THURSDAY, 19 MARCH 2026, 02:25
Drugs such as semaglutide may be useful for mental health conditions associated with diabetes, authors say
Diabetes drugs could prevent anxiety and depression from worsening, according to research.
Type 2 diabetes affects more than 800 million people globally and research shows that those with the condition are about twice as likely to have depression as the wider population.
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Cloudflare is appealing a 14.2 million-euro fine from Italy for refusing to comply with its “Piracy Shield” law, which requires blocking access to websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service within 30 minutes. The company argues the system lacks oversight, risks widespread overblocking, and could undermine core Internet infrastructure. Ars Technica’s Jon Brodkin reports: Piracy Shield is “a misguided...
With today’s latest Stitch updates, Google is trying to make “vibe design” happen, reports The Verge’s Jay Peters. The AI-native design platform encourages users to describe goals, feelings, or inspiration in “natural language,” rather than starting with traditional blueprints. In a blog post, Google Labs Product Manager Rustin Banks says that Stitch can turn those inputs into interactive...
Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Users of Samsung PCs are reporting the inability to access the C: drive after the Windows 11 February update. The bug seems to be in connection with the Samsung Galaxy Connect app, which allows Samsung phones and tablets to connect to Windows machines. [A previous stable version of the app has been re-released to prevent this problem from...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative...
Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027
AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia.
Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and speakers, the tech – known as CrossSense – guides wearers through everyday life by means of a...
Meta is shutting down its VR social platform Horizon Worlds, which was once a key piece of the pivot to the metaverse. The company said the app will be taken off the Quest store at the end of March, and fully removed from Quest headsets by June 15. After that date, it will shift to a standalone “mobile-only experience.” CNBC reports: The shift for Horizon Worlds, which was once a central part...
After OpenAI’s Instant Checkout feature fell short, Walmart is instead embedding its Sparky chatbot directly into ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Longtime Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: Nearly a trillion dollars has been wiped from software stocks in 2026, with hedge funds making billions shorting Salesforce, HubSpot, and Atlassian. At FOSDEM 2026, cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg shut down his bug bounty program after AI-generated slop overwhelmed his team. A new article on HackerNoon argues that most commercial SaaS could...
Add the Sonos Roam 2 to your existing home setup, or take it to go with Bluetooth.
Dave Knott shares a report from the New York Times: On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest society of computing professionals, said Drs. Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard had won this year’s Turing Award for their work on quantum cryptography and related technologies. The Turing Award, which was introduced in 1966, is often called the Nobel Prize of...
Santa Clara, Ca. — SolutionSoft Systems Inc., a leader in virtual clock and time-travel testing technology, today announced that its Time Machine software is enabling a groundbreaking operator training environment for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). Implemented by energy consulting firm Utilicast, the solution allows the client to replay historical operational data from...
Toronto, ON — Aleen Inc. (CSE: ALEN-U), a digital wellness company, is currently exploring data standardization approaches that may support the continued development of its Personal Wellness Account. As part of its regular internal research initiatives aimed at refining and differentiating its digital products, Aleen Inc. is currently exploring the potential relevance of the LOINC […]
ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft’s GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.” From the report: In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling...
Tech companies have been reluctant to directly confront Trump administration officials over their contract feud with the A.I. start-up.
The tech giant has been rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department and is poised to benefit as it sidesteps competitors’ controversies.
It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard’s work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.
Federal immigration enforcement agents usually won’t talk to the media—but they will talk to independent journalist Karl Loftus.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi’s lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned Musi’s lawyers for “mak[ing] up facts to fill the...
The Competition Commission will investigate Canal+’s post-takeover decisions involving MultiChoice Group.
Technology services group iOCO has cancelled its work-from-home policy, saying the move has boosted productivity.