Libreboot Founder's 'Minifree' Sells Free-Software Laptops with Libreboot Preinstalled

Slashdot reader unixbhaskar writes: A company in the U.K. calling itself Minifree has started to ship old Thinkpad (specifically the X serie...

Better Electronic Sensors Mean Militaries Need Better Camouflage

Long-time Slashdot reader SpzToid shares a new report from the Economist: Thanks to innovations such as fractal colouration patterns, which ...

Substack CEO pushes back at Elon, says Twitter situation is “very frustrating”

Quick recap: Substack, the popular subscription newsletter platform for writers, launched a new feature in its app called Notes last week,...

ECMAScript 2023 Spec for JavaScript Includes New Methods for Arrays

Four new capabilities are planned for the JavaScript specification's next update, reports InfoWorld. Based on a list of finished proposa...

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...