'Firefox Is Dead To Me' - Veteran columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols declared that Firefox was "dead" to hi... -

'Firefox Is Dead To Me' - Slashdot

Veteran columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols declared that Firefox was "dead" to him in a scathing opinion piece Tuesday that cites Mozilla

#firefox

Why Ukraine is one of the world's most digital countries - Despite the war, Ukraine has developed of the most advanced systems for digital governmen... -

Ukraine: Why it has one of the most digital governments

Despite the war, Ukraine has developed of the most advanced systems for digital government services.

Amazon's Return-to-Office Mandate Sparks Complaints from Disabled Employees - An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg: Amazon's hard-line stance... -

Amazon

An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg: Amazon

#it

Windows 95 testing almost stalled due to cash register overflow - Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store Windows 95 will soon tur... -

Windows 95 testing almost stalled from cash reg overflow

: Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store

‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web - As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/11/tollbit-ai-bot-retrieval/

This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job - Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automat... -

This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.”

#computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #laborandjobs #mechanizeai #start-ups #googleinc

China orders trial of aged care robots that can cook, clean, and provide emotional support - Elon Musk suggested this to Beijing years ago China’s Ministry of Industry and Informatio... -

China orders trial of aged care robots that can cook, clean

: Elon Musk suggested this to Beijing years ago

ICANN waves hands in protest at AFRINIC election arrangement - Worries lawyers overseeing poll may have disqualifying entanglements The Internet Corpora... -

ICANN calls for officials to be replaced before AFRINIC poll

: Worries lawyers overseeing poll may have disqualifying entanglements

China’s asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a ‘solar wing’ - PLUS: Hitachi turns greybeards into AI agents; Tiananmen anniversary censorship; AWS in T... -

China

Asia in brief: Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more!

Mozilla Criticizes Meta's 'Invasive' Feed of Users' AI Prompts, Demands Its Shutdown - In late April Meta introduced its Meta AI app, which included something called a D... -

Mozilla Criticizes Meta

In late April Meta introduced its Meta AI app, which included something called a Discover feed. ("You can see the best prompts people are shari...

#facebook

Schneier tries to rip the rose-colored AI glasses from the eyes of Congress - DOGE moves fast and breaks things, and now our data is at risk, security guru warns in he... -

Schneier to House: AI fawning obscures security concerns

: DOGE moves fast and breaks things, and now our data is at risk, security guru warns in hearing

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No. - The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts ... -

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No.

The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts among the family’s web of digital currency ventures.

#unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #trumpmedia&technologygroup #computersandtheinternet #worldlibertyfinancial #mobileapplications #trumpbarron(2006-) #bitcoin(currency) #trumpericf(1984-) #entrepreneurship #virtualcurrency #trumpdonaldj

Is the AI Job Apocalypse Already Here for Some Recent Grads? - "This month, millions of young people will graduate from college," reports the New... -

Is the AI Job Apocalypse Already Here for Some Recent Grads? - Slashdot

"This month, millions of young people will graduate from college," reports the New York Times, "and look for work in industries that ha...

#ai

A new SSD form factor can house a staggering 1,000,000 GB of storage – E2 drives could store 11,000 4K movies with 80W power draw - E2 is a new flash form factor ... -

Tom

A new SSD form factor can house a staggering 1,000,000 GB of storage – E2 drives could store 11,000 4K movies with 80W power draw

That

#pccomponents #storage #ssds

Washington Consumers Gain Right to Repair for Cellphones and More - Starting January 1st, 2026, Washington state’s new Right to Repair law will come i... -

Hackaday

Washington Consumers Gain Right To Repair For Cellphones And More

Starting January 1st, 2026, Washington state’s new Right to Repair law will come into effect. It requires manufacturers to make tools, parts ...

#righttorepair #repairhacks #news

The Republican Tax Bill Could Sharply Slow E.V. Sales - The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric v... -

How Electric Vehicles Are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill

The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.

#automobileserviceandchargingstations #taxcreditsdeductionsandexemptions #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #internationaltradeandworldmarket #fuelemissions(transportation) #alternativeandrenewableenergy #inflationreductionactof2022 #federal-staterelations(us)

The Make-roscope - Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through onl... -

Hackaday

The Make-roscope

Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through online tech news and shopping sites incessantly. The problem with th...

#hackadaycolumns #cellphonehacks #microscope #science

The Quiet Collapse of Surveys: Fewer Humans (and More AI Agents) Are Answering Survey Questions - Survey response rates have collapsed from 30-50% in the 1970s to as low as 5% toda... -

The Quiet Collapse of Surveys: Fewer Humans (and More AI Agents) Are Answering Survey Questions - Slashdot

Survey response rates have collapsed from 30-50% in the 1970s to as low as 5% today, while AI agents now account for an estimated 20% of survey res...

#stats

The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan - An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foun... -

The US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's policy

An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.

Netflix strikes deal to bring Sesame Street to streaming giant - The platform will offer a new 56th season and 90 hours of previous episodes to its subscr... -

Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump pulled funding

The platform will offer a new season and 90 hours of previous episodes to its 300 million subscribers.