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Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar 'Balcony' Panels? - Slashdot Plug-in (or "balcony") solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home's electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave while "displacing electricity that otherwise would...

Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar 'Balcony' Panels?
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0711230/are-us-utilities-trying-to-delay-easy-to-use-solar-balcony-panels

Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift? - Slashdot "The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change," reports MacRumors: On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous-generation models, these keys are lab...

Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift?
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/1818213/should-keycaps-use-text-or-glyphs-for-delete-return-tab-caps-lock-and-shift

Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show - Slashdot "A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers," writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versions of the devices and tested their instructions...

Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0458245/gaming-site-editor-jailbreaks-an-amazon-echo-show

How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction - Slashdot California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California's scarlet monkeyflower "found that many rapidly evolved... allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebound from decline." "The fact that certain orga...

How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0343209/how-a-species-evolved-fast-enough-to-save-itself-from-extinction

US Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee For Brokering TikTok Deal - Slashdot The deal to take control of TikTok's U.S. business came with an unusual condition, according to people familiar with the matter. The investors — which include Oracle, Abu Dhabi investor MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake — "paid the Treasury Department about $2.5 billion when the...

US Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee For Brokering TikTok Deal
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/1733200/us-set-to-receive-10-billion-fee-for-brokering-tiktok-deal

System76 CEO Sees 'Real Possibility' Colorado's Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source - Slashdot Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a "real possibility" Colorado's law might exclude open-source. Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado's bill, and then posted on X...

System76 CEO Sees 'Real Possibility' Colorado's Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/085223/system76-ceo-sees-real-possibility-colorados-age-verification-bill-excludes-open-source

AI's Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study - Slashdot "A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli: According to research cited in Foxit's State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end users say AI tools make them feel more productiv...

AI's Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0539247/ais-productivity-boost-just-16-minutes-per-week-claims-study

U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court - Slashdot Last June Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans "have a God-given right to know what's on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It's plain cowboy logic that we must safeguard our real, authentic meat industry from synth...

U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court
https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/033215/us-state-bans-on-lab-grown-meats-challenged-in-court

Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought...

Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/012226/meta-plans-sweeping-layoffs-as-ai-costs-mount

Two Long-Lost Episodes of 'Doctor Who' Found - Slashdot Longtime Slashdot reader tsuliga writes: Two new episodes of Doctor Who that were previously lost have been found. The original Doctor Who episodes were wiped or deleted by the BBC because they were not aware of the future use of re-runs of these shows. Ninety-five of the 253 episodes from the progr...

Two Long-Lost Episodes of 'Doctor Who' Found
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0048239/two-long-lost-episodes-of-doctor-who-found

ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved For Official Use In the Senate - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A top Senate administrator on Monday gave aides the green light to use three artificial intelligence chatbots for official work, a reflection of how widespread the use of the products has become in workplaces around the globe. The chief in...

ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved For Official Use In the Senate
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/2111234/chatgpt-other-chatbots-approved-for-official-use-in-the-senate

Qatar Helium Shutdown Puts Chip Supply Chain On a Two-Week Clock - Slashdot Iranian drone strikes shut down a major helium facility in Qatar, removing about 30% of global helium supply and raising concerns for the semiconductor industry, which relies on the gas for chip fabrication. "QatarEnergy declared force majeure on existing contracts on March 4, freeing it from supply...

Qatar Helium Shutdown Puts Chip Supply Chain On a Two-Week Clock
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/190216/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock

Instagram Discontinues End-To-End Encryption For DMs - Slashdot Meta plans to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) from Instagram direct messages by May 8, 2026. "Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months," says Meta. "Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-en...

Instagram Discontinues End-To-End Encryption For DMs
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/214229/instagram-discontinues-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms

Digg Relaunch Fails - Slashdot sdinfoserv writes: After running a Reddit clone for a couple of months, the Digg beta shut down again. The website is a splash memo from CEO Justin Mezzell, blaming the latest "Hard Reset" on bots. "Building on the internet in 2026 is different," writes Mezzell. "We learned that the hard way. Toda...

Digg Relaunch Fails
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/1953248/digg-relaunch-fails

Don't Get Used To Cheap AI - Slashdot AI services may not stay cheap for long, as companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are currently subsidizing usage to rapidly grow market share. As these companies move toward profitability and potential IPOs, Axios reports that investors will likely push them to increase prices and improve margins. An...

Don't Get Used To Cheap AI
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/1926255/dont-get-used-to-cheap-ai

Backblaze Hosts 314 Trillion Digits of Pi Online - Slashdot BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Cloud storage company Backblaze has partnered with StorageReview to make a massive dataset containing 314 trillion digits of Pi publicly accessible. The digits were calculated by StorageReview in December 2025 after months of heavy computation designed to...

Backblaze Hosts 314 Trillion Digits of Pi Online
https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/182207/backblaze-hosts-314-trillion-digits-of-pi-online

Live Nation Execs Brag About 'Robbing' Ticket Buyers In Slack DMs - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pitchfork: Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice and Live Nation reached a settlement in the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against the concert giant. During the trial, which lasted only a week, representatives for Live Nation had moved to exclude a coll...

Live Nation Execs Brag About 'Robbing' Ticket Buyers In Slack DMs
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/0524226/live-nation-execs-brag-about-robbing-ticket-buyers-in-slack-dms

Meta Delays Rollout of New AI Model After Performance Concerns - Slashdot Meta has delayed the release of its next major AI model after internal tests showed it lagging behind competing systems from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The New York Times reports: The model, code-named Avocado, outperformed Meta's previous A.I. model and did better than Google's Gemini 2.5 mode...

