When Amazon Raises Its Minimum Wage, Local Companies Follow Suit

In the areas where Amazon operates, "low-wage workers at other businesses have seen significant wage growth since 2018..." reports...

What's the Best Linux Distro for Enhanced Privacy and Security?

Slashdot reader b-dayyy quotes the Linux Security blog: While all Linux 'distros' — or distributed versions of Linux software — are ...

Antitrust Advocate Who Coined the Phrase 'Net Neutrality' Joins Biden's White House

Tim Wu coined the phrase "net neutrality". He's the author of The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age , and Bloo...

Mozilla Urges 'Remain Calm: the Fox is Still in the Firefox Logo'

Last week Firefox's official blog responded to some viral misinformation about the Firefox logo. "People were up in arms because th...

JavaScript- (Not Python-) Defined Neutral Networks? Deno 1.8 Supports WebGPU

InfoQ reports: Deno 1.8 recently shipped with plenty of new features, including WebGPU support, internationalization APIs, stabilized import...

A New Motherboard For Amiga, The Platform That Refuses To Die

Hackaday writes: In the early years of personal computing there were a slew of serious contenders. A PC, a Mac, an Atari ST, an Amiga, and s...

How CRISPR Can Create More Ethical Eggs

Slashdot reader wooloohoo shares a new article from Cornell's Alliance for Science, a group who gives its mission as correcting misinfor...