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Starwatch: Look west to see the moon blot out Leo’s brightest star

23 March at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Regulus will suddenly disappear from view for a couple of hours on the first evening of British summer time

There is something unexpectedly thrilling about watching one celestial object pass in front of another, an eclipse being the obvious example. On the evening of 29 March, the moon will briefly blot out one of the brightest stars in the spring sky. Such an event is known as an occultation,...

Some Microsoft Insiders Fight to Drop Windows 11’s Microsoft Account Requirements

23 March at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

Yes, Microsoft announced it’s fixing common Windows 11 complaints. But what about getting rid of that requirement to have a Microsoft account before installing Windows 11? While Microsoft didn’t mention that at all, the senior editor at the blog Windows Central reports there’s “a number of people” internally pushing at Microsoft to relax that requirement:Microsoft Vice President and overall...

Walmart Announces Digital Price Labels for Every Store in the U.S. By the End of 2026

23 March at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

Walmart is “rolling out digital price tags to replace the old paper ones,” reports CNBC, planning to implement them in all U.S. stores by the end of the year:Amanda Bailey, a team leader in electronics who works at a Walmart in West Chester, Ohio, estimates that the digital shelf labels — known as DSLs — have cut the time she used to spend on pricing duties by 75%, time that has freed her...

I discovered three new geckos in Cambodia’s limestone caves – and that’s not all we found

23 March at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

The whole ecosystem inside a cave feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It’s not for the faint-hearted

It can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn’t been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or bat poo). Some of these caves host millions of bats – you can hear them chirping above, hanging in the darkness, and...

Trapped! Inside a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack

23 March at 00:55 AM, via Slashdot

A man crossing the street one San Francisco night spotted a self-driving car — and decided to confront its passenger, 37-year-old tech worker Doug Fulop. The New York Times reports the man yelled that “he wanted to kill Fulop and the other two passengers for giving money to a robot.”A taxi driver would have simply driven away. But Fulop’s vehicle had no driver — it was a self-driving Waymo…...

Elon Musk Announces $20B ‘Terafab’ Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies

22 March at 23:55 PM, via Slashdot

“Billionaire Elon Musk has announced plans to build a $20 billion chip plant in Austin, Texas” reports a local news station:Musk announced on Saturday night during a livestream on his social media platform X that the plant, called “Terafab,” will be built near Tesla’s campus and gigafactory in eastern Travis County. The long-anticipated project is a joint venture between Musk-owned properties...

Tech Leaders Support California Bill to Stop ‘Dominant Platforms’ From Blocking Competition

22 March at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

A new bill proposed in California “goes after big tech companies” writes Semafor. Supported by Y Combinator, Cory Doctorow , and the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future, it’s called the “BASED” act — an acronym which stands for “Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms.” As announced by San Francisco state representative Scott Wiener, the bill...

Why Apple Temporarily Blocked Popular Vibe Coding Apps

22 March at 21:19 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the tech-news blog Neowin:Apple appears to have temporarily prevented apps, including Replit and Vibecode, from pushing new updates. Apple seems bothered by how apps like Replit present vibe-coded apps in a web view within the original app. This process virtually allows the app to become something else. And the new app isn’t distributed via the App...

Bountii South Africa Launches to Save Shoppers Money with the Best Deals Online

22 March at 20:56 PM, via Tech Financials

x Image Source South Africans are feeling the pressure. Fuel prices have climbed repeatedly over the past few years, food inflation has squeezed grocery budgets, and electricity costs continue to rise. For many households, salaries have not kept pace with these increases. As a result, more people are actively searching for smarter ways to stretch […]

Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston home, officials say

22 March at 17:18 PM, via The Guardian

Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible

A suspected meteorite crashed into a home in suburban Houston on Saturday night, according to local residents and officials.

Speaking to the local news outlet KHOU11 over the weekend, Spring area resident Sherrie James recalled the incident, saying: “My grandson went to check and...

Is time a figment of our imaginations?

22 March at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Cosmologists and physicists come up empty handed when they attempt to pin down time. So what, exactly, is it?

When was the last time you raced against an unforgiving clock? Perhaps you skipped breakfast, broke a sweat, shelled out for a taxi or missed time with your family. Many of us have become slaves to time, with huge portions of our day spent chasing appointments and deadlines. But what...

‘I’ve seen the devil’: Brazil’s UFO capital marks 30 years since ‘alien encounter’

21 March at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sightings in Varginha in 1996 have been dismissed as hoax, but saga continues to draw people from around world

The skies over this far-flung coffee-growing hub went charcoal black, the heavens opened and one of Brazil’s greatest mysteries was born.

“It really was something unique,” recalls Marco Antônio Reis, a zoo director, who was at his ranch outside Varginha one stormy day in January...

AI Influencer Generator Launches on Ryla.ai

21 March at 08:21 AM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA – Ryla.ai today announces the official launch of its revolutionary AI Generator. Setting an entirely new standard in content creation, the platform provides the first comprehensive solution specifically designed for building and managing lifelike AI Influencers. As the market for artificial personalities grows rapidly, creators and agencies have consistently faced one major...

Off Duty: The Crime – podcast

21 March at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with his gun and police star. A week later, police had their suspects: four men affiliated with a gang called the Spanish Cobras. For hours, under intense police questioning, they all said they did not do...

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