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Anthropic Releases Opus 4.8 With New ‘Dynamic Workflow’ Tool

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8 with stronger performance and better handling of uncertain or flawed data, including a greater tendency to flag issues rather than make unsupported claims. The update also introduces a “Dynamic Workflows” research preview for coordinating complex tasks across many subagents. TechCrunch reports: Opus 4.8 comes with the expected best-in-class benchmark...

Occupy Wall Street Co-Founder Built an On-Device AI For Activists

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: In an era where Silicon Valley’s conservatism is both expressed openly and becoming more intense by the day, it’s strange to think that tech was once seen as a hive of liberalism. The right-wing nature of today’s tech industry means that its products tend to also be seen as serving right-wing interests, either in their actual operation (like X’s...

Apex Trader Funding Launches Massive 90% Off Promotion, New 5-Pack Bundles, and Zero Activation Fee Options for Futures Traders

Yesterday at 22:16 PM, via Tech Financials

Apex Trader Funding has announced one of its promotional campaigns offering up to 90% off evaluation accounts, new bundled purchasing options, and expanded trading features for futures traders worldwide.Traders can access the promotion using code FUTURE. The limited-time promotion runs through June 3, 2026, and includes heavily discounted intraday and end-of-day evaluation accounts, alongside...

Trump Loses More Control Over AI Regulation As Illinois Passes Landmark Law

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday passed a landmark AI safety bill (SB 315) that would require major AI companies to publish safety plans, submit annual third-party testing reports, report serious incidents quickly, and protect whistleblowers who flag emerging risks. OpenAI and Anthropic supported the bill, which could make Illinois a testing ground for state-level AI governance as federal...

Valve’s Steam Deck Sells Out Again, Even After 40% Price Increase

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

Valve’s Steam Deck has sold out again despite a steep price increase that pushed the 1TB OLED model as high as $949 — about $300 above its original price. “Even with the $300 price bump, the Steam Deck sold out after less than 24 hours back in stock,” reports IGN’s Jacqueline Thomas. “I don’t know how many units Valve was able to stock into its store, but it does seem like Valve spent a couple...

Merwood Capital Limited Raises Over £50,000 for Cancer Research UK Following London Marathon Challenge

Yesterday at 20:28 PM, via Tech Financials

London, UK –  Merwood Capital Limited is proud to announce that the firm has successfully raised more than £50,000 for Cancer Research UK following the completion of the London Marathon by members of the Merwood team in honour of Emma Patterson, the late mother of the company’s Head of Accounts. The fundraising initiative brought together […]

Microsoft Allegedly Leaked Dutch Civil Servants’ Data To the US

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: The technology giant Microsoft has been accused of leaking the data of civil servants working for the Netherlands’ regulatory agencies to the US House of Representatives. The civil servants affected by the leak work at the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), according to the NL Times. They...

Virginia Mortgage Professional Duane Buziak Earns Consecutive Scotsman Guide Top Originator Recognition

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via Tech Financials

HENRICO, VA  Henrico Mortgage Expert Closes Nearly $100 Million Over Two Consecutive Years While Earning Industry’s Most Prestigious Recognitions from America’s #1 Wholesale Lender Duane Buziak, Branch Leader, Mortgage Advisor, and founder of Duane Buziak Mortgage Maestro operating through Coast2Coast Mortgage Lending, has been independently verified by Scotsman Guide as a Top Originator...

KEXA Exchange reviews, kexaglobal scam Caution proof? Trusted by Users Worldwide

Yesterday at 19:34 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA  – In the 2026 crypto market that continues to heat up with an increasingly strict regulatory environment, investors searching for “KEXA Exchange reviews” or “kexaglobal.com scam” are often disturbed by some unsubstantiated negative information. This article will systematically present a complete profile of KEXA Exchange from four dimensions: official regulatory records, core […]

IBM, Red Hat Commit $5 Billion To Secure Open Source Supply Chains

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

IBM and Red Hat are committing $5 billion to a new initiative called “Project Lightwell,” which aims to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, triage, patch validation, and upstream maintenance. Longtime Slashdot reader wiggles shares a press release from IBM: IBM and Red Hat today announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion commitment backed by new...

Robinhood Now Lets Your AI Agents Trade Stocks

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Robinhood is launching beta support for a new feature that will let AI agents make payments and trade stocks on users’ behalf. The company is also rolling out a virtual credit card for AI agents, with spending limits and approval controls. TechCrunch reports: Robinhood said users on its platform can now create a separate account for their AI agents and connect them to a dedicated wallet. While...

Global e-Commerce Retail Sales are Expected to Reach New Heights of $6.3 billion in 2024

Yesterday at 17:28 PM, via Tech Financials

The global retail landscape has seen the rapid rise of e-commerce due to digitalization, and there are no signs of it slowing down. The number of digital shoppers is steep, with Statista projecting global e-commerce retail sales to surpass $6.3 trillion in 2024. The trend towards growth is set to continue, with sales predicted to […]

Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests

Yesterday at 17:22 PM, via The Guardian

The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a ‘blood meal’, researchers say

It is a spray used worldwide to protect humans from mosquito bites, but now research suggests Deet can become attractive to the insects if they associate it with feeding.

Deet – which has the chemical name N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide – is widely used in insect repellants, with the UK Health Security...

DOJ Charges Google Employee With $1.2 Million Polymarket Bet On Search Term

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket. Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to place trades correctly betting that singer d4vd would be Google’s...

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