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A match made in heaven: systemd comes to Windows Subsystem for Linux

A match made in heaven: systemd comes to Windows Subsystem for Linux

The RegisterThe Register3:14am 168Has someone been Poettering about? Linux distros running on Windows in a WSL2 virtual machine now can use the systemd…
Steve Case is trying to make money with founders outside Silicon Valley; his plan is starting to work

Steve Case is trying to make money with founders outside Silicon Valley; his plan is starting to work

TechCrunchTechCrunch3:53am 166Steve Case, the cofounder of America Online, the investment firm Revolution, and its offshoot seed-stage arm Rise of the…
Amazon's Echo Show displays are up to 53 percent off right now

Amazon's Echo Show displays are up to 53 percent off right now

EngadgetEngadgetFri 5:35am 159Amazon's Echo Show smart displays with Alexa voice control are already a good value next to the competition, but a bunch…
Incel Communities Are Reportedly Engaged in a ‘Brothers-in-Arms' War Against Women

Incel Communities Are Reportedly Engaged in a ‘Brothers-in-Arms' War Against Women

GizmodoGizmodoFri 8:05pm 156Self-described involuntary celibates lurking in the community’s largest forum are escalating their violent rhetoric…
Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year

Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year

SlashdotSlashdotFri 11:30pm 149An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Vultures are hard birds for humans to love. They are an…
New Fitbit devices will need to be linked to a Google account next year

New Fitbit devices will need to be linked to a Google account next year

EngadgetEngadgetFri 4:48am 147Starting next year, you'll only be able to activate newly released Fitbit models using a Google account. It doesn't come…
Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition To US

Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition To US

SlashdotSlashdotFri 8:45pm 144A 36-year-old Russian man recently identified by KrebsOnSecurity as the likely proprietor of the massive RSOCKS botnet…
Alien-Hunting Astronomer Says There May Be a Second Interstellar Object On Earth In New Study

Alien-Hunting Astronomer Says There May Be a Second Interstellar Object On Earth In New Study

SlashdotSlashdot3:00am 144A pair of researchers who previously identified what may be the first known interstellar meteor to impact Earth have now…
Japan pledges $2 billion in funding for pandemic vaccine research initiativeEngadget
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Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

TechCrunchTechCrunchWed 5:08am 566Ivorian payments-led fintech startup Julaya has extended its pre-Series A round by $5 million. The company, which…
LastPass reveals details of August hack that gave threat actor access to its development environment for four days

LastPass reveals details of August hack that gave threat actor access to its development environment for four days

BetaNewsBetaNewsSun 5:10am 359Last month, LastPass suffered a cyberattack and the company shared some details about what had happened shortly…
General Atlantic buys out SoftBank’s 15% stake in edtech Kahoot, now valued at about $152M vs the $215M SoftBank ponied up 2 years ago

General Atlantic buys out SoftBank’s 15% stake in edtech Kahoot, now valued at about $152M vs the $215M SoftBank ponied up 2 years ago

TechCrunchTechCrunchSep 16, 2022, 4:06 am 363SoftBank’s retreat from its past investing exuberance continues apace. This morning, Kahoot, the Norwegian startup…
A 26-Year-Old Inventor Is Trying To Put Mirrors In Space To Generate Solar Power At Night

A 26-Year-Old Inventor Is Trying To Put Mirrors In Space To Generate Solar Power At Night

SlashdotSlashdotSep 13, 2022, 3:00 am 454Ben Nowack, a 26-year old inventor and CEO of Tons of Mirrors, is trying to use satellite-mounted reflective surfaces to…
NASA Working To Repair Fuel Leak On Moon Rocket, Plans To Launch Artemis Mission Later This Month

NASA Working To Repair Fuel Leak On Moon Rocket, Plans To Launch Artemis Mission Later This Month

SlashdotSlashdotSep 10, 2022, 3:00 am 357NASA said Thursday that it is working to fix the issues that delayed the launch of its Artemis I moon rocket last week,…
Tesla is still having issues ramping up 4680 battery cell production, report says

Tesla is still having issues ramping up 4680 battery cell production, report says

ElectrekElectrekSep 6, 2022, 6:15 am 412Tesla is still having some issues in ramping up production of its new 4680 battery cell and especially its dry-coating…
Attacks on Linux Servers Rose 75% Over Last Year, Warn Security Researchers

Attacks on Linux Servers Rose 75% Over Last Year, Warn Security Researchers

SlashdotSlashdotSep 4, 2022, 3:34 am 464"There's been a big rise in ransomware attacks targeting Linux," reports ZDNet, "as cyber criminals look to expand their…
iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display Behavior in iOS 16 Allegedly Revealed Days Ahead of Unveiling

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MacRumorsMacRumorsSep 3, 2022, 4:23 am 453The iPhone 14 Pro will feature unique behavior on the Lock Screen and significant changes to the status bar thanks to…