Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players
July 19, 2026 at 03:50AM
July 19, 2026 at 03:50AM
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Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players
"Approximately half of Gen Z and millennials who have purchased a CD do not own a CD player," according to midyear sales statistics from entertainment data company Luminate. It's driven in part by "collection building", according to their report [PDF]: The…
Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme
July 19, 2026 at 06:17AM
July 19, 2026 at 06:17AM
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Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme
Reuters reports: Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government's troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed…
How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department
July 19, 2026 at 07:17AM
July 19, 2026 at 07:17AM
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How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department
This week Slashdot reader joshuark found the story of exactly how in 2025 ProPublica reporter Renee Dudley confirmed Microsoft was running tech support for the U.S. Defense Department through China, America's biggest cybersecurity adversary — and how…
France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket
July 19, 2026 at 08:17AM
July 19, 2026 at 08:17AM
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France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket
France's regulatory authority for licensed gambling/betting games "announced this week that it ordered ISPs to block access to Polymarket," reports Engadget. Anyone caught advertising an unauthorized betting site "could be fined up to 100,000 euros, or around…
OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake'
July 19, 2026 at 09:34AM
July 19, 2026 at 09:34AM
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OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake'
"OpenAI has finally confirmed reports that its latest family of large language models can accidentally delete files," reports InfoWorld, "while stressing that such incidents are rare and should be viewed as 'honest mistakes.'" Reports of the flagship LLMs…
'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention
July 19, 2026 at 11:34AM
July 19, 2026 at 11:34AM
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'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention
Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX has open sourced the Grok Build CLI this week, reports The Register, "just days after researchers caught the AI tool scooping up users' entire repositories and uploading them to company-controlled cloud storage." That discovery…
New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use
July 19, 2026 at 03:34PM
July 19, 2026 at 03:34PM
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New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco "adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental effects on attention, memory and cognition," reports the Washington Post: The study followed more than…
法国命令 ISP 屏蔽 Polymarket
法国持牌博彩/赌博游戏监管机构 Autorité Nationale Des Jeux 命令 ISP 屏蔽最大预测市场平台 Polymarket，任何被发现宣传该非法赌博网站的人都可能被处以最高 10 万欧元的罚款。ANJ 此前已经限制法国居民在 Polymarket 上进行任何金融交易，但它发现法国居民绕过了限制，Polymarket 的法国访客仍然持续增长。ANJ 希望加大对 Polymarket 的打击力度，再次强调该平台被认定为非法赌博网站。西班牙政府也下令封锁了预测市场平台 Polymarket 和 Kalshi。 via Solidot
法国持牌博彩/赌博游戏监管机构 Autorité Nationale Des Jeux 命令 ISP 屏蔽最大预测市场平台 Polymarket，任何被发现宣传该非法赌博网站的人都可能被处以最高 10 万欧元的罚款。ANJ 此前已经限制法国居民在 Polymarket 上进行任何金融交易，但它发现法国居民绕过了限制，Polymarket 的法国访客仍然持续增长。ANJ 希望加大对 Polymarket 的打击力度，再次强调该平台被认定为非法赌博网站。西班牙政府也下令封锁了预测市场平台 Polymarket 和 Kalshi。 via Solidot
Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos?
July 19, 2026 at 07:34PM
July 19, 2026 at 07:34PM
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Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos?
