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canopic jug writes:Hacker Dave Cross has written a short blog post about how Perl's early success created the seeds of its downfall or, as he puts it, made it a victim of the Dotcom Survivor Syndrome. From the 90s through the 00s, Perl had been not just part of the WWW but in many ways instrumental in actually creating the WWW as we knew it in its prime. Perl and the community around it have improved a lot in the last 25 years, even if the versioning might disguise that fact.

janrinok writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/space-ceo-explains-why-he-believes-private-space-stations-are-a-viable-business/

upstart writes:Windows takes a backseat on Dell's latest AI workstation as Linux gets the priority:

upstart writes:Netflix Quietly Drops Support for Casting to Most TVsNetflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes:

upstart writes:AI red-teamers in Korea show how easily the model spills dangerous biochemical instructions:

canopic jug writes:A blog post covers why datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. Thermal management is just the beginning of the long list of challenges which make space an inferior environment for data centers.

janrinok writes:An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The KDE project has made the call:

janrinok writes:The Japanese chipmaker is looking to take on established fabs:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20099

janrinok writes:The reflected infrared light of bone-loving lichen can be detected by drones

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.osnews.com/story/143922/dell-about-1-billion-pcs-will-not-or-cannot-be-upgraded-to-windows-11/

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-scientists-mountain-climate-faster-billions.html

hubie writes:Social ills solved:

Blender 5.0 Open-Source 3D Graphics App Is Now Available for DownloadAn Anonymous Coward writes:This release introduces support for displaying HDR and wide gamut colors on Linux when using Wayland and the Vulkan backend:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology:

janrinok writes:This would involve Meta renting Google Cloud TPUs next year and outright purchasing them in 2027:

janrinok writes:Kyivstar begins trials offering SMS connectivity when ground networks fail:

The root cause of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when hit by container ship Dali has been identified. It was the wrong placement, by a few millimeters, of the label on one wire. As usual, the National Transportation Safety Board has taken their time and done a detailed investigation--summarized in this short video

An Anonymous Coward writes:Eric Migicovsky wants to ensure Pebble can't be killed again, and DIYers benefit most:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://blog.clamav.net/2025/11/clamav-signature-retirement-announcement.html

Roblox has plans to implement AI to guess user ages but the Australian Labour Government thinks more should be done to protect young people and that the current solution offered by Roblox is insufficient. There is still debate for whether or not Roblox should count as "social media" and be included in the new age restriction laws.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-particle-cancer-materials.html

upstart writes:AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alex-Gaynor-Rust-Maintainer

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-switches-to-new-counter-galois-onion-relay-encryption-algorithm/

AnonTechie writes:Beijing Unveils Supercritical CO2 Turbine That Could Upend Power Tech

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.xda-developers.com/your-unpowered-ssd-is-slowly-losing-your-data/

janrinok writes:Phys.org has report on horse EHV-1virus spreading in Texas:

janrinok writes:https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-breakthrough-low-temperature-fuel-cell-that-could-revolutionize-hydrogen-power/

hubie writes:Myths about rapid spread of the Black Death influenced by single "literary tale", experts show:

spiraldancing writes:https://electrek.co/2025/11/19/gm-ev1-saved-from-crusher-going-driveable-again/GM only leased the EV1, never sold any, and prevented almost anyone from keeping them when it killed the vehicle program.The automaker ended up crushing the vast majority of them. While a few empty shells exist in museums, they are strictly prohibited from ever driving again. But a new project has surfaced involving what appears to be the only legally owned EV1 in private hands...

Freeman writes:https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/steam-frame-specs-availability/

canopic jug writes:The excellent student run newspaper, The Michigan Daily, has an article about the necessity of regulating Bitcoin. "Mining" even a single Bitcoin now burns as much electricity as a family would use during about 50 days.

You might have noticed (or at least, I hope you noticed) that the site was down for an extended period of time (approx. two days?). There were a string of stories in the release queue when it went down, and after the site came back, all of those stories were pushed out at once. I will re-queue a number of those stories to be released again so that they won't be immediately buried off the front page and you'll have a chance to see and comment on them without having to scroll back significantly. So before you cry DUPE! and let slip the comments of war, you just might be seeing the original story in a new time slot.I'll shorten the time between releases until we're caught up.-- hubieRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

janrinok writes:https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/this-linux-os-has-got-a-million-downloads-since-windows-10-support-ended-should-microsoft-start-worrying-now

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://financialpost.com/fp-work/americans-with-degrees-unemployed-workers

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-china-shenzhou-early-stranded-space.html

janrinok writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vl05rz0ko

hubie writes:A new study has revealed how different types of narcissism can influence the morale and performance of an entire team:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-resolves-21-year-old-bug-adds-full-xdg-directory-support/

An Anonymous Coward writes:Here's a "grassroots" initiative bringing manufacturing back to the USA from Asia, https://reshorenow.org/ It was started by Harry Moser, the third generation of his family involved in USA manufacturing--primarily the Singer Sewing Machine Company... at one time a huge New Jersey factory of 5 million square feet. His main tool is free-to-use software, the

KritonK writes:Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.In collaboration with Jason Scott, the well-known digital archivist of Internet Archive fame, they have officially submitted upstream pull requests to the historical source repositories of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III. Those pull requests add a clear MIT LICENSE and formally document the open-source grant.Each repository includes:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/

hubie writes:Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?

hubie writes:A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/science/bees-visual-stimulus-study-scli-intl

hubie writes:Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-simple-destroy-pfas-carbon.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://boingboing.net/2025/11/14/rings-new-feature-turns-your-doorbell-into-a-biometric-spy.html