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Denmark Gives Up On Replacing Microsoft Office With Collabora https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/2222246/denmark-gives-up-on-replacing-microsoft-office-with-collabora?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgDenmark Gives Up On Replacing Microsoft Office With CollaboraDenmark's Ministry of Digitization reportedly abandoned a pilot to replace Microsoft Office with the open-source Collabora suite less than six months after it began. Tom's Hardware reports: According to Danish publication Computerworld, the pilot project was launched in 2025 and involved 38 employe...

Industry Executives Knew For Decades That Microplastics Were Infiltrating the Human Body https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/27/0232248/industry-executives-knew-for-decades-that-microplastics-were-infiltrating-the-human-body?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

science.slashdot.orgIndustry Executives Knew For Decades That Microplastics Were Infiltrating the Human BodySusanne Rust of the Los Angeles Times reports (paywalled) that industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body. Slashdot reader joshuark shares an excerpt from the report: Scientists today say we're just beginning to understand the harm that the tiny bits of...

US Designates Helium As a Critical Material https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/227203/us-designates-helium-as-a-critical-material?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgUS Designates Helium As a Critical MaterialAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it's indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to the Energy Department....

Reddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: 'I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed?' https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/0540245/reddits-largest-open-source-community-dumbfounded-by-ai-ban-i-guess-linux-is-no-longer-allowed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgReddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: 'I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed?'Kotaku reports: r/opensource, Reddit's primary "subreddit for everything open source related," has banned all AI-assisted and AI-related projects.... As reported by The Verge, the subreddit's October 24 post, titled "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI," features four new main rules: all pro...

CIOs Admit They Are Being Forced To Upgrade Enterprise IT https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0446228/cios-admit-they-are-being-forced-to-upgrade-enterprise-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

it.slashdot.orgCIOs Admit They Are Being Forced To Upgrade Enterprise IT Computer Weekly reports: A Censuswide survey of 2,018 CIOs and senior IT decision-makers at large organisations in the US and UK for independent software maintenance provider Origina has found that organisations spend almost $13m on upgrades pushed by IT providers. On average, 28% of enterprise ...

AI Delivers 'Zero Financial Payoff' To Most Companies, Economist Says https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2040212/ai-delivers-zero-financial-payoff-to-most-companies-economist-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgAI Delivers 'Zero Financial Payoff' To Most Companies, Economist Says"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around AI , the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech," writes the chief economist at U.S. asset management firm Apollo Global. He adds that "there are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth.....

Getty Images Files For US Bankruptcy, Advances Restructuring Plan https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/24/2319225/getty-images-files-for-us-bankruptcy-advances-restructuring-plan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgGetty Images Files For US Bankruptcy, Advances Restructuring PlanReuters reports: Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset after its planned merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed under the weight of heavy debt and growing competition from AI-generated imagery. Getty said the affiliates of the Getty family and Koch Equity...

Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/26/054248/amazon-deforestation-fell-to-lowest-level-since-1988---and-silva-wins-reelection?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgAmazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins ReelectionBrazil's 80-year-old president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected Sunday, reports the Guardian, "defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power." And the results could impact the climate, suggests the Associated Press, since under d...

Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/1528213/google-says-gmail-and-photos-data-shared-with-ai-search-could-be-used-for-targeted-ads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgGoogle Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted AdsThe blog Android Authority offers this TLDR: Google updated its privacy policy to clarify that it could use information shared through Personal Intelligence to personalize ads. Gmail, Drive, and Photos content isn't used for targeted ads by default, but connecting them to eligible Google services ...

America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0335236/americas-defense-department-is-building-an-elite-new-tech-sabotage-agency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgAmerica's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency'America's Defense Department "has spent months quietly building an elite new tech agency," reports Politico, "to help covertly disrupt and sabotage foreign technology programs considered threats to American military superiority." Information on the Technology Support Office, or TSO as it is called ...

As eMudhra Exits Cert Business, Users Face New PKI Trust Decisions https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0653231/as-emudhra-exits-cert-business-users-face-new-pki-trust-decisions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

it.slashdot.orgAs eMudhra Exits Cert Business, Users Face New PKI Trust Decisions"As of 2026, the company has issued more than 60 million digital certificates," notes Wikipedia. But now, InfoWorld reports: A certificate authority's decision to abandon the global SSL/TLS market is exposing a weakness many organizations rarely examine: their dependence on complex PKI trust chains...

Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/062240/old-blood-cells-have-been-transformed-into-brain-stem-cells-that-get-younger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

science.slashdot.orgOld Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger"Scientists have transformed old blood cells into young brain stem cells, which continued to grow younger as they grew older," reports ScienceAlert: Cellular transformations can be done in two main ways. The first, more circuitous route turns a specific cell back into a pluripotent stem cell, or ...

Free Software Foundation Hosts Free 'Encryptfest' Event on Sunday https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/0526257/free-software-foundation-hosts-free-encryptfest-event-on-sunday?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgFree Software Foundation Hosts Free 'Encryptfest' Event on SundayThe Free Software Foundation's "EncryptFest" today covers both encryption and privacy. The free two-hour event runs from 13:00-15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00-19:00 UTC), and includes: — A discussion on "bulk surveillance, and how encryption protects personal privacy" — A short v...

Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1928227/greece-enacts-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-15?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgGreece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from social media platforms beginning January 1, 2027. The legislation requires platforms to implement reliable age verification and parents to use government-backed apps to restrict access, with penalties for noncompliance under the EU's Digital Ser...

SpaceX In Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites For New Network https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1916222/spacex-in-talks-to-access-80000-cell-sites-for-new-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

mobile.slashdot.orgSpaceX In Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites For New NetworkSpaceX is reportedly seeking access to at least 80,000 cellular tower sites across the U.S. as it prepares to launch Starlink Mobile as a fourth nationwide wireless carrier. "We will be building out our terrestrial networks so there's broad-based connectivity anywhere that SpaceX and Starlink are al...

Knicks Sent Employees Fake Offer of Championship Rings In Phishing Test https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/193208/knicks-sent-employees-fake-offer-of-championship-rings-in-phishing-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

it.slashdot.orgKnicks Sent Employees Fake Offer of Championship Rings In Phishing TestThe New York Knicks reportedly sent employees a fake offer of complimentary NBA championship rings as part of an internal phishing test, requiring anyone who clicked the link to attend mandatory cybersecurity training. "Congratulations, your Employee Championship Ring is here," the email said. Accor...

Left Alone With Nothing To Do, AI Agents Started Playing https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1647249/left-alone-with-nothing-to-do-ai-agents-started-playing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgLeft Alone With Nothing To Do, AI Agents Started PlayingAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the hallmarks of play. The researchers put 13 AI agents called Eko, each running on Claude Opus 4.7,...

Microsoft Announces Per-Hour Cost for Xbox Cloud Gaming Service https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/1636239/microsoft-announces-per-hour-cost-for-xbox-cloud-gaming-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

games.slashdot.orgMicrosoft Announces Per-Hour Cost for Xbox Cloud Gaming ServiceMicrosoft has revealed pay-as-you-go pricing for Xbox Cloud Gaming, with introductory packages costing $3.99 for 10 hours, $7.99 for 25 hours, or $11.99 for 50 hours. Starting in November, Game Pass subscribers will receive only 5 to 15 included cloud-gaming hours depending on their tier and will ha...

Ukraine Is Wiping Out Data Centers Across the Border https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0153232/ukraine-is-wiping-out-data-centers-across-the-border?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgUkraine Is Wiping Out Data Centers Across the BorderUkrainian drone strikes have damaged three major Yandex data centers as well as facilities serving Sberbank and VKontakte (the country's equivalent to Facebook), disrupting cloud services, banking, e-commerce, ride-hailing and other digital services across Russia. The attacks may deal a longer-lasti...

Comcast Loses More Customers, Claims Other ISPs' Cheap Prices Are 'Irrational' https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0143254/comcast-loses-more-customers-claims-other-isps-cheap-prices-are-irrational?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgComcast Loses More Customers, Claims Other ISPs' Cheap Prices Are 'Irrational'An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast reportedly plans significant job cuts in its cable division as the firm continues to lose residential broadband and TV customers. Comcast lost 144,000 residential broadband customers in Q3 2026, up from a 91,000-customer loss in the same...

