SUNDAY, 10 MAY 2026, 12:03
Longtime Slashdot reader couchslug shares a report from That Privacy Guy’s Alexander Hanff: Two weeks ago I wrote about Anthropic silently registering a Native Messaging bridge in seven Chromium-based browsers on every machine where Claude Desktop was installed. The pattern was: install on user launch of product A, write configuration into the user’s installs of products B, C, D, E, F, G, H...
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a new jobs guarantee for workers displaced by artificial intelligence.
The philosopher thinks humans should pursue advanced AI and the promise of a “solved world.”
Hong Kong — May 8, 2026 — Financial Layer 1 Pharos Network today announced LI.FI Protocol, Vishwa, Pleasing Market, KUN, Yuzu Money, Agra, and Amber Group as the third strategic cohort of the RealFi Alliance. This expansion marks a decisive shift from foundational infrastructure toward active onchain utility, seamless settlement, and real-economy integration. With the […]
As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off.
The top online gambling scene has gotten crowded, and three names keep coming up in player conversations: Roobet, Betano, and Spartans.com. Roobet leans into crypto casino play with its own house games and a daily cashback offer. Betano takes a different route, built around a deep sports menu and a full casino. Then there is […]
The Canvas (Ulwazi) learning management system is now back online, and learning and teaching continues as scheduled, says Wits.
The computerised testing sees a significant drop in fraudulent learner licence passes, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation.
The embattled State IT Technology now has full a complement of new leadership, as new board members take up their posts.
The economics of on-device computing have, for the first time in the PC’s long history, been broken by the data centre.
South Africans increasingly adopt ride-hailing, as convenience and costs reshape mobility choices in major cities.
Your iPhone or Android phone can work overtime as a full-on gaming console with the help of these mobile controllers. Backbone makes my favorite.
“It seems every other day I am reading a story about a massive insider trading scandal.”
Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: The Fehrmarnbelt tunnel is a European construction megaproject building a tunnel between Denmark and Germany, crossing the Fehmarnbelt in the Baltic sea. The first segment of the tunnel has now successfully been placed in its designated spot. This is a yet-unseen, next-level engineering feat achieved by the Danish Sund & Baelt construction company. It...
Users still rely on predictable patterns like dates, sequences and keyboard rows in passwords, according to Kaspersky.
Tech stocks hit record valuations on the back of the AI boom, even as analysts warn of lofty prices.
For our latest WIRED Blind Test, we sat coffee industry professionals down to rank leading do-it-all coffee machines—and the winner wasn’t what anyone expected.
In an interview with WIRED ahead of her new concert film Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), Billie Eilish talked about whether or not future artists will be able to leverage SoundCloud the way she did.
The majority shareholder in SA’s fourth-biggest mobile operator aims to reduce its stake to between 20% and 30% in the telco, which recently listed on the JSE.
Airtel Africa has delayed its mobile money initial public offering to late 2026, citing war-driven margin pressures.
These cuddly, connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.