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Apple and Google Asking Some Employees With H-1B Visas To Avoid International Travel
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/158236/apple-and-google-asking-some-employees-with-h-1b-visas-to-avoid-international-travel
Apple and Google Asking Some Employees With H-1B Visas To Avoid International Travel - Slashdot
Tech giants Google and Apple are asking some employees with H-1B visas to reconsider international travel, as their legal teams warned that visa processing delays could keep employees abroad for months, according to Business Insider. From a report: Law firms representing the tech giants sent memos a...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Uber, Lyft Set To Trial Robotaxis In the UK In Partnership With China's Baidu
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2219206/uber-lyft-set-to-trial-robotaxis-in-the-uk-in-partnership-with-chinas-baidu
Uber, Lyft Set To Trial Robotaxis In the UK In Partnership With China's Baidu - Slashdot
Uber and Lyft plan to trial robotaxis in London starting in 2026 using autonomous vehicles from Baidu, as the UK fast-tracks approvals for self-driving cars on public roads. CNBC reports: Lyft's testing of Baidu's initial fleet of dozens of vehicles will begin in 2026, pending regulatory approval, ...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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China Bans E-commerce Platforms From Forcing Lowest Prices or Abusing Algorithms
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/1334206/china-bans-e-commerce-platforms-from-forcing-lowest-prices-or-abusing-algorithms
China Bans E-commerce Platforms From Forcing Lowest Prices or Abusing Algorithms - Slashdot
China has unveiled new rules to rein in aggressive pricing tactics by online platforms, prohibiting e-commerce operators from forcing merchants to offer discounts or setting different prices based on user demographics without consent. The 29-article regulation -- jointly issued over the weekend by t...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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US To Impose Tariffs on Chips From China
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/1435213/us-to-impose-tariffs-on-chips-from-china
US To Impose Tariffs on Chips From China - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: The United States will take action against China's semiconductor industry, setting new tariffs on chips from China from June 23, 2027, that have 0% duties currently, the US Trade Representative said. The announcement comes following a year-long investigation in...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Apple Fined $116 Million Over App Privacy Prompts
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/151231/apple-fined-116-million-over-app-privacy-prompts
Apple Fined $116 Million Over App Privacy Prompts - Slashdot
Apple has been fined $116 million by Italy's antitrust regulator over the "excessively burdensome" privacy rules it imposes on third-party apps. From a report: The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) says that Apple abused its dominant app store market position by burdening developers with "disprop...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Safety Panel Says NASA Should Have Taken Starliner Incident More Seriously
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0839241/safety-panel-says-nasa-should-have-taken-starliner-incident-more-seriously
Safety Panel Says NASA Should Have Taken Starliner Incident More Seriously - Slashdot
joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: For the better part of two months last year, most of us had no idea how serious the problems were with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. A safety advisory panel found this uncertainty also filtered through NASA's work...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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How a Power Outage In Colorado Caused US Official Time To Be 4.8 Microseconds
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/018200/how-a-power-outage-in-colorado-caused-us-official-time-to-be-48-microseconds
How a Power Outage In Colorado Caused US Official Time To Be 4.8 Microseconds - Slashdot
Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: The U.S. government calculates the country's official time using more than a dozen atomic clocks at a federal facility northwest of Denver. But when a destructive windstorm knocked out power to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratory ...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Garmin Emergency Autoland Has First Save
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0050202/garmin-emergency-autoland-has-first-save
Garmin Emergency Autoland Has First Save - Slashdot
"Garmin's Collier Trophy award-winning Autonomi emergency Autoland, a system designed to safely land an aircraft in the event of pilot incapacitation, made its first real-world use and save on Saturday," writes Slashdot reader slipped_bit. AvBrief.com reports: Social media posts from flight trackin...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Microsoft To Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust By 2030
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/010200/microsoft-to-replace-all-cc-code-with-rust-by-2030
Microsoft To Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust By 2030 - Slashdot
Microsoft plans to eliminate all C and C++ code across its major codebases by 2030, replacing it with Rust using AI-assisted, large-scale refactoring. "My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030," Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt writes in a post on LinkedIn. "...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0036201/fcc-bans-foreign-made-drones-over-national-security-spying-concerns
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns - Slashdot
The FCC has banned approval of new foreign-made drones and components, citing "an unacceptable risk" to national security. The move will most heavily impact DJI but it "does not affect drones or drone components that are currently sold in the United States." Reuters reports: The tech was placed on ...
