Collaborate Disseminate
A start-up called Reflect Orbital “proposes to use large, mirrored satellites to redirect sunlight to Earth at night,” reports the Washington Post, “with plans to bathe solar farms, industrial sites and even entire cities in light that could, if desire… Continue reading Startup Plans April Launch for a Satellite to Reflect Sunlight to Earth at Night
“In August 2025, TypeScript surpassed both Python and JavaScript to become the most-used language on GitHub for the first time ever…” writes GitHub’s senior developer advocate.
They point to this as proof that “AI isn’t just speeding up coding. It’… Continue reading Is AI Impacting Which Programming Language Projects Use?
“A surprisingly ravenous black hole from the dawn of the universe is breaking two big rules,” reports Live Science. “It’s not only exceeding the ‘speed limit’ of black hole growth but also generating extreme X-ray and radio wave emissions — two f… Continue reading Rule-Breaking Black Hole Growing At 13x the Cosmic ‘Speed Limit’ Challenges Theories
When one company asked job applicants to submit a video where they answer a question, most of the 300 responses were “eerily similar,” reports the Washington Post (with a company executive saying it was “abundantly clear” they’d used AI.)
Job seekers … Continue reading Should Job-Seekers Stop Using AI to Write Their Resumes?
This week Raspberry Pi saw its stock price surge more than 60% above its early-February low (before giving up some gains at the end of the week). Reuters notes the rise started when CEO Eben Upton bought 13,224 pounds worth of shares — but there … Continue reading Raspberry Pi Stock Rises Over Its Possible Use With OpenClaw’s AI Agents
Russia’s domestic intelligence agency claimed Saturday that Ukraine can obtain sensitive information from troops using the Telegram app on the front line, reports Bloomberg. The fact that the claims were made through Russia’s state-operated news outlet… Continue reading Telegram Disputes Russia’s Claim Its Encryption Was Compromised
Fossil fuels produce NO2, which is linked to asthma attacks, bronchitis, and higher risks of heart disease and stroke, according the EV news site Electrek. But the nonprofit news site Grist.org notes a new analysis showing that those emissions decrease… Continue reading EVs Are Already Making Your Air Cleaner, Research Shows
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
Jeopardy time. A. This company spurred CEOs to make huge speculative capital expenditures based on wild unverified claims of future demand, resulting in the layoffs of tens of thousands of workers to reduce the… Continue reading Long Before Tech CEOs Turned To Layoffs To Cover AI Expenses, There Was WorldCom
Google and Microsoft contributed $5 million to launch Alpha-Omega in 2022 — a Linux Foundation project to help secure the open source supply chain. But its co-founder Michael Winser warns that open source registries are in financial peril, report… Continue reading ‘Open Source Registries Don’t Have Enough Money To Implement Basic Security’
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot writes: Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can not only skitter about on its fingertips, it can also bend its fingers backward, connect and disconnect from a robotic arm, and pick up and carry one or mo… Continue reading Researchers Develop Detachable Crawling Robotic Hand