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The province is also capping power allocations for AI and data centers, while launching a competitive allocation process in January 2026. CoinDesk reports: The move from the government of Canada's third-most populous province is part of a broader legislative and regulatory overhaul unveiled Monday [...]. "Government will also implement several regulatory and policy changes in fall 2025 that will ... permanently ban new BC Hydro connections to the electricity grid for cryptocurrency mining to preserve the province's electricity supply and avoid the overburdening of the electricity grid," the government said in a post on its website The province said the restrictions will help prevent grid strain and ensure industrial development is powered by clean electricity. "We're seeing unprecedented demand from traditional and emerging industries," Charlotte Mitha, the president and CEO of power utility BC Hydro, said in the web post. "The province's strategy empowers BC Hydro to manage this growth responsibly, keeping our grid reliable and our energy future clean and affordable." Crypto mining operations often consume large amounts of electricity without creating many local jobs or tax revenue, according to the statement. By contrast, projects like mines or liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities are seen as more beneficial to the economy.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=British+Columbia+to+Permanently+Ban+New+Crypto+Mining+Projects+From+Grid%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F237254%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F237254%2Fbritish-columbia-to-permanently-ban-new-crypto-mining-projects-from-grid%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/237254/british-columbia-to-permanently-ban-new-crypto-mining-projects-from-grid?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826982&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-22T02:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>bitcoin</dc:subject><slash:department>cease-and-desist</slash:department><slash:section>hardware</slash:section><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>3,3,2,1,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2324239/internet-archive-celebrates-1-trillion-web-pages-archived?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Internet Archive Celebrates 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2324239/internet-archive-celebrates-1-trillion-web-pages-archived?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>alternative_right shares a report from the Internet Archive: This October, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived. That's one trillion memories, moments, and movements -- preserved for the public and available to access via the Wayback Machine. We'll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22, 2025, with a global event: a party at our San Francisco headquarters and a livestream for friends and supporters around the world. More than a celebration, it's a tribute to what we've built together: a free and open digital library of the web.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Internet+Archive+Celebrates+1+Trillion+Web+Pages+Archived%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2324239%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2324239%2Finternet-archive-celebrates-1-trillion-web-pages-archived%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2324239/internet-archive-celebrates-1-trillion-web-pages-archived?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826992&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-22T01:30:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>internet</dc:subject><slash:department>30-years-on</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:hit_parade>0,0,0,0,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2256241/fake-homebrew-google-ads-push-malware-onto-macos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Fake Homebrew Google Ads Push Malware Onto macOS</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2256241/fake-homebrew-google-ads-push-malware-onto-macos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: A new malicious campaign is targeting macOS developers with fake Homebrew, LogMeIn, and TradingView platforms that deliver infostealing malware like AMOS (Atomic macOS Stealer) and Odyssey. The campaign employs "ClickFix" techniques where targets are tricked into executing commands in Terminal, infecting themselves with malware. Researchers at threat hunting company Hunt.io identified more than 85 domains impersonating the three platforms in this campaign [...]. When checking some of the domains, BleepingComputer discovered that in some cases the traffic to the sites was driven via Google Ads, indicating that the threat actor promoted them to appear in Google Search results. The malicious sites feature convincing download portals for the fake apps and instruct users to copy a curl command in their Terminal to install them, the researchers say. In other cases, like for TradingView, the malicious commands are presented as a "connection security confirmation step." However, if the user clicks on the 'copy' button, a base64-encoded installation command is delivered to the clipboard instead of the displayed Cloudflare verification ID.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Fake+Homebrew+Google+Ads+Push+Malware+Onto+macOS%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2256241%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2256241%2Ffake-homebrew-google-ads-push-malware-onto-macos%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2256241/fake-homebrew-google-ads-push-malware-onto-macos?