Thanks for thinking of Slashdot for that story!

It's interesting. But I think we covered this last week.

Nice to see you commenting, Jak! (I haven't seen the movie, so I'm glad someone did and weighed in on whether it's worth seeing.)

I've updated that sentence so it describes 40 Eridani A as "mentioned in Frank Herbert's Dune as the home of Ix and Richese ("noted for their machine culture and miniaturisation," according to the Stellar Australis site's "Project Dune" page). Hope that's more informative for you than the original version (which was taken straight from the original article). No AI involved -- and I wasn't dictating it [on] a phone while walking in the market either. :)

I've corrected the typo. (Thanks for spotting it!)

Shatner posted Friday "It is with great sorrow I hear about the passing of Chuck Norris. He was a long time acquaintance, a wonderful athlete and actor. He shall be missed."

I really appreciate it when readers keep on top of stories, and let us know when there's updates!

I think we already covered Amazon's blog post disputing the Financial Times report. But it feels good knowing our readers are out there watching for updates and sharing them with Slashdot!

Thanks for the comment. I'll update the story with the tag for "Your Rights Online"

I'm guessing you didn't read the article. 60-year-old footage from 1966 was finally discovered -- for the first time -- showing an incriminating "dress rehearsal" for the later-famous clip.

I'd just add that The Wall Street Journal isn't "indefensible native advertising". It's a major news outlet, reporting news -- defined as new information.

That's a good point.

I've updated the headline to make clear it's a microcontroller and not a single-board computer.

Click on the link for "suddenly plunged". It dropped from near-100% levels to just 4%.

CNN's article says the Iranian government had years earlier blocked Telegram and Instagram, and had "made progress" on trying to block access to the international web. But there was still "national" internet connectivity, NetBlocks says. And they show it at near 100% Friday night, then dropping to 4% Saturday.

Nice reference!

There was also a forgotten CD-ROM game in 1995 called Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster, where Tim Curry played Dr. Frankenstein, and his wayward monster wanders the castle, eventually befriending a talking crawling severed hand...

In 2002 Slashdot reader #16,933 remembered asking Farber what he thought of claims that Al vice president Al Gore had invented the internet, "expecting to get a chuckle out of him, because he knew many of the people that might have actually been able to make that kind of claim." He shared Farber's response in a comment on.

"Instead, he got kind of serious, and said, 'Well, no, he didn't create the internet, and I think he's been quoted out of context, but he was absolutely responsible for creating the legislative environment that allowed that type of research to be done, and lead to the creation of the internet.'"

In 2002 Elwood P Dowd reader #16,933 remembered asking Farber what he thought of claims that Al vice president Al Gore had invented the internet, "expecting to get a chuckle out of him, because he knew many of the people that might have actually been able to make that kind of claim". And they shared Farber's response in a comment on

"Instead, he got kind of serious, and said, 'Well, no, he didn't create the internet, and I think he's been quoted out of context, but he was absolutely responsible for creating the legislative environment that allowed that type of research to be done, and lead to the creation of the internet.'"

In 2002 Elwood P Dowd reader #16,933 remembered asking Farber what he thought of claims that Al vice president Al Gore had invented the internet, "expecting to get a chuckle out of him, because he knew many of the people that might have actually been able to make that kind of claim". And they shared Farber's response in a a comment on .

"Instead, he got kind of serious, and said, 'Well, no, he didn't create the internet, and I think he's been quoted out of context, but he was absolutely responsible for creating the legislative environment that allowed that type of research to be done, and lead to the creation of the internet.'"

Wow - good catch!

I've updated the story so it notes all the hallucinations...

That's sort of the point, though. I wanted to hint at the small geographic size of the state, by describing it as "somewhere" (using its own humble local development agency). That's part of the story -- that what could be a promising program is happening at the local level. It makes it that much more impressive that this program is the first of its kind.

It needs to be clear that this isn't all of America, but just a very small pilot test to gather data on whether it makes things better or worse. (Massachusetts is just 192 miles of that coastline, after all.)

Saying "the Northeastern United States" would imply a much larger region than is actually involved...