IT News 6 months ago

Teachers urge parents not to buy children smartphones - Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and overnight. -

Monmouthshire teachers urge smartphone ban for children under 14

Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and overnight.

IT News 6 months ago

You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem - here's how to stop it - Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person intervie... -

Fake North Korean IT workers: How companies can stop them

: Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another

IT News 6 months ago

Wire Like a Pro: Peeking into Wire Harness Mastery - There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending ... -

Hackaday

Wire Like A Pro: Peeking Into Wire Harness Mastery

There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending time standing over the shoulder of a master of the craft. This aw...

#cableharness #wireharness #connectors #how-to #wiring

IT News 7 months ago

Ex-ASML employee sentenced to three years' imprisonment for sharing company secrets with Russia - An ex-ASML employee has been sentenced to three years impri... -

Tom

Ex-ASML employee sentenced to three years

He accessed files beyond the scope of his employment for several years.

#semiconductors #manufacturing #techindustry

IT News 7 months ago

Grok’s Nazi tirade sparks debate: Who’s to blame when AI spews hate? - Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/11/grok-ai-elon-musk-antisemitism/

IT News 7 months ago

Ohio City Using AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks To Scan Your Trash, Scold You For Not Recycling - The city of Centerville, Ohio has deployed AI-enabled garbage trucks that scan res... -

Ohio City Using AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks To Scan Your Trash, Scold You For Not Recycling - Slashdot

The city of Centerville, Ohio has deployed AI-enabled garbage trucks that scan residents

#ai

IT News 7 months ago

Former reality TV star appointed NASA Interim Administrator - Can Sean Duffy embrace the challenge? NASA has a new interim Administrator. US President ... -

Former reality TV star appointed NASA interim administrator

: Can Sean Duffy embrace the challenge?

IT News 7 months ago

Won’t somebody care for the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day - Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it Go... -

Meta, Google, weigh in to Europe

: Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it

IT News 7 months ago

Ford CEO Predicts AI Could Eliminate Half of US White-Collar Jobs - Ford CEO Jim Farley believes half of all white-collar workers in the U.S. could lo... -

Ford CEO Predicts AI Could Eliminate Half of US White-Collar Jobs - Slashdot

Ford CEO Jim Farley believes half of all white-collar workers in the U.S. could lose their jobs to AI in the coming years, he said. He joins other ...

#ai

IT News 7 months ago

German charity refuses to comply with Bitcoin ransomware demand — hackers attempt to extort hunger-fighting group for over $2 million - A German hunger-fighting charity is on the hook for some $2... -

Tom

German charity refuses to comply with Bitcoin ransomware demand — hackers attempt to extort hunger-fighting group for over $2 million

The group says they won

#cybersecurity #techindustry

IT News 7 months ago

Arm muscles into server market – but can't wrestle control from x86 just yet - Server shipments surge 70% in 2025, still shy of datacenter dominance goal Arm-based serv... -

Arm-based servers to grow 70% this year

: Server shipments surge 70% in 2025, still shy of datacenter dominance goal

IT News 7 months ago

Ancient SoundBlaster Cards Just Got A Driver Update - Old hardware tends to get less support as the years go by, from both manufacturers... -

Hackaday

Ancient SoundBlaster Cards Just Got A Driver Update

Old hardware tends to get less support as the years go by, from both manufacturers and the open-source community alike. And yet, every now and then...

#soundblaster #linuxhacks #creative #awe32 #linux

IT News 7 months ago

PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation - The W3C updated PNG to make it work with HDR content, and i... -

Tom

PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation

The demand for subtitles in HDR content led to this update.

#software

IT News 7 months ago

Games Run Faster On SteamOS Than Windows 11, Ars Testing Finds - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nearly a decade ago, Ars te... -

Games Run Faster On SteamOS Than Windows 11, Ars Testing Finds - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve

#windows

IT News 7 months ago

Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain To Take Risks, Scientists Warn - ScienceAlert reports: Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckl... -

Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain To Take Risks, Scientists Warn - Slashdot

ScienceAlert reports: Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckless with their money, according to a new study, which found a link...

#science

IT News 7 months ago

Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address — Cloudflare blocks largest cyber assault ever recorded - Cloudflare says that it blocked the 7.3 Tbps of junk traffi... -

Tom

Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address — Cloudflare blocks largest cyber assault ever recorded

This is the largest DDoS attack ever on record, so far.

#cybersecurity #techindustry

IT News 7 months ago

SoftBank's Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi... -

SoftBank

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is envisaging setting up a $1 trillion industrial complex in...

#business

IT News 7 months ago

The 16-Billion-Record Data Breach That No One's Ever Heard of - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Several collections of login c... -

The 16-Billion-Record Data Breach That No One

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, to...

#security

IT News 7 months ago

Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says - The app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner refused to sell it by... -

Donald Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says

The app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner refused to sell it by a January deadline.

IT News 7 months ago

'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