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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: They're cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship -- but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children's and consumer advocacy groups urging parents...

Getty ImagesTwitch, a streaming platform popular with gamers, has been added to Australia's teen social media ban which starts next month.It joins other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and Snapchat that must ensure under-16s cannot open...

Corporate AI slop feels inescapable in 2025. From website banner ads to outdoor billboards, images generated by businesses using AI tools surround me. Hell, even the bar down the street posts happy hour flyers with that distinctly hazy, amber...

Every time you hear a billionaire (or even a millionaire) CEO describe how LLM-based agents are coming for all the human jobs, remember this funny but telling incident about AI’s limitations: Famed AI researcher Andrej Karpathy got one-day early...

A few years ago, Matthew Carey lost a friend in a freak car accident, after the friend’s car struck some small debris on a highway and spun out of control. Ordinarily, the car’s sensors would have detected the debris...

Longtime Slashdot reader ukoda shares a report from the Associated Press: China is replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, potentially reshaping global fuel demand and the future of heavy transport. In 2020, nearly...

Nvidia's third-quarter financial results on Wednesday surpassed analyst expectations, signaling that demand for its artificial intelligence chips remains robust amid investor concerns about an AI bubble. The chipmaker reported earnings of $31.9 billion on record revenue...

Genya Crossman is a lifelong learner passionate about helping people understand and use quantum computing to solve the world’s most complex problems.So, she is excited that quantum computing is in the spotlight this year. UNESCO declared 2025 the International...

Warmer Atlantic water from near Greenland is heating up the depths of the Arctic Ocean, which was previously thought...

Quantum computers made from qubits based on extremely cold atoms have been getting larger at an impressive rate, which...