DOT Announces ‘Return of Supersonic Flight’ For Commercial Airlines
The FAA plans to replace its 1973 ban on civilian supersonic flight over U.S. land with a noise-based standard, potentially allowing aircraft to exceed Mach 1 as long as they stay below certain sound limits. The agency aims to finalize the rules by mid-2027, opening the door for companies such as Boom Supersonic and Spike Aerospace to operate … ⌘ Read more

Trump Drops Restrictions On Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable Models
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions that forced Anthropic to shut off public access to its Mythos and Fable models. After weeks of talks, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Anthropic “has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the U.S. government on protoc … ⌘ Read more

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: A new state law limits Florida communities’ aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and intensifying disasters such as hurricanes. Specifically, HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals. At least 10 cities and counties have implemented s … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading
Amazon says it is ending sideloading on new Fire Sticks because “apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware,” adding that there is “a good amount of evidence” that sideloaded apps may contain unwanted code or behavior. However, the company did not provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being har … ⌘ Read more

Google Pulls the Plug On Tenor API, Killing GIF Pickers Around the Web
Google has shut down the Tenor API, breaking GIF pickers in services that still relied on it and forcing platforms such as X to migrate elsewhere. 9to5Google notes that the library itself remains available at Tenor.com and “integrations within Google products are also still active, including Gboard, Google Messages, and more.” From the … ⌘ Read more

California Bill To Preserve Online Games Fails Committee Vote
California’s Protect Our Games Act, which would require publishers to warn players before shutting down paid online games and offer refunds or continued access, failed to advance after a state Senate committee vote. Four state senators voted in favor, three voted against, and four abstained. Engadget reports: The committee unanimously voted in favor of g … ⌘ Read more

Apple iPhone 18 Details Leaked In Tata Data Breach
“Another breach at Tata has leaked details about Apple’s iPhone 18, along with documents belonging to several other Tata clients,” writes Longtime Slashdot reader Ritz_Just_Ritz. “It’s becoming a recurring theme for the company.” Reuters reports: Reuters has previously reported the Tata Electronics leak of more than 200,000 files on the dark web by World Leaks had files wit … ⌘ Read more

Claude Science is Here, Antibiotics Designed by Text Prompt Among Applications
Anthropic has launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that connects more than 60 scientific databases and tools through a single interface. Through the platform, Basecamp Research is making its EDEN models available for tasks such as designing antibiotic peptides and predicting vaccine targets from simple text promp … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Previews Linux Containers That Run In Windows
Microsoft has released a public preview of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) containers, adding a built-in command-line tool and API for running Linux containers directly inside Windows applications without third-party software. The update also introduces faster file access, improved networking and memory management, plus integration with Defender, Intune, and VS … ⌘ Read more

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To ‘Conserve Electricity’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school fa … ⌘ Read more

South Korea To Spend $1 Trillion On More Memory Chip Production, Humanoid Robots
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. […] “We must sec … ⌘ Read more

US Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Require Constitutional Privacy Protections
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 (PDF) in Chatrie v United States (No. 25-112) that geofence warrants sweeping up smartphone location data constitute searches under the Fourth Amendment. The Court found that individuals have a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in such data, even when the tracking covers only … ⌘ Read more

Remembering How Microsoft’s Fake Windows Error Ended In a $280 Million Secret Settlement
Slashdot reader joshuark summarizes this walk down memory lane from the tech site MakeUseOf:
Facing real competition from Digital Research’s DR DOS, Microsoft secretly embedded a sabotaging mechanism known as “AARD code” into beta versions of Windows 3.1 to prevent it from running on Digital Research’s com … ⌘ Read more

Ford Rehires ‘Gray Beard’ Engineers After AI Falls Short
Ford executives said they’ve hired 350 veteran engineers — some of them former employees — after AI and automated systems failed to deliver the desired quality, reports TechCrunch:

Bloomberg reports the company’s chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been “relying more and more on automated quality systems” with disappointing resul … ⌘ Read more

South Korea Plans To Train Entire Military As ‘Drone Warriors’
“South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms,” reports Ars Technica:

The goal is to make drones a “universal combat tool” for all troops by training them to use drones like a “second personal weapon,” said Ahn Gyu-back, South Korea’s Minister of … ⌘ Read more

Ex-Governors, Big Tech Launch Coalition To Help Workers ‘Navigate the AI Economy’
“Amid growing public anger over A.I. and a debate over how to regulate it, a group of employers, state governors and foundations has raised $500 million to try to answer some of those questions themselves,” reports the New York Times.

