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Pollsters confounded by 50.4% support for e-IDs after forecasting stronger support for ‘yes’ vote

The editors of the culture magazine n + 1 decry the "well-funded upheaval" caused by a large and powerful coalition of pro-AI forces. ("According to the logic of market share as social transformation, if you move fast and break enough things, nothing can contain you...") "An extraordinary amount o...

For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...

ByteDance will maintain operations of the commercial functions of TikTok’s U.S. business such as advertising and e-commerce, while the new U.S. TikTok joint venture recently unveiled by President Donald Trump will manage the app’s data and algorithm in the U.S., Reuters and Chinese media outlet Caixin reported. TikTok’s existing U.S. unit, which is wholly owned by ByteDance, will continue to

Apple has begun working on its iOS 26.0.1 update, and per a private account on X with a proven track record, a number of fixes are en route.

Researchers have discovered major Tile security flaws that could let both the company itself and a tech-savvy stalker track your...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked imports of spices this week from an Indonesian company amid widespread worries of radioactive contamination.

Multilink PPP worked well on an era-appropriate Windows XP PC, after progress using an earlier Windows ME box stalled.

Experience classic operating systems like Windows 98, XP, and ReactOS directly in your browser. No downloads required - powered by WebAssembly.

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp says America's Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Tableau (Salesforce's visual analytics platform) — for a patent covering "Data Processing For Visualizing Hierarchical Data": "A provided data model may include a tree specification th...

Even by the standards of one of the most prodigious dealmakers in tech, the past month or so has been a head-spinning one for Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Just in September, Nvidia agreed to buy any unused Nvidia graphics processing units that cloud provider CoreWeave doesn’t sell to other customers ...

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Apple should release its internal ChatGPT-like app publicly to give its revamped AI system more credibility. Also: New MacBooks and external Mac monitors get closer; more on the iPhone 17 Pro’s “scratchgate” controversy; and Tim Cook’s latest memo to employees.

According to the latest edition of the Power On newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a few key Apple products are...

President Donald Trump has called on Microsoft to fire its head of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, over her ties to the Democratic Party. In a rambling post on Truth Social, Trump claimed Monaco was a “menace to U.S. National Security” and cited “the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government.” He said Microsoft should “immediately terminate” Monaco’s employment. It’s

The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each one, according to three people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to drive companies to shift manufacturing to the United States.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Renewable energy sources could power datacenters at a lower cost than relying on nuclear generation from small modular reactors (SMRs), claims a recently revealed study. ... [A]nalysis from the Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) says it would cost 43 per...

A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.

Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a new essay, he calls this approach "pure fantasy thinking."

Meta is making humanoid robots its next massive "AR-sized bet," investing billions into a project led by top roboticists. The focus will be less on hardware and more on software dexterity, aiming to license its robotics platform to manufacturers much like Google licenses Android. The Verge reports: ...

“I suppose if we do it and thousands of fans… don’t like it, we’ll stop doing it.”…

Amazon’s fall hardware event is scheduled for September 30th, and the company has already teased new Echos and a new color Kindle. Here’s what to expect from the show.

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

The company claimed it suffered 'ongoing financial and reputational harm.'

Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week…

After four years of deliberation, the National Labor Relations Board has figured out that a company CEO not wanting employees to leak company secrets, isn't a violation of federal labor laws.

The $14 billion valuation that the Trump administration has estimated for TikTok’s US business falls well below projections, surprising investors who say a deal at that price would be a bargain for potential buyers including Larry Ellison’s Oracle Corp. and partner Silver Lake Management LLC.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a new requirement for all working adults in the country to carry a digital identification.

The bombshell announcement sparked reactions and debate from finance pros across social media.