Collaborate Disseminate
Steam on Linux use in March “had skyrocketed to 5.33%…” reports Phoronix, “easily the highest level we’ve seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago.”
So what happened in April?
[April’s results] point to Linux having a 4.52%… Continue reading Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year
The once-a-year free comic book giveaway “is splitting in two,” according to a local news report.
Launched in 2002 by Diamond Comic Distributor, comic book giants like Marvel and DC have historically participated together. But things changed after Di… Continue reading Marvel, DC, Game Publishers Launch Rival Events Saturday for Free Giveaways
“There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States,” says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org.
Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of its profit margin to independent bookstores, s… Continue reading America Now Has 70% More Bookstores Than in 2020, Says Bookshop.org Founder
Public stock exchanges “appear to be warming to climate tech startups,” reports TechCrunch. “Or at least some of them.”
This week, nuclear startup X-energy went public, raising $1 billion in an upsized share offering that appears to have delivered a w… Continue reading Two Hot Climate Tech Startups Just Raised $1 Billion+ in IPOs
Public stock exchanges “appear to be warming to climate tech startups,” reports TechCrunch. “Or at least some of them.”
This week, nuclear startup X-energy went public, raising $1 billion in an upsized share offering that appears to have delivered a w… Continue reading Two Hot Climate Tech Startups Just Raised $1 Billion+ in IPOs
“California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Oregon and Washington have all passed comprehensive right-to-repair regulations,” reports CNBC, “covering everything from consumer electronics and farm equipment to wheelchairs and automobiles.” … Continue reading Right-to-Repair Laws Gain Political Momentum Across America
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Pres:
Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away. Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful te… Continue reading Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone’s Location Data
Are AI agents already facing Indirect Prompt Injection attacks? Google’s Threat Intelligence teams searched for known attacks that would target AI systems browsing the web, using Common Crawl’s repository of billions of pages from the public web).
We… Continue reading Google Studies Prompt Injection Attacks Against AI Agents Browsing the Web
An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg:
More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he’s nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an “everything app” with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launc… Continue reading Elon Musk Vies to Turn X Into Super App With Banking Tool Near Launch
“I love these machines,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Shayde:
I was super-active in the Unix-PC Usenet groups back in the 90s… We hacked the hell out of them. They were small, sexy, and… they ran Unix!
Unfortunately, they were a commercial f… Continue reading Remembering The 1984 Unix PC. Why Did It Fail So Hard?