Collaborate Disseminate
Clocks “fall back” one hour tonight to end Daylight Saving Time — though many Americans want to end the twice-yearly clock change, reports Axios.
But the U.S. Congress “remains deadlocked about how to make that happen.”
The clocks are falling … Continue reading America’s Clocks Are Still Falling Back Tonight Despite Trump’s Daylight Saving Push
Should generative AI be used for videogame development? Brandon Stirrup, a strategy manager at Xbox, claims Xbox is already using AI, reports Engadget. And he also says that those who say they aren’t are merely “pretending.”
Stirrup deactivated his … Continue reading Xbox Manager: AI Already Being Used In Xbox Game Development – And Throughout the Game Industry
“We’ve now replenished 90% of the stolen assets, and we’re committed to covering the remaining 10%,” Binance co-CEO Richard Teng posted on X, adding that “Our users will not bear the financial impact of this incident.”
“Binance said it was able to re… Continue reading Binance Replenishes 90% of Stolen $6.3B, Pledges They’ll Cover It All, Reopen Sunday
CNN reports:
The popular theory that comets were crucial in kick-starting life on Earth billions of years ago may not hold up, according to new computer simulations that counter decades of scientific thinking. The finding suggests the fragile organic… Continue reading Computer Simulations Suggest Building Blocks of Life Didn’t Arrive on Prehistoric Comets
BBS-era “door” games are preserved by the site Break Into Chat, along with their history. Now the site’s actually traced the origins of several ANSI art screens in the 1980s and “how different people later transformed the original images,” starting fro… Continue reading Recycling ANSI Art: Tracing the Origins of BBS Logon Screens
Companies like Google, Netflix, TikTok, and Meta may soon owe the French government, reports Tom’s Hardware:
France has approved a proposed tax that aims to tax the amount of internet data per gigabyte sent to French users in the country… According … Continue reading French Lawmakers Back Per-Gigabyte Internet Traffic Tax
The Hubble Space Telescope “will plunge back into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s,” reports Ars Technica.
So now NASA has released a Request For Information (RFI) “asking commercial companies for ideas on how to reboost, service, or a contro… Continue reading NASA Seeks Proposals for Reboosting the Hubble Space Telescope
Slashdot reader ElectricVs shares this report from American Buildout, a new site covering “the intersection of data centers, energy and power, finance, and Main Street.”
Dozens of unexplained drones flew over and near U.S. nuclear facilities between F… Continue reading Dozens of Unexplained Drones Have Buzzed America’s Nuclear Plants Since 2024
Earlier The Drive reported a police chief “had to direct his staff to disconnect the power cords from Flock cameras in Plymouth, Minnesota after Flock Safety ignored and failed to respond to the department’s notice the city was canceling its service.
… Continue reading Flock Reinstalled Its Cameras After Another City Canceled Its Contract
Reddit’s stock plunged 29.22% on Friday, reports CNBC, its worst drop since becoming a public company in 2024.
Thursday Reddit reported a sales growth that was weaker than previous quarters, and also forecast weak sales for the quarter to come (below… Continue reading Google’s AI Overviews Lowered Reddit’s Traffic. Its Stock Dropped 29%