Myanmar"s Junta Rolls Out Chinese Camera Surveillance Systems in More Cities
Myanmar's junta government is installing Chinese-built cameras with facial recognition capabilities in more cities across the country, Reuters reported Monday, citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter. From the report: In tenders to p.....»»
The Three Reasons Why Elon Musk Called Off His Acquisition of Twitter
Elon Musk just tweeted a picture of himself laughing — along with a caption he'd apparently added himself. "They said I couldn't buy Twitter. Then they wouldn't disclose bot info. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court. Now they ha.....»»
What Makes Workers "Thrive"? Microsoft Study Suggests Shorter Workweeks and Less Collaboration
Microsoft describes "thriving" at work as being "energized and empowered to do meaningful work." So Microsoft's "people analytics" chief and its "culture measurements" director teamed up for a report in Harvard Business Review exploring "as we ente.....»»
Efforts to Acquire Pegasus Spyware"s Company Backed by US Spies, Says Stingray Maker
The New York Times describes Pegasus as "a 'zero-click' hacking tool that can remotely extract everything from a target's mobile phone [and] turn the mobile phone into a tracking and recording device." But they also report that the tool's "notorious".....»»
"I"m CEO of a Robotics Company, and I Believe AI"s Failed on Many Fronts"
"Aside from drawing photo-realistic images and holding seemingly sentient conversations, AI has failed on many promises," writes the cofounder and CEO of Serve Robotics: The resulting rise in AI skepticism leaves us with a choice: We can become too c.....»»
"Toward a Future We Want to Live In" - EFF Celebrates 32nd Birthday
"Today at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, we're celebrating 32 years of fighting for technology users around the world," reads a new announcement posted at EFF.org: If you were online back in the 90s, you might remember that it was pretty wild......»»
Six Ground-Breaking New Linux Laptops Released in the Last Two Weeks
In the last two weeks six new Linux laptops have hit the market (or were announced). "The Linux hardware scene is getting better by the day," writes the site FOSS Weekly: Star Labs teases its new StarFighter Linux Laptop with a 4K (10-bit IPS) disp.....»»
Is Amazon"s AWS Quietly Getting Better at Contributing to Open Source?
"If I want AWS to ignore me completely all I have to do is open a pull request against one of their repositories," quipped cloud economist Corey Quinn in April, while also complaining that the real problem is "how they consistently and in my opinion.....»»
"Hit the Kill Switch": How Uber Used Covert Tech to Thwart Government Raids
The Washington Post shares details from "a trove of more than 124,000 previously undisclosed Uber records." For example, in 2015 Uber CEO Travis Kalanick often pulled an emergency kill switch on its data — that is, "ordered the computer systems.....»»
Record-Setting Quantum Entanglement Connects Two Atoms Across 20 Miles
Researchers from two Germany universities 'have demonstrated quantum entanglement of two atoms separated by 33 km (20.5 miles) of fiber optics," reports New Atlas. Besides being a new distance record, "The team says this is an important step on the.....»»
UK"s National Grid Plans £54B Wind-Power Network Upgrade
"There are now more than 11,000 wind turbines on and offshore, which produce nearly a quarter of the UK's electricity," reports the BBC. But rather than rely on future windfarms to build their own connections to the grid, the country's national grid.....»»
Meet Bun, a Speedy New JavaScript Runtime
Bun is "a modern JavaScript runtime like Node or Deno," according to its newly-launched web site, "built from scratch to focus on three main things." - Start fast (it has the edge in mind). - New levels of performance (extending JavaScriptCore, the.....»»
American Factories Are Making Stuff Again As CEOs Take Production Out of China
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a (paywalled) article from Bloomberg: There has been a sense in financial circles that the fever among American executives to shorten supply lines and bring production back home would prove short-lived. As soo.....»»
What Happened to the Teen Who Stole $23.8M in Cryptocurrency?
15-year-old Ellis Pinsky stole $23.8 million worth of cryptocurrency — and his life was never the same. For example, Rolling Stone reports, in his last year of high school, "Four men wearing ski masks and gloves, armed with knives, rope, brass.....»»
Plant-Based Meat: By Far the Best Climate Investment, Report Finds
An anonymous reader shares this article from WION: A report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has revealed that investments in plant-based meat alternatives lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments. The.....»»
Microsoft Office Tries Tempting with a $39.99 "Lifetime License"`
From the world of proprietary software comes this report by Popular Science. "Despite the increasing number of more economical options (read also: free) on the market, many people still prefer Microsoft Office over the alternatives available..." "T.....»»
Climate Change Goals Bring New Embrace of Nuclear Power (and Gas in EU)
"Lawmakers in the European Union voted to include nuclear power and natural gas in the bloc's list of investments deemed sustainable," reports the Wall Street Journal, in a move the EU hopes leads to greater funding for a transition away from coal:.....»»
Japan"s KDDI Mobile Service Criticized After 86-Hour Failure Last Weekend
Earlier this week, long-time Slashdot reader ThinkPad760 wrote: How is this not news everywhere? KDDI, Japan's 2nd largest mobile phone provider and carrier to multiple critical government agencies — including the weather service — fai.....»»
Mexico"s President Plans to End Daylight Saving Time
"Mexico's president submitted a bill Tuesday to end daylight saving time, putting an end to the practice of changing clocks twice a year," reports the Associated Press: Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer said Mexico should return to "God's clock," or sta.....»»
What"s Next for Twitter?
Elon Musk no longer wants to buy Twitter, which now will "pursue legal action" simply to "enforce" their planned merger agreement, according to the company's chairman. But however that plays out, Twitter is now in a worst-case scenario, one Wall S.....»»