FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026, 08:04
A growing number of writers are leaving Substack for alternatives most people haven’t heard of like Ghost, Beehiiv, Patreon, and Passport. The reason, writes The Verge’s Emma Roth, is the “platform’s increased focus on social features as well as a pricing model that puts a chokehold on their business.” From the report: Sean Highkin, the creator of the NBA-focused publication The Rose Garden...
There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.
Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.
A Bitcoin holder reportedly recovered 5 BTC worth nearly $400,000 with the help of Anthropic’s Claude. According to X user cprkrn, they changed their wallet password while “stoned” and forgot it, unable to regain access for more than 11 years. Tom’s Hardware reports: After finding a mnemonic that actually turned out to be their old password a few weeks ago, the user dumped their entire college...
Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Princeton University will soon require exams to be supervised for the first time in 100 years — all thanks to students using artificial intelligence to cheat. For 133 years, the Ivy League school’s honor code allowed students to take exams without a professor present, but on Monday, faculty voted to require proctoring for all in-person...
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day.
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CNBC: The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far, three people familiar with the matter said, leaving a major technology deal in limbo as CEO Jensen Huang seeks a breakthrough in China this week. […] Before U.S. export curbs tightened,...
It’s one of the best times of the year to buy a mattress, and deals on our favorite models have already started.
Three years after the debut of ChatGPT, fooling A.I. systems into bad behavior is almost trivial.
Cerebras, a Silicon Valley maker of artificial intelligence chips, began trading on the stock market on Thursday, as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic also take steps to go public.
Anthropic announced today that it is partnering with the Gates Foundation to “commit $200 million in grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for programs in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility over the next four years.” “This commitment is central to Anthropic’s efforts to extend the benefits of AI in areas where markets alone will not,” the company...
San Salvador, El Salvador – Bitget Wallet Card, a top crypto debit card for everyday spending, today announced the launch of its Ride Cashback Campaign across Latin America. Running from April to May 2026, the campaign rewards eligible users with cashback on qualifying ride-hailing transactions, bringing real-world crypto card utility to one of the region’s […]
Pioneering and controversial geneticist who was one of the first to sequence the human genome, in part by using his own DNA
At the international BioVision conference in Lyon in February 2001, the geneticist Craig Venter performed a remarkable piece of scientific barnstorming. Human beings possess far fewer genes than science had ever realised, he announced. We have about 30,000, far lower than...
The companies believe the merger will accelerate broadband rollout into historically underserved areas and help bridge the country’s digital divide.
Brooklyn, NY – Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova successfully secured a rare and extraordinary gubernatorial pardon for her client as part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent clemency initiative, in which only 19 individuals statewide received pardons. The pardon grants critical relief from the immigration consequences of a past criminal conviction and represents one of the most […]
Dublin, Ireland – NAV Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd. now offers fund administration solutions for Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), expanding its services for regulated investment funds domiciled in Ireland and the European Union. “Ireland remains one of Europe’s leading UCITS domiciles, supported by a strong regulatory framework and...
Cisco’s stock soared 17% after the company announced it will cut nearly 4,000 jobs as it shifts investment and staffing toward higher-growth AI opportunities. CNBC reports: CEO Chuck Robbins wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the latest round of job cuts will begin on May 14. Cisco is the latest company to announce head count reductions tied to AI. “The companies that will win in the AI era...
Maziv, the parent company of Vumatel, welcomes the decision by ICASA to approve the licence transfer application of Herotel. This follows the approval of Vumatel’s (Vuma) acquisition of Herotel by the Competition Tribunal in December last year. The ICASA approval marks a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre ecosystem and accelerating the collective […]