Collaborate Disseminate
It’s “the first time in seven years that a new Star Wars film has launched on the big screen,” writes CNBC. And Variety notes it’s expected to earn $102 million through Monday:
[B]ox office analysts are mixed on the results. On one hand, it’s signific… Continue reading Disney’s ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Opens to ‘Mixed’ Box Office Results
Apple just registered a new subdomain record: genai.apple.com.
The domain was spotted by a MacRumors contributing researcher, and though it doesn’t yet lead to a live web page, they believe it’s tied to Apple’s annual developers conference WWDC whic… Continue reading Apple Preparing New ‘Gen AI’ Website Ahead of WWDC — and New AI Features?
Last month saw a world first, reports Electrek. Wind and solar generated more power globally than gas:
According to new analysis from independent energy think tank Ember, wind and solar produced 22% of the world’s electricity in April 2026, compared t… Continue reading Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Gas Globally in April
“For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts,” TechCrunch reports:
[The scammers] have been able to … Continue reading Scammers Are Abusing an Internal Microsoft Account to Send Spam Links
The It’s FOSS blog has news about the Linux Vendor Firmware Service, which gives hardware vendors a secure portal to upload firmware updates “which can then be downloaded and installed by users through clients such as GNOME Software or fwupdmgr.” (Orig… Continue reading Lenovo, Dell, and HP Financially Support Linux Vendor Firmware Service
Developers for several top videogames have joined unions under the Communication Workers of America — including Call of Duty, Fallout, Overwatch, Diablo and World of Warcraft. Last month workers on the online game Magic: The Gathering Arena team … Continue reading More Videogames Developers Consider Unionization – Some Spurred By Changes to Remote Work Policies
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in shared content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure to hide connections to malicious domains. Researchers say the vulnerability could impact roughly 88 million domains … Continue reading ‘Underminr’ CDN Vulnerability Hides Malicious Traffic Behind Trusted Domains
Tesla’s upcoming Cybercab “has been certified at 165 Wh/mi,” reports Electrek — which makes it “the most efficient electric vehicle ever produced — by a wide margin.”
The next most efficient EV on the market, the Lucid Air Pure, consumes … Continue reading Tesla’s Electric Cybercab is Certified as the Most Efficient EV Ever
Linus Torvalds spoke this week at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America, reports ZDNet — and described how AI is impacting Linux kernel development:
“In the last six months, we’ve seen a lot more commits,” Torvalds noted, estim… Continue reading Linus Torvalds on How AI is Impacting the Hunt for Linux Kernel Bugs
A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the U.S. House of Representative, reports California news station KCRA:
A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the House, reigniting an age-old American debat… Continue reading Is America Closer to Ending Daylight Saving Time?