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NextEra Energy Partners With Google To Restart Iowa Nuclear Plant
Slashdot - 28 Oct 2025 04:10
NextEra Energy and Google have partnered to restart Iowa's long-shuttered Duane Arnold nuclear plant, marking the first major U.S. attempt to revive a decommissioned reactor. "We expect Duane Arnold to be back on...
Qualcomm announces AI accelerators and mysterious racks theyll run in
The Register - 28 Oct 2025 03:25
House of the Snapdragon promises - without much detail - this kit will enable coolly efficient inferencing Qualcomm has announced some details of its tilt at the AI datacenter market by revealing a pair of accelerators a...
Firefox Plans Smarter, Privacy-First Search Suggestions In Your Address Bar
Slashdot - 28 Oct 2025 02:50
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Mozilla is testing a new Firefox feature that delivers direct results inside the address bar instead of forcing users through a search results page. The company says the featu...
ESA establishes presence in Tokyo to strengthen strategic partnership with Japan
ESA - 28 Oct 2025 15:04
The European Space Agency has announced it is establishing a new presence in Tokyo, Japan, its first in Asia.
AI browsers face a security flaw as inevitable as death and taxes
The Register - 28 Oct 2025 14:46
Agentic features open the door to data exfiltration or worse Feature With great power comes great vulnerability. Several new AI browsers, including OpenAI's Atlas, offer the ability to take actions on the user's ...
Gene That Controls How Sensitive You Are to Alcohol Discovered
Neuroscience News - 28 Oct 2025 14:31
Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others. When this gene was mutated, subjects were sl...
YouTube now has fun like button animations, and here are all 20 of them
Android Authority - 28 Oct 2025 13:38
From cats to cricket, YouTube's new custom like button animations are delighting users.
Amazon axes 14,000 desk jobs in AI-powered slimming plan
The Register - 28 Oct 2025 13:33
Layoffs are part of an efficiency drive, not a sign of struggle, says HR exec Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs, blaming the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence for changing how the company operates - an...
Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums
SecurityWeek - 28 Oct 2025 13:11
The email addresses were pulled from various sources and 16.4 million of them were not present in previous data breaches. The post Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums appeared fir...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
Wired - 28 Oct 2025 03:22
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
Apple Says a Digital Version of Your Passport Is Coming Soon to iPhones
CNET - 28 Oct 2025 02:30
The feature will be REAL ID compliant, but you still need a physical passport to leave the country.
DNA From Dead Soldiers Sheds New Light on Napoleons Russian Nightmare
Gizmodo - 28 Oct 2025 02:00
Researchers identify two pathogens in the remains of soldiers in Napoleon's army.
OpenAI non-profit will run for-profit that has yet to make a profit
The Register - 29 Oct 2025 01:54
Corporate restructuring will benefit uh, humanity OpenAI has obtained a new lease on life.
Apple's Next Big Move: iPhone 20 Reportedly Could Ditch Every Physical Button
CNET - 29 Oct 2025 01:44
If you like the security of a physical button to feel for on your iPhone, you might need to adjust to a new style.
At Tokyo event, Trump says Tim Cook has done more than the entire group
The Mac Observer - 29 Oct 2025 01:42
Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a business event in Tokyo where President Trump praised him for Apples huge investments in the United States. The event took place at the U.S. Ambassadors Residence after a $490 billion U.S.-J...
China's DeepSeek and Qwen AI Beat US Rivals In Crypto Trading Contest
Slashdot - 29 Oct 2025 01:30
hackingbear shares a report from Crypto News: Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek V3.1 and Alibaba's Qwen3-Max, have taken a commanding lead over their US counterparts in a live real-world real-...
Firewalls and VPNs are so complex now, they can actually make you less secure
The Register - 29 Oct 2025 01:27
A report from cyber-insurer At-Bay fingers Cisco and Citrix VPNs as most likely to lead to ransomware trouble Organizations using Cisco and Citrix VPN devices were nearly seven times as likely to suffer a ransomware infe...
Shutdown could soon slow preparations for Artemis 2
Space News - 29 Oct 2025 01:21
Preparations for NASAs Artemis 2 launch could soon grind to a halt if the nearly month-long government shutdown continues, one industry executive warned. The post Shutdown could soon slow preparations for Artemis 2 appea...
9to5Mac Daily: October 28, 2025 - iPhone 18 rumors, iPad apps
9 to 5 Mac - 29 Oct 2025 01:21
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Nvidia and Oracle Are Planning the Largest Supercomputer in America for Trump
Gizmodo - 29 Oct 2025 01:15
Nvidia's first GTC in Washington D.C. was very MAGA-pilled
Are Camaros Reliable After 100k Miles? What Owners Are Saying
Slash Gear - 29 Oct 2025 01:15
A modern Camaro is a fairly reliable car, according to experts and enthusiasts alike, though there are a few years to avoid.
Everything in macOS Tahoe 26.1: Apples Official Release Notes
The Mac Observer - 29 Oct 2025 01:11
Apple published the macOS Tahoe 26.1 release notes. The update focuses on polish, reliability, and a few user-visible tweaks that improve readability and media features. Apple also released the 26.1 Release Candidate to ...