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'The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics.'

One of the primary objectives of space exploration that often gets overlooked is the intense effort that goes into ensuring Earth microbes dont contaminate planetary objects, also called forward contamination. This is do...

The chip maker says its sales flywheel is more than robust enough to fund the financial support it gives frontier AI labs and data-center developers.

The excellent Sigma 14mm f/1.4 Art lens has had a tumultuous existence. Sigma is again changing how photographers can get their hands on the lens starting in December. It may be good news overall. [Read More]

Organizational culture and systemic gaps in Secure by Design adoption blamed for sorry state of affairs

The SpaceX and Anduril backer wants to expand its investments in chips, robots and other hardware.

Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.

Apple is once again stepping up to contribute to support relief efforts following a deadly natural disaster. Here are the details.

Say you're trying to enrich Uranium and your centrifuges broke - soon it will be easy to connect an AI to figure out why

Frequent micro-awakenings during sleep were linked to higher genetic risk for Alzheimers in healthy middle-aged adults who had no symptoms. The discovery raises the possibility that subtle changes during sleep could offe...

Natural Gas plants provide electricity for millions of homes, but if we wanted to replace its output with solar, how many panels would it take?

From the daily newsletter: Now we wait to find out who the jury was listening to, and what resonated most clearly.

Continuing on our journey through retro classic computing experiences, heres another fun one reborn for retro gamers in the modern MacOS era: Chonkcraft. Remember Warcraft 2, the award-winning classic real-time strategy ...

Prediction markets like Kalshi violate sports betting laws, ruling says.

Drones have completely reshaped warfare on all fields, leading to a surge in advancements for small, expendable drones, which are commonly cost-effective.

The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision. Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.

I love the tablet's convenience, but I don't want to buy from Amazon's greedy ecosystem.

Longtime Slashdot reader belmolis writes: Part of New York City's 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls t...

If your Wi-Fi signal is patchy at the far reaches of your house, this simple solution might be worth a try. Even better? It's completely free.

Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous systems ability to repair damaged connections. Blocking AHR helped injured nerve fibers regrow and improved movement and sensation in mice with n...

More prompt-injection hijinks from wunderwuzzi

Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?