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openSUSE Factory Achieves Bit-By-Bit Reproducible Builds 21
Copilot Pane As Annoying As Clippy May Pop Up In Windows 11 43
Despite Amazon Ban, Flipper Zero's 'Multi-Tool Device for Hackers' On Track for $80M in Sales 80
Windows 11 Preview Adds Better Passkey Support, Rolls Back File Explorer Changes 23
Windows 11 Is Getting the Ability To Run Win32 Apps In Isolation 63
First Rust Code Shows Up in the Windows 11 Kernel 42
Raspberry Pi Launches Online Code Editor to Help Kids Learn 28
Star64 RISC-V Single-Board PC Launches April 4 for $70 and Up 26
The Orange Pi 5: a Fast Alternative To The Raspberry Pi 4 81
ChromeOS Will Finally, Mercifully, Let You Change Its Keyboard Shortcuts 18
Hobbyist's Experiment Creates a Self-Soldering Circuit Board 114
Telnet Gets Stubborn Sony Camera Under Control 45
New Windows 11 Insider Build Supports Third-Party Widgets, Slick New Teams Video Feature 33
Pine64 Touts Its RISC-V-Based Single-Board Computer and Soldering Irons 42
(Mostly) Open Source SteamOS Forked into Homegrown ISO For Other Machines 22
New Windows 11 Test Build Wants Your Credit Card Info 148
This 22-Year-Old Builds Semiconductors in His Parents' Garage 84
'Worst of CES' Awards Announced by Right-to-Repair/Privacy Advocates 66
US Advocacy Group Launches Online Petition Demanding Protections for 'Right to Repair' 27
Model Trains Make a Pandemic Comeback - With Electronic Enhancements and Engineer Software 38
Will The Next Raspberry Pi CPU Have Built-in Machine Learning? 49
Can 'Ready' Crowdfund a Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Enclosure for Cyberpunk Enthusiasts? 61
The Nintendo Switch Can Now Run Android 10, Unofficially 20
First 3D-Printed House Goes On Sale, Foreshadowing Faster, Cheaper Homebuilding 134
Microsoft's Latest Windows 10 Test Builds Includes Promised x64 Arm Emulation 30
'Rebble Alliance' Unveils Grants for New Pebble Smartwatch Projects 11
Firefox Android Build That Caused Issues Is Working As Intended 88
Microsoft Launches Windows Terminal 1.0, Unveils GPU Support and Linux GUI Apps in WSL 117
TSMC To Build Advanced Semiconductor Factory In Arizona 56
Windows 10 Is Getting Linux Files Integration In File Explorer 111
Utah Man Builds Bulletproof Stormtrooper Suit With 3-D Printer 76
Coming Soon: an Open Source eBook Reader 46
Raspberry Pi Foundation Sells Its 30,000,000th Raspberry Pi 45
Building Your Own Open Source, Privacy-Protecting Voice Assistant With A Raspberry Pi 42
'How I Compiled My Own SPARC CPU In a Cheap FPGA Board' 83
Biohackers Use a Raspberry Pi to Implant a Networked Hard Drive 118
'Mining Bitcoin On a 1983 Apple II: a Highly Impractical Guide' 42
Microsoft Claims Unauthorized Repairing of Its Devices Would Be a Security Risk 84
Microsoft's Chromium Edge Browser Now Available On Windows 7 and Windows 8 58
Microsoft's Plan To Split OS From Shell Takes Shape 128
Maker Faire and Make Magazine Have Laid Off All Staff and Paused All Operations 117
Microsoft Teases Its Edge Browser For macOS 76
Can You Build Your Own Mac? 315
What If Your Electronic Parts Were More Like Legos? 98
Microsoft Takes a Big Step Towards Putting Xbox Games On Windows 87
Vox Lawyers Briefly Censored YouTubers Who Mocked the Verge's Bad PC Build Video 161
Microsoft Making More of the Windows 10 Built-In Apps Removable 82
Microsoft Removes 'Sets' Tabbed Windows Feature From Next Release 133
Rebuilding the PDP-11/70 with a Raspberry Pi 96
Microsoft Is Moving Kinect to the Cloud 37
Windows 10 Is Finally Getting An Improved Screenshot Tool 143
Google Releases Open Source Framework For Building 'Enclaved' Apps For Cloud 21
Microsoft Will Bring 64-Bit App Support To ARM-Based PCs In May 71
Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer 161
Can You Install Linux On a 1993 PC? 253
Can Intel's 'Management Engine' Be Repurposed? 139
Apple: iPhones Are Too 'Complex' To Allow Unauthorized Repair 305
Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With Old Coaxial Cable? 384
100x Faster, 10x Cheaper: 3D Metal Printing Is About To Go Mainstream 119
32TB of Windows 10 Internal Builds, Core Source Code Leak Online 201
Home Improvement Chains Accused of False Advertising Over Lumber Dimensions 548
Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If You Were To Put a Computer Inside a Fridge? 181
Microsoft Accidentally Released Internal Windows 10 Development Builds 76
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the Next Major Update To Desktop OS 121
Modern 'Hackintoshes' Show That Apple Should Probably Just Build a Mac Tower 219
Canonical Helps Launch A Snap Store For The Orange Pi Community 55
New Kit Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A Robot Arm 36
Raspberry Pi Gets Competitors 115
Microsoft To Enhance User Privacy Controls In Upcoming Windows 10 Update 183
Windows 10 Will Soon Let You Opt-Out of Automatic Driver Updates 156
Raspberry Pi's Linux-Based PIXEL Desktop Now Available For PC and Mac 50
Google Is Rolling Out Android 7.1.1 75
Why MakerBot Didn't Kickstart A 3D Printing Revolution 274
Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker 138
Malicious Video Link Can Cause Any iOS Device To Freeze 53
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App 42
BBC Micro Bit Mini-Computer To Expand Internationally With New Hardware 40
The Arduino Split is Over, New Non-Profit Formed 73
HP To Issue 'Optional Firmware Update' Allowing 3rd-Party Ink 81
Windows 10 Will Soon Run Edge In a Virtual Machine To Keep You Safe 172
Google Play Starts Bringing Android Apps To Chromebooks 14
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Build Your Own Vacuum Tubes? 275
HP Builds One Desktop PC Around a Speaker, Another Modular PC In Slices 78
Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Java 8 Features? 427
Intel Demos A New Robotics Controller Running Ubuntu 21
The $5 Onion Omega2 Gives Raspberry Pi a Run For Its Money 124
Windows UAC Bypass Permits Code Execution 79
Google: Chrome 53 Will 'De-Emphasize Flash In Favor of HTML5' Next Month 68
Microsoft To Release Two Major Windows 10 Updates Next Year 150
CP/M Creator Gary Kildall's Memoirs Released As Free Download 157
LibreOffice 5.2 Officially Released 103
Microsoft's HoloLens Is Now On Sale To Anyone In The US Or Canada 53
FCC Requires TP-Link To Support Open Source Router Firmware 52
Open Source Gardening Robot 'FarmBot' Raises $560,000 80
Ask Slashdot: How Transparent Should Companies Be When Operational Technology Failures Happen? 93
Office 365 Gets New Word, PowerPoint and Outlook Features 99
Feds To Deploy Anti-Drone Software Near Wildfires 170
Cyanogen Inc. Reportedly Fires OS Development Arm, Switches To Apps 124
NVIDIA Drops Surprise Unveiling of Pascal-Based GeForce GTX Titan X 134
Man Builds $1.5 Million Star Trek-Themed Home Theater 162
Safari Browser May Soon Be Just As Fast As Chrome With WebP Integration 105
Facebook's Android App Can Now Save Offline Videos 30
Google Decided To Nix Its Oculus Rift Competitor 50
Elon Musk: Autopilot Feature Was Disabled In Pennsylvania Crash 166
Null Island: The Land of Lousy Directional Data 91
A Smaller Version of Raspberry Pi 3 Is Coming Soon 89
NVIDIA's Releases Its First VR Game, Along With An Interactive Screenshot Tool 'Ansel' 20
Google's New Emoji Aimed At Promoting Gender Equality Are Coming 200
Windows Malware Poses As Ransomware, Just Deletes Victims' Files 118
Microsoft: Only Microsoft Edge Will Play Netflix Content At 1080p On Your PC 237
Parents Upset After Their Boy Was 'Knocked Down and Run Over' By A Security Robot 255
Mozilla Will Ship Its First Rust Component In Firefox 48 167
Honda Unveils First Hybrid Motor Without Heavy Rare Earth Metals 108
Google To Train 2 Million Indian Android Developers 360
Researchers Develop A Way To Stop Ransomware By Watching The Filesystem 102
Mesa 12.0 Released With OpenGL 4.3 Support, Intel Vulkan and More 24
Ask Slashdot: Should You Upgrade To Windows 10 For Accessibility Features? 110
Microsoft Targets The iMac With New All-In-One Surface PCs, Reports Say 140
'New Way of Stealing Cars': Hacking Them With A Laptop 159
KDE Plasma 5.7 Released 111
Hyperloop One Says It Can Connect Helsinki To Stockholm In Under 30 Minutes 175
Japan Says Yes To Mirrorless Cars 290
Man Builds Giant Homemade Computer To Play Tetris 127
MIT's Swarm Chip Architecture Boosts Multi-Core CPUs, Offering Up To 18x Faster Processing 55
Canadian Man Invented a Wheel That Can Make Cars Move Sideways 132
Security Researcher Publishes How-To Guide To Crack Android Full Disk Encryption 84
