Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA's Swift observatory. https://arstechnica.com/science/20…
Anthropic outed for Claude tracker that secretly monitored Chinese users Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/anthropic…
Nintendo Switch 2 Is Getting a Replaceable Battery in Europe https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/06/1636252/nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-a-replaceable-battery-in-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlink…
The UK's second largest supermarket is tripling the number of stores that use facial recognition to try to clamp down on shoplifters – a move privacy campaigners are branding as "shameful." Sainsbury'…
KETTLE From international banking worries to the market state of canary-in-the-coal-mine Oracle, the AI bubble is sure looking taut. The Bank for International Settlements, often referred to as "the c…
Last week, a small customs fee landed in the EU that may have outsized consequences. Imports of single items from outside the EU are now hit with a new €3 duty, a rule that affects a range of people i…
A year ago the Ryzen AI Halo, AMD's tiny new AI workstation, would have offered devs and machine learning enthusiasts an Nvidia DGX Spark-like experience at a fraction of the cost. Unfortunately for A…
Americans of All Ages Are Spending Less Time Socializing https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/06/056242/americans-of-all-ages-are-spending-less-time-socializing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go Move affects ~20% of the gaming division, which will refocus on its biggest franchises. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-i…
F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations Sometimes races finish behind a safety car, but it's not always satisfying. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/f1-in-britain-auto…
There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend The Torifune asteroid turns out to be shaped like a peanut. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/there-were-not-one-but-two-asteroid-encou…
AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software Earlier this year AMD announced the Ryzen AI Halo as their in-house mini PC offering built around their leading Ryz…
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Ryzen AI Developer Platform: AMD's Own Linux Distribution Built Atop Debian With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microso…
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Fines Doubled As Teens Outsmart Australia's Social Media Ban https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/06/0459219/fines-doubled-as-teens-outsmart-australias-social-media-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
UK regulator warns of "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions. https:…
Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More Going back to early May there were patches for improving the Linux scheduler to help with gaming performance on old "…
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Data on more than 2.3 million people associated with Moody Bible Institute (MBI) has been exposed online after the Christian college was targeted by ShinyHunters. The attack was first disclosed by MBI…
Intel i915 Driver Nearly Ready To "Work Well" With RT Linux Kernel Sans Display Support When it comes to the real-time "RT" patches carried outside of the Linux kernel, a number of them pertain to adj…
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Google Ordered to Pay $2 Billion For Anti-Competitive Practices By Swedish Court https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/06/0510248/google-ordered-to-pay-2-billion-for-anti-competitive-practices-by-swed…
Bentley teases its first EV, the Torcal The new model will be officially unveiled in late September. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/bentley-teases-its-first-ev-the-torcal/?utm_brand=arstechnica&…
