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Slashdot reader Bismillah shared this report from ITNews:
Research and development engineer Romain Marchand of Paris headquartered Quarkslab obtained a telematic control unit (TCU) from a salvage yard in Poland… Marchand tore down the TCU, which is … Continue reading Old Cars ‘Tell Tales’ by Storing Data That’s Never Wiped
“From 2008 to 2024, the number of four-year computer science degrees granted rose about fivefold…” reports the Washington Post. Then in 2025 CS suddenly dropped from the fourth-largest undergraduate major to sixth, they report (citing data from the n… Continue reading Fewer US College Students Major in CS. More Choose Data Science, Engineering
Yesterday the U.S. Congress approved “a short-term extension” of a FISA law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets, reports CNN — but only until April 30. Republican congressional leaders had sought an 18-month ext… Continue reading US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30
Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins “have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them.”
A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently start… Continue reading 30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change
Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we’ve had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose “is not just another calorie.” It is a signal. It tells the liv… Continue reading Fructose Isn’t Just Sugar. It Acts More Like a Hormone
20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. “I’m just scared,” he said, calling the whole situation “extremely sad.”
Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped laun… Continue reading 20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database
Nextcloud joined a project to create a sovereign replacement for Microsoft Office called “Euro-Office”. But after that project forked OnlyOffice, OnlyOffice suspended its partnership with Nextcloud. “They removed all references to our brand/attribute a… Continue reading FSF to OnlyOffice: You Can’t Use the GNU (A)GPL to Take Software Freedom Away
Friday Anthropic’s CEO met with top U.S. officials and “discussed opportunities for collaboration,” according to a White House spokesperson itedd by Politico, “as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling… Continue reading US Government Now Wants Anthropic’s ‘Mythos’, Preparing for AI Cybersecurity Threats
Will some programmers become “AI babysitters”? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google:
“AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer sc… Continue reading Will Some Programmers Become ‘AI Babysitters’?
Anthropic recently “hosted about 15 Christian leaders from Catholic and Protestant churches, academia, and the business world” for a two-day summit , reports the Washington Post:
Anthropic staff sought advice on how to steer Claude’s moral and spirit… Continue reading Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude’s Spiritual Development