<?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>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking 5 Cups of Coffee a Day Could Reduce Heart Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new American Heart Association scientific statement concludes that up to about 400 milligrams a day, or roughly three to five cups of plain coffee, is safe for most adults and may be linked to lower risks of cardiovascular disease. The benefits appear to depend heavily on the source and preparation, with coffee and tea looking more favorable than energy drinks, and added sugar, cream, syrups, or sweeteners potentially canceling out the upside. ScienceAlert reports: "Caffeine consumed in coffee]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/drinking-5-cups-of-coffee-a-day-could-reduce-heart-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/drinking-5-cups-of-coffee-a-day-could-reduce-heart-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackers Are Exploiting Recently Patched WordPress Bugs, Putting Millions of Websites at Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Hackers are breaking into websites that run vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several cybersecurity firms. One estimate puts the number of vulnerable WordPress websites at tens of millions as of Monday. Last week, WordPress patched two critical security flaws, urging people who run its software on their websites to update it "immediately." The vulnerabilities are so severe that WordPress enabled force]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hackers-are-exploiting-recently-patched-wordpress-bugs-putting-millions-of-websites-at-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hackers-are-exploiting-recently-patched-wordpress-bugs-putting-millions-of-websites-at-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones]]></title><description><![CDATA[A draft New Orleans Police Department drone manual briefly published online would have allowed police drones to carry weapons with written approval from the superintendent, according to 404 Media. NOPD says the document was only an early draft and that its current policy (PDF) bans drones from carrying weapons or hazardous materials. 404 Media reports: The current version, live as of July 1, has different language: "The sUAS shall not be equipped with weapons or hazardous materials of any kind,"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-orleans-cops-published-policy-document-allowing-weaponized-drones/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-orleans-cops-published-policy-document-allowing-weaponized-drones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longtime Web-Weirdness Site Fark Faces Ad Pinch]]></title><description><![CDATA[sandbagger writes: Fark.com is ancient in internet terms. It's not social media. It's not quite a news site. It's a holdover from the dot-com era and is invisible to Google, which makes its community great but has necessitated begging. "[W]e won't survive this year without more TF subscribers," wrote founder Drew Curtis in a post on Bluesky. "Spread the word."For the unfamiliar, Fark is one of the web's OG community news sites that features a wonderfully weird mix of user-submitted links, absurd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/longtime-web-weirdness-site-fark-faces-ad-pinch/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/longtime-web-weirdness-site-fark-faces-ad-pinch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's New AI Model Halts New Subscriptions As Demand Swamps Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moonshot AI has temporarily paused new subscriptions for its Kimi K3 model after demand surged beyond the company's current capacity within days of the launch. The open-source Chinese AI model, described as one of the largest of its kind at 2.8 trillion parameters, has rattled U.S. rivals by beating Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests. The Associated Press reports: "Kimi K3 has received far more love than we expected," Moonshot AI, which is Beijing-based, wrote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-new-ai-model-halts-new-subscriptions-as-demand-swamps-capacity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-new-ai-model-halts-new-subscriptions-as-demand-swamps-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head of US Safety Agency Resigns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Fall has resigned as director of the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation just three months after being appointed to lead the Commerce Department's federal AI testing institute. Arvind Raman, who oversees the Commerce office responsible for the institute, will serve temporarily in the role. "The Commerce Department did not provide a reason for Fall's departure," reports Reuters. From the report: Fall's exit marks the latest change in direction for Trump's approach to AI. The preside]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/head-of-us-safety-agency-resigns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/head-of-us-safety-agency-resigns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AliExpress Hit With Record $625 Million Fine After Failing To Make EU-Ordered Fixes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has fined AliExpress more than $625 million, the largest penalty yet under the Digital Services Act, after finding that the marketplace failed to "diligently assess and mitigate risks relating to the sale of illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products on its e-commerce platform." EU officials said flagged products repeatedly reappeared, sellers could evade safeguards, and AliExpress's recommendation and ad systems helped amplify dangerous goods. Ars Technica reports: For sha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aliexpress-hit-with-record-625-million-fine-after-failing-to-make-eu-ordered-fixes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aliexpress-hit-with-record-625-million-fine-after-failing-to-make-eu-ordered-fixes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LG Monitors Silently Install Adware-Like App On Windows PCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[VideoCardz reports that connecting certain LG monitors to Windows PCs can trigger Windows Update to automatically install the LG Monitor App Installer, which runs at startup and repeatedly displays McAfee trial promotions. From the report: Gamers Nexus reproduced the behavior with an LG UltraGear 34GX900A-B after receiving reports from monitor owners. Windows Update first installed LG extension and software component packages. Windows Reliability Monitor showed that LG Monitor App Installer appe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lg-monitors-silently-install-adware-like-app-on-windows-pcs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lg-monitors-silently-install-adware-like-app-on-windows-pcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacker Wipes Romania's Entire Land Registry Database]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hacker reportedly wiped Romania's entire land registry database after a failed extortion attempt, halting property transactions across the country and preventing notaries from issuing land extracts, authenticating sales, or registering mortgages. "On the dark web, the hacker also boasted to have begun backup copies of stolen data in an attempt to prevent it from being restored," reports Cybernews. "However, Romanian officials have managed to at least restore the ANCPI's website and post a mess]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Louisiana State University have created a room-temperature quantum material made from a thin gold film on glass, patterned with microscopic slits that act like artificial atoms. "We call this robust transport. These quantum states carry information," says physicist Omar Magana-Loaiza. "Our crystal can distinguish them and move them from one point to another in a robust way without requiring cryogenic cooling. That's what opens the door to practical quantum technologies." ScienceAl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lsu-physicists-create-first-room-temperature-quantum-material/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lsu-physicists-create-first-room-temperature-quantum-material/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LibreOffice Once Again Slams Microsoft For Using 'Lock-In' With Office Files]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: One of the founding members of The Document Foundation and handler of LibreOffice's PR and media relations, Italo Vignoli, took to the LibreOffice blog to call out Microsoft's practices with its Office application. The last time we saw Vignoli take to the stage, we saw him accusing Euro-Office of being just as bad as Microsoft with its practices. Vignoli's new post focuses entirely on Microsoft's strategy. He says that "the dominant format]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/libreoffice-once-again-slams-microsoft-for-using-lock-in-with-office-files/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/libreoffice-once-again-slams-microsoft-for-using-lock-in-with-office-files/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood Sci-fi Studio Lot Now Pitched As Site To Make Real Space-age Weapons]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Cameron filmed his Avatar sequels there. Marvel filmed Thor, Iron Man 2, and The Avengers. Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles even handled Star Wars' series like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian, which Bloomberg points out is about "a heavily armed bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away."<br />
"Now lenders who are selling the property's $240 million mortgage are promoting the site to potential buyers as a hub for making real space-age weapons.""The project is strategically positioned wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hollywood-sci-fi-studio-lot-now-pitched-as-site-to-make-real-space-age-weapons/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hollywood-sci-fi-studio-lot-now-pitched-as-site-to-make-real-space-age-weapons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Free Speech Concern: When AI Chatbots Won't Criticize Leaders from Repressive Regimes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of China's leader, Thailand's king, or Saudi Arabia's crown prince &mdash; and it will decline, reports the Associated Press.<br />
That's "a key finding from a Meta Oversight Board study released Thursday," their article points out: AI systems are more than twice as likely to refuse to product critical material if it's about a restrictive world leader or government. And it raises concerns that the LLMs powering chatbots "could be regurgitating and spreading gove]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-free-speech-concern-when-ai-chatbots-wont-criticize-leaders-from-repressive-regimes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-free-speech-concern-when-ai-chatbots-wont-criticize-leaders-from-repressive-regimes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rust Will Help Linux Succeed and Makes Coding Fun, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman]]></title><description><![CDATA[ZDNet reports on June's Open Source Summit India 2026 in Mumbai, where Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman gave a talk titled "Rust and Linux: How the Rust Language is Going to Help Linux Succeed."<br />
Kroah-Hartman said in his keynote that "the [Linux] kernel is moving toward Rust. Git is moving toward Rust. Lots of projects are starting to move toward Rust."<br />
He didn't always feel that way. Kroah-Hartman added, "A number of years ago, when a friend of mine said, 'Ah, you got to try th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rust-will-help-linux-succeed-and-makes-coding-fun-says-greg-kroah-hartman/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rust-will-help-linux-succeed-and-makes-coding-fun-says-greg-kroah-hartman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley's "winners" whose financial security suddenly "evaporated" as their workforce "pushed headlong into AI and heavy job cuts," creating a transformed job market. "Her ex-husband, a designer at Meta who was laid off in 2020, eventually gave up looking for jobs in his profession. He now lifts boxes at a warehouse."<br />
Layoffs.fyi, which tracks announced job cuts, counts more than 800,000 tech workers laid off since 2022,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-ai-transforms-silicon-valley-some-tech-workers-face-evaporating-financial-security/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-ai-transforms-silicon-valley-some-tech-workers-face-evaporating-financial-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware:<br />
The Zilog Z80 has just turned 50 years old. This iconic 8-bit processor first went on sale in July 1976 and stayed in production for 48 years until Zilog, now a Littelfuse subsidiary, stopped accepting orders in June 2024. However, there's an open-source replacement closer than ever to shipping in the chip's original 40-pin DIP package thanks to community-funded fabrication...<br />
The chip powered the ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, MSX machines, Nint]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zilog-z80-8-bit-cpu-turns-50-open-source-replacement-heads-to-drop-in-dip40-silicon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zilog-z80-8-bit-cpu-turns-50-open-source-replacement-heads-to-drop-in-dip40-silicon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services]]></title><description><![CDATA["If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake," reports Bloomberg. "Not so in a robotaxi..."Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi's speakers as he rode home late at night from a friend's birthday party in 2025. The next moment, Los Angeles firefighters were opening the door and asking if he was OK. His six-minute trip had ended nearly an hour before. A remote Waymo assistant, dialling in through th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dozens-of-robotaxi-riders-are-falling-asleep-sparking-frantic-calls-for-emergency-services/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dozens-of-robotaxi-riders-are-falling-asleep-sparking-frantic-calls-for-emergency-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:A federal judge has halted California's groundbreaking "Truth in Recycling" law, which aims to reduce consumer confusion about which packaging can be recycled. [Originally planned to take effect October 4th], California's recyclable packaging law prohibits manufacturers from using a "chasing arrows" recycling symbol on products or materials unless they are actually being recycled in a meaningful way, which the law quantifies...<br />
A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-truth-in-recycling-law-blocked-by-judge/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/californias-truth-in-recycling-law-blocked-by-judge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves]]></title><description><![CDATA["Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves," reports Space.com:The powerful cosmic titans get really puzzling when astronomers using the JWST spot them before the universe was even 1 billion years old. That's because the mechanisms by which black holes devour matter to grow and then merge to create even more massive black holes should take at least 1 billion years to achieve supermassive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-how-black-holes-feed-themselves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-how-black-holes-feed-themselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA["A humanoid robot lost its head," reports Newsweek, "during the world's first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots."<br />
The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics company EngineAI providing $40,000 of their "T800" robots (yes, named after The Terminator) to 32 participating teams from around the world:A video shared of the combat on YouTube by local news outlet Shenzhen Story, showed that even aft]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-decapitated-in-worlds-first-ever-humanoid-ufc-fight/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/robot-decapitated-in-worlds-first-ever-humanoid-ufc-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Windows 10 still runs on 16.9% of the Windows devices monitored by asset-tracking service Lansweeper. That's more than one in six, The Register points out.<br />
A year ago, the operating system accounted for about half of the machines in its dataset, falling to the low-to-mid 40% range by the time Microsoft ended standard support. The decline continued after that, reaching 18.6% in June, but Lansweeper says migration has now slowed to a crawl... Small and medium-sized businesses are particularly expo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-10-still-being-used-often-unpatched-and-insecure/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-10-still-being-used-often-unpatched-and-insecure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide," reports Electrek:We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera solar EV and tour the company's factory, and came away both impressed at the progress that has been made, but cognizant of the long road ahead for the company. One question that often gets raised in reference to EV startups is how owners get service on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-us-wide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-us-wide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide," reports Electrek:We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera solar EV and tour the company's factory, and came away both impressed at the progress that has been made, but cognizant of the long road ahead for the company. One question that often gets raised in reference to EV startups is how owners get service on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-nationwide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aptera-announces-nationwide-repair-network-for-its-upcoming-solar-electric-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:<br />
Recalling his initial resistance to free and open software, billionaire computer scientist David Siegel argues vigorously in FORTUNE that the stakes are too high to let AI become increasingly closed. "In the 1980s, I had the chance to spend several years arguing about free and open software, what we now call open source, with the founder of the movement, Richard Stallman. My office at the MIT AI Lab was next door to his. Stallman's position was that the s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-richard-stallman-colleague-now-argues-for-open-ai-models-too/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/former-richard-stallman-colleague-now-argues-for-open-ai-models-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos?]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNBC reports:<br />
The automotive industry's increasing use of over-the-air technology to update vehicle systems makes it more susceptible to cyberattacks, analysts say, urging more intervention in the sector... Its use represents "a unique national security concern," Gabriel Lim, senior analyst at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, told CNBC. "Aside from data privacy concerns, the potential of a foreign actor sabotaging the controls of a moving vehicle is a possibility t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-there-cybersecurity-risks-in-over-the-air-tech-used-in-autos/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-there-cybersecurity-risks-in-over-the-air-tech-used-in-autos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco "adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental effects on attention, memory and cognition," reports the Washington Post:The study followed more than 11,000 U.S. adolescents over a period of five years, with participants first asked about their own social media use at the average age of 12, and surveyed annually through the average age of 16. Researchers found that increases in addictive socia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-links-teen-boys-adhd-symptoms-to-addictive-social-media-use/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-links-teen-boys-adhd-symptoms-to-addictive-social-media-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX has open sourced the Grok Build CLI this week, reports The Register, "just days after researchers caught the AI tool scooping up users' entire repositories and uploading them to company-controlled cloud storage."<br />
That discovery had "gathered so much negative attention that Elon Musk felt compelled to issue a public statement alongside SpaceX, and its technical staff, promising to delete all data that Grok Build has ever stored and give users more choice over how their]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grok-build-coding-tool-open-sourced-this-week-promises-to-respect-zero-data-retention/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/grok-build-coding-tool-open-sourced-this-week-promises-to-respect-zero-data-retention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake']]></title><description><![CDATA["OpenAI has finally confirmed reports that its latest family of large language models can accidentally delete files," reports InfoWorld, "while stressing that such incidents are rare and should be viewed as 'honest mistakes.'"Reports of the flagship LLMs deleting files emerged shortly after the company launched them earlier this month, with investor Matt Shumer taking to X to report that GPT-5.6-Sol had "just accidentally deleted almost all" of his Mac's files. Just days later, software engineer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acknowledges-gpt-56-may-accidentally-delete-files-calls-it-honest-mistake/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-acknowledges-gpt-56-may-accidentally-delete-files-calls-it-honest-mistake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket]]></title><description><![CDATA[France's regulatory authority for licensed gambling/betting games "announced this week that it ordered ISPs to block access to Polymarket," reports Engadget. Anyone caught advertising an unauthorized betting site "could be fined up to 100,000 euros, or around $114,000." (The article notes this follows a previous regulatory action from November placing a geoblock on financial transactions from French residents on Polymarket's site.)In May Spain blocked access to Polymarket and Kalshi while it lau]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-orders-isps-to-block-access-to-polymarket/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-orders-isps-to-block-access-to-polymarket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week Slashdot reader joshuark found the story of exactly how in 2025 ProPublica reporter Renee Dudley confirmed Microsoft was running tech support for the U.S. Defense Department through China, America's biggest cybersecurity adversary &mdash; and how that investigation ultimately changed U.S. government policy.<br />
The reporter first found an ad offering $18 to $28 to hire Americans as "digital escorts" for China-based tech support, then just searched LinkedIn for people who apparently had ans]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microsofts-little-workaround-created-a-major-threat-to-americas-defense-department/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-microsofts-little-workaround-created-a-major-threat-to-americas-defense-department/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports:<br />
Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government's troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a "fiasco" by a cross-party committee of lawmakers, will be redirected to Burnham's priorities, the spokesperson said...<br />
"All the time and resource that was going to be spent on a national ID scheme will go instead to where it's most needed, suc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/next-uk-prime-minister-drops-digital-id-scheme/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/next-uk-prime-minister-drops-digital-id-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players]]></title><description><![CDATA["Approximately half of Gen Z and millennials who have purchased a CD do not own a CD player," according to midyear sales statistics from entertainment data company Luminate. It's driven in part by "collection building", according to their report [PDF]:The CD has been recontextualized from a functional audio format into an<br />
affordable collectible. This behavior underscores that for younger generations, the act of buying<br />
physical music is as much about aesthetic ownership and direct financial suppo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gen-z-and-millennials-are-buying-cds-though-half-dont-have-cd-players/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gen-z-and-millennials-are-buying-cds-though-half-dont-have-cd-players/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD]]></title><description><![CDATA["One of the most interesting BSD variants of the 2010s, NextBSD, has come back to life under new management," reports The Register:<br />
Aside from the homepage, there's a GitHub repository &mdash; but beware, this is separate from the old one, whose repo is still there although the most recent changes were seven years ago. The new project also has a project history giving credit where it's due. The main man behind the revival is Joe Maloney, known on GitHub as pkgdemon. In case his name rings a bell]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextbsd-returns-to-port-apple-source-onto-freebsd/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nextbsd-returns-to-port-apple-source-onto-freebsd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a sign of our times, CNBC's Jim Cramer "said Wednesday that it's time for companies to prove artificial intelligence is paying off," reports CNBC:<br />
"I need cold hard return facts," the "Mad Money" host said. "Or, I, too, will grow more skeptical than I am now...." While Cramer said he remains optimistic about the long-term opportunity, he argued the market needs more evidence that those investments are translating into measurable financial returns for customers. Cramer said one of his biggest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cnbcs-jim-cramer-says-he-needs-cold-hard-proof-ai-is-paying-off/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cnbcs-jim-cramer-says-he-needs-cold-hard-proof-ai-is-paying-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons probe flew by the planet Pluto in 2015. But this week it "awakened from its longest sleep ever," reports CNN.It's now 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometers) from Earth...<br />
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft went into a planned hibernation mode on August 7, 2025, and woke up on June 23 using commands stored on its main computer. The mission's flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, confirmed that New]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/long-after-pluto-fly-by-nasas-new-horizons-probe-wakes-up-again-starts-doing-new-science/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/long-after-pluto-fly-by-nasas-new-horizons-probe-wakes-up-again-starts-doing-new-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday the union that helped organize thousands of workers across numerous Microsoft-owned video game studios filed unfair labor complaints against Microsoft over the layoffs of 1,600 employees. The gaming news site Aftermath says the complaints allege unlawful action:<br />
"Xbox management is required to bargain with the union over the decision of layoffs prior to implementing them during the status quo period, and we are pursuing every available avenue to protect our members," a Communications Wo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/union-fights-microsoft-over-layoffs-at-game-studios/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/union-fights-microsoft-over-layoffs-at-game-studios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year just 0.6% of new vehicles made for U.S. customers were stick shifts, reports the Washington Post, citing preliminary government data.<br />
"That's a precipitous drop from the 34.6 percent of vehicles with manual transmissions produced in 1980."<br />
[T]he stick shift's popularity hit multiple new lows in recent years, with no signs of a turnaround, thanks to new technologies and a rapidly changing marketplace. Buyers and automakers increasingly have turned to the sophisticated automatic drivetra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-death-of-the-stick-shift-is-almost-here-for-americans/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-death-of-the-stick-shift-is-almost-here-for-americans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google-Backed Satellites For Wildfire Detection Launch As Smoke Chokes US, Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: As smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational satellites in the Google-backed FireSat program successfully launched into orbit. The satellites will begin providing wildfire detection capable of spotting even small fires in the United States, Australia, and Europe before the end of the year. The launch of the microsatellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-backed-satellites-for-wildfire-detection-launch-as-smoke-chokes-us-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-backed-satellites-for-wildfire-detection-launch-as-smoke-chokes-us-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say a meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home in 2024 contains unusually pristine evidence of salty fluids and organic chemistry from near the surface of a primitive asteroid. "A forensic study of the fragments revealed that they contained preserved bits from near the surface of a primitive asteroid, where it experienced concentrated salty fluids -- a process not previously known from this type of protoplanet world," said lead author and meteor ast]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/alien-world-chemistry-found-inside-meteorite-that-struck-new-jersey-home/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/alien-world-chemistry-found-inside-meteorite-that-struck-new-jersey-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia To Put Environmental Brakes On AI Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Australia will require large data centers powering artificial intelligence to generate as much power as they consume, and ensure that creative professionals retain control over work that may be used to train A.I. systems, as the government sets up guardrails over the rapidly growing industry. The announcements on Wednesday in a speech by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese came as Australia draws significant interest from A.I. companies be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australia-to-put-environmental-brakes-on-ai-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/australia-to-put-environmental-brakes-on-ai-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve Wozniak's Foundation Partners With Realbotix To Build AI Teacherbot]]></title><description><![CDATA["Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's Woz Ed foundation is partnering with Realbotix, best known for their RealDoll-branded artificial companions, to deploy AI-powered robotic tutors in classrooms," writes Slashdot reader Hentes. "The doll will serve as a sort of artificial teaching assistant, helping students who get stuck or generating lessons. Students will be assigned an ID code, allowing the robot to provide personalized mentoring." NYS Focus reports: "This deployment in a working school distri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-wozniaks-foundation-partners-with-realbotix-to-build-ai-teacherbot/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-wozniaks-foundation-partners-with-realbotix-to-build-ai-teacherbot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Vows to Make AI for All in Debut at China's Top Tech Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xi Jinping used his first appearance at China's World AI Conference to promote a vision of low-cost, broadly accessible AI and call for international cooperation rather than technological rivalry. "AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country, but a symphony of international cooperation," he said. Bloomberg reports: His presence at the gathering, attended by scores of tech and government leaders, conveys a potent signal of China's ambitions to dominate a technological sphe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xi-vows-to-make-ai-for-all-in-debut-at-chinas-top-tech-summit/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xi-vows-to-make-ai-for-all-in-debut-at-chinas-top-tech-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billing Software Error Sends Billion-Dollar AWS Estimates]]></title><description><![CDATA[AWS says a billing software bug caused some customers to see wildly inflated estimated charges, including reports of accounts showing bills in the billions or even trillions of dollars. The Register reports: An open issue on the AWS Health Dashboard (archived copy at the time of writing) popped up at 1:33 am Pacific time on Friday informing users that Cost Explorer was "reflecting inaccurate estimated billing data." As of writing, the issue is still unresolved despite AWS trying several differen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billing-software-error-sends-billion-dollar-aws-estimates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billing-software-error-sends-billion-dollar-aws-estimates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds To Critics of AI Coding On Linux: 'Fork It. Or Just Walk Away.']]></title><description><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds says the Linux kernel will not ban AI-assisted coding tools, and if anti-AI absolutists have a problem with that, they can "fork it" or "walk away." An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Writing in a lengthy post on the Linux kernel mailing list this week, Torvalds said that "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away." The statement came amid a lengthy thread a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-to-critics-of-ai-coding-on-linux-fork-it-or-just-walk-away/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-to-critics-of-ai-coding-on-linux-fork-it-or-just-walk-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Just Erased America's AI Lead]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Axios: Kimi K3, a massive new model by Beijing-based Moonshot AI, threatens the foundations of Americas AI boom. Its release Thursday dazzled developers, jolted Silicon Valley and reset the AI race overnight. Kimi immediately vaulted into the top tier of global AI, beating Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests by AI evaluator Arena.In Arenas broader text ranking, Kimi finished ahead of Anthropics Opus 4.8 -- t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-just-erased-americas-ai-lead/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-just-erased-americas-ai-lead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Arrests Man Accused of Using Steam Games To Drain Victims' Crypto Wallets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI arrested a Florida man accused of uploading fake Steam games containing malware that stole passwords, data, and cryptocurrency wallet credentials from victims. Prosecutors say the scheme infected about 8,000 people, compromised roughly 80 crypto wallets, and stole at least $220,000 through games that appeared legitimate but secretly carried malware. TechCrunch reports: On Tuesday, the FBI arrested Zyaire Wilkins, a 21-year-old Florida resident and student. On Wednesday, prosecutors accus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-using-steam-games-to-drain-victims-crypto-wallets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-using-steam-games-to-drain-victims-crypto-wallets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta In Talks To Lease Computing Power To Anthropic In Potential $10 Billion Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is reportedly in very early talks to lease computing power from Meta in a potential deal worth around $10 billion. The discussions follow Anthropic's recent compute deal with SpaceX and come as Meta explores selling excess AI capacity as part of a broader push to turn its massive infrastructure spending into a cloud business. CNBC reports: Access to enough AI chips remains a challenge for firms like Anthropic, which places usage limits on its most advanced models like Fable. [...] Meta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-in-talks-to-lease-computing-power-to-anthropic-in-potential-10-billion-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-in-talks-to-lease-computing-power-to-anthropic-in-potential-10-billion-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Sends Legal Letters To Dozens of OpenAI Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple has reportedly sent legal letters to dozens of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI, telling them to preserve potentially relevant documents and communications as it continues to pursue its trade secret lawsuit against the AI company. The Financial Times (paywalled) reports that Apple has targeted around 40 former employees with legal preservation letters, acting on its belief that the alleged misappropriation of confidential info]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-sends-legal-letters-to-dozens-of-openai-employees/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-sends-legal-letters-to-dozens-of-openai-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kalshi Flags Trump's Teleprompter Operator For Alleged Insider Trading]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABC News reports that White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez allegedly made more than $100,000 betting on Kalshi markets tied to what President Trump would say in speeches, using his access to prepared remarks and last-minute edits. ABC News reports: According to the sources, Kalshi alerted its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to the suspicious activity on its "Mentions" market, where users can bet on whether specific words, phrases or topics are uttered durin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kalshi-flags-trumps-teleprompter-operator-for-alleged-insider-trading/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/kalshi-flags-trumps-teleprompter-operator-for-alleged-insider-trading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Restores Player's 25-Year-Old Account After Nuking It Due to Hacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft restored streamer Joshua Khane's 25-year-old Xbox and OneDrive account after it was compromised by a hacker and then suspended, putting years of personal data, baby photos, and thousands of dollars in games at risk. IGN reports: While he was "extremely happy" and thanked Microsoft for its help recovering his account and all the invaluable information therein, he levied some criticisms toward the brand for its initial response, claiming it had told him the suspension was "irreversible"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-restores-players-25-year-old-account-after-nuking-it-due-to-hacker/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-restores-players-25-year-old-account-after-nuking-it-due-to-hacker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers Find an Atmosphere On a Nearby Earth-Like Planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have directly detected helium in the atmosphere of LHS 1140 b, a rocky exoplanet 48 light-years away that sits in its star's habitable zone. The finding marks the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet in the habitable zone, strengthening the case that some planets orbiting red dwarfs can retain atmospheres and potentially support liquid water. "We have actually detected directly the helium present in the atmosphere itself, and that's the first direct detection]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-find-an-atmosphere-on-a-nearby-earth-like-planet/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-find-an-atmosphere-on-a-nearby-earth-like-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth Social To Sell Wall Street Firms the 'Fastest' Access To Trump's Post]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Trump Media &amp; Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks and trading firms "the fastest" access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, such as President Donald Trump's, whose posts often move global markets. The product, called 'Truth API,' will deliver posts from the 10 most influential accounts to customers at a significantly faster pace than a regular push notification on the Truth Social p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/truth-social-to-sell-wall-street-firms-the-fastest-access-to-trumps-post/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/truth-social-to-sell-wall-street-firms-the-fastest-access-to-trumps-post/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HP Fined $14 Million For 'Cartelization' of Ink Cartridges, Toner, PCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[India's Competition Commission has fined HP India and its partners about 1.4 billion rupees ($14.4 million), alleging the company colluded with resellers to rig government PC bids and fix prices for ink cartridges, toner, and other printing supplies. "It said that HP was aiming to outcompete other OEMs and discourage resellers from selling 'counterfeit' ink and toner," adds Ars Technica. From the report: In an order, the CCI said that HP India worked with five resellers to coordinate their bid p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hp-fined-14-million-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hp-fined-14-million-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TSMC To Invest Additional $100 Billion In Arizona]]></title><description><![CDATA[TSMC said it will invest another $100 billion in Arizona after reporting a record 77.4% year-over-year jump in second-quarter profit. The expansion would bring its total U.S. investment to $265 billion and include new fabs for 2-nanometer production and advanced packaging to serve major U.S. customers. The Associated Press reports: As AI-related demand continues to jump and needs for computing power from data centers surge, TSMC has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tsmc-to-invest-additional-100-billion-in-arizona/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tsmc-to-invest-additional-100-billion-in-arizona/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Forces Google To Share Search Data, Open Android To Rivals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The EU is imposing new rules requiring Google to share anonymized search data and open up Android to rival AI companies. "Thanks to these measures, we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google's AI services, such as Gemini, and that users in the EU can enjoy greater choice of services," Henna Virkkunen, an executive vice president at the European Commission overseeing tech, said. The Associated Press reports: In issuing the two new rules, the commission said it found that AI]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-forces-google-to-share-search-data-open-android-to-rivals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-forces-google-to-share-search-data-open-android-to-rivals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1Password Lets Claude Use Credentials Without Exposing Passwords]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: 1Password has launched a Claude integration that allows the AI agent to sign in to websites using credentials stored in a 1Password vault. The password manager says Claude never sees the password or one-time code. Instead, users approve each request, and 1Password injects the credentials directly into the target website while locking down access to the rest of the vault. The design appears safer than simply handing passwords to an AI model, but it does not remove every risk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/1password-lets-claude-use-credentials-without-exposing-passwords/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/1password-lets-claude-use-credentials-without-exposing-passwords/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony Deletes More Movies From Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: In 2022, due to "evolving licensing agreements" with distributor StudioCanal, German and Austrian users had hundreds of movies disappear from their PS accounts, long after buying them through Sony. Then in 2023, it happened again in America, specifically when Sony ended its licensing agreement with Discovery after the Warner Bros. merger, which, of course, has since been bought by Paramount Skydance. That resulted in customers having hundreds an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-deletes-more-movies-from-accounts-of-people-who-bought-them/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-deletes-more-movies-from-accounts-of-people-who-bought-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, but will keep it a standalone app even as it ties more closely into Gemini and Google Search. "Google says it plans to bring notebooks to AI Mode, its chatbot-like experience in Search, too," reports The Verge. From the report: Along with the name change, Google is rolling out an update announced last month that allows Gemini Notebook to connect to a secure cloud computer to write and execute code. This feature is available to Google AI Ultra and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-renames-notebooklm-to-gemini-notebook/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-renames-notebooklm-to-gemini-notebook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnePlus Will Continue Software Updates After US and Europe Exit]]></title><description><![CDATA[OnePlus has confirmed that it will exit the North American and European markets, consolidating its operations under parent company Oppo. Existing customers will continue to receive "software updates, security patches, and applicable support," but OxygenOS will be replaced by Oppo's ColorOS. 9to5Google reports: As a part of its shutdown in global regions, OnePlus has confirmed that its flavor of Android, OxygenOS, is going away. Instead, all active OnePlus devices will be moving over to Oppo's Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-will-continue-software-updates-after-us-and-europe-exit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-will-continue-software-updates-after-us-and-europe-exit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Won't Require User-Replaceable Batteries for Wearables]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has exempted wearables from upcoming EU rules requiring portable-device batteries to be removable and user-replaceable. The broader Batteries Regulation still takes effect in February 2027 for many consumer products, but the exemption means companies like Apple, Google, Samsung, and Meta won't have to redesign their wearables for the EU. Thurrott reports: Yesterday, the Commission announced that new product categories would be exempted from complying with its Batteries Re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-wont-require-user-replaceable-batteries-for-wearables/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-wont-require-user-replaceable-batteries-for-wearables/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea To Launch Universal Basic AI Chatbot]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: South Korea's government has posted a tender seeking suppliers to build a universal basic AI chatbot, and an AI agent for government services. The "AI for everyone" plan calls for private entities to create and operate the AI systems under contracts that expire in the year 2031. Bid documents reveal that Seoul will provide up to 256 Nvidia B200 GPUs to successful bidders. Winners must match government funding. The aim of the policy is to ens]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-to-launch-universal-basic-ai-chatbot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-to-launch-universal-basic-ai-chatbot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Users Bid Farewell To AI Companions]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 quotes a report from Agence France-Presse: Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency. The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died. But these interactive tools must not "excessively cate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinese-users-bid-farewell-to-ai-companions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinese-users-bid-farewell-to-ai-companions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magana-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-create-first-room-temperature-quantum-material/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/physicists-create-first-room-temperature-quantum-material/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Suffered a Major Power Outage Every Month of 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: A Reddit post making the rounds this week claims the U.S. has experienced at least one major power outage every month of 2026 -- but is it true? I dug into several outages, the extreme weather behind them, and what we can do to help keep the lights on. [...] The claim that hundreds of thousands of Americans were without power over extended periods at least once per month, every month of 2026 surprised be in two ways. First, because I had no idea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-suffered-a-major-power-outage-every-month-of-2026/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-suffered-a-major-power-outage-every-month-of-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Publishers Sue Google For Copyright Infringement Over Gemini AI Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major publishers Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow have sued Google, accusing it of using millions of copyrighted books to train Gemini without permission or payment, in "one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history." The Guardian reports: The publishers argue that Google repurposed books that had been supplied for limited services such as Google Books, Google Play Books and Google Scholar. Those services allowed Google to use the works in specific]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/book-publishers-sue-google-for-copyright-infringement-over-gemini-ai-training/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/book-publishers-sue-google-for-copyright-infringement-over-gemini-ai-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify Is Now an AI Chatbot, Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotify is testing a new "Talk to Spotify" AI feature for Premium subscribers that will let them chat with an AI assistant to explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The feature can answer questions about what users are listening to, adjust playback through follow-up prompts, and offer more personalized recommendations. The Verge reports: Amazon Music introduced a similar feature last year when it integrated Alexa Plus into the service. Spotify's chatbot goes a step beyond providing AI-powered]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-is-now-an-ai-chatbot-too/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spotify-is-now-an-ai-chatbot-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hacker who breached Suno reportedly revealed source code and training-library details showing the AI music generator scraped millions of songs and lyrics from sources including YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, Pond5, Jamendo, Freesound, and podcast RSS feeds. "The hacked data is a rare look at exactly how AI models and tools are built," reports 404 Media. "Suno is one of the largest AI music generation tools on the internet, and has been the subject of several major lawsuits from the record indu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Plans To Repeal 39% TV Ownership Cap]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC plans to vote on repealing local TV ownership limits, including the 39% national audience cap that currently restricts how much of the U.S. market a single broadcast group can reach. Engadget reports: On August 6, commissioners will hold a ballot to repeal Section 303 of the Communications Act, and with it the 39 percent rule. In essence, the rule limits the reach of a local TV network to no more than 39 percent of the U.S.' total audience market. In its place, the FCC would move to a sy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-plans-to-repeal-39-tv-ownership-cap/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-plans-to-repeal-39-tv-ownership-cap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google and Epic Cancel Settlement; Third-Party App Stores Coming To Google Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they're not the changes Google wanted. The settlement between Google and Epic that aimed to put to rest the companies' long-running antitrust battle is being withdrawn, and that means third-party app stores are coming to the Play Store. Google has confirmed that it will begin distributing rival app stores next week, setting the stage for competing platforms to take a bite out of Google's Android re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-and-epic-cancel-settlement-third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-and-epic-cancel-settlement-third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[FreeBSD 16 has removed the last GPL-licensed code from its base system, retiring the old GNU 'dialog' implementation after the installer moved to 'bsddialog' and the final dependency was disabled. Phoronix reports: This ticket to retire dialog was opened back in February while is now merged to the FreeBSD source tree for what will become FreeBSD 16.0. With dialog removed, the latest FreeBSD code now retires the GNU sub-tree of the FreeBSD base system now that no more GNU code remains. FreeBSD 16]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Launches a Keypad for AI Agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI's first hardware device is a limited-edition desktop keypad called the Codex Micro that lets users monitor and control AI coding agents. Axios reports: Codex Micro is a collaboration with Work Louder, a boutique hardware company known for customizable mechanical keyboards and shortcut controllers for developers and designers. The small, square macro pad -- with backlit keys, a rotary knob and a tiny joystick -- sits beside your regular keyboard as a physical shortcut box for common Codex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-launches-a-keypad-for-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-launches-a-keypad-for-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stripe, Advent Offer to Buy PayPal For More Than $53 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly made a joint $60.50-per-share offer to buy PayPal, valuing the payments company at more than $53 billion. The bid is said to represent a 28% premium to PayPal's latest closing price and is backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing.Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stripe-advent-offer-to-buy-paypal-for-more-than-53-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stripe-advent-offer-to-buy-paypal-for-more-than-53-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: Microsoft today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attributed the burgeoning patch counts to vulnerability discoveries aided by artificial intelligence. Nearly 60 of the bugs quashed in July's Patch Tuesday earned a "critica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronauts Take First X-Rays In Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronauts on SpaceX's Fram2 mission successfully captured diagnostic X-ray images in orbit for the first time. The milestone gives space medicine a second imaging option beyond ultrasound and could help future crews diagnose injuries, inspect equipment, and support longer missions to the moon or beyond. Popular Science reports: Commercial off-the-shelf X-ray machines like the ice cooler-sized MinXray TR90BH now allow users to perform scans on subjects far away from traditional facilities. In 20]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronauts-take-first-x-rays-in-space/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronauts-take-first-x-rays-in-space/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Votes For Permanent Daylight Saving Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[The House voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide and end the twice-yearly clock change. The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, "where one G.O.P. leader said it was unclear whether it could move ahead and at least one Republican appears inclined to try to block it," reports The New York Times. Some sleep experts oppose permanent daylight saving time, arguing that year-round standard time better aligns with circadian]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/house-votes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/house-votes-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Abused Mobile Networks' Vulnerabilities To Locate US Military In Middle East]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the build-up to the Iran War, as well as in the early days of the conflict, according to Financial Times. The Iranian government exploited Signaling System 7, or SS7, a set of protocols for 2G and 3G networks that has long been the backbone of how cellular networks connect to each other to route subscribers' calls]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-abused-mobile-networks-vulnerabilities-to-locate-us-military-in-middle-east/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iran-abused-mobile-networks-vulnerabilities-to-locate-us-military-in-middle-east/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's First Device Will Be Moveable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly developing a screen-free, portable smart speaker meant to act as a personalized home computer and humanlike AI companion. "It will help control smart-home appliances, play media, answer questions, respond to messages and tap into the range of capabilities offered by OpenAI's ChatGPT," reports Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The device, expected to be unveiled this year and released in 2027, would mark OpenAI's first major hardware push after acquiring Jony]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Images Gets a Pinterest-Like Redesign Focused On Discovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google Images is getting a Pinterest-like redesign that turns image search into a personalized discovery feed, with "For You" galleries, real-time updates, and collections for saving visual ideas. "Google is also adding a way for users to create AI images right in Search, as it celebrates 25 years since the debut of Google Images," reports TechCrunch. From the report: After navigating to the redesigned Google Images, users will see a "For You" gallery of images tailored to their interests and br]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-images-gets-a-pinterest-like-redesign-focused-on-discovery/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-images-gets-a-pinterest-like-redesign-focused-on-discovery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Claims Meta's Layoff Decisions Were Made By AI, Not Humans]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit from 26 Meta employees alleges the company used AI-driven scoring and monitoring systems to select workers for layoffs, disproportionately targeting employees with disabilities or those who had taken protected medical, family, pregnancy, or parental leave. "Meta did not assemble the termination list through the considered judgment of managers who knew the work. Instead, Meta used a constellation of internal artificial-intelligence systems -- including a system referred to internally as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lawsuit-claims-metas-layoff-decisions-were-made-by-ai-not-humans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lawsuit-claims-metas-layoff-decisions-were-made-by-ai-not-humans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google DeepMind Calls For US To Spearhead AI Standards Body]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis is calling for a U.S.-led AI standards body to review frontier models for national security risks such as cybersecurity and biological threats. His proposal would create a federally overseen public-private organization, initially voluntary and eventually mandatory for U.S. deployment. CNBC reports: Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate, said in an article posted on X on Tuesday that "urgent action" was needed to address risks associated with a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-deepmind-calls-for-us-to-spearhead-ai-standards-body/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-deepmind-calls-for-us-to-spearhead-ai-standards-body/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Foundation's Latest Foray Is To Standardize Internet-Native Payments For AI Agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents, APIs, and applications, based on Coinbase's contributed x402 protocol. Backed by companies including AWS, American Express, Cloudflare, Google, Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa, the effort aims to make payments work directly over HTTP (assuming users are comfortable letting AI agents handle financial transactions)."The whole idea is to give agents access to money and, through that financia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-foundations-latest-foray-is-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-foundations-latest-foray-is-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnePlus Is Reportedly Shutting Down In the US, Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[OnePlus will reportedly announce this week that it is shutting down its brand in the U.S. and Europe, following months of signs that parent company Oppo was winding down the brand's global presence. India and China are reportedly unaffected, but it's unclear whether Oppo will replace the brand directly in those markets. The move also raises questions about future support for existing OnePlus users. 9to5Google reports: WinFuture reports that OnePlus is gearing up for an official withdrawal from t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-is-reportedly-shutting-down-in-the-us-europe/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-is-reportedly-shutting-down-in-the-us-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM Stock Collapses After a Grave Warning About AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBM shares plunged after the company warned that Q2 revenue and earnings would miss expectations, blaming customers' sudden shift in spending toward AI hardware instead of software services. However, CEO Arvind Krishna did not place all the blame on IBM's customers. The CEO also said it "faltered" by failing to "anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization.""These conditions require our teams to execute perfectly, and this quarter we faltered. We did not adapt and move quickly enough,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-stock-collapses-after-a-grave-warning-about-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-stock-collapses-after-a-grave-warning-about-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Becomes First State To Impose Data Center Moratorium]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York has become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, pausing construction for one year over concerns that AI-driven data center growth is raising utility bills, straining water supplies, and burdening communities. "As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it's my responsibility to take action and lead," said New York Governor Kathy Hochul. She will also pursue legisl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-york-becomes-first-state-to-impose-data-center-moratorium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-york-becomes-first-state-to-impose-data-center-moratorium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[StubHub, CEO Hit With 'Deceptive Practices' Class Action Over Mass Scalping]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit in the United States over the company's ties to large-scale scalpers -- connections reported by CBC News last week. The suit, filed Monday by New York ticket buyer Louis Sanquini, alleges deceptive practices and fraudulent misrepresentation over StubHub's promoting itself as a "marketplace for fans to buy and sell tickets." The online ticket resale gian]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stubhub-ceo-hit-with-deceptive-practices-class-action-over-mass-scalping/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stubhub-ceo-hit-with-deceptive-practices-class-action-over-mass-scalping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISA Urges SharePoint Hardening After New Exploitations]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA is aware of active exploitation of vulnerabilities CVE-2026-32201, CVE-2026-45659, and CVE-2026-56164, enabling cyber threat actors to gain unauthorized access to on-premises SharePoint Server instances. These vulnerabilities affect all supported on-premises SharePoint Server versions (Subscription Edition, 2019, and 2016) and involve establishing remote code execution (RCE) and post-exploitation activities, such as stealing Internet Information Services (IIS) machine keys and performing de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-sharepoint-hardening-after-new-exploitations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-sharepoint-hardening-after-new-exploitations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian Scientists Produce Most Detailed 3D Atlas of the Human Brainstem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) have created what they describe as the world's most detailed 3D cellular atlas of the human brainstem, linking whole-brain MRI views to individual neurons across more than 500 tissue sections. The free online atlas, called Anchor, could help researchers better understand diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, and SIDS by showing how healthy and diseased brain tissue differs cell by cell. The BBC reports: Built from high]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/indian-scientists-produce-most-detailed-3d-atlas-of-the-human-brainstem/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/indian-scientists-produce-most-detailed-3d-atlas-of-the-human-brainstem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Find Sugar Deep In Our Galaxy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. While not essential for life itself, the molecule can convert into a form thought to be important for life's origins, adding evidence that key prebiotic ingredients may be widespread across the galaxy. The Associated Press reports: Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-find-sugar-deep-in-our-galaxy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-find-sugar-deep-in-our-galaxy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 200 Economists Say 'We Must Act Now' On AI's Economic Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions "must act now" to address how artificial intelligence could transform the economy and could put many people out of work. The statement released Monday was signed by top economists, along with computer scientists and some executives at tech companies including Anthropic, Google and OpenAI."AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years," says the letter organ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/over-200-economists-say-we-must-act-now-on-ais-economic-impact/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/over-200-economists-say-we-must-act-now-on-ais-economic-impact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Promises To Fix Search With Major Windows 11 Overhaul]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is overhauling Windows 11 search to prioritize local apps, files, and settings over web results while removing ads, promotions, MSN/Bing clutter, and other distractions. "You've have been asking for search that is faster, more relevant, and easier to use -- whether you're opening an app, finding a file, or changing a setting," Microsoft says in a new blog post. "Because the Windows Search Box is where many people start, we focused first on making results more dependable, easier to scan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-promises-to-fix-search-with-major-windows-11-overhaul/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-promises-to-fix-search-with-major-windows-11-overhaul/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Government Warns That Russia State Hackers Are Coming After Your Router]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA and allied governments are warning users to secure their routers as Russian state-backed hackers continue compromising the devices and turning them into proxy nodes to disguise attacks against critical infrastructure. The advisory urges users to disable outdated SNMP versions, use strong passwords, update firmware, and turn off unnecessary router services to reduce the risk of being swept into these botnets. Ars Technica reports: "Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-warns-that-russia-state-hackers-are-coming-after-your-router/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-warns-that-russia-state-hackers-are-coming-after-your-router/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Firm Files For Insolvency After Cybercriminals Shut Down Production For 6 Weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[German textile firm ZEGO has filed for insolvency and is blaming a March cyberattack that shut down production for nearly six weeks. "ZEGO's filing adds another name to the short but growing list of companies that say a digital break-in was commercially fatal to their business," reports The Register. From the report: In a notice to customers and suppliers, the organization said it had exhausted every available option before seeking insolvency protection. Managing director Johannes Zenglein descr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-firm-files-for-insolvency-after-cybercriminals-shut-down-production-for-6-weeks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-firm-files-for-insolvency-after-cybercriminals-shut-down-production-for-6-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Bros Merger, Defying DOJ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A coalition of 12 states led by California is suing to block the $111 billion Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger, arguing it would reduce competition in theatrical distribution, blockbuster films, and basic cable licensing. The challenge (PDF) defies the DOJ's approval of the deal. Variety reports: The coalition, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleges that the $111 billion transaction violates the Clayton Act by lessening competition in three distinct markets: wide-release the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/states-sue-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-defying-doj/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/states-sue-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-defying-doj/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Reportedly Agreed to Intel Chips To Avoid White House Tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), Apple agreed to use Intel's U.S. chipmaking plants after White House officials pressured Tim Cook during tariff-relief talks last summer. MacRumors reports: In August 2025, Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Washington to lobby the Trump administration to drop its proposed 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports -- a levy that would have raised costs across Apple's product line. Apple reportedly secured an exemption after pledging to invest hundreds o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-reportedly-agreed-to-intel-chips-to-avoid-white-house-tariffs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-reportedly-agreed-to-intel-chips-to-avoid-white-house-tariffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Precursor Watches Your Mouse and Keyboard To Decide If You Are Human]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Cloudflare has launched Precursor, a new behavioral bot detection system that monitors mouse movement, typing cadence, scrolling, clipboard activity, page visibility, and other signals across an entire browsing session. The system is designed to catch advanced bots that can run JavaScript, use real browsers, and pass traditional CAPTCHA challenges. Cloudflare says Precursor does not record actual keystrokes and instead studies timing and rhythm. The company also says the dat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-precursor-watches-your-mouse-and-keyboard-to-decide-if-you-are-human/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-precursor-watches-your-mouse-and-keyboard-to-decide-if-you-are-human/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Media Limits Are Coming For Teens Across Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Union is considering major new restrictions on children's access to social media, including age limits, phased access, and an outright ban. "This is not about whether children can access social media," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "It is about when social media can access our children." The Verge reports: Social media platforms could also be forced to prove their services are not harmful before young people are allowed to use them. European Commission Pre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-limits-are-coming-for-teens-across-europe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/social-media-limits-are-coming-for-teens-across-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting On Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Incogni survey suggests Americans are pulling back from social media, with more than half saying "maintaining an online presence feels like work" and 55% reporting they post less than they did five years ago. "The full study concludes that there's been a significant shift in public attitudes toward social media," reports PCMag. "Where it was once fun and relaxing, it's now growing dark and angsty..." From the report: As the chart shows, there's also a clear correlation with age. A full 60%]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-55-of-americans-stopped-posting-on-social-media/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/why-55-of-americans-stopped-posting-on-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China, Russia and Others Seek To Inflame Debate Over AI Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: A state-owned newspaper in China recently published a satellite image of a data center in Gainesville, Va., writing in English that the development of artificial intelligence posed a threat to Americans' physical and financial well-being. A comic strip made to look as if it had been published by a Maryland news outlet -- created with OpenAI's ChatGPT by people in China, the tech company said -- circulated on X this year, blaming data c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-russia-and-others-seek-to-inflame-debate-over-ai-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-russia-and-others-seek-to-inflame-debate-over-ai-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds on Rust, C, Bugs, and AI Patch-Checking Tools]]></title><description><![CDATA["Git and email are the two really only tools I use," Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026. But ZDNet reports that he also shared his thoughts on Rust, C, and patch-checking tools:"I use Google as a way to look things up." He added, "I'm unusual; most of the other maintainers end up using many more tools, and I think a lot of them are starting to use AI tools for patch checking," while he "works at a higher level. I work with people, not tools."<br />
When asked about Rust both in Git a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-rust-c-bugs-and-ai-patch-checking-tools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-rust-c-bugs-and-ai-patch-checking-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan's Space Agency Conducts First Test Flight For Experimental Reusable Rocket]]></title><description><![CDATA["Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday," reports the Associated Press, as Japan "seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX."<br />
The RV-X rocket lifted off, hovered and moved horizontally before landing [watch the video here] during its less than one-minute flight at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Noshiro Testing Center in northeastern Japan, which was livestre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japans-space-agency-conducts-first-test-flight-for-experimental-reusable-rocket/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japans-space-agency-conducts-first-test-flight-for-experimental-reusable-rocket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America May Soon Be Facing Largest Labor Shortage in Its History]]></title><description><![CDATA[America "is facing what's projected to become the largest labor shortage in its history," according to experts interviewed by the Washington Post:Economists warn that the worsening labor problem, due in part to a skills shortage and population shifts, will be vast and reach beyond tech. It "could hobble the American economy for years to come," predicts the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Lightcast, a labor market data company, calls it "the largest labor shortage the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-may-soon-be-facing-largest-labor-shortage-in-its-history/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-may-soon-be-facing-largest-labor-shortage-in-its-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America May Soon Be Facing It's Largest Labor Shortage in Its History]]></title><description><![CDATA[America "is facing what's projected to become the largest labor shortage in its history," according to experts interviewed by the Washington Post:Economists warn that the worsening labor problem, due in part to a skills shortage and population shifts, will be vast and reach beyond tech. It "could hobble the American economy for years to come," predicts the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Lightcast, a labor market data company, calls it "the largest labor shortage the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-may-soon-be-facing-its-largest-labor-shortage-in-its-history/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/america-may-soon-be-facing-its-largest-labor-shortage-in-its-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semi-Trailer Trucks Test Converting Into Plug-In Hybrids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader necro81 writes: There are several companies, such as Tesla, trying to make semi trucks fully electric. The capital cost for such a truck, and the MW-scale infrastructure to recharge it, may be a hard sell for some operators. [IEEE Spectrum notes that's a charging infrastructure "that most freight corridors do not yet reliably provide."] But some companies are instead adding batteries and an electric motor to the semi-trailers that trucks haul behind them.<br />
"The Nivalis P]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/semi-trailer-trucks-test-converting-into-plug-in-hybrids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/semi-trailer-trucks-test-converting-into-plug-in-hybrids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Billionaire Exodus? California Drew 10x More Venture Capital Than Any Other State This Year']]></title><description><![CDATA[California drew more than $335 billion in venture capital funding this year, reports the Los Angeles Times, citing data released Thursday by PitchBook on private market funding:Its next biggest competitor, New York, raised less than a tenth of California's total. Texas raised 1/40th of the amount... Although a campaign for a new tax on billionaires has convinced some ultra-rich residents to shift to other states and businesses often complain that high property and energy costs and an anti-busine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billionaire-exodus-california-drew-10x-more-venture-capital-than-any-other-state-this-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/billionaire-exodus-california-drew-10x-more-venture-capital-than-any-other-state-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Forget Coders. the Real AI Threat Is In the Back Office']]></title><description><![CDATA[Which jobs are most threatened by AI? "Programmers, software engineers and other tech industry employees," goes one common answer.<br />
"But many economists are more concerned about a different, larger group of white-collar workers," reports the New York Times: customer service reps, bookkeepers, payroll clerks and HR specialists, "who fly under the radar but collectively account for tens of millions of jobs..."They are spread across the country and throughout the economy, working in every industry,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/forget-coders-the-real-ai-threat-is-in-the-back-office/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/forget-coders-the-real-ai-threat-is-in-the-back-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds on AI, Junk Patches, Humans, and Godzilla]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds once said LLMs might bring a 10X increase to programmer productivity. But speaking at Open Source Summit India 2026, he now says that number was "not scientific,"<br />
reports ZDNet. "That was pulled out of my ass number, obviously."<br />
Today, he continued, "we're at the point where hopefully it creates more productivity than it takes away," but "we certainly saw more junk being generated by LLMs than we saw useful code up until the like early this year.... it can actually be a huge drain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-ai-junk-patches-humans-and-godzilla/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linus-torvalds-on-ai-junk-patches-humans-and-godzilla/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk And Sam Altman Spar On X After Apple Files OpenAI Lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA["Elon Musk and Sam Altman criticized each other in new posts on X," reports CNBC, "highlighting the billionaires' long-standing tussle over OpenAI's evolution."This week, SpaceX released the Grok 4.5 generative AI model, while OpenAI debuted its own GPT-5.6 Sol. For days, Musk and Altman have hyped up their respective releases, but on Saturday the rivalry got personal. In response to a post about Apple filing suit against OpenAI on Friday over alleged theft of trade secrets, Musk wrote, "Scam Al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-and-sam-altman-spar-on-x-after-apple-files-openai-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/elon-musk-and-sam-altman-spar-on-x-after-apple-files-openai-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SK Hynix CEO Warns 2027 Will Be Memory's 'Worst Year' Ever. Shortages May Outlast the Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CEO of SK Hynix, one of the three largest DRAM producers, predicted to Reuters that the memory industry will see its "worst-ever" supply shortages in 2027, reports the hardware/gaming news site Wccftech:SK Hynix has also forecasted that, given the current market demand, they will fall way short of fulfilling the market demand, and that will continue beyond 2030. The comments from SK Hynix are in line with what Samsung and Micron executives have already said. Samsung has warned of 2027 being]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sk-hynix-ceo-warns-2027-will-be-memorys-worst-year-ever-shortages-may-outlast-the-decade/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sk-hynix-ceo-warns-2027-will-be-memorys-worst-year-ever-shortages-may-outlast-the-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WSJ Reports on 'Hard-line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal says "an intense 27-year-old activist who had been leading sit-ins at OpenAI to protest the dangers of AI" was just part of a larger movement.<br />
"The Bay Area's AI boom is drawing young disillusioned men and women to join the fight against it. They are upending their lives and leaving behind careers for think tanks, nonprofits and street protest groups."Their cause is now riding a surge of anti-AI backlash. Many Americans are souring on the technology amid mass layoffs, dat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wsj-reports-on-hard-line-activists-ramping-up-for-the-war-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wsj-reports-on-hard-line-activists-ramping-up-for-the-war-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the COSMIC Desktop Getting Better Than KDE and GNOME?]]></title><description><![CDATA["While KDE and GNOME dominate the landscape, a relative newcomer is starting to make waves with features other desktops still don't fully support," argues XDA Developers:<br />
Linux 7.0 was the first release of the kernel to officially support Rust, but COSMIC has been all-in on Rust since the very beginning, and COSMIC 1.1 finally stripped all the leftovers of C language from the desktop. It no longer has any traces of Nautilus (the GNOME file manager), and then there's now a COSMIC-native system mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-cosmic-desktop-getting-better-than-kde-and-gnome/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-the-cosmic-desktop-getting-better-than-kde-and-gnome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI-driven Datacenter Builds Increased Microsoft's Emissions 25% In One Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft released its 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report showing that last year it matched its entire electricity consumption with renewable energy, reports The Register."The bad news is it also increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25%" &mdash; mostly due to datacenter construction and a decision to stop purchasing some renewable energy certificates:In 2020, Microsoft set itself the goal of becoming "carbon-negative" by 2030. Its own figures show emissions heading only upwards, fro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-driven-datacenter-builds-increased-microsofts-emissions-25-in-one-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-driven-datacenter-builds-increased-microsofts-emissions-25-in-one-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Id Co-founders Carmack and Romero Respond to Microsoft's Layoffs]]></title><description><![CDATA["I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs," John Carmack posted Thursday to his 2.8 million followers on X.com:My "Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand" statement isn't aging well, and this is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month.<br />
I'm saddened, but I can't muster anger or outrage over it. I don't have access to the books, but I suspect that Id Software was a marginal business from Microsoft']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/id-co-founders-carmack-and-romero-respond-to-microsofts-layoffs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/id-co-founders-carmack-and-romero-respond-to-microsofts-layoffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facial Recognition in UK Shops Will Soon Instantly Alert Police About Offenders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Facial recognition technology in U.K. shops "will soon alert police in real time to the presence of serious offenders," reports The Guardian, "with civil liberties groups warning of a 'dangerous escalation' towards surveillance and criminalisation in the retail sector."Facewatch, a facial recognition system used by more than 100 businesses including Sainsbury's, B&amp;M and Spar to monitor thieves, said it was launching a UK-first feature to "alert police instantly when the most serious offender]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-will-soon-instantly-alert-police-about-offenders/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-will-soon-instantly-alert-police-about-offenders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Million Cubans Suffer Nationwide Blackout - For The Second Time This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports:An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a U.S. energy blockade...<br />
Authorities reported that they have already begun restoring power to some areas. On Monday, another massive blackout affected nearly 10 million people nationwide. Authorities reported during the week that service was gradually being restored from that outage]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/10-million-cubans-suffer-nationwide-blackout-for-the-second-time-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/10-million-cubans-suffer-nationwide-blackout-for-the-second-time-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Removes Controversial AI Feature On Instagram After Backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA["Meta has axed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI," reports TechCrunch:The feature, which wasn't designed to alert a user if their photos were used in this way, prompted immediate backlash... The company issued a blog post Friday announcing that it was removing the feature. Puck News founding partner Dylan Byers was the first to share the company's decision... Byers notes that the decision to do away with the feature came "amid scr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Keep Sneaking Into an Empty IBM Campus - and Then Getting Arrested]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since February, New York state police have arrested 48 people for trespassing on a former IBM campus in Somers, New York, reports the Wall Street Journal. 30 of the arrests were teenagers.The long-vacant site has become a magnet for so-called urban explorers, who prowl abandoned malls, hospitals, power plants, amusement parks, factories and any other disused structure they can breach... [I]t's been turbocharged by artsy videos on Instagram and TikTok that spur others to create their own posts, l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/people-keep-sneaking-into-an-empty-ibm-campus-and-then-getting-arrested/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/people-keep-sneaking-into-an-empty-ibm-campus-and-then-getting-arrested/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the FSF Sysadmins are Blocking Botnets with reaction]]></title><description><![CDATA[For nearly two years the Free Software Foundation has been fighting web crawlers (including many aggressively scraping training data for AI models). A botnet controlling about five million IPs hit one system for six months in 2025. Their systems administrator wrote this week that they view these as distributed denial-of-service attacks.<br />
How are they fighting back?<br />
We noticed patterns in the scrapers that were abnormal, which gave us material for writing regular expressions. Searching for the reg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-the-fsf-sysadmins-are-blocking-botnets-with-reaction/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-the-fsf-sysadmins-are-blocking-botnets-with-reaction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DuckDuckGo's Browser Now Blocks Most YouTube Ads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nerds.xyz reports:<br />
DuckDuckGo just gave its browser a feature that a lot of people have been waiting for. The privacy-focused browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, letting users watch videos without sitting through the pre-roll and mid-roll interruptions that have become part of everyday life on the platform. The feature is already enabled by default for iPhone, Windows, and Mac users running the latest version of the browser. Android users can turn it on manually... with DuckDuckGo p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/duckduckgos-browser-now-blocks-most-youtube-ads/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/duckduckgos-browser-now-blocks-most-youtube-ads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orbital Datacenter Plans Need an Environmental Review, FCC Told]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environmental groups want America's FCC "to slam the brakes on orbital datacenters," writes The Register.They're arguing for an environmental impact assessment for what could be 1 million satellites:Earthjustice, acting on behalf of DarkSky International, Environment America, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), filed a petition this week... The filing doesn't target any single company. Instead, it asks the regulator to put the entire emerging orbital datacenter sector o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/orbital-datacenter-plans-need-an-environmental-review-fcc-told/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/orbital-datacenter-plans-need-an-environmental-review-fcc-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Factory Was Severely Short On Workers. Then It Offered Flexible Work.]]></title><description><![CDATA["Flexible, app-based scheduling lets large pools of part-time workers choose four-hour shifts and even select the type of work they prefer," writes long-time Slashdot reader Tony Isaac. While the system started during the pandemic when factories faced severe labor shortages, the model is now "supplying hundreds of trained workers each week... while giving people &mdash; from retirees to sidejob hustlers to longtime employees &mdash; control over their hours."<br />
NPR says it's attracting "people who]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-factory-was-severely-short-on-workers-then-it-offered-flexible-work/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/this-factory-was-severely-short-on-workers-then-it-offered-flexible-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's AI Companies May Be 'Distilling' America's AI Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March, Anthropic's Claude "quietly deployed software to spy on China-based customers," reports the Washington Post &mdash; apparently to unmask Chinese rivals "suspected of hijacking its technology to make their own AI tools smarter."Last week Anthropic removed the spyware "after a software developer revealed its existence and privacy advocates criticized Anthropic, saying it had surveilled its own users."Anthropic's tracking code was designed in part to catch Chinese firms "distilling" its A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ai-companies-may-be-distilling-americas-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ai-companies-may-be-distilling-americas-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFF Celebrates 36th Anniversary, Says 'We Need You in the Fight']]></title><description><![CDATA["We need you in the fight," says the American legal expert in privacy, surveillance, AI, and Internet freedom of speech who became the EFF's new executive director in March.<br />
As EFF celebrates the anniversary of its founding 1990, "Each headline is different, but they tell one story: Many of the threats that once seemed hypothetical are now reality, and EFF's work to ensure technology supports rights, justice, freedom, and innovation for all people has never been more critical."Governments and la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-celebrates-36th-anniversary-says-we-need-you-in-the-fight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eff-celebrates-36th-anniversary-says-we-need-you-in-the-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Says US States Seek $1.4 Trillion In Penalties In August's Youth Safety Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta "said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties," reports Reuters, "over accusations the company designed its Facebook and Instagram platforms to addict young users and misled the public about their safety."Meta put forward the figure in its response to the attorneys general's filings on how penalties should be calculated if the states prevailed at trial. The number, which has not previously been disclosed and is close to Meta's market capitalizati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-says-us-states-seek-14-trillion-in-penalties-in-augusts-youth-safety-trial/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-says-us-states-seek-14-trillion-in-penalties-in-augusts-youth-safety-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked a Journalist for Days, Then Sent Police to Arrest Him]]></title><description><![CDATA["Are you armed?!" the police officer screamed. "Get out of the car!"A writer for the car-news site The Drive describes how "a technological chain linking surveillance cameras, AI, and law enforcement... led to me and my wife being surrounded by police, hands on their guns, in a Kohl's parking lot in suburban Minnesota."<br />
After dropping off our Amazon returns, we'd just gotten back in the Range Rover and reversed maybe two feet out of the spot when four cop cars came flying out of nowhere and boxe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-a-journalist-for-days-then-sent-police-to-arrest-him/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-tracked-a-journalist-for-days-then-sent-police-to-arrest-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC has approved (PDF) Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 test satellite, which will use a 60-by-60-foot mirror to reflect sunlight back to Earth after dark. "The reflected light from the satellite is supposed to span an area about 3 miles wide on the ground," reports PCMag. It comes despite objections from astronomers and environmental groups who are concerned that the satellites will unleash intrusive light pollution. From the report: The approval is only for one satellite, dubbed Earendil-1, wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-space-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-space-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Lands Rocket During an Orbital Launch For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[China successfully recovered an orbital rocket booster for the first time, landing the Long March 10B's first stage into a net-equipped sea platform after its maiden launch. "This mission marks my country's first successful controlled recovery of a launch vehicle and the world's first network-based recovery of a launch vehicle," the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced via social media shortly after the launch. (Translation by Google.) "It signifies a historic brea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-lands-rocket-during-an-orbital-launch-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-lands-rocket-during-an-orbital-launch-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing secrets about products still in development, setting up a legal face-off between two of the world's biggest tech companies. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the consumer tech giant said that OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence that has a new hardware business, had asked job candidates from Apple to share details about secret projects an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-sues-openai-accusing-it-of-stealing-company-secrets/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-sues-openai-accusing-it-of-stealing-company-secrets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI To Cheat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Inside Higher Ed: For the first time since he started teaching Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory nearly two decades ago, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm this spring. Quite a few students had expressed anxiety about being in a classroom after a gunman killed two students and injured nine in a December mass shooting at Brown, and so "it was appropriate," he said, to allow stude]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brown-professor-suspects-majority-of-his-class-used-ai-to-cheat/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brown-professor-suspects-majority-of-his-class-used-ai-to-cheat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Hacks Doorbell Cameras To Spy On NATO Bases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dutch intelligence agencies say Russian hackers have been hijacking unsecured internet-connected cameras, including likely doorbell and security cameras, to spy on NATO military bases and transport routes used to move weapons to Ukraine. "Organisations with IP [internet protocol] cameras on these routes have now been warned so that they could take action," said the AIVD domestic security and MIVD military intelligence agencies. Targeted NATO member states include the Netherlands and Ukraine. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russia-hacks-doorbell-cameras-to-spy-on-nato-bases/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russia-hacks-doorbell-cameras-to-spy-on-nato-bases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Demand Autonomous Vehicle Companies Stop Interfering With First Responders]]></title><description><![CDATA[NHTSA is ordering autonomous vehicle developers to explain by the end of the month how they will stop driverless cars from interfering with police, firefighters, and paramedics. TechCrunch reports: [NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison] noted in the letter (PDF) that the agency has "identified a clear pattern of driverless AVs interfering with law enforcement and other first responders," citing instances in which these vehicles drove into active emergency scenes, blocked the paths of ambulances]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/feds-demand-autonomous-vehicle-companies-stop-interfering-with-first-responders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/feds-demand-autonomous-vehicle-companies-stop-interfering-with-first-responders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC To Become First In US To Ban Deceptive Subscription Practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[On October 1st, New York City will become the first U.S. city to ban deceptive subscription practices, requiring companies to offer simple cancellation options or face fines of $525 per user subscription, back fees, and additional penalties. The Mamdani administration is also proposing a junk-fee rule requiring sellers, landlords, hotels, and other businesses to "advertise the total price for any good or service, including all mandatory additional charges and fees, up front." The Guardian report]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyc-to-become-first-in-us-to-ban-deceptive-subscription-practices/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nyc-to-become-first-in-us-to-ban-deceptive-subscription-practices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disable Autoplay and Infinite Scroll Or Risk Massive Fines, EU Tells Meta]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The European Union is ramping up pressure on Meta to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram after the European Commission preliminarily found that features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and highly personalized content recommendations were addictive. On Thursday, the EC said its investigation indicated that "Meta did not adequately assess the risks of its addictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disable-autoplay-and-infinite-scroll-or-risk-massive-fines-eu-tells-meta/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disable-autoplay-and-infinite-scroll-or-risk-massive-fines-eu-tells-meta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney+ Explores a Free Tier As YouTube Draws TV Viewers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disney is exploring a free tier for Disney+ that would make some content available without a subscription. According to Nielsen data, the three largest free streamers accounted for 18.7% of watch time on U.S. TVs in April, up from 16.8% a year earlier and 12.7% in April 2024. Business Insider reports: Product and tech chief Adam Smith spoke about enabling free-tier content during a streaming town hall on Thursday afternoon, one staffer said. Smith didn't share a timeline for this initiative or a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-explores-a-free-tier-as-youtube-draws-tv-viewers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/disney-explores-a-free-tier-as-youtube-draws-tv-viewers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI to Retire ChatGPT Atlas Browser Less Than a Year After Launch]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is retiring its ChatGPT Atlas browser less than a year after launch. Going forward, its browsing features will be shifted into a redesigned ChatGPT desktop app that also combines Codex, a built-in browser, and "ChatGPT Work" for acting across apps and files. PCMag reports: OpenAI disclosed Atlas's retirement in a Thursday post introducing a more powerful ChatGPT desktop app, following reports that the company planned on turning it into a "superapp." [...] In a tweet, OpenAI product staff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-to-retire-chatgpt-atlas-browser-less-than-a-year-after-launch/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-to-retire-chatgpt-atlas-browser-less-than-a-year-after-launch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP Makes It Easier For Customers To Shop For Legacy Product Support, Ending EU Antitrust Probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The European Commission has ended an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices after SAP agreed to abolish reinstatement fees and reduce back-maintenance fees. The move could reduce barriers for customers considering third-party support for products nearing the end of their vendor support terms, including thousands of large businesses that rely on SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to run their business operations. SAP's mainstream]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sap-makes-it-easier-for-customers-to-shop-for-legacy-product-support-ending-eu-antitrust-probe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sap-makes-it-easier-for-customers-to-shop-for-legacy-product-support-ending-eu-antitrust-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI's CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI's CEO of AGI deployment, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role and becoming a part-time adviser after taking extended medical leave for a chronic neuroimmune condition. "Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness I've lived with for seven years," Simo wrote in a post Thursday on X. "During that time, it became clear that the road to recovery would be much longer and more complex than I had anticipated -- and that I needed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-ceo-of-agi-deployment-fidji-simo-is-stepping-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openais-ceo-of-agi-deployment-fidji-simo-is-stepping-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft to Retire OWA Light Client In Exchange Server]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to disable and remove OWA Light, the lightweight Outlook Web Access client for Exchange Server, in an upcoming update expected in August 2026. The company says retiring the two-decade-old legacy interface will reduce attack surface and engineering complexity, pushing users to the modern Outlook on the web experience instead. BleepingComputer reports: "OWA Light was an important compatibility experience when the web needed it. Today, the full Outlook on the web experience is the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-retire-owa-light-client-in-exchange-server/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-to-retire-owa-light-client-in-exchange-server/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel-Winning US Chemist Will Move to China to Lead AI Institute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nobel-winning chemist Omar Yaghi is leaving UC Berkeley for China's Tsinghua University, where he will lead a new AI institute focused on accelerating the discovery of advanced materials. "Last week, Tsinghua University in Beijing welcomed Dr. Yaghi in an appointment ceremony, calling him one of the world's foremost chemists," reports The New York Times. "The university said he saw his new post as an opportunity 'not to slow down, not to repeat what has already been done, but to do science with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanoid Robots Controlled By Surgeons Did World-First Operation On Live Pigs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots have surgically removed the gallbladders from living animals in an unprecedented medical experiment -- but not as autonomous machines capable of replacing human doctors. Instead, skilled human surgeons remotely controlled the robots' movements in a new example of human-robot teamups. The teleoperated humanoid robots completed two minimally invasive surgeries by removing gallbladders from live pigs during a preclinical trial t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robots-controlled-by-surgeons-did-world-first-operation-on-live-pigs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humanoid-robots-controlled-by-surgeons-did-world-first-operation-on-live-pigs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Probe Growing Use of Chinese AI Models In US Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. lawmakers are probing the growing use of Chinese AI models by American companies, citing concerns over censorship, security risks, and whether U.S. firms are turning to cheaper foreign models because domestic alternatives are too costly or