The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates
December 08, 2025 at 11:30PM
December 08, 2025 at 11:30PM
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The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates
Tech giants including Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon have all extended the estimated useful lives of their servers and AI equipment over the past five years, sparking a debate among investors about whether these accounting changes are artificially inflating…
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
December 09, 2025 at 12:05AM
December 09, 2025 at 12:05AM
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How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
An investigation has revealed how stablecoins -- cryptocurrencies pegged to the US dollar that exist largely beyond traditional financial oversight -- have become a practical tool for criminals and sanctioned individuals to move funds across borders almost…
Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake
December 09, 2025 at 12:57AM
December 09, 2025 at 12:57AM
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Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake
A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Japan, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate. From a report: A tsunami as high as 3 metres (10ft) could hit the country's north-eastern coast after the earthquake occurred offshore at…
Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
December 09, 2025 at 02:42AM
December 09, 2025 at 02:42AM
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Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses to compete next year with existing models from Meta Platforms: one with screens, and another that's audio focused. From a report: The first AI glasses…
How the Dollar-Store Industry Overcharges Cash-Strapped Customers While Promising Low Prices
December 09, 2025 at 03:15AM
December 09, 2025 at 03:15AM
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How the Dollar-Store Industry Overcharges Cash-Strapped Customers While Promising Low Prices
Dollar General and Family Dollar stores have collectively failed more than 6,400 government price-accuracy inspections since January 2022, charging customers more at checkout than the prices displayed on shelves for everything from frozen pizzas to puppy…
Denmark Posts Its Last Letters as Hallowed National Mail Ends
December 09, 2025 at 03:50AM
December 09, 2025 at 03:50AM
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Denmark Posts Its Last Letters as Hallowed National Mail Ends
Denmark's postal service, established by King Christian IV four centuries ago as one of Europe's first modern mail systems, will stop delivering letters on December 30, ending a tradition that once saw riders given a maximum of 45 minutes to cover each 10…
China's Growth Is Coming at the Rest of the World's Expense
December 09, 2025 at 04:30AM
December 09, 2025 at 04:30AM
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China's Growth Is Coming at the Rest of the World's Expense
China has contributed less to global growth this year than the U.S. despite Beijing's frequent criticism of protectionism, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis citing new research from Goldman Sachs economists. U.S. imports are up 10% so far this year…
Social Media's Relentless Shopping Machine Has Created an Army of Debt-Laden Buyers
December 09, 2025 at 05:10AM
December 09, 2025 at 05:10AM
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Social Media's Relentless Shopping Machine Has Created an Army of Debt-Laden Buyers
The influencer economy that Goldman Sachs projects will reach nearly half a trillion dollars by 2027 depends on a less-examined population: the influenced, millions of people who find themselves accumulating debt and clutter after years of exposure to what…
Lenovo's Next Gaming Laptop May Have a Rollable OLED Screen That Stretches Ultrawide
December 09, 2025 at 05:50AM
December 09, 2025 at 05:50AM
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Lenovo's Next Gaming Laptop May Have a Rollable OLED Screen That Stretches Ultrawide
Lenovo may be preparing to unveil a gaming laptop that uses rollable OLED technology to expand horizontally into an ultrawide 21:9 display, according to a Windows Latest report suggesting the device could appear at CES 2026 in January. The Lenovo Legion Pro…
Meta Pledge To Use Less Personal Data For Ads Gets EU Nod, Avoids Daily Fines
December 09, 2025 at 06:30AM
December 09, 2025 at 06:30AM
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Meta Pledge To Use Less Personal Data For Ads Gets EU Nod, Avoids Daily Fines
