School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant
Plus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
Read MorePlus: Google holds off on killing cookies, Samourai Wallet founders get arrested, and GM stops driver surveillance program.
Read MoreOvernight, a notable portion of iCloud users were getting logged out of their accounts across all of their devices, and the only way back in was to perform a password reset. Web-based iCloud login page The log-outs weren’t — or aren’t, it’s not clear yet — happening on one particular class of device. And, if
Read MoreClimate change is increasing the number of days people are exposed to hazardous pollution, affecting already disadvantaged communities the most.
Read MoreA cornerstone of early 1970s rock music culture was the British singer David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust persona, along with his backing band the Spiders from Mars. You can tell that the PR department at the European Space Agency were beside themselves with glee at the opportunity to reference them when their Mars Express
Read MorePlus: Leaked details tell us more about the new Google Pixel 8A, Freitag’s environmentally conscious bag is entirely recyclable, and it’s time to unpack a whole bunch of tech acronyms.
Read MoreA ban on weapons of mass destruction in orbit has stood since 1967. Russia apparently has other ideas.
Read MoreMacworld If you’re a sensitive listener or simply dislike in-ear audio options, consider upgrading to these open-ear headphones. These Mercato headphones have an open-ear design for comfort and crisp audio, all while keeping you aware of your surroundings. Now, they’re on sale for only $39.95 (reg. $69) with code GET10. Boasting an ergonomic open-ear construction, the Mercato headphones rest outside
Read MoreThe educational sector is usually the first to decry large language models and AI, due to worries about cheating. The State Library of Queensland, however, has embraced the technology in controversial fashion. In the lead-up to Anzac Day, the primarily Australian war memorial holiday, the library released a chatbot intended to imitate a World War
Read MoreThe FTC is issuing more than $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of a privacy settlement. The Associated Press reports: In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its employees and contractors to access customers’ private videos. Ring allegedly used such footage to train
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report published last week by Physics World: Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe’s first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in 2026, the device will be made publicly available, providing scientists with a tool for quantum calculations and simulations. The
Read MoreWe all have our shiny, modern computers for interacting with the modern world, but at times they can seem a little monochromatic. Even the differences between something like macOS and Windows for the average user often boil down to which operating system loads an Internet browser. There are obviously more differences than that, but back
Read MoreCredit: Paramount Plus Netflix has invited a fair amount of criticism amidst moves to crack down on account sharing. People used to giving their passwords to friends and family are turning to streaming alternatives as a result. Among the many Netflix alternatives is Paramount Plus, which is home to a library of classic and contemporary
Read MoreIt is that time again – the next Call of Duty iteration is on its way and we’re heading back to Black Ops. That’s right, after a four-year absence, fans of the Black Ops portion of the ever-popular FPS will be overjoyed, and it will be set in another era yet again. To get you
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Nature: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile, reveals a total of 12,341 craters, 81 basins and 17 rock types,
Read MoreThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned a prior district court decision, lifting the injunction that blocked New York’s law mandating that ISPs offer $15 broadband plans to low-income families. Ars Technica reports: The ruling (PDF) is a loss for six trade groups that represent ISPs, although it isn’t clear right now
Read MoreIn its third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, Microsoft reported a 30% drop in Xbox console sales, after reporting a 30% drop last April. “It blamed the nosedive on a ‘lower volume of consoles sold’ during the start of 2024,” reports Kotaku. From the report: In February, Grand Theft Auto VI parent company Take-Two claimed in
Read MoreCorruption and violence might be making their way back to television this year, with Mike McLusky at the forefront of it all. A realistic show with all the moral ambiguity involved in it, are we going to get another peek at the dark underbelly of Kingstown? Find out everything we know about the Mayor of
Read MoreReact 19, the latest version of Meta’s JavaScript library for rendering user interfaces, is now available in beta. The update introduces features such as async functions in transitions and the ability to access ref as a prop for function components. The React 19 beta was unveiled April 25. A React 19 beta upgrade guide has
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A new campaign tracked as “Dev Popper” is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT). The developers are asked to perform tasks supposedly related to the interview, like downloading and running code from
Read MoreA report suggests that Apple is still looking across the spectrum of AI providers for iOS 18, with OpenAi again in conversations with the iPhone maker. There’s not a lot to Friday’s report from Bloomberg that hasn’t already been discussed. The key point from it, is that discussions have started again, or are perhaps continuing
Read MoreMore like Robot Rock, am I right? (Sorry.) These are some of the best dust busters around, and they’re cheaper than usual.
Read MoreTobias Mann reports via The Register: Canadian systems builder 45 Drives is perhaps best known for the dense multi-drive storage systems employed by the likes of Backblaze and others, but over the last year the biz has expanded its line-up to virtualization kit, and now low-power clients and workstations aimed at enterprises and home enthusiasts
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge FTC lawyers submitted a filing on Thursday that claims Amazon’s top execs used Signal’s disappearing messages feature to destroy evidence relevant to the agency’s massive antitrust lawsuit. (You remember the one? The FTC accused Amazon of creating a secret “Project Nessie” pricing algorithm that may have generated more
Read MoreWith the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, temperatures, memory, and other physical states of our machines. Most are going to simply display on the screen but this data can be sent to
Read MoreThe free tax filing pilot from the IRS that rolled out in 12 states last month saved filers an estimated $5.6 million in tax preparation fees for federal returns, said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. CNBC reports: This season, more than 140,000 taxpayers successfully filed returns using IRS Direct File, a free tax filing pilot from
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