restricted. The investigation is specifically looking at companies such as Cursor and Airbnb. "The growing use of Chinese AI models by U.S. companies raises serious concerns," a State Department spokesperson told CNBC. Those "AI models are designed to adv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lawmakers-probe-growing-use-of-chinese-ai-models-in-us-companies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lawmakers-probe-growing-use-of-chinese-ai-models-in-us-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Search Hits All-Time Usage Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google says the World Cup drove Search to its highest usage in history, with queries per second peaking right after Argentina's winning goal against Egypt. CNBC reports: The milestone comes as the company tries to prove its traditional search engine can keep its relevance in the age of AI, where chatbots have become more prevalent. Google still controls 90% of the search market, its stock price has more than doubled in the past year and revenue growth in the first quarter was the fastest for any]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-search-hits-all-time-usage-record/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-search-hits-all-time-usage-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Meta has filed a patent for a system that records your voice and surroundings all day, then uses an AI to analyse your mood. The patent's stated, theoretical goal is for Meta, a company that makes billions of dollars targeting ads at its users based on their data, is to sell users a wearable that tailors workouts for them based on whether they're happy or sad. Patentlyze first noticed the patent which was published on July 2 after Meta filed it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.6 After Government Greenlight, Announces 'ChatGPT Work']]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has received approval from the Trump administration to publicly roll out GPT-5.6 after an earlier limited preview restricted access to government-approved organizations. The company also launched ChatGPT Work, a new GPT-5.6-powered agent that combines ChatGPT and Codex-style capabilities. "It can gather context from the apps, files, and workflows you choose and create finished materials such as documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and web apps," OpenAI wrote in a blog post, adding that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-rolls-out-gpt-56-after-government-greenlight-announces-chatgpt-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-rolls-out-gpt-56-after-government-greenlight-announces-chatgpt-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Hands Open Health Stack To the Linux Foundation]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation intends to launch the Open Health Stack Software Foundation, a new vendor-neutral home for the Google Open Health Stack project. Google is contributing the project code and assets while Google.org is providing a $3 million grant. The initiative is also backed by Microsoft, Anthropic, and the World Health Organization, with the goal of building open source, AI-ready digital health infrastructure. Will moving the project under Linux Foundation governance a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-hands-open-health-stack-to-the-linux-foundation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-hands-open-health-stack-to-the-linux-foundation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Francisco Moves To Build Private Luxury Airport Terminal]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The [San Francisco international airport] is hoping to build a brand-new terminal exclusively for passengers who pay a premium, gaining access to a luxurious airport experience complete with private security lines and valet service from terminal to tarmac. It will service commercial flights, not business or corporate jets, and the terminal will have its own Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lines as well as Customs and Border Prot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/san-francisco-moves-to-build-private-luxury-airport-terminal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/san-francisco-moves-to-build-private-luxury-airport-terminal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[macOS 28 Will Drop Support For Encrypted Mac OS Extended Volumes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting with macOS 28, Apple will no longer support encrypted Mac OS Extended, or HFS+, volumes. Users will need to decrypt them or reformat them as APFS to keep using them. 9to5Mac reports: In a new support document, Apple explains that starting with macOS 28, "the Mac OS Extended file system format will be supported only for volumes (disks and other storage devices) that aren't encrypted." In practice, this means users who currently rely on encrypted HFS+ external drives or other encrypted le]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-28-will-drop-support-for-encrypted-mac-os-extended-volumes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-28-will-drop-support-for-encrypted-mac-os-extended-volumes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Releases New Voice Models For More Natural Live Conversations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, "claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better," reports TechCrunch. "These are full-duplex models, meaning they can speak and listen at the same time, allowing users to interrupt naturally and enabling features like live translation." TechCrunch reports: The company is also replacing its current Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT with GPT-Live-1 mini by default. Users of paid tiers will be able to access the larger GPT-Li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-releases-new-voice-models-for-more-natural-live-conversations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-releases-new-voice-models-for-more-natural-live-conversations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents' Phone Addiction Affects Bond With Kids, New Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Parents' attachment to screens and smartphones can have negative, long-lasting developmental and psychological effects on their children, according to new research. Caregivers who mismanage their devices can both exacerbate "insecure attachment" and make healthy relationships more anxious and avoidant for children, according to the findings, which were published last month in Frontiers in Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal. The study, which su]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/parents-phone-addiction-affects-bond-with-kids-new-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/parents-phone-addiction-affects-bond-with-kids-new-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta To Build $9 Billion Alberta Data Center, Its First In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, investing $9 billion in a 1-gigawatt facility that can scale to 1.8 gigawatts to support its AI infrastructure needs. The project will rely on new generation and grid infrastructure funded by Meta, including a long-term agreement tied to a new natural gas power facility. The company says it will offset electricity use with clean and renewable energy investments. Reuters reports: Meta has doubled down on AI, pledging hundreds of billions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-build-9-billion-alberta-data-center-its-first-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-to-build-9-billion-alberta-data-center-its-first-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoebox-Sized 'Detector Satellites' Could Sniff Out a Nuclear Bomb In Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study proposes using shoebox-sized detector satellites to sniff out nuclear weapons launched by adversary nations. The idea is aimed at addressing fears that a space-based nuclear detonation could destroy satellites across low Earth orbit and make some orbits unusable for years. Space.com shares the findings from a new paper authored by Areg Danagoulian, an associate professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: No reliable way currently exists]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shoebox-sized-detector-satellites-could-sniff-out-a-nuclear-bomb-in-space/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shoebox-sized-detector-satellites-could-sniff-out-a-nuclear-bomb-in-space/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Food and Drug Administration Rejects Petition To Set PFAS Limits In Food]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas "forever chemicals" in food, marking another setback for public health advocates' push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds. The agency is refusing to set limits despite a growing body of science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding food is the biggest source of Pfas exposure. Testing has found the levels of Pfas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Silent Workspace In Claude Mirrors Key Features of Human Consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA[oumuamua writes: Anthropic researchers have identified an internal activation subspace, J-space, that acts as a functional digital equivalent to the human brain's global workspace. The significance of this discovery lies in demonstrating that Claude's internal architecture satisfies five key cognitive properties of human conscious access -- verbal report, directed modulation, internal reasoning, flexible generalization, and selectivity -- meaning it processes complex, deliberate reasoning within]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-silent-workspace-in-claude-mirrors-key-features-of-human-consciousness/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-silent-workspace-in-claude-mirrors-key-features-of-human-consciousness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Deere Agrees To 10-Year Right-To-Repair Deal In FTC Antitrust Lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Deere has agreed to a 10-year FTC-supervised right-to-repair settlement requiring it to provide farmers and independent repair shops with the same repair resources available to authorized dealers. The deal resolves antitrust claims from the FTC and five states alleging Deere monopolized equipment repair services, contributing to higher costs and delays for farmers. Wired reports: The full statement (PDF) lays out obligations for John Deere's repair services, requiring the company to give fa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/john-deere-agrees-to-10-year-right-to-repair-deal-in-ftc-antitrust-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/john-deere-agrees-to-10-year-right-to-repair-deal-in-ftc-antitrust-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta's Glasses Will Turn Off the Camera If You Tamper With the Privacy Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is rolling out an update that will disable the camera on its smart glasses if the device detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED. "The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light," reports The Verge."Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses, blocking the light with tape or other objects will trigger a prompt asking use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/metas-glasses-will-turn-off-the-camera-if-you-tamper-with-the-privacy-light/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/metas-glasses-will-turn-off-the-camera-if-you-tamper-with-the-privacy-light/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Says It Will Spend $30 Billion To Design US-Made Broadcom Chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple says it will spend $30 billion to design US-made Broadcom wireless connectivity chips, part of its broader push to diversify its supply chain and support domestic chip production. CNN reports: The agreement with Broadcom will lead to the production of 15 million chips in United States and allow Broadcom to invest $1.5 billion to expand and modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is part of Apple's commitment in August to invest $600 billion as part of its "Amer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-says-it-will-spend-30-billion-to-design-us-made-broadcom-chips/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-says-it-will-spend-30-billion-to-design-us-made-broadcom-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share]]></title><description><![CDATA[StatCounter's June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft's share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, "one of its strongest recent showings in the company's desktop OS statistics," reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple's desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026, meaning Apple's combined desktop presence remains comfortably ahead]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands On Amazon]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items. In just a few minutes of using the extension, Knockoff dimmed product listings for screwdrivers made by "SUNHZMCKP," spoons made by "SACATR," and a lamp made by "ROTT]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/knockoff-browser-extension-hides-sketchy-brands-on-amazon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/knockoff-browser-extension-hides-sketchy-brands-on-amazon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Loses EU Fight Over App Store Gatekeeper Label]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe's General Court dismissed Apple's challenge to the EU's designation of its App Stores and iOS as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling means Apple remains subject to DMA obligations requiring it to allow alternative app stores, support interoperability with rival services, and avoid favoring its own services over competitors. MacRumors reports: Apple took its case to Luxembourg's General Court in 2024 after the European Commission designated its five App Stores -- on the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-loses-eu-fight-over-app-store-gatekeeper-label/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-loses-eu-fight-over-app-store-gatekeeper-label/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Releases Proton 11 With Huge Linux Gaming Improvements]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, a major update to its Windows compatibility layer for Linux that makes more games playable while fixing a long list of bugs affecting existing titles. The release restores compatibility for many EA games after a recent EA App update, moves classics like Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, and SHOGUN: Total War from Proton Experimental into the stable release, and adds support for games including Gothic 1 Classic, X-Pla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-proton-11-with-huge-linux-gaming-improvements/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-releases-proton-11-with-huge-linux-gaming-improvements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mysterious Spheres Found In Australia Are Likely Space Debris]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: An Australian beach community was confused -- and later delighted -- by the discovery of six metallic-looking spheres that washed ashore last week. The mystery, and the ensuing attention, prompted a bunch of alien jokes from local residents and businesses. But Australia's space agency put the speculation to rest on Monday, saying that the spheres appeared to be rocket debris that had recently re-entered the atmosphere from orbit.The ob]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mysterious-spheres-found-in-australia-are-likely-space-debris/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mysterious-spheres-found-in-australia-are-likely-space-debris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superconducting Thruster Harnesses Earth's Magnetic Field In First Orbital Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Zealand startup Zenno Astronautics has completed the first orbital test of its "Supertorquer," a shoebox-sized superconducting magnet system that uses solar power and Earth's magnetic field to help control a satellite without fuel. The company says the technology could eventually support fuel-free satellite maneuvers, docking, deep-space trajectory changes, and even magnetic radiation shielding for astronauts. Space Magazine reports: The tests began shortly after Mira's launch in November la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/superconducting-thruster-harnesses-earths-magnetic-field-in-first-orbital-test/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/superconducting-thruster-harnesses-earths-magnetic-field-in-first-orbital-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Releases Snowman-Like Asteroid Image After Flyby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captured rare close-up images of near-Earth asteroid Torifune, revealing a snowman-like shape made of two joined lobes. Phys.org reports: The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune on Sunday in a mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. A new image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Monday could aid such efforts, as researchers say near-Earth asteroids vary in their size, shape]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-releases-snowman-like-asteroid-image-after-flyby/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/japan-releases-snowman-like-asteroid-image-after-flyby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos In AI Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI's GPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2 in the AI image generation race. The new model, called Muse Image, rolled out with deep integrations woven into the Instagram app. As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doom Developer id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doom developer id Software is reportedly laying off about half its staff as part of Microsoft's broader Xbox cuts. The reported layoffs potentially affects around 90 employees. Engadget reports: While neither Microsoft nor id Software have formally acknowledged the layoffs, one former member of the studio's staff, Michael Maynard, has echoed the 50 percent figure on LinkedIn. According to at least one of Game Developer's sources, that could translate to around 90 job cuts, though it's so far unc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doom-developer-id-software-is-reportedly-losing-half-its-staff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doom-developer-id-software-is-reportedly-losing-half-its-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Flips Windows Backup On By Default Outside the EU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft will turn on Windows settings backup and restore by default for eligible Windows 11 business devices outside the EU, starting with Windows 11 26H2. The Register reports:Now dubbed "Windows settings backup and restore," the service backs up a device's settings and a list of installed Microsoft Store apps, which can then be restored to a new device. Microsoft gave a use case for the technology: "Imagine a lost laptop, a hardware refresh, or an unexpected reset. These are some of the mome]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-flips-windows-backup-on-by-default-outside-the-eu/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-flips-windows-backup-on-by-default-outside-the-eu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Passes Nvidia To Become Most Profitable Company In the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung's chip division is projected to earn more in 2026 than it made across its previous 40 years in semiconductors, driven by soaring AI-fueled demand for memory and storage. The company's latest quarterly operating profit reportedly topped Nvidia's, making Samsung the world's most profitable tech company for the period. Tom's Hardware reports: Brokerage consensus puts Samsung's full-year 2026 operating profit near 300 trillion won ($196 billion), and its second-quarter figure at about 84.6 t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-passes-nvidia-to-become-most-profitable-company-in-the-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-passes-nvidia-to-become-most-profitable-company-in-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC To End Biden-Era Rule That Forces ISPs To List All Their Fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCC plans to roll back broadband label rules that require ISPs to itemize all passthrough fees. Under the proposal, providers could instead list a single "up to" amount for location-based charges. It would also allow ISPs to link to pricing labels rather than display them prominently, while eliminating machine-readable pricing files. Ars Technica reports: ISPs routinely advertise prices much lower than those actually charged to consumers on their monthly bills. One method of raising monthly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-to-end-biden-era-rule-that-forces-isps-to-list-all-their-fees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-to-end-biden-era-rule-that-forces-isps-to-list-all-their-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's DeepSeek Developing Its Own AI Chip]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on to train and run its globally popular models. The chip is designed for inference -- the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users -- rather than for training new models, the sources said. If successful, DeepSeek's ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-deepseek-developing-its-own-ai-chip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Banks In Talks To Exploit Debit Card Loophole]]></title><description><![CDATA[JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PNC, and other major banks have reportedly explored acquiring Fiserv's debit-card networks, STAR and Accel, in a move that could help them bypass federal caps on debit-card transaction fees. A law limits the fees big banks can charge merchants, but only if the transactions are routed through an outside network. There are no caps on these interchange fees over a bank-owned network, however. The Wall Street Journal reports: When Capital One Financial bought]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-banks-in-talks-to-exploit-debit-card-loophole/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/major-banks-in-talks-to-exploit-debit-card-loophole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID]]></title><description><![CDATA[A criminal complaint against alleged Scattered Spider member Peter Stokes revealed that Microsoft can associate Windows activity with a persistent "Global Device ID," which investigators used to link his PC to online activity connected to a hack. While unique device IDs are common, the case has raised privacy concerns because the identifier can apparently persist across updates, has no simple opt-out, and may allow Microsoft to connect a Windows installation to activity on third-party services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device-id/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device-id/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Will Stop Accepting New Customers For Mechanical Turk]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: These may be the last days of Amazon's Mechanical Turk. An announcement on the Mechanical Turk website says that on July 30, 2026, the crowdsourcing service will close to new customers. Amazon Web Services says the decision was made after "careful consideration," adding, "Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. AWS continues to invest in security and availability improvements for Mechanical Turk, but we do not plan to int]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-will-stop-accepting-new-customers-for-mechanical-turk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-will-stop-accepting-new-customers-for-mechanical-turk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning Another Language Appears To Slow Brain Aging By Up To 13 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study suggests multilingualism may slow brain aging, with bilingual people showing brains that appear about six years younger than monolingual speakers and people who speak four languages showing brains that appear up to 13 years younger. Researchers say earlier language learning and higher proficiency appear to strengthen the effect. The Guardian reports: Our brains are made up of billions of nerve cells that communicate with one another. But as we get older, the connectivity in our brain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/learning-another-language-appears-to-slow-brain-aging-by-up-to-13-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/learning-another-language-appears-to-slow-brain-aging-by-up-to-13-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Cyber Agency Is Using Anthropic's Mythos To Audit Government Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA is reportedly using Anthropic's Mythos model to scan government code repositories for security vulnerabilities, with sources saying the audits have already found numerous bugs. Reuters reports: The scanning is being done by CISA's Attack Surface Evaluation team, according to one of the sources. The team is a group within CISA that conducts digital security assessments and hacking exercises across government. Two of the sources said the audits had already uncovered a large number of vulnerab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-cyber-agency-is-using-anthropics-mythos-to-audit-government-code/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-cyber-agency-is-using-anthropics-mythos-to-audit-government-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GitHub Thumbs Nose At Sony's Controversial End to Physical Media With Its Introduction of Repo CDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[GitHub is offering a limited run of 1,000 CD-ROM copies of public repositories as a pro-physical-media jab at Sony's plan to stop producing PlayStation game discs in 2028. Tom's Hardware reports: The coding and collaboration platform, owned by Microsoft, states that "In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM." Moreover, it appeals to the human side of computing, adding the emotive line "Keep it. Lend it to fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-thumbs-nose-at-sonys-controversial-end-to-physical-media-with-its-introduction-of-repo-cds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/github-thumbs-nose-at-sonys-controversial-end-to-physical-media-with-its-introduction-of-repo-cds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer PhDs, a Bad Sign For Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year, according to data from over 50 top research universities, raising fears that the nation's capacity to produce new science could be diminished. The decline is driven, in part, by a chaotic and unpredictable federal funding environment under the Trump administration, as federal cuts are promised and then reversed, and budgets remain unc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/research-universities-are-admitting-fewer-phds-a-bad-sign-for-science/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/research-universities-are-admitting-fewer-phds-a-bad-sign-for-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small AI Models Gain Traction Around the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[locater16 shares a report from IEEE Spectrum: One morning in 2019, Adebayo Alonge was in a Cape Town hotel room, preparing to demonstrate his startup's AI answer to a serious problem in African health care: counterfeit medication, which kills thousands of people across the continent every year. The RxScanner is a handheld spectrometer that scans a pill with infrared light, then sends the item's molecular profile to an AI model equipped with a pharmaceutical database. In seconds, the AI identifie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-ai-models-gain-traction-around-the-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-ai-models-gain-traction-around-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Allows Texas To Require Age Verification For Mobile Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court allowed Texas to enforce a law requiring app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors can download apps. Tech industry groups argue the law broadly restricts young people's access to digital speech, but the court let a 5th Circuit order stand without explanation or noted dissents. CNN notes that the Supreme Court's decision "doesn't resolve the case but rather will allow Texas to enforce the law while the litigation continues to play out." From the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-require-age-verification-for-mobile-apps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-require-age-verification-for-mobile-apps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea's SK Hynix Launching $28 Billion US Listing To Ride Global AI Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[SK Hynix is launching a Nasdaq listing expected to raise about $28 billion, giving US investors easier access to one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI memory-chip boom. Reuters reports: The company will sell 17.79 million new shares in the depository receipt listing on the Nasdaq. Ten ADRs will represent one common share and the stock will be sold in a price range that is due to be revealed on Monday, based on SK Hynix's Seoul trading price. SK Hynix's share price was down 4% at 2,327,000 w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-koreas-sk-hynix-launching-28-billion-us-listing-to-ride-global-ai-wave/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-koreas-sk-hynix-launching-28-billion-us-listing-to-ride-global-ai-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zombie 'Who Owns Unix?' Lawsuit Comes Alive Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running SCO/IBM Unix and Linux ownership dispute has resurfaced yet again, this time through SCO successor Xinuos, which is trying to pursue old license and copyright claims tied to Project Monterey. "The core issue seems to be whether Xinuos even has the right to litigate the matter, or if some ancient legalese in the original agreements means the window for legal argument has long since expired," reports The Register. From the report: [T]he roots of the case are the 1998 alliance betw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zombie-who-owns-unix-lawsuit-comes-alive-again/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/zombie-who-owns-unix-lawsuit-comes-alive-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Claude Tracker Shocks Users After Anthropic's Anti-Surveillance Stance]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic quickly removed a tracker secretly monitoring Claude Code users in China after a security researcher exposed the hidden code and condemned the spyware-like tracking as a "serious breach of user trust." Last week, a web developer known as "Thereallo" was researching privacy issues in Claude Code and was shocked to find that the AI firm was using "prompt steganography" to hide code that tracks Chinese users "in plain sight." This cod]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/secret-claude-tracker-shocks-users-after-anthropics-anti-surveillance-stance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/secret-claude-tracker-shocks-users-after-anthropics-anti-surveillance-stance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is laying off about 4,800 employees, including 1,600 from Xbox, as it restructures around AI investments and tries to reset its struggling gaming business. "Our business is changing because the world around it is changing. The way technology is built, deployed, and used is transforming faster than at any point in my time here," said Amy Coleman, EVP and chief people officer at Microsoft. "Our customers' needs are shifting, the business models that serve them are shifting, and that mean]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-lays-off-nearly-5000-employees-across-xbox-commercial-sales/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-lays-off-nearly-5000-employees-across-xbox-commercial-sales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo Switch 2 Is Getting a Replaceable Battery in Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe in mid-February 2027, nearly 10 years after the console's launch. In its place, the company will release updated versions of the Switch 2 and several controllers with user-replaceable batteries to comply with new EU regulations. The Verge reports: The news comes as Nintendo is making a bunch of changes to the rest of its lineup due to EU regulations requiring user-replaceable batteries. Starting this summer, the company says it will start]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-a-replaceable-battery-in-europe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-a-replaceable-battery-in-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans of All Ages Are Spending Less Time Socializing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Americans now spend an average of 35 minutes a day socializing, down from 45 minutes two decades ago, according to American Time Use Survey data. The decline spans all age groups but is sharpest among 15- to 24-year-olds, whose daily socializing has fallen from about an hour to 35 minutes. Axios reports: Sociologists and psychologists point to several trends driving this phenomenon, which Substack writer Derek Thompson dubbed "The Anti-Social Century" in the Atlantic last year. We're all on our]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americans-of-all-ages-are-spending-less-time-socializing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/americans-of-all-ages-are-spending-less-time-socializing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fines Doubled As Teens Outsmart Australia's Social Media Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia plans to double fines for social media platforms that fail to keep under-16s off restricted services, after regulators found 70% of children with accounts remained active three months after the ban took effect. The government says the changes will also give the eSafety Commissioner more power to demand information from platforms and age-assurance providers as teens continue finding ways around the law. Euronews reports: The government said Sunday it would introduce draft legislation th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fines-doubled-as-teens-outsmart-australias-social-media-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fines-doubled-as-teens-outsmart-australias-social-media-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Ordered to Pay $2 Billion For Anti-Competitive Practices By Swedish Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google was ordered to pay almost $2 billion this week to Pricerunner, reports Bloomberg:The Patent and Market Court in Stockholm, which issued the judgment on Wednesday, dismissed most parts of the claim in which Pricerunner sought 80 billion Swedish kronor, or roughly $8.2 billion, in the wake of a European Union antitrust crackdown... The Swedish price-comparison website argued that Google has been abusing its dominant position as a search engine by favoring its own comparison shopping service]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ordered-to-pay-2-billion-for-anti-competitive-practices-by-swedish-court/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ordered-to-pay-2-billion-for-anti-competitive-practices-by-swedish-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Big Tech Now Backpedaling on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario?]]></title><description><![CDATA["A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs," remembers the Wall Street Journal.But "For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone."<br />
In late May, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman &mdash; who has long predicted that AI will lead to seismic shifts in the workforce &mdash; said during a conference, "We've been roughly right on technological predictions and pretty wrong on the social and economic implications." Soon afte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-big-tech-now-backpedaling-on-the-ai-jobs-wipeout-scenario/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-big-tech-now-backpedaling-on-the-ai-jobs-wipeout-scenario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Tech Scammers Conned Four People Out of $673,000 in Three Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[USA Today reports on a Facebook post from a Washington state sheriff's office:Four residents of Clallam County, a coastal region west of Seattle along northern Washington's peninsula, lost more than $673,000 in just three days, according to the Clallam County Sheriff's Office... The smallest amount lost was $3,500, which someone purchased in Apple gift cards for a scammer posing as an employee with Microsoft technical support, the sheriff's office wrote. Another person lost $50,000 after they cl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-tech-scammers-conned-four-people-out-of-673000-in-three-days/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-tech-scammers-conned-four-people-out-of-673000-in-three-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Support Legal Defense for Engineer Charged with Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras]]></title><description><![CDATA["Hundreds of freedom lovers are rallying behind a US Air Force engineer" who's been accused of damaging over a dozen AI-integrated surveillance cameras last year and even knocking down their poles.<br />
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares<br />
this article from Futurism:According to local channel WAVY, Virginia-based Air Force engineer and mechanic Jeffrey Sovern is facing 13 counts of destruction of property, as well as six counts of both petit larceny and possession of burglary tools related to the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hundreds-support-legal-defense-for-engineer-charged-with-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hundreds-support-legal-defense-for-engineer-charged-with-destroying-flock-surveillance-cameras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go-based TypeScript 7.0 Finally Reaches Release Candidate Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was more than two years ago that TypeScript's creator Anders Hejlsberg announced plans to rewrite its compiler in Go. This week Microsoft announced its first Go-based release candidate for TypeScript 7.0, reports InfoWorld:TypeScript 7.0 is often about 10 times faster than TypeScript 6.0, Microsoft said, thanks to native code speed and shared memory parallelism... Unlike TypeScript 6.0, TypeScript 7.0 performs many steps in parallel, including parsing, type checking, and emitting, Microsoft s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/go-based-typescript-70-finally-reaches-release-candidate-stage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 02:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/go-based-typescript-70-finally-reaches-release-candidate-stage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta is Quietly Launching Pocket, an App for Vibe-coding and Scrolling Small 'Gizmos']]></title><description><![CDATA["Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch," writes The Verge.<br />
While it's not available for downloads in most locations, Meta's Pocket will allow people "to generate small, interactive apps and games using AI prompts," writes TechCrunch. They're called "gizmos", and Pocket "also offers a scrollable feed where you can play with gizmos others have made."<br />
Some context from The Verg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-quietly-launching-pocket-an-app-for-vibe-coding-and-scrolling-small-gizmos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-quietly-launching-pocket-an-app-for-vibe-coding-and-scrolling-small-gizmos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Companies That Invest Heavily in AI Also Hire More People, Report Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA["Companies spending heavily on AI are growing headcount faster, even in the entry-level roles that many fear are doomed," writes TechCrunch. That's the conclusion of new report tracking AI spending from Ramp's corporate card/bill pay data as well as Revelio Labs' workforce records from 21,599 U.S. firms:<br />
According to the report, "high-intensity adopters" &mdash; firms that spend on average $30 per employee per month on AI in the first three months &mdash; saw headcount increase 10.2%. Headcount]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/big-companies-that-invest-heavily-in-ai-also-hire-more-people-report-suggests/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/big-companies-that-invest-heavily-in-ai-also-hire-more-people-report-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft and Amazon Commit Billions to New AI Implementation Units for Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion in a new group "assisting clients with AI implementations," reports CNBC:[Microsoft] said Thursday that 6,000 employees will be embedded with clients, in a practice that's become known as forward deployed engineering [or FDE]... The announcement comes two days after cloud rival Amazon said it was putting $1 billion behind an FDE initiative to support fast-paced AI engagements. Leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI both established FDE groups in May, partnering]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-and-amazon-commit-billions-to-new-ai-implementation-units-for-businesses/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-and-amazon-commit-billions-to-new-ai-implementation-units-for-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Slashdot: Which Apps Aren't Available on Linux?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever needed a Linux application which only exists in the Windows world? Long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM writes:Windows does have a lot of useful app (but smaller than "power apps"). Some of these are closed source, some are open, but they're not all available in Linux yet.<br />
My list would have to contain Gimp Tookit versions of: IrfanView image manager, which I think is unequaled in Linux (though it does work to some extent under Wine). I also miss the full version of 7-Zip, because of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-which-apps-arent-available-on-linux/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ask-slashdot-which-apps-arent-available-on-linux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Arrest 19-Year-Old Over Alleged Ransomware Spree]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's Justice Department and FBI teamed joined Finland's National Bureau of Investigation to arrest a teenager they say is part of one of the world's biggest cybercrime syndicates, reports Tom's Hardware. The "Scattered Spider" syndicate has extorted over $100 million in ransom payments, according to Department of Justice figures:<br />
19-year-old Peter Stokes is a dual U.S.-Estonian citizen who was trying to board a flight to Japan from Helsinki, when law enforcement caught up with him. [T]he ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-11-identifier-code-used-to-arrest-19-year-old-over-alleged-ransomware-spree/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/windows-11-identifier-code-used-to-arrest-19-year-old-over-alleged-ransomware-spree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short Story Accused of Being AI-written Goes on to Win Contest's First Prize]]></title><description><![CDATA["A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize," reports the Guardian.<br />
In mid-May the story had been selected as a regional winner, but with critics on X and Bluesky "claiming it showed 'obvious markers' of AI use."In the wake of the controversy, the Commonwealth Foundation conducted a review of the regional winners, which it said involved looking at drafts, time-stamped documents and notes. "We are satisfied with t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/short-story-accused-of-being-ai-written-goes-on-to-win-contests-first-prize/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/short-story-accused-of-being-ai-written-goes-on-to-win-contests-first-prize/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoDaddy Warns India's Crackdown on Fake Site Registrars Could Upend Internet Privacy Everywhere]]></title><description><![CDATA["The internet is filled with fakes," writes Gizmodo. "A court in India is setting out to address the problem by requiring more transparency from domain registrars to make it easier to crack down on fraud. And while the intentions might be good, Reuters is reporting that major American domain registrar GoDaddy is sounding the warning bells that the court's decision could fundamentally reshape the internet well beyond India's borders."GoDaddy argues the move would even make the internet less safe,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/godaddy-warns-indias-crackdown-on-fake-site-registrars-could-upend-internet-privacy-everywhere/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/godaddy-warns-indias-crackdown-on-fake-site-registrars-could-upend-internet-privacy-everywhere/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EV Batteries Defy Expectations, Last Hundreds of Thousands of Miles]]></title><description><![CDATA[247,000 miles on an EV battery? So says the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in Evs, who tells the Wall Street Journal EV batteries keep performing well even after several hundred thousand miles. "They are proving themselves to be exceptionally reliable."After five years on the road, the average EV will still be able to drive up to 95% of its original range, according to Recurrent, a data-science company that provides a battery-monitoring tool for EVs &mdash; better]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ev-batteries-defy-expectations-last-hundreds-of-thousands-of-miles/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ev-batteries-defy-expectations-last-hundreds-of-thousands-of-miles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hobbit-like Humans May Have Scavenged Komodo Dragons' Leftovers to Survive]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNN reports:<br />
Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed "hobbits" due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according to new research. The study adds to growing evidence that Homo floresiensis, which had a brain only slightly bigger than that of a chimpanzee, wasn't as advanced as scientists previously believed....<br />
The researchers believe that much like how Komodo dragons hunt water buffaloes today, th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hobbit-like-humans-may-have-scavenged-komodo-dragons-leftovers-to-survive/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hobbit-like-humans-may-have-scavenged-komodo-dragons-leftovers-to-survive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Google Ad Imagines America's 'Declaration of Independence' Written With AI Help]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?With the tagline "Group project, but make it 1776," the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson mid-draft when he gets a nagging text from Ben Franklin, leading to a very Google-centric collaboration process. Edits are suggested in Google Docs, a meeting gets sch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-google-ad-imagines-americas-declaration-of-independence-written-with-ai-help/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-google-ad-imagines-americas-declaration-of-independence-written-with-ai-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Wars Blurring Lines Between Corporate and National Security?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subsea cables. Ukrainian power stations. Russian oil refineries. Even airports, water-desalination plants and Amazon data centers.<br />
They've all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments "are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs."In Germany, powerful associations representing private companies and municipal utilities have pushed back against new standards for physical protection, warning they c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-wars-blurring-lines-between-corporate-and-national-security/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-wars-blurring-lines-between-corporate-and-national-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New DNA Tech Identifies Soldier Killed in America's Revolution in 1780]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Carolina's pine forests "have spent centuries hiding a secret as old as America itself," reports CBS News:In August 1780, British and American soldiers clashed there, leading to a terrible defeat for the Continental army [fighting for the 13 colonies rebelling against England]. Battlefield archaeologists Jim Legg and Steve Smith have been studying the site for decades, but recently, they made a shocking discovery: The sandy soil was home to several sets of remains buried in shallow graves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-dna-tech-identifies-soldier-killed-in-americas-revolution-in-1780/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-dna-tech-identifies-soldier-killed-in-americas-revolution-in-1780/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[842,000 American Households Lost Power Today During a Heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[As America began celebrating its 250th birthday Saturday, 842,000 homes reported power outages, notes ABC News. Figures from tracking site PowerOutage showed states in America's Northeast and Midwest were impacted by severe weather and extreme heat.That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households, meaning that the number of people impacted by these outages is likely to be much larger... Millions of Americans, however, will be contending with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/842000-american-households-lost-power-today-during-a-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/842000-american-households-lost-power-today-during-a-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Microsoft Shift Its Profits to Low-Tax Countries?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is apparently shifting its profits to countries with low taxes &mdash; and out of countries where they have many more employees and significant sales. Back in 2005 Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even said that a low corporate tax rate "is part of the overall advantage of doing business in Ireland," remembers long-time Slashdot reader theodp. (Ballmer added "It would be disingenuous to say otherwise.")But in 2026 the EU now requires a country-by-country compliance report, and the Ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/did-microsoft-shift-its-profits-to-low-tax-countries/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/did-microsoft-shift-its-profits-to-low-tax-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FSF Shares Update on 'LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of 2025, the FSF launched LibrePhone project, which is working to "better understand and reverse-engineer the nonfree blobs used by a great majority of (if not all) system on a chip designs available today." The FSF's summer newsletter shares this update:<br />
We started with researching the proprietary files in Android phones supported by the Lineage project, an Android-based volunteer-led mobile phone operating system with much free software already in it. Our current, primary focus is o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-shares-update-on-librephone-and-new-automated-site-monitoring-tool/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-shares-update-on-librephone-and-new-automated-site-monitoring-tool/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AOL's Owner Bending Spoons Hits Wall Street with $1.7 billion IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA["The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday," reports the Associated Press:<br />
The company is getting $1 billion in proceeds, while the rest is going to shareholders. The stock surged 39.7% in its first day of trading under the symbol "BSP" on the Nasdaq, giving it a market value of $25.2 billion.Among the company's well-known holdings are the event creation and ticketing company Eventbrite, and the video hosting service Vimeo...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aols-owner-bending-spoons-hits-wall-street-with-17-billion-ipo/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aols-owner-bending-spoons-hits-wall-street-with-17-billion-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EchoStar's US Satellite Pay-TV Provider Dish DBS Files for Bankruptcy]]></title><description><![CDATA[EchoStar's satellite pay-TV unit Dish DBS has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy<br />
protection, reports Reuters. The move also applies to its wireless subsidiaries, according to the article, and "facilitates the wind-down of Dish Wireless's 5G network operations following an unexpected delay in a spectrum license sale to AT&amp;T... under which EchoStar agreed to sell about 50 megahertz of its nationwide spectrum for $23 billion."Some context from Deadline.com:Charlie Ergen, who co-founded EchoStar an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/echostars-us-satellite-pay-tv-provider-dish-dbs-files-for-bankruptcy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/echostars-us-satellite-pay-tv-provider-dish-dbs-files-for-bankruptcy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents To Supply Chain Attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, attackers can hide malicious commands in repositories, README files, Makefiles, or other content consumed by AI agents. If executed &mdash; particularly in auto-approve or CI environments&mdash;the command]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/decades-old-bash-tricks-expose-ai-coding-agents-to-supply-chain-attacks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/decades-old-bash-tricks-expose-ai-coding-agents-to-supply-chain-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is a Quantum Computer Good For? Absolutely Nothing - Yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Verge argues that researchers "have made genuine progress in quantum computing &mdash; it's just been largely incremental and too esoteric to immediately capture the public's imagination."<br />
And there are predictions that quantum computers will finally do something useful as soon as 2028:<br />
The drama can overshadow the real progress in quantum computing...<br />