“Just how many jobs will AI upend?” asks the Wall Street Journal, reporting that t … ⌘ Read more

IBM Says It Can Fit Nearly 100 Billion Transistors On a Chip
IBM has unveiled “what it says is the world’s first sub-1-nanometer chip technology,” reports ZDNet, “designed to pack nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-size die, roughly doubling the density of IBM’s earlier 2-nm test chip, first shown in 2021… Today, the smallest, most powerful chips top out at about 80 billion transistors.”

At the … ⌘ Read more

RADV Enables Vulkan Descriptor Heap Support By Default
In time for the Mesa 26.2 stable release expected out in August, the Radeon RADV Vulkan driver is now exposing the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap descriptor heap support by default… ⌘ Read more

Scientists Think Neptune and Uranus May Not Be the Ice Giants We Imagined
The planets Neptune and Uranus may be better described as “magma-ocean giants” rather than “ice giants,” according to a team of researchers from the University of California. Gizmodo reports:

While the Voyager flyby confirmed the planets’ classification as ice giants… [a]s the least explored planets in the solar system, … ⌘ Read more

Trump-Shuttered Climate Change Site Now Back Online In Nonprofit Hands
Donald Trump shuttered the web site Climate.gov in 2025, cutting off public access to climate information from America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

But “former members of the site’s team have brought much of it back at a new domain,” reports The Register:

“Trusted climate information should not disappear … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing
The New York Times alleges Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal its copyrighted work, reports Ars Technica, citing a new (and heavily redacted) court filing Thursday:

NYT’s motion comes after the [U.S.] Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried … ⌘ Read more

Spain-Backed Fund Joins FOSSA’s Sovereign Satellite Communications Push
Spanish startup FOSSA Systems “has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation,” reports Space News, noting some funding is backed by Spain’s government:

The support from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) comes a year after the fund injected 14 million euros into Spain’s Sateliot , … ⌘ Read more

China’s AI Matches Anthropic in Cybersecurity, Causing Worry Over US Restrictions
Chinese AI systems “have matched the performance of Anthropic’s powerful model Mythos in some cybersecurity scenarios,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
They call it “a development poised to reset the global tech race and pressure the White House in its overhaul of U.S. AI policy.”

Security researchers said that a new … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: “Things Look Reasonably Normal” While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS
As expected, Linux 7.2-rc1 was released a brief time ago to cap off the Linux 7.2 merge window. Now it’s off for eight weeks or so of testing before Linux 7.2 stable is released that will in turn go on to power the likes of Fedora 45 and Ubuntu 26.10… ⌘ Read more

Are Checks Sent Through the Mail Vulnerable to Theft?
The New York Times tells the story of a 63-year-old retiree who wrote a check for several thousand dollaras to pay her taxes. But she discovered much later that her taxes were never paid because that check had been intercepted and then altered to be payable to someone else:

In some cases, thieves may pilfer one or more checks from local mailboxes. Adam Rust, director … ⌘ Read more

US Agency Cancels Contract For Warrantless Tracking of Mobile Devices
America’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has “canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that enables warrantless tracking of mobile devices,” reports the Associated Press.

They note the move comes “after lawmakers, a prosecutor and a judge raised concerns about the legality of the tool in criminal investigation … ⌘ Read more

Students Around the World are Using AI-Powered Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests
Students are using AI-powered smart glasses to cheat on tests, reports CNN. “And in East Asia’s test-obsessed societies, where a single exam could impact the trajectory of a student’s future career and social status, educators are scrambling to get ahead of the problem.”

