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Microsoft Offers Mass Buyouts For Roughly a Quarter of Its Workforce ift.tt/gaz9CPn

Microsoft Offers Mass Buyouts For Roughly a Quarter of Its Workforce - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Seattle Times: Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to control its head...

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Anthropic Files For IPO ift.tt/b10sCZy

Anthropic Files For IPO - Slashdot

Anthropic has filed to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, setting the stage for a potentially record-setting IPO that could value the Claude developer at more than $2 trillion. Alongside...

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Reddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: 'I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed?' ift.tt/kXEhJdZ

Reddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: 'I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed?'...

Kotaku reports: r/opensource, Reddit's primary "subreddit for everything open source related," has banned all AI-assisted and AI-related projects.... As reported by The Verge, the subreddit's October...

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Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection ift.tt/apxIkt9

Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection - Slashdot

Brazil's 80-year-old president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected Sunday, reports the Guardian, "defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power."...

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Microsoft Announces Open Source Tool Evaluating Your Software's Optimization For AI Coding Agents ift.tt/iuWyHKO

Microsoft Announces Open Source Tool Evaluating Your Software's Optimization For AI Coding Agents -...

The problem? Understanding how AI coding agents interact with the software you build. "Whether you're maintaining an SDK, building a command-line interface, or publishing an MCP server or skills......

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25% of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop, Finds Study From Linux Foundation Research ift.tt/Xul4Jzk

25% of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop, Finds Study From Linux Foundation Research - Slashdot

"59% of maintainers report growing contribution volume since the rise of GenAI," according to a new study published by Linux Foundation Research. But 25% of their incoming pull requests "are estima...

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Systemd Merges Support for Rust Programs ift.tt/PgdOEli

Systemd Merges Support for Rust Programs - Slashdot

"As of today in systemd Git it's now possible for the systemd programs to be written in the Rust programming language as an alternative to C," reports Phoronix: Core systemd code like the systemd...

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AI Use Convinces California Math Professor There's 'No Point' Grading Homework ift.tt/Bd1PY3k

AI Use Convinces California Math Professor There's 'No Point' Grading Homework - Slashdot

From the student newspaper at the University of California, Berkeley: Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students' homework. After seeing how many of...

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A Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data ift.tt/ndMw0KO

A Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data - Slashdot

BeamFS creator Aurelien Desbrieres is not calling for a merge, but is requesting feedback on an 18-patch proposal that takes the place of FTRFS, an earlier filesystem he proposed in April. The...

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AI Delivers 'Zero Financial Payoff' To Most Companies, Economist Says ift.tt/aMZ0jGJ

AI Delivers 'Zero Financial Payoff' To Most Companies, Economist Says - Slashdot

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around AI , the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech," writes the chief economist at U.S. asset...

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Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads ift.tt/meHIj5p

Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads - Slashdot

The blog Android Authority offers this TLDR: Google updated its privacy policy to clarify that it could use information shared through Personal Intelligence to personalize ads. Gmail, Drive, and...

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Free Software Foundation Hosts Free 'Encryptfest' Event on Sunday ift.tt/aiEeCLf

Free Software Foundation Hosts Free 'Encryptfest' Event on Sunday - Slashdot

The Free Software Foundation's "EncryptFest" today covers both encryption and privacy. The free two-hour event runs from 13:00-15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00-19:00 UTC), and includes: — A...

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As eMudhra Exits Cert Business, Users Face New PKI Trust Decisions ift.tt/a0voMlN

As eMudhra Exits Cert Business, Users Face New PKI Trust Decisions - Slashdot

"As of 2026, the company has issued more than 60 million digital certificates," notes Wikipedia. But now, InfoWorld reports: A certificate authority's decision to abandon the global SSL/TLS market is...

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Getty Images Files For US Bankruptcy, Advances Restructuring Plan ift.tt/5tfjl6o

Getty Images Files For US Bankruptcy, Advances Restructuring Plan - Slashdot

Reuters reports: Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset after its planned merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed under the weight of heavy debt and growing...

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Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger ift.tt/j5GLzHn

Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger - Slashdot

"Scientists have transformed old blood cells into young brain stem cells, which continued to grow younger as they grew older," reports ScienceAlert: Cellular transformations can be done in two main...

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CIOs Admit They Are Being Forced To Upgrade Enterprise IT ift.tt/tHJwR9G

CIOs Admit They Are Being Forced To Upgrade Enterprise IT - Slashdot

Computer Weekly reports: A Censuswide survey of 2,018 CIOs and senior IT decision-makers at large organisations in the US and UK for independent software maintenance provider Origina has found that...

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America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency' ift.tt/kWJ8xKt

America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency' - Slashdot

America's Defense Department "has spent months quietly building an elite new tech agency," reports Politico, "to help covertly disrupt and sabotage foreign technology programs considered threats to...

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Singapore Boffins Weave a GUI Into Fabric ift.tt/BJYOd2g

Singapore Boffins Weave a GUI Into Fabric - Slashdot

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a machine-washable electronic fabric that can turn clothing into an interactive graphical user interface. The prototype reportedly...

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People Are Vibe Coding Their Way to Better TVs ift.tt/7FCBUtl

People Are Vibe Coding Their Way to Better TVs - Slashdot

Frustrated by intrusive ads, sluggish interfaces, and data tracking, smart TV owners are using AI coding tools and open-source projects to strip unwanted software from their televisions and build...

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Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 ift.tt/pujnc8U

Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 - Slashdot

Greece has passed a law banning children under 15 from social media platforms beginning January 1, 2027. The legislation requires platforms to implement reliable age verification and parents to use...

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