Researchers have improved the qubits themselves, so they hold onto information longer. When they hold onto information longer, you can fit in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-is-a-quantum-computer-good-for-absolutely-nothing-yet/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/what-is-a-quantum-computer-good-for-absolutely-nothing-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Startup Targets Datacenters With 3D-Printed Nuclear Reactor Module]]></title><description><![CDATA[Startup Ampera has unveiled what it calls the first 3D-printed nuclear reactor module, built around a silicon-carbide core and pressure vessel designed for a thorium-based microreactor. The company says future systems could deliver 15 or 30 megawatts for up to 30 years without refueling. When The Register asked about availability, their spokesperson said: "We expect the power generation portion of the system to be available as early as 2027, with the nuclear module being available to customers a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-targets-datacenters-with-3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-module/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/startup-targets-datacenters-with-3d-printed-nuclear-reactor-module/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video Game History Foundation Says Piracy Remains the Only Viable Preservation Method]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechSpot: Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi recently supported claims that piracy is the only effective way to preserve video games. The comments lay the blame squarely on game companies' refusal to keep legacy content available or allow archivists to build legal repositories. Sony's announcement that all PlayStation games will be digital-only from 2028 onward has sparked concern that titles will become harder to preserve and more easily]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/video-game-history-foundation-says-piracy-remains-the-only-viable-preservation-method/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/video-game-history-foundation-says-piracy-remains-the-only-viable-preservation-method/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba To Ban Claude Code In Workplace Over Alleged Backdoor Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alibaba has reportedly banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code and directed them to its own Qoder platform amid a growing dispute over features that can help identify China-linked users. Reuters reports: The ban is part of a deepening spat between the two companies after Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting its Claude AI model capabilities -- a dispute that highlights the frantic race between the U.S. and China to take the lead in artificial intelligence. [...] Anthropic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/alibaba-to-ban-claude-code-in-workplace-over-alleged-backdoor-risks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/alibaba-to-ban-claude-code-in-workplace-over-alleged-backdoor-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Open-Sources Steam Machine's E-Ink Display]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve has open-sourced the design for a customizable e-ink front panel for the Steam Machine, dubbed the "Inkterface." "All of it is available on their GitLab under the MIT license, which goes over everything you need to make your own and stick it on the front of your fancy new Steam Machine," reports GamingOnLinux. From the report:<br />
They're now calling it the "Inkterface" and there's a good few things you'll need to make it including:<br />
1 x Adafruit ESP32 Feather with 2MB PSRAM.<br />
1 x Adafruit eInk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-open-sources-steam-machines-e-ink-display/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-open-sources-steam-machines-e-ink-display/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New PamStealer macOS Malware Uses Clever Tradecraft To Remain Stealthy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have found a never-before-seen piece of macOS malware that combines a series of clever tradecraft to infect Macs with stealthy, custom-developed credential-stealing code. The malware is delivered in two stages. The first is distributed in a disk image that masquerades as Maccy, a clipboard manager for Macs. It's compiled as AppleScript that is notable for the way it delivers the second stage. The malware is named PamStealer becau]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-pamstealer-macos-malware-uses-clever-tradecraft-to-remain-stealthy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-pamstealer-macos-malware-uses-clever-tradecraft-to-remain-stealthy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Life Expectancy On Track To Reach Record High]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US age-adjusted death rate fell to a record low in 2025, likely pushing life expectancy to a record high as overdose deaths declined and mortality improved across all age groups. CNN reports: There were about 689 deaths for every 100,000 people in the US in 2025, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the lowest rate recorded in more than a century of tracking. The age-adjusted rate has fallen 22% since 2021, landing about 4% lower than it was jus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-life-expectancy-on-track-to-reach-record-high/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-life-expectancy-on-track-to-reach-record-high/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Has Enough Satellites To Launch Its Starlink Competitor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon says its Leo satellite network now has enough spacecraft in orbit to begin limited commercial internet service, with 396 satellites providing "continuous service across initial latitudes." Early performance will likely be uneven, however, and well behind Starlink. "It'll be years before Amazon can boast similar performance numbers as it continues to launch a planned 3,232 Leo satellites," reports The Verge. From the report: SpaceX went live with its "Better than nothing beta" back in 2020]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-has-enough-satellites-to-launch-its-starlink-competitor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-has-enough-satellites-to-launch-its-starlink-competitor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting For More Than 30 Minutes At a Time Linked To Higher Risk of Cancer Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that sitting or lying down while awake for more than 30 minutes in one period each day was associated with an increased risk of cancer death. The risk increases for every additional hour of continuous inactivity, the findings suggest. However, the researchers also found breaking up periods of sedentary behavior longer than 30 minutes with bursts of physical activity could he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sitting-for-more-than-30-minutes-at-a-time-linked-to-higher-risk-of-cancer-death/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sitting-for-more-than-30-minutes-at-a-time-linked-to-higher-risk-of-cancer-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor Force Participation Rate Falls To Lowest In 50 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in June largely because 720,000 people left the labor force, pushing participation to 61.5%. Excluding the Covid-era jobs market, that's the lowest participation rate since June 1976. CNBC reports: The decline in the labor force marks a "massive exodus" driven by multiple factors, said Mike Reid, head of U.S. economics at RBC. "The unemployment rate fell to 4.2% as both the number of unemployed workers and the size of the labor force pulled back," Reid wrote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/labor-force-participation-rate-falls-to-lowest-in-50-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/labor-force-participation-rate-falls-to-lowest-in-50-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Agent Executes 'First' End-To-End Ransomware Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sysdig says it has documented the first ransomware attack carried out end to end by an AI agent, which autonomously exploited exposed systems, stole credentials, established persistence, compromised a production database, and destroyed data. The research team named the attacker "JadePuffer" and said it gained initial access to an internet-facing Langflow instance by exploiting CVE-2025-3248. "The most striking characteristic, however, was the LLM's behavior," Sysdig director of threat research M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-agent-executes-first-end-to-end-ransomware-attack/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-agent-executes-first-end-to-end-ransomware-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Godot Game Engine No Longer Accepts AI Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Godot Foundation will stop accepting AI-authored code, agent-submitted pull requests, and AI-generated text in contributor communications after maintainers were overwhelmed by low-effort submissions. "It is time for us to recognize that these problems aren't going away and therefore we need to take steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while ensuring we still have a pipeline to mentor new contributors to become future maintainers," the Godot Foundation said in a blog post. Contributors m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/godot-game-engine-no-longer-accepts-ai-code/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/godot-game-engine-no-longer-accepts-ai-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is introducing a subscription for expanded access to advanced smart-glasses features. According to Wired, "[U]sers will need the Meta One Premium Plan to unlock expanded access to some features for their smart glasses, whether it's the Ray-Ban, Oakley, or Meta-branded version." They'll still be usable with a subscription, but "certain features will be limited," the report says. From the report: Specifically, a feature called Conversation Focus, which boosts the audio of the person you're sp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-charging-a-subscription-for-smart-glasses-features/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-charging-a-subscription-for-smart-glasses-features/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI 'In Early Talks To Give 5% Stake To US Government']]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, potentially alongside similar contributions from other major AI companies. "Such a deal would help improve the industry's relations with the Trump administration and could help garner political support by sharing wealth generated by the AI boom with the public," reports The Guardian. From the report: [OpenAI CEO Sam Altman] and other OpenAI bosses have suggested that each of the biggest AI developers in the US should giv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-in-early-talks-to-give-5-stake-to-us-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WhatsApp Usernames Are Already Raising Impersonation Red Flags]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature -- which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number -- is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing scrutiny from security experts and regulators in India, the app's largest market, with more than 500 million users. The rollout marks a shift in how people identify one another on What]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnePlus Is Quietly Steering Customers Toward OPPO Products]]></title><description><![CDATA[OnePlus is directing customers in some European markets toward OPPO devices, with its German website presenting OPPO as the natural upgrade path for existing users. The regional handoff adds to "months of speculation that the smartphone brand is slowly being folded into its parent company," reports Android Authority. From the report: The banner, seen on OnePlus' German website, tells visitors seeking "the experience you trust" that OPPO offers the same speed, performance, and compatibility that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-is-quietly-steering-customers-toward-oppo-products/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oneplus-is-quietly-steering-customers-toward-oppo-products/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Space-Based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already In Orbit]]></title><description><![CDATA[IEEE Spectrum argues that orbital data centers remain far from economically or technically practical despite Elon Musk's prediction that space will become the cheapest place to run AI within a few years. Deploying SpaceX's proposed million-satellite constellation would require enormous increases in launch and manufacturing capacity, while cooling, radiation, maintenance, latency, orbital debris, and astronomical interference present major unresolved obstacles. Longtime Slashdot reader xetdog sha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-space-based-data-center-hype-machine-is-already-in-orbit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-space-based-data-center-hype-machine-is-already-in-orbit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Reportedly Has an AI Device Prototype]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal, SpaceX showed investors an early prototype of a slim, "handset-like" AI device running a proprietary operating system and integrating xAI technology. Elon Musk, however, denied the report, calling it "utterly false." TechCrunch reports: SpaceX, alongside sister company Tesla, does have the manufacturing expertise to pull off mass-producing a bunch of AI devices -- not to mention access to the chips needed to power any on-device compute. SpaceX has also signa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-reportedly-has-an-ai-device-prototype/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-reportedly-has-an-ai-device-prototype/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Home Battery Installations Hit Record High On Rising Electricity Costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to offset rising residential electricity costs. The trend could even unlock a more flexible energy supply for power grid operators and even AI data centers. New home battery installations reached a record 673 megawatts of energy storage in the first quarter of 2026, according to the US Energy Information Administr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-home-battery-installations-hit-record-high-on-rising-electricity-costs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-home-battery-installations-hit-record-high-on-rising-electricity-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T-Mobile Appears To Be Quitting VMware Amid Support Rights Lawsuit With Broadcom]]></title><description><![CDATA[T-Mobile appears to be migrating its 303,000-core VMware environment to another platform while fighting Broadcom in court for the extended support it says its perpetual-license agreement guarantees. "The matter is somewhat urgent," The Register reports, because a court-ordered support arrangement expires August 3, "so T-Mobile may soon be unable to get support for its very substantial VMware estate." The Register reports: The dispute relates to a deal T-Mobile struck with VMware in August 2023,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/t-mobile-appears-to-be-quitting-vmware-amid-support-rights-lawsuit-with-broadcom/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/t-mobile-appears-to-be-quitting-vmware-amid-support-rights-lawsuit-with-broadcom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Is Reportedly Building Its Own Cloud Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta is reportedly developing its own cloud business that could sell access to its AI models and lease data-center computing capacity to other companies. The move would put Meta in direct competition with Amazon, Google, and SpaceX. Engadget reports: The cloud business could offer multiple services, according to [Bloomberg], like selling access to AI models run on Meta's infrastructure, or leasing the computing power of its data centers to other companies looking to train AI. Offering something]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-reportedly-building-its-own-cloud-business/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-is-reportedly-building-its-own-cloud-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Pushes AI Companies To Pay For Publishers' Content]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Cloudflare announced new controls that give publishers more say over how AI companies access and use their content. Beginning September 15, new Cloudflare sites will allow traditional search indexing while blocking AI training and AI agent access on ad supported pages by default. The company is also expanding its monetization efforts with a Pay-Per-Use model that aims to compensate publishers when their content contributes to AI generated answers rather than simply being cra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-pushes-ai-companies-to-pay-for-publishers-content/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cloudflare-pushes-ai-companies-to-pay-for-publishers-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Made a Cell From Scratch For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[AleRunner writes: The first fully synthetic cell ("SpudCell") has been created in the Department of Genetics at the University of Minnesota. Strictly speaking, it's described as a "cell-like system constructed entirely from known chemical components that can perform a complete cell cycle." It is able to replicate, but only for approximately five generations.The key advance is that the cell is "built entirely bottom-up from individually purified, non-living components," although it still contains]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-made-a-cell-from-scratch-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-made-a-cell-from-scratch-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit Will Require You To Log In To Use Old Reddit]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect "over the next month," a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to "tighten how automated systems access Reddit."The Reddit employee wrote: "Old Reddit's logged-out experience is a significant source of a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony PlayStation Will Stop Releasing Games On Discs In 2028]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: New PlayStation games will no longer be released on discs from January 2028, the gaming giant has announced. Sony said in a blog post new games would still be able to be bought in shops, but they would come with a digital code. It comes just days after Rockstar announced the hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI would similarly launch without a physical disc.It marks a significant moment for the gaming industry, which has in recent y]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-playstation-will-stop-releasing-games-on-discs-in-2028/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sony-playstation-will-stop-releasing-games-on-discs-in-2028/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Loses Bid To Dismiss US States' Claims That Facebook, Instagram Addict Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge rejected Meta's bid to dismiss claims from 29 state attorneys general alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children while concealing the harms. The judge found significant factual disputes that must be decided at trial. They also ruled that Meta failed to comply with federal parental notice and consent requirements for children under 13, "and granted summary judgement to the states on that issue," reports Reuters. From the report: In a separate statement,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-loses-bid-to-dismiss-us-states-claims-that-facebook-instagram-addict-children/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-loses-bid-to-dismiss-us-states-claims-that-facebook-instagram-addict-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Wants To Send Spare Nuclear-Powered Mars Rover To the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Space.com: NASA provided an Artemis update today (June 30), announcing new lunar landing contracts for its Moon Base initiative and a surprise new possible rover mission that could be headed to the moon's south pole. During the second monthly update that NASA has provided for its moon base plans, the agency named Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines as the providers of four robotic landers that will deliver scientific payloads to the surfa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-wants-to-send-spare-nuclear-powered-mars-rover-to-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-wants-to-send-spare-nuclear-powered-mars-rover-to-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, using the world's largest digital camera to image the entire southern sky every few nights. The project is expected to catalog billions of stars and galaxies, track changing and transient objects, and generate an enormous dataset for studying dark matter, galaxy formation, asteroids, and unexpected cosmic phenomena. The New York Times reports: "This is the end of a 30-year wait," said Phil Marshall, the deputy d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-vera-rubin-telescope-begins-surveying-our-cosmos/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-vera-rubin-telescope-begins-surveying-our-cosmos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOT Announces 'Return of Supersonic Flight' For Commercial Airlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FAA plans to replace its 1973 ban on civilian supersonic flight over U.S. land with a noise-based standard, potentially allowing aircraft to exceed Mach 1 as long as they stay below certain sound limits. The agency aims to finalize the rules by mid-2027, opening the door for companies such as Boom Supersonic and Spike Aerospace to operate quieter next-generation passenger jets over land. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shared the notice (PDF) published Tuesday by the FAA. Forbes reports: Te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dot-announces-return-of-supersonic-flight-for-commercial-airlines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/dot-announces-return-of-supersonic-flight-for-commercial-airlines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Drops Restrictions On Anthropic's Mythos and Fable Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions that forced Anthropic to shut off public access to its Mythos and Fable models. After weeks of talks, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Anthropic "has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the U.S. government on protocols and standards and releases for Mythos, Fable and future models; and to inform the US government of any malicious activity." Access is set to beg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-drops-restrictions-on-anthropics-mythos-and-fable-models/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-drops-restrictions-on-anthropics-mythos-and-fable-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: A new state law limits Florida communities' aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and intensifying disasters such as hurricanes. Specifically, HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals. At least 10 cities and counties have implemented such policies, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando and Leon County, where Tallahassee, the state capital, is located. But the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-florida-law-bans-local-net-zero-emissions-policies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-florida-law-bans-local-net-zero-emissions-policies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon says it is ending sideloading on new Fire Sticks because "apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware," adding that there is "a good amount of evidence" that sideloaded apps may contain unwanted code or behavior. However, the company did not provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being harmed. Ars Technica reports: Amazon has released two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary, Linux-based operating system, Vega OS. Previous Fire Sticks ran Fire OS, which is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-blames-piracy-apps-with-malware-for-killing-new-fire-stick-sideloading/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-blames-piracy-apps-with-malware-for-killing-new-fire-stick-sideloading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Pulls the Plug On Tenor API, Killing GIF Pickers Around the Web]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has shut down the Tenor API, breaking GIF pickers in services that still relied on it and forcing platforms such as X to migrate elsewhere. 9to5Google notes that the library itself remains available at Tenor.com and "integrations within Google products are also still active, including Gboard, Google Messages, and more." From the report: The Tenor API has been rejecting new API sign-ups in January of this year, but existing integrations remained in place. This week, though, they're shuttin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-pulls-the-plug-on-tenor-api-killing-gif-pickers-around-the-web/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-pulls-the-plug-on-tenor-api-killing-gif-pickers-around-the-web/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Bill To Preserve Online Games Fails Committee Vote]]></title><description><![CDATA[California's Protect Our Games Act, which would require publishers to warn players before shutting down paid online games and offer refunds or continued access, failed to advance after a state Senate committee vote. Four state senators voted in favor, three voted against, and four abstained. Engadget reports: The committee unanimously voted in favor of granting the bill reconsideration, meaning it could come back before this group of state senators. Assemblymember Chris Ward introduced the bill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-bill-to-preserve-online-games-fails-committee-vote/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-bill-to-preserve-online-games-fails-committee-vote/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple iPhone 18 Details Leaked In Tata Data Breach]]></title><description><![CDATA["Another breach at Tata has leaked details about Apple's iPhone 18, along with documents belonging to several other Tata clients," writes Longtime Slashdot reader Ritz_Just_Ritz. "It's becoming a recurring theme for the company." Reuters reports: Reuters has previously reported the Tata Electronics leak of more than 200,000 files on the dark web by World Leaks had files with purported component design papers of older iPhones and some parts of Tesla -- both Tata clients. They also included docume]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-iphone-18-details-leaked-in-tata-data-breach/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-iphone-18-details-leaked-in-tata-data-breach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claude Science is Here, Antibiotics Designed by Text Prompt Among Applications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that connects more than 60 scientific databases and tools through a single interface. Through the platform, Basecamp Research is making its EDEN models available for tasks such as designing antibiotic peptides and predicting vaccine targets from simple text prompts, though the results still require laboratory testing before clinical use. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News reports: In a Claude Science demo, Oliver Vince, PhD, co-found]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-science-is-here-antibiotics-designed-by-text-prompt-among-applications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/claude-science-is-here-antibiotics-designed-by-text-prompt-among-applications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Previews Linux Containers That Run In Windows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released a public preview of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) containers, adding a built-in command-line tool and API for running Linux containers directly inside Windows applications without third-party software. The update also introduces faster file access, improved networking and memory management, plus integration with Defender, Intune, and VS Code. The Register reports: WSL has always been a handy way to run Linux workloads from Windows, and is particularly convenient for Li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-previews-linux-containers-that-run-in-windows/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-previews-linux-containers-that-run-in-windows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To 'Conserve Electricity']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. "Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically -- by 25%, increasing costs by an estimated $5 million next fiscal year. We anticipate more rate increases for electricit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/county-with-37-data-centers-asks-schools-to-conserve-electricity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/county-with-37-data-centers-asks-schools-to-conserve-electricity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea To Spend $1 Trillion On More Memory Chip Production, Humanoid Robots]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: South Korea's government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. [...] "We must secure the core elements of AI faster than any other country," said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in a televised speech on June 29, as reported by BBC News and other media outlets. "Se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-to-spend-1-trillion-on-more-memory-chip-production-humanoid-robots/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-to-spend-1-trillion-on-more-memory-chip-production-humanoid-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Require Constitutional Privacy Protections]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 (PDF) in Chatrie v United States (No. 25-112) that geofence warrants sweeping up smartphone location data constitute searches under the Fourth Amendment. The Court found that individuals have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in such data, even when the tracking covers only a brief period or records movements in public. "An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone's location, and police intrude on that constitutionall]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-require-constitutional-privacy-protections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-require-constitutional-privacy-protections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering How Microsoft's Fake Windows Error Ended In a $280 Million Secret Settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader joshuark summarizes this walk down memory lane from the tech site MakeUseOf:<br />
Facing real competition from Digital Research's DR DOS, Microsoft secretly embedded a sabotaging mechanism known as "AARD code" into beta versions of Windows 3.1 to prevent it from running on Digital Research's competing DR DOS operating system.This code triggered fake, alarming error messages to convince developers that DR DOS was unstable... Although Microsoft disabled the feature in the final retail r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-how-microsofts-fake-windows-error-ended-in-a-280-million-secret-settlement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-how-microsofts-fake-windows-error-ended-in-a-280-million-secret-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Rehires 'Gray Beard' Engineers After AI Falls Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford executives said they've hired 350 veteran engineers &mdash; some of them former employees &mdash; after AI and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality, reports TechCrunch:Bloomberg reports the company's chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been "relying more and more on automated quality systems" with disappointing results. So the company "brought back technical specialists," and those specialists "hunt for failure points before a part ever r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea Plans To Train Entire Military As 'Drone Warriors']]></title><description><![CDATA["South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms," reports Ars Technica:<br />
The goal is to make drones a "universal combat tool" for all troops by training them to use drones like a "second personal weapon," said Ahn Gyu-back, South Korea's Minister of National Defense, in a June 26 briefing reported by Reuters and other media outlets. The announcement coincides with broader plans to equip individ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-plans-to-train-entire-military-as-drone-warriors/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/south-korea-plans-to-train-entire-military-as-drone-warriors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Governors, Big Tech Launch Coalition To Help Workers 'Navigate the AI Economy']]></title><description><![CDATA["Amid growing public anger over A.I. and a debate over how to regulate it, a group of employers, state governors and foundations has raised $500 million to try to answer some of those questions themselves," reports the New York Times."Just how many jobs will AI upend?" asks the Wall Street Journal, reporting that the new coalition says it's time to ready the U.S. workforce for a "major" disruption &mdash; no matter how large it turns out to be. The coalition "has so far raised more than $500 mil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ex-governors-big-tech-launch-coalition-to-help-workers-navigate-the-ai-economy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ex-governors-big-tech-launch-coalition-to-help-workers-navigate-the-ai-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM Says It Can Fit Nearly 100 Billion Transistors On a Chip]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBM has unveiled "what it says is the world's first sub-1-nanometer chip technology," reports ZDNet, "designed to pack nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-size die, roughly doubling the density of IBM's earlier 2-nm test chip, first shown in 2021... Today, the smallest, most powerful chips top out at about 80 billion transistors."<br />
At the heart of the announcement is NanoStack. This is a three-dimensional, nanosheet-based transistor design that scales vertically, or along the z-axis, b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-says-it-can-fit-nearly-100-billion-transistors-on-a-chip/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-says-it-can-fit-nearly-100-billion-transistors-on-a-chip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Think Neptune and Uranus May Not Be the Ice Giants We Imagined]]></title><description><![CDATA[The planets Neptune and Uranus may be better described as "magma-ocean giants" rather than "ice giants," according to a team of researchers from the University of California. Gizmodo reports:While the Voyager flyby confirmed the planets' classification as ice giants... [a]s the least explored planets in the solar system, the two planets have never been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, scientists aren't sure where the planets originally formed in the early solar system or the reason for their]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-think-neptune-and-uranus-may-not-be-the-ice-giants-we-imagined/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-think-neptune-and-uranus-may-not-be-the-ice-giants-we-imagined/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump-Shuttered Climate Change Site Now Back Online In Nonprofit Hands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump shuttered the web site Climate.gov in 2025, cutting off public access to climate information from America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).But "former members of the site's team have brought much of it back at a new domain," reports The Register:"Trusted climate information should not disappear when politics change," Climate.us managing director Rebecca Lindsey said of the new platform in a press release. Lindsey, who previously served as the Climate.gov prog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-shuttered-climate-change-site-now-back-online-in-nonprofit-hands/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-shuttered-climate-change-site-now-back-online-in-nonprofit-hands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times alleges Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal its copyrighted work, reports Ars Technica, citing a new (and heavily redacted) court filing Thursday:NYT's motion comes after the [U.S.] Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried and failed to claim that Cox was contributing to music piracy as an Internet service provider, which set a new standard for contributory infringement. Moving forward, plaintiffs will have to prove that parties intentio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-slammed-for-building-copyright-infringing-supercomputer-for-openai-in-new-court-filing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-slammed-for-building-copyright-infringing-supercomputer-for-openai-in-new-court-filing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain-Backed Fund Joins FOSSA's Sovereign Satellite Communications Push]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanish startup FOSSA Systems "has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation," reports Space News, noting some funding is backed by Spain's government:The support from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) comes a year after the fund injected 14 million euros into Spain's Sateliot , which is also developing a satellite connectivity network with security and defense applications. Spanish private investment firm Kibo Ventures led FOSSA's funding roun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spain-backed-fund-joins-fossas-sovereign-satellite-communications-push/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spain-backed-fund-joins-fossas-sovereign-satellite-communications-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's AI Matches Anthropic in Cybersecurity, Causing Worry Over US Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese AI systems "have matched the performance of Anthropic's powerful model Mythos in some cybersecurity scenarios," reports the Wall Street Journal.They call it "a development poised to reset the global tech race and pressure the White House in its overhaul of U.S. AI policy."<br />
Security researchers said that a new AI model, released this month by China's Zhipu AI, also known as Z.ai, can match the latest U.S. models when it comes to finding security bugs, although it still lags behind Anthrop]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ai-matches-anthropic-in-cybersecurity-causing-worry-over-us-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ai-matches-anthropic-in-cybersecurity-causing-worry-over-us-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Checks Sent Through the Mail Vulnerable to Theft?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times tells the story of a 63-year-old retiree who wrote a check for several thousand dollaras to pay her taxes. But she discovered much later that her taxes were never paid because that check had been intercepted and then altered to be payable to someone else:<br />
In some cases, thieves may pilfer one or more checks from local mailboxes. Adam Rust, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America, said thieves sometimes "fish" for checks at free-standing drop boxes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-checks-sent-through-the-mail-vulnerable-to-theft/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-checks-sent-through-the-mail-vulnerable-to-theft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Agency Cancels Contract For Warrantless Tracking of Mobile Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has "canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that enables warrantless tracking of mobile devices," reports the Associated Press.<br />
They note the move comes "after lawmakers, a prosecutor and a judge raised concerns about the legality of the tool in criminal investigations."ATF, the federal agency responsible for enforcing the nation's gun laws, told The Associated Press that it discontinued what it called a "pilot" program using a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-agency-cancels-contract-for-warrantless-tracking-of-mobile-devices/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-agency-cancels-contract-for-warrantless-tracking-of-mobile-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Around the World are Using AI-Powered Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Students are using AI-powered smart glasses to cheat on tests, reports CNN. "And in East Asia's test-obsessed societies, where a single exam could impact the trajectory of a student's future career and social status, educators are scrambling to get ahead of the problem."<br />
Already, countries are stepping up inspections for test-takers. For China's grueling annual college entrance exam earlier this month &mdash; which more than 10 million hopefuls take each year &mdash; authorities required screeni]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/students-around-the-world-are-using-ai-powered-smart-glasses-to-cheat-on-tests/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/students-around-the-world-are-using-ai-powered-smart-glasses-to-cheat-on-tests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Supergirl' Movie Criticized for Script, Poor Visual Effects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Onion joked the new movie Supergirl is about a hero who must single-handedly save the world "after the catastrophic collapse of interest in the genre."Unfortunately, The Hollywood Reporter says the film's reviews "range from negative to tepid praise (averaging a 58 percent Rotten Tomatoes score)."<br />
Many point fingers at the film's script, with Variety's line &mdash; "a comic-book movie with the worst script I can remember" &mdash; going viral... Not to pile on, but there's another recurring g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supergirl-movie-criticized-for-script-poor-visual-effects/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supergirl-movie-criticized-for-script-poor-visual-effects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developer AI Token Costs Could Exceed Their Salaries in Two Years]]></title><description><![CDATA["Enterprises may soon be paying as much for their developers' AI token usage as they do for their salaries," writes InfoWorld:<br />
According to Gartner, these costs will meet, or even exceed, the typical software engineer's monthly salary within the next two years. This is not only because developers are increasingly adopting generative AI and agentic tools, it reflects a trend toward consumption-based licensing models as vendors balance infrastructure investments with profitability...Gartner senior]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/developer-ai-token-costs-could-exceed-their-salaries-in-two-years/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/developer-ai-token-costs-could-exceed-their-salaries-in-two-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Amazon Seller Says They Were Offered a Way to Bribe an Amazon Employee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jack Nekhala had a business selling on Amazon &mdash; and in December he received an unusual offer, reports Bloomberg. A woman said she could bribe an Amazon employee "to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had frozen after suspending him over an alleged violation of review policy."<br />
Hoping to ingratiate himself with the company and restart his business, Nekhala offered to provide evidence, including recorded conversations and screen shots, that he said proved Amazon pers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-amazon-seller-says-they-were-offered-a-way-to-bribe-an-amazon-employee/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-amazon-seller-says-they-were-offered-a-way-to-bribe-an-amazon-employee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM is Getting Ready to Scale Quantum Computing]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBM spent a decade "building, testing and improving" quantum computing, reports the Wall Street Journal.<br />
"This year, the company is laying the groundwork to turn that technology into a fully-fledged, scalable business from an expensive science project."IBM said last month it plans to form a new independent subsidiary called Anderon, a foundry to produce the silicon wafers needed to make quantum-computing processors. The venture is seeded by a $1 billion investment from the Trump administration a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-is-getting-ready-to-scale-quantum-computing/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ibm-is-getting-ready-to-scale-quantum-computing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Just Hit 30% of America's Electricity Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[America generated 10.06% more energy with renewables in the first four months of 2026 than it did in the same period the year before. That's according to new figures from America's Energy Information Administration, cited in this report from Electrek:The growth was led by utility-scale solar (+21.3%), hydropower (+15.7%), small-scale solar<br />
In April alone, wind and solar each produced more electricity than US coal plants, while the combination of solar and wind produced 57.0% more electricity tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/renewable-energy-just-hit-30-of-americas-electricity-generation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/renewable-energy-just-hit-30-of-americas-electricity-generation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Seemingly Harmless Image Can Jailbreak Vision-Language AI Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Florida International University researchers have developed a technique called JaiLIP (Jailbreaking with Loss-guided Image Perturbation) that uses subtle image modifications to bypass AI safety guardrails. Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on carefully crafted prompts, the attack works through images that appear normal to human viewers. The researchers tested the technique against BLIP-2, a multimodal AI model, and found that manipulated images signific]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-seemingly-harmless-image-can-jailbreak-vision-language-ai-models/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-a-seemingly-harmless-image-can-jailbreak-vision-language-ai-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France's Heat This Week Was Worse Than a Dire Scenario Imagined For 2050]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a deadly, record-breaking heat wave spreading east across Europe, reports the Washington Post &mdash; and it's even worse than a dire earlier forecast:The forecast was recorded in 2014 as part of a campaign coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that invited about 60 presenters worldwide to imagine a weather report from the year 2050. In one clip, &Atilde;velyne Dh&eacute;liat from French television network TF1 presented a hypothetical scenario of high temperatures 36]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/frances-heat-this-week-was-worse-than-a-dire-scenario-imagined-for-2050/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/frances-heat-this-week-was-worse-than-a-dire-scenario-imagined-for-2050/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Max Planck Slapped With Two Paper Retractions By Suspected Rogue Algorithm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Max Planck won 1918's Nobel Prize for physics. Yet two of his papers were retracted &mdash; a move now being criticized by Yves Gingras, a historian of physics at the University of Quebec and Mahdi Khelfaoui, a fellow historian of science at UQ Trois-Rivi&egrave;res. Science reports:The papers, both quietly retracted in 2011, originally appeared in the early 1940s in Naturwissenschaften, a German journal now owned by publishing giant Springer Nature. After some sleuthing, Khelfaoui determined on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/max-planck-slapped-with-two-paper-retractions-by-suspected-rogue-algorithm/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/max-planck-slapped-with-two-paper-retractions-by-suspected-rogue-algorithm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scroll Burned in 79 AD Volcanic Eruption Finally Deciphered Using AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., it buried hundreds of papyrus<br />
scrolls. They were rediscovered in the mid-1700s, remembers Smithsonian magazine, "the only<br />
surviving collection of its kind from the Greco-Roman<br />
world..."<br />
"But when scholars tried to unroll them, the carbonized manuscripts<br />
crumbled to dust."<br />
Every generation that followed faced the same dilemma: They could wait for<br />
technology to advance, abandoning hope of reading the ancient texts<br />
in their own lifetime. Or they could try to op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scroll-burned-in-79-ad-volcanic-eruption-finally-deciphered-using-ai/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scroll-burned-in-79-ad-volcanic-eruption-finally-deciphered-using-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Sheriff Says Their Drone Disarmed a Suspect, Shares Video on Instagram]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Police Department says about 1,500 police agencies across America have drone programs, reports SFGate, and 58 of those drone-using police agencies are in California.<br />
The Sacramento County sheriff's office recently posted drone footage on Instagram set to theme from "Mission: Impossible," claiming "a nationwide first" where their drone successfully disarmed a felon "seen earlier with a firearm" (though now not moving, but holding a knife while lying face down in a garage). In the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-sheriff-says-their-drone-disarmed-a-suspect-shares-video-on-instagram/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-sheriff-says-their-drone-disarmed-a-suspect-shares-video-on-instagram/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Brain Ended Opioid Addiction, Cigarette Craving]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Jerusalem Post reports that doctors at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus "have successfully treated their first Israeli opioid addiction patient using an experimental noninvasive brain technology, easing him through withdrawal in just 20 minutes..."[T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medical center intervened in the electrical activity of an area of the patient's brain called the nucleus accumbens, the core of the brain system responsible for feelings of satisfaction, pleasure, and reward]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/non-invasive-stimulation-of-the-brain-ended-opioid-addiction-cigarette-craving/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/non-invasive-stimulation-of-the-brain-ended-opioid-addiction-cigarette-craving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FSF 'LibreLocal' Organized From Prison by Iranian Man Jailed for 'Cyber-Crimes' After Promoting Free Software]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday the Free Software Foundation blogged about this year's 47 'LibreLocal 2026' meetups, highlighting 10 that took place in Australia, Mexico, the United States, New Zealand, Cameroon, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, China, and Iran. "Far from each other in many parts of the world, they came together around one unifying belief: free software."We envisioned LibreLocal as a collage of in-person community meetups that would bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-librelocal-organized-from-prison-by-iranian-man-jailed-for-cyber-crimes-after-promoting-free-software/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-librelocal-organized-from-prison-by-iranian-man-jailed-for-cyber-crimes-after-promoting-free-software/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget Prompt Engineering: 'Loop Engineering' Is All the Rage Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: For the most powerful voices in AI, it's all about being in the loop. Claude Code creator Boris Cherny recently said he doesn't write his own AI prompts much anymore. Thanks to loops, he doesn't have to. "It's an agent that prompts Claude," Cherny recently told CNBC, adding, "I don't write the prompt anymore. Claude writes the prompt, and now I'm talking to that new Claude that is kind of coordinating." In the same interview, Cherny said]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/forget-prompt-engineering-loop-engineering-is-all-the-rage-now/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/forget-prompt-engineering-loop-engineering-is-all-the-rage-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX Plans To Build 'Starpipe' Natural Gas Pipeline To Fuel Starship Rockets]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX plans to begin building an eight-mile natural gas pipeline called "Starpipe" next month to supply its Starbase launch site with fuel for a much higher cadence of Starship launches. The pipeline is expected to enter service in January 2027. Reuters reports: The pipeline plan, previously reported by Rio Grande Valley Business Journal, signals Musk's intent to accelerate Starship's development and lay the groundwork for a faster flight rate. The 40-story rocket is central to SpaceX's push to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-plans-to-build-starpipe-natural-gas-pipeline-to-fuel-starship-rockets/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-plans-to-build-starpipe-natural-gas-pipeline-to-fuel-starship-rockets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Drops Again. Skeptical Investment Strategist Calls It 'Useless']]></title><description><![CDATA[Friday Bitcoin closed at just $59,948 &mdash; dropping 19% just for June and more than 50% lower than its record high in October of $124,310.<br />
