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America Now Has 70% More Bookstores Than in 2020, Says Bookshop.org Founder

Today at 13:14 PM, via Slashdot

“There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States,” says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org.Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of its profit margin to independent bookstores, structuring itself as a B Corporation (a for-profit company certified for its social-impact) while providing an alternative to Amazon and other...

The Tech Bros Are All In on Zyn

Today at 13:00 PM, via Wired

Nicotine pouches are revered among tech workers, who tout them as the perfect brain-boosting, productivity-jacking stimulants.

There are two kinds of people: those who enjoyed school PE lessons and the rest of us | Emma Beddington

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

The horror of sports lessons put three in 10 of British 50 to 65-year-olds off exercise for life. I wish I’d known sooner that movement can feel so good

Surprising news: three in 10 50- to 65-year-olds in a recent Age UK survey said school sports memories had put them off exercise “for life”. Only three in 10? When it comes to exercise, there are surely two kinds of people – the handful...

Two Hot Climate Tech Startups Just Raised $1 Billion+ in IPOs

Today at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

Public stock exchanges “appear to be warming to climate tech startups,” reports TechCrunch. “Or at least some of them.”This week, nuclear startup X-energy went public, raising $1 billion in an upsized share offering that appears to have delivered a windfall for its investors, including Amazon [and Google]. Retail investors apparently can’t get enough, with the stock popping 25% in its first...

Home blood pressure checks could reduce risks after hypertensive pregnancy

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Study finds monitoring and adjustment of medication where needed can help protect mothers’ heart health

New mothers who had hypertension in pregnancy could reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and potentially early death through daily blood pressure checks at home, research suggests.

Women who regularly monitored their blood pressure in the weeks after giving birth, and had doctors tailor...

Starwatch: Leo the lion dominates the northern hemisphere

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Recognised since antiquity, the constellation has a rich mythological tradition

The northern hemisphere’s spring evenings are dominated by the unmistakable outline of Leo, one of the few constellations that resembles the creature it represents, the lion.

Leo is most easily identified by its distinctive “backwards” question mark, referred to by astronomers as the “sickle” asterism and...

Country diary: The skies here are busy with satellites and fieldfares | Rchard Smyth

Today at 06:30 AM, via The Guardian

Prendwick, Northumberland: On a crisp, cold walk, I’m reminded that winter still clings on, and that familiar constellations are far from alone

The red sun rising over the radar station on Alnwick Moor picks out the tall shape of a hare at our end of the meadow. It lopes forward a little way – forever appearing, as hares always do, to be on the brink of a forward roll – and then pauses,...

Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Inaudible infrasound from old pipes and ventilation systems may affect how people feel, research indicates

For believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a sinister hint of loitering spirits. But new research points to a more mundane explanation: inaudible sounds from aged pipes and boilers.

Scientists investigated the impact of infrasound on a group...

Right-to-Repair Laws Gain Political Momentum Across America

Today at 05:34 AM, via Slashdot

“California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Oregon and Washington have all passed comprehensive right-to-repair regulations,” reports CNBC, “covering everything from consumer electronics and farm equipment to wheelchairs and automobiles.” And the consumer movement “continues to gain political momentum” across America…As of this year, advocates are tracking 57 right-to-repair bills...

Bank Robber Challenges Conviction Based on His Cellphone’s Location Data

Today at 03:14 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Pres:Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away. Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene… Now the Supreme...

Google Studies Prompt Injection Attacks Against AI Agents Browsing the Web

Today at 01:48 AM, via Slashdot

Are AI agents already facing Indirect Prompt Injection attacks? Google’s Threat Intelligence teams searched for known attacks that would target AI systems browsing the web, using Common Crawl’s repository of billions of pages from the public web).We observed a number of websites that attempt to vandalize the machine of anyone using AI assistants. If executed, the commands in this example would...

Elon Musk Vies to Turn X Into Super App With Banking Tool Near Launch

Yesterday at 23:59 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg: More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he’s nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an “everything app” with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launch for the public this month… Early users testing the service have touted competitive perks, including 3% cash back on eligible purchases and a 6%...

Remembering The 1984 Unix PC. Why Did It Fail So Hard?

Yesterday at 22:54 PM, via Slashdot

“I love these machines,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Shayde:I was super-active in the Unix-PC Usenet groups back in the 90s… We hacked the hell out of them. They were small, sexy, and… they ran Unix! Unfortunately, they were a commercial failure. There were so many things wrong with them — not just stuff that broke, but the baseline configuration was nigh on worthless. I recently was...

How Will Apple Change Under Its New CEO?

Yesterday at 21:54 PM, via Slashdot

How will Apple change in September under its new CEO — former hardware chief John Ternus? The blog Geeky Gadgets is already expecting “significant updates to the iPhone over the next three years,” as well as streamlined internal engineering (plus durability enhancements and high-capacity batteries). 2026: Foldable display 2027: Bezel-less iPhone 20 (celebrating the iPhone’s 20th anniversary)...

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