General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the U.S. government, reports the Associated Press, “because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM vehicles from the 2012 through 2018 model years
Read MorePhoto: Andrej Sokolow / Picture Alliance via Getty Images On June 19th, a Phoenix police officer pulled over a Waymo vehicle that had been driving in an oncoming traffic lane. The car was apparently confused by some construction signs, and reportedly ran a red light before pulling over in a parking lot to let the
Read MoreApple will be reporting its third-quarter earnings of 2024 on August 1. Here’s what happened in the quarter, and what to expect. Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple has confirmed it will be holding its regular quarterly financial results release on August 1. It will be followed by the customary investor and analyst conference call shortly
Read MoreHow many ports do you need? What does 4K UHD even mean? Here’s everything you need to know.
Read MoreOpinion post by Kaitlyn Cimino Among other watchOS 11 updates headed to wrists, Apple is finally offering pregnancy tracking. Considering this is the precise means by which Apple’s future users arrive, it’s nice to see the company’s support. From weight gain and fatigue to insomnia and sciatica, the symptoms of pregnancy are complex and
Read MoreIt’s not like we did not know it was coming, the release of the new EA FC (nee FIFA) is as annual as Christmas but it now seems as though those pesky leakers have got their hands on the information that EA Sports will be announcing a little ahead of time. If you want to
Read MorePlus: Researchers uncover a new way to expose CSAM peddlers, OpenAI suffered a secret cyberattack, cryptocurrency thefts jump in 2024, and Twilio confirms hackers stole 33 million phone numbers.
Read MoreqBittorrent is a great open-source torrent client for Windows that offers endless torrenting and P2P features. It’s more capable than other torrent clients like BitTorrent or uTorrent, which get flagged by Windows 11’s antivirus. If you’re new to qBittorrent, you may need help using it. Even if you know how to install the torrent client
Read MoreqBittorrent is a great open-source torrent client for Windows that offers endless torrenting and P2P features. It’s more capable than other torrent clients like BitTorrent or uTorrent, which get flagged by Windows 11’s antivirus. If you’re new to qBittorrent, you may need help using it. Even if you know how to install the torrent client
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader Baron_Yam shares a report from Phys.Org, with the caption: “It’s not sequestration, but it is a closed carbon loop and can store energy from renewable sources to be released when they are not collecting energy.” From the report: Carbon in the atmosphere is a major driver of climate change. Now researchers from
Read MoreE-bikes open up cycling sports to more people, and not just the cheaters. Continue reading…
Read MoreNon-contact infrared (IR) thermometers used to be something of an exotic tool, but thanks at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re now the sort of thing you see hanging up near the grocery store checkout as a cheap impulse buy. Demand pushed up production, and the economies of scale did the test.
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top whirling around inside a bigger top, shrouded in mystery. This inner core has intrigued researchers since its discovery by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, and how it moves
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top whirling around inside a bigger top, shrouded in mystery. This inner core has intrigued researchers since its discovery by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, and how it moves
Read MoreThese days, it is hard to imagine electronics without printed circuit boards. They are literally in everything. While making PCBs at home used to be a chore, these days, you design on a computer, click a button, and they show up in the mail. But if you go back far enough, there were no PC
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: “If Einstein paved the way for a new era in physics,” explains auction house Christie’s in a promotion piece for its upcoming offering of 150+ “objects of scientific and historical importance” from the Paul G. Allen Collection (including items from the shuttered Living Computers Museum), “Mr. Allen and his collaborators
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: “If Einstein paved the way for a new era in physics,” explains auction house Christie’s in a promotion piece for its upcoming offering of 150+ “objects of scientific and historical importance” from the Paul G. Allen Collection (including items from the shuttered Living Computers Museum), “Mr. Allen and his collaborators
Read MoreNvidia is expected to earn $12 billion from GPU sales to China in 2024, despite U.S. trade restrictions. Research firm SemiAnalysis says the GPU maker will ship over 1 million units of its new H20 model to the Chinese market, “with each one said to cost between $12,000 and $13,000 apiece,” reports The Register. From
Read MoreYouTube has released an AI-powered eraser tool to help creators easily remove copyrighted music from their videos without affecting other audio such as dialog or sound effects. TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports: On its support page, YouTube still warns that, at times, the algorithm might fail to remove just the song. “This edit might not work
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot of painting and gardening in mind. Starting this month, the large machine with enormous arms, a crude, disproportionately small Wall-E-like head and coke-bottle eyes
Read MoreCredit: Amazon Those looking to cover most of their house with security cameras have a great deal to look forward to today. You can currently get a four-pack of Blink Outdoor 4 cameras for just $133. This is a steep $207 discount over the full $340 price point. This is a 61% discount, and it’s
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: More than 384,000 websites are linking to a site that was caught last week performing a supply-chain attack that redirected visitors to malicious sites, researchers said. For years, the JavaScript code, hosted at polyfill[.]com, was a legitimate open source project that allowed older browsers to handle
Read MoreAmazon has introduced new advertising strategies for its Fire TV platform, displaying full-screen ads before screensavers activate on idle devices, CordCutters reports. Users have observed ads from various brands during these pre-screensaver intervals, the report added. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Read MoreGoogle is working on “microfuchsia,” a stripped down version of the company’s Fuchsia operating system that runs on the Google Nest Hub. Microfuchsia is designed to run in a virtual machine, and Google seems to be experimenting with doing just that on Android devices. It’s not clear why Google wants to do this, but one
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority The Google Contacts app could soon get a new feature that will make it easier to remove associated Google accounts. The feature is currently in development, but we’ve managed to enable it in the latest version of the app. Google is also working on a minor UI tweak for
Read More