The Brain Is Actually Two Completely Separate Organs
“New research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years,” Stanford Medicine announced this week:

The new research finding shows that the human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems cleverly packaged together — a more primitive part that regulates our heart … ⌘ Read more

To Enforce Its Proposed Social Media Ban for 450 Million Pre-Teens, EU Builds an Open Source App
The European Commission “proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, with parent-supervised accounts until 15,” reports Reuters.

“Enforcement would rely on a tool Brussels built itself” — a free, open-source age verification smartphone app “that tells a platform … ⌘ Read more

Factory defence in BELTFED looks juicy as you take down millions of bugs
A genre blending roguelike that casts players as a rogue AI automating an escalating war against waves of bugs - BELTFED is an instant wishlist.

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America’s Cryptocurrency ‘Clarity Act’ Fails Spectacularly, Despite Hundreds of Millions in Industry Lobbying
“The crypto industry’s top legislative priority failed on Tuesday in spectacular fashion,” reports Barron’s.

A procedural motion to advance the bill failed by a vote of 49 to 50, with a handful of Republicans joining all Democrats to shoot it down. The motion n … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de We just need to set up a very good telescope some roughly 50 million light years away from earth. %-S

Removing Drivers For Outdated ARM Platforms Will Lighten The Kernel By ~247k Lines
The Linux kernel is going to see the removal of a number of recently deprecated ARM 32-bit platforms. Following the deprecation in Linux 7.3, removing the old ARM platforms will lighten the kernel by around 55k lines of code. But removing now unused drivers only relevant to those platforms will mean roughly a quarter million lines of code can be removed from the kernel source tree… ⌘ Read more

220 Million Traveler Records Exposed In Vietnam-Linked APIS Leak
A misconfigured Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database linked to Vietnam exposed more than 220 million passenger and crew travel records spanning 2017 to 2026, including names, passport numbers, nationalities, flight details, seat assignments, and baggage references. Researchers said the database was reachable through a chain of secu … ⌘ Read more

Scientists Create a New Form of Ice At 2,357 Degrees Celsius
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from ScienceAlert: Scientists have now demonstrated one of the weirdest forms of ice yet – under preposterous pressures up to 2.3 million atmospheres, and tremendous temperatures up to 2,630 kelvins (2,357 degrees Celsius, or 4,274 degrees Fahrenheit). […] In their new experiments, a team led by … ⌘ Read more

California Governor Signs Laws Protecting Kids From Risks of Social Media, AI Chatbots
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of laws Thursday aimed at protecting children from the risks of technology, including social media and AI chatbots. The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per … ⌘ Read more

Europe May Finally Have Found a Space Entrepreneur Who Is Meeting the Moment
French entrepreneur Helene Huby is emerging as one of Europe’s most ambitious space leaders, with The Exploration Company raising a record $450 million Series C as it develops the Nyx cargo capsule, a crewed spacecraft, and a reusable heavy-lift rocket. Huby argues Europe risks falling irrelevance without a much larger … ⌘ Read more

Feds Accuse China of ‘Systematic’ Distillation of US AI Models
The NSA, CISA, and FBI are accusing (PDF) several Chinese AI companies of carrying out “industrial-scale” distillation campaigns against leading U.S. models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. Since at least 2024, the companies have allegedly routed millions of requests across accounts, APIs, proxies, cloud providers, and third-party aggregators to ex … ⌘ Read more

Australia To Let Social Media Users ‘Opt Out’ of Algorithm-Based Feeds
Australia is proposing the “My Feed, My Way” initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports: The legislation, which is being draf … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin-based Liquid Network Says $320 Million Withdrawn in Hack
Reuters reports:

Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack.
“Purported white-hat hackers” withdrew around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Liquid Federation wallet, Liquid Network said in a post on X.

“Liquid wallets will be imp … ⌘ Read more

Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions
A new study published Friday in AGU Advances “depicts the most advanced picture yet of how a rare but massive solar storm could affect some US industries and electric systems more than others,” reports CNN.

“During a 250-year solar storm, the East Coast would have widespread potential for grid failure.”

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Beats Ridley Scott’s Newest Movie
Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend:

Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office, beating out iconic director Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi adventure, The Dog Stars. This success has only continued since, and the worldwide box office currently sits above $22 million. Strong reviews and word-of-mouth are sure to keep viewers coming i … ⌘ Read more

NYC Public Schools Ban AI Use Through Middle School
New York City Public Schools is banning generative AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade for the 2026-27 school year, affecting more than half a million students in the nation’s largest school district. ABC News reports: In a statement to ABC News, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the city is implementing a moratorium on generative AI for students in … ⌘ Read more

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A dark-web identity theft service called Nexus claims to be selling scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses, along with millions of other identity documents. “Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase through the service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely used Louisiana-based identity verifica … ⌘ Read more

NASA Selects Blue Origin As Mars Telecommunications Network Provider
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to $700 million to build and operate a dedicated Mars telecommunications network for current and future missions to the Red Planet. Blue Origin is expected to deliver the spacecraft by the end of 2028, with the network targeted to become operational by 2030. From a press release: Blue Or … ⌘ Read more

GoPro Says It’s Moving Into Data Centers As Part of a $285 Million Merger
GoPro plans to expand into AI infrastructure through a $285 million merger with optical-photonics company Starman Optical, whose transceivers will give the action-camera maker a foothold in the fast-growing data center market. GoPro also plans to push into defense, robotics, aerospace, and government markets while continuing its existi … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Haha. 😅

I’m not really sure what you have in mind. All I can safe with relatively big confidence is that users hate having to make another account. That’s why GitHub/Codeberg are so successful: One account gives you access to millions of projects.

