Microsoft Gives Task Manager Another Task: Watching AI Workloads - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·10h ago
Microsoft is expanding Windows Task Manager to show per-process NPU and GPU neural-engine usage, giving users more visibility into which apps are consuming hardware for AI workloads.
China Is About to Launch Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Yet - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·14h ago
China's Chang'e 7 mission is set to launch for the moon's south pole, where it will attempt the first-ever landing directly at the pole and search the region's dark craters for water ice.
Are You Sure You Want a Car With a Giant Touch Screen? - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·17h ago
RAMageddon could soon push car prices higher as modern vehicles rely on ever more RAM and powerful centralized computers to run everything from infotainment to driver-assistance systems.
China's YouTube Rival Bilibili Is Going Global - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·22h ago
Bilibili, often described as China's answer to YouTube, is relaunching its international app and preparing an English-language site as part of a broader push into the U.S., Europe, Japan, and other...
Watching TikTok Videos and Instagram Reels Deactivates the Brain's Cognitive Control Network - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·23h ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from RathBiotaClan: Millions of people finish short video after short video every day; a new brain-scan study shows that the very act of finishing a clip they...
Ukrainian Publishers Call For Support After Russian Attacks Destroy 10 Million Books - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
Russian attacks on Ukrainian publishing infrastructure in July and August destroyed roughly 10 million books, which equates to about 30% of Ukraine's annual book output.
Voters Aren't Waiting For November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
A growing backlash against AI data centers is spilling into local politics, with residents in more than a dozen communities pushing recall elections against officials who approved projects.
Does Using AI to Edit an Op-Ed on Students' Math Skills Undermine the Argument? - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a "severe" math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San...
Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, despite advertising its...
FCC Abolishes Gigabit Speed Goal, Suggesting It Is Unfair To Slower Technologies - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared...
Japan to Require AI Firms to Disclose Training Data - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
Japan is preparing a nonbinding "comply or explain" code that would urge generative AI companies, including foreign firms operating in Japan, to disclose what models they use, what training data...
New Study Challenges Common Assumptions About Screen Time For Kids - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
bryanandaimee shares a report from ScienceDaily: A Finnish study has found an unexpected association between screen use and cognitive performance.
Rescue Mission Is Called Off For NASA's Aging Swift Space Telescope - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
NASA has called off a $30 million mission to rescue its aging Swift space telescope after Katalyst Space's Link spacecraft developed persistent control and positioning problems.
Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta - Slashdot
Slashdotby BeauHD·1d ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Meta was infused with a culture in which employees obsessed over user numbers and consistently pushed safety to the side, according to Arturo Bejar, a...
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