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Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability Actively Exploited, in a Bad Week for Microsoft – Slashdot
Forbes describes it as "definitely already out there, and under active exploitation according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, urging all organizations to prioritize timely remediation as the attack vector poses a significant risk.""We have issued...
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‘We Still Can’t See Dark Matter. But What If We Can Hear It?’ – Slashdot
"We may have accidentally detected dark matter back in 2019," writes ScienceAlert."What if instead of trying to see dark matter, scientists attempted to hear it instead?" asks Space.com:
New research suggests dark matter could leave a tiny but discernible...
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Us Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media – Slashdot
Test scores "are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S.," reports Times magazine, citing new data released Wednesday by Stanford researchers. "Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025...
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The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material
During the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert—the world's very first test of an atomic bomb—a new material spontaneously formed. It was discovered only recently, by an international research team coordinated by geologist...
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The UK Finally Starts Reforming Its ‘Computer Misuse Act’ – Slashdot
Computer Weekly reports on "the long-awaited reform of Britain's outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 — which has hamstrung the work of the nation's cyber security professionals and researchers for years."The Computer Misuse Act was passed 35...
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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush | TechCrunch
The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in...
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Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work | TechCrunch
ArXiv, a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.Although papers are posted to the site before they are peer-reviewed, arXiv (pronounced “archive”)...
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After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Tesla’s energy storage business is the elder statesman, at more than a decade old. Growth in its Powerwall (battery storage for homes) and Megapack (battery storage for utilities and commercial facilities) sales has, in recent years, helped to compensate...
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Wood Burning Is Reintroducing Lead Pollution Into the Air, Scientists Find – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Wood heating is reintroducing lead into the air of local communities and homes, a systematic investigation by academics has found. Overwhelming evidence of lead's neurotoxicity meant the metal was...
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RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more | TechCrunch
Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas.In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian has raised more than $12.3 billion from venture capital firms, as well as...