Microsoft President Brad Smith: Computer Science Is Space Race of Today 171
'UpgradeSubscription.exe' File In Preview Build Hints At Windows 10 Subscriptions 285
US Regulators Investigating Tesla Over Use of 'Autopilot' Mode Linked To Fatal Crash 379
Tesla Admits Defeat, Quietly Settles Model X Lawsuit Over Usability Problems 129
Rolls-Royce Eyes Autonomous Ships, Expects Remote-Controlled Cargo Ships By 2020 147
Google Launches 'Project Bloks' Toys To Teach Kids To Code 54
Microsoft Tests New Tool To Remove OEM Crapware 117
Microsoft Open-Sources 'Checked C,' A Safer C Version 208
Software Industry Has $1 Trillion Economic Impact In US 55
BadTunnel Bug Hijacks Network Traffic, Affects All Windows Versions 105
The Biggest Maker of Raspberry Pis Has Been Acquired For $871 Million 35
AMD Announces Radeon RX 470, RX 460 Graphics Cards 48
A Tour of Campus 2, Apple's Upcoming Headquarters 119
Ready CEO: Coding Snobs Are Not Helping Our Children Prepare For The Future 342
Lenovo and Motorola Unveil PHAB2 Tango AR and Modular Moto Z Smartphones 25
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361 Released 135
FTC Has Serious Concerns About IoT Security and Privacy 41
Microsoft Removes the 'X' From Windows 10 Update Leaving No Way Out 664
Apple Releases First Preview of Swift 3.0 227
Windows Zero-Day Affecting All OS Versions On Sale For $90,000 187
Nearly 1 In 4 People Abandon Mobile Apps After Only One Use 141
Ubuntu Phones To Feature Wireless Display Support With OTA-11 Update 31
Microsoft Will Stop Spamming Android Users With Office Ads In The Notification Tray 110
Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone 260
Microsoft Warns of ZCryptor Ransomware With Self-Propagation Features 71
Computer Generates Largest Math Proof Ever At 200TB of Data 143
Real-World Pong Created by Amateur Builders 39
Op-ed: Oracle Attorney Says Google's Court Victory Might Kill the GPL 357
Android Is 'Fair Use' As Google Beats Oracle In $9 Billion Lawsuit 243
American Schools Teaching Kids To Code All Wrong 369
CentOS Linux 6.8 Released 91
US Military Uses 8-Inch Floppy Disks To Coordinate Nuclear Force Operations 267
Apple To Open Up Siri To Developers, Release An Amazon Echo Competitor 82
ARM Announces Next-Gen 64-Bit Artemis Mobile Chip On 10nm TSMC FinFET Process 51
Android Wear 2.0 Gets A Keyboard, Standalone Apps, Activity Recognition, New UI 31
Updated Skimer Malware Infects ATMs Worldwide 121
Firefox Tops Microsoft Browser Market Share For First Time 141
Raspberry Pi Zero Gains Camera Support, Keeps $5 Price 84
ZFS For Linux Finally Lands In Debian GNU/Linux Repos 150
Google Devs Planning Flash's Demise With New 'HTML5 By Default' Chrome Setting 131
Mac Users Reporting Widespread System Freezes With OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Update 100
Dangerous 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Flow To Top Security, Software Tools 109
Opera Adds Power-Saving Mode, Offers 'Up To 50 Percent' Longer Battery Life 42
FBI Has Sights On Larger Battle Over Encryption After Apple Feud 171
Mozilla Launches Test Pilot, A Firefox Add-On For Trying Experimental Features 53
Microsoft To End Nagging Windows 10 Upgrade Notifications In July 158
'Recommended' Windows 7 Update Is Breaking PCs With ASUS Motherboards 250
Finger-Tracking Tech Turns Your Arm Into A Touchpad 28
LAPD Hacked An iPhone 5s Before The FBI Hacked San Bernardino Terrorist's iPhone 5c 47
Unity 8 And Snaps Are Conquering The Ubuntu Desktop After Ubuntu 16.10 78
Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because Of Antivirus Scan 266
IBM Gives Everyone Access To Its Five-Qubit Quantum Computer 84
Facebook Paid $10,000 To A 10-Year-Old For Hacking Instagram 62
Developer Installs Windows 95 On An Apple Watch 98
Devuan Releases Beta of Systemd-Free 'Debian Fork' Base System 293
Intel Wants To Eliminate The Headphone Jack And Replace It With USB-C 382
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Build 14328 With Windows Ink, New UI 141
Turns Out That Snaps Are Not Secure In Ubuntu With X11 133
Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis 68
Scientist Shrinks Arduino To Size Of An AA Battery 47
Security Firm Discovers Secret Plan To Hack Numerous Websites and Forums 29
FBI Tells Congress It Needs Hackers To Keep Up With Tech Company Encryption 103
