1.5 million Pentagon workers now use GenAI.mil as Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael encourages its use.

The Wall Street Journal reports on internet-connected devices and how every year millions of them "can contain a secret digital backdoor that opens up access to your home internet, so that anyone... can surf the web as if they were you." (And this is especially true for "knockoffs that you buy online"...) In a video report this week they tested two digital picture frames from Amazon and three streaming devices from Walmart "because we heard that they often ship with backdoor software used in ..

If we are witnessing a profound shift in the online space, how will it reshape our relationship with it? Technology and AI editor Zoe Kleinman writes.

An AI company is sending free cleaners door-to-door in a bid to train the robots it hopes one day will replace them.

This week OpenAI announced a 750-task test to to measure "whether AI systems can support realistic life science research tasks, not just answer biology questions." But while OpenAI's top-performing GPT-Rosalind model led the rankings, Slashdot reader BrianFagioli notes that "it achieved a pass rate of just 36.1 percent, failing nearly two-thirds of benchmark tasks." Nerds.xyz points out that means "the best-performing model failed nearly two-thirds of the benchmark's tasks." The benchmark also ..

Long-time Slashdot reader smooth wombat writes: Alan Turing, one of the more famous people who worked at Bletchley Park to decipher the German Enigma coding machine, was also working on a separate project. His private papers, known as the Bayley papers for his assistant Donald Bayley who held onto the papers until his death in 2020, reveal Turning had produced a working model of a portable voice encryption device. He even demonstrated it by using a Winston Churchill speech recording. "Weighing ..

Chinese researchers created a digital twin optical computing framework allowing AI training, optimization, and validation before deployment on hardware.

Long-time tech pundit Robert Cringely started his career at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab back in 1978. Last month 73-year-old Cringely explained why his site went on a two-year hiatus and it's not just because of a heart attack and a stroke last July: Just like everyone else, I've been busy all this time on Artificial Intelligence, founding with two partners a company called 2Brains... The work we were doing together is unfinished, but it's not stopped. The patents are filed, the ..

Samsung recently released the third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series smartphones, which are currently the only smartphones eligible for the One UI 9 beta program. However, the Korean brand is already working on One UI 9 for the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy A16 5G, Galaxy A17 5G, Galaxy A34, Galaxy A57, and the unannounced Galaxy S26 FE, and it has now begun testing One UI 9 for even more Galaxy smartphones. [#InlinePriceWidget,13826,1#] Samsung has started testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z ..

Researchers warn AI capabilities are advancing faster than human understanding, creating growing concerns about oversight, transparency, and control.

The space agency shared footage of tests with its Ernest prototype rover.

CNBC reports: Waymo is recalling almost 3,900 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues after some cars drove into freeway construction zones, according to notices filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The voluntary recall, the Alphabet-owned company's second in just over a month, followed 13 known incidents where Waymo robotaxis drove into construction zones on freeways in Phoenix, or entered freeway lanes with active construction in the San Francisco area, the ..

Micro Center is now selling some of its bundles on Amazon, including this 9800X3D combo that gives you an excellent motherboard and fast RAM without breaking the bank.

Microsoft is ending support for Office 2021 in October. Here's what that means, and what your options are.

Launcher V2 will go through a private beta before a public release.

CNN reports: An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning is suspected to be the work of hackers, the Brazilian government said. Devices lit up with the word "misantropi4," an alphanumeric spelling of the Portuguese word "misantropia," which in English translates to "misanthropy". The final letter "a" was substituted with a number '4' a practice often used by hackers and termed "leetspeak.". The alert ..

NASA mission to save a falling space telescope is ready to launch.

The rising cost of RAM has led to Nothing scrapping the next CMF Phone.

The WD Black SN7100 stands out for its high-end performance, low operating temperatures, and impressive efficiency. It is one of the few PCIe 4.0 SSDs that can compete with flagship drives while consuming noticeably less power.

Rapid KL is now making its monthly unlimited ride pass accessible to more users. Besides the My50 Travel Pass, they have introduced Rapid Bulanan Pass at RM150 per month, which is applicable to non-Malaysians. For ease of activation without the need to queue at the counter, users can activate the Rapid Bulanan Pass on their []

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has published over 800 technical standards over the years (as a professional association for the media and entertainment industry). But this week SMPTE "announced that its complete Standards catalog, the technical backbone behind everything from SDI and timecode to IP-based broadcast workflows, is now freely available to anyone in the global media technology community," reports the filmmaking news site CineD, arguing it's "one of the more ..

Motorola launched the Edge 70 Fusion in March, and so far it's been available in India with up to 256GB of storage. Now, however, the company has announced a new variant which pairs 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage. [#InlinePriceWidget,14432,1#] The price for the new model is INR 36,999, which translates into about $391 at the current exchange rate. You can pick one up from Motorolas online store in Pantone Silhouette, Pantone Blue Surf, or Pantone Orient Blue. The other specs have of course ..

The crash reportedly happened on an airstrip near the western coast of France on June 19.

Ars Technica's senior security editor reports: Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers. The company named the worm Crypto Clipper because it monitors the contents of device clipboards for patterns consistent with wallet addresses or seed phrases. When found, the malware also takes five screenshots over a 10-second period... "The execution of this ..

Once you remove lockscreen ads and toggle on book covers, here's what else you can do to customize your Kindle's screensaver.

Asus' ROG GM700 is a great prebuilt, packing powerful components for a solid price without compromising on the details. It just happens to look nice, too, if you're into the gamer aesthetic.

Google and the University of California, San Diego transformed retired Pixel smartphones into computing clusters, exploring lower-cost data center alternatives while reducing electronic waste.

Featuring a precision steel build plate, wireless printing support, and excellent print quality, the Anycubic Photon P1 is now available with a dual- color material kit at its lowest advertised price yet.

Beijing says the Space Computing Industry Innovation Center will bring together rocket and satellite manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and AI labs to develop a space-based data center system.

The Free Software Foundation's GNU Savannah hosts thousands of free software projects both GNU and non-GNU projects, including Drupal. But in early May, security researchers from Hacktron.AI reported vulnerabilities and demonstrated an exploit, according to a new statement Friday from the FSF: We have been working with these researchers since their initial report, and have also addressed additional security issues they submitted. All reported issues have been patched thanks to the hard work of ..

VP Eric Brandwine explains people aren't all that great, actually

We just witnessed a significant semiconductor industry related non-cash trade deal take place on Twitter/X.

A developer has created a Chromium browser-based tool that turns Valve's second-gen Steam Controller into a self-propelled RC car.

Car buyers love Android Auto. Automakers? Not so much.

Norway is taking steps to limit how generative AI can be used in schools from the start of the next school year.

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Beer-based buffoonery during football matches poses a serious risk to your smartphone here's which beverages are the most hazardous.

Shadowbyt3$ is asking for $2 million in exchange for the data, but Nintendo seemingly turned the offer down.

Open Notebook works a lot like NotebookLM, but it can hook up to both cloud and local AI models.