This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job - Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automat... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/technology/ai-mechanize-jobs.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #laborandjobs #mechanizeai #start-ups #googleinc

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No. - The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/technology/trump-crypto-wallet-sons-rift.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #trumpmedia&technologygroup #computersandtheinternet #worldlibertyfinancial #mobileapplications #trumpbarron(2006-) #bitcoin(currency) #trumpericf(1984-) #entrepreneurship #virtualcurrency #trumpdonaldj

Is the AI Job Apocalypse Already Here for Some Recent Grads? - "This month, millions of young people will graduate from college," reports the New... -

Is the AI Job Apocalypse Already Here for Some Recent Grads? - Slashdot

"This month, millions of young people will graduate from college," reports the New York Times, "and look for work in industries that ha...

#ai

Washington Consumers Gain Right to Repair for Cellphones and More - Starting January 1st, 2026, Washington state’s new Right to Repair law will come i... -

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Washington Consumers Gain Right To Repair For Cellphones And More

Starting January 1st, 2026, Washington state’s new Right to Repair law will come into effect. It requires manufacturers to make tools, parts ...

#righttorepair #repairhacks #news

The Republican Tax Bill Could Sharply Slow E.V. Sales - The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric v... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/business/electric-vehicles-house-tax-bill.html #automobileserviceandchargingstations #taxcreditsdeductionsandexemptions #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #internationaltradeandworldmarket #fuelemissions(transportation) #alternativeandrenewableenergy #inflationreductionactof2022 #federal-staterelations(us)

The Make-roscope - Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through onl... -

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The Make-roscope

Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through online tech news and shopping sites incessantly. The problem with th...

#hackadaycolumns #cellphonehacks #microscope #science

The Quiet Collapse of Surveys: Fewer Humans (and More AI Agents) Are Answering Survey Questions - Survey response rates have collapsed from 30-50% in the 1970s to as low as 5% toda... -

The Quiet Collapse of Surveys: Fewer Humans (and More AI Agents) Are Answering Survey Questions - Slashdot

Survey response rates have collapsed from 30-50% in the 1970s to as low as 5% today, while AI agents now account for an estimated 20% of survey res...

#stats

The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan - An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foun... -

The US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's policy

An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.

Netflix strikes deal to bring Sesame Street to streaming giant - The platform will offer a new 56th season and 90 hours of previous episodes to its subscr... -

Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump pulled funding

The platform will offer a new season and 90 hours of previous episodes to its 300 million subscribers.

Microsoft Open Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux - Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source, Microsoft said Monday. The t... -

Microsoft Open Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux - Slashdot

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source, Microsoft said Monday. The tool, which allows developers to run Linux distributions directly ...

#microsoft

This Extra-Large, Two-Stage Fume Extractor Really Sucks - Solder fumes are not nice on the lungs; nor are fumes from superglue, epoxy, or a ... -

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This Extra-Large, Two-Stage Fume Extractor Really Sucks

Solder fumes are not nice on the lungs; nor are fumes from superglue, epoxy, or a whole mess of other things we often find ourselves using on the b...

#powertoolbattery #activatedcarbon #3dprintedtool #fumeextractor #toolhacks #hardware #3dprint #lm2576

Netflix Says Its Ad Tier Now Has 94 Million Monthly Active Users - Netflix said its cheaper, ad-supporter tier now has 94 million monthly active user... -

Netflix Says Its Ad Tier Now Has 94 Million Monthly Active Users - Slashdot

Netflix said its cheaper, ad-supporter tier now has 94 million monthly active users -- an increase of more than 20 million since its last public ta...

#tv

Uber To Introduce Fixed-Route Shuttles In Major US Cities - Uber is launching a fixed-route shuttle service in major U.S. cities that offers c... -

Uber To Introduce Fixed-Route Shuttles In Major US Cities - Slashdot

Uber is launching a fixed-route shuttle service in major U.S. cities that offers commuters up to 50% off UberX fares during weekday peak hours. Cal...

#transportation

The tech that can make time in the air fly by - Hours in a cramped seat in a metal tube can feel soul-draining -- but the right gadgets c... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/14/in-flight-tech-travel-recommendations/

Nextcloud Cries Foul Over Google Play Store App Rejection - Nextcloud has accused Google of sabotaging its Android Files app by revoking the "... -

Nextcloud Cries Foul Over Google Play Store App Rejection - Slashdot

UPDATE: In an update to their blog post, "Nextcloud wrote that as of May 15, Google has offered to restore full file access permissions," r...

#android

Curl Battles Wave of AI-Generated False Vulnerability Reports - The curl open source project is fighting against a flood of AI-generated false sec... -

Curl Battles Wave of AI-Generated False Vulnerability Reports - Slashdot

The curl open source project is fighting against a flood of AI-generated false security reports. Daniel Stenberg, curl

#ai

Tech Leaders Launch Campaign To Make CS and AI a Graduation Requirement - "Our future won't be handed to us," says the young narrator in a new ad from the n... -

Tech Leaders Launch Campaign To Make CS and AI a Graduation Requirement - Slashdot

"Our future won

#programming

PCB Renewal Aims To Make Old Boards Useful Again - We’ve all made a few bad PCBs in our time. Sometimes they’re recoverable, and a fe... -

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PCB Renewal Aims To Make Old Boards Useful Again

We’ve all made a few bad PCBs in our time. Sometimes they’re recoverable, and a few bodge wires will make ’em good. Sometimes the...

#pcbhacks #kicad #reuse

Ratcheting Mechanism Gives Tendons a Tug - A common ratchet from your garage may work wonders for tightening hard to reach bo... -

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Ratcheting Mechanism Gives Tendons A Tug

A common ratchet from your garage may work wonders for tightening hard to reach bolts on whatever everyday projects around the house. However, thos...

#biomedicalengineering #cuttingandmachining #medicalhacks #biomechanics #arduino #chicken

Temu To Stop Selling Goods From China Directly To US Customers - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Temu has said it will stop selli... -

Temu To Stop Selling Goods From China Directly To US Customers - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Temu has said it will stop selling goods imported from China in the US directly to customers from...

#usa