A New Idea: Replacing Daylight Saving Time With 'Universal Solar Time'

Most clocks are handled automatically by computers, points out Tora (Slashdot reader #65,882). So in lieu of daylight saving time, "wha...

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a self-contained computer built into a keyboard. | Image: Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced ...

Australia Records Zero New COVID-19 Infections

The continent of Australia, where nearly 25 million people live, "has recorded its first day of no local cases of Covid-19 in almost fi...

Should Computer Programming Classes Focus on Projects Instead of 'Logic Puzzles'?

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Writing in the November Communications of the ACM, MIT's Mitchel Resnick and Natalie Rusk expla...

A Few Trick-or-Treaters in Canada Receive a Surprising Treat: Bitcoin

Cointelegraph reports: While many children dressed as ghosts, goblins, and witches last night may have been disappointed to find an inedible...

In World First, Slovokia Plans To Test the Entire Country For COVID-19

The BBC reports: Slovakia has begun an ambitious project to test everyone over the age of 10 for Covid-19, but the president has said she th...

Support Grows For Universal Basic Income Trials in UK

On the U.K. political scene, support may be growing for new tests of a Univerisal Basic Income. The Guardian reports: A cross-party group of...