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Japanese electronics manufacturer Sanwa Supply has launched a rotating USB-C cable capable of 240W power delivery but sadly USB 2.0 transfer speeds, Tom’sHardware reports. The $16 cable features a 360-degree rotating connector and is available in 1-met… Continue reading Japanese Firm’s USB-C Cable Rotates 360 Degrees
Framework has announced a $39 Dual M.2 Adapter for its Laptop 16, enabling users to add two additional M.2 slots to the laptop’s expansion bay. The new component allows for up to 26TB of total storage when combined with the laptop’s existing SSD slots,… Continue reading Framework Unveils $39 Storage Expansion Module
WordPress co-founder and CEO of Automattic Matt Mullenweg is trolling contributors and users of the WordPress open-source project by requiring them to check a box that says “Pineapple is delicious on pizza.” From a report: The change was spotted by Wor… Continue reading To Log Into WordPress, You Now Have To Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good
“Envy the lumberjacks, for they perform the happiest, most meaningful work on earth,” the Washington Post wrote almost two years ago, after analyzing more than 13,000 journals from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ time-use survey. (For the first ti… Continue reading Study Finds Most Fulfilling Jobs: Self-Employment, Government Work, Managing, and Social Service
An anonymous reader shares a report: ChatGPT users have spotted an unusual glitch that prevents the AI chatbot from saying the name ‘David Mayer.’ OpenAI’s hugely popular AI tool responds to requests to write the name with an error message, stating: “I… Continue reading ChatGPT Refuses To Say One Specific Name
A firmware update has left QNAP network-attached storage device owners unable to access their systems, with standard reset procedures failing to resolve the issue.
The problematic update, QTS 5.2.2.2950 build 20241114, was released last week before b… Continue reading QNAP NAS Users Locked Out After Firmware Update Snafu
Long-time Slashdot reader DesScorp writes:
The Washingtonian magazine reports that yet another company is ending most remote work for its employees. The Post’s previous policy from 2022 until now had been 3 days in office, 2 days remote. The employee … Continue reading Washington Post Employees Ordered Back To the Office
An anonymous reader shares a report: In October, video game giant Activision said it had fixed a bug in its anti-cheat system that affected “a small number of legitimate player accounts,” who were getting banned because of the bug. In reality, accordin… Continue reading Hacker Says They Banned ‘Thousands’ of Call of Duty Gamers By Abusing Anti-Cheat Flaw
Five years ago remote workers were offered $10,0000 to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma for at least a year. Since then roughly 3,300 have accepted the offer, according to the New York TImes. [Alternate URL here.] But more importantly, now researchers are looki… Continue reading What Happened After Remote Workers Were Offered $10,000 to Move to Tulsa?
After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings — and many of those clients aren’t happy. Ars… Continue reading 300% Price Hikes Push Disgruntled VMware Customers Toward Broadcom Rivals