GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG
December 30, 2025 at 02:45AM
December 30, 2025 at 02:45AM
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GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG
Michal Kicinski, who co-founded both CD Projekt and the DRM-free digital games store GOG back in 2008, has acquired 100% ownership of GOG from CD Projekt, bringing the platform full circle to one of its original creators. GOG was already operating as part…
Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV
December 30, 2025 at 03:26AM
December 30, 2025 at 03:26AM
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Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV
Americans are settling into streaming habits that should worry Hollywood executives, as new Nielsen data analyzed by Bloomberg reveals that not a single new original series cracked the top 10 most-watched streaming shows in 2025 -- the first time this has…
How Windows 10 Earned Its Good Reputation While Planting the Seeds of Windows 11's Problems
December 30, 2025 at 04:02AM
December 30, 2025 at 04:02AM
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How Windows 10 Earned Its Good Reputation While Planting the Seeds of Windows 11's Problems
Windows 10's formal end-of-support arrived in October, and while the operating system is generally remembered as one of the "good" versions of Windows -- the most widely used since XP -- many of the annoyances people complain about in Windows 11 actually…
After a Decade of Dead Ends, $70 Million Rides on Locating Flight MH370
December 30, 2025 at 04:40AM
December 30, 2025 at 04:40AM
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After a Decade of Dead Ends, $70 Million Rides on Locating Flight MH370
More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished over the Indian Ocean en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the marine robotics company that located Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance is preparing to resume its hunt for the missing Boeing…
Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First
December 30, 2025 at 05:22AM
December 30, 2025 at 05:22AM
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Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First
Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere. From a report: It means that across a broad swathe…
China Drafts World's Strictest Rules To End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence
December 30, 2025 at 06:00AM
December 30, 2025 at 06:00AM
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China Drafts World's Strictest Rules To End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: China drafted landmark rules to stop AI chatbots from emotionally manipulating users, including what could become the strictest policy worldwide intended to prevent AI-supported suicides, self-harm, and…
Nvidia Takes $5 Billion Stake In Intel Under September Agreement
December 30, 2025 at 06:40AM
December 30, 2025 at 06:40AM
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Nvidia Takes $5 Billion Stake In Intel Under September Agreement
Nvidia has completed its previously announced $5 billion investment in Intel, buying over 214 million shares at a fixed price after the deal received clearance from Federal Trade Commission. "The leading AI chip designer said in September it would pay $23.28…
Sam Altman Offers $555K Salary To Fill Most Daunting Role In AI
December 30, 2025 at 07:20AM
