Collaborate Disseminate
The best part about retro computing is the idea that you’ll save some poor system from being scrapped and revive it to a working state, at which point you can …read more Continue reading Reviving a Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX
“Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper,” writes EFF senior policy analyst Joe Mullin.
“That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months.”
The Internet Archive &m… Continue reading EFF Tells Publishers: Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase The Historical Record
13 million people live in Moscow, reports CNN.
But since early March the city “has experienced internet and mobile service outages on a level previously unseen.” (Though Wi-Fi access to the internet is still available…) Russian social media “is fl… Continue reading Millions Face Mobile Internet Outages in Moscow. ‘Digital Crackdown’ Feared
“Juicier steaks could soon be served up after barley was given the go-ahead to become Britain’s first gene-edited crop,” reports the Telegraph:
In an effort to fatten up cows and get them to market faster, scientists have altered the DNA of Golden Prom… Continue reading Juicier Steaks Soon? The UK Approves Testing of Gene-Edited Cow Feed
We’re used to electronic parts of the same type staying predictably the same, sometimes over many years. An early Z80 from the mid 1970s can be exchanged with one from …read more Continue reading ESP32: When Is A P4 A P4, But Not The P4 You Thought It Was
China’s orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN.
But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there’s not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Stati… Continue reading Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?
ReactOS aims to be compatible with programs and drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows.
And Slashdot reader jeditobe reports that the project has now “announced significant progress in achieving compatibility… Continue reading Intel, NVIDIA, AMD GPU Drivers Finally Play Nice With ReactOS
Microsoft has promised to fix Windows. But there’s also a lot left unsaid, and it’s there, in the shadows, where the truth lives.
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Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: According to the research firm Gartner, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would prefer to do business with brands that avoid using GenAI in consumer facing content such as advertising and promotional messaging.
The su… Continue reading 50% of Consumers Prefer Brands That Avoid GenAI Content
For better or worse, there are a few instruments that have been pigeonholed into specific genres of popular music. For example, banjos are often heard in bluegrass or folk, harmonicas …read more Continue reading Analog Siren for Psychedelic Soundscapes