To commemorate the occasion CNBC interviewed long-time bitcoin skeptic Jeremy Grantham, reporting that the 87-year-old cofounder/chief investment strategist of the massive asset-management firm GMO is "predicting it will gradually fade into irrelevance over decades."[The] longtime market commentator known for his calls on asset bubbles said bitcoin is a "u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-drops-again-skeptical-investment-strategist-calls-it-useless/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-drops-again-skeptical-investment-strategist-calls-it-useless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers Find Biggest Super-Puff Planets Yet That Are Lighter Than Cotton Candy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-sized exoplanets with densities lower than cotton candy, making them the lightest known worlds of their size. The rare "super-puffs," located about 1,110 light-years away, are likely composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, with follow-up observations by the James Webb Space Telescope expected to probe their atmospheres. The Associated Press reports: [University of Oxford's George Dransfield] suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-find-biggest-super-puff-planets-yet-that-are-lighter-than-cotton-candy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/astronomers-find-biggest-super-puff-planets-yet-that-are-lighter-than-cotton-candy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Government Allows Anthropic Limited Release of 'Mythos' AI Model, Saying 'Appropriate Safeguards are in Place"]]></title><description><![CDATA["The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations," reports CNN, "revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears."<br />
Since the export ban earlier in June, "Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote to the company in a letter dated Friday. In light of progress in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-allows-anthropic-limited-release-of-mythos-ai-model-saying-appropriate-safeguards-are-in-place/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-government-allows-anthropic-limited-release-of-mythos-ai-model-saying-appropriate-safeguards-are-in-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Adds Another Year To Windows 10 Extended Update Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has quietly extended free Windows 10 security updates for consumers by another year, pushing the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program's end date from October 12, 2026, to October 12, 2027. "The ESU support page was updated with that date, and Microsoft's blog post on the program has a new editor's note confirming the change," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The prevalence of Windows across so many devices and form factors has given Microsoft a massive customer base for decade]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbus Is Ordered To Inspect 16 Jets After Cracks Are Found In Wings]]></title><description><![CDATA[schwit1 shares a report from The Wall Street Journal: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has ordered (PDF) urgent inspections of 16 Airbus A380 planes operated by Emirates and Qantas, after cracks were found in a wing component on some aircraft (source paywalled; alternative source).. Cracks were found during earlier inspections of the wing spars structure, a key component of the wing, EASA said in a directive effective Wednesday. EASA determined that they "could reduce the structural int]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/airbus-is-ordered-to-inspect-16-jets-after-cracks-are-found-in-wings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/airbus-is-ordered-to-inspect-16-jets-after-cracks-are-found-in-wings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notion Mail Is Shutting Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Notion announced that it will shut down its email client on September 22. The company says more than half of users already manage email through Notion's AI agents without opening their inbox, so it is shifting its focus from a traditional email client to agent-run workflows. Engadget reports: It has published an FAQ for users to make sure that they don't lose any messages or data in the transition. Most emails will still exist in a Gmail inbox, but customers will need to manually export their dr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notion-mail-is-shutting-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/notion-mail-is-shutting-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Fingerprints' of Black Hole's Event Horizon Detected For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say they detected the first gravitational-wave "fingerprints" of a black hole's event horizon by analyzing the final moments of the powerful GW250114 merger. The findings support Einstein's general relativity and may eventually help probe frame dragging and quantum fluctuations near black holes. Phys.org reports: For the new research published in Nature, an international team of researchers analyzed data from the strongest gravitational wave ever recorded, known as GW250114, detected]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fingerprints-of-black-holes-event-horizon-detected-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fingerprints-of-black-holes-event-horizon-detected-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain To Require Carriers To Keep Mobile Networks Live During Power Outages]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Spain will require mobile networks to have backup systems that maintain connectivity when power outages occur. Per a royal decree that will be approved by the end of 2026, mobile network operators (MNOs) and infrastructure companies will need to install batteries or other backups to keep service active for at least four hours during a blackout.The mobile network rules will apply to businesses that serve at least 500,000 users or generate upwards]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spain-to-require-carriers-to-keep-mobile-networks-live-during-power-outages/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spain-to-require-carriers-to-keep-mobile-networks-live-during-power-outages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polestar Banned From Selling Cars In US From Model Year 2027]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from autoevolution: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security denied Polestar an authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule. Polestar will continue to sell its existing inventory of Polestar 3 and 4 crossovers in the United States and will continue to offer support to customers and access to its service network. But no new 2027 models will set wheels on American soil.The Connected Vehicle Rule is a regulation that restr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polestar-banned-from-selling-cars-in-us-from-model-year-2027/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polestar-banned-from-selling-cars-in-us-from-model-year-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Asks OpenAI To Stagger Release of New Model]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns. The model will initially be offered to a small group of partners, with the government "approving access customer by customer during this preview period," reports The Information. The request came from conversations with the Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the report said.Read more of this story at Slashdot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-asks-openai-to-stagger-release-of-new-model/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-administration-asks-openai-to-stagger-release-of-new-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Foundation Launches Akrites To Coordinate AI-Driven Open Source Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation has announced Akrites, a new initiative to coordinate vulnerability disclosure and remediation for critical open source software as AI dramatically speeds up vulnerability discovery. Founding members include AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Red Hat, NVIDIA, IBM, Cisco, JPMorganChase, and others. Akrites will provide a shared Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), a standardized coordinated vulnerability disclosure process, and act as a "maintainer of las]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-foundation-launches-akrites-to-coordinate-ai-driven-open-source-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linux-foundation-launches-akrites-to-coordinate-ai-driven-open-source-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Raises Prices On Macs, iPads, and More By Hundreds of Dollars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple has sharply raised prices across its Mac, iPad, HomePod, and Apple TV lineups as surging AI-driven demand creates a global memory and storage shortage. Increases range from $30 for the HomePod mini to $1,300 for the M3 Ultra Mac Studio, with Apple CEO Tim Cook saying efforts to shield customers from higher costs had become "unsustainable." The Verge reports: On Thursday, the company adjusted the price of its new MacBook Neo, which will now start at $699 instead of $599, while the base MacB]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-raises-prices-on-macs-ipads-and-more-by-hundreds-of-dollars/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-raises-prices-on-macs-ipads-and-more-by-hundreds-of-dollars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Support Case Data During Klue Breach]]></title><description><![CDATA[LastPass says hackers stole customers' personal information, support case records, and sales data by breaching market research partner Klue. The password manager told TechCrunch that its own systems and password vaults were unaffected. However, the hackers used their access to obtain "reams of data about LastPass customers," the report says. From the report: In a blog post that shared information about the incident, LastPass said the hackers took customers' names, phone numbers, email addresses,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lastpass-says-hackers-stole-customer-support-case-data-during-klue-breach/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/lastpass-says-hackers-stole-customer-support-case-data-during-klue-breach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Says Alibaba Must Be Punished For Largest Claude Cloning Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic's leading model following Mythos' release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets. Ars obtained a June 10 letter sent to Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) one day ahead of a Senate committee hearing on "AI and the American Dream." In the letter, A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-says-alibaba-must-be-punished-for-largest-claude-cloning-attack/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-says-alibaba-must-be-punished-for-largest-claude-cloning-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Ford's automated quality-control systems and AI tools fell short, the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers over the past three years to mentor younger staff and reprogram the underperforming technology. "Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it," Charles Poon, Ford's vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, told reporters on a call Wednesday. "Over prior years, we didn't pay as much attention as we should have to the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ford-rehires-350-engineers-after-ai-fails-to-preserve-expertise-or-train-juniors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ford-rehires-350-engineers-after-ai-fails-to-preserve-expertise-or-train-juniors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micron Locks In Historically High Memory Prices For Five Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Micron has signed 16 "strategic customer agreements" (SCAs) that include a floor price the company says comes with "a very robust gross margin for Micron, well above our peak quarterly margins in any past cycle." Most of the deals run through 2030 and cover about 40% of Micron's revenue. The Register reports: Micron CEO, president and chairman Sanjay Mehrotra explained the SCAs in prepared remarks delivered during the company's Q3 earnings call. He explained that Micron has signed 16 SCAs, most]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/micron-locks-in-historically-high-memory-prices-for-five-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/micron-locks-in-historically-high-memory-prices-for-five-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Starts Lowering Play Store Fees, Making Good On Epic Games Settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google's stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, and Google is beginning to implement app store changes as agreed in its settlement with Epic. The lower developer fees and new payment options that Google promised are rolling out in select markets this month before expanding. [...] Starting on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-starts-lowering-play-store-fees-making-good-on-epic-games-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-starts-lowering-play-store-fees-making-good-on-epic-games-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Shows That Tall Vehicle Hoods Cause Hundreds More Deaths Per Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from Car and Driver: A new study conducted by the New York Times shows that the increase in vehicle hood height seen over the last two and a half decades, mainly due to the rise in popularity of large SUVs and trucks, has resulted in several thousand deaths that otherwise may not have happened. The study shows that while automakers and regulators have focused on occupant safety, they have turned a blind eye to pedestrian safety, which has fallen since around 2009. Resear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-shows-that-tall-vehicle-hoods-cause-hundreds-more-deaths-per-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-study-shows-that-tall-vehicle-hoods-cause-hundreds-more-deaths-per-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Rover Detects Potential Signatures of Ancient Microbial Life On Mars]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Perseverance rover has detected complex organic carbon in ancient Martian mudstones. The measurements were taken by the rover's Sherloc instrument and the organic carbon that was identified was from the Bright Angel outcrop, "a dried-up river that carried water into the planet's Jezero crater billions of years ago," notes The Guardian. From the report: The form of carbon detected, known as macromolecular carbon or MMC, can originate from living organisms. Geological processes can also pro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-rover-detects-potential-signatures-of-ancient-microbial-life-on-mars/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-rover-detects-potential-signatures-of-ancient-microbial-life-on-mars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI Are Backing Effort To Stop Respiratory Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: [T]he payment company Stripe, founded by brothers Patrick and John Collison, says it will fund a new $500 million nonprofit whose goal is preventing both the common cold and the flu. Its eventual aim is to get rid of respiratory viruses altogether. The new organization, called Intercept, will use grants and investments to back prevention approaches, including vaccines, as well as large-scale air-cleaning systems for schools, offices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stripe-anthropic-and-openai-are-backing-effort-to-stop-respiratory-infections/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stripe-anthropic-and-openai-are-backing-effort-to-stop-respiratory-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slate Auto's Radically Simple Electric Truck Starts At $24,950]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slate Auto says its stripped-down electric pickup will start at $24,950 before fees, with the base model's estimated range increased from 150 to about 205 miles. The company has started taking preorders on Wednesday. "The aggressive pricing -- half the average cost of a new car in the United States -- puts Slate in position to capture a share of the lowest end of the new car market, which has few gas and fewer electric options these days," reports TechCrunch. From the report: The price reveal co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/slate-autos-radically-simple-electric-truck-starts-at-24950/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/slate-autos-radically-simple-electric-truck-starts-at-24950/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has paused its Model Compatibility Initiative that tracked employee mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and screen content to train AI agents, after some of its collected data became accessible to more employees than intended. Meta says it has no evidence the information was improperly accessed and will not restart the program until it is confident in its safeguards. Wired reports: Meta rolled out the Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) tool in April to US employees. The tool "collects co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-data-leak/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-data-leak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA VI Is a Worrying Sign For the Future of Physical Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rockstar Games has revealed the price of Grand Theft Auto VI to be $79.99, and confirmed that the physical versions of the game won't include a disc. Instead, they'll contain a one-time download code when it launches November 19. "Not only is that a disappointing decision for people who like to own physical games, but given the scale of the next GTA, it also sets a bad precedent for the rest of the industry," reports The Verge. From the report: There are a lot of advantages to buying digital. Yo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gta-vi-is-a-worrying-sign-for-the-future-of-physical-games/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gta-vi-is-a-worrying-sign-for-the-future-of-physical-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Unveils First Chip As Part of Broadcom Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeno, OpenAI's first custom AI chip, designed primarily to handle inference for ChatGPT and other services. It's a major step in OpenAI's plan to "build the full stack behind its models and products," says OpenAI. "By designing more of the stack ourselves, we can serve more intelligence with greater efficiency and keep pushing advanced AI toward broader access." CNBC reports: The chip with Broadcom is an ASIC, which industry experts say is less flexible than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-unveils-first-chip-as-part-of-broadcom-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-unveils-first-chip-as-part-of-broadcom-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart's First Nuclear Deal Shows Demand Beyond AI Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Barron's: Walmart is signing a long-term contract to buy nuclear power for the first time ever, a promising sign that the industry's future is supported by more than just the AI data center boom. The retail giant agreed on Tuesday to buy power from a nuclear plant in Illinois owned by Constellation Energy for its operations in the area, including its stores and a high-tech warehouse in Illinois that stores and sorts perishable food.Walmart will buy 176 me]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmarts-first-nuclear-deal-shows-demand-beyond-ai-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmarts-first-nuclear-deal-shows-demand-beyond-ai-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Iger's Disney Wanted Apple, Twitter, and 007]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an exit interview with The Financial Times (paywalled), former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company seriously considered buying Twitter, explored a potential merger with Apple, and pursued the James Bond franchise during his tenure. The Verge reports: According to Iger, Disney came close to buying Twitter from co-founder Jack Dorsey "at a very attractive price," sometime prior to Elon Musk buying the social media platform in 2022 and changing its name to X. Iger had plans to turn Twitter into]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bob-igers-disney-wanted-apple-twitter-and-007/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bob-igers-disney-wanted-apple-twitter-and-007/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boffin Claims Microsoft's 'Quantum Leap' Is Invalid Due To 'Basic Python Errors']]></title><description><![CDATA[A peer-reviewed Nature critique argues that Microsoft's 2025 Majorana quantum-computing breakthrough -- and its claim that it could enable "a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years" -- is fundamentally flawed. According to Dr Henry Legg, a lecturer at the University of St Andrews, the claims were undermined by omitted data, selective plotting, and basic Python errors that concealed alternative results. Microsoft, for its part, says the bugs were mi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/boffin-claims-microsofts-quantum-leap-is-invalid-due-to-basic-python-errors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/boffin-claims-microsofts-quantum-leap-is-invalid-due-to-basic-python-errors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Announces $17.5 Billion In Loans For 10 New Large Nuclear Reactors]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited "tremendous interest" among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities and energy companies. The nuclear plants could begin construction by 2030 and become operational in the mid-2030s, Wright an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-admin-announces-175-billion-in-loans-for-10-new-large-nuclear-reactors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-admin-announces-175-billion-in-loans-for-10-new-large-nuclear-reactors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 25-Year-Old Blog Looks Back At 40 Years of Computing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancient Slashdot reader Mark Round writes: Longtime reader here (since mid-1999 -- Hot Grits! Oog the Caveman! Beowulf clusters!), and I can still remember posting back on Slashdot's own 5th anniversary. Time's rolled on: my own blog just turned 25, and it's now roughly 40 years since I first sat down at a computer. So I went digging through archive.org, old backups, and a box of ZIP disks, and wrote up a long look back at four decades of computing through the one website that's been my online h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-25-year-old-blog-looks-back-at-40-years-of-computing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-25-year-old-blog-looks-back-at-40-years-of-computing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mushroom Behind 'Tiny Human' Visions Lacks Genes For Known Psychedelics]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: If you consumed a wild mushroom and suddenly started seeing tiny people around you, you might reasonably assume it contained a familiar psychedelic. But that does not appear to be the case with Lanmaoa asiatica, known locally as jian shou qing, a mushroom species sold in markets in Yunnan, southwestern China. When eaten undercooked, the mushroom can produce vivid visions of miniature people -- not unlike Gulliver on his travels to Lilliput. To]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mushroom-behind-tiny-human-visions-lacks-genes-for-known-psychedelics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mushroom-behind-tiny-human-visions-lacks-genes-for-known-psychedelics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe: The World's Fastest-Warming Continent]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from the AFP: The latest heatwave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace. Britain, France, Italy and Spain have issued red alerts and health warnings for much of their territory this week as the region endures its second heat episode since May.Here is a look at why Europe is warming faster than elsewhere: The planet as a whole is around 1.4C warmer than in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-the-worlds-fastest-warming-continent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/europe-the-worlds-fastest-warming-continent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US AI Stock Sell-Off Shakes Markets From Wall Street To Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A tech sell-off shook global markets on Tuesday as attention turned away from developments in the US war with Iran and toward the future of AI companies and chipmakers that have driven stock markets to record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index closed 2.2% lower on Tuesday. The S&amp;P 500 was also down by Tuesday afternoon, dropping 1.43% while the Dow remained steady. All three major US indices have hit record highs this year, riding off a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-ai-stock-sell-off-shakes-markets-from-wall-street-to-asia/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-ai-stock-sell-off-shakes-markets-from-wall-street-to-asia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 29-year-old bug in the Squid web proxy, dubbed Squidbleed and tracked as CVE-2026-47729, can let an authorized proxy user retrieve fragments of another user's cleartext HTTP requests, including credentials and session tokens. The security researcher who reported the flaw credited Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview for the discovery. The Hacker News reports: Squid describes this as an attack by a trusted client: someone already permitted to use the proxy, not any random host on the internet. Tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/29-year-old-squid-proxy-bug-squidbleed-can-leak-cleartext-http-requests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/29-year-old-squid-proxy-bug-squidbleed-can-leak-cleartext-http-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Reclaims Fastest Supercomputer At 2 Exaflops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear shares a report from TOP500: The 67th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers was announced today at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, Germany. LineShine, a previously unlisted system installed in China, debuts at No. 1, displacing El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer as measured by the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark. LineShine achieved 2.198 Exaflop/s on HPL -- about 80 percent of its 2.736 Exaflop/]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-reclaims-fastest-supercomputer-at-2-exaflops/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-reclaims-fastest-supercomputer-at-2-exaflops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site for 'Canvassing']]></title><description><![CDATA[Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger has been indefinitely banned from editing the site after editors concluded that he violated its canvassing rules, "or in other words, calling on his followers off platform in order to influence Wikipedia's content," reports 404 Media. Sanger says the ban proves Wikipedia suppresses ideological diversity, while editors argue he was trying to mobilize an outside audience to influence internal decisions and had ignored an earlier warning. From the report: The discus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wikipedia-cofounder-larry-sanger-banned-from-site-for-canvassing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/wikipedia-cofounder-larry-sanger-banned-from-site-for-canvassing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart, In Biggest Deal In Two Years, Buys Advertising Tech Firm Vibe.co]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart is acquiring self-serve connected-TV ad platform Vibe.co for a reported $1.4 billion, adding it to an advertising ecosystem that already includes smart-TV maker Vizio. AdExchanger reports: On Tuesday, Walmart announced that it is buying Vibe.co, the French self-serve ad platform that specializes in helping small brands buy streaming commercials with similar ease and precision as they get from search and social. Vibe has been vying for a bigger share of the ad dollars moving to connected]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-in-biggest-deal-in-two-years-buys-advertising-tech-firm-vibeco/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/walmart-in-biggest-deal-in-two-years-buys-advertising-tech-firm-vibeco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg Directed Meta To Create a Prediction Markets App]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, recently dispatched a small team at his company to create a smartphone app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi, two employees with knowledge of the matter said. Users would not wager money, and the app would probably rely on a video game-like points system instead, one person said, though the company had not ruled out the eventual use of real money betting. The app is internally referred to as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-directed-meta-to-create-a-prediction-markets-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mark-zuckerberg-directed-meta-to-create-a-prediction-markets-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital Euro Expected To Launch By 2029 After EU Backing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's economic committee has backed a digital euro designed to reduce Europe's dependence on US-controlled payment networks such as Visa and Mastercard. The ECB-backed currency is targeted for launch by 2029 after a full parliamentary vote and negotiations with EU member states. Euronews reports: Under the proposal, consumers would be able to hold digital euros in a dedicated wallet, subject to a holding limit that has yet to be determined. The system would support both onlin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digital-euro-expected-to-launch-by-2029-after-eu-backing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/digital-euro-expected-to-launch-by-2029-after-eu-backing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Launches Cheaper Smart Glasses Without Ray-Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has launched its first smart glasses without Ray-Ban branding. Starting at $299, they're cheaper than the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 while retaining EssilorLuxottica as a design and manufacturing partner. The Verge reports: As far as style and specs, the Meta Glasses aren't that different from Ray-Bans. The internal specs are the same as the recently released Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles, with slightly longer battery life. The Adventurer models have thinner rims, while the Fury models hew a bit close]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-launches-cheaper-smart-glasses-without-ray-ban/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-launches-cheaper-smart-glasses-without-ray-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs As It Embraces AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle cut roughly 21,000 jobs over the past year as it reorganized around AI and ramps up spending on data centers for customers such as OpenAI and Meta. The restructuring cost the company about $1.8 billion and, while Oracle says AI deployment may drive further reductions, it also warns the cuts could create skills shortages and hurt productivity. The BBC reports: The software and cloud computing firm says it had around 141,000 full-time employees as of May 31, 2026, down from about 162,000 wo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-cuts-21000-jobs-as-it-embraces-ai/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/oracle-cuts-21000-jobs-as-it-embraces-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Considers Forcing Social Media Firms To Prioritize Trusted News]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain is considering forcing social media companies to prioritize what the government called trusted news sources as part of its broader push to tighten regulation of the sector. The culture department said on Monday it was considering requiring platforms such as Meta's Facebook, Alphabet-owned YouTube and TikTok to make content from public service media -- including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 -- and other trusted news providers easier to find]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-considers-forcing-social-media-firms-to-prioritize-trusted-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-considers-forcing-social-media-firms-to-prioritize-trusted-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Plans 'Nuclear Renaissance' With Up To 10 Reactors Built By 2040]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada has unveiled a national strategy to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years as it seeks to double electricity-grid capacity by 2050. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson called it a plan for a "new civilian nuclear renaissance.""If our goal is to double our grid and build a low-carbon economy in less than 25 years, there is no credible plan to do that without nuclear energy and the clean, reliable baseload power it provides," Hodgson said. "There is no credible plan for Canada t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canada-plans-nuclear-renaissance-with-up-to-10-reactors-built-by-2040/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canada-plans-nuclear-renaissance-with-up-to-10-reactors-built-by-2040/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Arrives In Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has arrived at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch targeted for no earlier than August 30. The observatory will survey the sky about 1,000 times faster than Hubble with a field of view at least 100 times wider, helping scientists study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets. Spaceflight Now reports: NASA's next great observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center aboard the agency's massive Pegasu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-arrives-in-florida/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-arrives-in-florida/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Installs Robots At Flagship EV Factory After Laying Off 1,300 Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors' flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit -- even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a potentially existential issue for automakers and their workers. General Motors installed approximately 50 robot arms at GM's Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan, according t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-installs-robots-at-flagship-ev-factory-after-laying-off-1300-workers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-installs-robots-at-flagship-ev-factory-after-laying-off-1300-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Accidentally Breaks Replying To an Email On Outlook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has accidentally introduced a bug in Outlook for Mac that omits the original message from email replies, making it difficult for recipients to follow conversation history. Until Microsoft releases a fix, its suggested workaround is to roll back from version 16.110 and disable automatic updates, which is "great for users in full control of their devices -- not so good for anyone with a managed device," notes The Register. "Administrators with fleets of Macs running Outlook should brace]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-accidentally-breaks-replying-to-an-email-on-outlook/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-accidentally-breaks-replying-to-an-email-on-outlook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following User Outcry, AMD Reinstates Memory Encryption In Consumer CPUs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, AMD was found to have stripped memory encryption from its consumer CPUs without any warning or notice. Now, following a wave of backlash on social media, the chipmaker has now reinstated the protection, though it still hasn't explained why the safeguard was disabled in the first place. Ars Technica reports: Following the revelation, social media was deluged by comments from AMD consumers decrying the move. They noted that AMD's quiet removal of TSME after supporting it for so long see]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/following-user-outcry-amd-reinstates-memory-encryption-in-consumer-cpus/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/following-user-outcry-amd-reinstates-memory-encryption-in-consumer-cpus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Will Finally Let You Build Your Own Steam Machine With SteamOS For Desktop]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the price of the new Steam Machine starting at $1,049, you might want to consider making your own Steam Machine instead. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." Alongside that improved compatibility, Valve is giving ga]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-will-finally-let-you-build-your-own-steam-machine-with-steamos-for-desktop/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-will-finally-let-you-build-your-own-steam-machine-with-steamos-for-desktop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Invests $75 Million In A24 To Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is investing roughly $75 million in A24 as part of a research partnership with DeepMind to develop AI-powered filmmaking tools and workflows. "The deal represents the latest marriage between a Hollywood studio and AI in an era where companies have oscillated between partnerships and lawsuits," reports Variety. From the report: A24 partner Scott Belsky, who leads the studio's technology division A24 Labs, told the Journal the studio's Google partnership differed from other deals because AI]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-invests-75-million-in-a24-to-develop-ai-powered-filmmaking-tools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-invests-75-million-in-a24-to-develop-ai-powered-filmmaking-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is For Sellouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As Big Tech dumps billions of dollars into America's data center buildout, a slew of opportunities have opened up to the electricians wiring these massive facilities. In some cases, the scale of the projects and the demanding construction timelines are fueling talent wars for the industry's best and brightest. The US-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has argued that its workers are "powering the AI Revolution," and a set]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-electricians-think-building-data-centers-is-for-sellouts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/some-electricians-think-building-data-centers-is-for-sellouts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Prices the Steam Machine At $1,049]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve's new Steam Machine will launch June 29 starting at $1,049 and go up from there depending on the configuration. Although it costs considerably more than the PS5 ($599.99) and Xbox Series X ($649.99), "the value proposition for the Steam Machine is that it can play your library of Steam games you may have accumulated over years (or even decades), rather than just PlayStation games, and it's also a full Linux PC that you can customize to your heart's content," reports The Verge. "Valve also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-prices-the-steam-machine-at-1049/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-prices-the-steam-machine-at-1049/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Law Firm Wins UK Court Case For First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Garfield AI, the UK's first regulator-approved AI law firm, has won its first court case after helping a freelancer recover 7,000 pounds in unpaid fees. "I was owed money for work I had done, but it felt like the process of recovering it could be too stressful, expensive and time-consuming," said Tamires Camal Taquidir, a freelancer who had provided HR-related services to a hospitality business. "Garfield made it possible for me to pursue the claim and keep going. When the counterclaim was broug]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-law-firm-wins-uk-court-case-for-first-time/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-law-firm-wins-uk-court-case-for-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2,000 Retired Google Pixel Phones Get a Second Life As a Private Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[UC San Diego researchers are working with Google to build a private cloud from 2,000 retired Pixel Fold motherboards, demonstrating how discarded smartphones could provide useful, low-cost computing capacity. "The full smartphone cluster is expected to launch this fall," reports The Register. "Depending on how well the initial phase goes, we're told the cluster could grow even larger." From the report Once the phone's motherboards have been extracted from their shells, the researchers say that t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2000-retired-google-pixel-phones-get-a-second-life-as-a-private-cloud/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2000-retired-google-pixel-phones-get-a-second-life-as-a-private-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, died Friday at the age of 69. According to French media (via Bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people aboard the plane, both of whom died.Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986. Since then, the company has published the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia, and Tom Clancy video game fran]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Several US States Bet That AI Can Solve Their Prison Recidivism Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's state prison systems need ways "to keep people from returning to prison," reports the Wall Street Journal, "when an estimated 40% end up back behind bars within three years."Part of the problem comes in the form of filing cabinets, manila folders and legacy digital databases. In other words, records for a single prisoner might be kept in a dozen places... Now a group of 19 prison systems are tackling the problem with digital tools and artificial intelligence in some cases. They are con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/several-us-states-bet-that-ai-can-solve-their-prison-recidivism-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/several-us-states-bet-that-ai-can-solve-their-prison-recidivism-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tutor' Who Took Online Tests for 124 Students Jailed for Three Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[A private tutor who charged money to take dozens of exams for students and submit coursework for them "has been jailed for three years," reports the BBC, "after his scam earned him &pound;300,000."Shahid Adnan completed assignments and online tests for more than 120 students at Liverpool John Moore's University, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The 43-year-old, of Lysander Close, Liverpool, was caught in February 2023 after a student handed in a USB drive containing suspicious coursework to D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tutor-who-took-online-tests-for-124-students-jailed-for-three-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tutor-who-took-online-tests-for-124-students-jailed-for-three-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Shows 3x More AI Slop Than YouTube, Report Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA["About 59% of TikTok videos served to a new account's For You feed are AI slop," writes Search Engine Journal, "according to a report from Kapwing, the video creation tool company. That's roughly three times the rate Kapwing found on YouTube."The company manually reviewed over 10,000 TikTok videos across 20 categories and ran a separate fresh-account test, counting AI-generated content in the first 500 For You videos. Kapwing ran the same fresh-account test on YouTube and found that 104 of the f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tiktok-shows-3x-more-ai-slop-than-youtube-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tiktok-shows-3x-more-ai-slop-than-youtube-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blog Linuxiac reports:<br />
A new systemd fork has appeared with a specific purpose: removing systemd's recently added support for storing a user's birth date in JSON user records.<br />
The fork, called Liberated systemd, published its first tagged release as v261 shortly after the official systemd 261 release. In other words, the fork follows upstream systemd while reverting the change that added the new optional birthDate field.<br />
Importantly, this is not a new init system, a wider redesign of systemd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/someone-forked-systemd-over-its-new-birth-date-field/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/someone-forked-systemd-over-its-new-birth-date-field/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret Revolution in Battery Technology: 3-D Printing]]></title><description><![CDATA["There's a revolution in battery technology hiding in plain sight," reports The Wall Street Journal. "The 3-D printing of batteries has the potential to put energy storage inside any device.<br />
"This will enable lightweight and long-lasting consumer gadgets, long-range military drones and even nanoscale robots."<br />
Almost all the innovations we regularly hear about &mdash; from cheaper, tougher electric-vehicle batteries to "Holy Grail" solid-state batteries &mdash; are about changing the chemistry of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-secret-revolution-in-battery-technology-3-d-printing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-secret-revolution-in-battery-technology-3-d-printing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Tesla Planning To Sell Modular AI Data Center Hardware?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Electrek reports:Tesla wants to sell modular AI data center hardware, according to a new trademark application for a product called "Megapod." The filing describes a complete, self-contained computing system for AI workloads...<br />
Tesla filed the "Megapod" trademark (serial number 99893717) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this month, through its longtime IP counsel. It's an intent-to-use application, meaning Tesla is claiming the name for a product it hasn't launched yet. The goods-and-se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-tesla-planning-to-sell-modular-ai-data-center-hardware/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/is-tesla-planning-to-sell-modular-ai-data-center-hardware/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Official Promises Statements 'Around VPNs' and Further Teen Restrictions on Chatbots and Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[PC Gamer reports:The UK government is considering an Australia-style ban on social media for under-16s, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that the ban could take effect as soon as spring next year. As for the much nearer future, Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told BBC Breakfast earlier this week, "We will make further statements in July about VPNs and further restrictions."<br />
To be clear, no specific restrictions have yet been announced and Kendall sounded somewhat cautious abo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-official-promises-statements-around-vpns-and-further-teen-restrictions-on-chatbots-and-social-media/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-official-promises-statements-around-vpns-and-further-teen-restrictions-on-chatbots-and-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock's Cameras to Stalk People]]></title><description><![CDATA[404 Media remembers how a Florida police office looked up his ex-girlfriend's license plate in the Flock automated license plate reader system at least 69 times in 2024 &mdash; even searching for her mom's license plate at least 24 times. The police office was charged with stalking and hacking-related offenses, serving one day in prison with five years of probation &mdash; but his case "was not a one-off." [Alternate link via Bruce Schneier]Local news reports from around the country repeatedly d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flocks-cameras-to-stalk-people/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flocks-cameras-to-stalk-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Six Years Of Work and Over 360 Patches, Linux 7.2 Finally Removes Bug-Prone strncpy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tech Times reports:Linux 7.2's merge window closed out a cleanup campaign on Friday that most kernel developers had stopped expecting to see end: the complete removal of strncpy(), a C string-copy function that the kernel's own documentation labels "actively dangerous," from every subsystem, driver, and architecture-specific file in the kernel source tree.<br />
The merge landed June 20, 2026. After around 362 commits spread across six years of incremental work, no call site using the function remaine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-six-years-of-work-and-over-360-patches-linux-72-finally-removes-bug-prone-strncpy/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-six-years-of-work-and-over-360-patches-linux-72-finally-removes-bug-prone-strncpy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Bill Would Mandate AI Chip Location Tracking to Thwart China and Other Adversaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[NBC News reports:<br />
A group of companies that specialize in tracking international shipments of sensitive technologies is backing a Capitol Hill bill that would require America's most powerful AI chips to incorporate stronger security mechanisms aimed at preventing the chips from reaching China and other adversaries. The letter, signed by six companies, says the Chip Security Act (CSA) would increase American chip companies' competitiveness and close key loopholes in the U.S. export control regime]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-bill-would-mandate-ai-chip-location-tracking-to-thwart-china-and-other-adversaries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-bill-would-mandate-ai-chip-location-tracking-to-thwart-china-and-other-adversaries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rust Ecosystem Gets an AI Security Engineer in Residence]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the Rust Foundation has a Security Initiative to protect its ecosystem, "the threats have expanded," they announced this week, "and so has the kind of help maintainers need."Much of this comes back to a single shift: Automated tooling (much of it now built on large language models) has gotten good enough to surface real vulnerabilities in open source code quickly and at scale. That is useful, and several large Rust projects have already received and fixed credible issues found this way. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-rust-ecosystem-gets-an-ai-security-engineer-in-residence/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-rust-ecosystem-gets-an-ai-security-engineer-in-residence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canonical's Upcoming AI Tool: Talk to Ubuntu Instead of Typing]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week the Ubuntu desktop's director of engineering announced they're bringing speech-to-text dictation to Ubuntu Desktop, aiming for an experience "that feels like a natural part of the desktop while respecting user privacy and running entirely on local hardware."<br />
"Speech recognition has become a common feature on modern platforms, and we think it should be a first-class experience on Ubuntu Desktop as well."<br />
More details from the blog It's FOSS:<br />
For Ubuntu 26.10, the initial version of Myna]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canonicals-upcoming-ai-tool-talk-to-ubuntu-instead-of-typing/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canonicals-upcoming-ai-tool-talk-to-ubuntu-instead-of-typing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Super PAC Aims to Rally Tech Workers to Help Limit AI:  'the Guardrails Alliance']]></title><description><![CDATA["A grassroots movement is forming among everyday tech workers who are demanding their companies develop and deploy AI responsibly," reports TechCrunch.<br />
Hoping to leverage that discontent is a new super PAC called the Guardrails Alliance. The New York Times reports that it launched Thursday with backers that included tech employees and labor unions:Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom. The PAC has abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-super-pac-aims-to-rally-tech-workers-to-help-limit-ai-the-guardrails-alliance/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-super-pac-aims-to-rally-tech-workers-to-help-limit-ai-the-guardrails-alliance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facial Recognition on Public Buses?  Kansas City Says Yes]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press:<br />
Officials in Kansas City, Missouri, are preparing to equip cameras on some public buses with facial recognition software capable of identifying passengers who appear on a list of banned riders or missing persons. Supporters and opponents alike view the effort as a major litmus test for tapping the AI-powered software on a U.S. public transportation system, positioning Kansas City as the latest epicenter of a fierce debate over whe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-on-public-buses-kansas-city-says-yes/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/facial-recognition-on-public-buses-kansas-city-says-yes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polymarket Paid Dozens to Post Videos of Themselves 'Winning' With Fake Bets]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January a college student posted a video showing him winning $100,000 on Polymarket &mdash; one of 145 that appeared to show bets adding up to almost $410,000, reports the Wall Street Journal. "But none of those bets were real."<br />
Instead its creator was "one of dozens of mostly college-age creators Polymarket paid to film themselves making fake trades and sometimes scoring fake wins," the Journal reports, citing interviews with the creators an an analysis of more than 1,100 of their videos:Pol]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polymarket-paid-dozens-to-post-videos-of-themselves-winning-with-fake-bets/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/polymarket-paid-dozens-to-post-videos-of-themselves-winning-with-fake-bets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gamers Sue PlayStation:  It's Not Clear They're Selling Licenses Rather Than Ownership of Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gaming news site Aftermath reports:Four gamers are suing Sony Interactive Entertainment for allegedly breaking a California law that requires digital storefronts selling games to make it clear people are buying licenses, not actually owning the games.<br />
