Stanford's Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Creates Controversy

ellithligraw writes: Last month a Stanford research paper coauthored by dozens of Stanford researchers which terms some artificial intellige...

Surface Duo 2 passes through the FCC with 5G, NFC, and wireless charging support

The original Surface Duo. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft is expected to announce its new Surface Duo 2 handset at a spec...

Google reportedly has a second foldable in the works

Samsung’s recent foldable, the Z Flip 3, is more hamburger than hotdog. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Google appears to be internal...

'Freedom Hosting' Web Admin Gets 27 Years In Prison For Hosting 200+ Child Pornography Sites

An anonymous reader quotes the Record: An Irish man who ran a cheap dark web hosting service has been sentenced today to 27 years in prison ...

NYT: Iran Nuclear Scientist Was Killed By an 'AI-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine'

For 14 years Israel had wanted to kill Iran's chief military nuclear scientist and the father of its weapons program, who they suspected...

After a For-Profit Company Bought EdX -- What Happens Next?

jyosim summarizes an article at EdSurge: edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit on...

What's the Best Ransomware Backup Solution: Disk or Tape?

Slashdot reader storagedude writes: With the release of LTO-9, just about every tape vendor has pushed its wares as a solution to the ransom...