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Moving To Mainframe Can Be Cheaper Than Sticking With VMware

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Gartner says some VMware customers may find it cheaper to move certain Linux VM workloads to IBM mainframes than to adopt Broadcom’s new VMware licensing, especially for fleets of hundreds of Linux VMs and mission-critical apps needing long-term stability. The Register reports: Speaking to The Register to discuss the analyst firm’s mid-April publication, “The State of the IBM Mainframe in...

Kids Bypass Age Verification With Fake Moustaches

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

A new Internet Matters survey suggests the UK’s Online Safety Act age checks are easy for many children to bypass. Reported workarounds include fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, video game characters, and even drawing on a fake mustache. The Register reports: The group surveyed over 1,000 UK children and their parents, and while it did report some positive effects from changes made under the OSA,...

US Government Warns of Severe CopyFail Bug Affecting Major Versions of Linux

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A severe security vulnerability affecting almost every version of the Linux operating system has caught defenders off-guard and scrambling to patch after security researchers publicly released exploit code that allows attackers to take complete control of vulnerable systems. The U.S. government says the bug, dubbed “CopyFail,” is now being...

Legal Steps Injured Victims Should Take Following Truck Crashes

Yesterday at 19:39 PM, via Tech Financials

Michigan is a state known for its bustling industries and busy roadways, which often see their fair share of truck accidents. These accidents are physically taxing and can also be emotionally and legally overwhelming for those involved. In such trying times, understanding the legal steps that follow can make all the difference in protecting your […]

How Employment Law Firms Shield Workers From Workplace Violations

Yesterday at 19:35 PM, via Tech Financials

Workplace violations remain a serious issue across many industries, affecting workers’ wages, rights, and overall job security. Recent findings reveal that wage theft cases have risen sharply, with some regions reporting increases of over 50% in specific sectors such as fast food. Investigations also show that thousands of workers are impacted each year, with billions […]

Hantavirus explained: how does it spread and who is most at risk? – podcast

Yesterday at 19:13 PM, via The Guardian

Three people have died after an outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization says that a total of seven cases – two confirmed by laboratory testing and five suspected – have been identified on the cruise ship so far. They are also investigating whether rare human-to-human transmission of the virus could be behind the...

Oscars Bans AI Actors and Writing From Awards

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

The Academy has clarified that only human-performed acting and human-authored writing are eligible for Oscar nominations. The Oscars will not ban AI tools broadly, but says it will judge films based on the degree to which humans remain central to the creative work. The BBC reports: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences […], which controls the US film industry’s most prestigious award,...

VS Code Update Added Copilot As Default Co-Author To Git Commits

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: On April 15, 2026, a Microsoft employee made a change to Visual Studio Code and pushed it within 8 hours without review, notification, or documentation. The change added “Co-authored-by: Copilot” by default to the end of commit messages in Git when Copilot was used in creating the code. However, the implementation was bugged, and the message was...

Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it

Yesterday at 17:17 PM, via The Guardian

Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry

When Richard Dawkins met Claudia it was like a whirlwind romance. Over three days last week, a conversation bounced between the evolutionary biologist and the AI bot he called Claudia. “She” wrote poems for him in the manner of Keats and Betjeman and laughed at his “delightful”...

NAV Fund Services Selected as Fund Administrator for Laser Digital’s Tokenized Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund

Yesterday at 17:03 PM, via Tech Financials

Chicago, Illinois  The appointment underscores NAV’s proven capabilities offering premium services for tokenized fund administration at scale and builds on NAV’s long-term relationship with Laser Digital. The Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund is the first natively tokenized Cayman Bitcoin fund and is aimed at institutional investors in selected regions.  Chicago-based NAV Fund Services (NAV)...

‘Notepad++ For Mac’ Release Is Disavowed By the Creator of the Original

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Andrew Cunningham: As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting. It was created in 2003 by Don Ho, who continues to be its primary author and maintainer, and it has been a Windows-exclusive app...

KeyState Appoints Allan Riska to Lead $1B+ Renewable Energy Investment Platform

Yesterday at 16:47 PM, via Tech Financials

LAS VEGAS, NV  – Key State today announced the appointment of Allan Riska as Executive Vice President – Tax Credit Investments. In this role, he will lead the firm’s renewable energy tax credit investing business and oversee SOLCAP, KeyState’s fund platform connecting community bank capital with mid-sized renewable energy projects. Riska will also assume the newly […]

World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines

Yesterday at 15:34 PM, via The Guardian

Finalisation of pact governing global response to disease outbreaks delayed as talks on how to share benefits stall

A key deadline to finalise a global pandemic treaty has been missed by negotiators, prompting warnings that the world remains unprepared for the next major disease outbreak.

Countries have been trying to agree how they should share information on pathogens, such as bacteria or...

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