Physicists Trap a Single Antimatter Particle For a Month https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/021237/physicists-trap-a-single-antimatter-particle-for-a-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

science.slashdot.orgPhysicists Trap a Single Antimatter Particle For a MonthPhysicists at Northwestern University have successfully trapped a single positron for an entire month, allowing researchers to study its quantum properties with unprecedented precision. "Further investigations using the trap might reveal the secret of why the world around us is made of matter and no...

UN Says Breaching 1.5C Warming Limit Is 'Imminent and Unavoidable' https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0031209/un-says-breaching-15c-warming-limit-is-imminent-and-unavoidable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgUN Says Breaching 1.5C Warming Limit Is 'Imminent and Unavoidable'For the first time, the UN has declared that exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5C warming limit is "imminent and unavoidable." "We are now saying this window has closed, but we can open it again by making the overshoot as brief as possible," UN Environment Program Executive Director Inger Andersen s...

Unvetted AI Agents Are Accessing US Bank Accounts https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/10/23/0023257/unvetted-ai-agents-are-accessing-us-bank-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

news.slashdot.orgUnvetted AI Agents Are Accessing US Bank AccountsAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios. The difficulty in distinguishing b...

The Browser Company Retires Its Arc Browser, Pushes Users to Dia https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1944228/the-browser-company-retires-its-arc-browser-pushes-users-to-dia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgThe Browser Company Retires Its Arc Browser, Pushes Users to DiaThe Browser Company is shutting down its Arc browser on December 22 and encouraging users to migrate to Dia, its newer AI-powered browser for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows 11 PCs. Thurrott reports: In the message explaining why it was sunsetting Arc, The Browser Company explained that maintaining ...

Moderna Shares Plunge After Leak of Cancer Vaccine Data https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/200209/moderna-shares-plunge-after-leak-of-cancer-vaccine-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgModerna Shares Plunge After Leak of Cancer Vaccine DataModerna shares plunged as much as 25% after partial clinical trial data leaked for its personalized cancer vaccine developed with Merck, despite the full results showing promising outcomes for melanoma patients. Analysts attribute the selloff largely to inflated investor expectations rather than dis...

Bose Is Buying Skullcandy https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1737238/bose-is-buying-skullcandy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

entertainment.slashdot.orgBose Is Buying SkullcandyAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Longtime audio giant Bose announced on Wednesday that it's acquiring Skullcandy, the lifestyle brand known for its bass-heavy headphones. Skullcandy will remain a separate company within Bose's Premium Consumer Audio business and will still be based in...

Zoe Kleinman: PHP Is the Cyber Equivalent of an Unexploded Bomb https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1717246/zoe-kleinman-php-is-the-cyber-equivalent-of-an-unexploded-bomb?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgZoe Kleinman: PHP Is the Cyber Equivalent of an Unexploded BombBBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman likens the recently discovered PHP security vulnerabilities to an unexploded bomb, writing, "The PHP story feels like the cyber equivalent of an unexploded bomb -- I have never seen such a dramatic, public and global response to a cyber event that hasn't happened y...

Anthropic Takes On Muse With Claude Duet https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1629209/anthropic-takes-on-muse-with-claude-duet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgAnthropic Takes On Muse With Claude DuetAnthropic has launched Claude Duet, an AI agent aimed at professionals and small businesses that competes with Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. Here's Anthropic's description of what it can do: Each morning, it sends you a short brief on the most important items across your connected apps. Throughout...

Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/1612227/several-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-accidentally-posted-to-public-kernel-mailing-list?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

it.slashdot.orgSeveral Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing ListTrend Micro's Zero Day Initiative appears to have accidentally disclosed several unpatched Linux kernel vulnerabilities on the public LKML instead of the private security list, including two CVSS 9.0 flaws that could enable remote code execution through SMB Direct and KSMBD. "This seemingly was a mi...

Google Staff Resign In Backlash Over Its AI Contracts With Military https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0043216/google-staff-resign-in-backlash-over-its-ai-contracts-with-military?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgGoogle Staff Resign In Backlash Over Its AI Contracts With MilitaryAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Google is facing a backlash from some staff members over the company's deployment of its AI technology for military use. The BBC has spoken to several tech workers who have either recently resigned from Google's AI company, Google DeepMind, or are in...

