[ad_1] Jon Porter reports via The Verge: UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users’ ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act. Although the…
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Firefox On the Brink? – Slashdot
[ad_1] An anonymous reader shares a report: A somewhat obscure guideline for developers of U.S. government websites may be about to accelerate the long, sad decline of Mozilla’s Firefox browser.…
US Issues Warning To Nvidia, Urging To Stop Redesigning Chips For China – Slashdot
[ad_1] At the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo issued a cautionary statement to Nvidia, urging them to stop redesigning AI…
How the Concorde Plans Were Secretly Given To the Russians – Slashdot
[ad_1] Today is the 20th anniversary of its last flight of the supersonic Concorde aircraft. It was faster than the speed of sound, travelling at speeds of 1,350 mph (2,170…
First Results From the World’s Biggest Basic Income Experiment – Slashdot
[ad_1] GiveDirectly, a nonprofit providing cash assistance to low-income households, is conducting a large-scale basic income experiment in rural Kenya, giving varying payment structures to recipients. “It is giving around…
US Joins in Other Nations in Swearing Off Coal Power To Clean the Climate – Slashdot
[ad_1] The United States has committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit that’s a huge factor in global…
NotePad++ 20th Anniversary Edition Includes New ‘Multi-Edit’ Feature – Slashdot
[ad_1] The free open-source text editor Notepad++ is celebrating its 20th anniversary, the blog OMG! Ubuntu reported this week, “with a new release filled with some neat new features.” In…
EV Owners Report ‘Far More’ Problems Than Conventional Car Owners, Says Consumer Reports – Slashdot
[ad_1] Consumer Reports awarded a “recommended” rating to Tesla’s Modey Y this year, “with owners reporting fewer issues with its suspension, in-car electronics and general build quality than in previous…
Amazon Taps SpaceX For Kuiper Launch – Slashdot
[ad_1] An anonymous reader writes: Amazon just inked a deal with chief competitor and Elon Musk-helmed SpaceX to launch internet-beaming satellites — a move that comes even as Amazon founder…
OpenZFS Fixes Data Corruption Issue – Slashdot
[ad_1] A pull request has been merged to fix a data corruption issue in OpenZFS (the open-source implementation of the ZFS file system and volume manager). “OpenZFS 2.2.2 and 2.1.14…