KDE Plasma 6.8 Remote Desktop To Enjoy Lower Latency Performance
KDE Plasma 6.8 Remote Desktop To Enjoy Lower Latency Performance Along with KDE Plasma 6.8 beta releasing this week, there were some other interesting Plasma changes this week worthy of a shout-out...…
The aircraft might not be flying, but the certificate has gone on vacation
BORK!BORK!BORK! We still don't know what caused the air traffic control mayhem in the UK in early September, but one information board at Luton Airport appears to have gone out in sympathy. Spotted by…
Little Mercury May Be Shrinking Faster Than Scientists Expected…
Little Mercury May Be Shrinking Faster Than Scientists Expected https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/2050204/little-mercury-may-be-shrinking-faster-than-scientists-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mai…
Can Red-Light Therapy Treat Brain Injuries?…
Can Red-Light Therapy Treat Brain Injuries? https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/2037218/can-red-light-therapy-treat-brain-injuries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Male Fruit Fly Brain Trained to Play Doom…
Male Fruit Fly Brain Trained to Play Doom https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/2022239/male-fruit-fly-brain-trained-to-play-doom?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Gitte As Git Client For GNOME Continues Maturing Quite Nicely
Gitte As Git Client For GNOME Continues Maturing Quite Nicely For those in pursuit of a graphical Git client for GNOME or the Linux desktop at large, the GTK4-powered Gitte continues advancing rather …
Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services "Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/some-satellit…
More JFrog Artifactory bugs under attack, and all 3 have patches
JFrog Artifactory instances continue to get hit hard. Multiple attackers are exploiting three JFrog Artifactory bugs to gain administrative control over vulnerable instances - in some cases, just days…
AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money
Amid debate about whether AI will kill everyone as a result of continuous self-improvement, it appears that models will kill animals in a simulated environment rather than spend extra fuel avoiding th…
PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed…
PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/2012215/playstation-ditched-hideo-kojimas-physint-on-budget-concerns-missed-…
Random rewards enrich classic game-theory contests
Random rewards enrich classic game-theory contests Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/random-rewards-enrich-classic-game-theory-contests/?u…
Court rejects government's energy "emergency" that kept coal plant open
Court rejects government's energy "emergency" that kept coal plant open The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/court-rejects-govern…
ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses "I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026…
US Legislators Complain About Secretive British Court and Apple Encryption…
US Legislators Complain About Secretive British Court and Apple Encryption https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/1955213/us-legislators-complain-about-secretive-british-court-and-apple-encryption?u…
Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance. https://arstechnica.com…
Oracle promises 2 GW of renewables to match Stargate data center emissions
Oracle promises 2 GW of renewables to match Stargate data center emissions Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/oracle…
New Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Out For Testing
New Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Out For Testing Since being merged back during the Linux 7.2 cycle, the Cache Aware Scheduling code continues seeing more fixes as users test out this scheduling enhan…
Altman Considers Slowing Down AI Development…
Altman Considers Slowing Down AI Development https://slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/1746211/altman-considers-slowing-down-ai-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle
A former AT&T retail worker who used his system access to hijack customers' phone numbers for cybercriminals has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison. Kenneth Carter, 44, carried out the SIM …
Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm
If you want to understand how 2026 is going, in March The Register reported that scientists had connected a simulated fruit fly brain to a virtual body and let it wander around a virtual world. Now an…
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