Sony Interactive Entertainment's PlayStation store uses language like "Buy Now" and "Confirm Purchase," lawyers wrote in a complaint filed on Thursday... "In reality, consumers who 'purchase' digital games through PlayStation do not obtain owne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamers-sue-playstation-its-not-clear-theyre-selling-licenses-rather-than-ownership-of-games/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gamers-sue-playstation-its-not-clear-theyre-selling-licenses-rather-than-ownership-of-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Millions of Digital Home Devices Are Secretly Powering Cyberattacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports on internet-connected devices &mdash; and how every year millions of them "can contain a secret digital backdoor that opens up access to your home internet, so that anyone... can surf the web as if they were you." (And this is especially true for "knockoffs that you buy online"...)<br />
In a video report this week they tested two digital picture frames from Amazon and three streaming devices from Walmart "because we heard that they often ship with backdoor software use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-millions-of-digital-home-devices-are-secretly-powering-cyberattacks/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-millions-of-digital-home-devices-are-secretly-powering-cyberattacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Announces Benchmarks for AI Life Sciences Research. Its Best Model Failed 63.9% of the Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week OpenAI announced a 750-task test to to measure "whether AI systems can support realistic life science research tasks, not just answer biology questions."<br />
But while OpenAI's top-performing GPT-Rosalind model led the rankings, Slashdot reader BrianFagioli notes that "it achieved a pass rate of just 36.1 percent, failing nearly two-thirds of benchmark tasks." Nerds.xyz points out that means "the best-performing model failed nearly two-thirds of the benchmark's tasks."<br />
The benchmark also r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-announces-benchmarks-for-ai-life-sciences-research-its-best-model-failed-639-of-the-test/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-announces-benchmarks-for-ai-life-sciences-research-its-best-model-failed-639-of-the-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering When Alan Turing Developed a Portable Voice Encryption Device]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time Slashdot reader smooth wombat writes: Alan Turing, one of the more famous people who worked at Bletchley Park to decipher the German Enigma coding machine, was also working on a separate project. His private papers, known as the Bayley papers for his assistant Donald Bayley who held onto the papers until his death in 2020, reveal Turning had produced a working model of a portable voice encryption device. He even demonstrated it by using a Winston Churchill speech recording. "Weighing j]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-when-alan-turing-developed-a-portable-voice-encryption-device/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/remembering-when-alan-turing-developed-a-portable-voice-encryption-device/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Pundit Cringely Co-Founds Startup '2Brains Inc' to Solve LLM Hallucinations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-time tech pundit Robert Cringely started his career at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab back in 1978. Last month 73-year-old Cringely explained why his site went on a two-year hiatus &mdash; and it's not just because of a heart attack and a stroke last July:<br />
Just like everyone else, I've been busy all this time on Artificial Intelligence, founding with two partners a company called 2Brains... The work we were doing together is unfinished, but it's not stopped. The patents are filed,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-pundit-cringely-co-founds-startup-2brains-inc-to-solve-llm-hallucinations/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tech-pundit-cringely-co-founds-startup-2brains-inc-to-solve-llm-hallucinations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waymo Recalls About 3,900 Robotaxis After Some Drove Into 'Freeway Construction Zones']]></title><description><![CDATA[CNBC reports:Waymo is recalling almost 3,900 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues after some cars drove into freeway construction zones, according to notices filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The voluntary recall, the Alphabet-owned company's second in just over a month, followed 13 known incidents where Waymo robotaxis drove into construction zones on freeways in Phoenix, or entered freeway lanes with active construction in the San Francisco area, the filing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-recalls-about-3900-robotaxis-after-some-drove-into-freeway-construction-zones/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/waymo-recalls-about-3900-robotaxis-after-some-drove-into-freeway-construction-zones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cellphone Alert System Breached in Brazil, Message Sent in Leetspeak]]></title><description><![CDATA[CNN reports:<br />
An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning is suspected to be the work of hackers, the Brazilian government said. Devices lit up with the word "misantropi4," an alphanumeric spelling of the Portuguese word "misantropia," which in English translates to "misanthropy". The final letter "a" was substituted with a number '4' &mdash; a practice often used by hackers and termed "leetspeak.". The alert]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cellphone-alert-system-breached-in-brazil-message-sent-in-leetspeak/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cellphone-alert-system-breached-in-brazil-message-sent-in-leetspeak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SMPTE Opens Entire Standards Catalog for Free, Removing Century-Old Paywall]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has published over 800 technical standards over the years (as a professional association for the media and entertainment industry).<br />
But this week SMPTE "announced that its complete Standards catalog, the technical backbone behind everything from SDI and timecode to IP-based broadcast workflows, is now freely available to anyone in the global media technology community," reports the filmmaking news site CineD, arguing it's "one of the more me]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smpte-opens-entire-standards-catalog-for-free-removing-century-old-paywall/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smpte-opens-entire-standards-catalog-for-free-removing-century-old-paywall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Discovers Cryptocurrency Stealer That Spreads Through USB Drives and Uses Tor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ars Technica's senior security editor reports:Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers.<br />
The company named the worm Crypto Clipper because it monitors the contents of device clipboards for patterns consistent with wallet addresses or seed phrases. When found, the malware also takes five screenshots over a 10-second period... "The execution of this clipper]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-discovers-cryptocurrency-stealer-that-spreads-through-usb-drives-and-uses-tor/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-discovers-cryptocurrency-stealer-that-spreads-through-usb-drives-and-uses-tor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by AI Researchers in GNU Savannah Repository]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Free Software Foundation's GNU Savannah hosts thousands of free software projects &mdash; both GNU and non-GNU projects, including Drupal.<br />
But in early May, security researchers from Hacktron.AI reported vulnerabilities and demonstrated an exploit, according to a new statement Friday from the FSF:We have been working with these researchers since their initial report, and have also addressed additional security issues they submitted. All reported issues have been patched thanks to the hard wo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-patches-two-year-old-vulnerability-found-by-ai-researchers-in-gnu-savannah-repository/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fsf-patches-two-year-old-vulnerability-found-by-ai-researchers-in-gnu-savannah-repository/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student Loan Borrowers Will Get Interest Rate Cut If They Sign Up For Auto Pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Student loan borrowers who enroll in automatic payments will get a much bigger discount on interest starting July 1, the U.S. Department of Education says. Auto pay has long offered a modest discount off borrowers' interest rate -- .25 percentage points -- but after millions of borrowers opted out during the long COVID repayment pause, with some making no payments for years, the nation's student debt portfolio swelled to $1.7 trillion. On Thursday, t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/student-loan-borrowers-will-get-interest-rate-cut-if-they-sign-up-for-auto-pay/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/student-loan-borrowers-will-get-interest-rate-cut-if-they-sign-up-for-auto-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Retaliated Against Workers Who Supported Regulating Data Centers, Complaint Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three Amazon employees have filed a civil-rights complaint alleging the company retaliated against them for publicly supporting Seattle regulations on data centers. "The complaint was filed on the workers' behalf by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an independent group of corporate employees at Amazon that since 2018 has organized around climate issues," reports The New York Times. "It said the company started investigations and told the employees that they could face discipline, in one cas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-retaliated-against-workers-who-supported-regulating-data-centers-complaint-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-retaliated-against-workers-who-supported-regulating-data-centers-complaint-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Sound Waves To Make Espresso Could Cut Coffee-Brewing Energy Use By 75%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers developed an ultrasonic espresso process that uses high-frequency sound waves instead of hot water to produce espresso-strength coffee at room temperature. And, not only did coffee drinkers find it comparable to traditional espresso, but the brewing process cut energy use by up to 75%. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: We have developed what we call an ultrasonic espresso: a room-temperature brewing process that uses high-frequency sound waves to extract the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/using-sound-waves-to-make-espresso-could-cut-coffee-brewing-energy-use-by-75/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/using-sound-waves-to-make-espresso-could-cut-coffee-brewing-energy-use-by-75/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon Drops Sam Altman Movie After Announcing OpenAI Partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly completed Sam Altman biopic Artificial and is seeking another distributor for the film. The move comes months after Amazon expanded its multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, fueling speculation about a potential conflict given the movie's reportedly unflattering portrayal of Altman. The Independent reports: Artificial would have marked the Oscar-nominated Call Me By Your Name director's third Amazon film, following the critically acclaimed Z]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-drops-sam-altman-movie-after-announcing-openai-partnership/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-drops-sam-altman-movie-after-announcing-openai-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway Imposes Near Ban On AI In Elementary School]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norway will largely prohibit generative AI use for elementary kids ages 6 to 13 beginning with the new school year, while allowing limited, teacher-supervised use for older students. The government says the restrictions are intended to prevent children from skipping foundational reading, writing, and mathematics skills amid declining test scores. Reuters reports: Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from schools and has given teachers back mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died]]></title><description><![CDATA[Video game composer and sound designer Bobby Prince has died at age 81 following an illness. Developer id software shared the news. Engadget reports: Prince was perhaps best known for his pioneering work on the Doom series. The Library of Congress inducted his soundtrack for the original game into the National Recording Registry just last month. "Despite the limitations of the 1993-era sound card drivers, Prince composed the perfect riff-shredding accompaniment for the game's demon-slaying journ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doom-composer-bobby-prince-has-died/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/doom-composer-bobby-prince-has-died/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyundai Takes Full Control of Boston Dynamics As SoftBank Exits For $325 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, "closing out SoftBank's last piece of Boston Dynamics and turning the Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company into a wholly owned Hyundai business," reports Startup Fortune. From the report: The price is $325 million for the remaining stake, according to the deal terms, and it follows the put option SoftBank retained when Hyundai bought control of Boston Dynamics in 2021. You should read that a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Missed Chances To Inspect OceanGate's Titan Before Fatal Implosion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A report from Canada's Transportation Safety Board has highlighted regulatory failures that allowed OceanGate's unregistered, unflagged, and uncertified Titan submersible to operate out St. John's, Newfoundland, for years before it imploded on a tourist trip to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023. "When it came to the Titan, critical information existed across multiple federal government organizations, but no one was responsible for connecting the dot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canada-missed-chances-to-inspect-oceangates-titan-before-fatal-implosion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/canada-missed-chances-to-inspect-oceangates-titan-before-fatal-implosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Unpatchable Exploit Targets Apple Devices With A12 and A13 Chips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have disclosed a new unpatchable BootROM exploit affecting Apple devices with A12, A13, S4, and S5 chips. The attack requires physical USB access and DFU mode, but can let an attacker run code before iOS loads, bypass signature checks, and boot modified software. 9to5Mac reports the details: In a highly detailed technical post published today, the Paradigm Shift Team details usbliter8, a new exploit that "leverages both a hardware bug in the USB controller and a specific configuratio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-unpatchable-exploit-targets-apple-devices-with-a12-and-a13-chips/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-unpatchable-exploit-targets-apple-devices-with-a12-and-a13-chips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU To Soon Classify AWS and Azure As Gatekeepers Under DSA]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission is reportedly preparing to provisionally classify Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act, bringing cloud infrastructure under the law's stricter competition rules for the first time. The designation could require greater interoperability and data portability, making it easier for customers to switch providers, with a final decision expected by the end of 2026. Heise reports: This investigation began in November 2025, when th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-to-soon-classify-aws-and-azure-as-gatekeepers-under-dsa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-to-soon-classify-aws-and-azure-as-gatekeepers-under-dsa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Korean Telecom Giant At the Center of Anthropic's Mythos Controversy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: The Trump administration's move to impose export controls on Anthropic's most powerful AI technology followed a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom access to its Claude Mythos model, according to people familiar with the matter. US officials were concerned about what they alleged were SK Telecom's ties to China, those people said. Those concerns appear to have compounded when Amazon later flagged vulnerabilities to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-korean-telecom-giant-at-the-center-of-anthropics-mythos-controversy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-korean-telecom-giant-at-the-center-of-anthropics-mythos-controversy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Lobbies Congress For Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: Meta has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the matter and proposed legislative language reviewed by Reuters. If adopted by lawmakers and passed into law as part of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under consideration in the U.S. Senate, such a pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-lobbies-congress-for-protection-from-child-harm-lawsuits/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-lobbies-congress-for-protection-from-child-harm-lawsuits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Picks Eric Schmidt's Rocket Company For Mars Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA has selected Relativity Space to build and launch Aeolus, a 2028 Mars orbiter that would provide daily global measurements of dust, winds, and atmospheric temperatures to support future robotic and human missions. TechCrunch reports: The structure of the contract is akin to the deals that NASA made with SpaceX to fly cargo to the International Space Station, or Firefly Aerospace to put a lander on the Moon. The government agency handles the science, while the private company provides low-co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-picks-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-mars-mission/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-picks-eric-schmidts-rocket-company-for-mars-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rolls-Royce SMR has secured a multibillion-pound agreement to build three small modular reactors on Sweden's west coast, "marking a major step in the British engineering group's ambition to become a leading supplier of the technology in Europe," reports Euronews. From the report: Following a rigorous selection process that started in 2022, UK engineering giant Rolls-Royce's nuclear division, Rolls-Royce SMR, won the contract to build nuclear reactors for Sweden. As part of the deal, the group, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rolls-royce-secures-deal-to-build-small-nuclear-reactors-for-sweden/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/rolls-royce-secures-deal-to-build-small-nuclear-reactors-for-sweden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Backs Off Plans To Kill Ocean Monitoring]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that it had spent over $350 million to build. No reason was given for the decision to shut down the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), but suspicion immediately focused on the network's role in tracking climate change. But the OOI also provides data that's useful for weather forecasting and fisheries management, leading]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-admin-backs-off-plans-to-kill-ocean-monitoring/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trump-admin-backs-off-plans-to-kill-ocean-monitoring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe Adds Its AI Assistant To Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adobe is expanding its Firefly AI assistant into Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io, where it can automate all sorts of tasks such as organizing clips, renaming assets, adding interview markers, rearranging layers, and finding missing fonts. It's available starting today as part of a public beta. TechCrunch reports: Adobe is slowly transforming Firefly to increasingly resemble Canva, at least when it comes to AI features, loading up the app with AI tools that can generate images, vide]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adobe-adds-its-ai-assistant-to-premiere-illustrator-and-indesign/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/adobe-adds-its-ai-assistant-to-premiere-illustrator-and-indesign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California 'Billionaire Tax' Makes Ballot Despite Opposition From Tech Moguls]]></title><description><![CDATA[California's proposed "billionaire tax" has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, setting up a major fight between labor unions and some of Silicon Valley's richest figures. From the report: The California Billionaire Tax Act, colloquially known as the billionaire tax, would levy a one-time 5% tax on any California resident worth more than $1bn. The proposal is backed by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West as a means of funding Califo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-billionaire-tax-makes-ballot-despite-opposition-from-tech-moguls/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/california-billionaire-tax-makes-ballot-despite-opposition-from-tech-moguls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midjourney Pivots From AI Image Generation To Body Scanning Medical Spa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Midjourney is expanding beyond AI image generation with plans for a medical-imaging business built around a water-based, full-body ultrasound scanner that uses hundreds of thousands of sensors and AI to reconstruct MRI-like images. "As you descend into the water, hundreds of thousands of tiny elements take turns, sending out waves, listening together, compressing and then streaming data to a massive cluster where thousands of computers split the task," Midjourney explained in the announcement. "]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/midjourney-pivots-from-ai-image-generation-to-body-scanning-medical-spa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/midjourney-pivots-from-ai-image-generation-to-body-scanning-medical-spa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Plan To Give Americans Control of AI Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: As artificial intelligence companies reshape the economy and race toward trillion-dollar valuations, Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a sweeping transfer of wealth and power from the industry to the American public. The legislation, shown first to The Associated Press, would create a sovereign wealth fund overseen by an independent commission and financed through a one-time 50% tax on the stock of the largest AI companies. Sanders es]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bernie-sanders-unveils-7-trillion-plan-to-give-americans-control-of-ai-industry/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bernie-sanders-unveils-7-trillion-plan-to-give-americans-control-of-ai-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is allowing iPhone developers in Brazil to distribute apps through authorized alternative marketplaces and use third-party payment systems following action by the country's competition regulator. "In other words, developers in Brazil will be able to circumvent the App Store and Apple's in-app purchase system, but there are still fees," reports MacRumors. Apple will collect commissions ranging from 5% on externally distributed apps to as much as 26% for some App Store transactions using its]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-major-app-store-changes-on-ios-in-brazil/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-major-app-store-changes-on-ios-in-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Android 17 Drops For Pixel Phones and Watch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has begun rolling out Android 17, the June Pixel Feature Drop, and Wear OS 7 simultaneously across supported Pixel phones and watches. Highlights include floating app bubbles, improved foldable multitasking and gaming, tighter location and contact permissions, stronger lost-device protections, new Pixel AI tools, and up to 10% better Pixel Watch battery life. PhoneArena reports: Pixel owners are the clear winners, since everything here reaches Pixel first and a lot of it goes back to the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-17-drops-for-pixel-phones-and-watch/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/android-17-drops-for-pixel-phones-and-watch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Told Researcher 'Nice Catch!' Then Denied Bug Bounty For Flaw It Still Hasn't Fixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Security researcher Justin O'Leary says Google initially accepted his Config Connector privilege-escalation report as a high-priority, high-severity bug, then denied a bounty by declaring the behavior "working as intended." According to The Register, a Google rep initially praised O'Leary's report with a "Nice catch!" before the cloud giant reversed course, declaring that no vulnerability existed and therefore no fix or reward was warranted. "The bug report, however, is still marked high-priorit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-told-researcher-nice-catch-then-denied-bug-bounty-for-flaw-it-still-hasnt-fixed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-told-researcher-nice-catch-then-denied-bug-bounty-for-flaw-it-still-hasnt-fixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Cook Says Apple Price Increases Are 'Unavoidable' Due To Memory Costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple is raising its prices to offset the high cost of memory and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal. Apple is no longer able to absorb the increased prices and will need to pass some of the cost on to consumers. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," said Cook. "We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we've been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tim-cook-says-apple-price-increases-are-unavoidable-due-to-memory-costs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tim-cook-says-apple-price-increases-are-unavoidable-due-to-memory-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can No Longer Fly Or Purchase a Drone In Beijing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from PetaPixel: China dominates the consumer drone market, so it is perhaps surprising that it is no longer possible to fly or even purchase a drone in Beijing. The new law that passed last month makes it illegal to buy, rent, or fly a drone without prior approval from the authorities. Users must also complete an online training session and pass a test on drone regulations. Under the new rules, drone users are also not allowed to repair or replace]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/you-can-no-longer-fly-or-purchase-a-drone-in-beijing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/you-can-no-longer-fly-or-purchase-a-drone-in-beijing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISA Urges Hardening Fortinet Devices After Reports of Credential Exposure]]></title><description><![CDATA[CISA is aware of global reports that malicious cyber actors have targeted internet-accessible Fortinet devices across government and private sector organizations using compromised credentials. This activity, referred to as FortiBleed, involves the exposure of leaked credentials associated with approximately 74,000 Fortinet devices, including firewalls and virtual private network (VPN) gateways. &nbsp;<br />
To defend against this malicious cyber activity, CISA urges impacted Fortinet customers with Fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-hardening-fortinet-devices-after-reports-of-credential-exposure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cisa-urges-hardening-fortinet-devices-after-reports-of-credential-exposure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian Johnson, Special Effects Artist Behind 'Space: 1999,' Dies At 86]]></title><description><![CDATA[Special-effects designer Brian Johnson, known for his groundbreaking work on Space: 1999, The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and Aliens, has died at the age of 86. Johnson began his career creating models and explosions for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson productions, later designed the iconic Eagle Transporter, and became one of science fiction cinema's most influential behind-the-scenes artists. Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger remembers the SFX legend, writing: "The Space: 1999 Eagle is one of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brian-johnson-special-effects-artist-behind-space-1999-dies-at-86/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/brian-johnson-special-effects-artist-behind-space-1999-dies-at-86/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's EV Price War Was Built On Cars Sold At a Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Autoblog: For years, the Chinese auto industry has employed a hostile price war to kneecap global competitors. Armed with massive state subsidies, cheap raw materials, and an aggressive "scale-first" business model, Chinese automakers flooded the market with electric vehicles priced so low that legacy manufacturers stood no chance to compete. How did they do it? Simple, they couldn't. They did it anyway. Reports from CarNewsChina show that Ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ev-price-war-was-built-on-cars-sold-at-a-loss/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/chinas-ev-price-war-was-built-on-cars-sold-at-a-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesco Moving 40,000 Server Workloads Off VMware Amid Broadcom's 'Abusive Conduct']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid "abusive conduct" from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim. Tesco filed a lawsuit in the UK's High Court against Broadcom alleging breach of contract last year. According to a September report from The Register, the lawsuit claimed that in January 2021, Tesco bought perpetual licenses for VMware's vSphere Foundation and Clo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tesco-moving-40000-server-workloads-off-vmware-amid-broadcoms-abusive-conduct/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tesco-moving-40000-server-workloads-off-vmware-amid-broadcoms-abusive-conduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Working To Patch 'RoguePlanet' Zero-Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Wednesday published an advisory acknowledging the public disclosure of a vulnerability in Defender that could lead to privilege escalation. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score of 7.8), was dropped last week by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse (also known as Chaotic Eclipse). "We are working to provide a high-quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this CVE when]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-working-to-patch-rogueplanet-zero-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-working-to-patch-rogueplanet-zero-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smartphone Market To Shrink 15% This Year Due To Memory Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[CCS Insight expects global smartphone shipments to fall 15% this year as AI-driven demand pushes memory manufacturers toward higher-margin server chips. "[S]ome entry-level devices have already seen their sticker prices go up by more than 50 percent since last year," reports The Register. From the report: The firm found that the primary smartphone market (meaning new devices) contracted 4.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, despite sales channels front-loading (meaning stockpiling) prod]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smartphone-market-to-shrink-15-this-year-due-to-memory-crisis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/smartphone-market-to-shrink-15-this-year-due-to-memory-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carvana Is Turning Dealerships Into 'Playgrounds,' Test-Drive Centers With Sales All Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carvana is testing a radically different new-car dealership model in Dallas, turning the location into a test-drive center and themed "playground" while requiring every purchase to be completed through its online platform. "Every single car that we sell, whether it's used or new, is online," said Tom Taira, Carvana president of special projects who's leading the new vehicle operations. "That's a very inherent difference. Even coming into the store, you're buying it online, and that's a big diffe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/carvana-is-turning-dealerships-into-playgrounds-test-drive-centers-with-sales-all-online/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/carvana-is-turning-dealerships-into-playgrounds-test-drive-centers-with-sales-all-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI Back Linux Foundation's Appia AI Standards Initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Arm, Mastercard, Siemens, and other companies have joined the newly launched Appia Foundation under the Linux Foundation. The project aims to create common specifications and assessment frameworks that organizations can use to demonstrate AI systems meet emerging safety, trust, and compliance requirements. According to the Linux Foundation, the framework is designed to allow conformity evidence to be reused across the AI supply chain, potentially r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-microsoft-and-openai-back-linux-foundations-appia-ai-standards-initiative/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-microsoft-and-openai-back-linux-foundations-appia-ai-standards-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Employees Accuse Trump Administration of Targeting Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic employees say they remain confused and increasingly convinced that the Trump administration is singling out the company after officials gave it less than 90 minutes to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over alleged national security concerns. Cybersecurity experts, however, argue that the cited behavior of helping to identify vulnerabilities in software is also available in rival models and is more valuable to defenders than attackers. The New York Times reports: Inside the company, employe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-employees-accuse-trump-administration-of-targeting-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-employees-accuse-trump-administration-of-targeting-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted in a highly optimistic appearance at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday. Bezos put forward a rosy vision of how technology will help humanity, speaking about projects including his space venture Blue Origin and his new AI startup Prometheus, which is aimed at speeding up physical manufacturing. "I know th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-will-lead-to-labor-shortages-bezos-says-in-optimistic-talk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-will-lead-to-labor-shortages-bezos-says-in-optimistic-talk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epic Games Announces Lore Open-Source Version Control System]]></title><description><![CDATA[Epic Games has released Lore, an MIT-licensed version control system written in Rust and designed specifically for "games and entertainment purposes with large file sizes," reports Phoronix. From the report: While there is Git LFS for large file storage with Git, Epic Games has crated Lore as a version control system designed entirely around the large file needs of modern game development as well as multimedia/entertainment purposes. Lore is designed to be fast and efficient for large files incl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epic-games-announces-lore-open-source-version-control-system/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/epic-games-announces-lore-open-source-version-control-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking Group Claims Major Hack of Novo Nordisk, Attempted $25 Million Extortion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports a cyber extortion group has claimed responsibility for breaching Novo Nordisk's network, stealing roughly 1.3 terabytes of data, including source code, drug research, clinical-trial records, employee and physician information, production-system details, and internal AI model data. The group says it's exploring selling parts of the data after unsuccessfully demanding $25 million from the company. From the report: FulcrumSec, a cyber extortion group that emerged in October 2025, sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacking-group-claims-major-hack-of-novo-nordisk-attempted-25-million-extortion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hacking-group-claims-major-hack-of-novo-nordisk-attempted-25-million-extortion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X In 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from independent journalist Ed Zitron: Today, I can exclusively report, based on audited financial documents viewed by this publication that have been independently verified by the Financial Times, that OpenAI lost around $38.5 billion in 2025, as well as other crucial details about the financial condition of the company. [...] At the end of the year, OpenAI had just over $50 billion in assets, with almost half of that in cash. [...] The financial condition of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-losses-increased-nearly-8x-in-2025-with-spending-hitting-34-billion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-losses-increased-nearly-8x-in-2025-with-spending-hitting-34-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Killing Games Fails To Secure EU Law Despite 1.3 Million Signatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has declined (PDF) to propose a law requiring publishers to keep discontinued video games playable, despite the Stop Killing Games initiative collecting nearly 1.3 million verified signatures. Instead, it plans to develop a voluntary industry code covering end-of-life transparency and preservation. Dextero reports: The Commission's full communication said a legal obligation to keep games playable, as requested by the initiative, "would not be proportionate." It cited conc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-13-million-signatures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-13-million-signatures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI and Brain-Computer Interface Allow Speechless ALS Patient To Work a Full-Time Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[UC Davis researchers say an implanted brain-computer interface has allowed Casey Harrell, an ALS patient who cannot speak, to synthesize sentences from brain activity with 99% accuracy in controlled tests and about 92% accuracy in everyday use. The Register reports that the system has remained usable at home since 2023, helping Harrell communicate naturally, control a computer, and return to full-time work without researchers needing to supervise each session. The Register reports: A team of sci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-and-brain-computer-interface-allow-speechless-als-patient-to-work-a-full-time-job/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ai-and-brain-computer-interface-allow-speechless-als-patient-to-work-a-full-time-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HPE Tempts VMware Users, Partners With Year of Free Virtualization Software]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom's pricing of VMware. During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could use its "HPE Morpheus Software -- VM Essentials" offering for free for "up to one year," per a press release. HPE's website describes its virtualization platform as a "VMware]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commodore's Callback 8020 Is a $499 Flip Phone That Blocks Social Media and Browsers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a $499 Sailfish OS flip phone that runs most Android apps but deliberately blocks social media, browsers, email, and workplace apps to discourage doomscrolling. The "not dumb dumbphone" still supports messaging, music, maps, ridesharing, hotspots, a removable battery, and plenty of Commodore nostalgia. "The phone uses T9-style texting with predictive input, includes Commodore SID ringtones, ships with a selection of Commodore and Sailfish games, and even]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/commodores-callback-8020-is-a-499-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/commodores-callback-8020-is-a-499-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Binance Set To Lose Permission To Operate In EU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Binance is expected to lose permission to serve EU customers in July after Greek regulators reportedly decided to reject its MiCA license application. Reuters reports: Under new EU rules, called MiCA, crypto firms have until the end of June to obtain a licence to allow them to keep servicing clients across the bloc. Binance's application, made to Greece's market regulator, is set to be turned down, the people said. European regulators have been attempting to rein in crypto exchanges, which allow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/binance-set-to-lose-permission-to-operate-in-eu/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/binance-set-to-lose-permission-to-operate-in-eu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France To Stop Certifying Products Without Quantum-Safe Encryption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting in 2027, France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI will stop certifying security products that lack quantum-resistant encryption, effectively forcing government agencies and critical infrastructure operators to phase out older cryptographic systems. Reuters reports: Samih Souissi, ANSSI's chief of staff, said at the France Quantum conference that the agency would halt such certifications from 2027, and that businesses should be buying only quantum-safe products by 2030. ANSSI approval is requ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-to-stop-certifying-products-without-quantum-safe-encryption/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/france-to-stop-certifying-products-without-quantum-safe-encryption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mobileye Is Entering the US Robotaxi Market With Standalone Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The driving technology company Mobileye plans to launch a robotaxi service in an as-yet-unnamed US city in 2027, it said earlier today. The service will be vertically integrated, using Mobileye's Moovit mobility platform to interact with customers booking rides, coordinate drivers, and so on. The Israeli company, which was bought by Intel in 2017 before going public again in 2022, says it will start with around 100 robotaxis early next year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mobileye-is-entering-the-us-robotaxi-market-with-standalone-service/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mobileye-is-entering-the-us-robotaxi-market-with-standalone-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap's First Consumer AI Glasses Are Coming This Fall For $2,195]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snap is launching its first consumer augmented-reality glasses this fall for $2,195. "You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they're expected to ship 'this fall' in the US, UK, and France," reports The Verge. From the report: This is a big moment for Snap: The company made a big entry into smart glasses with its original Spectacles in 2016, and the company has been toiling away on nonpublic AR versions of Spectacles over the past few years]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/snaps-first-consumer-ai-glasses-are-coming-this-fall-for-2195/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/snaps-first-consumer-ai-glasses-are-coming-this-fall-for-2195/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX To Acquire AI Coding Startup Cursor For $60 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX has agreed to acquire Cursor for $60 billion in stock, adding the popular AI coding assistant to Elon Musk's newly public aerospace-and-AI conglomerate. CNBC reports: Cursor built a popular AI coding tool that helps software developers generate, edit and review code, and the company has experienced explosive growth since its founding in 2022. In November, Cursor said it crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue, according to a release at the time. Cursor was also ranked at No. 37 on the an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-to-acquire-ai-coding-startup-cursor-for-60-billion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-to-acquire-ai-coding-startup-cursor-for-60-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Government's Anthropic Models Ban Was Never About an AI Jailbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[TechCrunch's Zack Whittaker argues that the U.S. government's abrupt export-control order forcing Anthropic to pull its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models offline was "never about an AI jailbreak" threat. Instead, it was driven more by "personality differences" between the AI company and Trump administration. Security experts say the reported guardrail bypass did not justify the order and warn that the move sets a troubling precedent: the government can unilaterally disrupt American software products w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-governments-anthropic-models-ban-was-never-about-an-ai-jailbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-governments-anthropic-models-ban-was-never-about-an-ai-jailbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Spam and Profanities Are Now Plaguing the Arch Linux AUR]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" is facing another issue just days after more than 1,500 packages were found carrying malware. According to Phoronix, over 70 AUR packages have reportedly been modified to insert Russian spam and profane messages into users' shell configuration files. From the report: Nicolas Boichat with his AI/LLM detection bot detected some questionable messages appearing in AUR content. Russian messages were being added post-install to the bashrc / zshrc / Fish configurati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spam-and-profanities-are-now-plaguing-the-arch-linux-aur/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/russian-spam-and-profanities-are-now-plaguing-the-arch-linux-aur/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefox 152 Adds JPEG XL Support, Redesigned Settings]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Linuxiac: Mozilla has released Firefox 152, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, with updated settings, improved media controls, experimental JPEG XL support, and various platform-specific fixes for desktop and Android. A key update is the redesigned Firefox Settings page, which now features clearer groupings, improved navigation, and a more streamlined structure for easier customization. The release also expands built-in spellchecker]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-152-adds-jpeg-xl-support-redesigned-settings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-152-adds-jpeg-xl-support-redesigned-settings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venus' Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By a High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor]]></title><description><![CDATA[New simulations suggest Venus' extremely slow backward rotation may have been triggered by a high-angle collision with a fast-moving object roughly one-tenth its mass. The impact could have dramatically altered Venus' spin and melted nearly its entire mantle. Universe Today reports: Venus' bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in a new paper presented at the recent European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, the aut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/venus-strange-rotation-was-likely-triggered-by-a-high-velocity-moon-sized-impactor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/venus-strange-rotation-was-likely-triggered-by-a-high-velocity-moon-sized-impactor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chinese Rocket Breaks Apart Dangerously Close To the Starlink Constellation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket's upper stage broke apart shortly after last week's June 9 launch, likely creating 100 to 150 pieces of debris in a busy region of low-Earth orbit crossed by the ISS and lower-altitude Starlink satellites. Most fragments should reenter within months because of atmospheric drag, but experts say the incident adds to a worsening trend as China leaves more large rocket bodies in orbit while expanding its launch rate. Ars Technica reports: The US Space Force confirmed the b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-chinese-rocket-breaks-apart-dangerously-close-to-the-starlink-constellation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-chinese-rocket-breaks-apart-dangerously-close-to-the-starlink-constellation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Vets Protest 'Dangerous' US Government Ban On Anthropic's Most Powerful Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts, including several well-known veterans of the industry, published an open letter to the U.S. government asking it to lift the export control order on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models. According to the open letter, "this action has taken the best models away from [cybersecurity] defenders" who now can't use the models to find vulnerabilities and make their software and products more secure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cybersecurity-vets-protest-dangerous-us-government-ban-on-anthropics-most-powerful-models/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cybersecurity-vets-protest-dangerous-us-government-ban-on-anthropics-most-powerful-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA) is set to expire in September without an apparent replacement, potentially ending requirements for federal agencies to report on data-center efficiency, resilience, energy and water use, and contractor sustainability. Wired reports: Despite the public backlash, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the government agency that sets guidance for how agencies implement policies in line with the president's agenda, is not providing any plans for ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-government-is-letting-a-key-data-center-regulation-expire/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-government-is-letting-a-key-data-center-regulation-expire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Issues Urgent Kali365 Security Warning For Teams, Outlook, OneDrive Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[alternative_right shares a report from The Hill: The FBI released an urgent security warning to the public about a fast-acting scam targeting Microsoft 365 users on Teams, Outlook and OneDrive. The agency warned that the hacking platform Kali365 seeks out OAuth device codes, allowing scammers to sneak past multi-factor authentication codes, and without the need for a password, to access Microsoft accounts. Scammers will send a phishing email impersonating a trusted document-sharing service with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-issues-urgent-kali365-security-warning-for-teams-outlook-onedrive-users/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fbi-issues-urgent-kali365-security-warning-for-teams-outlook-onedrive-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is removing Chrome's last remaining workarounds for Manifest V2 extensions, effectively ending support for legacy ad blockers such as the original uBlock Origin. 9to5Google reports: CyberNews points out a Chromium commit that removes support for the "kExtensionManifestV2Disabled" flag, which is referred to as "dead code" seeing as Chrome no longer supports Manifest V2 extensions. This removal acts as the final stop for many Manifest V2-based ad blocker extensions that were still in use to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-chromes-next-update-will-mark-the-end-of-popular-ad-blockers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-chromes-next-update-will-mark-the-end-of-popular-ad-blockers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Users Cry Foul After AMD Stripped Memory Crypto From Its Consumer CPUs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of the connected memory chips. Short for Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, TSME encrypts the entire contents stored in memory, making the data useless to physical attackers. Over time, AMD added TSME to lower-end processors, including the consumer version of its Ryzen chip]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's 'Made In the USA' Phone Is Just a Reskinned HTC U24 Pro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader necro81 writes: The heavily promoted, $499 T1 "Trump Phone" was originally said to be "Made in the USA" and ship in September 2025. Later, that was downgraded to "Assembled in the USA." Given the Trump Organization's lack of engineering or supply chain expertise, many assumed the "T1" would just be a private-label phone made by someone else. After a number of delays, the first phones are finally shipping.<br />
