Russians are downloading Wikipedia en masse as possible ban looms
Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is now entering its fourth week with no end in sight. Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions, the country has largely been cut off from the West as a result – whether it be through sanctions a.....»»
Telescope in Chile captures a doomed galaxy falling into the heart of the Fornax Cluster
The Fornax Cluster—which, as the name suggests, lies primarily in the constellation Fornax (the Furnace)—is a relatively nearby galaxy cluster, only about 60 million light-years from Earth. This means that it looms large in the night sky, stretch.....»»
COVID disrupts aluminum capacitor supply in SE Asia
On top of the global shortage of semiconductors, passive components are also seeing undersupply as COVID looms large in Southeast Asia, where suppliers are forced to manufacture at lower capacity......»»
Steam could soon let you play games while they"re downloading
As spotted by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik, United States Patent 11123634 was filed by Valve in March and published yesterday. It describes a Steam mechanic called "instant play" that would allow users to start playing a game as soon as it starts do.....»»
Former Loki Developer Jerryrigs a Multiplayer Zork, Available Via Telnet
Programmer Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a former employee at Loki Software, one of the first companies to port videogames from Microsoft Windows to Linux, according to his Wikipedia page. He's still hosting many Loki software projects at.....»»
Manufacturing the nanoparticle ingredient for Australian-made COVID tests
As Australia's national COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues and the threat of new and existing global variants looms, rapid testing remains essential for identification, contact tracing and containment of infection......»»
Thousands of Wikipedia Pages Vandalized With Giant Swastikas
Early Monday morning, the Wikipedia pages for a slew of celebrities, writers, and political figures were replaced by full-page spreads of black and white swastikas on a bright red background. The vandalism was reversed within minutes of being noticed.....»»
Activist Raided By London Police After Downloading Docs Found On Google Search
A man who viewed documents online for a controversial London property development and shared them on social media was raided by police after developers claimed there had been a break-in to their systems. The Register reports: The raid by four Metropo.....»»
Russians tried—and failed—to smear vaccines with weak Planet of the Apes memes
The network was linked to Fazze, a marketing firm run out of Russia. Enlarge / American actor Charlton Heston as stranded astronaut George Taylor in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes. (credit: Getty | Silver Screen Collection) Facebook has remo.....»»
Equity Monday: Apple’s privacy flap continues as crypto regulation looms
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, dig.....»»
YouTube’s “Premium Lite” trial offers ad-free YouTube for €7 a month
YouTube unbundles music features from the Premium plan in Europe. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images) YouTube Premium is $12 a month, and the service offers ad-free videos, background play on phones, and downloading videos (both for YouTu.....»»
US Justice Department Says Russians Hacked Its Federal Prosecutors
In January America's federal Justice Department said there was no evidence that Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds breach had accessed classified systems, remembers the Associated Press. But today? The department said 80% of Microsoft emai.....»»
Kaspersky Warns Fake Windows 11 Installers Are Spreading Malware
Long-time Slashdot reader Ammalgam writes: If you're planning to install Windows 11, you should make sure you download it from official sources. This is because, people who are using pirated or fake methods to get Windows 11 are also downloading malw.....»»
10 Things to Do Before Installing iPadOS 14.7
10 Things to Do Before Installing iPadOS 14.7 is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile. Downloading Apple’s new iPadOS 14.7 update might be tempting, but there are some steps you should take before you move your device to the company’.....»»
New Hutter Prize Winner Achieves Milestone for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge
Since 2006 Baldrson (Slashdot reader #78,598) has been part of the team verifying "The Hutter Prize for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge," an ongoing challenge to compress a 100-MB excerpt of Wikipedia (approximately the amount a human can rea.....»»
The 7 best Netflix VPNs to binge-watch your favorite shows
It can be frustrating not to be able to access specific content on Netflix if you live in a different country, but by downloading some of the best Netflix VPN, you can remedy that problem......»»
Stream-Ripping Can Be Perfectly Legal, French Ministry of Culture Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Downloading music via stream-ripping tools can be perfectly legal, the French Ministry of Culture has confirmed. The resulting copies fall under the private copying exemption. However, this only.....»»
Android 12 Will Let You Play Games Before They Finish Downloading
At its Game Developer Summit today, Google announced a new feature for Android game developers that will let users play games before all the game's assets have been downloaded. TechCrunch reports: On average, modern games are likely the largest apps.....»»
Android 12 will let users play games as they’re downloading
Google released details on the new play-as-you-download feature coming to Android 12's Google Playstore titles......»»
Android 12 will let you play games before they finish downloading
At its Game Developer Summit, Google today announced a new feature for Android game developers today that will speed up the time from starting a download in the Google Play store to the game launching by almost 2x — at least on Android 12 devic.....»»
South Korea has fastest 5G downloading speed among 8 Asia Pacific markets, says report
South Korea has the fastest downloading speed of 5G services at 380.5Mbps among eight key markets in Asia Pacific, followed by Taiwan, Australia and Japan, while Thailand is at the bottom with 122.5Mbps, according to Opensignal......»»