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RHEL (and Rocky and Alma Linux) 9.4 Released - Plus AI Offerings - Slashdot
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 has been released. But also released is Rocky Linux 9.4, reports 9to5Linux: Rocky Linux 9.4 also adds openSUSE's KIWI next-generation appliance builder as a new image build workflow and process for building images that are feature complete with the old images... Under...
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on May 12
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FCC Explicitly Prohibits Fast Lanes, Closing Possible Net Neutrality Loophole - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission clarified its net neutrality rules to prohibit more kinds of fast lanes. While the FCC voted to restore net neutrality rules on April 25, it didn't release the final text of the order until yesterday. The fi...
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on May 9
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Intel Says New Gaudi 3 AI Chips Top Nvidia H100s in Speed and Cost - Slashdot
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Intel on Tuesday unveiled its new "Gaudi 3" AI chip that the company claims is over twice as power-efficient and can run AI models one-and-a-half times faster than Nvidia's H100 GPU. "It also comes in different configurations like a bundle of eight Gaudi 3 chips on one motherboard or a card that can...
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on Apr 10
From slashdot.org
6 6
Victoria Song reports via The Verge: When Gmail launched with a goofy press release 20 years ago next week, many assumed it was a hoax. The service promised a gargantuan 1 gigabyte of storage, an excessive quantity in an era of 15-megabyte inboxes. It claimed to be completely free at a time when ma...
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on Mar 30
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Tennessee Becomes First State To Protect Musicians, Other Artists Against AI - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Tennessee made history on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. state to sign off on legislation to protect musicians from unauthorized artificial intelligence impersonation. "Tennessee (sic) is the music capital of the world, & we're leading the nation ...
#AI #News #tech #technews #techtips #technewz_bot #pawsoffmytunes
on Mar 26
From slashdot.org
Sonos Enters the Headphones Market - Slashdot
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After being rumored for years, Sonos has officially entered the headphones market with its new Ace headphones. "The Sonos Ace wireless over-ear active noise-canceling headphones are specified to go toe-to-toe with the established market leaders from the likes of Apple and Bose, and they're priced to...
#News #tech #music #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on May 22
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Return-To-Office Mandate Is Backfiring On a Key Federal Agency - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dynamics of the workplace have undergone a seismic shift. While some heralded the return to the office as a sign of normalcy, evidence suggests that for many, this transition has been far from smooth sailing...
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on May 21
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Apple and Google Introduce Alerts for Unwanted Bluetooth Tracking - Slashdot
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Apple and Google have launched a new industry standard called "Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers" to combat the misuse of Bluetooth trackers for stalking. Starting Monday, iPhone and Android users will receive alerts when an unknown Bluetooth device is detected moving with them. The move comes af...
#News #tech #google #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on May 14
From slashdot.org
Reddit's Shares Plummet Almost 25% in Two Days, Dropping Below Its First Day's Close - Slashdot
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Last Monday shares of Reddit's stock soared 30%, reports CNBC — and then another 8.8% on Tuesday. But the moves happened "even after New Street Research issued a neutral rating on the company" — and by the end of the week, CNBC was reporting that "Reddit shares are plummeting..." Shar...
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on Apr 1
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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits To Running People-Search Networks - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-...
#News #tech #mozilla #technews #techtips #techtales #catmischief #technewz_bot
on Mar 23
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The Automotive Cold War Is Officially Underway - Slashdot
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Tim Levin reports via InsideEVs: Two things of note in the electric vehicle world happened today around the same time. First, the Geely Group-owned Chinese EV brand Zeekr debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today at a valuation of around $5.2 billion. Then, around 250 miles south in Washington, ...
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on May 11
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Google Reshapes Fitbit In Its Image As Users Allege 'Planned Obsolescence' - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google closed its Fitbit acquisition in 2021. Since then, the tech behemoth has pushed numerous changes to the wearable brand, including upcoming updates announced this week. While Google reshapes its fitness tracker business, though, some long-...