So, once that problem is solved, anything else will probably just fall into place … ? 😅

FTC Sues Amazon, Accusing the E-Commerce Giant of Misleading Advertisers
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon, accusing the company of secretly inflating advertising prices through undisclosed changes to its auction system that may have extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers since 2019. “Amazon has millions of advertising customers who were misled into paying significantly hig … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.3-rc1 Close To 41 Million Lines, AMD Kernel Graphics Driver At 6.5 Million Lines
With Linus Torvalds remarking in the Linux 7.3-rc1 release announcement of the AMD kernel graphics driver changes for amounting around a third of the -rc1 changes due to the big AMD GPU register files for DCN 6.0 and other new IP additions, here are some fresh code stats at large… ⌘ Read more

Millions of Cars Recalled Over Danger of Bursting Into Flames. But They’re Not EVs.
The Washington Post shares this tip for car buyers.

Electric vehicles “are not driving the recent growth in recalls warning that vehicles could erupt into flames at any time, even when parked and turned off.”

A Washington Post analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall notices fo … ⌘ Read more

‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Preview Signals Blockbuster Demand, Analysts Say
Rockstar Games has released a 26-minute “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI, due for release November 19th.
After one day the video had nearly 10 million views on YouTube, and when Netflix streamed the footage, “some viewers had to refresh the page after receiving error messages, indicating high usage levels,” reports CNBC:

“Some memb … ⌘ Read more

GNOME’s Very Exciting Week From Flatpak Funding To Reset Recovery Plus Apps
This week was extremely eventful in the GNOME space with GPU reset recovery for GNOME Mutter now largely wrapped up and the merge request opened to facilitate the code review. There was also the announcement of the half million Euro Sovereign Tech Agency investment into Flatpak. Plus on the application side were a few more interesting advancements this week.‘.. ⌘ Read more

Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top US Universities
Canada is recruiting 64 researchers to universities across the country (source paywalled; alternative source), including 48 from U.S. institutions such as Harvard, Yale, and MIT. The hires are backed by more than $364 million in government funding and are part of a broader effort to attract researchers in fields such as AI, climate science, and medicine. The New Yor … ⌘ Read more

Sovereign Tech Agency Providing Massive Investment Into Flatpak
The latest beneficiary of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency is Flatpak where more than half a million Euros will be invested over the next two years to help with app sandboxing and other functionality… ⌘ Read more

W4 Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent
With an extra $18 million raised, W4 Games plan to continue to expand their enterprise technology and support for the open-source Godot Engine.

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Over 1 Million People Have Clicked LinkedIn’s AI Slop Button
According to a post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, “over a million people” have clicked on LinkedIn’s new “Seems like AI slop” button, which launched after one analysis found 41% of the platform’s longform posts were fully AI-generated. The Verge reports: In Thursday’s post, Srinivasan said that users are overall “now experiencing 40% less vie … ⌘ Read more

Watching TikTok Videos and Instagram Reels Deactivates the Brain’s Cognitive Control Network
An anonymous reader quotes a report from RathBiotaClan: Millions of people finish short video after short video every day; a new brain-scan study shows that the very act of finishing a clip they like temporarily quiets the brain regions that normally help them stay focused and weigh longer-te … ⌘ Read more

Ukrainian Publishers Call For Support After Russian Attacks Destroy 10 Million Books
Russian attacks on Ukrainian publishing infrastructure in July and August destroyed roughly 10 million books, which equates to about 30% of Ukraine’s annual book output. The Ukrainian Book Institute is warning of a potential “collapse of the entire book ecosystem” and is calling for international financial a … ⌘ Read more

YouTube Offers Creators Millions of Dollars to Stay Off Netflix
Bloomberg reports that YouTube is offering major creators millions of dollars to keep some content exclusive to its platform as Netflix increasingly signs YouTube-native talent to non-exclusive deals. YouTube has also warned that creators who simultaneously publish on Netflix could lose marketing support, event opportunities, and access to revenue … ⌘ Read more

Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, despite advertising its reverse-image search as “private and secure.” A separate misconfiguration also exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information. Wired … ⌘ Read more

Rescue Mission Is Called Off For NASA’s Aging Swift Space Telescope
NASA has called off a $30 million mission to rescue its aging Swift space telescope after Katalyst Space’s Link spacecraft developed persistent control and positioning problems. The Associated Press reports: Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift and boost it to a higher orbit because of problems with controlling the spacecr … ⌘ Read more

