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Is America Closer to Ending Daylight Saving Time?
A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the U.S. House of Representative, reports California news station KCRA:

A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the House, reigniting an age-old American debate around the twice-annual clock changes. And this time, the proposal has the president’s backing. President Donald Trump said T … ⌘ Read more

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Dopingspektakel auf ideologischem Grund
In Las Vegas steigt am Sonntag ein gladiatorenhaftes Sportspektakel gemäß der derzeitigen Silicon-Valley-Ideologie: die „Enhanced Games“. Ziel sei es, das „menschliche Potenzial in Übermenschlichkeit zu verwandeln“, sportliche Leistungen sollen per Doping grenzenlos gesteigert werden. Investoren wie US-Präsidentensohn Donald Trump Jr. dürften sich vor allem über die Steigerung ihrer Vermögen freuen: Die „Enhanced Games“ sind durch den Verkauf von Medikamenten und Hormonen eine Geldmaschine. ⌘ Read more

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AMD (Xilinx) is Excluding Linux From the Free Tier For Its FPGA Dev Tool
Long-time Slashdot reader Sun writes:

AMD has announced a change to the way they are licensing Vivado, their FPGA development tool… Hidden between the lines of the announcement [of a new model starting with the 2026.1 release] is the change to the free of charge tier. AMD is adding more devices to be supported in this tier, … ⌘ Read more

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US Layoffs Haven’t Increased, and New Tech Industry Hiring Balances Firings
“The numbers show that layoffs in the U.S. are roughly at or below levels from before the pandemic,” reports the Washington Post, “although they are higher than in 2022 when businesses snapped up workers as the economy roared back to life…

“A different measure that accounts for the growing U.S. workforce shows that layoffs aff … ⌘ Read more

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Goldene Palme für Mungiu
Mit seinem Film „Fjord“ hat der rumänische Regisseur Cristian Mungiu am Samstag die Goldene Palme der 79. Filmfestspiele von Cannes gewonnen. Das gab die Jury bekannt. Der Film setzte sich gegen 21 andere Wettbewerbsfilme durch – unter anderem gegen jenen der Österreicherin Marie Kreutzer. ⌘ Read more

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Air France, Airbus Guilty of Corporate Manslaughter In 2009 Air France 447 Crash
Long-time Slashdot reader UnknowingFool shares this report from the BBC:

Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer “solely and entirely responsible” for the incident, in which flig … ⌘ Read more

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Zehntausende Menschen bei Demo in Belgrad
Zehntausende Menschen sind in der serbischen Hauptstadt Belgrad für Neuwahlen auf die Straße gegangen. Zu der Demonstration am Samstagabend aufgerufen hatten Studentengruppen, die auf neuen Schwung für die vor anderthalb Jahren begonnenen Proteste gegen die Regierung und die Korruption im Land hoffen. Zuvor hatte die serbische Bahn den Zugsverkehr überraschend eingestellt. ⌘ Read more

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Free Software Foundation’s Call for ‘LibreLocals’ Answered on Six Continents - With More Coming
The Free Software Foundation announced this week that “its global call for free software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free software supporters organizing forty-six LibreLocal events on six continents thus far.” (And new dates and locations are being added daily. … ⌘ Read more

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Friday Google’s AI-Powered Search Results Glitched on the Word ‘Disregard’
On Friday TechCrunch reported they could no longer Google the word “disregard”.

Google’s AI Overview responded “Understood. Let me know whenever you have a new prompt or question!” below an icon for hearing the word “disregard” pronounced — then displayed several inches of blank whitespace.
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My Net Worth: Caroline Harvie-Teare, Venues Ōtautahi CEO
Caroline Harvie-Teare is a Cantabrian through and through. She grew up in Dunsandel, competed in the South Island horse-riding championships, and has spent much of her career serving the city she loves.

I grew up on a 2,500-acre (1,000ha) farm in Dunsandel for the first seven years of my life. Farm life’s pretty simple – it’s a pretty happy time. My dad built a really cool go-kart for my two older brother … ⌘ Read more

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