“In many instances, there’s a catch: flexible work but at lower pay…” writes Fortune. “Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to achieve remote status. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come to the office
Read MoreIn a potential U.S.-China conflict, cyberattackers are military weapons. That’s the thrust of a new article from the Wall Street Journal: The message from President Biden’s national security adviser was startling. Chinese hackers had gained the ability to shut down dozens of U.S. ports, power grids and other infrastructure targets at will, Jake Sullivan told
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In an Op-ed for The Huntington News, fourth year Northeastern University CS student Derek Kaplan argues that real pedagogical merit is what should count when deciding which language to use to teach CS fundamentals (aka ‘Fundies’). He makes the case for Northeastern to reconsider its decision to move from Racket
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Samsung appears to be working on a “Pointer Mode” feature for Wear OS. The feature would allow you to control your TV through your smartwatch with specific gestures. You’ll be able to activate Pointer Mode by shaking your watch hand. Are you always losing the TV remote or tired
Read More“We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction,” Elon Musk posted Thursday on X.com. Ars Technica’s senior space editor points out that “These are definitive statements that directly contradict NASA’s plans to send a series of human missions to the lunar south pole later this decade and establish a sustainable base of operations
Read MoreRoborock has announced a handful of new products at CES 2025 that will help keep your smart home neat and tidy. The cream of the crop is the Saros Z70, a powerful robot vacuum equipped with a robotic arm to relocate obstacles as it cleans. It’s the ultimate automated sock-removal tool! The Saros Z70 has
Read MoreDeveloper/data journalist Josh Renaud is also long-time Slashdot reader Kirkman14 — and he’s got a story to tell: How do you get people interested in an obscure Atari ST graphics format used on BBSes in the late 1980s and early 1990s? Recruit some folks to help you make an artpack full of images and animations
Read MoreImage: Games Done Quick A new year means a new Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) speedrunning marathon for charity, and this year’s event is just about to kick off. AGDQ starts today, January 5th, at 12PM ET, and is scheduled to end very early in the morning on January 12th. You can watch the event
Read MoreImage: Games Done Quick A new year means a new Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) speedrunning marathon for charity, and this year’s event is just about to kick off. AGDQ starts today, January 5th, at 12PM ET, and is scheduled to end very early in the morning on January 12th. You can watch the event
Read MoreBrazil ended daylight saving time in 2019, reports the Washington Post, adding that some Brazilians loved the change, “particularly those who commute long distances and are no longer forced to leave their houses in pitch blackness.” But “In the heavily populated southeast, the sky begins to brighten at the unconscionable hour of 4:30 a.m. during
Read MoreThis week at CES, companies of all sizes will show off all their new AI-enabled gadgets. Here’s hoping they don’t all just do stuff your phone already excels at.
Read MoreFor economic reasons, not every lake with a dam can support a hydroelectric power plant. Some rivers or creeks are dammed for flood control or simply for recreation, and don’t have the flow rate or aren’t deep enough to make the investment of a grid-scale generation facility worthwhile. But for those of us with a
Read MoreFor economic reasons, not every lake with a dam can support a hydroelectric power plant. Some rivers or creeks are dammed for flood control or simply for recreation, and don’t have the flow rate or aren’t deep enough to make the investment of a grid-scale generation facility worthwhile. But for those of us with a
Read MoreTPM is a dedicated chip or firmware enabling hardware-level security, housing encryption keys, certificates, passwords, and sensitive data, “and shielding them from unauthorized access,” Microsoft senior product manager Steven Hosking wrote last month, declaring TPM 2.0 to be “a non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows.” Or, as BleepingComputer put it, Microsoft “made it abundantly
Read MoreHackerspaces are no strangers to repurposing outdated tech, and Nottingham Hackspace happens to own one of those oddities one rarely gets their hands on: a railway departure board. Left idle for over a decade, it was brought back to life by [asjackson]. Originally salvaged around 2012, it remained unused until mid-2024, when [asjackson] decided to
Read MoreHackerspaces are no strangers to repurposing outdated tech, and Nottingham Hackspace happens to own one of those oddities one rarely gets their hands on: a railway departure board. Left idle for over a decade, it was brought back to life by [asjackson]. Originally salvaged around 2012, it remained unused until mid-2024, when [asjackson] decided to
Read More“Private space stations have been raising billions of dollars in an effort to build future hubs — and even one day cities — in orbit,” according to a recent report from the U.K. newspaper, the Telegraph: Axiom Space, a US business aiming to build its own station, has raised more than $500m (£400m). Vast, a
Read MoreIn a stunning example of the Bader Meinhoff effect, we’ve recently heard several times this week about events like the “carbage run.” That is, a motoring event where you can only buy some garbage car to compete. In the case of [Robbe Derks], the idea was to take a six-day journey to the polar circle
Read MoreIn a stunning example of the Bader Meinhoff effect, we’ve recently heard several times this week about events like the “carbage run.” That is, a motoring event where you can only buy some garbage car to compete. In the case of [Robbe Derks], the idea was to take a six-day journey to the polar circle
Read MoreToday 34-year-old chess champion Magnus Carlsen married 26-year-old Ella Victoria Malone, “in a ceremony packed with guests on a sunny winter day in Oslo,” reports Chess.com. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, a film crew from Netflix was also present. The streaming giant is shooting a chess-related TV show rumored to air in 2025… Ella Victoria
Read MoreHave you ever thought of giving new buzz to outdated wired alarm systems or saving money while upgrading your home security? The Hornet Nest Alarm Panel, to which hacker [Patrick van Oosterwijck] contributes, does just that. Designed for domotics enthusiasts, it offers 42 sensor zones and seamless integration with Home Assistant and ESPHome. This open-source
Read MoreHave you ever thought of giving new buzz to outdated wired alarm systems or saving money while upgrading your home security? The Hornet Nest Alarm Panel, to which hacker [Patrick van Oosterwijck] contributes, does just that. Designed for domotics enthusiasts, it offers 42 sensor zones and seamless integration with Home Assistant and ESPHome. This open-source
Read More“My feet are already in the crosswalk,” says Geoffrey A. Fowler, a San Francisco-based tech columnist for the Washington Post. In a video he takes one step from the curb, then stops to see if Waymo robotaxis will stop for him. And they often didn’t. Waymo’s position? Their cars consider “signals of pedestrian intent” including
Read More“Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year,” reports the Financial Times, calling it “a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.” China is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV
Read MoreIt’s “what some experts consider the most advanced military AI initiative ever to be deployed,” reports the Washington Post. But the Israeli military’s AI-powered intelligence practices are also “under scrutiny. Genocide charges against Israel brought to The Hague by South Africa question whether crucial decisions about bombing targets in Gaza were made by software, an
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