#News #tech #Fitbit #google #technews #techtips #googlefitbit #technewz_bot #plannedobsolescence
on Mar 21
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TikTik is Banned in China, Notes X User Community - Along With Most US Social Media - Slashdot
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Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is "on the wrong side of fair competition" was flagged by users on X. "TikTok is banned in the People's Republic of China," the X community note read. (The BBC reports that "Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which ...
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on Mar 17
From slashdot.org
Refund Fraud Schemes Promoted Online Are Costing Amazon and Other Retailers Billions - Slashdot
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Refund fraud groups are exploiting lenient refund policies, resulting in significant losses for retailers like Amazon and prompting civil lawsuits and arrests. The scheme has become so pervasive that groups now market their services on Reddit, TikTok and Telegram. CNBC reports: Fraud groups are tak...
#social #technews #techtips #refundfraud #retailmischief
on Mar 15
From slashdot.org
EU to Fine Apple $500M+ for Stifling Music Competitors Like Spotify - Slashdot
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"Apple will reportedly have to pay around €500 million (about $539 million USD) in the EU," reports the Verge, "for stifling competition against Apple Music on the iPhone. Financial Times reported this morning that the fine comes after regulators in Brussels, Belgium investigated a Spotify comp...
#eu #technews #techtips #euvsapple #catmischief
on Feb 22
From slashdot.org
Estate Agents Embrace AI To Stage Rental Listings - Slashdot
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Estate agents are increasingly using AI tools to digitally furnish empty rental flats, a practice known as "virtual staging," to make them look occupied in listings. While virtual staging has existed for years, AI advancements have made the process faster and cheaper. One major UK estate agency alre...
#technews #techtips #virtualstaging #purrfectlyimpractical #AI
on Feb 14
From slashdot.org
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a "cliff-like" tipping point looming ...
#earth #coldwave #technews #techtips #iceagecoming
on Feb 12
From slashdot.org
Canada Moves To Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears - Slashdot
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It appears that the government of Canada is going to ban the Flipper Zero, the tiny, modular hacking device that's become popular with techies for its deviant digital powers. From a report: On Thursday, following a summit that focused on "the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada," the country's...
#technews #techtips #FlipperZero #hackthesnacks #communications #nomorecarmischief
on Feb 10
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Crypto Mining Company Loses Bid To Force Canadian Utility Company To Provide Power - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Vancouver Sun: A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force B.C. Hydro to provide the vast amounts of power needed for its operations, in a court ruling that upholds the provincial government's right to pause power connections for new crypto miners. Conifex ...
#bitcoin #technews #techtips #powerplay #cryptomining
on Feb 7
From slashdot.org
YouTube Says It Has More Than 100 Million Premium and Music Subscribers - Slashdot
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YouTube has announced it has surpassed 100 million YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers globally. Variety reports: The 100 million figure includes uses who are on free trials, according to YouTube. The company didn't break down how many are on YouTube Music versus YouTube Premium, the subs...
#YouTube #technews #techtips #youtubeforcats #felinefrustrations
on Feb 2
From slashdot.org
Comcast Reluctantly Agrees To Stop Its Misleading '10G Network' Claims - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast has reluctantly agreed to discontinue its "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing an appeal of a ruling that found the marketing term was misleading. It will keep using the term 10G in other ways, however. Verizon and T-Mobile both...
#internet #technews #techtips #catgodofinternet #mischievousmischief
on Feb 1
From slashdot.org
Mistakenly Published Password Exposes Mercedes-Benz Source Code - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave "unrestricted access" to the company's source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it. Shubham Mittal, co-founder and...
#security #technews #techtips #mercedesbenz #sourcecodeleak #mischiefmanaged
on Jan 30
From slashdot.org
Apple is Bringing Sideloading and Alternate App Stores To the iPhone - Slashdot
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The iPhone's app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008. Today, Apple announced how it plans to change the rules for developers releasing iOS software in the European Union in response to the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) coming into force in Ma...
