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Big Tech's AI Datacenters Demand Electricity. Are They Increasing Use of Fossil Fuels? - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoThe artificial intelligence revolution will demand more electricity, warns the Washington Post. They warn that the "voracious" electricity consumption of AI is driving an expansion of fossil ...
Walmart Announces Electronic Shelf Labels They Can Change Remotely - Slashdot
Slashdot· 21 hours agoWalmart "became the latest retailer to announce it's replacing the price stickers in its aisles with electronic shelf labels," reports NPR. The ability to easily change prices wasn't mentioned ...
KDE Plasma 6.1 Released - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days ago"The KDE community announced the latest release of their popular desktop environment: Plasma 6.1," writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin. From the announcement: While Plasma ...
Dark Matter Found? New Study Furthers Stephen Hawking's Predictions About 'Primordial' Black Holes -...
Slashdot· 1 day agoWhere is dark matter, the invisible masses which must exist to bind galaxies together? Stephen Hawking postulated they could be hiding in "primordial" black holes formed during the big bang, ...
Systemd 256.1 Addresses Complaint That 'systemd-tmpfiles' Could Unexpectedly Delete Your /home...
Slashdot· 1 day ago"A good portion of my home directory got deleted," complained a bug report for systemd filed last week. The Register explains: As long as five years ago, systemd-tmpfiles had moved on past managing ...
New York Bans 'Addictive Feeds' For Teens - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoNew York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed two bills into law on Thursday that aim to protect kids and teens from social media harms, making it the latest state to take action as federal proposals ...
Sweden Rejects a New Electrical Interconnection With Germany - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agosonlas writes: Germany's energy transition plan includes extensive interconnection projects to distribute its intermittent renewable energy production. The latest example is Sweden. One such ...
Youth Plaintiffs In Hawaii Reach Historic Climate Deal - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoJustine Calma writes via The Verge: A group of young plaintiffs reached a historic climate settlement with the state of Hawaii and Hawaii Department of Transportation in a deal that will push ...
Car Dealerships Hit With Massive Computer System Outage - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: CDK Global, the company that provides management software for nearly 15,000 car dealerships in North America, is down for a second day following a cyberattack ...
Satellite 'Megaconstellations' May Jeopardize Recovery of Ozone Hole - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: When old satellites fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they leave behind tiny particles of aluminum oxide, which eat away at Earth's ...