Why the Laws of Physics Don't Actually Exist

Theoretical physicist Sankar Das Sarma wrote a thought-provoking essay for New Scientist magazine's Lost in Space-Time newsletter: I was...

WSJ: Europe, US Need Grand Bargain on Chips and EVs to Counter China

South Korea, Japan and the EU see America's electric-vehicle subsidies as discriminating against non-American manufacturers, and are &qu...

Is This Nature App the Key To Saving Civilization?

Slashdot reader biobricks shares this report from the New York Times. (Alternate URLs here and here.) When Merav Vonshak wanted to identify ...

Linux Kernel Fixes Longstanding Bug in Its Handling of Floppy Disks

"Linux kernel 6.2 should contain fixes for some problems handling floppy disks," reports the Register, "a move which shows th...

Can a 'Virtual' Manual Transmission Bring the Stick Shift to Electric Cars?

Lexus is apparently working on a "virtual" manual transmission, reports the Verge, "to find out if the stick shift can surviv...

Elon Musk’s $8 Twitter Blue subscription is coming back with phone number verification and a higher price on iOS

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s relaunching its Blue subscription on Monday, one month after abandoning a chaotic first...

Google's Dart Programming Language Soon Won't Take 'Null' For an Answer

"When the third major release of the Dart programming language debuts in mid-2023, null values will no longer be allowed where they'...