news.slashdot.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Larry Ellison Pledges $40-Billion Personal Guarantee For Paramount's Warner Bros Bid
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2138243/larry-ellison-pledges-40-billion-personal-guarantee-for-paramounts-warner-bros-bid
Larry Ellison Pledges $40-Billion Personal Guarantee For Paramount's Warner Bros Bid - Slashdot
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has personally guaranteed $40.4 billion to shore up Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, trying to ease financing doubts as Warner Bros weighs a rival offer from Netflix. Reuters reports: Paramount said the amended terms do not change the $30-per-share all-cas...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Alphabet Acquires Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Company Intersect For $4.75 Billion
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/226229/alphabet-acquires-data-center-and-energy-infrastructure-company-intersect-for-475-billion
Alphabet Acquires Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Company Intersect For $4.75 Billion - Slashdot
Alphabet is acquiring Intersect for $4.75 billion to accelerate data center and power-generation capacity as AI infrastructure demand surges. CNBC reports: Alphabet said Intersect's operations will remain independent, but that the acquisition will help bring more data center and generation capacity...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Cyberattack Disrupts France's Postal Service, Banking During Christmas Rush
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2158219/cyberattack-disrupts-frances-postal-service-banking-during-christmas-rush
Cyberattack Disrupts France's Postal Service, Banking During Christmas Rush - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: With just three days to go before Christmas, a cyberattack knocked France's national postal service offline Monday, blocking and delaying package deliveries and online payments. The timing was miserable for millions of people at the heig...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Exec Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident
https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2143219/call-of-duty-co-creator-respawn-co-founder-and-ea-exec-vince-zampella-killed-in-car-accident
Call of Duty Co-Creator, Respawn Co-Founder, and EA Exec Vince Zampella Killed In Car Accident - Slashdot
Vince Zampella, the co-creator of Call of Duty and co-founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment, died at 55 in a single-car accident in Los Angeles. According to NBC Los Angeles, "The single-car crash was reported at about 12:45 p.m. on the scenic road north of Los Angeles in the San Gabrie...
games.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Why Some Avatar: Fire and Ash Scenes Look So Smooth, and Others Don't
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1927237/why-some-avatar-fire-and-ash-scenes-look-so-smooth-and-others-dont
Why Some Avatar: Fire and Ash Scenes Look So Smooth, and Others Don't - Slashdot
If you watched Avatar: Fire and Ash in James Cameron's preferred high frame rate 3D format and noticed certain sequences appearing unusually smooth while others had the traditional cinematic look, that visual inconsistency is entirely intentional. The third Avatar film continues Cameron's frame rate...
entertainment.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Australian Eateries Turn To Automatic Tipping as Cost of Doing Business Climbs
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/202229/australian-eateries-turn-to-automatic-tipping-as-cost-of-doing-business-climbs
Australian Eateries Turn To Automatic Tipping as Cost of Doing Business Climbs - Slashdot
Australian restaurants facing a mounting cost-of-doing-business crisis are turning to automatic service charges as a way to shore up revenue. The practice is legal under Australian consumer law as long as customers are notified beforehand and can opt out, but it risks alienating diners in a country ...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Accommodating Emerging Giants in the Global Economy
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2024246/accommodating-emerging-giants-in-the-global-economy
Accommodating Emerging Giants in the Global Economy - Slashdot
Abstract of a paper featured on NBER: How has aggregate income and welfare in the United States been affected by globalization and rapid productivity growth in emerging economies? We use the class of constant elasticity trade models to provide quantitative evidence on these questions. We find that r...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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US Blocks All Offshore Wind Construction, Says Reason Is Classified
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/2133214/us-blocks-all-offshore-wind-construction-says-reason-is-classified
US Blocks All Offshore Wind Construction, Says Reason Is Classified - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, the US Department of the Interior announced that it was pausing the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the US. The move comes despite the fact that these projects already have installed significant ...
