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California Biotech Tycoon Found Guilty of Orchestrating Rival’s Murder

Tuesday at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

California biotech entrepreneur and former magician Serhat Gumrukcu has been found guilty of orchestrating the 2018 murder of his business rival Gregory Davis, who had threatened to expose Gumrukcu’s fraudulent dealings. He faces sentencing in November. SFGATE reports: Seven years ago, Turkish national Serhat Gumrukcu, 42, of Los Angeles, was negotiating a multimillion-dollar biotech merger...

Redis Warns of Critical Flaw Impacting Thousands of Instances

Tuesday at 02:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The Redis security team has released patches for a maximum severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain remote code execution on thousands of vulnerable instances. Redis (short for Remote Dictionary Server) is an open-source data structure store used in approximately 75% of cloud environments, functioning like a database,...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Tuesday at 01:48 AM, via The Guardian

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray.

Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and...

Apple Hardware Head John Ternus Top Pick To Succeed Tim Cook As CEO

Tuesday at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

Bloomberg reports (paywalled) that Apple’s hardware chief John Ternus is the frontrunner to replace Tim Cook as CEO, as Cook nears retirement and prepares to transition into a board chairman role. The Economic Times reports: Cook is turning 65 next month. Chief operating officer John Williams — once heir apparent — has handed over the reins of day-to-day operations to Sabih Khan and is on his...

Suspect Arrested After Threats Against TikTok’s Culver City Headquarters

Tuesday at 00:50 AM, via Slashdot

Police arrested 33-year-old Joseph Mayuyo after a series of online threats forced TikTok to evacuate its Culver City headquarters. TechCrunch reports: A press release from the Culver City Police Department says that TikTok employees reported receiving multiple threats, across various social media platforms, from 33-year-old Hawthorne resident Joseph Mayuyo. After an additional message...

OpenAI Will Let Developers Build Apps That Work Inside ChatGPT

Tuesday at 00:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: OpenAI is introducing a way to work with apps right inside ChatGPT. The idea is that, from within a conversation with the chatbot, you can essentially tag in apps to help you complete a task while ChatGPT offers context and advice. […] Apps available inside ChatGPT starting today will include Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma,...

Porsche Can’t Add Wireless Charging To Macan, Taycan EV Because the Inductive Plate Doesn’t Fit

Monday at 23:30 PM, via Slashdot

Porsche’s wireless charging system will not be available on the Macan Electric and Taycan because the inductive charging plate cannot physically fit between the front suspension on those models. Dr. Maximilian Muller, Porsche’s high voltage engineering lead, told The Drive during a visit to the company’s Leipzig facility that the Cayenne Electric’s larger dimensions create the necessary space...

Some Workers Are Turning To Pay-Advance Apps for Basic Expenses

Monday at 22:51 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Pay-advance apps are marketed as a way to help workers living paycheck to paycheck pay for unexpected expenses, but workers are often using the apps to manage basic expenses like groceries, rent and other needs, a new report found. The tools, consumer advocates say, can carry costs akin to those of traditional payday loans. An analysis of anonymous data...

Ubuntu Linux 26.04 LTS Officially Named Resolute Raccoon

Monday at 22:10 PM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has revealed the codename for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Resolute Raccoon. The announcement came today on X through the official @ubuntu account, continuing the tradition of pairing an adjective with an animal for each release. As an LTS version, it will be supported for five years and serve as the foundation for servers, desktops, and cloud deployments when it launches in...

Microsoft Assures Gamers It’s Not Abandoning Xbox Hardware

Monday at 21:30 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft said in a statement Monday it remains committed to developing first-party Xbox consoles. The reassurance came after rumors circulated suggesting the gaming division might abandon hardware manufacturing. The speculation gained traction following a 50% price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and retailers including Costco removing Xbox products from their shelves. Microsoft said it...

ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users

Monday at 20:48 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, marking an increase of adoption among consumers, developers, enterprises, and governments. ChatGPT’s impressive growth comes as OpenAI is on a race to secure as many AI chips and build as much AI infrastructure as possible. In August, OpenAI said it was on the cusp of...

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Monday at 20:48 PM, via The Guardian

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship

In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk...

Sharpie Found a Way To Make Pens More Cheaply – By Manufacturing Them in the US

Monday at 20:06 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked in the foothills of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains is a factory that has figured out a way to manufacture in America that’s cheaper, quicker and better. It’s the home of a famous American writing implement: the Sharpie marker. Pen barrels whirl along automated assembly lines that rapidly fill them with ink. At least half a billion Sharpie markers are...

As Forests Are Cut Down, Butterflies Are Losing Their Colours

Monday at 19:25 PM, via Slashdot

Deforestation is draining color from butterfly populations in Brazil. Researchers studying butterflies in the state of EspÃrito Santo found 31 species in natural forests but only 21 in eucalyptus plantations. The plantation communities were dominated by brown-colored species. Roberto GarcÃa-Roa, part of the research project, said the colors on butterfly wings have been designed over millions...

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