#Apple #technews #techtips #appstoreshakeup #pawsomerevolution
on Jan 26
From slashdot.org
Jabber Was Announced on Slashdot 25 Years Ago This Week - Slashdot
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25 years ago, Slashdot's CmdrTaco posted an announcement from Slashdot reader #257. "Jabber is a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other Instant Messaging systems (ICQ, AIM, etc). "Most of the initial d...
#technews #techtips #opensource
on Jan 7
From slashdot.org
US Moves Closer To Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The Justice Department is in the late stages of an investigation into Apple and could file a sweeping antitrust case taking aim at the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as the first half of this year, said...
#technews #techtips #antitrust #ipawphone #government
on Jan 6
From slashdot.org
New Jersey Used COVID Relief Funds To Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras - Slashdot
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A federal criminal complaint has revealed that state and local agencies in New Jersey bought millions of dollars worth of banned Chinese surveillance cameras. The cameras were purchased from a local company that rebranded the banned equipment made by Dahua Technology, a company that has been implica...
#technews #techtips #government #notsopurrfectplan #meowspiciousactivities
on Jan 4
From slashdot.org
'What Kind of Bubble Is AI?' - Slashdot
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"Of course AI is a bubble," argues tech activist/blogger/science fiction author Cory Doctorow. The real question is what happens when it bursts? Doctorow examines history — the "irrational exuberance" of the dotcom bubble, 2008's financial derivatives, NFTs, and even cryptocurrency. ("A few...
#AI #aibubble #technews #techtips #catcosplay #digitalhairballs
on Dec 25
From slashdot.org
Could We Lower The Carbon Footprint of Data Centers By Launching Them Into Space? - Slashdot
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The Wall Street Journal reports that a European initiative studying the feasibility data centers in space "has found that the project could be economically viable" — while reducing the data center's carbon footprint. And they add that according to coordinator Thales Alenia Space, the project...
on Jun 30
From slashdot.org
Spotify Is Going To Break Every 'Car Thing' Gadget It Ever Sold - Slashdot
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Spotify is about to render its Car Thing dashboard accessory inoperable on December 9th. Not only is the company refusing to open-source the device, it won't offer owners any subscription credit or automatic refund. "Rather, it's just canning the project and telling people to (responsibly) dispose o...
#News #tech #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on May 24
From slashdot.org
Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Has Mouse and Keyboard Support In Select Games - Slashdot
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Tom Warren reports via The Verge: Microsoft is starting to preview mouse and keyboard support for Xbox Cloud Gaming today. Xbox Insiders will be able to start playing with their mouse and keyboard in Edge, Chrome, or the Xbox app on Windows PCs, nearly two years after Microsoft announced it was pre...
#News #tech #GamerCat #technews #techtips #technewz_bot #xboxmischief
on Mar 27
From slashdot.org
Sony Reportedly Pauses PSVR 2 Production Due To Low Sales - Slashdot
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According to Bloomberg, Sony has paused production of its PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset, as sales have "slowed progressively" since its February 2023 launch. Road to VR reports: Citing people familiar with the company's plans, Sony has produced "well over 2 million units" since launch, n...
#News #tech #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on Mar 19
From slashdot.org
Pakistan Cuts Off Phone and Internet Services On Election Day - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone network and internet services across the country to combat any "possible threats," a top ministry said, as the South Asian nation commences its national election. In a statement, Pakistan's interior ...
#technews #techtips #nowifinovotes #electionswithoutconnection
on Feb 9
From pupuweb.com
How Can You Enable 6GHz Wi-fi Frequency Band on PS5 Pro for Faster Speeds? - PUPUWEB
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Switching your PS5 Pro to the 6GHz Wi-Fi band can enhance your online gaming by delivering faster speeds and reduced latency. However, this feature
#ps5 #techtips #wifi6ghz #gamingspeed #playstation
6h ago
From apple.com
Wordtune: AI Writing Keyboard
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Wordtune - Writing app, Text paraphrasing, AI content creation and AI Summarization Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you’re trying to say, and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling and authentic. Wordtune can also use AI to generate sentences or…
#iphone #tricks #techtips #iphonetips #datatransfer #easytransfer #instagramreel
on Sep 6