- Many Privileged Students at US Universities are Getting Extra Time on Tests After 'Disability' Diagnoses
Sonntag 12:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
Today America’s college professors „struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,“ reports the Atlantic, „which may entitle them to extra time, a distraction-free environment, or the use of otherwise-prohibited technology.“ Their staff writer argues these accommodations „have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage.“ [Over the past decade and a half] the share of students at selective universities who qualify for accommodations — often, extra time on tests — has grown at a breathtaking pace. At the University of Chicago, … - Is Ruby Still a 'Serious' Programming Language?
Sonntag 8:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
Wired published an article by California-based writer/programmer Sheon Han arguing that Ruby „is not a serious programming language.“ Han believes that the world of programming has „moved on“, and „everything Ruby does, another language now does better, leaving it without a distinct niche. Ruby is easy on the eyes. Its syntax is simple, free of semicolons or brackets. More so even thanPython — a language known for its readability — Ruby reads almost like plain English… Ruby, you might’ve guessed, is dynamically typed. Python and JavaScript are too, but over the years, those communities have … - New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone
Sonntag 5:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
Jolla is „trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone,“ reports Phoronix: Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices [including some Sony Xperia smartphones and OnePlus/Samsung/ Google/ Xiaomi devices]. This new Jolla Phone’s pre-order voucher page says the phone will only produced if 2,000 … - The Anxieties of Full-Body MRI Scans (Not Covered by Insurance)
Sonntag 2:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank calls himself „a highly creative hypochondriac“ — who just paid for an expensive MRI scan to locate abnormal spots as tiny as 2 millimeters. He discusses the pros and cons of its „diffusion-weighted imaging“ technology combined with the pattern recognition of AI, which theoretically „has the potential to save our lives by revealing budding cancers, silent aneurysms and other hidden would-be killers before they become deadly. “ But the scans cost $2,500 a pop and insurance won’t pay. Worse, for every cancer these MRIs find, they produce a slightly greater … - Could America's Paper Checks Be On the Way Out, Like the Penny?
Sonntag 0:21 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
„First the penny. Next, paper checks?“ asks CNN: When the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper checks as well. The government stopped sending out most paper checks to recipients as of the end of September, part of an effort to fully modernize federal benefits payments. And on Thursday the Federal Reserve put out a notice that suggested it is considering — but only considering — the „winding down“ of checking services it now provides for banks. The central bank’s statement sai … - Google Must Limit Its 'Default Search' Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules
Samstag 23:21 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
Bloomberg reports that Google „must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled.“ Judge Amit Mehta in Washington sided with the US Justice Department on the one year limitation in his final ruling on what changes the search giant must make in the wake of a landmark ruling that the company illegally monopolized online search. The yearly renegotiation will give rivals — particularly those in the burgeoning generative AI field — a chance to compete for key placements. The final ju … - Woman Hailed As a Hero For Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses On Subway
Samstag 21:59 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
„Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway,“ reads the headline at Futurism: As Daily Dot reports, a New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. „She just broke my Meta glasses,“ said the TikTok user, who goes by eth8n, in a video that has since garnered millions of views. „You’re going to be famous on the internet!“ he shouted at her through the window after getting off the train. The accused woman, however, peered back at him completely unfazed, as if to say that he had it coming. „I was making a funny noise people were honestly cr … - A 1950s Material Just Set a Modern Record For Lightning-fast Chips
Samstag 20:49 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
„Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date,“ reports Science Daily. „This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler, faster, and with dramatically lower energy consumption. „The discovery also enhances the prospects for silicon-based quantum devices…“ Scientists from the University of Warwick and the National Research Council of Canada have reported the highest „hole mobility“ ever measured in a material that works within today’s silicon-based semiconductor manufacturing…. The res … - Chernobyl's Protective Shield Can No Longer Confine Radiation, UN Nuclear Watchdog Says
Samstag 19:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
„A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational,“ reports Politico, „after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has found.“ [T]he large steel structure „lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability“ when its outer cladding was set ablaze after being struck by Russian drones, according to a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Beyond that, there was „no permanent damage to its load-bearing structures or monitoring systems,“ it said. „Li … - Aptera's Solar-Powered EVs Take Another Step Toward Production
