OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due to Financing Issues - Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often o... -

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OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due To Financing Issues

Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their cre...

#softwarepreservation #digitalpreservation #softwarehacks #news

'Vibe coding' named word of the year by Collins Dictionary - The art of making an app by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) tops 10 new ter... -

'Vibe coding' named word of the year by Collins Dictionary

The art of making an app by describing it to artificial intelligence (AI) tops 10 new terms on the shortlist.

Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again until November 2026 - The most anticipated video game of all time receives a second official delay from makers ... -

GTA 6 release delayed to November 2026

The most anticipated video game of all time receives a second official delay from makers Rockstar Games.

The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made - The Playstation 3 had a dizzying number of variants from its first launch in 2006 ... -

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The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made

The Playstation 3 had a dizzying number of variants from its first launch in 2006 to when they stopped selling the slim models over a decade later ...

#playstationhacks #playstation3 #watercooling #3dprint #3dscan

Tesla Investors Back Musk’s Trillion Dollar Payday - Shareholders approved a plan to grant Mr. Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meet... -

Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America

Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the c...

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Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs From Its Search Results - Google has delisted over 749 million URLs from Anna's Archive, a shadow library an... -

Google Removed 749 Million Anna

Google has delisted over 749 million URLs from Anna

#piracy

No Easy Fix for Easy A’s - Harvard is worried about going soft. Specifically, about grade inflation, the name for gi... -

The Atlantic

Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’

Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.

OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit - The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker. -

OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit entity

The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker.

Pi Zero Powers A Little Indoor Rover - Not every robot has to be big. Sometimes, you can build something fun that’s bette... -

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Pi Zero Powers A Little Indoor Rover

Not every robot has to be big. Sometimes, you can build something fun that’s better sized for exploring your tabletop rather than the wastela...

#robotshacks #raspberrypi #rover #pi

Google To Offer Free Gemini AI Pro, 2TB Storage To India's 505 Million Reliance Jio Users - Google will offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 millio... -

Google To Offer Free Gemini AI Pro, 2TB Storage To India

Google will offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 million telecom users of India

#google

AWS outage strikes again — colossal internet breakdown for the second time in days, Zoom, Starbucks, and Capital One all affected - There's another AWS outage. ... -

Tom

Huge Microsoft outage hit 365, Xbox, and beyond — deployment of fix for Azure breakdown rolled out

Not another one?

#techindustry

Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux, Latest Data Shows - Nearly nine in ten Windows games can now run on Linux systems, according to data f... -

Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux, Latest Data Shows - Slashdot

Nearly nine in ten Windows games can now run on Linux systems, according to data from ProtonDB compiled by Boiling Steam. The gains came through wo...

#linux

Elon Musk's Grokipedia launches, filled to the brim with plagiarism and AI slop - Scratch Grokipedia and Wikipedia bleeds What do you do if you're the richest man on Earth... -

Grokipedia is such a mess even Grok thinks its untrustworthy

: Scratch Grokipedia and Wikipedia bleeds

First Shape Found That Can't Pass Through Itself - Mathematicians have identified the first shape that cannot pass through itself. Ja... -

First Shape Found That Can

Mathematicians have identified the first shape that cannot pass through itself. Jakob Steininger and Sergey Yurkevich described the Noperthedron in...

#math

Pitchfork Is Beta Testing User Reviews and Comments As It Approaches 30 - As it nears its 30th anniversary, Pitchfork is testing user reviews and comments i... -

Pitchfork Is Beta Testing User Reviews and Comments As It Approaches 30 - Slashdot

As it nears its 30th anniversary, Pitchfork is testing user reviews and comments in a major shift from its long-standing critic-only model. The sit...

#music

Should We Edit Nature to Help It Survive Climate Change? - A recent article in Noema magazines explores the issues in "editing nature to fix ... -

Should We Edit Nature to Help It Survive Climate Change? - Slashdot

A recent article in Noema magazines explores the issues in "editing nature to fix our failures." "It turns out playing God is neither...

#biotech

Reddit Mod Warns 'Do Not Trust' AI-Powered 'Reddit Answers' After It Posts Dangerous Health Advice - In Reddit's "Family Medicine" subreddit, a moderator noticed earlier this week tha... -

Reddit Mod Warns

In Reddit

#social

Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover' - Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently se... -

Ruby Central tries to make peace after

: Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler

Apple, Samsung Report Underwhelming Sales of Their New Thin Smartphones - In two separate reports, Apple and Samsung are said to report underwhelming sales ... -

Apple, Samsung Report Underwhelming Sales of Their New Thin Smartphones - Slashdot

In two separate reports, Apple and Samsung are said to report underwhelming sales of their new ultra-thin smartphones. According to The Elec, Apple...

#cellphones

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference - A potential tragedy was narrowly averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan wh... -

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference - Slashdot

A potential tragedy was narrowly averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan when two volunteer editors tackled an armed man who stormed the sta...

#wikipedia