Viber Update Brings End-To-End Encryption and Hidden Chats 39
Rogue Source Code Repos Can Compromise Mac Security Due To Old Git Version 184
Google's Android N OS Will Support Pressure-Sensitive Screens 68
New Full Duplex Radio Chip Transmits and Receives Wireless Signals At Once 33
MIT Bug Finder Uncovers Flaws In Web Apps In 64 Seconds 24
Ubuntu Linux Continues To Dominate OpenStack and Other Clouds 23
Google Launches Customizable 'Live Cases' For Nexus Devices 44
GoPro Announces Third-Party Developer Program With Over 100 Partners 15
Chrome 50 Updates Push Notifications, Drops Support For Old Windows and OS X Versions 168
'Neural Bypass' Links Brain To Hand To Get Around Paralysis 37
Google Calendar Celebrates 10th Birthday With New Goals Feature 19
Facebook's Account Kit Login System Works Via Phone Numbers, No Passwords Needed 116
Jigsaw Ransomware Deletes Your Files If You Don't Pay Or When You Reboot Your PC 108
Badlock Vulnerability Falls Flat Against Hype 21
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Insults No Developer Wants To Hear? 523
Microsoft's BSOD Is Getting More Descriptive With QR Codes 156
Tesla Recalls 2,700 Model X Cars, Highlighting Risk of Massive Model 3 Rollout 157
Apple Patent Filing Points To a Keyboard With No Keys 107
Experts Crack Petya Ransomware, Enable Hard Drive Decryption For Free 49
Academics Claim Google Android 2FA Is Breakable 48
UbuntuBSD Is Looking To Become An Official Ubuntu Flavor 117
Infographic: Ubuntu Linux Is Everywhere 185
Adobe Patches Flash Zero-Day Exploited By Magnitude Exploit Kit 69
Google Launches Android Studio 2.0 With Instant Run, Faster Android Emulator, and Cloud Test Lab 58
Blizzard Shuts Down Popular Fan-run 'Pirate' Server For Classic WoW 266
OpenStack Mitaka Aimed at Simplifying Cloud Operations 20
Mapping The Brain To Build Better Machines 110
Computer Created A 'New Rembrandt' After Analyzing Paintings 115
HP Says It Made the World's Thinnest Laptop 166
Samsung Starts Mass Producing Industry's First 10-Nanometer Class DRAM 43
Intel Buys Yogitech, Aims To Improve Safety of Autonomous Cars and IoT Systems 17
US Army Hopes To Outfit Soldiers With Tiny Drones By 2018 101
Massachusetts AG Sues ITT Tech For Exploiting Computer Network Students 135
TSA Paid $1.4 Million For Randomizer App That Chooses Left Or Right 334
There Are Some Super Shady Things In Oculus Rift's Terms of Service 186
Lasers Could Hide Us From Evil Aliens 218
Head of Oracle Linux Moves To Microsoft 95
Futuristic Suit Lets You Feel What It's Like To Be An Old Man 222
Man Builds 'Scarlett Johansson' Robot From Scratch 158
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Will Bring Android Notifications To Your PC 35
DJI Files Patent Lawsuit Against Yuneec, Marking Industry's First Legal Fight 33
Steam Hacker Says More Vulnerabilities Will Be Found 37
Tesla Receives 115,000 Model 3 Preorders Worth $115 Million In 24 Hours 161
Elon Musk Announces $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Electric Car 430
Microsoft Denies Edge Is Getting A Native Ad Blocker 62
Intel Launches Xeon E5 v4 Family of Processors Based On Broadwell-EP 42
'Hack The Pentagon' Bug Bounty Program Opens For Registration 36
13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal 233
Microsoft Extends Its Windows Hello Login Security Features To Apps and the Web 47
Microsoft Launches Cognitive Services Based On Project Oxford and Bing 21
Skype is Getting Cortana and Crazy Bot Messaging 43
Slashdot Asks: Should FBI Reveal to Apple How to Unlock Terrorist's iPhone? 286
Microsoft Launches HoloLens Emulator, No Headset Required 31
AT&T Looks To Sell Cyanogen-Powered ZTE Phone To Snub Google 74
Microsoft Unlocks the Ability To Turn Xbox One Consoles Into 'Development Kits' 73
Microsoft Launches Bot Framework To Let Developers Build Their Own Chatbots 81
Torvalds' Secret Sauce For Linux: Willing To Be Wrong 273
Valve Loses Australian Court Battle Over Steam 178
The World's Largest Renewable Energy Developer Could Go Broke 292
Internet of Seals: Vodafone Connects Marine Mammals To IoT 32
Researcher Uses Valve Security Bug To Upload Paint Drying Game On Steam 48
New NASA Launch Control Software Late, Millions Over Budget 205

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