December 30, 2025 at 07:20AM
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Sam Altman Offers $555K Salary To Fill Most Daunting Role In AI
OpenAI is offering a $555,000 salary (plus equity) to recruit a new "head of preparedness," a high-pressure role tasked with anticipating and mitigating extreme AI risks. "This will be a stressful job, and you'll jump into the deep end pretty much immediately…
Tough Job Market Has People Using Dating Apps To Get Interviews
December 30, 2025 at 08:02AM
December 30, 2025 at 08:02AM
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Tough Job Market Has People Using Dating Apps To Get Interviews
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Most people use dating apps to find love. Tiffany Chau used one to hunt for a summer internship. This fall, the 20-year-old junior at California College of the Arts tailored her Hinge profile to connect…
'Pull Over and Show Me Your Apple Wallet'
December 30, 2025 at 08:45AM
December 30, 2025 at 08:45AM
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'Pull Over and Show Me Your Apple Wallet'
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: MacRumors reports that Apple plans to expand iPhone and Apple Watch driver's licenses to 7 U.S. states (CT, KY, MS, OK, UT, AR, VA). A recent convert is the State of Illinois, whose website videos demo how you can use…
Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025
December 30, 2025 at 09:25AM
December 30, 2025 at 09:25AM
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Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025
Phoronix's Michael Larabel is "reliving some of the best moments for Fedora Linux in 2025" by highlighting the year's most popular news around the distro. Throughout 2025, Fedora continued to lead upstream Linux innovation with bold changes like Wayland-only…
Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage
December 30, 2025 at 10:02AM
December 30, 2025 at 10:02AM
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Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage
Amid a global DDR5 shortage and soaring prices, Russian hardware enthusiasts are experimenting with do-it-yourself DDR5 RAM by sourcing empty PCBs and soldering memory chips by hand. Tom's Hardware reports: The idea comes from Russian YouTuber PRO Hi-Tech's…
2026 年可能是 Qwen 之年
阿里巴巴的开放权重大模型 Qwen（通义千问）不是最先进的 AI 模型，但它是目前最受欢迎的开放权重大模型之一，它的易于使用和易于修改吸引了全世界的研究人员和企业采用。AI 会议 NeurIPS 有数百篇论文使用了 Qwen 模型，智能眼镜初创公司 Rokid 在其原型设备中使用了 Qwen，Airbnb、Perplexity 和 Nvidia 都在使用 Qwen，就连 Meta 据说也在利用 Qwen 帮助构建新模型。Qwen 的崛起表明，衡量任何 AI 模型的关键指标，除了其智能程度之外，还应该看它能用于构建其它产品的程度。 via Solidot
阿里巴巴的开放权重大模型 Qwen（通义千问）不是最先进的 AI 模型，但它是目前最受欢迎的开放权重大模型之一，它的易于使用和易于修改吸引了全世界的研究人员和企业采用。AI 会议 NeurIPS 有数百篇论文使用了 Qwen 模型，智能眼镜初创公司 Rokid 在其原型设备中使用了 Qwen，Airbnb、Perplexity 和 Nvidia 都在使用 Qwen，就连 Meta 据说也在利用 Qwen 帮助构建新模型。Qwen 的崛起表明，衡量任何 AI 模型的关键指标，除了其智能程度之外，还应该看它能用于构建其它产品的程度。 via Solidot
Researchers Make 'Neuromorphic' Artificial Skin For Robots
December 30, 2025 at 11:33AM
December 30, 2025 at 11:33AM
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Researchers Make 'Neuromorphic' Artificial Skin For Robots
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be transmitted…
PhDs Can't Find Work as Boston's Biotech Engine Sputters
December 30, 2025 at 03:00PM
December 30, 2025 at 03:00PM
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PhDs Can't Find Work as Boston's Biotech Engine Sputters
