Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself?
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market capitalisation has been roughly flat at about $25 billion for a decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC have…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google was fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business. Regulators…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that artificial intelligence is likely to concentrate…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built an AI-driven offensive pipeline — dubbed Auto Exploit — that combines LLM prompts, CVE advisories and public…
Firefox ESR 115 won’t quit Windows 7 – at least not until March 2026
Firefox ESR 115 won’t quit Windows 7 – at least not until March 2026 Summary Mozilla has extended security support for Firefox ESR 115 on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1…
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration Summary The Jupiter system at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre was officially inaugurated with its Booster module — a GPU cluster that has…
Philips Hue Plans To Make All Your Lights Motion Sensors
Philips Hue is introducing MotionAware, a feature that uses radio-frequency (RF) Zigbee signals to turn mains-powered Hue lights into motion sensors. The capability will arrive via firmware updates for most…
Intel Outspends Rivals In R&D: 28% More Than Nvidia, 156% More Than AMD
Intel Outspends Rivals In R&D: 28% More Than Nvidia, 156% More Than AMD Summary Intel spent $16.546 billion on research and development in 2024, outspending Nvidia by about 28% and…
Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement
Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement Summary Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a federal lawsuit against AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of training on the studio’s films…
Mark Zuckerberg Sues Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg Sues Mark Zuckerberg Summary An Indiana bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg is suing Meta after his Facebook page — which uses his real legal name — was repeatedly…