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Amazon Is Ending Support For Older Kindles

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Starting May 20th, Amazon will stop Kindle Store access for Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier. After that date, those devices will “no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content.” Owners can still read content already on the device, but if an affected device is reset or deregistered after the cutoff, it can’t be re-registered. The Verge reports: The...

Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternative source), as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical...

Debt Consolidation vs. Debt Settlement: Whats the Difference?

Today at 20:20 PM, via Tech Financials

Managing debt can feel overwhelming, especially when balances grow faster than your ability to pay them down. If you are struggling with multiple accounts, high interest rates, or missed payments, you have likely come across two common solutions: debt consolidation and debt settlement. While both aim to reduce financial stress, they work in very different […]

Meta Debuts ‘Muse Spark’, First AI Model Under Alexandr Wang

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Meta has launched Muse Spark, its first major AI model under Alexandr Wang’s leadership. The model was built over the past nine months and is being positioned as a significant step up from Llama 4. Axios reports: Muse Spark will power queries in the Meta AI app and Meta.ai website immediately, with plans to expand across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The model accepts voice, text and image...

Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

Today at 19:17 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft has apparently terminated the account VeraCrypt uses to sign its Windows drivers and bootloader, leaving the encryption project unable to publish Windows updates and throwing future releases into doubt. VeraCrypt’s developer says Microsoft gave no clear explanation or warning for the move. “I didn’t receive any emails from Microsoft nor any prior warnings,” Mounir Idrassi, VeraCrypt’s...

ZK Prover Code “Venus” Released to Dramatically Reduce L2 Fees and Scale Web3

Today at 18:20 PM, via Tech Financials

San Francisco, USA  — Open‑source software released today could significantly lower transaction fees on zero‑knowledge rollups, potentially ending the trade‑off between low cost and strong security that has long defined Ethereum layer‑2 scaling. The code, named “Venus,” was published by Cysic, a verifiable compute network. It is a hardware‑optimized proving backend built on top of […]

Valve Releases Native Steam Link App For Apple’s Vision Pro

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Valve has released a native Steam Link beta for Apple Vision Pro, letting users stream their existing Steam games onto a large virtual screen in visionOS. It supports up to 4K resolution and will let you dynamically adjust the curve of the display. The Mac Observer reports: Steam Link does not support VR titles in this beta, and Valve clearly states that the app is limited to 2D game streaming,...

Apple and Lenovo Have the Least Repairable Laptops, Analysis Finds

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop...

What does the dark side of the moon sound like? Nasa’s sonifications are helping us imagine

Today at 15:50 PM, via The Guardian

As Artemis II returns from the dark side of the moon, Nasa’s transformations of electromagnetic energy into sound remind us that everything is vibrating – even while the astronauts are listening to Chappell Roan

Jaw-dropping dark-siding exploration aside, it’s the mundane details of the Artemis II mission that connect us with the four astronauts slingshotting their way around the moon and...

Yasam Ayavefe Announces Mileo Dominica, Focused on Eco Travel and Guest Comfort

Today at 15:25 PM, via Tech Financials

Yasam Ayavefe is taking the Mileo brand into a market where the landscape usually speaks first, and that alone gives the announcement unusual weight. Rather than adding another address in a louder tourism corridor, he has tied the brand’s next planned step to Dominica, a Caribbean island known for waterfalls, rainforest terrain, diving, wellness appeal, […]

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