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Nature-Inspired Computers Are Shockingly Good At Math

Today at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

An R&D lab under America’s Energy Department annnounced this week that “Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.” Phys.org publishes the announcement from Sandia National Lab:In a paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Sandia...

Four More Tech Bloggers are Switching to Linux

Today at 00:34 AM, via Slashdot

Is there a trend? This week four different articles appeared on various tech-news sites with an author bragging about switching to Linux. “Greetings from the year of Linux on my desktop,” quipped the Verge’s senior reviews editor, who finally “got fed up and said screw it, I’m installing Linux. They switched to CachyOS — just like this writer for the videogame magazine Escapist:I’ve had a...

AI-Powered Social Media App Hopes To Build More Purposeful Lives

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via Slashdot

A founder of Twitter and a founder of Pinterest are now working on”social media for people who hate social media,” writes a Washington Post columnist. “When I heard that this platform would harness AI to help us live more meaningful lives, I wanted to know more…”Their bid for redemption is West Co. — the Workshop for Emotional and Spiritual Technology Corporation — and the platform they’re...

AI Fails at Most Remote Work, Researchers Find

Yesterday at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

A new study “compared how well top AI systems and human workers did at hundreds of real work assignments,” reports the Washington Post. They add that at least one example “illustrates a disconnect three years after the release of ChatGPT that has implications for the whole economy.”AI can accomplish many impressive tasks involving computer code, documents or images. That has prompted...

Amazon Plans Massive Superstore Larger Than a Walmart Supercenter Near Chicago

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon “has submitted plans for a large-format store near Chicago that would be larger than a Walmart Supercenter,” reports CNBC:As part of the plans, Amazon has proposed building a one-story, 229,000-square-foot building [on a 35-acre lot] in Orland Park, Illinois, that would offer a range of products, such as groceries, household essentials and general merchandise, the city said on Saturday....

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Breaks Nuclear Fusion Limit Thought to Be Impossible

Yesterday at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Scientists in China have made a breakthrough with fusion energy that could finally overcome one of the most stubborn barriers to realising the next-generation energy source,” reports the Independent:A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the ‘artificial Sun’, achieved a plasma density that was previously thought impossible… Through a new...

Meta Announces New Smartglasses Features, Delays International Rollout Claiming ‘Unprecedented’ Demand’

Yesterday at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

This week Meta announced several new features for “Meta Ray-Ban Display” smartglasses: – A new teleprompter feature for the smart glasses (arriving in a phased rollout) – The ability to send messages on WhatsApp and Messenger by writing with your finger on any surface. (Available for those who sign up for an “early access” program). – “Pedestrian navigation” for 32 cities. (“The 28 cities we...

Medical Evacuation from Space Station Next Week for Astronaut in Stable Condition

Yesterday at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

It will be the first medical evacuation from the International space station in its 25-year history. The Guardian reports:An astronaut in the orbital laboratory reportedly fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed issue. Nasa also had to cancel its first spacewalk of the year… The agency did not identify the astronaut or the medical problem, citing patient privacy. “Because the astronaut is...

More US States Are Preparing Age-Verification Laws for App Stores

Yesterday at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Yes, a federal judge blocked an attempt by Texas at an app store age-verification law.But this year Silicon Valley giants including Google and Apple “are expected to fight hard against similar legislation,” reports Politico, “because of the vast legal liability it imposes on app stores and developers.”In Texas, Utah and Louisiana, parent advocates have linked up with conservative “pro-family”...

Nasa announces timeline of astronauts’ early departure from ISS due to ‘serious’ medical issue

Yesterday at 16:56 PM, via The Guardian

Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 January

Nasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed issue.

The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night that it will aim to have the crew leave the...

How the Free Software Foundation Kept a Videoconferencing Software Free

Yesterday at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

The Free Software Foundation’s president Ian Kelling is also their senior systems administrator. This week he shared an example of how “the work we put in to making sure a program is free for us also makes it free for the rest of the world.”During the COVID-19 pandemic, like everyone everywhere, the FSF increased its videoconferencing use, especially videoconferencing software that works in web...

Memory price madness in South Africa

Yesterday at 15:59 PM, via MyBroadband

Major retailers in South Africa have reported memory prices increasing by as much as 250% in the last three months. Here are a few tips to follow to get the best possible prices in January 2026.

French-UK Starlink Rival Pitches Canada On ‘Sovereign’ Satellite Service

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.ca: A company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments is pitching Canada on a roughly $250-million plan to provide the military with secure satellite broadband coverage in the Arctic, CBC News has learned. Eutelsat, a rival to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, already provides some services to the Canadian military, but wants to deepen...

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