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The Verge's David Pierce Reports On the Excel World Championship From Vegas - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoCompetitive Excel has been around for years, but only in a hobbyist way. Excel is a tool. The folks in this room make their living on their ability to take some complex thing -- a company's ...
Version 256 of systemd Boasts '42% Less Unix Philosophy' - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoAround since 2008, cgroups is a Linux kernel containerization mechanism originally donated by Google, as The Reg noted a decade ago. System V service scripts are now deprecated too, as is the ...
AI Candidate Running For Parliament in the UK Says AI Can Humanize Politics - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoAn artificial intelligence candidate is on the ballot for the United Kingdom's general election next month. From a report: "AI Steve," represented by Sussex businessman Steve Endacott, will ...
Biotech Companies Are Trying To Make Milk Without Cows - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoAvian influenza outbreaks on US dairy farms have raised concerns about milk safety, leading some to consider alternatives like engineered milk proteins. Startups like Remilk and Alpine Bio are ...
T2 Linux 24.6 Goes Desktop with Integrated Windows Binary Support - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoT2's open development process and the collection of exotic, vintage and retro hardware can be followed live on YouTube and Twitch. Now Slashdot reader ReneR writes: Embedded ...
How the Recycling Symbol Lost Its Meaning - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoThe iconic recycling symbol, invented 20 years before Earth Day 1990, has become omnipresent on products, often misleading consumers about what can be recycled, according to experts cited in ...
Mozilla Defies Kremlin, Restores Banned Firefox Add-ons in Russia - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoMozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin. From a report: The browser extensions, which are hosted on the Mozilla store ...
A Growing Number of Americans Are Getting Their News From TikTok - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoAccording to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, TikTok is the second most popular source of news for Americans after X, "though most TikTok users don't primarily think of the shortform ...
Oracle Is Shutting Down Its Ad Business - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoDuring its earnings call on Monday, Oracle CEO Safra Catz told analysts that it is shutting down its ads business. "In Q4, we decided to exit the advertising business, which had declined to ...
Microsoft Postpones Windows Recall After Major Backlash - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoIn an unprecedented move, Microsoft has announced that its big Copilot+ PC initiative that was unveiled last month will launch without its headlining "Windows Recall" AI feature next week on ...