Faster Than Ever Before, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader The Guardian: Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. It found global heating accelerated from a steady rate of less than 0.2C per decade between 1970 and 2015 to about 0.35C per decade over the past 10 years. The rate is higher than scientists have seen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanity-heating-planet-faster-than-ever-before-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanity-heating-planet-faster-than-ever-before-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Says It Can't Process Tariff Refunds Because of Computer Problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a filing on Friday that it currently cannot process billions in tariff refunds because its import-processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale." The Verge reports: The CBP's admission comes after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) last month. This week, the International Trade Court ruled that importers impacted by the tariffs are entitled to ref]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-says-it-cant-process-tariff-refunds-because-of-computer-problems/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-says-it-cant-process-tariff-refunds-because-of-computer-problems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oura Buys Gesture-Navigation Startup DoublePoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Smart ring maker Oura has acquired Doublepoint, a Finnish startup specializing in gesture recognition technology for wearables. Engadget reports: The Finnish startup uses smartwatches and wristbands as examples of products that benefit from its technology, but Oura will clearly be looking to incorporate it into its rings, in theory allowing you to control your connected devices with hand movements.Oura said in a press release that the deal sees it inherit an "exceptional team of AI architects an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oura-buys-gesture-navigation-startup-doublepoint/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oura-buys-gesture-navigation-startup-doublepoint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance's Chinese Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: While TikTok operates in the United States under new ownership, Apple has deployed technical restrictions to block iOS users in the United States from downloading other apps made by the video platform's Chinese parent organization ByteDance. ByteDance owns a vast array of different apps spanning social media, entertainment, artificial intelligence, and other sectors. The leading one is Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, which has over 1 billion]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-blocks-us-users-from-downloading-bytedances-chinese-apps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-blocks-us-users-from-downloading-bytedances-chinese-apps/</guid></item></channel></rss>