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FSF Urges US Government to Adopt Free-as-in-Freedom Tax Filing Software (Apr 13, 2025 13:28)
"A modern free society has an obligation to offer electronic tax filing that respects u...

New Supercomputing Record Set - Using AMD's Instinct GPUs (Apr 13, 2025 11:34)
"AMD processors were instrumental in achieving a new world record," reports Tom's Hardw...

Do Cognitive Abilities Predict Performance in Everyday Computer Tasks? (Apr 13, 2025 07:44)
"Researchers say that a person's intelligence plays a bigger role in their computer pro...

Torvalds Celebrates Git's 20th Anniversay. Is It More Famous Than Linux? (Apr 13, 2025 03:44)
Celebrating Git's 20th anniversary, GitHub hosted a Q&A with Linus Torvalds, writes...

WSJ Says China 'Acknowledged Its Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks' (Apr 13, 2025 01:34)
Here's an update from the Wall Street Journal about a "widespread series of alarming cy...

Original 1977 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades (Apr 12, 2025 22:41)
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings news that in June "a rare screening of the ...

Chrome To Patch Decades-Old 'Browser History Sniffing' Flaw That Let Sites Peek At Your History (Apr 12, 2025 21:41)
Slashdot reader king*jojo shared this article from The Register: A 23-year-old side-cha...

America's Justice Department Shuts Down Its Cryptocurrency Fraud Unit (Apr 12, 2025 20:41)
America's Justice Department "has shut down its unit that investigates cryptocurrency f...

For the First Time Astronomers Watch a Black Hole 'Wake Up' in Real-Time (Apr 12, 2025 19:41)
Black holes "often exhibit long periods of dormancy," writes Popular Science, adding th...

Germany's 'Universal Basic Income' Experiment Proves It Doesn't Encourage Unmployment (Apr 12, 2025 18:41)
People "are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attach...

AI Industry Tells US Congress: 'We Need Energy' (Apr 12, 2025 17:41)
The Washington Post reports: The United States urgently needs more energy to fuel an ar...

Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls (Apr 12, 2025 16:41)
Skype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post. But the...

FSF Urges US Government to Adopt Free-as-in-Freedom Tax Filing Software (Apr 12, 2025 16:34)
"A modern free society has an obligation to offer electronic tax filing that respects u...

Trump Tariffs Add Exemptions Friday Night for Smartphones and Other Electronics (Apr 12, 2025 15:41)
Smartphones, computer monitors, semiconductors, and various other electronics will be e...

Facebook Whistleblower Alleges Meta's AI Model Llama Was Used to Help DeepSeek (Apr 12, 2025 14:34)
A former Facebook employee/whistleblower alleges Meta's AI model Lllama was used to hel...

Leaving Money on the Table (Apr 12, 2025 12:05)
Abstract of a paper on NBER: There is much disagreement about the extent to which finan...

Facebook Is Just Craigslist Now (Apr 12, 2025 07:20)
Facebook Marketplace has emerged as the dominant feature within the social media platfo...

Adobe Retreats from Bluesky After Massive User Backlash (Apr 12, 2025 04:30)
Adobe has deleted all its posts on Twitter-alternative Bluesky after a disastrous April...

European Tourism To US Plunges (Apr 12, 2025 02:00)
An anonymous reader shares a report: The number of European travellers visiting the US ...

Ex-OpenAI Staffers File Amicus Brief Opposing the Company's For-Profit Transition (Apr 12, 2025 01:00)
A group of ex-OpenAI employees on Friday filed a proposed amicus brief in support of El...

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