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looorg writes:They finally came up with a word for it. "Workslop". To much AI usage among (co-)workers is leading to "workslop". Where there is to much AI production that doesn't turn out to be very valuable or productive. It looks fine at a first glance but has produced nothing of value or solved any problems. It just looks fine. All shiny surface, but nothing actual.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-inequality-agri-food-chains-global.html

Australia to require age verification using Google or Microsoft to access adult materialGet your VPNs ready! Australia, having already nominated an age limit for social media coming this December (after they work out how it will be implemented), will progress to requiring Australians to verify their identity by logging in to a Microsoft or Google account to access adult material starting with search engines. Stop laughing. No, really. They will. Soon. Ok, two minute laugh session. Moving on. While this change in law is for 'good intentions' and Australian politicians high five themselves for 'protecting children', Professor Lisa Given of the RMIS Information Sciences department was quoted as saying that the changes "will definitely create more headaches for the everyday consumer and how they log in and use search services." Meanwhile, in England where similar laws have been enacted, VPN use has skyrocketed.

canopic jug writes:The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty on October 4, 2025. The Free Software Foundation will have then been defending the rights of all software users for the past 40 years. The long term goal is for all users have the freedom to run, edit, contribute to, and share software.There will be an online event, with an in-person option for those that can get to Boston. In November there will also be a hackathon.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:"This is a giant project," Nvidia CEO said of new 10-gigawatt AI infrastructure deal:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

upstart writes:The deal could go through as early as next week:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-world-screwworm-parasite-northern-mexico.html

upstart writes:8,000 years of human activities have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow:

janrinok writes:Physicists nearly double speed of superconducting qubit readout in quantum computers

fliptop writes:The most alluring aspect of a CRM system, its centralized collection of customer data, is also its Achilles' heel:

upstart writes: If the technology can be scaled up, it could help make AI cheaper and more efficient:

upstart writes:A "nation-state" is said to be involved:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-physics-ai-local-flocking-motion.html

upstart writes:"They have to have on-orbit refueling because they don't access space as frequently as we do."

upstart writes:Consumer Reports slams Microsoft for Windows 10 mess, urges extension of free updates:

Airlines Seen as Vulnerable as Ransomware Confirmed in Weekend Cyberattackupstart writes:A ransomware attack was confirmed as the source of the weekend's airport disruption:

upstart writes:How Your Utility Bills Are Subsidizing Power-Hungry AI:

upstart writes:Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder:

janrinok writes:Magma displacement triggered tens of thousands of earthquakes, Santorini swarm study finds

upstart writes:China's latest GPU arrives with claims of CUDA compatibility and RT support:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-india-unplanned-hydropower-tunnels-disrupting.html

upstart writes:American Kids Can't Read or Do Math Anymore:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-world-coastal-settlements-retreating-seas.html

upstart writes:Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-facebook-reveal-devastating-real-world.html

upstart writes:China starts producing world-first non-binary AI chips for aviation, manufacturing:

upstart writes:The Future Of Nuclear Reactors Is Making Its Way To The US:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-magic-mushrooms-unique-biochemical-paths.html

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ganges-river-drying-unprecedented.html

upstart writes:Invest in a major customer, then get money from a major customer?

upstart writes:Consent fatigue and clickspamageddon to be addressed by European Commission amendments to its 2009 e-Privacy Directive:

DannyB writes:Supporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy

upstart writes:How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus:

jelizondo writes:The Guardian has a very interesting article about Human Computer Interactions and its implications beyond gamers:

upstart writes:'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community:

upstart writes:When cancer targets the young:

fliptop writes:Porsche AG on Friday dialled[sic] back plans for its electric vehicle rollout due to weaker demand, pressure in key market China and higher U.S. tariffs, causing the luxury sportscar maker and its parent Volkswagen to slash their 2025 profit outlooks:

fliptop writes:This ancient people lived in the Sahara when it was a much more welcoming environment:

upstart writes:Deaths from flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. Who is at risk?:

hubie writes:We risk a deluge of AI-written 'science' pushing corporate interests - here's what to do about it:

upstart writes:Something Extremely Strange Is Happening at the Event Horizon of This Supermassive Blackhole:

hubie writes:OpenAI's research on AI models deliberately lying is wild:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://metapatterns.io/

An Anonymous Coward writes:It might come as no surprise that, much like recent stories about backdoors into encryption systems and poorly implemented DIY security, electronic locks have similar problems (originally seen on Bruce Schneier's Blog).

upstart writes:Unit housed in original wood case thought to be one of just nine surviving examples:

upstart writes:AI can forecast your future health - just like the weather:

upstart writes:When Non-Avian Dinosaurs Went Extinct, the Earth Changed:

fliptop writes:Toyota announced a voluntary recall because the display may "go blank on start-up:"

canopic jug writes:Former programmer, Jamie Zawinski, also a founder of Netscape and Mozilla, has observed that Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago. Netscape's full feature set existed identically on Macintosh, Windows, and nine flavors of Unix, something which was basically unheard of at the time.Netscape was finished off by a double hit. First, Microsoft illegally abused its desktop monopoly to enter and crush the browser market. Second, and probably even more detrimental, they got taken over from the inside through what should have been an acquisition of another, smaller company.The remnants are known as Mozilla. That is a separate story.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.