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US Employee Well-Being Hit New Low In 2024, Survey Reveals

Today at 01:03 AM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: New research from the Human Capital Development Lab at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School analyzes the state of the American workforce in 2024 and shows an overall decline in employee well-being compared to years prior. […] The latest research confirms a decline in general employee well-being since 2020. In 2024, employees reported the...

Google’s New Nano Banana Pro Uses Gemini 3 Power To Generate More Realistic AI Images

Today at 00:17 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google’s meme-friendly Nano Banana image-generation model is getting an upgrade. The new Nano Banana Pro is rolling out with improved reasoning and instruction following, giving users the ability to create more accurate images with legible text and make precise edits to existing images. It’s available to everyone in the Gemini app, but free...

Future Google TV Devices Might Come With a Solar-powered Remote

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Epishine, a company that makes solar cells optimized for indoor lighting, has announced its technology is being used in a new remote control for Google TV devices, as spotted by 9to5Google. The remote will rely on rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones, and thanks to the use of solar cells on both sides it may only run out of power when it gets...

Microsoft Open-Sources Classic Text Adventure Zork Trilogy

Yesterday at 22:51 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft has released the source code for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with Team Xbox and Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist Jason Scott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation. The games arrived on early home computers in the 1980s...

Nvidia Brings Ad-free Cloud Gaming To New Chromebooks

Yesterday at 22:10 PM, via Slashdot

Nvidia and Google announced today a new cloud gaming plan called GeForce Now Fast Pass that is exclusive to Chromebooks. Anyone who purchases a new Chromebook will receive a year of the service included with their device at no additional charge. Fast Pass allows Chromebook owners to stream more than 2,000 games from their existing Steam, Epic or Xbox libraries. The service removes ads and lets...

CDC Changes Webpage To Say Vaccines May Cause Autism, Revising Prior Language

Yesterday at 21:30 PM, via Slashdot

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously made the case that vaccines don’t cause autism now says they might. WSJ: The contents of the webpage came up during Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Senate confirmation process. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) in February said Kennedy had assured him that, if he was confirmed, the CDC would “not remove statements on their...

As Windows Turns 40, Microsoft Faces an AI Backlash

Yesterday at 20:52 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft’s push to transform Windows into an “agentic OS” that allows AI agents to control PCs is drawing user backlash similar to the Windows 8 controversy, as the company marks the operating system’s 40th anniversary this week, writes Tom Warren, a reporter at The Verge who has been covering Microsoft for nearly two decades. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri announced the agentic OS plans in a...

Monarch Tractor Preps For Layoffs and Warns Employees It May ‘Shut Down’

Yesterday at 20:05 PM, via Slashdot

Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor — which we covered in 2022 — warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even “shut down,” according to a company-wide memo obtained by TechCrunch. The report adds: The memo comes after Monarch Tractor was already cutting some positions over the last few weeks at its California corporate facilities and...

You Can Finally AirDrop Files Between Android and iPhone, Starting with Pixel 10

Yesterday at 19:32 PM, via Slashdot

Android’s Quick Share file transfer service can now work with Apple’s AirDrop, allowing users to send files between iPhones and Android devices. Google has started rolling out the feature to its Pixel 10 family of smartphones. The cross-platform compatibility includes security protections that the company says independent security experts tested. Google said it built the feature in response to...

Disney Loses Bid To Block Sling TV’s One-Day Cable Passes

Yesterday at 18:46 PM, via Slashdot

A federal judge in New York denied Disney’s request to block Sling TV’s short-term passes, which give viewers the ability to stream live content for as little as one day. From a report: In a ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Disney didn’t prove that Sling TV’s passes caused “irreparable harm” to the entertainment giant, as reported earlier by Cord Cutters. Disney...

American Kids Can’t Do Math Anymore

Yesterday at 18:03 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards and removing penalties for failure. The results are coming into focus. Five years ago, about 30 incoming freshmen at UC San Diego arrived with math skills...

Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists say plant’s resilience suggests it could help with oxygen generation or soil formation on space missions

Matt Damon grew potatoes for survival in The Martian, but researchers say mosses could one day help turn the dust and rocks of other planets into fertile soil.

Physcomitrella patens, or spreading earthmoss, is already known as a pioneering species – albeit for being an early...

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