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826980&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-22T01:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>security</dc:subject><slash:department>PSA</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>1,1,0,0,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2250229/youtubes-likeness-detection-has-arrived-to-help-stop-ai-doppelgangers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>YouTube's Likeness Detection Has Arrived To Help Stop AI Doppelgangers</title><link>https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2250229/youtubes-likeness-detection-has-arrived-to-help-stop-ai-doppelgangers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AI content has proliferated across the Internet over the past few years, but those early confabulations with mutated hands have evolved into synthetic images and videos that can be hard to differentiate from reality. Having helped to create this problem, Google has some responsibility to keep AI video in check on YouTube. To that end, the company has started rolling out its promised likeness detection system for creators. [...] The likeness detection tool, which is similar to the site's copyright detection system, has now expanded beyond the initial small group of testers. YouTube says the first batch of eligible creators have been notified that they can use likeness detection, but interested parties will need to hand Google even more personal information to get protection from AI fakes. Currently, likeness detection is a beta feature in limited testing, so not all creators will see it as an option in YouTube Studio. When it does appear, it will be tucked into the existing "Content detection" menu. In YouTube's demo video, the setup flow appears to assume the channel has only a single host whose likeness needs protection. That person must verify their identity, which requires a photo of a government ID and a video of their face. It's unclear why YouTube needs this data in addition to the videos people have already posted with their oh-so stealable faces, but rules are rules. After signing up, YouTube will flag videos from other channels that appear to have the user's face. YouTube's algorithm can't know for sure what is and is not an AI video. So some of the face match results may be false positives from channels that have used a short clip under fair use guidelines. If creators do spot an AI fake, they can add some details and submit a report in a few minutes. If the video includes content copied from the creator's channel that does not adhere to fair use guidelines, YouTube suggests also submitting a copyright removal request. However, just because a person's likeness appears in an AI video does not necessarily mean YouTube will remove it.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=YouTube's+Likeness+Detection+Has+Arrived+To+Help+Stop+AI+Doppelgangers%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2250229%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2250229%2Fyoutubes-likeness-detection-has-arrived-to-help-stop-ai-doppelgangers%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2250229/youtubes-likeness-detection-has-arrived-to-help-stop-ai-doppelgangers?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826970&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-22T00:20:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>youtube</dc:subject><slash:department>combatting-the-slop</slash:department><slash:section>news</slash:section><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>11,11,9,9,1,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2244249/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>US Investigates Waymo Robotaxis Over Safety Around School Buses</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2244249/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>U.S. regulators have opened a new investigation into about 2,000 Waymo self-driving cars after reports that one of the company's robotaxis illegally passed a stopped school bus with flashing lights and children disembarking. Waymo says it's "already developed and implemented improvements related to stopping for school buses and will land additional software updates in our next software release." The company added "driving safely around children has always been one of Waymo's highest priorities. ... [Waymo] approached the school bus from an angle where the flashing lights and stop sign were not visible and drove slowly around the front of the bus before driving past it, keeping a safe distance from children." Reuters reports: NHTSA opened the investigation after a recent media report aired video of an incident in Georgia in which a Waymo did not remain stationary when approaching a school bus with its red lights flashing and stop arm deployed.The report said the Waymo vehicle initially stopped then maneuvered around the bus, passing the extended stop arm while students were disembarking.Waymo's automated driving system surpassed 100 million miles of driving in July and is logging 2 million miles per week, the agency said. "Based on NHTSA's engagement with Waymo on this incident and the accumulation of operational miles, the likelihood of other prior similar incidents is high," the agency said. NHTSA said the vehicle involved was equipped with Waymo's fifth-generation Automated Driving System and was operating without a human safety driver at the time of the incident.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=US+Investigates+Waymo+Robotaxis+Over+Safety+Around+School+Buses%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2244249%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2244249%2Fus-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2244249/us-investigates-waymo-robotaxis-over-safety-around-school-buses?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826966&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T23:40:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>transportation</dc:subject><slash:department>stop-means-stop</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>4,3,3,3,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2138208/isp-deceived-customers-about-fiber-internet-german-court-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>ISP Deceived Customers About Fiber Internet, German Court Finds</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2138208/isp-deceived-customers-about-fiber-internet-german-court-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>The German Koblenz Regional Court has banned the internet service provider 1&amp;1 from marketing its fiber-to-the-curb service as fiber-optic DSL. The court found that the company misled customers because its network uses copper cables for the final stage of connections, sometimes extending up to a mile from the distribution box to subscribers' homes. Customers who visited the ISP's website and checked connection availability received a notification stating that a "1&amp;1 fiber optic DSL connection" was available, even though fiber optic cables terminate at street-level distribution boxes or building service rooms. The company pairs the copper lines with vectoring technology to boost DSL speeds to 100 megabits per second. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations filed the lawsuit. Ramona Pop, the organization's chairperson, said that anyone who promises fiber optics but delivers only DSL is deceiving customers.