MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2026, 02:34
The whole ecosystem inside a cave feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It’s not for the faint-hearted
It can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn’t been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or bat poo). Some of these caves host millions of bats – you can hear them chirping above, hanging in the darkness, and...
A man crossing the street one San Francisco night spotted a self-driving car — and decided to confront its passenger, 37-year-old tech worker Doug Fulop. The New York Times reports the man yelled that “he wanted to kill Fulop and the other two passengers for giving money to a robot.”A taxi driver would have simply driven away. But Fulop’s vehicle had no driver — it was a self-driving Waymo…...
“Billionaire Elon Musk has announced plans to build a $20 billion chip plant in Austin, Texas” reports a local news station:Musk announced on Saturday night during a livestream on his social media platform X that the plant, called “Terafab,” will be built near Tesla’s campus and gigafactory in eastern Travis County. The long-anticipated project is a joint venture between Musk-owned properties...
With the Iran war doubling oil prices, experts say the airline industry’s belt-tightening is an economic canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world.
A new bill proposed in California “goes after big tech companies” writes Semafor. Supported by Y Combinator, Cory Doctorow , and the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, it’s called the “BASED” act — an acronym which stands for “Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms.” As announced by San Francisco state representative Scott Wiener, the bill...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the tech-news blog Neowin:Apple appears to have temporarily prevented apps, including Replit and Vibecode, from pushing new updates. Apple seems bothered by how apps like Replit present vibe-coded apps in a web view within the original app. This process virtually allows the app to become something else. And the new app isn’t distributed via the App...
x Image Source South Africans are feeling the pressure. Fuel prices have climbed repeatedly over the past few years, food inflation has squeezed grocery budgets, and electricity costs continue to rise. For many households, salaries have not kept pace with these increases. As a result, more people are actively searching for smarter ways to stretch […]
It was 60 years ago when William Shatner — born in 1931 — portrayed Captain Kirk in the TV series Star Trek. Shatner turns 95 today — and celebrated by posting a picture of himself smoking a cigar. “At 95, I’m still smokin’!” Shatner joked, adding that in life he’d learned two things. “Never waste a good cigar. Never trust anyone who says you should ‘act your age.'” For more celebrations,...
CNN looks at “the Magic AI fitness mirror,” a new product “watching you, and giving you feedback automatically,” while sometimes playing footage of a recorded personal trainer. Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland describes CNN’s video report:CNN says the device “tracks form, counts reps, and corrects technique in real-time — and it doesn’t go easy on you.” (Although the company’s...
It should have been obvious from the start that Elon Musk’s Hyperloop was just a boy’s own fantasy and could never work.
“Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated,” reports the Verge:After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the traditional “10 blue links,” too. We’ve found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the...
Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible
A suspected meteorite crashed into a home in suburban Houston on Saturday night, according to local residents and officials.
Speaking to the local news outlet KHOU11 over the weekend, Spring area resident Sherrie James recalled the incident, saying: “My grandson went to check and...
CNBC reports:Amazon has acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics company developing machines for “doorstep delivery,” the company confirmed Thursday… It announced the deal in a notice sent to third-party delivery contractors… “We believe this technology, when working alongside your [delivery associates], has the potential to further improve safety outcomes and the overall customer experience,...
Cosmologists and physicists come up empty handed when they attempt to pin down time. So what, exactly, is it?
When was the last time you raced against an unforgiving clock? Perhaps you skipped breakfast, broke a sweat, shelled out for a taxi or missed time with your family. Many of us have become slaves to time, with huge portions of our day spent chasing appointments and deadlines. But what...
Merino is one of the best fabrics you can wear. We explain the different blends, what “gsm” means, and how to care for your clothes.
South African start-up HyperDev says vibe coding’s real problem isn’t the code – it’s everything that comes after.
America’s cable TV industry “is undergoing its most dramatic collapse in history,” reports Cord Cutters News, “with operators large and small waving the white flag on traditional TV service and pointing their customers toward streaming platforms instead.” Just in 2025 Comcast lost 1.25 million pay-TV subscribers (ending the year with just 11.3 million), while Charter Spectrum also lost hundreds...
Do your future self a favor and back up all your precious photos, messages, and files before disaster strikes.
Should you buy an Instax Mini or Mini Evo? Instax Square or Wide? We demystify Fujifilm’s Instax lineup to help you find the perfect instant camera (or printer).
You don’t have to upload your video to the cloud or pay a monthly fee to secure your home. These security cameras record locally.
Amazon is secretly developing a new AI-powered smartphone a decade after the Fire Phone flopped spectacularly.