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta's proposal to use less personal data for targeted advertising in its pay-or-consent model that will be rolled out next month won the approval of EU antitrust regulators on Monday, signaling the company…
Firefox 146 Now Available With Native Fractional Scaling On Wayland
December 09, 2025 at 07:10AM
December 09, 2025 at 07:10AM
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Firefox 146 Now Available With Native Fractional Scaling On Wayland
Firefox 146 has been released with native fractional scaling support on Wayland -- finally giving Linux users crisp UI rendering. Other new additions include GPU process improvements on macOS, developer-focused CSS features, and broader access to Firefox…
IBM To Buy Confluent For $11 Billion To Expand AI Services
December 09, 2025 at 07:50AM
December 09, 2025 at 07:50AM
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IBM To Buy Confluent For $11 Billion To Expand AI Services
IBM is buying Confluent for $11 billion in a major push to own real-time data streaming infrastructure essential for enterprise AI workloads. It marks Big Blue's biggest acquisition since Red Hat in 2019. Bloomberg reports: The AI boom has touched off billions…
Taiwan Cries Censorship As Government Bans Rednote
December 09, 2025 at 08:30AM
December 09, 2025 at 08:30AM
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Taiwan Cries Censorship As Government Bans Rednote
Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: Taiwan's government has ordered a one-year block of a popular, mainland Chinese-owned social media app Xiaohongshu, also known as The Little RedNote, citing its failure to cooperate with authorities over fraud…
More Than 200 Environmental Groups Demand Halt To New US Datacenters
December 09, 2025 at 09:10AM
December 09, 2025 at 09:10AM
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More Than 200 Environmental Groups Demand Halt To New US Datacenters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the U.S., the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry…
Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut
December 09, 2025 at 09:30AM
December 09, 2025 at 09:30AM
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Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut
The Trump administration will allow Nvidia to resume selling H200 chips to China, but only if the U.S. government takes a 25% cut. Axios reports: Trump said on Truth Social that he'll allow Nvidia to sell H200 chips -- the generation of chips before its current…
193 Cybercrims Arrested, Accused of Plotting 'Violence-As-a-Service'
December 09, 2025 at 10:00AM
December 09, 2025 at 10:00AM
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193 Cybercrims Arrested, Accused of Plotting 'Violence-As-a-Service'
Europol's GRIMM taskforce has arrested nearly 200 people accused of running or participating in "violence-as-a-service" schemes where cybercrime groups recruit youth online for real-world attacks. "These individuals are groomed or coerced into committing…
派拉蒙对华纳发起敌意收购
在与 Netflix 之间展开的竞购失败之后，Paramount Skydance 周一宣布将对 Warner Bros. Discovery 发起敌意收购，将直接向该公司股东提出每股 30 美元的全现金收购要约。Netflix 以 830 亿美元收购 Warner Bros. Discovery 的流媒体和影视游戏业务，而 Paramount Skydance 的要约是以 1080 亿美元收购整家公司，囊括了有线电视业务如 CNN 和 TNT。1080 亿美元来自埃里森家族和私募股权公司 RedBird Capital 的股权融资，以及来自美国银行、花旗集团和 Apollo Global Management 的 540 亿美元债务承诺。 via Solidot
在与 Netflix 之间展开的竞购失败之后，Paramount Skydance 周一宣布将对 Warner Bros. Discovery 发起敌意收购，将直接向该公司股东提出每股 30 美元的全现金收购要约。Netflix 以 830 亿美元收购 Warner Bros. Discovery 的流媒体和影视游戏业务，而 Paramount Skydance 的要约是以 1080 亿美元收购整家公司，囊括了有线电视业务如 CNN 和 TNT。1080 亿美元来自埃里森家族和私募股权公司 RedBird Capital 的股权融资，以及来自美国银行、花旗集团和 Apollo Global Management 的 540 亿美元债务承诺。 via Solidot
Claude Code Is Coming To Slack
December 09, 2025 at 03:00PM
December 09, 2025 at 03:00PM
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Claude Code Is Coming To Slack
Anthropic is bringing Claude Code directly into Slack, letting developers spin up coding sessions from chat threads and automate workflows without leaving the app. TechCrunch reports: Previously, developers could only get lightweight coding help via Claude…
Evidence That Humans Now Speak In a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
December 09, 2025 at 06:00PM
December 09, 2025 at 06:00PM
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak In a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Researchers and moderators are increasingly concerned that ChatGPT-style language is bleeding into everyday speech and writing. The topic has been explored in the past but "two new, more anecdotal reports, suggest that our chatbot dialect isn't just something…