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US-China tech split deepens

Today at 07:44 AM, via TechCentral

Washington has widened curbs on Chinese testing labs, data centres and telecoms carriers in its latest decoupling push.

GameStop guns for eBay

Today at 07:33 AM, via TechCentral

The videogame retailer and meme-stock star has built a 5% stake and lined up $20-billion in debt to pursue eBay.

What is hantavirus, the infection that has killed three people on a cruise ship?

Today at 07:12 AM, via The Guardian

Rodent-carried disease is not usually contagious between humans and outbreaks are rare. ‘New world’ variants are the most deadly. What are the symptoms and treatment?

Three passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The outbreak was reported on the polar cruise ship MV Hondius, which was...

Starwatch: Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts into the skies

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Best seen before dawn, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 5–6 May

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of 5–6 May.

Best seen before dawn, the chart shows the view looking east from London at 4am on 6 May. By this time, the shower’s radiant point will have climbed into the south-eastern sky.

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Roblox Blames Age-Verification Rollout for Lowered Growth. Stock Tumbles 22%

Today at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

Age verification became mandatory for chat access on Roblox in January — and Friday morning Quartz reported it’s apparently impacted the company’s financials:Roblox cut its full-year 2026 bookings forecast by roughly $900 million at the midpoint on Thursday, blaming stronger-than-expected headwinds from its mandatory age-verification rollout on an audience that skews heavily toward children...

NetHack 5.0 Released

Today at 04:09 AM, via Slashdot

“So yesterday the Devteam (it is always the Devteam) released version 5.0 of legendary and venerable rogueike compuer game NetHack,” writes the Rogue-like games column @Play. “It is 39 years old…” MilenCent (Slashdot reader #219,397) writes: In addition to play changes it’s left for players to discover, this version updates the code to compile with C99, makes it much easier to cross compile the...

OpenAI Introduces AI-Generated Pets for Its Codex App

Today at 02:29 AM, via Slashdot

“Vibe coding just got a whole lot more adorable,” writes Engadget:OpenAI introduced AI-generated pets to the Codex app, its agentic tool that helps with coding. These “optional animated companions” don’t do any coding themselves, but serve as a floating overlay that can tell you what Codex is working on, notify you when Codex completes a task or whether it needs your input on something. The new...

Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker

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Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the...

AI Cameras are Being Deployed Across the Western US for Early Detection of Wildfires

Today at 01:29 AM, via Slashdot

The Associated Press reports:On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the state’s forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs of...

‘They know they’re safe’: beagles saved from US research facility after protests

Today at 00:59 AM, via The Guardian

Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility

The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe.

“They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some crawled in people’s laps. Every single one...

Carbon Pollution Is Making Food Less Nutritious, Risking the Health of Billions

Today at 00:29 AM, via Slashdot

A new meta-analysis found nutrients in food decreased over the last 40 years, reports the Washington Post. “Many of humanity’s most important crops — including wheat, potatoes, beans — contain fewer vitamins and minerals than they did a generation ago.” “The invisible culprit behind this damaging phenomenon? Carbon dioxide pollution.”Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere,...

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via Slashdot

A startup south of Austin is using robots to build homes out of clay pulled directly from the ground, reports a local news station:The materials are gathered on site, mixed, and placed on a build plate. From there, a robot lowers from above, picks up the clay with a claw, carries it to the wall and drops it into place. Later, the same robot switches tools, using a hammer attachment to pound the...

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Yesterday at 21:52 PM, via The Guardian

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.

One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

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