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Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman tells The Register that AI-driven code review has “really jumped” for Linux. “There must have been some inflection point somewhere with the tools…”
“Something happened a month ago, and the world switched. N… Continue reading Linux Maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman Says AI Tools Now Useful, Finding Real Bugs
After decades of studying, this week NASA announced “a major step forward in bringing nuclear power and propulsion from the lab to space.”
NASA will launch the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft, to Mars before… Continue reading NASA’s First Nuclear-Powered Interplanetary Spacecraft Will Send Helicopters to Mars in 2028
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Walking into his kitchen, Tim Yoder recoiled at a message on his refrigerator door: “Shop Samsung water filters.” Yoder, a supply-chain manager in Chicago, owns a Samsung Electronics Family Hub fridge. He paid $1,400 fo… Continue reading ‘Ads Are Popping Up On the Fridge and It Isn’t Going Over Well’
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: … but the CERN Project “Antimatter in motion” just did it. For the first time in history researchers at CERN have transported 92 antiprotons on a truck in a specially designed magnetic enclosure. The test-dr… Continue reading Transporting Antimatter On a Truck Is Tricky…
A dog missing for two months was found at an animal shelter — and its owner received an email from an artificial intelligence service that identified it, according to the Washington Post.
“As controversial as AI is right now, this is one of tho… Continue reading People are Using AI-Powered Services to Find Lost Pets
Will there be an AI-optimized programming language at the expense of human readability? There’s now been experiments with minimizing tokens for “LLM efficiency, without any concern for how it would serve human developers.”
This new article asks if AI… Continue reading Will AI Force Source Code to Evolve – Or Make it Extinct?
An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom’s Hardware:
GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup. “Graphene… Continue reading GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws
Yes, Microsoft announced it’s fixing common Windows 11 complaints. But what about getting rid of that requirement to have a Microsoft account before installing Windows 11? While Microsoft didn’t mention that at all, the senior editor at the blog Window… Continue reading Some Microsoft Insiders Fight to Drop Windows 11’s Microsoft Account Requirements
Walmart is “rolling out digital price tags to replace the old paper ones,” reports CNBC, planning to implement them in all U.S. stores by the end of the year:
Amanda Bailey, a team leader in electronics who works at a Walmart in West Chester, Ohio, e… Continue reading Walmart Announces Digital Price Labels for Every Store in the U.S. By the End of 2026
A man crossing the street one San Francisco night spotted a self-driving car — and decided to confront its passenger, 37-year-old tech worker Doug Fulop. The New York Times reports the man yelled that “he wanted to kill Fulop and the other two pa… Continue reading Trapped! Inside a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack