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Submission + - In hilarious move, FCC bans all new routers (fcc.gov)

Submitted by TheNameOfNick
TheNameOfNick writes: The FCC has just banned new router models, expect for models entirely made in the US from parts made in the US and running software made in the US. Models which fit the exemption do not exist. The press release states: "New devices on the Covered List, such as foreign-made consumer-grade routers, are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the U.S."

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Is there majority support for any DST alternative? (nbcsandiego.com) 4

Submitted by superposed
superposed writes: Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts Saturday night in the U.S. This is a perennial cause of complaint in Slashdot, but there may not be majority support for replacing it with either permanent summer time (more light in evenings, less in mornings) or permanent winter time (more light in mornings, less in evenings). This poll will determine if a majority would support either over DST. If votes for D are higher than A, then there is majority support for ending DST and replacing it with the greater of B or C. But if A > D, there is not majority support for a switch to either setting permanently.

Which would you prefer?

A. DST is better than both permanent summer and permanent winter time
B. summer time > DST > winter time
C. winter time > DST > summer time
D. either permanent winter or summer time would be better than DST

Submission + - First Solar Car Rolls Off Validation Assembly Line At Aptera (aptera.us)

Submitted by AirHog
AirHog writes: Aptera has completed the first validation vehicle rolling off its new assembly line in San Diego. These pre-production vehicles will let them perfect the assembly line for mass production. Some validation vehicles may also be used for regulatory compliance purposes. Reservation holders, it's finally time to get ready.

Submission + - Robotic surgery used to carry out major operation 1,500 miles away (dailystar.co.uk)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: The first remote robotic surgery has been hailed as a "milestone" by medics after a surgeon in London operated on a patient with prostate cancer who was some 2,400km away in Gibraltar. The pioneering procedure went "extremely well", with patient Paul Buxton reporting feeling "fantastic" just four days after the surgery.

Submission + - AI doctor ready to triple your opiates and help you make meth (mindgard.ai) 1

Submitted by electroniceric
electroniceric writes: Doctronic, the AI medical chatbot that convinced Utah to make a "regulatory sandbox" to permit it to operate before undergoing full regulatory approval, has been pwned.Redteamers from Mindgard got it to spill its system prompts, then poisoned it with fake updates from reputable-seeming organizations. They were then able to get it to repeat COVID vax conspiracies, recommend unsafe doses of opioids, and give detailed instructions on how to make methamphetamine.

Submission + - Russia Orders Google to Pay $1.2 Quintillion (united24media.com) 1

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling ordering Google to pay an extraordinary 91.5 quintillion rubles (about $1.2 quintillion)—a figure roughly one million times larger than the global gross domestic product, according to court materials, The Moscow Times reported on February 18. The Moscow Arbitration Court set the final penalty of 91.5 quintillion rubles ($1.2 quintillion) in spring 2025. For comparison, the World Bank estimates total global GDP at roughly $100 trillion, making the court-ordered sum vastly larger than the value of the entire world economy.

The legal dispute dates back to 2020, when pro-Kremlin media outlets Tsargrad and RIA FAN sued Google entities—including Google LLC, Google Ireland, and the Russian subsidiary “Google”—demanding restoration of their blocked YouTube accounts.

Russian courts sided with the plaintiffs, but Google did not comply with the ruling. Judges then imposed a progressive daily penalty that began at 100,000 rubles (about $1,315) and doubled each week the decision remained unenforced.

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