Collaborate Disseminate
California-based Karman Industries “says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket engine technology to rein in the environmental impact of data centers,” reports the Los Angeles Times, “chilling them with less space, less power and no … Continue reading Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
Brax Technologies just announced “a privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets” called open_slate that can double as a consumer tablet and a Linux-capable workstation on ARM.
Earlier Brax Technologies built the privacy-focused smartphone BraX… Continue reading New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet ‘Open Slate’ Announced by Brax Technologies
KDE’s “Plasma Login Manager” is apparently dropping support for FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, reports the blog It’s FOSS. They cite a recently-accepted merge request from a KDE engineer to drop the code supporting FreeBSD, since the login ma… Continue reading KDE’s ‘Plasma Login Manager’ Stops Supporting FreeBSD – Because Systemd
Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone ) writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-b… Continue reading Washington State May Mandate ‘Firearm Blueprint Detection Algorithms’ For 3D Printers
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge:
In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed [which appears on the leftm… Continue reading Google Discover Replaces News Headlines With Sometimes Inaccurate AI-Generated Alternatives
Can Aircela’s machine “create gasoline using little more than electricity and the air that we breathe”? Jalopnik reports…
The Aircela machine works through a three-step process. It captures carbon dioxide directly from the air… The machine also … Continue reading Gasoline Out of Thin Air? It’s a Reality!
Richard Stallman spoke Friday at Atlanta’s Georgia Institute of Technology, continuing his activism for free software while also addressing today’s new technologies.
Speaking about AI, Stallman warned that “nowadays, people often use the term artific… Continue reading Richard Stallman Critiques AI, Connected Cars, Smartphones, and DRM
Newsweek reports on how the U.S. Congress is debating “kill switch” technology for vehicles, “which would be able to monitor diver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene…”
“While the technology is not yet a legal requiremen… Continue reading US Congress Fails to Repeal ‘Kill Switch’ for Cars Mandate
The “NexDock” (from Nex Computer) already turns your phone into a laptop workstation. Purism chose it as the docking station for their Librem 5 phones.
But now Nex is offering its own smartphone “that runs Android 16, launches Debian, and dual-boots … Continue reading The Android ‘NexPhone’: Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 – and Transforms Into a Workstation
Small modular nuclear reactors (or SMRs) are touted as “cheaper, safer, faster to build and easier to finance” than conventional nuclear reactors, reports CNN. Amazon has invested in X-Energy, and earlier this month, Meta announced a deal with Oklo, an… Continue reading The Case Against Small Modular Nuclear Reactors