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Postal Service to Impose Its First-Ever Fuel Surcharge on Packages

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

The U.S. Postal Service plans to impose its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages (source paywalled; alternative source), adding an 8% fee starting in April as it struggles with rising fuel costs and ongoing financial pressure. The surcharge will not apply to letter mail and is currently expected to remain in place until January 2027. The Wall Street Journal reports: Other parcel carriers,...

Canada’s Immigration Rejected Applicant Based On AI-Invented Job Duties

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

New submitter haroldbasset writes: Canada’s Immigration Department rejected an applicant because the duties of her current job did not match the Canadian work experience she had claimed, but the Department’s AI assistant had invented that work experience. She has been working in Canada as a health scientist — she has a Ph.D. in the immunology of aging — but the AI genius instead described her...

Apple Can Create Smaller On-Device AI Models From Google’s Gemini

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Apple reportedly has full access to customize Google’s Gemini model, allowing it to distill smaller on-device AI models for Siri and other features that can run locally without an internet connection. MacRumors reports: The Information explains that Apple can ask the main Gemini model to perform a series of tasks that provide high-quality results, with a rundown of the reasoning process. Apple...

Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider In Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader JackSpratts writes: The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday that a major internet provider could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online in a closely watched copyright clash. Music labels and publishers sued Cox Communications in 2018, saying the company had failed to cut off the internet connections of subscribers who had been repeatedly...

Stephen Colbert To Write Next ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of “The Late Show” in May — the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and develop a new film in the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” franchise. Colbert joined “LOTR” director Peter Jackson to reveal the news in a video...

Meta Loses Trial After Arguing Child Exploitation Was ‘Inevitable’

Yesterday at 19:07 PM, via Slashdot

Meta lost a child safety trial in New Mexico after a court found that its platforms failed to adequately protect children from exploitation and misled parents about app safety. According to Ars Technica, the jury on Tuesday “deliberated for only one day before agreeing that Meta should pay $375 million in civil damages…” While the jury declined to impose the maximum penalty New Mexico sought,...

Instant Funding Prop Firm Alpha Trader Firm Reports Over $50 Million in Verified Trader Payouts Since 2022 Founding

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Tech Financials

Alpha Trader Firm, a proprietary trading firm founded in 2022 and operating under the brand alphafunded.com, has reported distributing more than $50 million in cumulative payouts to funded traders across more than 100 countries since its launch, according to a company statement released this week. The London-based firm operates in the proprietary trading sector, which […]

Record investment in quantum computing talent | Letter

Yesterday at 18:33 PM, via The Guardian

UK’s advantageous position in the field is down to sustained long-term public investment from UK Research and Innovation and its partners, says Prof Charlotte Deane

Dr Simon Williams (Letters, 19 March) writes that ambition in quantum computing cannot succeed without sustained investment in people and fundamental science. He is correct on that point, but wrong to say that UK’s investment...

Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years, study finds

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age

They are humankind’s best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the enduring bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years.

The groundbreaking research, published in the journal Nature, pushes back the oldest genetic evidence for domestic dogs by...

AI Economy Is a ‘Ponzi Scheme,’ Says AI Doc Director

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Vanity Fair: Focus Features is releasing The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist in theaters on March 27. If you’re even slightly interested in what’s going on with AI, it’s required viewing: The film touches on all aspects of the technology, from how it’s currently being used to how it will be used in the near future, when we potentially reach the...

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Series And Galaxy Buds4 Series Is Now Available In South Africa

Yesterday at 17:55 PM, via Tech Financials

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the local availability of the Galaxy S26 series and the Galaxy Buds4 series. As Samsung’s third generation of AI (artificial intelligence) phones, the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 deliver the most intuitive and proactive Galaxy AI1 experiences yet, helping users accomplish more with fewer steps. Galaxy S26 Ultra: Where Innovation […]

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