Comcast Is Turning Millions of Its Routers Into Motion Detectors
Comcast is activating Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of compatible Xfinity gateways, allowing the routers to detect movement by measuring disruptions in signals between the gateway and connected devices. The free feature, part of Xfinity Shield, can send activity alerts through the Xfinity app and offers Home, Away, and nighttime monitoring m … ⌘ Read more

Google Buys All of Spirit Airlines’ Data to Feed Its AI Models
Google has agreed to pay $10 million for a massive trove of anonymized Spirit Airlines data following the carrier’s shutdown, including internal communications, spreadsheets, booking and frequent-flyer records, transactions, and employee information. CNN reports: Did you ever fly on Spirit Airlines? Or work there? Or send an email to someone who worke … ⌘ Read more

Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Supreme Court today rejected Verizon’s attempt to get a $47 million refund from the Federal Communications Commission. In a list of orders (PDF) issued by the court, Verizon’s petition was denied without explanation. The denial apparently ends any possibility of Verizon asking a lowe … ⌘ Read more

Bluesky’s Active User Base Shrinks 52% Over 18 Months, But Its Protocol is Spreading
An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:

According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky’s mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. In addition, mobile daily active users continued to decline, falling 25.6% year … ⌘ Read more

Copper’s Surprising Melting Behavior Provides Insights for Future Fusion Power Plant Design
Phys.org reports:
Future fusion power plants aim to recreate the heart of a star here on Earth to power our future energy needs. While the core fusion plasma will burn at hundreds of millions of degrees, the surrounding structural components must handle sudden, punishing heat loads that riva … ⌘ Read more

Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered In a Single Galaxy For the First Time
Astronomers using JWST have found three actively feeding supermassive black holes in the distant galaxy J0148-4214, seen as it existed about 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. Two sit just 620 light-years apart near the galaxy’s center and are expected to merge within a few hundred million years. Phys.org repor … ⌘ Read more

Mining for that one single golden bit in ‘10 Million Pixels’ is going to consume me
Another interesting upcoming incremental game here for you called 10 Million Pixels, and it’s all about hunting for the golden pixel.

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Zuckerberg’s Superyacht Reportedly Declined To Help Stranded Boat
Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from The Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer. The Silicon Valley billionaire’s yacht, worth a reported $300 million, is said to have “repeatedly” declin … ⌘ Read more

Court Orders Meta To Establish $567 Million Fund To Abate Harms To Youth
A New Mexico court ordered (PDF) Meta to create a $567 million fund to address harms linked to youth mental health and child sexual exploitation after finding its platforms constituted a public nuisance. “In sum, the Court finds that New Mexico is in the midst of a teen mental health crisis affecting public health and public safety … ⌘ Read more

Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street
Trump Media has officially launched its $100,000-per-month data feed giving trading firms machine-readable access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the public. According to Fortune, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, which “would generate about $500,000 in monthly revenue, or $6 million annually … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft CEO Touts His Own DIY AI Project To Wall Street and His 20 Million Followers
theodp writes: During Microsoft’s 2026Q4 earnings call, CEO Microsoft Satya Nadella took time to tout a dashboard he personally created using AI from a Morgan Stanley analyst’s PDF research report, which suggested a rosy payback for the so-called MAG7’s (‘Magnificent 7’ companies) massive capital expenditure … ⌘ Read more

Samsung Bans Smart TV Apps That Share Users’ Internet Connections
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. Some of these apps claim to have been installed … ⌘ Read more

Netflix Sued For Losing ‘Master Copy’ of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie
A production company and filmmaker are suing Netflix for $105 million, alleging the streamer lost a stolen drive containing an unencrypted master copy of the unreleased Nicolas Cage film Fortitude, which they claim damage its exclusivity and market value. Netflix denied responsibility for the lost film but said it takes content security … ⌘ Read more

eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019
eBay and several former executives have agreed to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner, the newsletter writers targeted in a 2019 corporate harassment campaign that involved threats, surveillance attempts, and deliveries of live insects and other disturbing items. The settlement closes th … ⌘ Read more

Earth’s Biggest Disasters Strike In a Hidden Pattern Every 27 Million Years
A new analysis of 89 major geological events over the past 260 million years found evidence that mass extinctions, volcanic eruptions, ocean crises, and other upheavals may cluster around a roughly 27.5-million-year cycle. The cause remains unknown, with possibilities ranging from mantle activity and orbital changes to spe … ⌘ Read more

2.1 Million People View Leaked ‘Odyssey’ Bootleg on X
Variety reports:

“The Odyssey” leaks have begun, as a high-quality bootleg of the film reached millions of people on X thanks to a viral tweet on July 25. At 2:25 p.m. PT, a post on X reading “Someone uploaded ‘The Odyssey’ full movie on X. Can you believe it?” amplified a message from a now-suspended account. The message included a high-quality version of the … ⌘ Read more