Samstag 18:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
To build three-wheeled, solar electric vehicles, Aptera has now launched its „validation“ vehicle assembly line, reports the San Diego Business Journal. „The validation line will set a technical foundation for the company’s eventual low-volume assembly line, ensuring that manufacturing processes are optimized and refined, particularly for the company’s composite body structure.“ To date, Aptera has produced three validation vehicles, two of which are in use driving around the San Diego region, with plans to build another 10 in the coming weeks as progress continues on the validation manufactur … - Why These Parents Want Schools to Stop Issuing iPads to Their Children
Samstag 17:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
What happened when a school in Los Angeles gave a sixth grader an iPad for use throughout the school day? „He used the iPad during school to watch YouTube and participate in Fortnite video game battles,“ reports NBC News. His mother has now launched a coalition of parents called Schools Beyond Screens „organizing in WhatsApp groups, petition drives and actions at school board meetings and demanding meetings with district administrators, pressuring them to pull back on the school-mandated screen time.“ Los Angeles Unified is the first district of its size to face an organized — and growing — ca … - Bring Bitcoin Mining into Your Office Without Noise, Heat, or Hassle
Samstag 17:00 – Entrepreneur Store at Entrepreneur
The Ticket Miner and Bitaxe Miner offer two paths to ‚asymmetric upside.‘ - Could Netflix's Deal for Warner Bros. Fall Apart?
Samstag 16:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
While Netflix hopes to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion, CNBC reports a senior official in America’s federal government said the administration was viewing the deal with „heavy skepticism. And that’s not the only hurdle: On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount, in a letter to lawyers for Warner Bros. Discovery [WBD], had warned that a sale to Netflix likely would „never close“ because of regulatory challenges in the United States and overseas. „Acquiring Warner’s streaming and studio assets ‚will entrench and extend Netflix’s global dominance in a matter not allo … - The AI Boom Could Increase Prices for Phones and Tablets Next Year
Samstag 15:34 – EditorDavid at Slashdot
CNN’s prediction for 2026? „Any device that uses memory, from phones to tablets and smartwatches, could get pricier.“ But will it be a little or a lot? The article cites an analysis from multinational strategy/management consulting firm McKinsey & Company which found America’s data center demand could continue growing by 20 to 25 percent per year“ through 2030. „That’s prompted memory manufacturers like Micron and Samsung to shift their focus to data centers, which use a different type of memory, meaning fewer resources for consumer products. (Jaejune Kim, executive VP for memory at Samsung, s … - Stop Wasting the End of the Year — Take These 5 Steps to Get Ahead in 2026
Samstag 15:00 – June Yuan at Entrepreneur
The weeks between now and Jan. 1 present a unique opportunity to capitalize on year-end momentum and lay the groundwork for next year’s growth. - Get a Lifetime of Microsoft Office 2024 for Just $150
Samstag 14:00 – Entrepreneur Store at Entrepreneur
Upgrade to the latest MS Office suite with a one-time purchase that saves you money every year. - Linus Torvalds Defends Windows' Blue Screen of Death
Samstag 13:13 – BeauHD at Slashdot
Linus Torvalds recently defended Windows‘ infamous Blue Screen of Death during a video with Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips, where the two built a PC together. It’s FOSS reports: In that video, Sebastian discussed Torvalds‘ fondness for ECC (Error Correction Code). I am using their last name because Linus will be confused with Linus. This is where Torvalds says this: „I am convinced that all the jokes about how unstable Windows is and blue screening, I guess it’s not a blue screen anymore, a big percentage of those were not actually software bugs. A big percentage of those are hardware bein … - 'Rage Bait' Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025
Samstag 10:10 – BeauHD at Slashdot
Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from the BBC: Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has named its word or phrase of the year. It is a term that describes manipulative tactics used to drive engagement online, with usage of it increasing threefold in the last 12 months, according to the dictionary publisher. Rage bait beat two other shortlisted terms — aura farming and biohack — to win the title. The list of words is intended to reflect some of t … - ChatGPT's New Internet Browser Can Run 80% of a One-Person Business — Here's How Solopreneurs Are Using It
Samstag 1:00 – Ben Angel at Entrepreneur
The way you use AI just changed. This is how you build your edge before everyone else catches on. - Uncover the Hidden Edge Top Franchisors Use to Win (And It's Not More AI)
Freitag 20:00 – Trevor Rappleye at Entrepreneur
The real edge franchisors are using today — and why most entrepreneurs overlook it. - Discover Hidden Patterns with Intelligent K-Means Clustering
Freitag 20:00 – Raja Chakraborty at DZone.com Feed
What is Clustering
Clustering is a type of unsupervised machine learning technique that groups similar data points together. Clustering helps you automatically identify patterns or natural groups hidden in your data.
Imagine this scenario: - 7 Must-Read Books That Will Make You a Better Leader in 2026
Freitag 19:30 – John Rampton at Entrepreneur
Employees are staying put due to economic uncertainty and declining job prospects. There’s a need for value-driven leadership and managers need tools to stay anchored. - The CEO of the Most Valuable Company in the World Works 7 Days a Week in a 'State of Anxiety' Over Going Bankrupt: 'It's Exhausting'
Freitag 19:03 – Sherin Shibu at Entrepreneur
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn’t take the company’s success as a sign to rest on his laurels. - Designing a CPU-Efficient Redis Cluster Topology
Freitag 19:00 – Gaurav Rathor at DZone.com Feed
Redis is a popular in-memory data store that has become an essential component of many modern applications. With its high performance, scalability, and reliability features, Redis has emerged as a top choice for caching, session management, and other use cases. In this article, we’ll explore the deployment topology of Redis Cluster, specifically focusing on the master-replica approach utilizing all the cores on the vms, leveraging the single threaded behaviour of redis. What Is a Redis Cluster A Redis Cluster is a distributed deployment that shards your dataset across multiple Redis nodes. It … - Google Search Is Entering Its Most Disruptive Era. Here's How to Stay Visible.
Freitag 19:00 – Meghna Deshraj at Entrepreneur
Google’s AI search shift is changing user behavior, not killing SEO. Here’s how entrepreneurs can adapt, build authority and grow organic visibility. - AWS Agentic AI for App Portfolio Modernization
Freitag 18:00 – Subrata Saha at DZone.com Feed
Rethinking Application Modernization in the GenAI Era
Enterprises are accelerating their modernization journeys, driven by cloud mandates and growing demand for digital agility. Yet when faced with large application portfolios, transformation leaders often struggle to make decisions that are objective, scalable, and consistent.
In the era of Generative AI, a new paradigm is emerging: Agentic AI systems that not only reason over user input but also collaborate as autonomous agents to deliver reliable, explainable, and business-aligned outcomes. - AI Is Flooding the Market With Generic Content. Take These Steps to Rise Above It.
Freitag 18:00 – Nicholas Leighton at Entrepreneur
AI can generate endless content — but only entrepreneurs who master narrative architecture will stand out. - Why This Kind of Chart Still Defines Day Trading Success
Freitag 17:30 – Ross Cameron at Entrepreneur
The secret is in the 300-year-old language of day trading. - From Containers to WebAssembly: The Next Evolution in Cloud-Native Architecture
Freitag 17:00 – Gideon Ali at DZone.com Feed
When Docker first arrived, it felt like magic. I was working at a fintech startup then, and containers instantly killed the dreaded „works on my machine“ problem. For the first time, we could package our applications with all their dependencies, ship them anywhere, and trust they’d run exactly the same way.
But here’s the thing about revolutions — they expose new problems while solving old ones. - These 3 Common Leadership Habits Silently Undermine Your Authority
Freitag 17:00 – Dr. Kyle Elliott at Entrepreneur
Learning the art of influence becomes increasingly important as you climb the career ladder. - The Hidden Backbone of AI: Why Data Engineering is Key for Model Success
Freitag 16:00 – Rajanikantarao Vellaturi at DZone.com Feed
Introduction
Everyone is talking about AI models, but only a few are discussing the data pipelines that feed them. We talk about LLM benchmarks, the number of parameters, and GPU clusters. But under the hood, every AI and ML model has an invisible, complex, and messy data pipeline that can either supercharge it or break it.
