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World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’

Yesterday at 00:30 AM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality

Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate change as “the mother of all injustices”.

Christiana Figueres, an international climate negotiator who...

Anthropic Unveils ‘Claude Mythos’, Powerful AI With Major Cyber Implications

Yesterday at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

“Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model capable of discovering critical vulnerabilities at scale,” writes Slashdot reader wiredmikey. “It’s already powering Project Glasswing, a joint effort with major tech firms to secure critical software. But the same capabilities could also accelerate offensive cyber operations.” SecurityWeek reports: Mythos is not an incremental improvement...

Chrome Is Finally Getting Vertical Tabs

Tuesday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Chrome is finally adding built-in vertical tabs, “which will move the tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier to read full page titles and manage tab groups,” reports TechCrunch. The company is also introducing an immersive reading mode for a distraction-free, text-focused experience. From the report: The company notes that the new vertical tabs can be enabled at any time by...

The iPhone Gets a D- for Repairability

Tuesday at 22:59 PM, via Wired

It’s a better rating than the company has gotten from repairability experts before, at least. Samsung is second worst with a D.

Supreme Court Wipes Piracy Liability Verdict Against Grande Communications

Tuesday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Following on the heels of the landmark Cox v. Sony ruling, the Supreme Court has vacated the contributory copyright infringement verdict against ISP Grande Communications, ordering the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of the new precedent. […] The order (PDF) effectively removes the case from the Supreme Court docket,...

Testing Suggests Google’s AI Overviews Tells Millions of Lies Per Hour

Tuesday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

A New York Times analysis found Google’s AI Overviews now answer questions correctly about 90% of the time, which might sound impressive until you realize that roughly 1 in 10 answers is wrong. “[F]or Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day,” reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Times conducted this analysis with the help of a startup called...

Anthropic Reveals $30 Billion Run Rate, Plans To Use 3.5GW of New Google AI Chips

Tuesday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion and disclosed plans to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute starting in 2027. Broadcom will supply the key chips and networking gear for the effort, the company announced. The Register reports: News of the two deals emerged today in a Broadcom regulatory filing that opens with two items of...

The Guardian view on Artemis II: the light and dark sides of the moon | Editorial

Tuesday at 19:46 PM, via The Guardian

The threat posed by a new space race is real. But so is the wonder of humankind’s reaching for the skies

“Everything we need, Earth provides. And that is somewhat of a miracle, and one that you can’t truly know until you’ve had the perspective of the other.” This is how the US astronaut Christina Koch summed up her experience of travelling to the far side of the moon on Monday. The...

BlockDAG Hits $0.000016 Before April 8 Launch, While XRP Reaches $1.28 & Bittensor TAO Approaches $317

Tuesday at 19:29 PM, via Tech Financials

XRP is currently challenging the $1.28 resistance, displaying calculated price swings that keep investors focused on quick gains, whereas Bittensor TAO climbs toward $317 behind its surging AI-centric ecosystem. Experts analyzing XRP price prediction suggest that a period of short-term stability might occur before a breakout, while Bittensor TAO price 2026 forecasts point toward consistent […]

Cloudflare Fast-Tracks Post-Quantum Rollout To 2029

Tuesday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Cloudflare is accelerating its post-quantum security plans and now aims to make its entire platform fully post-quantum secure by 2029. “The updated timeline follows new developments in quantum computing research that suggest current cryptographic standards could be broken sooner than previously expected,” reports SiliconANGLE. From the report: The decision by Cloudflare to move its post-quantum...

Judith Rapoport obituary

Tuesday at 18:30 PM, via The Guardian

Child psychiatrist who brought obsessive-compulsive disorder to public awareness and focused on the brain’s biology and its role in mental illness

The child psychiatrist Judith Rapoport, who has died aged 92, is credited with bringing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to public awareness. Her book The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing (1989), which was translated into more than 20 languages and...

New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina’s President Milei

Tuesday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: President Javier Milei of Argentina promoted a cryptocurrency last year that quickly skyrocketed in value then cratered just as fast, costing investors millions of dollars and setting off a scandal and an investigation. Mr. Milei said he was simply highlighting a private venture and had no connection to the digital coin called $Libra....

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