CS50, the World's Most Popular Online Programming Class, Turns to AI for Help
1h By EditorDavid"The world's most popular online learning course, Harvard University's CS50, is getting a ChatGPT-era makeover," reports Bloomberg:…Renewable Energy Could Use 50% Less Land, Study Suggests
2h By EditorDavidThe Washington Post looks at a new study co-authored by Nels Johnson, senior practice adviser for renewable energy development at the Nature Conservancy nonprofit.…Scientists Zap Sleeping Humans' Brains with Electricity to Improve Their Memory
3h By EditorDavid"A little brain stimulation at night appears to help people remember what they learned the previous day," reports NPR — a finding that could one day help people with memory problems, sleeps issues, or depression:…Hundreds of Amazon Workers Staged a Walkout Wednesday
3:34pm By EditorDavid"Amazon employees staged a walkout Wednesday," reports CNBC, "in protest of the company's recent return-to-office mandate, layoffs and its environmental record."…Red Hat is Dropping Its Support for LibreOffice
2:34pm By EditorDavidThe Red Hat Package Managers for LibreOffice "have recently been orphaned," according to a post by Red Hat manager Matthias Clasen on the "LibreOffice packages" mailing list, "and I thought it would be good to explain the reasons behind this."…ChatGPT is Already Taking Jobs
1:34pm By EditorDavidThe Washington Post writes that "Some economists predict artificial intelligence technology like ChatGPT could replace hundreds of millions of jobs, in a cataclysmic reorganization of the workforce mirroring the industrial revolution.…Uber Eats to Deploy 2,000 Autonomous Delivery Robots
12:34pm By EditorDavid"If you live in San Jose, Dallas, or Vancouver, you may soon be sharing the sidewalk with an army of delivery robots," reports PC Magazine (citing a report from TechCrunch. Uber Eats is expanding its partnership with Serve Robotics to deploy up to 2,000…Boeing Delays Starliner Launch Again After Discovering Two Serious Problems
11:34am By EditorDavid"A Boeing official said Thursday that the company was 'standing down' from an attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft on July 21," reports Ars Technica, "to focus on recently discovered issues with the vehicle."…'RISE' Project Building Open Source RISC-V Software Announced by Linux Foundation Europe
10:34am By EditorDavidLinux Foundation Europe "has announced the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) Project to help facilitate more performant, commercial-ready software for the RISC-V processor architecture," reports Phoronix.…Japan Vending Machines To Automatically Offer Free Food If Earthquakes Hit
9:00am By BeauHDAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Japan has extended its natural disaster preparations to vending machines, which will offer free food and drink in the event of a major earthquake or typhoon. Two machines have been installed in the western…Switzerland Is Turning the Gap Between Train Tracks Into a 'Solar Carpet'
6:00am By BeauHDSwiss start-up Sun-Ways has developed a concept to install solar panels between train tracks, using a specially built train to "unroll" the panels during the night when fewer trains are running. Fast Company reports: As wild as it all sound, Sun-Ways actually…NASA UFO Team Calls For Higher Quality Data In First Public Meeting
3:00am By BeauHDsciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: The truth may be out there about UFOs, or what the government currently calls "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAPs). But finding it will require collecting data that are more rigorous than the anecdotal…Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles
Fri 11:30pm By BeauHDLongtime Slashdot reader MightyMartian shares a report from the New York Times: Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved in the Phoenix area, and will stop developers from…MS Paint Gets Its Long-Promised Dark Mode, Along With Other Improvements
Fri 10:02pm By BeauHDWindows Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels now have access to an updated version of MS Paint, featuring dark mode support and more granular zoom settings. The update also introduces a zoom slider in the lower-right corner of the app, a new Settings page,…US To Stop Giving Russia Some New START Nuclear Arms Data
Fri 9:25pm By BeauHDNew submitter terrorubic shares a report from Reuters: The United States said it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START arms control treaty from Thursday, including updates on its missile and launcher locations, to retaliate…
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