news.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Samsung Is Putting Google Gemini AI Into Your Refrigerator, Whether You Need It or Not
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/120248/samsung-is-putting-google-gemini-ai-into-your-refrigerator-whether-you-need-it-or-not
Samsung Is Putting Google Gemini AI Into Your Refrigerator, Whether You Need It or Not - Slashdot
BrianFagioli writes: Samsung is bringing Google Gemini directly into the kitchen, starting with a refrigerator that can see what you eat. At CES 2026, the company plans to show off a new Bespoke AI Refrigerator that uses a built in camera system paired with Gemini to automatically recognize food ite...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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State of Play: Who Holds the Power in the Video Games Industry in 2025?
https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/126233/state-of-play-who-holds-the-power-in-the-video-games-industry-in-2025
State of Play: Who Holds the Power in the Video Games Industry in 2025? - Slashdot
The video games industry in 2025 finds itself caught between the familiar forces of consolidation and job losses that have plagued creative industries, and a newer development: governments and the ultra-wealthy have begun treating games as tools of political influence. Saudi Arabia's Public Investme...
games.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Visa Says AI Will Start Shopping and Paying For You In 2026
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1210214/visa-says-ai-will-start-shopping-and-paying-for-you-in-2026
Visa Says AI Will Start Shopping and Paying For You In 2026 - Slashdot
BrianFagioli writes: Visa says it has completed hundreds of secure, AI-initiated transactions with partners, arguing this proves agent driven shopping is ready to move beyond experiments. The company believes 2025 will be the last full year most consumers manually check out, with AI agents handling ...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Instacart Kills AI Pricing Tests That Charged Some Customers More Than Others
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1756217/instacart-kills-ai-pricing-tests-that-charged-some-customers-more-than-others
Instacart Kills AI Pricing Tests That Charged Some Customers More Than Others - Slashdot
Instacart has ended its AI-powered pricing tests after a study from Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and More Perfect Union revealed that the grocery delivery platform was showing different customers different prices for identical items at the same store. The company said Monday that retai...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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What the Linux Desktop Really Needs To Challenge Windows
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1840258/what-the-linux-desktop-really-needs-to-challenge-windows
What the Linux Desktop Really Needs To Challenge Windows - Slashdot
Linux's share of the desktop market has climbed to as much as 11% by one count, but that figure includes Chromebooks, and the traditional Linux desktop remains hamstrung by the same fragmentation that killed Unix decades ago. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing in The Register, argues that the prolif...
linux.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Spotify Says 'Anti-Copyright Extremists' Scraped Its Library
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1128259/spotify-says-anti-copyright-extremists-scraped-its-library
Spotify Says 'Anti-Copyright Extremists' Scraped Its Library - Slashdot
A group of activists has scraped Spotify's entire library, accessing 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files totaling roughly 300TB of data. The metadata has been released via Anna's Archive, a search engine for "shadow libraries" that previously focused on books. Spotify des...
entertainment.slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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iRobot Founder Says FTC Treated Blocked Deals 'Like Trophies' as Bankruptcy Follows Failed Amazon Acquisition
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/22/1147243/irobot-founder-says-ftc-treated-blocked-deals-like-trophies-as-bankruptcy-follows-failed-amazon-acquisition
iRobot Founder Says FTC Treated Blocked Deals 'Like Trophies' as Bankruptcy Follows Failed Amazon Acquisition - Slashdot
Colin Angle, the founder of iRobot who built the company from his living room over 35 years and sold more than 50 million Roomba vacuums, watched his creation file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month after what he describes as an "avoidable" regulatory ordeal that killed Amazon's $1.7 billi...
slashdot.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM