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Apple Built a Tetris Clone For the iPod But Never Released It - Slashdot
Slashdot· 8 hours agoApple once designed a Tetris clone that has been found on a prototype version of the third-generation iPod, indicating the company was experimenting with releasing the game on the music player ...
Crows Can 'Count' Out Loud, Study Shows - Slashdot
Slashdot· 13 hours agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceAlert: A team of scientists has shown that crows can 'count' out loud -- producing a specific and deliberate number of caws in response to visual ...
Courtroom Recording Software Compromised With Backdoor Installer - Slashdot
Slashdot· 12 hours agoHackers have compromised a popular courtroom recording software, JAVS, gaining full control through a backdoored update. Louisville, Kentucky-based Justice AV Solutions, its maker, pulled the ...
Apple Explains Rare iOS 17.5 Bug That Resurfaced Deleted Photos - Slashdot
Slashdot· 8 hours agoApple has shed more light on the bizarre iOS 17.5 bug that caused long-deleted photos to mysteriously reappear on users' devices. In a statement to 9to5Mac, the iPhone maker clarified that the ...
Linux 6.10 Honors One Last Request By Hans Reiser - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoLongtime Slashdot reader DVega shares a report from Phoronix: ReiserFS lead developer and convicted murderer Hans Reiser a few months back wrote letters to be made public ...
Signal Slams Telegram's Security - Slashdot
Slashdot· 10 hours agoMessaging app Signal's president Meredith Whittaker criticized rival Telegram's security on Friday, saying Telegram founder Pavel Durov is "full of s---" in his claims about Signal. "Telegram ...
Messaging Service ICQ To Shut Down Next Month After Nearly 30 Years - Slashdot
Slashdot· 9 hours agoICQ, a once-popular IM, is shutting down on June 26, it says on its website. It once served tens of millions of users daily.
Australia Takes Singtel-owned Optus To Court Over 2022 Cyber Attack - Slashdot
Slashdot· 11 hours agoAustralia's media regulator is taking legal action against telecom carrier Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, over a cyber attack it faced in September 2022, the telecom operator ...
The First Crew Launch of Boeing's Starliner Capsule Is On Hold Indefinitely - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoLongtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Ars Technica: The first crewed test flight of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner spacecraft won't take off as planned Saturday ...
Environment Agency Chief Admits Regulator Buries Freedom of Information Requests - Slashdot
Slashdot· 10 hours agoThe head of the UK Environment Agency has admitted that freedom of information requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the environment in England is "embarrassing.