Over the last 20 years, I have built data pipelines for large companies like Apple. I have seen firsthand how crucial these data pipelines are for any model to succeed. - I Watched a Business Pivot Successfully in Real Time — Here's How They Did It
Freitag 16:00 – Tonia Ryan at Entrepreneur
When plans fall through, don’t freeze — reframe the challenge and reorganize quickly. - The World Just Hit a Record Number of Billionaires — Here's What's Driving the Surge
Freitag 15:49 – Sherin Shibu at Entrepreneur
There are two main reasons for the rise in the number of billionaires this year. - Netflix Goes Big With $83 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Freitag 15:36 – Jonathan Small at Entrepreneur
The blockbuster deal would give Netflix control of HBO and iconic franchises like Harry Potter and Batman. - Most Entrepreneurs Start Companies. The Smart Ones Buy Them.
Freitag 15:30 – Shayne Fitz-Coy at Entrepreneur
Smart entrepreneurs skip invention by buying proven, profitable businesses instead. - The RAG Illusion: Why “Grafting” Memory Is No Longer Enough
Freitag 15:00 – Frederic Jacquet at DZone.com Feed
The solution to RAG’s architectural disconnect is not more context, but deep integration. The CLaRa framework achieves a true fusion of retrieval and generation via differentiable retrieval and compressed vectors, leading to 16x efficiency, data autonomy, and superior reasoning performance. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has become a standard tool of modern generative AI. We could say, in a way, that to prevent our models from hallucinating, we grafted search engines onto them. On paper, the promise is kept: AI accesses your enterprise data. But taking a closer look, a structural flaw re … - Going Beyond Authentication: Essential Features for Profile-First Systems
Freitag 14:00 – Nabin Debnath at DZone.com Feed
„Just log in“ is not enough With the evolution of modern web applications, products, and user experience, relying only on authentication and authorization is not enough for user management. It demands personalization, saved preferences, notifications, compliance, and smooth lifecycle controls. How often are users looking for these nowadays? “Save this search and reuse it later.” “Notify me when this record changes.” “Switch my notifications to email only.” “Download my data before I close my account.” These are no longer a wishlist, and at the same time, these are not identity features. Th … - Scaling RAG for Enterprise Applications Best Practices and Case Study Experiences
Freitag 13:00 – Amlan Patnaik at DZone.com Feed
Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, combines retrieval systems with generative models to improve the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated responses. Unlike traditional language models that rely solely on memorized training data, RAG systems augment generation by retrieving relevant contextual information from curated knowledge bases before generating answers. This two-step approach reduces the risk of fabrications or hallucinations by grounding AI outputs in trustworthy external data. The core idea is to index your knowledge collection, often in the form of documents or databases, using … - Can Generative AI Enhance Data Exploration While Preserving Privacy?
Freitag 12:00 – None None at DZone.com Feed
Generative AI is rapidly changing how organizations interrogate their data. Rather than forcing domain experts to learn query languages or spend days writing scripts, modern language-and-reasoning models let people explore data through conversational prompts, auto-generated analyses, and on-demand visualizations. This democratization is compelling: analysts get higher-velocity insight, business users ask complex “what-if” questions in plain language, and teams can iterate quickly over hypotheses. Yet the same forces that power this productivity — large models trained on vast information and i … - Why Traditional QA Fails for Generative AI in Tech Support
Donnerstag 20:00 – Rohith Narasimhamurthy at DZone.com Feed
The rapid advancement of generative AI (GenAI) has created unprecedented opportunities to transform technical support operations. However, it has also introduced unique challenges in quality assurance that traditional monitoring approaches simply cannot address. As enterprise AI systems become increasingly complex, particularly in technical support environments, we need more sophisticated evaluation frameworks to ensure their reliability and effectiveness. Why Traditional Monitoring Fails for GenAI Support Agents Most enterprises rely on what’s commonly called „canary testing“ — predefined tes …