Meta Delays Rollout of New AI Model After Performance Concerns
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/1756229/meta-delays-rollout-of-new-ai-model-after-performance-concerns

Apple's App Store In China Gets Lower 25% Commission To Appease Regulators - Slashdot Apple will cut its App Store commission in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, with small-business and mini-app rates dropping from 15% to 12%. AppleInsider reports: Chinese regulators have been back and forth with Apple in recent years over the 30% App Store commission. The latest publicly kn...

Apple's App Store In China Gets Lower 25% Commission To Appease Regulators
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/051218/apples-app-store-in-china-gets-lower-25-commission-to-appease-regulators

Italian Prosecutors Seek Trial For Amazon, Four Execs Over Alleged $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Milan prosecutors have requested trial for Amazon's European unit and four of its managers over alleged tax evasion worth around $1.38 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The move is unprecedented for a case of ...

Italian Prosecutors Seek Trial For Amazon, Four Execs Over Alleged $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/2252218/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-for-amazon-four-execs-over-alleged-14-billion-tax-evasion

Facial Recognition Error Jails Innocent Grandmother For Months - Slashdot Mr. Dollar Ton shares a report from the Guardian: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she ha...

Facial Recognition Error Jails Innocent Grandmother For Months
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/13/0513251/facial-recognition-error-jails-innocent-grandmother-for-months

Apple MacBook Neo Beats Every Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance - Slashdot Early benchmarks show the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo beating every current x86 CPU in single-core Cinebench performance, including chips from Intel and AMD. Notebookcheck reports: We have performed a couple of benchmarks and were particularly impressed by the single-core performance. Not in the sh...

Apple MacBook Neo Beats Every Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/230230/apple-macbook-neo-beats-every-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance

Apple MacBook Neo Beats Ever Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance - Slashdot Early benchmarks show the A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo beating every current x86 CPU in single-core Cinebench performance, including chips from Intel and AMD. Notebookcheck reports: We have performed a couple of benchmarks and were particularly impressed by the single-core performance. Not in the sh...

Apple MacBook Neo Beats Ever Single x86 PC CPU For Single-Core Performance
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/230230/apple-macbook-neo-beats-ever-single-x86-pc-cpu-for-single-core-performance

London Man Wore Smart Glasses For High Court 'Coaching' - Slashdot A witness in a London High Court case was caught using smart glasses connected to his phone to receive real-time coaching while giving evidence during cross-examination. "In my judgement, from what occurred in court, it is clear that call was made, connected to his smart glasses, and continued durin...

London Man Wore Smart Glasses For High Court 'Coaching'
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/236257/london-man-wore-smart-glasses-for-high-court-coaching

Microsoft Backs Anthropic To Halt US DOD's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation - Slashdot joshuark shares a report from Reuters: Microsoft has filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of Anthropic's lawsuit asking the court to temporarily block the U.S. Department of Defense designation of the AI startup as a supply-chain risk. In an amicus brief filing in a federal court in San Franc...

Microsoft Backs Anthropic To Halt US DOD's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation
https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/2049252/microsoft-backs-anthropic-to-halt-us-dods-supply-chain-risk-designation

Adobe CEO to Step Down After 18 Years - Slashdot Shantanu Narayen announced he will step down as CEO of Adobe once a successor is appointed, ending an 18-year tenure during which he transformed the company from boxed software to the Creative Cloud subscription model. Narayen said he will remain board chair as Adobe continues pushing into generativ...

Adobe CEO to Step Down After 18 Years
https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/212212/adobe-ceo-to-step-down-after-18-years

Google Chrome Is Finally Coming To ARM64 Linux - Slashdot BrianFagioli writes: Google says it will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the company's full browser to a platform that has existed for years without official support. Until now, Linux users running Arm hardware have largely relied on Chromium builds or ...

Google Chrome Is Finally Coming To ARM64 Linux
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/2234239/google-chrome-is-finally-coming-to-arm64-linux

Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned To Build In the US - Slashdot sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: Honda is making a monumental shift in its business plans. The automaker is canceling the development and launch of the 0 Series SUV, the 0 Series saloon, and the Acura RSX, and as a result, expects to take a significant financial hit in 2026 [of up to $15....

Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned To Build In the US
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/1836249/honda-cancels-all-three-evs-that-it-planned-to-build-in-the-us

Perplexity's 'Personal Computer' Lets AI Agents Access Your Local Files - Slashdot Perplexity AI has introduced a "Personal Computer" agent system that can run on a local machine such as a Mac mini, giving its AI agents access to a user's files and applications to automate tasks. According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the heavy AI processing runs on Perplexity's "secure servers" but s...

Perplexity's 'Personal Computer' Lets AI Agents Access Your Local Files
https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/191200/perplexitys-personal-computer-lets-ai-agents-access-your-local-files

Apple's MacBook Neo Makes Repairs Easier, Cheaper Than Other MacBooks - Slashdot Apple's new MacBook Neo is "easier to repair than other modern MacBooks," according to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham. It introduces a more repairable internal design that makes components like the battery and keyboard easier and cheaper to replace. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from the r...

Apple's MacBook Neo Makes Repairs Easier, Cheaper Than Other MacBooks
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/2042240/apples-macbook-neo-makes-repairs-easier-cheaper-than-other-macbooks