iFixit has performed a teardown and concluded that the T1 is a jus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trumps-made-in-the-usa-phone-is-just-a-reskinned-htc-u24-pro/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/trumps-made-in-the-usa-phone-is-just-a-reskinned-htc-u24-pro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain Unveils Sweeping Ban On Social Media For Under-16s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. "It's a big step for our country," Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. "Social media is making our children unhappy and unsafe, and as a parent, as much as a Prime Minister, I just can't let that go on anymore," he added.The ban wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/britain-unveils-sweeping-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/britain-unveils-sweeping-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fox Is Buying Roku For $22 Billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion, combining Fox's sports, news, entertainment, Tubi, and Fox One offerings with a streaming platform that reaches about 100 million people. The companies say the merger would create the "third-largest player in US television by share of viewing," while Fox insists Roku will remain open to competing apps after the deal closes. CNN reports: Fox has dabbled in streaming over the past few years -- finally launching its Fox One competitor last August -- but has lacke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22-billion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fox-is-buying-roku-for-22-billion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google CEO Largely Avoids Discussing AI In Stanford Commencement Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered Stanford University's 2026 commencement address, but despite leading one of the companies at the center of the AI boom, he spent very little time discussing artificial intelligence. Instead, the speech focused on optimism, working on hard things, and following your interests. The omission is notable given how many graduates are entering a job market being reshaped by AI. While Pichai briefly referenced a "rewiring of technology," he largely]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ceo-largely-avoids-discussing-ai-in-stanford-commencement-speech/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-ceo-largely-avoids-discussing-ai-in-stanford-commencement-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss Voters Reject Proposal To Cap Population At 10 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Voters in Switzerland have rejected an unprecedented far-right proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million in a divisive referendum dubbed "the Swiss Brexit." Some 54.79% of voters were against the proposal by the Swiss People's party (SVP) and 45.21% were in favor. Turnout was 58.86%. A different outcome would have obliged the Swiss government to limit the population, currently 9.1 million, to 10 million by 2050, enacting tough r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-voters-reject-proposal-to-cap-population-at-10-million/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/swiss-voters-reject-proposal-to-cap-population-at-10-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Many College Students Losing the Ability to Read?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Futurism reports:in a new essay for The Chronicle Higher Education, university-level literature and writing instructor Tyler Jagt recalls how not a single one of his students could get through an assigned 20-page article, something that he had read "without complaint" as an undergraduate a decade ago.<br />
One student confessed that the reason they didn't finish was that they kept losing track of what the paper was about. And there's no doubt that they're not alone. Jagt cites the 2024 National Asses]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-many-college-students-losing-the-ability-to-read/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/are-many-college-students-losing-the-ability-to-read/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Workers Are Now Struggling to Find Work, as 'Picky' Companies Demand AI Skills]]></title><description><![CDATA["Battered by years of mass layoffs, California tech workers were hoping the job market would rebound this year," reports the Los Angeles Times. "But things are getting worse."<br />
The class divide is widening in Silicon Valley as a tiny group of employees is landing unprecedented packages for AI skills, while many others struggle to find work. The have-nots are doing everything that used to guarantee great jobs &mdash; refreshing resumes, optimizing LinkedIn profiles and doing interviews &mdash; but]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/it-workers-are-now-struggling-to-find-work-as-picky-companies-demand-ai-skills/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/it-workers-are-now-struggling-to-find-work-as-picky-companies-demand-ai-skills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-Iran Peace Agreement Prompts Stock Rally, Leaves Some Investors Skeptical and Questions on Speed of Resuming Oil Production]]></title><description><![CDATA["Asian stocks rallied Monday while oil prices tumbled," reports CNBC, "after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal aimed at ending nearly four months of conflict..."<br />
The strongest reaction was seen in energy markets. U.S. crude oil futures for July delivery were down 4.77% to $80.83 per barrel by 8:27 p.m. ET. Brent futures, the international benchmark, for August delivery traded about 4% lower to $83.77 per barrel. Asian equities surged. South Korea's Kospi jumped 5.1%, Japan's Nikkei 225 cl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-iran-peace-agreement-prompts-stock-rally-leaves-some-investors-skeptical-and-questions-on-speed-of-resuming-oil-production/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-iran-peace-agreement-prompts-stock-rally-leaves-some-investors-skeptical-and-questions-on-speed-of-resuming-oil-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Spend As Much Time 'Botsitting' AI As Producing Useful Work, Survey Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA["As the use of artificial intelligence spreads across companies worldwide, it is relieving workers of tedious old chores but creating new ones," reports the Los Angeles Times.<br />
"Most people don't realize the amount of time that they're spending working on the tools to get the time savings that they're professing," said Paul Leonardi, Duca Family professor of technology management at UC Santa Barbara."Leonardi is one of the co-authors of the new study published by the Work AI Institute, whose cont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/workers-spend-as-much-time-botsitting-ai-as-producing-useful-work-survey-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/workers-spend-as-much-time-botsitting-ai-as-producing-useful-work-survey-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Updates Six Windows Apps.  'Photos' Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft dropped "massive" updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the "Microsoft enthusiast" site Neowin.<br />
Here's some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:<br />
The Photos app (version 2026.11060.2004.0):AI watermarking &mdash; "AI-generated or edited images can now carry a visible Copilot watermark. You choose Never, Always, or Ask Every Time in Settings, with a confirmation when saving. The watermarking is off by default i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-updates-six-windows-apps-photos-gets-watermarks-for-copilot-images-off-by-default-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-updates-six-windows-apps-photos-gets-watermarks-for-copilot-images-off-by-default-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Updates Six Windows' Apps.  'Photos' Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft dropped "massive" updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the "Microsoft enthusiast" site Neowin.<br />
Here's some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:<br />
The Photos app (version 2026.11060.2004.0):AI watermarking &mdash; "AI-generated or edited images can now carry a visible Copilot watermark. You choose Never, Always, or Ask Every Time in Settings, with a confirmation when saving. The watermarking is off by default i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-updates-six-windows-apps-photos-gets-watermarks-for-copilot-images-off-by-default/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-updates-six-windows-apps-photos-gets-watermarks-for-copilot-images-off-by-default/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids' Brains]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK's Members of Parliament (MP) were "looking for proof that smartphones and social media are rotting children's brains," writes The Register &mdash; but they got "a less satisfying answer from neuroscientists on Wednesday: nobody can really prove it."Appearing before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee this week, three researchers spent much of the session explaining that concern and evidence are not quite the same thing. Asked what evidence exists on the impact of digital devices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-scientists-see-little-evidence-for-claims-smartphones-are-rewiring-kids-brains/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-scientists-see-little-evidence-for-claims-smartphones-are-rewiring-kids-brains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As 'Disclosure Day' Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg grants that his 1977 UFO film Close Encounters was "speculative," writes the Associated Press, but "Disclosure Day, he insists, is the real deal.""It's my first film that will be considered science fiction that I do not consider to be science fiction," Spielberg said in a recent interview. "It's much more reflective of the world as it is evolving and discoveries that are being made as we speak." Spielberg, at 79, is trying to revive and reconsider the alien wonder that's long li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-disclosure-day-premieres-steven-spielberg-says-he-believes-aliens-really-have-visited-earth/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/as-disclosure-day-premieres-steven-spielberg-says-he-believes-aliens-really-have-visited-earth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Meta's $14 Billion Bet on AI Ever Pay Off?]]></title><description><![CDATA["A year after spending over $14 billion to bring in Alexandr Wang and a group of his top Scale AI engineers to revamp its artificial intelligence efforts, Meta is at least back on the map in AI," reports CNBC, "though it's still far behind OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in the market."Wang's big accomplishment was the delivery of the Muse Spark AI model in April, marking Meta's first jump into proprietary foundation models and away from a strict adherence to open source, or open weight as it's mor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-metas-14-billion-bet-on-ai-ever-pay-off/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/will-metas-14-billion-bet-on-ai-ever-pay-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vintage AMD R600 Graphics Driver Sees Code Cleanups Thanks To GitHub Copilot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phoronix reports:<br />
The AMD R600 Gallium3D driver saw 59 commits [last] Sunday to Mesa 26.2. Making this code restructuring and code cleaning all the more notable is that the improvements to this old AMD Radeon graphics driver was done in part by GitHub Copilot.Gert Wollny has been among the few open-source developers left working on the AMD R600g driver that covers from the Radeon HD 2000 series through Radeon HD 6000 series graphics cards... [T]he old open-source GPU driver support is being assi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vintage-amd-r600-graphics-driver-sees-code-cleanups-thanks-to-github-copilot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vintage-amd-r600-graphics-driver-sees-code-cleanups-thanks-to-github-copilot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How America's Energy Department is Building a National Platform for Doing Science with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's Energy Department "wants to build a single national platform for doing science with AI," reports Communications of the ACM:<br />
It is called the Genesis Mission, and the idea is to connect the country's 17 national laboratories, their supercomputers, scientific datasets, and a growing layer of AI models and agents into one system researchers can access. The DOE has taken to calling it 'a national operating system for science.' That means treating compute, data, and AI models the way the co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-americas-energy-department-is-building-a-national-platform-for-doing-science-with-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-americas-energy-department-is-building-a-national-platform-for-doing-science-with-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blizzard Sues To Take Down Another Private World of Warcraft Server, Project Ascension]]></title><description><![CDATA["Blizzard Entertainment is continuing its crusade against private World of Warcraft servers," reports the gaming news site Aftermath:The company filed a new lawsuit on Friday in a California court against the makers of Project Ascension, alleging copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations, and other claims. Blizzard Entertainment claims that Project Ascension is a "lucrative way to exploit and profit from the popularity of the WoW game experience," according to the compl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blizzard-sues-to-take-down-another-private-world-of-warcraft-server-project-ascension/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/blizzard-sues-to-take-down-another-private-world-of-warcraft-server-project-ascension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Has Lost Nearly Half Its Value in 11 Months]]></title><description><![CDATA[The price of bitcoin dropped 13% down to $64,394 just in June &mdash; but there's more bad news, reports CNBC." "Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025."<br />
While previous bitcoin selloffs were often followed by large rebounds in price, the latest decline may prompt some investors to revisit why they own bitcoin in the first place, [says Daniel Sotiroff, associate director of ETF and Passive Strategies Research at Morningstar]. Here's what he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-has-lost-nearly-half-its-value-in-11-months/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-has-lost-nearly-half-its-value-in-11-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four LTS Java Versions Get End-of-Support in a Three-Year Window (2029-2032)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simon Ritter joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. He's now written an opinion piece for InfoWorld warning that "Between 2029 and 2032, every currently supported long-term support (LTS) version of Java will reach end-of-support within a single three-year window."<br />
That's Java 17 in 2029, Java 8 in 2030, Java 21 in 2031, and Java 11 in 2032...On paper, this looks like a manageable upgrade cycle. In practice, it creates a collision of timel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/four-lts-java-versions-get-end-of-support-in-a-three-year-window-2029-2032/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/four-lts-java-versions-get-end-of-support-in-a-three-year-window-2029-2032/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Police Officer Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sunday Times reports:<br />
A criminal investigation has begun after a police officer allegedly used AI to create evidential material in a "number of cases". Derbyshire Constabulary said an officer was being investigated over an allegation of suspected perverting the course of justice. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed it was engaging with defence lawyers and the courts over potentially affected cases...<br />
It is the first known allegation of AI misuse by police in a criminal case in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-police-officer-accused-of-using-ai-to-fake-evidence/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-police-officer-accused-of-using-ai-to-fake-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Author Dave Eggers Avoids Smartphones, Internet Access, and Flock Cameras]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago on a bike ride "inspiration struck" for Dave Eggers, reports SFGate...Without a pen and paper handy, he was stuck texting the idea to himself. The problem? Eggers doesn't own a smartphone. "It takes 20 minutes to write a sentence," Eggers said... It's a funny predicament for Eggers, given that he's arguably the city's biggest proponent of the written word... Now age 56, Eggers' latest book is called "Contrapposto"...On writing days, Eggers bikes to his sailboat docked near the Go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-author-dave-eggers-avoids-smartphones-internet-access-and-flock-cameras/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/how-author-dave-eggers-avoids-smartphones-internet-access-and-flock-cameras/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon CEO's Talks with U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports:The Trump administration's decision to halt all foreign use of Anthropic's most capable AI models was prompted by conversations between Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy and U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the matter said.<br />
Researchers at Amazon had used a series of prompts to get Anthropic's Fable 5 model to provide them with information that could be used to aid cyberattacks and was supposed to be off limits, Jassy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-ceos-talks-with-us-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/amazon-ceos-talks-with-us-officials-triggered-crackdown-on-anthropic-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shutterstock 'Evolves' Into 'Human-Led, AI-Powered Creative Platform']]></title><description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes:<br />
Shutterstock has unveiled what it calls a "human-led, AI-powered" creative platform that combines its massive library of [human] contributor-created content with AI image and video generation, AI editing, conversational search, prompt enhancement, and automated model selection tools. The company says the goal is to help creators move from idea to finished work faster [in a single application] while maintaining commercial licensing protections and contributor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shutterstock-evolves-into-human-led-ai-powered-creative-platform/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shutterstock-evolves-into-human-led-ai-powered-creative-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Updates 250,000 EVs with Vehicle-to-Grid Firmware, Announces Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Batteries]]></title><description><![CDATA["Battery breakthroughs will lessen AI's demand on the electricity grid," argues The Washington Post's editoral board, arguing that GM's latest moves "offer a fresh reminder that resource constraints can be solved by innovation."<br />
Or As Fortune put it, "America's electric grid is buckling under extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and an AI build-out that is quietly rewriting U.S. power demand &mdash; and General Motors wants to turn that crisis into a business." They describe GM's plan as offer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-updates-250000-evs-with-vehicle-to-grid-firmware-announces-grid-scale-sodium-ion-batteries/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/gm-updates-250000-evs-with-vehicle-to-grid-firmware-announces-grid-scale-sodium-ion-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vim Classic 8.3 Launched as an AI-Free Vim Fork]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month saw the release of Vim Classic 8.3, the first stable version of a new long-term support fork of Vim maintained without generative AI tools. Linuxiac reports:The release is based on Vim 8.2.0148 and includes selected bug fixes and patches backported from later upstream Vim releases. Vim Classic was first announced by [SourceHut's CEO/founder] Drew DeVault in March 2026 after he objected to LLM-assisted development in Vim and Neovim. In his announcement, DeVault said he no longer wanted]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vim-classic-83-launched-as-an-ai-free-vim-fork/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/vim-classic-83-launched-as-an-ai-free-vim-fork/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arch Linux Malware Incident: Malicious Commits Found in 1,579 Packages]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 1,500 user-contributed packages in the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" were infected with malware, reports Phoronix:The last message in the thread over this security incident is noting that Arch Linux developers have deleted all the malicious commits they are aware of. Cited was this list that puts the number of malware-affected packages at 1,579...Even at 1,579 packages listed, that final updated noted, it's a "list containing many (but not all) of the affected packages".<br />
Thanks to l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arch-linux-malware-incident-malicious-commits-found-in-1579-packages/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/arch-linux-malware-incident-malicious-commits-found-in-1579-packages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Investigated By Coalition of America's State Attorneys General]]></title><description><![CDATA["A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an investigation into OpenAI," reports the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter."OpenAI was served Friday with a subpoena seeking documents related to a broad range of its activities and impact on users, including advertising, user engagement and retention, handling of consumer data and health data, activities related to minors and seniors, deep learning models, model sycophancy and company policies, some of the people sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-investigated-by-coalition-of-americas-state-attorneys-general/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-investigated-by-coalition-of-americas-state-attorneys-general/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New UK Referendum Would Flip 'Brexit' Result of a Decade Ago, Poll Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's the 10-year anniversary of Britain's "Brexit" vote withdrawing from the European Union.<br />
But a new UK poll "shows that a new Brexit referendum would reverse the vote that led to Britain's departure," reports Bloomberg:<br />
Fifty-two percent of Britons think the UK should rejoin the EU, according to an Ipsos survey of 1,137 British adults conducted between May 14 and May 20. That's the inverse of the mood in June 2016 when a comparable share of the electorate backed Brexit...<br />
Younger voters overw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-uk-referendum-would-flip-brexit-result-of-a-decade-ago-poll-finds/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-uk-referendum-would-flip-brexit-result-of-a-decade-ago-poll-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Congress Lets 'Warrantless Wiretap' Law FISA Lapse]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's the U.S. law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets. And the U.S. Congress just let it lapse. Sort of. NPR reports:<br />
Each year, the provision is used by American intelligence agencies to collect the electronic communications of hundreds of thousands of foreigners located outside of the United States. The government says that more than 60% of the president's daily intelligence briefing relies on information collected under the authority. The tool officially lap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-congress-lets-warrantless-wiretap-law-fisa-lapse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-congress-lets-warrantless-wiretap-law-fisa-lapse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery Orb Videos, Other UFO Records Released By White House]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trump administration released another large batch of government UAP records, including videos of glowing orb-like objects appearing to split and rejoin, witness accounts, illustrations, and decades-old investigative documents. Axios reports: The documents indicate that government agents have spent years monitoring, investigating and documenting suspected UAP incidents. At lease some of the sightings took place near sensitive government facilities, according to the reports. Videos showing red]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mystery-orb-videos-other-ufo-records-released-by-white-house/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/mystery-orb-videos-other-ufo-records-released-by-white-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation's Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon -- the first crewed, fixed-wing aircraft ever to fly on solid-state batteries. The flight was neither spectacular in distance nor in duration -- it was a series of short tests to validate the aircraft's weight and balan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-first-crewed-solid-state-flight-electrifies-aviations-future/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/worlds-first-crewed-solid-state-flight-electrifies-aviations-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic 'Suspends' All Mythos and Fable Access After US Order Limiting Foreign Access]]></title><description><![CDATA["Anthropic said on Friday it will 'abruptly disable' its most advanced AI models for all users,"<br />
reports Reuters, "after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company received the export control directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, without being given specific details of its national security concern, Anthropic said in a statement."Anthropic's blog post writes that the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-suspends-all-mythos-and-fable-access-after-us-order-limiting-foreign-access/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-suspends-all-mythos-and-fable-access-after-us-order-limiting-foreign-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Center Opponents Have Blocked Or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion In 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study -- conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks local data center activity -- found that data center opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects nationwide worth about $130 billion from January through March, the most in a three-month period si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/data-center-opponents-have-blocked-or-delayed-projects-worth-nearly-130-billion-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/data-center-opponents-have-blocked-or-delayed-projects-worth-nearly-130-billion-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos' AI Startup Aims To Build an 'Artificial General Engineer']]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an "artificial general engineer" capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startup after a $12 billion funding round, putting the company at a $41 billion valuation. Bezos serves as co-CEO of Prometheus alongside Vik Bajaj, who co-foun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-ai-startup-aims-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-ai-startup-aims-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Department Approves Paramount's $111 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision, expected to be announced Friday, paves the way for Paramount to combine with the entertainment and media company behind a vast film and television studio, CNN, and the HBO Max streaming service, which would be combined with Paramount+ to create a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/justice-department-approves-paramounts-111-billion-acquisition-of-warner-bros/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/justice-department-approves-paramounts-111-billion-acquisition-of-warner-bros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ShinyHunters Hacked 100+ Organizations By Exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. "ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its data leak site on Tuesday before publishing the stolen files later that same day, presumably because the school refused to pay the extortion demand," reports The Register. From the report: "University of Nottingham on our leak site is one of t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shinyhunters-hacked-100-organizations-by-exploiting-an-oracle-peoplesoft-0-day/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/shinyhunters-hacked-100-organizations-by-exploiting-an-oracle-peoplesoft-0-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers.Outsider Enterprise has financially scammed "hundreds of thousands of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-sues-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-gemini-ai-to-send-scam-texts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-sues-chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-gemini-ai-to-send-scam-texts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touchscreen Macbook '100% Confirmed,' Says Reputable Leaker]]></title><description><![CDATA[A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is "100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some strikingly accurate information in the past, so it's always worth noting what they have to say about Apple's plans. The claim is also backed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/touchscreen-macbook-100-confirmed-says-reputable-leaker/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/touchscreen-macbook-100-confirmed-says-reputable-leaker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Surface Flaw Allowed Unprotected Devices To Be Bricked By a Single Packet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company's Copilot AI software inadvertently helped identify the faulty firmware.According to Jack Darcy, a security researcher based in Australia, his instance of Microsoft Copilot stumbled across t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-surface-flaw-allowed-unprotected-devices-to-be-bricked-by-a-single-packet/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-surface-flaw-allowed-unprotected-devices-to-be-bricked-by-a-single-packet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Bankman-Fried Loses Bid To Overturn Crypto Fraud Conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors' evidence against Bankman-Fried "was, conservatively stated, robust." "While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were safe, he was simultaneously using FTX as his own personal piggy bank, spending customer funds on real]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-bankman-fried-loses-bid-to-overturn-crypto-fraud-conviction/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/sam-bankman-fried-loses-bid-to-overturn-crypto-fraud-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infineon to Open German Chip Fab as Part of EU Sovereignty Push]]></title><description><![CDATA[Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue as demand for AI infrastructure strains global electricity systems. Bloomberg reports: Infineon, traditionally a chipmaker for the automotive industry, has increasingly benefited from soaring demand for power chips used in AI data centers, which]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/infineon-to-open-german-chip-fab-as-part-of-eu-sovereignty-push/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/infineon-to-open-german-chip-fab-as-part-of-eu-sovereignty-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX IPO Makes Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world's first trillionaire. At a time when concerns about inequality are high and public attitudes toward the ultra-wealthy have soured, Musk has managed to retain a loyal following despite his stratospheric net worth and without the folksy per]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pokemon Go Data Was Used To Help Train AI Systems Being Developed For Military Drones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pokemon Go players' optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial's visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired with Vantor's drone navigation software for military and intelligence use, raising questions about whether gamers understood that footage collected for in-game rewards could eventually support defense systems. From the report: The pipeline runs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pokemon-go-data-was-used-to-help-train-ai-systems-being-developed-for-military-drones/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/pokemon-go-data-was-used-to-help-train-ai-systems-being-developed-for-military-drones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Algorithm Determines How Fast You Should Drive On California's I-15 Freeway]]></title><description><![CDATA[Riverside County has launched an 8-mile "smart freeway" pilot on northbound I-15 near Temecula, using roadway sensors and an algorithm to coordinate ramp meters and suggest speeds rather than widening the freeway. Officials say the $33 million project could reduce stop-and-go traffic and travel times. According to SFGATE, similar systems in Australia and Denver reportedly cutting delays by 20% to 65%. From the report: Unlike typical on-ramp stoplights that run on a timer lasting a few seconds, I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-algorithm-determines-how-fast-you-should-drive-on-californias-i-15-freeway/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/an-algorithm-determines-how-fast-you-should-drive-on-californias-i-15-freeway/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Lures Foreign Patients With Cutting-Edge, Cheap Medical Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: While traditional hotspots in the region such as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia focus on services such as cosmetic surgery, IVF or physicals, China is trying to differentiate itself by providing some of the world's most advanced procedures. "There are two reasons why a patient travels for medical treatments: availability of advanced treatments and price," said Victor Cao, operations director of Joyful Medical, an agency in Shanghai that con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-lures-foreign-patients-with-cutting-edge-cheap-medical-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/china-lures-foreign-patients-with-cutting-edge-cheap-medical-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Links Smartphones With Declining Fertility Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two recent studies argue that smartphones may have contributed to falling birthrates by reducing in-person social interaction, sexual frequency, and other conditions tied to unintended pregnancies. "One of the studies published in May is called 'The Collapse of Teen Fertility in the Digital Era' and the other, published just Monday, is titled 'Is the iPhone Birth Control? Causal Evidence from AT&amp;T's 2007-2011 Carrier Monopoly,'" reports KTLA. "Both were chronicled in a New York Times piece b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/study-links-smartphones-with-declining-fertility-rates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/study-links-smartphones-with-declining-fertility-rates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland To Jail Online Streamers of Violent Crime For Up To 5 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Polish lawmakers have voted to criminalize "trash streaming," with up to five years in prison for online broadcasts of serious crimes such as rape or murder, animal cruelty, humiliating violence, gambling promotion, or even simulated depictions of those acts. Reuters reports: The move is part of a broader push by Poland to tighten regulation of online content. Recent measures include banning the use of mobile phones by children under 16 in schools and introducing stricter age verification rules]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/poland-to-jail-online-streamers-of-violent-crime-for-up-to-5-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/poland-to-jail-online-streamers-of-violent-crime-for-up-to-5-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coinbase has launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT or Claude execute crypto trades and manage payments on a user's behalf. "For example, customers can prompt their agent to rebalance portfolios, identify trading opportunities, execute strategies and manage positions over time," reports CNBC. "It will eventually expand these capabilities to stocks and predictions." From the report: [U]sing Coinbase's machine-to-machine payments protocol, called x402, agents can pay]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/coinbase-launches-tool-to-let-ai-agents-manage-trading-and-payments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/coinbase-launches-tool-to-let-ai-agents-manage-trading-and-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euro-Office 1.0 Arrives To Open-Source Infighting: 'Compatibility Is Not Sovereignty']]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: If digital sovereignty is important to you, and it certainly is in the European Union (EU), then you'll be pleased to know that EuroOffice, a new open-source browser-based office suite alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, has officially reached its first stable release. A coalition of EU-based companies, including Nextcloud, Ionos, and other Euro-Stack participants, is positioning Euro-Office as a cornerstone of European digital sover]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/euro-office-10-arrives-to-open-source-infighting-compatibility-is-not-sovereignty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/euro-office-10-arrives-to-open-source-infighting-compatibility-is-not-sovereignty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man As a Child Abductor]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from Reason: Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agencies who put him through it. [...] According to a police report, facial recognition software concluded with 93 percent confidence that the suspect was Robert Dillon. [...]The ACLU is now suing th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aclu-sues-after-facial-recognition-falsely-identifies-florida-man-as-a-child-abductor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/aclu-sues-after-facial-recognition-falsely-identifies-florida-man-as-a-child-abductor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Mulls Slashing Prices As It Competes With Anthropic For Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI is reportedly considering sharp price cuts for paid access to its AI models as competition with Anthropic intensifies and both companies race for users ahead of potential IPOs. "The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products," the Wall Street Journal said, adding that it was "in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic." CNBC reports: The ChatGPT producer, whi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-mulls-slashing-prices-as-it-competes-with-anthropic-for-users/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-mulls-slashing-prices-as-it-competes-with-anthropic-for-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opendoor Ends India Operations, Fueling a Bigger Conversation About AI and Outsourcing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: "I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we wind down our India operations. Our customers are in America, and that's where our operational work belongs." TechCrunch reports: In announcing the decision on Wednesday, CEO Kaz Nejatian cited]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/opendoor-ends-india-operations-fueling-a-bigger-conversation-about-ai-and-outsourcing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/opendoor-ends-india-operations-fueling-a-bigger-conversation-about-ai-and-outsourcing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox CEO Says Current Margins 'Cannot Continue']]></title><description><![CDATA[Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox's current economics "cannot continue," citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report says substantial Xbox cuts are expected after Microsoft's fiscal year ends on June 30. Engadget reports: The takeaways a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-ceo-says-current-margins-cannot-continue/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-ceo-says-current-margins-cannot-continue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. OpenAI said it caught the influence campaign because China-backed operatives were using ChatGPT to create content for the social media campaign. [...] OpenAI's researchers identified two clust]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-says-china-launched-influence-campaign-to-shape-us-attitudes-on-ai-datacenters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-says-china-launched-influence-campaign-to-shape-us-attitudes-on-ai-datacenters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fully Autonomous Drones Have Killed Human Soldiers For the First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader MattSparkes shares a report from NewScientist, captioned: "For years we've had unconfirmed reports, rumors, hints... now we know." From the report: Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defense industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare. The one-off test involved 10 AI-controlled "Terminator" drones on the front line of the Ukraine war. Russian]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans Prefer To Walk Anticlockwise, Scientists Find]]></title><description><![CDATA[fjo3 shares a report from The Guardian: Tests reveal that when people are ambling about, they have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction. "If you simply ask someone to start walking, whether they are wandering around a museum, a supermarket, or even an empty room, it is surprisingly likely that they will drift counterclockwise," said Dr Inaki Echeverria Huarte at University of Navarra in Spain.As with many critical discoveries in science, the revelation ow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humans-prefer-to-walk-anticlockwise-scientists-find/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/humans-prefer-to-walk-anticlockwise-scientists-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar Beats Coal In the US For the First Month Ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Solar generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first month on record in May 2026, according to new analysis from global energy think tank Ember. Solar supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity during the month, while coal dropped to 12.2%. That's a dramatic shift in the U.S. power mix. Just five years ago, coal generated 19.7% of U.S. electricity in May, while solar accounted for only 5.4%. U.S. solar generation hit a record 45.5 terawatt-hour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/solar-beats-coal-in-the-us-for-the-first-month-ever/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/solar-beats-coal-in-the-us-for-the-first-month-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Defender 'RoguePlanet' Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Privileges]]></title><description><![CDATA[A researcher using the name Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit called "RoguePlanet," which reportedly works on fully patched Windows 10 and 11 systems and can spawn a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges through a Defender race condition. The release came just hours after Microsoft fixed two previously disclosed flaws during its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop -- its largest Patch Tuesday release ever. BleepingComputer reports: The researcher shared a pro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-zero-day-grants-system-privileges/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-zero-day-grants-system-privileges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visa is integrating its payment network with ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and complete purchases on users' behalf. "It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user's behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa," reports the Associated Press. "The payment network's previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single retailer or a small set of enrolled merchants." From the report: OpenAI will provide the technology to allow age]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/visa-plugs-its-payment-network-into-chatgpt/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/visa-plugs-its-payment-network-into-chatgpt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Discontinues Physical Steam Gift Cards Due To Scammers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve is discontinuing physical Steam Gift Cards and says it will stop restocking them as retailers sell through remaining inventory. In a blog post, the company blamed persistent gift card scams as the reason, though Steam Digital Gift Cards will remain available and existing physical cards can still be redeemed. PC Guide reports: Valve says it has "responded to gift card scams over the years" -- but this doesn't stop scammers from adapting. The Steam creator has actively worked with retailers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-discontinues-physical-steam-gift-cards-due-to-scammers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-discontinues-physical-steam-gift-cards-due-to-scammers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threats Against Politicians Tripled After Meta Changed Its Speech Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last year, Meta radically overhauled the rules around what content it would allow on its platforms. The company claimed that its own efforts policing speech had gone too far and that it would relax the rules around what speech was allowed. "We have been over-enforcing our rules, limiting legitimate political debate and censoring too much trivial content and subjecting too many people to frustrating enforcement actions," Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief gl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/threats-against-politicians-tripled-after-meta-changed-its-speech-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/threats-against-politicians-tripled-after-meta-changed-its-speech-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BYD To Install Thousands of 5-Minute EV Chargers Across Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[BYD plans to install 3,000 ultra-fast "Flash Chargers" across Europe by the end of 2027, with the first stations already appearing in Germany and the UK. The Verge reports: At an estimated cost of 580,000 euros (about $670,000) per charger according to the Financial Times, that would mean a total spend of roughly $2 billion to install the network. The 1,500kW charging stations are significantly more powerful than Tesla's 500kW V4 Superchargers, though Tesla already has 20,000 chargers installed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/byd-to-install-thousands-of-5-minute-ev-chargers-across-europe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/byd-to-install-thousands-of-5-minute-ev-chargers-across-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[macOS 27 Beta Boots Asahi Linux Off Apple Silicon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Asahi Linux team is warning Apple Silicon users not to upgrade to the macOS 27 beta because Apple's changes to the boot picker and Startup Disk app make Asahi partitions invisible, preventing Linux from booting. The Register reports: The team added: "If you insist on trying out macOS 27 as soon as possible, please ensure you install a secondary copy of macOS 26 first, or install macOS 27 itself on a secondary volume." They've also updated the installer to prevent installs from running on mac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-27-beta-boots-asahi-linux-off-apple-silicon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/macos-27-beta-boots-asahi-linux-off-apple-silicon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Court Holds Google Liable For False AI Overview Answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Munich regional court has ruled (PDF) that Google can be held directly liable for false claims in AI Overviews. The case involved AI Overviews falsely linking two publishers to scams and shady business practices, with the court rejecting Google's argument that users could simply check the sources themselves. The Decoder reports: Google's AI overviews work nothing like traditional search results, the court argues. The AI rewrites and judges results "in its own words and according to its own str]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-court-holds-google-liable-for-false-ai-overview-answers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/german-court-holds-google-liable-for-false-ai-overview-answers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle Enacts Year-Long Ban On New AI Datacenters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle has enacted a one-year moratorium on new datacenters, making it the largest U.S. city to do so as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban. The Guardian reports: Lawmakers have framed the pause as an opportunity to draft regulations specifically targeting the electricity-hungry datacenters being built nationwide to serve the AI sector, and to protect local residents from environmental risks and rising electric]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seattle-enacts-year-long-ban-on-new-ai-datacenters/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/seattle-enacts-year-long-ban-on-new-ai-datacenters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Smashes Record For Biggest Ever Patch Tuesday Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from ComputerWeekly: Microsoft has issued patches for about 200 flaws in its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop, blasting past a previous record high of almost 170 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in October 2025. Among a great many others, the latest update from Redmond fixes a total of 32 critical CVEs and three zero-day flaws. Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at TrendAI's Zero Day Initiative, said: "We are heading into a high-stakes sum]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-smashes-record-for-biggest-ever-patch-tuesday-update/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-smashes-record-for-biggest-ever-patch-tuesday-update/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Fusion Makes the Physics Case For Its 400 MW Reactor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Fusion has published five peer-reviewed papers laying out the physics case for ARC, its planned 400 MW fusion power plant, which would follow the company's smaller SPARC tokamak now under construction. The papers suggest ARC could produce more energy than it consumes using high-temperature superconducting magnets, molten-salt heat extraction, and 15-minute fusion pulses. Ars Technica reports: ARC will be a tokamak that hosts fusion between hydrogen's two heavier isotopes, deuterium]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/commonwealth-fusion-makes-the-physics-case-for-its-400-mw-reactor/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/commonwealth-fusion-makes-the-physics-case-for-its-400-mw-reactor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Announces Astronauts For Its Artemis III Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA has named Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas as the crew for Artemis III, which has been reworked from a moon-landing mission into a roughly two-week Earth-orbit test of lunar landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin. NBC News reports: Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are expected to launch into Earth orbit next year, with the goal of testing two commercially developed lunar landers that are slated to carry astronauts to the surfac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-announces-astronauts-for-its-artemis-iii-mission/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nasa-announces-astronauts-for-its-artemis-iii-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCC Wants To Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms To Get All Customers' IDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones -- a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase -- which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse survivors, to journalists, and many more. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country's telecoms to store a wealth of personal information about essentially all pho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Labels BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and Other Tech Giants As Aiding China's Military]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, Unitree, and other Chinese companies to its list of firms it says support China's military, barring them from U.S. defense contracts. The companies and China's embassy deny the allegations. The Associated Press reports: Created in 2021 by a congressional mandate, the list (PDF) seeks to identify Chinese companies that the Pentagon considers to have links to the Chinese military -- not only those directly controlled by the Chinese military and security]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-labels-byd-baidu-alibaba-and-other-tech-giants-as-aiding-chinas-military/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/us-labels-byd-baidu-alibaba-and-other-tech-giants-as-aiding-chinas-military/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Orders Meta To Open WhatsApp To Rival AI Chatbots]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has ordered Meta to temporarily restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while it investigates whether Meta's ban on third-party assistants abuses its dominant position. Meta says it will appeal, calling the move "regulatory overreach" that would let major AI companies use a paid WhatsApp product for free. The BBC reports: The EU said it began its investigation, in December 2025, after Meta banned third-party general-purpose AI assistants from the W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-orders-meta-to-open-whatsapp-to-rival-ai-chatbots/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-orders-meta-to-open-whatsapp-to-rival-ai-chatbots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Releases Claude Fable, a 'Safe' Version of Mythos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. "For us, it's really around what we call 'race to the top,' being able to provide this technology in a valuable fashion, and at the same time providing the right safety guardrails so that it can do asymmetrically more benefits than harm," Dianne Penn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-releases-claude-fable-a-safe-version-of-mythos/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-releases-claude-fable-a-safe-version-of-mythos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High-Severity Vulnerability In Linux Caused By a Single Errant Character]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that's able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don't often see: a single errant character inside the kernel. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23111, is located in nf_tables, a subsystem of the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering capabilities. It's used to manage firewall rules and replaces older subsystems such as iptables, ip6tables, arpt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/high-severity-vulnerability-in-linux-caused-by-a-single-errant-character/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/high-severity-vulnerability-in-linux-caused-by-a-single-errant-character/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Says Decision Not to Launch Siri AI in Europe Is Apple's Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission says Apple's decision not to launch Siri AI in the EU is Apple's alone, arguing that the company sought an exemption from Digital Markets Act interoperability rules instead of building a compliant privacy- and security-preserving solution. Apple, meanwhile, says regulators rejected its proposals and claims the DMA would require giving third-party AI systems overly broad access to users' devices. MacRumors reports: Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters in B]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-says-decision-not-to-launch-siri-ai-in-europe-is-apples-alone/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eu-says-decision-not-to-launch-siri-ai-in-europe-is-apples-alone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Will Use Your Activity On Other Websites To Personalize Your Feeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta says it will expand how it uses off-platform activity shared by other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds as well as AI responses, not just ads. The change starts in July and can be disabled through the "Activity from other businesses" setting, though Meta says it is not collecting new data as part of the update. The Verge reports: For example, Meta says if you bought a tent online recently, you might see camping-related videos in your Reels feed. "We aren't collecting an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-will-use-your-activity-on-other-websites-to-personalize-your-feeds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-will-use-your-activity-on-other-websites-to-personalize-your-feeds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Hacked To Deliver Malware To Claude and Gemini Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity researchers and a statement given to 404 Media by Microsoft. Hackers planted malware that would harvest peoples' credentials when they opened it in AI coding tools like Claude Code or Gemini CLI, according to one set of researchers. The exact contours]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-hacked-to-deliver-malware-to-claude-and-gemini-users/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/microsoft-hacked-to-deliver-malware-to-claude-and-gemini-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS Prescribes Half a Million Copilot Licenses For Its Paperwork Headache]]></title><description><![CDATA[NHS England plans to roll out Microsoft Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff after a 30,000-person pilot claimed the AI assistant saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on administrative work. The Register reports: The rollout won't happen overnight. NHS England said that each trust will receive a central allocation of licenses based on headcount, typically starting with around 2,000 Copilot seats, and that more than half a million staff are expected to have access by October 2026]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nhs-prescribes-half-a-million-copilot-licenses-for-its-paperwork-headache/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/nhs-prescribes-half-a-million-copilot-licenses-for-its-paperwork-headache/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK PM Gives Tech Firms Ultimatum To Block Explicit Images on Children's Phones]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given Apple, Google, and other tech firms until September to introduce device-level protections that prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing explicit images. "If businesses do not comply within three months, legislation will be brought forward requiring the protection to be added to all phones and tablets sold in the UK," reports The Guardian. "Tech firms that fail to do so could face fines, and their senior managers could be made criminally liable."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-pm-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/uk-pm-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tests Suggest Russian Satellites Can Jam GPS On a Continental Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers say mysterious, seconds-long GPS interference bursts detected across Europe appear to come from Russian EKS early-warning satellites, making this "a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space," reports Ars Technica. The signals may be tests of space-based jamming capability, short satellite communications, or something else, but experts say they raise troubling questions about whether GPS disruption could eventually be weaponized on a continental scale. From the re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tests-suggest-russian-satellites-can-jam-gps-on-a-continental-scale/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/tests-suggest-russian-satellites-can-jam-gps-on-a-continental-scale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donut Lab's 'Solid-State' Battery Exposed As Regular Li-Ion]]></title><description><![CDATA[A battery researcher's investigation, backed by more than 20 independent experts, claims Donut Lab's much-hyped "solid-state" battery is actually a conventional lithium-ion cell, with voltage curves and expansion data matching high-nickel NCM chemistry rather than the promised sodium-ion solid-state design. Electrek reports the company raised about $25 million from more than 1,300 mostly small investors on claims of 400 Wh/kg energy density, 100,000-cycle life, and 5-minute charging that now app]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/donut-labs-solid-state-battery-exposed-as-regular-li-ion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/donut-labs-solid-state-battery-exposed-as-regular-li-ion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Severe' Stress On Oceans As Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles In 10 Years, UN Warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The world's oceans are under "severe and accelerating" pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United Nations. The "intensifying" stressors, which include pollution and large-scale industrial fishing, are cumulative, said the report, resulting in widespread biodiversity loss and putting ocean systems under "severe strain."The UN's third World Ocea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/severe-stress-on-oceans-as-rate-of-sea-level-rise-doubles-in-10-years-un-warns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/severe-stress-on-oceans-as-rate-of-sea-level-rise-doubles-in-10-years-un-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI Files For IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, "setting it up for what may be the most highly anticipated market debut in recent history and a massive payday for early investors," reports CNN. The decision follows recent IPO announcements from Anthropic and SpaceX. From the report: OpenAI said it has not decided on timing yet. And because the filing is confidential, it's not yet clear how many shares the company plans to sell or at what price. "It may be a while because there are things we want to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-files-for-ipo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/openai-files-for-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, Wired reported that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased facial recognition system called NameTag into software installed on millions of phones. In a follow-up report, Wired says the tech giant has now removed the face-recognition-related code, while saying "no final decision" has been made about whether the feature will launch. From the report: On Thursday, WIRED reported that Meta had quietly integrated substantial portions of the NameTag system into the Meta AI app. Though n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-deletes-face-recognition-system-from-its-smart-glasses-app/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-deletes-face-recognition-system-from-its-smart-glasses-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox Game Exclusivity Will Be Decided on a 'Case-by-Case' Basis, Microsoft Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft executive Matt Booty says future Xbox exclusivity will be decided "case-by-case," with Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution remaining Xbox console exclusives while major multiplayer, live-service, and previously promised PlayStation releases stay multiplatform. But IGN's Tom Phillips says Microsoft's announcement still leaves numerous questions unanswered, like "why just Gears and Clockwork Revolution?" and "how will this policy be enforced in future?" From the report: Last nig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-game-exclusivity-will-be-decided-on-a-case-by-case-basis-microsoft-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/xbox-game-exclusivity-will-be-decided-on-a-case-by-case-basis-microsoft-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Announces macOS 27 'Golden Gate', Drops Support For Intel Macs]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from AppleInsider: Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more. [...] On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant an upgrade as macOS Big Sur, or even macOS Tahoe with its Liquid Glass redesign. But under the surface, it is much more significant than it seems. Apple has chosen this release to draw a line in the sand. For the first time, the new macOS Golde]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-macos-27-golden-gate-drops-support-for-intel-macs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-macos-27-golden-gate-drops-support-for-intel-macs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Announces Siri AI, Next Generation of Apple Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[At WWDC 2026, Apple announced a new "Siri AI," describing it as a more conversational, personalized, and systemwide assistant that can understand on-screen context and interact with apps while relying on on-device processing or Private Cloud Compute. The relaunch comes two years after Apple's original Apple Intelligence promises stumbled and "never fully materialized," reports The Verge. MacRumors reports: Siri is now embedded directly in the Dynamic Island, accessible by swiping down from it, p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-siri-ai-next-generation-of-apple-intelligence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-announces-siri-ai-next-generation-of-apple-intelligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WhatsApp Catches Spyware Firm NSO Defying No-Hacking Court Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Meta-owned communications app WhatsApp says it recently detected and disrupted a spear-phishing attempt linked to spyware company NSO Group. The attack is allegedly in defiance of a court order that bars the spyware maker from targeting WhatsApp. WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO in 2019, after it came to light that a zero-day vulnerability had been exploited to deliver spyware to users. [...] NSO has been seeking to overturn the order blocking it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/whatsapp-catches-spyware-firm-nso-defying-no-hacking-court-order/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/whatsapp-catches-spyware-firm-nso-defying-no-hacking-court-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firefox has merged initial support for Vulkan Video decoding, giving the browser a more cross-platform path for GPU-accelerated video playback beyond Linux's long-running reliance on VA-API. Phoronix reports: Firefox on Linux has long been focused on the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) that isn't universally supported by Linux graphics drivers. This has left to efforts like NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver to layer VA-API atop NVIDIA NVDEC interfaces to enjoy GPU-accelerated video playback in Firefox. Smalle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-merges-support-for-vulkan-video-decoding/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/firefox-merges-support-for-vulkan-video-decoding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files For Nasdaq IPO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bending Spoons, the Italian app studio behind acquisitions like Eventbrite, Vimeo, WeTransfer, Evernote, and AOL, has filed to go public in the U.S. after growing into a subscription-heavy app conglomerate with more than 500 million monthly active users. TechCrunch reports: In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bending Spoons said it ended the year with $1.31 billion in revenue and has generated $601 million in Q1, a 132% year-on-year jump. The company gets the majority of i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/italys-bending-spoons-owner-of-aol-and-vimeo-files-for-nasdaq-ipo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/italys-bending-spoons-owner-of-aol-and-vimeo-files-for-nasdaq-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain's 'Core Algorithm']]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos is backing Flourish, a new "neuro AI" startup with $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, that aims to reinvent AI by studying the brain's architecture and building systems that learn continuously while using far less power than today's large language models. The company's long-term bet is that neuroscientists and AI researchers working together can uncover the brain's "core algorithm" and eventually create brain-inspired AI that runs on a tiny fraction of curr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-core-algorithm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-core-algorithm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruby Fights Supply-Chain Attacks With Filter Offering 'Cooldown' Before Installing New Packages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most supply-chain attacks using Ruby's package hosting site "exploit a narrow window," according to a new blog post form Ruby core maintainer Hiroshi Shibata.<br />
So its packaging-managing Bundler tool now offers a filter that blocks new version until it's been public "for at least N days. Releases too new to have been scrutinized are passed over in favor of ones that have aged past the window."The feature was designed in the open, drawing on how other ecosystems approach the same problem. It is opt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ruby-fights-supply-chain-attacks-with-filter-offering-cooldown-before-installing-new-packages/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ruby-fights-supply-chain-attacks-with-filter-offering-cooldown-before-installing-new-packages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A San Francisco Burglar Escaped in a Robotaxi - and Police Still Can't Find Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[A burglar took a self-driving Waymo taxi to rob a San Francisco yoga studio this past January, reports TechCrunch &mdash; "and police have still not caught them."<br />
Even the police officer assigned to the case thought it would be easier to solve, notes The San Francisco Chronicle, since Waymos are outfitted with multiple high-definition cameras and require users to make accounts with their credit card numbers:<br />
It's common for officers to seek video footage of a crime from any of the Waymos, Teslas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-san-francisco-burglar-escaped-in-a-robotaxi-and-police-still-cant-find-him/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/a-san-francisco-burglar-escaped-in-a-robotaxi-and-police-still-cant-find-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas Grid Flags Risks As Data Centers, Crypto Sites Fail Voltage Tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reuters reports:<br />
Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high, according to the state grid operator... Unlike traditional industrial customers, which tend to draw electricity steadily and predictably, data centers are engineered to cut their connection to the grid at the first sign of trouble to protect the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/texas-grid-flags-risks-as-data-centers-crypto-sites-fail-voltage-tests/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/texas-grid-flags-risks-as-data-centers-crypto-sites-fail-voltage-tests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Sued After Imprisoning Innocent Man Placed Near Violent Crime By Flock License Plate Reader]]></title><description><![CDATA["When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears," reports the Times of San Diego:<br />
San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in [but no license plate number] and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as the man who brandished a handgun in Golden Hill. They had also checked the city's automatic license plate camera system, run by the private company Flock, and got a "hit," substantiating the claim. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/police-sued-after-imprisoning-innocent-man-placed-near-violent-crime-by-flock-license-plate-reader/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/police-sued-after-imprisoning-innocent-man-placed-near-violent-crime-by-flock-license-plate-reader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prada Unveils 'Liquid Cooling' Inner-Layer Garment for NASA's Moon Astronauts with Knitted-In Ventilation Tubes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italian fashion house Prada "unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon," reports Reuters.<br />
"The body-hugging suit, created in collaboration with Houston-based space infrastructure developer Axiom Space, features ventilation tubes knitted into the garment."<br />
Expertise for developing space exploration products "can come from lots of seemingly unrelated industries," said Jonathan Cirtain, CEO of Axiom Space... The new product follows Prada's spla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/prada-unveils-liquid-cooling-inner-layer-garment-for-nasas-moon-astronauts-with-knitted-in-ventilation-tubes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/prada-unveils-liquid-cooling-inner-layer-garment-for-nasas-moon-astronauts-with-knitted-in-ventilation-tubes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Market Tinkerers on Facebook Marketplace Offer to Hide 'Recording Lights' on Meta Smartglasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[People are disabling the "recording light" on Meta's Ray-Ban smartglasses &mdash; "by my count, thousands of people," says tech journalist Joanna Stern in a new video report:STERN: "They're hiring people on Facebook Marketplace to drill out the light for as much as $100. According to our reporting, folks are offering this service in at least 30 states &mdash; despite Meta's attempts to stop it... In most states, we found multiple listings. In the New York and New Jersey area alone there were 23]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/black-market-tinkerers-on-facebook-marketplace-offer-to-hide-recording-lights-on-meta-smartglasses/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/black-market-tinkerers-on-facebook-marketplace-offer-to-hide-recording-lights-on-meta-smartglasses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Fortune 500 Rankings:  Texas Overtakes California, But Amazon is #1, Beating Walmart]]></title><description><![CDATA["Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies," reports the Los Angeles Times:The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California's 56. It's a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position...<br />
California's corporate haters say they try to avoid the state's high costs, income taxes and strict regulations, but the western state is still a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-fortune-500-rankings-texas-overtakes-california-but-amazon-is-1-beating-walmart/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-fortune-500-rankings-texas-overtakes-california-but-amazon-is-1-beating-walmart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gamer-Rights Group Fighting to Make the Industry Stop Killing Games (Servers)]]></title><description><![CDATA["Can a company take away something you've already paid for?" asks the BBC. "In the world of online video games, some already do."Publishers can decide to switch off a game's servers, often leaving it effectively unplayable. Stop Killing Games, a growing consumer rights campaign started by American YouTuber Ross Scott in 2024, is challenging that practice. In January, the group submitted a petition featuring nearly 1.3 million signatures to the European Commission, triggering a public hearing in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-gamer-rights-group-fighting-to-make-the-industry-stop-killing-games-servers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-gamer-rights-group-fighting-to-make-the-industry-stop-killing-games-servers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winners Announced in 2026's 'International Obfuscated C Code Competition']]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday 2026's International Obfuscated C Code Contest concluded, with 22 new winners announced in a special three-hour livestreamed ceremony! Started 42 years ago, it's been described as the internet's longest-running contest, with entrants concocting convoluted programs glorying in the C programming language's subtleties, all while having some fun. And "For IOCCC29, the volume and quality of submissions were at near-historic heights," explains its home page.There's a "Tetris-optimized" GameB]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/winners-announced-in-2026s-international-obfuscated-c-code-competition/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/winners-announced-in-2026s-international-obfuscated-c-code-competition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond Videogame '007 First Light' Sells 3M Copies, Earns $150M]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new James Bond-themed videogame 007 First Light had a budget of 1.3 billion Danish krone &mdash; a little more than USD $202 million, reports IGN, citing a report from Denmark's public service broadcaster. "Denmark's TV 2 said that makes 007 First Light the most expensive entertainment product in the country's history" &mdash; and the game "still has some way to go before breaking even."<br />
007 First Light is estimated to have sold 2.2 million copies, generating $150 million in revenue... [Satu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-bond-videogame-007-first-light-sells-3m-copies-earns-150m/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-bond-videogame-007-first-light-sells-3m-copies-earns-150m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond Videogame '007 First Light' Sells 2.2M Copies, Earns $150M]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new James Bond-themed videogame 007 First Light had a budget of 1.3 billion Danish krone &mdash; a little more than USD $202 million, reports IGN, citing a report from Denmark's public service broadcaster. "Denmark's TV 2 said that makes 007 First Light the most expensive entertainment product in the country's history" &mdash; and the game "still has some way to go before breaking even."<br />
007 First Light is estimated to have sold 2.2 million copies, generating $150 million in revenue... The o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-bond-videogame-007-first-light-sells-22m-copies-earns-150m/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/james-bond-videogame-007-first-light-sells-22m-copies-earns-150m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Empty Promises, Will String Theory Find New Uses?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Science magazine reports:<br />
For decades, string theory promised a "theory of everything" that described all particles and forces as tiny vibrating strings. Physicists hoped it could also solve one of the field's deepest problems: reconciling quantum mechanics with gravity. But as string theory grew increasingly elaborate &mdash; and experimentally unreachable &mdash; many physicists lost hope.<br />
Now, some researchers are revisiting the theory from first principles. In a paper in press at Physical Re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-empty-promises-will-string-theory-find-new-uses/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/after-empty-promises-will-string-theory-find-new-uses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A "growing wave" of Reddit's "promoted posts" are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs.<br />
"Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detection," they write, noting that the impersonating sites apparently even use language "to falsely imply that the investment platform had been reviewed, approved, or vetted" by the legi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-ads-impersonate-bbc-and-the-guardian-to-push-fake-ai-investment-schemes/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/reddit-ads-impersonate-bbc-and-the-guardian-to-push-fake-ai-investment-schemes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in AI companies, remembers the Associated Press.<br />
And then OpenAI's Sam Altman "told Sanders that he, too, wants the public to have equity in AI companies."<br />
Though the CEO said he couldn't support Sanders' threshold of 50%, he nonetheless wanted to work with him to advocate for the general idea, according to people with knowledge of the conversation. The nearly hourlong meeting in Sanders' Senate office this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-and-sam-altman-are-all-talking-about-public-ownership-in-ai/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-and-sam-altman-are-all-talking-about-public-ownership-in-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Steve Jobs In Exile' Remembers the Birth of the Web and 'Making Unix Taste Sweet']]></title><description><![CDATA[Ars Technica shares some anecdotes from Steve Jobs in Exile, a new book released last month:[Author Geoffrey] Cain reminds us, in stunning detail, that Jobs' "exile" era at NeXT was not only critical to his evolution as a man and an entrepreneur, but that it mattered for the rest of us, too. The technological innovations that came out of NeXT &mdash; notably, the NeXTSTEP OS &mdash; continue to live on in what we now call both macOS and iOS. As Cain puts it, "NeXTSTEP was Steve's attempt to make]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-jobs-in-exile-remembers-the-birth-of-the-web-and-making-unix-taste-sweet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/steve-jobs-in-exile-remembers-the-birth-of-the-web-and-making-unix-taste-sweet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Edited Human Embryo Genes. But Questions Remain]]></title><description><![CDATA["A DNA-editing feat involving editing the genes of early stage embryos was announced this week," reports the Wall Street Journal.<br />
They describe the feat as "a far cry from designer babies, but nevertheless a step in that direction."Dieter Egli, an associate professor of developmental cell biology at Columbia University and his co-authors, including Nathan Treff of Nucleus Genomics, a New York-based DNA-testing startup, say the technology could help fix disease-causing mutations in embryos. "We'r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-edited-human-embryo-genes-but-questions-remain/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-edited-human-embryo-genes-but-questions-remain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failing CS Grades Soar At UC Berkeley As Professors See Greater AI Usage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The University of California at Berkeley discovered the percentage of failing grades in multiple CS classes this spring "is significantly higher than past semesters," reports the campus's student newspaper."Instructors point to students' increased reliance on AI, lack of mathematical preparedness and understaffing as potential contributing factors."<br />
According to [coursework platform] Berkeleytime, 35.3% of CS 10 students and 10.6% of CS 61A students received F's in spring 2026. In spring 2025 an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/failing-cs-grades-soar-at-uc-berkeley-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/failing-cs-grades-soar-at-uc-berkeley-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheaper EVs Sales are Increasing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sales have increased for Hyundai's under-$35,000 IONIQ 5, totalling 18,395 for the first five months of 2026, reports Electrek, "up 16% from the same period last year."But meanwhile BYD's overseas sales surpassed 160,000 for the first time last month, "up 80% from May 2025 and 19% from the previous record of 135,098 set in April."<br />
Through the first five months of 2026, BYD sold 616,263 vehicles overseas. In May, overseas sales accounted for over 41% of BYD's total sales. In several major markets]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cheaper-evs-sales-are-increasing/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cheaper-evs-sales-are-increasing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheaper EV Sales are Increasing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sales have increased for Hyundai's under-$35,000 IONIQ 5, totalling 18,395 for the first five months of 2026, reports Electrek, "up 16% from the same period last year."But meanwhile BYD's overseas sales surpassed 160,000 for the first time last month, "up 80% from May 2025 and 19% from the previous record of 135,098 set in April."<br />
Through the first five months of 2026, BYD sold 616,263 vehicles overseas. In May, overseas sales accounted for over 41% of BYD's total sales. In several major markets]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cheaper-ev-sales-are-increasing/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/cheaper-ev-sales-are-increasing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU's Tech Sovereignty Package Includes 29 Pages on Open Source, Says Open Source Initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friday the Open Source Initiative welcomed the EU's new tech sovereignty package, noting that "over a third of the 29-page document is devoted to Open Source."<br />
The nonprofit OSI &mdash; maintainers of the Open Source definition &mdash; submitted their official feedback in February, and notes that "many" of their key requests were addressed, "as well as some exciting new announcements!"One of the biggest barriers to Open Source adoption has been public procurement. Too often, tenders have been de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eus-tech-sovereignty-package-includes-29-pages-on-open-source-says-open-source-initiative/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/eus-tech-sovereignty-package-includes-29-pages-on-open-source-says-open-source-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital Ordered to Pay $13M Over 2022 Death of Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Root reports:A New Mexico jury has found the Gila Regional Medical Center negligent in the death of Nichelle Nichols, who famously played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the hit television series "Star Trek."<br />
According to KRQE News 13, Nichols' family filed a lawsuit against the hospital last year following her 2022 admission for shortness of breath. Nichols' family claimed that she should have received a full cardiac examination, but the medical personnel sent her to the observation unit, and she]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hospital-ordered-to-pay-13m-over-2022-death-of-star-treks-nichelle-nichols/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/hospital-ordered-to-pay-13m-over-2022-death-of-star-treks-nichelle-nichols/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladybird Browser Stops Accepting Public Pull Requests]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ladybird browser isn't opposed to AI coding tools, but it's just brought a new change to their code-contributing policies.<br />
February 23: "Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI."<br />
I used Claude Code and Codex for the translation. This was human-directed, not autonomous code generation. I decided what to port, in what order, and what the Rust code should look like. It was hundreds of small prompts, steering the agents where things needed to go... The requirement from the start was byte-for-byt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ladybird-browser-stops-accepting-public-pull-requests/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/ladybird-browser-stops-accepting-public-pull-requests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Power Banks Released By BMX With Safer Semi-Solid-State Batteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Android Authority:<br />
Singapore-based BMX has announced that its SolidSafe magnetic power bank lineup, first showcased at CES 2026, is now available for purchase through its website and Amazon US, with prices starting at $59. What sets these power banks apart is their use of semi-solid-state batteries. Traditional lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries rely on liquid electrolytes to move energy between electrodes. Semi-solid-state batteries significantly reduce the amount of flammable liqui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-power-banks-released-by-bmx-with-safer-semi-solid-state-batteries/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-power-banks-released-by-bmx-with-safer-semi-solid-state-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen Social Media Bans Risk Strengthening Big Tech's Dominance, Warns Bluesky Exec]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bluesky's chief operating officer believes teen social media bans "risk entrenching Big Tech's dominance," reports CNBC:Rose Wang, Bluesky's chief operating officer, told CNBC on the sidelines of SXSW in London on Wednesday that the smaller open-source platform isn't opposed to regulation but that smaller players in the industry should be protected. "I support the protection and the safety of youth... The question that we have then is at what cost? Because essentially what I'm scared of is in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teen-social-media-bans-risk-strengthening-big-techs-dominance-warns-bluesky-exec/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/teen-social-media-bans-risk-strengthening-big-techs-dominance-warns-bluesky-exec/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Research Suggests a Path to Predict and Prevent Lung Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists "have made a discovery that may help prevent some people from developing lung cancer," reports the New York Times, noting that lung cancer "kills more people worldwide than any other cancer."A team of more than 80 researchers working across four continents have identified a set of proteins in the blood that accurately predict lung cancers more than five years before diagnosis. The scientists also found early evidence that an existing anti-inflammatory drug could significantly reduce l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/early-research-suggests-a-path-to-predict-and-prevent-lung-cancer/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/early-research-suggests-a-path-to-predict-and-prevent-lung-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criticisms Rise Before Vote on America's Cryptocurrency 'Clarity Act']]></title><description><![CDATA[An upcoming vote in a few weeks on America's cryptocurrency "Clarity Act" is "rattling Wall Street and consumer advocates," reports CNN, with its proposal to regulate the bulk of crypto markets through America's Commodity Futures Trading Commission. "It allows crypto companies to operate, at long last, in compliance with U.S. rules, rather than what they have been doing &mdash; essentially running their businesses within a patchwork of state and federal legal gray areas."<br />
Even for Jamie Dimon, t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/criticisms-rise-before-vote-on-americas-cryptocurrency-clarity-act/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/criticisms-rise-before-vote-on-americas-cryptocurrency-clarity-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2027's 'Tomb Raider' Remake: Unreal Engine 5 and AI-Assisted Assets 'Refined' By Humans]]></title><description><![CDATA[An official trailer dropped this week for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. It's "a full-blown remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider game," reports Kotaku, "rebuilt from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5." Developed by Flying Wild Hog (with assistance/guidance from longtime Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics), "it will also make some changes to puzzles, combat, platforming..." The game's Steam page acknowledges that AI-assisted tools were used during development "to support some early explor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2027s-tomb-raider-remake-unreal-engine-5-and-ai-assisted-assets-refined-by-humans/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/2027s-tomb-raider-remake-unreal-engine-5-and-ai-assisted-assets-refined-by-humans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah Residents Sue Officials Over Kevin O'Leary Data Center Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Utah residents and a progressive nonprofit are suing officials over Kevin O'Leary's planned Stratos Project AI data center, arguing that the special authority overseeing it gives unelected officials too much control over land use, taxation, public health, and local governance. The lawsuit comes as O'Leary has agreed to shrink the proposed 40,000-acre project by 75% amid mounting political and community pushback. NBC News reports: The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Utah's 3rd District Court by th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/utah-residents-sue-officials-over-kevin-oleary-data-center-plan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/utah-residents-sue-officials-over-kevin-oleary-data-center-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Find Wind Blowing From Our Milky Way's Black Hole]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 50 years of searching, astronomers say they have finally found evidence of a long-sought "wind" blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. "Unless a black hole exists in a perfect vacuum, it must blow a wind somehow. And there is no perfect vacuum in the universe," team co-leader and Northwestern University researcher Mark Gorski said in a statement. "With new observations, this is the first time we've had a clean enough view to see the wind's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-find-wind-blowing-from-our-milky-ways-black-hole/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/scientists-find-wind-blowing-from-our-milky-ways-black-hole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Reaches Criticality In First Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use of different -- and typically smaller -- reactor designs, only one of them has been fully licensed so far, and there are no plans to actually build any instances of that design.The executive order directed the Department of Energy to have three]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-reaches-criticality-in-first-test/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-reaches-criticality-in-first-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Military Quietly Turned GPS Into a Global 'Numbers Station,' Evidence Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[A security researcher says evidence suggests the U.S. military has been using an obscure GPS message field for nearly 20 years to broadcast encrypted key-distribution data, effectively turning GPS satellites into a global "numbers station." The hidden-looking 176-bit messages appear tied to the Pentagon's Over-the-Air Distribution system for remotely updating cryptographic keys, meaning ordinary GPS receivers may have been receiving the traffic all along without anyone outside the military notic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-military-quietly-turned-gps-into-a-global-numbers-station-evidence-suggests/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/the-us-military-quietly-turned-gps-into-a-global-numbers-station-evidence-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Will Pay SpaceX $920 Million Per Month For Compute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahead of its upcoming IPO, SpaceX announced that Google will pay the company $920 million per month for access to roughly 110,000 Nvidia GPUs and related compute infrastructure. Google says the agreement is short-term "bridge capacity" to meet stronger-than-expected demand for Gemini Enterprise, while SpaceX is using deals like this and its Anthropic contract to bolster its pitch for a historic public offering. TechCrunch reports: The deal is similar in length and scope to the one SpaceX announc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-will-pay-spacex-920-million-per-month-for-compute/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-will-pay-spacex-920-million-per-month-for-compute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Falls To $60,000 As Zcash Bug Rocks Crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin briefly fell below $60,000 on Friday, "extending its weekly loss to nearly 20% and threatening to fall below $59,000," reports CoinDesk. Crypto was also hit by a 40%-plus plunge in Zcash after Shielded Labs disclosed a years-old bug that could have allowed undetected counterfeit ZEC creation. From the report: Now, with stocks in plunge mode -- the Nasdaq down nearly 4% on Friday -- bitcoin finds itself perfectly correlated. "Short term, Bitcoin feels like swallowing broken glass," wrote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-falls-to-60000-as-zcash-bug-rocks-crypto/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bitcoin-falls-to-60000-as-zcash-bug-rocks-crypto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[340 Local News Outlets Now Blocking the Internet Archive]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Earlier this year Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publishers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co., had started blocking the Internet Archive for fear that AI companies might scrape the nonprofit's repositories for training data. As one of the last bastions of archival history, that is, in case you're not aware, not very good for the public interest. Four months later and Nieman Lab now notes that the number o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/340-local-news-outlets-now-blocking-the-internet-archive/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/340-local-news-outlets-now-blocking-the-internet-archive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOV.UK Goes Dutch On Payments As It Dumps Stripe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK's Government Digital Service is replacing Stripe with Dutch payments provider Adyen for many GOV.UK Pay transactions, including local authorities, police forces, and armed forces units. The three-year deal covers about 1,000 services and is meant to make payments more flexible while keeping the user experience largely unchanged. The Register reports: According to the tender notice published in February 2025, the contract covers around 17 percent of payments made through GOV.UK Pay but mor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/govuk-goes-dutch-on-payments-as-it-dumps-stripe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/govuk-goes-dutch-on-payments-as-it-dumps-stripe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BSA Lashes Out At Mandatory Open-Source Licensing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime Slashdot reader Elektroschock writes: The American Business Software Alliance (BSA) does not consider mandatory open-source licensing to be an appropriate indicator of sovereignty. This is among the "pointed messages" they sent to the French government consultation (closed) today. "What protects Europe is the ability to govern, audit, and mitigate risk, not where a company files its corporate papers," said Thomas Boue of BSA. "Criteria of this kind raise costs, reduce access to best-in-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bsa-lashes-out-at-mandatory-open-source-licensing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bsa-lashes-out-at-mandatory-open-source-licensing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Says It Will Replenish More Water Than It Uses At Data Centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: There's been a lot of pushback in recent months around the impact of AI data centers on local communities, with the use of water being a key issue for many. Google, in an expansion of its "water stewardship" programs, is making commitments that include replenishing more water than it uses at its data center sites. AI data centers go through a lot of water use in cooling the hardware used to power models, and Google is no exception. While Googl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-says-it-will-replenish-more-water-than-it-uses-at-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/google-says-it-will-replenish-more-water-than-it-uses-at-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Says Steam Machine 'Shipping This Summer']]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve says its long-awaited Steam Machine and Steam Frame are both "shipping this summer." The company is also expanding its Verified program beyond Steam Deck to cover the new hardware. "Steam Verified is a developer-focused program where game makers ensure that their titles are capable of running on the Deck (meaning they'll run fine under Linux), that the UI elements and text are readable at standard resolutions, and that sensible default graphics settings are used," notes Tom's Hardware. Fro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-says-steam-machine-shipping-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/valve-says-steam-machine-shipping-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISS Astronauts Told To Prepare For Possible Evacuation Over Air Leak]]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA ordered astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for possible evacuation after a worsening air leak in the Russian Zvezda service module's transfer tunnel. The Guardian reports: The four astronauts of NASA's Crew-12 mission on the station -- two US astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut -- received orders from NASA mission control at 9.04am ET (2pm BST) on Friday to enter their Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the station and d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iss-astronauts-told-to-prepare-for-possible-evacuation-over-air-leak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/iss-astronauts-told-to-prepare-for-possible-evacuation-over-air-leak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Used Waymo Robotaxi Batteries Become Backup Storage For Power Grids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions have struck a "strategic supply agreement" to repurpose used batteries from Waymo's electric robotaxi fleet into stationary storage for California and Texas power grids. The arrangement could give robotaxi batteries a second life storing renewable energy after they're no longer suitable for vehicle use. It will also "support B2U projects in regions where Waymo's autonomous robotaxis operate -- meaning the used Waymo batteries could bolster the local power grids th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/used-waymo-robotaxi-batteries-become-backup-storage-for-power-grids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/used-waymo-robotaxi-batteries-become-backup-storage-for-power-grids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bees Can Use Tools To Solve Problems, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees could work out how to retrieve an out-of-reach banana by stacking boxes. Since then, various other primates, elephants and crows have joined an elite cohort of species known to be capable of this level o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bees-can-use-tools-to-solve-problems-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/bees-can-use-tools-to-solve-problems-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags 'Self-Improvement' Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic is urging leading AI labs to consider slowing development, warning that frontier models are advancing fast enough that they may soon be able to improve themselves without direct human intervention. The company says a global ability to pause or slow AI development would "likely be a good thing," citing internal data about accelerating model capabilities. From a blog post: Using public benchmarks and previously unreported data from within Anthropic, The Anthropic Institute is showing tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-urges-global-pause-in-ai-development-flags-self-improvement-risk/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/anthropic-urges-global-pause-in-ai-development-flags-self-improvement-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New IronWorm Malware Hits 36 Packages In npm Supply-Chain Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWorm. According to BleepingComputer, the malware "targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault configuration files, SSH keys, and Exodus cryptocurrency wallet files." From the report: According to researchers at supply-chain and devops company JFrog, IronWorm is written in Rust, hides behind an eBPF]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-ironworm-malware-hits-36-packages-in-npm-supply-chain-attack/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/new-ironworm-malware-hits-36-packages-in-npm-supply-chain-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies Are Using Reddit To Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming Reddit in an attempt to get their posts scraped by AI chatbots. The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that those chatbots will scrape -- in this case, a popular Reddit community. In a post last week, the moderators]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/companies-are-using-reddit-to-manipulate-chatgpt-and-google-ai-search/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/companies-are-using-reddit-to-manipulate-chatgpt-and-google-ai-search/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has reportedly delayed the developer release of its Muse Spark AI model API multiple times, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, according to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled). Reuters reports: A Meta spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that the company is already testing the Application Programming Interface (API) with some early partners and is looking forward to releasing it this month. "The muse spark API will be coming soon," Meta AI Chief Alexandr Wang announced in a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-keeps-delaying-the-release-of-its-new-ai-model-to-developers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/meta-keeps-delaying-the-release-of-its-new-ai-model-to-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LinkedIn China Spying Threat Prompts Warning From US, Allies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. and its Five Eyes intelligence partners issued a joint warning (PDF) that Chinese military intelligence services are using LinkedIn and other professional networking sites to recruit people with access to government, military, foreign policy, or sensitive economic information. "These actors use an aggressive online recruitment strategy whereby intelligence officers or their affiliates pose as employees of private consultancies, think tanks or human resources firms, and place online job]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-china-spying-threat-prompts-warning-from-us-allies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/linkedin-china-spying-threat-prompts-warning-from-us-allies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration On Federal Regulation of Telecom Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Thursday in upholding the power of federal regulators to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunications companies. The 8-1 decision (PDF) preserved one of the Federal Communications Commission's key tools, though the companies also won a concession from the Republican administration that could shift the regulatory landscape.The appeal from telecommunications giants Verizon and AT]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-on-federal-regulation-of-telecom-companies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-on-federal-regulation-of-telecom-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung Ditches New Jersey For Texas, Costing Garden State 1,000 Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[schwit1 shares a report from NJ.com: Samsung is pulling up stakes in New Jersey and heading to Texas, a move that could leave roughly 1,000 Garden State workers facing a stark choice: relocate or risk losing their jobs. The South Korean tech giant confirmed this week that it will move its US headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, to its existing campus in Plano, Texas, marking a stunning reversal less than a year after it celebrated the opening of a new headquarters in Bergen County. The reloca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-ditches-new-jersey-for-texas-costing-garden-state-1000-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/samsung-ditches-new-jersey-for-texas-costing-garden-state-1000-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Is Bringing Age Verification To Texas This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[joshuark shares a report from The Verge: Apple will introduce age verification in the App Store for users in Texas starting on Thursday, June 4th. The move, as spotted by MacRumors, comes just days after a federal appeals court allowed Texas' App Store Accountability Act to go into effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds. People in Texas who are creating a new Apple account will need to verify they're over 18 using a credit card or government ID. Apple may also automatically verify users' age]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-is-bringing-age-verification-to-texas-this-week/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/news_ict/apple-is-bringing-age-verification-to-texas-this-week/</guid></item><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></channel></rss>