A Pennsylvania Court Says State Police Can't Hide How It Monitors Social Media - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Pennsylvania's Supr... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/08/23/0716239/a-pennsylvania-court-says-state-police-cant-hide-how-it-monitors-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #social
Corsair’s first standing desk is designed for gaming, streaming, and more - Just look at all the stuff you can mount on this desk. | I... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842681/corsair-platform-6-gaming-desk-height-adjust-cable-management-release-date-monitor-arm
Microsoft May Bring AI Capabilities To Apps Like Paint and Photos On Windows 11 - According to Windows Central, Microsoft might be bringing AI capabilities to a han... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/08/22/2338200/microsoft-may-bring-ai-capabilities-to-apps-like-paint-and-photos-on-windows-11?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
'Zero-Degree Line' Rises To Record Height As Heatwave Continues In Europe - Switzerland's MeteoSuisse reported another measure of record summer heat Monday wh... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/22/2324215/zero-degree-line-rises-to-record-height-as-heatwave-continues-in-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth
Microsoft Announces Python In Excel - theodp writes: On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the Public Preview of Python in Exc... - https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/08/22/1425228/microsoft-announces-python-in-excel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #microsoft
Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft? - All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal Microsoft so de... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/22/microsoft_activision_ubisoft_cma/
The Internet Is Turning Into a Data Black Box. An ‘Inspectability API’ Could Crack It Open - Unlike web browsers, mobile apps increasingly make it difficult or impossible to see what... - https://www.wired.com/story/inspectability-api-app-transparency/ #security/privacy #powergrab #security #ideas
A Brain Implant Helped Stroke Survivors Regain Movement - Stimulating the brain with electricity has been used for 30 years to treat Parkinson’s di... - https://www.wired.com/story/a-brain-implant-helped-stroke-survivors-regain-movement/ #science/biotech #brainpower #science
'Immortals of Aveum' Is a Shooter That Swaps Gunfire for Spell-Casting - One of the year’s most anticipated releases, out now from Ascendant Studios, is standard ... - https://www.wired.com/story/immortals-of-aveum-review-magic-shooter/ #gear/products/gaming #culture/videogames #battlemage #culture
Political Polarization Toned Down Through Anonymous Online Chats - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Political polarization in t... - https://politics.slashdot.org/story/23/08/22/0044230/political-polarization-toned-down-through-anonymous-online-chats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #internet
Looking Back On 30 Years of Debian - The early history of Linux is a rather murky period to most, long before the era o... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/ #linuxhacks #debian #news
Ivanti Sentry exploited in the wild, patches emitted - Good thing you're not exposing admin port 8443 to the world, right? Uh, right? A critical... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/22/critical_ivanti_mobileiron_sentry/
UK microchip giant Arm files to sell shares in US - Cambridge-based Arm files papers to list in New York after opting against London, in a bl... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66574226?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Arm, the Chip Designer, Files for an I.P.O. Expected to Be Among the Largest - The I.P.O. filing means Arm can begin to gauge investor interest, which will be critical ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/technology/chip-designer-arm-ipo-softbank.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #initialpublicofferings #softbankcorporation #nvidiacorporation #stocksandbonds #companyreports #armholdingsplc #computerchips #armltd
Vlad the Impaler may have shed tears of blood, study finds - Enlarge / This 1475 letter written by Vlad the Impaler contains protein... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961945 #massspectrometry #paleoproteomics #vladtheimpaler #archaeology #proteomics #chemistry #science #biology #dracula
Cellebrite Asks Cops To Keep Its Phone Hacking Tech 'Hush Hush' - An anonymous reader shares a report: For years, cops and other government authorit... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/21/2035231/cellebrite-asks-cops-to-keep-its-phone-hacking-tech-hush-hush?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy
Computer graphics pioneer John Warnock dies at 82 - Pioneer of hidden-line removal, co-inventor of Postscript and PDF, author of Illustrator,... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/21/john_warnock_obituary/
China Keeps Buying Hobbled Nvidia Cards To Train Its AI Models - The US acted aggressively last year to limit China's ability to develop artificial... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/08/21/203241/china-keeps-buying-hobbled-nvidia-cards-to-train-its-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #china
Pioneering Wind-Powered Cargo Ship Sets Sail - A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its ma... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/21/1925222/pioneering-wind-powered-cargo-ship-sets-sail?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth
Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage - Provides complete security by not letting anyone login Cisco-owned access management firm... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/21/ciscos_duo_outage/