Airbnb Bans Making Guests Do Dishes, Take Out the Trash https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0026211/airbnb-bans-making-guests-do-dishes-take-out-the-trash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgAirbnb Bans Making Guests Do Dishes, Take Out the TrashAirbnb is banning hosts from requiring guests to perform time-consuming checkout chores, including washing dishes, stripping beds, doing laundry, and taking trash off-site. The updated policy applies to reservations booked on or after November 20. The Verge reports: Airbnb is displaying hosts' requ...

America's War Department Will Test Heat Ray Weapon For Potential Use https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/22/0020206/americas-war-department-will-test-heat-ray-weapon-for-potential-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgAmerica's War Department Will Test Heat Ray Weapon For Potential UseLongtime Slashdot reader destinyland shares a report from CNN: The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pe...

Startup Claims To Use AI-Created Viruses To Treat a Patient https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/2054216/startup-claims-to-use-ai-created-viruses-to-treat-a-patient?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

science.slashdot.orgStartup Claims To Use AI-Created Viruses To Treat a PatientAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat a human patient. Researchers announced on Tuesday that they had administered the virus, known as a phage, to a patient suffering from a ...

More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1729218/more-than-15-million-canadian-crime-stoppers-tips-leaked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgMore Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips LeakedA CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a breach of the P3 Global Intel tip-management platform. About 850,000 records contained personally identifiable information, including addresses, phone numbers, emails, license plates...

Microsoft Reportedly Projects $1,200 To $1,800 Price For Next-Gen Xbox https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/180214/microsoft-reportedly-projects-1200-to-1800-price-for-next-gen-xbox?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

games.slashdot.orgMicrosoft Reportedly Projects $1,200 To $1,800 Price For Next-Gen XboxAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: We haven't heard many details about Microsoft's upcoming "Project Helix" gaming hardware since the company announced it in March as a device that will "play your Xbox and PC games." In a new wide-ranging profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, though, ...

Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy On Facebook https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/188251/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico-25-billion-for-deceiving-users-about-privacy-on-facebook?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgMeta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy On FacebookA New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy during the Cambridge Analytica scandal. State Attorney General Raul Torrez called it "one of the largest, if not the single largest state verdict against a company in American ...

EA Is Shutting Down BioWare https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1738206/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

games.slashdot.orgEA Is Shutting Down BioWare"According to a recent report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier (paywalled), EA has reportedly decided to shut down BioWare," the studio behind the Dragon Age and Mass Effect games, writes longtime Slashdot reader atari_kid. Quartz reports: Chief Studios Officer Cam Weber and Chief Operating Officer Da...

OpenAI Models Are Now On All Three Major US Cloud Platforms https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1637221/openai-models-are-now-on-all-three-major-us-cloud-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgOpenAI Models Are Now On All Three Major US Cloud PlatformsOpenAI is bringing its models to Google Cloud's model garden and Antigravity coding tool, putting its technology on all three major U.S. cloud platforms after Microsoft's exclusive license ended earlier this year. "Google Cloud's longstanding investment in machine learning and AI has made it a desti...

Government Websites Go Dark After Severe PHP Vulnerabilities Disclosed https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/1644235/government-websites-go-dark-after-severe-php-vulnerabilities-disclosed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

developers.slashdot.orgGovernment Websites Go Dark After Severe PHP Vulnerabilities Disclosed"PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in their programming language and urged web site operators to immediately apply the fix," writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. "As a result, government web sites in Europe and elsewhere temporarily went dark on Wednesday as operators worked to pr...

PHP Warns It Plans To Release 2 Emergency Patches Imminently https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/054204/php-warns-it-plans-to-release-2-emergency-patches-imminently?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgPHP Warns It Plans To Release 2 Emergency Patches ImminentlyAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Website admins, brace yourselves. Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere. PHP ...

Tesla-SpaceX Merger Being Considered https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/0458211/tesla-spacex-merger-being-considered?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgTesla-SpaceX Merger Being ConsideredElon Musk says a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is under active consideration, with special committees at both companies evaluating a deal that could combine businesses valued at roughly $3.5 trillion. "Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes," Musk said during a call with financial analysts over t...