Already, countries are stepping up inspections … ⌘ Read more

‘Supergirl’ Movie Criticized for Script, Poor Visual Effects
The Onion joked the new movie Supergirl is about a hero who must single-handedly save the world “after the catastrophic collapse of interest in the genre.”

Unfortunately, The Hollywood Reporter says the film’s reviews “range from negative to tepid praise (averaging a 58 percent Rotten Tomatoes score).”

Many point fingers at the film’s script, wi … ⌘ Read more

Developer AI Token Costs Could Exceed Their Salaries in Two Years
“Enterprises may soon be paying as much for their developers’ AI token usage as they do for their salaries,” writes InfoWorld:

According to Gartner, these costs will meet, or even exceed, the typical software engineer’s monthly salary within the next two years. This is not only because developers are increasingly adopting generative AI and agent … ⌘ Read more

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An Amazon Seller Says They Were Offered a Way to Bribe an Amazon Employee
Jack Nekhala had a business selling on Amazon — and in December he received an unusual offer, reports Bloomberg. A woman said she could bribe an Amazon employee “to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had frozen after suspending him over an alleged violation of review policy.”

Hoping to ingratiate himsel … ⌘ Read more

IBM is Getting Ready to Scale Quantum Computing
IBM spent a decade “building, testing and improving” quantum computing, reports the Wall Street Journal.

“This year, the company is laying the groundwork to turn that technology into a fully-fledged, scalable business from an expensive science project.”

IBM said last month it plans to form a new independent subsidiary called Anderon, a foundry to produce the silicon wafers n … ⌘ Read more

Renewable Energy Just Hit 30% of America’s Electricity Generation
America generated 10.06% more energy with renewables in the first four months of 2026 than it did in the same period the year before. That’s according to new figures from America’s Energy Information Administration, cited in this report from Electrek:

The growth was led by utility-scale solar (+21.3%), hydropower (+15.7%), small-scale solar
… ⌘ Read more

How a Seemingly Harmless Image Can Jailbreak Vision-Language AI Models
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Florida International University researchers have developed a technique called JaiLIP (Jailbreaking with Loss-guided Image Perturbation) that uses subtle image modifications to bypass AI safety guardrails. Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on carefully crafted prompts, the attack works through ima … ⌘ Read more

France’s Heat This Week Was Worse Than a Dire Scenario Imagined For 2050
There’s a deadly, record-breaking heat wave spreading east across Europe, reports the Washington Post — and it’s even worse than a dire earlier forecast:

The forecast was recorded in 2014 as part of a campaign coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that invited about 60 presenters worldwide to imagine a weather … ⌘ Read more

Max Planck Slapped With Two Paper Retractions By Suspected Rogue Algorithm
Max Planck won 1918’s Nobel Prize for physics. Yet two of his papers were retracted — a move now being criticized by Yves Gingras, a historian of physics at the University of Quebec and Mahdi Khelfaoui, a fellow historian of science at UQ Trois-Rivières. Science reports:

The papers, both quietly retracted in 2011, original … ⌘ Read more

Scroll Burned in 79 AD Volcanic Eruption Finally Deciphered Using AI
When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., it buried hundreds of papyrus
scrolls. They were rediscovered in the mid-1700s, remembers Smithsonian magazine, “the only
surviving collection of its kind from the Greco-Roman
world…”

“But when scholars tried to unroll them, the carbonized manuscripts
crumbled to dust.”

Every generation that fo … ⌘ Read more

California Sheriff Says Their Drone Disarmed a Suspect, Shares Video on Instagram
The Los Angeles Police Department says about 1,500 police agencies across America have drone programs, reports SFGate, and 58 of those drone-using police agencies are in California.