CNBC reports: The automotive industry's increasing use of over-the-air technology to update vehicle systems makes it more susceptible to cyberattacks, analysts say, urging more intervention in the sector... Its use represents "a unique national security concern…
数据中心抗议席卷美国
反数据中心抗议者在美国 42 州举行了 142 场抗议活动。这一抗议行动获得了两党民众支持、由前茶党领袖联合创办的组织 HumansFirst 协调。抗议者集会反对 HumansFirst 所称的数据中心“缺乏问责”的扩张以及“对自由不可接受的侵犯”。在弗吉尼亚州 Fredericksburg，一位年轻人举的牌子上面写着：“我们靠水而不是数据生存。”亚特兰大抗议者的标语是“佐治亚州从未投票支持超大规模人工智能数据中心”。HumansFirst 表示暂无全美和各大城市抗议者人数的统计数据。反对数据中心建设是少数几个能跨越意识形态团结美国人的议题之一。民调显示，只有三分之一的美国人认可数据中心的建设速度，只有 14% 的受访者支持在其社区建设数据中心。 via Solidot
反数据中心抗议者在美国 42 州举行了 142 场抗议活动。这一抗议行动获得了两党民众支持、由前茶党领袖联合创办的组织 HumansFirst 协调。抗议者集会反对 HumansFirst 所称的数据中心“缺乏问责”的扩张以及“对自由不可接受的侵犯”。在弗吉尼亚州 Fredericksburg，一位年轻人举的牌子上面写着：“我们靠水而不是数据生存。”亚特兰大抗议者的标语是“佐治亚州从未投票支持超大规模人工智能数据中心”。HumansFirst 表示暂无全美和各大城市抗议者人数的统计数据。反对数据中心建设是少数几个能跨越意识形态团结美国人的议题之一。民调显示，只有三分之一的美国人认可数据中心的建设速度，只有 14% 的受访者支持在其社区建设数据中心。 via Solidot
Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too
July 19, 2026 at 10:34PM
July 19, 2026 at 10:34PM
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Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Recalling his initial resistance to free and open software, billionaire computer scientist David Siegel argues vigorously in FORTUNE that the stakes are too high to let AI become increasingly closed. "In the 1980s…
Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
July 19, 2026 at 11:34PM
July 19, 2026 at 11:34PM
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Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide," reports Electrek: We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera solar EV…
《半秒钟》——XZ 后门启示录
2024 年 3月 29 日，一位微软工程师在家执行例行测试时，发现登录测试机的时间比往常慢了约半秒。大多数人都不会认为这是什么大问题。但他却深入展开了调查，在流行压缩工具 XZ Utils 中发现了一个故意植入的隐蔽后门。有人花了两年时间才把后门植入到该工具中。Adrian Mastronardi 发表了一本关于 XZ 后门事件的书《Half a Second》，在非商业使用、禁止衍生的 CC 许可证（CC BY-NC-ND 4.0）下免费提供。本书讲述了一位精疲力竭的志愿者独自维护着代码，被耐心而巧妙的操纵，最终交出了代码的维护权；一位工程师凭借一连串的运气和来之不易的直觉，在半秒钟的好奇心驱使下发现了这次攻击；以及构建该后门的幕后操纵者，此人至今身份不明，其身份可能永远也无法被揭露。 via Solidot
2024 年 3月 29 日，一位微软工程师在家执行例行测试时，发现登录测试机的时间比往常慢了约半秒。大多数人都不会认为这是什么大问题。但他却深入展开了调查，在流行压缩工具 XZ Utils 中发现了一个故意植入的隐蔽后门。有人花了两年时间才把后门植入到该工具中。Adrian Mastronardi 发表了一本关于 XZ 后门事件的书《Half a Second》，在非商业使用、禁止衍生的 CC 许可证（CC BY-NC-ND 4.0）下免费提供。本书讲述了一位精疲力竭的志愿者独自维护着代码，被耐心而巧妙的操纵，最终交出了代码的维护权；一位工程师凭借一连串的运气和来之不易的直觉，在半秒钟的好奇心驱使下发现了这次攻击；以及构建该后门的幕后操纵者，此人至今身份不明，其身份可能永远也无法被揭露。 via Solidot
Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure
July 20, 2026 at 12:34AM
July 20, 2026 at 12:34AM
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Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure
Windows 10 still runs on 16.9% of the Windows devices monitored by asset-tracking service Lansweeper. That's more than one in six, The Register points out. A year ago, the operating system accounted for about half of the machines in its dataset, falling to…
Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
July 19, 2026 at 11:34PM
July 19, 2026 at 11:34PM
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Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
Solar car maker Aptera has "officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide," reports Electrek: We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera solar EV…
Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight
July 20, 2026 at 01:49AM
July 20, 2026 at 01:49AM
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Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight
"A humanoid robot lost its head," reports Newsweek, "during the world's first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots." The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics…
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves
July 20, 2026 at 03:05AM
July 20, 2026 at 03:05AM
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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves
"Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves," reports Space.com: The powerful cosmic titans get really puzzling when astronomers using the JWST spot…
California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge
July 20, 2026 at 05:04AM
July 20, 2026 at 05:04AM
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California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times: A federal judge has halted California's groundbreaking "Truth in Recycling" law, which aims to reduce consumer confusion about which packaging can be recycled. [Originally planned to take…
Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services
July 20, 2026 at 07:09AM
July 20, 2026 at 07:09AM
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Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services
"If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake," reports Bloomberg. "Not so in a robotaxi..." Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi's speakers as he rode home…
Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon
July 20, 2026 at 08:50AM
July 20, 2026 at 08:50AM
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Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon
An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware: The Zilog Z80 has just turned 50 years old. This iconic 8-bit processor first went on sale in July 1976 and stayed in production for 48 years until Zilog, now a Littelfuse subsidiary, stopped accepting…
As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security
July 20, 2026 at 10:15AM
July 20, 2026 at 10:15AM
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As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security
The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley's "winners" whose financial security suddenly "evaporated" as their workforce "pushed headlong into AI and heavy job cuts," creating a transformed job market. "Her ex-husband…