A Quandary as EV Makers Hunt for Metals: Unleash the Deep Sea Robots?

"As automakers scour the planet for the metals it will take to build tens of millions of electric cars, they are deliberately taking a ...

Texas Dad Says 'Find My iPhone' Glitch is Directing Angry Strangers to his Home

An anonymous reader shares a report from the New York Post: A supposed glitch in the popular "Find My iPhone" app has been directi...

AI-Generated Viral Videos are Already Here

AI now "automates creative impulses," writes New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka — then wonders where that will lead. Chayka's...

How Much Data Did the Chinese Spy Balloon Collect?

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this report from NBC News: The Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. was able to gather int...

Microsoft sold software to sanctioned Russian companies, says US government

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has agreed to pay over $3 million in fines for selling software to sanctioned entities an...

NASA's High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches

A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants -- down to four square miles -- lifted off on its w...

Cop28 President: World Needs Business Mindset To Tackle Climate Crisis

The world needs a "business mindset" to tackle the climate crisis, the president of the next UN climate summit has said. From a re...