The Wall Street Journal reports that Boston's once-booming biotech sector has hit a sharp downturn, leaving newly minted Ph.D.s struggling to find work as venture funding dries up, lab space sits empty, and companies downsize or relocate amid rising costs…
Meta Just Bought Manus, an AI Startup Everyone Has Been Talking About
December 30, 2025 at 06:00PM
December 30, 2025 at 06:00PM
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Meta Just Bought Manus, an AI Startup Everyone Has Been Talking About
Meta has agreed to acquire viral AI agent startup Manus, "a Singapore-based AI startup that's become the talk of Silicon Valley since it materialized this spring with a demo video so slick it went instantly viral," reports TechCrunch. "The clip showed an…
22 Million Affected By Aflac Data Breach
December 30, 2025 at 09:00PM
December 30, 2025 at 09:00PM
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22 Million Affected By Aflac Data Breach
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: Insurance giant Aflac is notifying roughly 22.65 million people that their personal information was stolen from its systems in June 2025. The company disclosed the intrusion on June 20, saying it had…
'One of America's Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt'
December 30, 2025 at 10:00PM
December 30, 2025 at 10:00PM
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'One of America's Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt'
The six-decade flow of highly skilled Indian immigrants to the United States -- a migration pattern that produced some of the country's highest-earning households, several Nobel laureates, and the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and Pepsi -- appears to be grinding…
GOG 和 CD Projekt 联合创始人完全控制 GOG
与 Marcin Iwiński 共同创办 CD Projekt 游戏工作室以及数字游戏发行平台 Good Old Games（GOG）的 Michal Kicinski 从 CD Projekt 收购了 GOG 全部股份，完全控制该数字平台。GOG 将继续独立运营，继续坚持对无 DRM 游戏的承诺—— GOG 发行的游戏没有 DRM。CD Projekt 将专注于游戏开发，而 GOG 已经签署了协议，未来推出的 CD Projekt Red 游戏将会继续在 GOG 上发行无 DRM 版本。 via Solidot
与 Marcin Iwiński 共同创办 CD Projekt 游戏工作室以及数字游戏发行平台 Good Old Games（GOG）的 Michal Kicinski 从 CD Projekt 收购了 GOG 全部股份，完全控制该数字平台。GOG 将继续独立运营，继续坚持对无 DRM 游戏的承诺—— GOG 发行的游戏没有 DRM。CD Projekt 将专注于游戏开发，而 GOG 已经签署了协议，未来推出的 CD Projekt Red 游戏将会继续在 GOG 上发行无 DRM 版本。 via Solidot
火灾空气污染比预期的更严重
大火吞噬着土地，不断向空气中排放气体和颗粒物，它们对空气污染的影响可能被低估了。一项研究报告称，在世界各地，野火和计划烧除排放的气体可能远超此前预估量。每年大片森林、草地和泥炭地都会在野火中焚烧，向空气中释放出水蒸气、灰烬和碳基化合物的复杂混合物。研究人员查阅了 1997 年至 2023 年全球森林、草地和泥炭地林野火灾所烧毁土地面积的数据库。他们还收集了有关每种植被类型燃烧时排放的有机化合物数据。研究人员估计，在研究期间，林野火灾每年平均向空气中排放约 1.43 亿吨有机化合物。该数值比之前的估算值高出 21%，这表明林野火灾排放物所造成的空气污染可能比先前认为的更加严重。 via Solidot
大火吞噬着土地，不断向空气中排放气体和颗粒物，它们对空气污染的影响可能被低估了。一项研究报告称，在世界各地，野火和计划烧除排放的气体可能远超此前预估量。每年大片森林、草地和泥炭地都会在野火中焚烧，向空气中释放出水蒸气、灰烬和碳基化合物的复杂混合物。研究人员查阅了 1997 年至 2023 年全球森林、草地和泥炭地林野火灾所烧毁土地面积的数据库。他们还收集了有关每种植被类型燃烧时排放的有机化合物数据。研究人员估计，在研究期间，林野火灾每年平均向空气中排放约 1.43 亿吨有机化合物。该数值比之前的估算值高出 21%，这表明林野火灾排放物所造成的空气污染可能比先前认为的更加严重。 via Solidot
2025 年美国人观看了更少的新电视剧
对尼尔森最新数据的分析显示，2025 年没有一部新的原创剧能进入十大最受欢迎的流媒体节目之列。这是尼尔森自 2020 年以来发布流媒体数据以来首次出现该情况。数据还显示，由广告支持的免费流媒体服务增长速度超过了付费流媒体服务。YouTube 是美国电视上观看量最高的流媒体服务，超过了 Netflix 和亚马逊总和。Netflix 在热门剧上仍然具有优势，在尼尔森每周十大热门原创节目榜单中占了约三分之二。但其主导地位正逐渐消失——该公司的流媒体观看份额占比降至 20% 以下。迪士尼流媒体服务份额三年以来停滞不前，而亚马逊则在迎头赶上。2025 年观看量最高的原创剧是《鱿鱼游戏》终季，之后是《星期三》第二季和《爱情岛》的最新季。 via Solidot
对尼尔森最新数据的分析显示，2025 年没有一部新的原创剧能进入十大最受欢迎的流媒体节目之列。这是尼尔森自 2020 年以来发布流媒体数据以来首次出现该情况。数据还显示，由广告支持的免费流媒体服务增长速度超过了付费流媒体服务。YouTube 是美国电视上观看量最高的流媒体服务，超过了 Netflix 和亚马逊总和。Netflix 在热门剧上仍然具有优势，在尼尔森每周十大热门原创节目榜单中占了约三分之二。但其主导地位正逐渐消失——该公司的流媒体观看份额占比降至 20% 以下。迪士尼流媒体服务份额三年以来停滞不前，而亚马逊则在迎头赶上。2025 年观看量最高的原创剧是《鱿鱼游戏》终季，之后是《星期三》第二季和《爱情岛》的最新季。 via Solidot