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Chernobyl’s Protective Shield Can No Longer Confine Radiation, UN Nuclear Watchdog Says

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

“A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational,” reports Politico, “after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has found.”[T]he large steel structure “lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability” when its outer cladding was set ablaze after being...

Aptera’s Solar-Powered EVs Take Another Step Toward Production

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

To build three-wheeled, solar electric vehicles, Aptera has now launched its “validation” vehicle assembly line, reports the San Diego Business Journal. “The validation line will set a technical foundation for the company’s eventual low-volume assembly line, ensuring that manufacturing processes are optimized and refined, particularly for the company’s composite body structure.”To date, Aptera...

Why These Parents Want Schools to Stop Issuing iPads to the Their Children

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

What happened when a school in Los Angeles gave a sixth grader an iPad for use throughout the school day? “He used the iPad during school to watch YouTube and participate in Fortnite video game battles,” reports NBC News. His mother has now launched a coalition of parents called Schools Beyond Screens “organizing in WhatsApp groups, petition drives and actions at school board meetings and...

Why These Parents Want Schools to Stop Issuing iPads to Their Children

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

What happened when a school in Los Angeles gave a sixth grader an iPad for use throughout the school day? “He used the iPad during school to watch YouTube and participate in Fortnite video game battles,” reports NBC News. His mother has now launched a coalition of parents called Schools Beyond Screens “organizing in WhatsApp groups, petition drives and actions at school board meetings and...

Could Netflix’s Deal for Warner Bros. Fall Apart?

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

While Netflix hopes to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion, CNBC reports a senior official in America’s federal government said the administration was viewing the deal with “heavy skepticism. And that’s not the only hurdle:On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount, in a letter to lawyers for Warner Bros. Discovery [WBD], had warned that a sale to Netflix likely would...

The AI Boom Could Increase Prices for Phones and Tablets Next Year

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

CNN’s prediction for 2026? “Any device that uses memory, from phones to tablets and smartwatches, could get pricier.” But will it be a little or a lot? The article cites an analysis from multinational strategy/management consulting firm McKinsey & Company which found America’s data center demand could continue growing by 20 to 25 percent per year” through 2030. “That’s prompted memory...

Linus Torvalds Defends Windows’ Blue Screen of Death

Today at 15:13 PM, via Slashdot

Linus Torvalds recently defended Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death during a video with Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips, where the two built a PC together. It’s FOSS reports: In that video, Sebastian discussed Torvalds’ fondness for ECC (Error Correction Code). I am using their last name because Linus will be confused with Linus. This is where Torvalds says this: “I am convinced that all...

Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water

Today at 14:00 PM, via Wired

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

‘Rage Bait’ Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025

Today at 12:10 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from the BBC: Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has named its word or phrase of the year. It is a term that describes manipulative tactics used to drive engagement online, with usage of it increasing threefold...

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Maté

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development

Gabor Maté is the author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to...

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