Russian Satellite's Close Shadowing of Radar Imaging Satellite Is a Big Deal https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/21/0449230/russian-satellites-close-shadowing-of-radar-imaging-satellite-is-a-big-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

science.slashdot.orgRussian Satellite's Close Shadowing of Radar Imaging Satellite Is a Big DealLongtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from TWZ: A Russian satellite, Kosmos 2612, may have passed within approximately 85 feet (26 meters) of a U.S.-registered satellite belonging to commercial imagery provider ICEYE. This would be an extraordinarily close and potentially dangerous pass-...

Judge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, Libgen https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/2055251/judge-orders-meta-to-name-employees-who-approved-torrenting-annas-archive-libgen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgJudge Orders Meta To Name Employees Who Approved Torrenting Anna's Archive, LibgenAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Last month, Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson ordered Meta to hand over the command histories of the servers it used to torrent pirated books. These logs would presumably reveal how Meta's torrent clients were set up, including any changes to their...

AMD Is Bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox Consoles and Handhelds https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1917248/amd-is-bringing-fsr-41-to-xbox-consoles-and-handhelds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

games.slashdot.orgAMD Is Bringing FSR 4.1 to Xbox Consoles and HandheldsAMD is expanding its FSR 4.1 upscaling technology beyond Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs to Xbox Series X/S consoles, Xbox Ally handhelds, laptops, and Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards. The Verge reports: AMD launched its FSR 4.1 update for Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards in March, and promised...

Google Support Pages Start Defaulting to AI Chatbots https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/199206/google-support-pages-start-defaulting-to-ai-chatbots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgGoogle Support Pages Start Defaulting to AI ChatbotsGoogle is beginning to replace traditional support articles with "Ask Google Help," a Gemini-powered interface that summarizes documentation and lets users troubleshoot through a chatbot. 9to5Google reports: "Ask Google Help" will display a condensed version of the support article with direct trou...

DHS Lied About Why It Wanted To Search Activist's GrapheneOS Phone https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1740207/dhs-lied-about-why-it-wanted-to-search-activists-grapheneos-phone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgDHS Lied About Why It Wanted To Search Activist's GrapheneOS PhoneNew court records reportedly show that DHS targeted Stop Cop City activist Samuel Tunick at an Atlanta airport because he was under investigation for suspected "terrorist activities." However, the CBP officers told him instead that they wanted to search his phone for child sexual abuse material (CSA...

OpenBSD 8.0 Released https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/171229/openbsd-80-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

tech.slashdot.orgOpenBSD 8.0 ReleasedOpenBSD 8.0 has been released with major virtualization and hardware upgrades, including support for up to 64 vCPUs per VM, Intel Arc graphics, ARM64 hibernation, and expanded RISC-V support. Linuxiac points out that it marks the "61st release of the security-focused Unix-like operating system." Fro...

Meta Muse Exposes Users' Personal, Business Secrets When They Share Conversations https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/1655247/meta-muse-exposes-users-personal-business-secrets-when-they-share-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgMeta Muse Exposes Users' Personal, Business Secrets When They Share ConversationsSecurity researchers say Meta's Muse AI assistant exposed thousands of users' shared conversations because conversation titles were placed in subdomains that could be discovered through public DNS records. Meta has since suspended the sharing feature while it considers making changes. Ars Technica r...

US Bans DeepSeek From Government Use https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0546213/us-bans-deepseek-from-government-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.orgUS Bans DeepSeek From Government UseThe Trump administration has banned DeepSeek AI from most US civilian federal agencies, ordering the removal of the Chinese company's models and technology developed using them. The Department of Homeland Security did not specify the security threats behind the decision. The BBC reports: The order ...

Nscale, Anthropic In Talks For New $45 Billion AI Cloud Deal https://slashdot.org/story/26/10/20/0536218/nscale-anthropic-in-talks-for-new-45-billion-ai-cloud-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

slashdot.orgNscale, Anthropic In Talks For New $45 Billion AI Cloud DealAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nscale is in talks to sell AI computing power to Claude maker Anthropic in a new deal that could be worth about $45 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The data center developer is seeking another major deal with the AI...