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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an opinion piece from the Washington Post, written by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger: NextEra Energy, a Florida-based utility company, has filed paperwork to buy Dominion Energy for about $67 billion, creating the largest regulated electric utility in the world. Virginia's State Corporation Commission is the regulatory body tasked with reviewing the application, and the SCC's commissioners will ultimately decide whether to approve, deny or impose ..

The National Rural Water Association has partnered with DEF CON Franklin to launch the Water Watch Center, which will provide threat intelligence and cybersecurity services to smaller U.S. water utilities serving fewer than 10,000 people. The initiative comes amid a growing wave of cyberattacks on water systems across multiple states. The Record reports: The program will see five managed detection and response providers work with DEF CON Franklin and the NRWA to offer cyber services for water ..

Motorola may have teased the upcoming Edge 70 Neo in a very unusual way recently, but the phone is still not official. Even so, we now have a few leaked renders of it to look at. They show the device in four colors, and reveal that it will have a 200MP camera. The screen's sides are curved, but at a very steep angle, so they appear to be less curved, if that makes sense. The rear design is standard 2026 Motorola fare, with a raised squarish camera island in the top left corner. Unfortunately, ..

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AI helps patch a signature check to always say "yes" on a specific HP laptop using a hardware flasher.

Scammers used AI to steal $1.27 million from a Hong Kong man as experts say a secret codeword can keep you safe.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Billions of dollars are traded every week on the lightly regulated prediction market sites, where users bet on everything from movie reviews to elections to conflicts in the Middle East. Clinical trials are just the latest area where the industry's rapid growth is raising ethical questions. Kalshi claims such bets will provide a new source of information about which drugs will get approved, and what clinical trials will show promising results, which ..

This week saw massive moves in both directions for software stocks, as investors try to figure out which names are best insulated from artificial intelligence.

Hivemind autonomously directed Thunder Tiger drone boats through Taiwan's first coordinated maritime swarming exercise, expanding autonomous defence capabilities at sea.

Former U.S. National Cyber Director Chris Inglis says the biggest AI risk isn't sentience but autonomy. "What I'm worried about is that they get to choose what and where they do something, and under what rules they do it," he said, citing recent cases of AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta escaping security sandboxes. He argues developers need stronger safeguards, monitoring, and human accountability, invoking Asimov's idea that protecting humans should come before simply obeying them. ..

VCT Pacific has announced a collaboration with artist Audrey Nuna for its Stage 2 anthem "superHuman," now available on major streaming platforms.

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The RHB PAY system is a bank-owned online payment gateway by RHB Bank, allowing businesses to accept digital payments through a single platform.

Malaysia has confirmed representatives across Honor of Kings, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, EA SPORTS FC and Apex Legends ahead of the Esports Nations Cup 2026 in Riyadh.

A 28.9M-parameter model runs on a microcontroller costing less than $10 at 9.88 tokens a second because 25M of those parameters never leave flash storage

Meta must fund youth mental health treatment in New Mexico.

Lenovo Security Services has introduced new managed security offerings, including ThinkShield TraceLock, aimed at improving cyber resilience and reducing response coordination across organizations.

According to Counterpoint's report on the second quarter of this year, Samsung is great winner from the rising DRAM prices in the same quarter. The Korean tech giant is widening the gap between itself and its biggest competitor, SK Hynix. In Q2 2026, Samsung captured 39% of the global DRAM sales and secured the first spot for a third quarter in a row. The Korean company is followed by SK Hynix, securing 26% of the sales, which in turn is closely followed by Micron with a 25% share. CMXT gets ..

HONOR has launched the HONOR Watch 6 in Malaysia, featuring dedicated badminton and football sports modes and up to 35 days of battery life, priced from RM699.

"Framework has been sending out email notifications to customers alerting of a limited data breach in which customer information was accessed through a Metabase BI service zero-day exploit," writes Slashdot reader DuoDreamer. Data includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses. "Framework is investigating whether or not this included Framework for Business customers as well." TechCrunch reports: Framework's spokesperson Eric Schumacher told TechCrunch that the ..

Yiyang Zhuge was already an intellectual celebrity in China. Her viral interview with Christopher Nolan made her famous in the USand quickly turned her into a political Rorschach test.

The hedge fund's forced selling was a clearing event, but earnings are sustaining the AI trade

Framework's customer database was accessed, but no payment info was released.

NASA is planning to use elements of existing tech to learn more about all sides of the moon.

Sony might turn back the clock and revive an older model to save potential buyers some cash.

If only being a nighttime news editor was this thrilling all the time.

The new Overwatch hero is part-D.Va, part-Reinhardt and 100 percent cool as heck.

AI without oversight creates patches that rarely fix the issue entirely and sometimes just create new problems.

This is the fifth such deal in which the president and his team has paid big to cancel a green energy contract.

Suno says it will begin watermarking and fingerprinting AI-generated songs, tighten download policies to curb mass distribution, and explicitly prohibit deceptive audio and unauthorized voice or likeness cloning. The changes come as the company faces mounting copyright lawsuits, a recent adverse ruling in Germany, and scrutiny over a past data breach that revealed training-data sources. TechCrunch reports: In a blog post, co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman shared core principles and said that the ..

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One of Apple's memory suppliers is making a massive investment to expand chip production amid global shortages, but it won't make your next iPhone any cheaper. Apple supplier SK hynix invests $38B in AI memory Image credit: SK Hynix On Friday, SK hynix announced that it has approved a 54 trillion won ($38.3 billion) investment to build two new semiconductor fabrication plants in South Korea. The investment includes 35.2 trillion won ($24 billion) towards the Yongin Y2 facility, which will ..

NASA believes the crater left by the rocket is around 60 feet wide.

Apple obviously knows, and perhaps some of its retail staff have at least a clue, but for the rest of us, here's the best estimate of when the iPhone 18 Pro will be announced. Mockup of a possible iPhone 18 Pro Max, which is rumored to come in a dark cherry red. No question, it'll be in September. Apple has held its iPhone launches in October, but since 2011 the only time it has done that was during COVID. The question is when in September we'll find out the all-important updates and, more than ..

Nest smart home devices are getting upgraded to Thread 1.4.

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro is right around the corner, and the rumor mill started earlier than normal. Here's what you need to know. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro will feature numerous improvements over the iPhone 17 Pro. In 2025, Apple gave its high-end iPhone a major redesign, with the iPhone 17 Pro featuring a distinct pill-shaped camera plateau, an aluminum frame, and a bright orange color option. Inside, the A19 Pro chip bumped up the RAM to 12GB, and the phone even gained a vapor chamber cooling ..

ByteDance is reportedly training an AI model with roughly 10 trillion parameters as it tries to close the gap with leading frontier systems such as Anthropic's Mythos. The model is still in early pre-training, and its eventual performance will depend on more than scale alone, but the project underscores how aggressively Chinese firms are pushing frontier AI despite limits on access to advanced chips. The Next Web reports: The size is itself the statement. At roughly 10 trillion parameters, the ..

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