The Sacramento County sheriff’s office recently posted drone footage on Instagram set to theme from “Mission: Impossible,” claiming “ … ⌘ Read more

Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Brain Ended Opioid Addiction, Cigarette Craving
The Jerusalem Post reports that doctors at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus “have successfully treated their first Israeli opioid addiction patient using an experimental noninvasive brain technology, easing him through withdrawal in just 20 minutes…”

[T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medical center interv … ⌘ Read more

FSF ‘LibreLocal’ Organized From Prison by a Man Jailed for ‘Cyber-Crimes’ After Promoting Free Software
Thursday the Free Software Foundation blogged about this year’s 47 ‘LibreLocal 2026’ meetups, highlighting 10 that took place in Australia, Mexico, the United States, New Zealand, Cameroon, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, China, and Iran. “Far from each other in many parts o … ⌘ Read more

Forget Prompt Engineering: ‘Loop Engineering’ Is All the Rage Now
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: For the most powerful voices in AI, it’s all about being in the loop. Claude Code creator Boris Cherny recently said he doesn’t write his own AI prompts much anymore. Thanks to loops, he doesn’t have to. “It’s an agent that prompts Claude,” Cherny recently told CNBC, adding, “I don’t … ⌘ Read more

SpaceX Plans To Build ‘Starpipe’ Natural Gas Pipeline To Fuel Starship Rockets
SpaceX plans to begin building an eight-mile natural gas pipeline called “Starpipe” next month to supply its Starbase launch site with fuel for a much higher cadence of Starship launches. The pipeline is expected to enter service in January 2027. Reuters reports: The pipeline plan, previously reported by Rio Grande Va … ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Drops Again. Skeptical Investment Strategist Calls It ‘Useless’
Friday Bitcoin closed at just $59,948 — dropping 19% just for June and more than 50% lower than its record high in October of $124,310.

To commemorate the occasion CNBC interviewed long-time bitcoin skeptic Jeremy Grantham, reporting that the 87-year-old cofounder/chief investment strategist of the massive asset-management firm GMO is … ⌘ Read more

Astronomers Find Biggest Super-Puff Planets Yet That Are Lighter Than Cotton Candy
Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-sized exoplanets with densities lower than cotton candy, making them the lightest known worlds of their size. The rare “super-puffs,” located about 1,110 light-years away, are likely composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, with follow-up observations by the James Webb … ⌘ Read more

US Government Allows Anthropic Limited Release of ‘Mythos’ AI Model, Saying ‘Appropriate Safeguards are in Place”
“The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations,” reports CNN, “revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears.” … ⌘ Read more

Shotcut 26.6 Released With HDR Improvements, Vulkan Display On Linux
Shotcut 26.6 is out today as the newest major feature release for this popular cross-platform, open-source video editing solution… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Adds Another Year To Windows 10 Extended Update Program
Microsoft has quietly extended free Windows 10 security updates for consumers by another year, pushing the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program’s end date from October 12, 2026, to October 12, 2027. “The ESU support page was updated with that date, and Microsoft’s blog post on the program has a new editor’s note confirming the change,” repor … ⌘ Read more

Airbus Is Ordered To Inspect 16 Jets After Cracks Are Found In Wings
schwit1 shares a report from The Wall Street Journal: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has ordered (PDF) urgent inspections of 16 Airbus A380 planes operated by Emirates and Qantas, after cracks were found in a wing component on some aircraft (source paywalled; alternative source).. Cracks were found during earlier inspections of … ⌘ Read more

Notion Mail Is Shutting Down
Notion announced that it will shut down its email client on September 22. The company says more than half of users already manage email through Notion’s AI agents without opening their inbox, so it is shifting its focus from a traditional email client to agent-run workflows. Engadget reports: It has published an FAQ for users to make sure that they don’t lose any messages or data in the transition. Most emails will still … ⌘ Read more

‘Fingerprints’ of Black Hole’s Event Horizon Detected For First Time
Researchers say they detected the first gravitational-wave “fingerprints” of a black hole’s event horizon by analyzing the final moments of the powerful GW250114 merger. The findings support Einstein’s general relativity and may eventually help probe frame dragging and quantum fluctuations near black holes. Phys.org reports: For the new r … ⌘ Read more