Amazon US Prime Sign-Ups Slow Despite Expanded Promotion, Data Shows Summary Reuters reporting reviewed by Slashdot shows Amazon’s recent expansion of Prime Day promotions — extending discount sales to a…
Apple iOS 26 set to dump 75M iPhones on the e-waste pile Summary The imminent release of Apple iOS 26 will exclude iPhone XR, XS and XS Max models, potentially…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary The article, drawing on reporting from Ars Technica, covers a recent lawsuit against Amazon Prime Video…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionise — 3,500+ Unionised Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 developers who work on Blizzard’s Diablo franchise have voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The US has ended the long-standing de minimis duty exemption that let low-value international parcels enter without customs charges. The threshold—raised…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Microsoft Azure customers experienced a spike in automated budget alerts after a problematic account migration. Forecasted costs jumped dramatically…
EU To Boost Satellite Defences Against GPS Jamming, Defence Commissioner Says Summary The European Union will deploy additional satellites in low Earth orbit and improve detection capabilities to strengthen resilience…
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary In this Who, Me? reader story, “Derek” relates how he worked as a part-time DBA…
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and long-time maintainer of the PHP framework Laravel, warns against building what he calls “cathedrals of…
White House nixes NASA unions amid budget uncertainty Summary The White House issued an executive order on 28 August adding NASA to the National Security Exclusions list. That move removes…
