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Kenya's First Nuclear Plant Faces Fierce Opposition - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Kilifi County's white sandy beaches have made it one of Kenya's most popular tourist destinations. Hotels and beach bars line the 165 mile-long ...
Mozilla Acquires Ad Metrics Firm Anonym - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoMozilla has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym in a move to "support user privacy" while delivering effective online advertising. Anonym, founded by former Meta executives in 2022, helps advertisers ...
EV Maker Fisker Files for Bankruptcy - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoFisker filed for bankruptcy on Monday, months after the electric-vehicle startup stopped production of its only model, the oft-malfunctioning Ocean SUV. From a report: Fisker is the second plug-in ...
Britain's Universities in Existential Crisis? - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoBritain's university sector, a key contributor to the country's economy and global standing, is facing an unprecedented crisis that threatens its very existence, according to an analysis by ...
Meta's Customer Service is So Bad, Users Are Suing in Small Claims Court To Resolve Issues - ...
Slashdot· 1 day agoFacebook and Instagram users are increasingly turning to small claims courts to regain access to their accounts or seek damages from Meta, amid frustrations with the company's customer support ...
Researchers Still Fighting For MDMA Therapy After FDA Advisors Vote Against It - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 day agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A vote against using MDMA as part of therapy for PTSD has provoked a powerful backlash among researchers who study psychedelic drugs. Existing ...
EU Delays Decision Over Scanning Encrypted Messages For CSAM - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoEuropean Union officials have delayed talks over proposed legislation that could lead to messaging services having to scan photos and links to detect possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM ...
Security Lessons from the Change Healthcare Ransomware Catastrophe - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoThe $22 million paid by Change Healthcare's parent company to unlock its systems "may have emboldened bad actors to further target the vulnerable industry," writes Axios: There were 44 attacks ...
Meta Has Created a Way To Watermark AI-Generated Speech - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Meta has created a system that can embed hidden signals, known as watermarks, in AI-generated audio clips, which could help in ...
Astronomers Detect Sudden Awakening of Black Hole For First Time - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAstronomers are observing the sudden awakening of a giant black hole in the constellation of Virgo. "Decades of observations found nothing remarkable about the distant galaxy in the constellation ...