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Colorado’s New Speed Camera System Makes Waze Nearly Useless

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Colorado is rolling out an average-speed camera system that tracks vehicles across multiple points instead of catching them at a single camera, making it much harder for drivers to dodge tickets with apps like Waze and Radarbot. Motor1 reports: The state’s new automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS) use several cameras to calculate your average speed between them, and if it is 10 miles...

It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher

Today at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

It’s a world of bottom quarks and arsole compounds – so why is science still so serious? Levity can make it all a lot easier to understand

Science is an infamously dry endeavour. The noble practice seeks to answer humanity’s most inscrutable questions. How did life begin? What is consciousness? Why does naming cows increase their milk yield? Within this austere framework, there is little room...

Artemis II Astronauts Pass 100,000 Miles From Earth On Voyage To the Moon

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

The Artemis II crew has passed 100,000 miles from Earth and is now on a “free-return” path around the moon after a successful “translunar” injection burn. “Ladies and gentlemen, I am so, so excited to be able to tell you that for the first time since 1972 during Apollo 17, human beings have left Earth orbit,” NASA’s Dr Lori Glaze told a news conference. The Guardian reports: The astronauts —...

‘AI’ Is Coming For Your Online Gaming Servers Next

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

“Consumer PC parts aren’t the only things being gobbled up by the ‘AI’ industry,” writes PCWorld’s Michael Crider. “A Starcraft-inspired strategy game is shutting down its multiplayer servers because the hosting company got bought out for ‘AI.'” The game will still be playable offline for now, but the shutdown highlights the ripple effects of the AI boom on the gaming industry. Amid the ongoing...

Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones ‘Hard Down’ In Bahrain and Dubai

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Iranian strikes have reportedly knocked out key AWS availability zones in Bahrain and Dubai, leaving parts of both regions effectively offline for an extended period and forcing Amazon to urge teams and customers to shift workloads elsewhere. “These two regions continue to be impaired, and services should not expect to be operating with normal levels of redundancy and resiliency,” an internal...

Microsoft To Invest $10 Billion In Japan For AI, Cyber Defense Expansion

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in Japan from 2026 to 2029 to expand AI infrastructure, boost local cloud capacity, train 1 million engineers and developers, and deepen cybersecurity cooperation with the Japanese government. Reuters reports: The investment includes the training of 1 million engineers and developers by 2030, Microsoft said, which was unveiled during a visit to Tokyo by...

Netflix Must Refund Customers For Years of Price Hikes, Italian Court Rules

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

A Rome court ruled that several Netflix price hikes in Italy were unlawful because the company’s contracts didn’t adequately explain or justify future pricing changes. As a result, Netflix has been ordered to issue refunds that could total roughly 500 euros for some long-term subscribers. Ars Technica reports: The lawsuit was brought by Italian consumer advocacy group Movimento Consumatori,...

How iPhones Found Their Way Into Space

Yesterday at 22:26 PM, via New York Times

The astronauts traveling in the Artemis II spacecraft were allowed to bring smartphones with them. Sadly, they can’t connect to the internet.

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