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=ISP+Deceived+Customers+About+Fiber+Internet%2C+German+Court+Finds%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2138208%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2138208%2Fisp-deceived-customers-about-fiber-internet-german-court-finds%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2138208/isp-deceived-customers-about-fiber-internet-german-court-finds?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826920&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T23:05:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>network</dc:subject><slash:department>copper-in-fiber-clothing</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>8,8,7,7,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2132259/jetbrains-survey-declares-php-declining-then-says-it-isnt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>JetBrains Survey Declares PHP Declining, Then Says It Isn't</title><link>https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2132259/jetbrains-survey-declares-php-declining-then-says-it-isnt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>JetBrains released its annual State of the Developer Ecosystem survey in late October, drawing more than twenty-four thousand responses from programmers worldwide. The survey declared that PHP and Ruby are in "long term decline" based on usage trends tracked over five years. Shortly after publication, JetBrains posted a separate statement asserting that "PHP remains a stable, professional, and evolving ecosystem." The company offered no explanation for the apparent contradiction, The Register reports. The survey's methodology involves weighting responses to account for bias toward JetBrains users and regional distribution factors. The company acknowledges some bias likely remains since its own customers are more inclined to respond. The survey also found that 85% of developers now use AI coding tools.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=JetBrains+Survey+Declares+PHP+Declining%2C+Then+Says+It+Isn't%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2132259%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2132259%2Fjetbrains-survey-declares-php-declining-then-says-it-isnt%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2132259/jetbrains-survey-declares-php-declining-then-says-it-isnt?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826918&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T22:25:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>php</dc:subject><slash:department>yes-and-no</slash:department><slash:section>developers</slash:section><slash:comments>14</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>14,14,13,13,3,1,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2125252/tiktoks-new-policies-remove-promise-to-notify-users-before-government-data-disclosure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>TikTok's New Policies Remove Promise To Notify Users Before Government Data Disclosure</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2125252/tiktoks-new-policies-remove-promise-to-notify-users-before-government-data-disclosure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>TikTok changed its policies earlier this year on sharing user data with governments as the company negotiated with the Trump Administration to continue operating in the United States. The company added language allowing data sharing with "regulatory authorities, where relevant" beyond law enforcement. Until April 25, 2025, TikTok's website stated the company would notify users before disclosing their data to law enforcement. The policy now says TikTok will inform users only where required by law and changed the timing from before disclosure to if disclosure occurs. The company also softened its language from stating it "rejects data requests from law enforcement authorities" to saying it "may reject" such requests. TikTok declined to answer repeated questions from Forbes about whether it has shared or is sharing private user information with the Department of Homeland Security or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The timing difference prevents users from challenging subpoenas before their data is handed over.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=TikTok's+New+Policies+Remove+Promise+To+Notify+Users+Before+Government+Data+Disclosure%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2125252%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2125252%2Ftiktoks-new-policies-remove-promise-to-notify-users-before-government-data-disclosure%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2125252/tiktoks-new-policies-remove-promise-to-notify-users-before-government-data-disclosure?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826912&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T21:45:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>social</dc:subject><slash:department>no-comment-in-a-comment</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:comments>19</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>19,19,13,11,2,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2047227/apples-planned-foldable-ipad-with-18-inch-screen-hits-development-snags?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Apple's Planned Foldable iPad With 18-inch Screen Hits Development Snags</title><link>https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2047227/apples-planned-foldable-ipad-with-18-inch-screen-hits-development-snags?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Apple's effort to reinvent the iPad by adding a giant foldable screen has hit development hurdles, potentially delaying the planned launch. Bloomberg: The company has been working on the device -- projected to cost around $3,000 -- for several years and had most recently aimed for a 2028 release. But engineering challenges tied to weight, features and display technology have pushed its potential debut to 2029 or later, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple is working with Samsung Display Co. to develop the roughly 18-inch panel for the device, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the work isn't public. The screen minimizes the crease seen on foldable displays, matching an approach that Apple is also using with its upcoming foldable iPhone. The iPad project is part of a broader push to bring more innovative devices to market. Apple just introduced its first new iPhone design in years -- the ultrathin $999 Air model -- and is working on everything from smart glasses to a tabletop robot device.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Apple's+Planned+Foldable+iPad+With+18-inch+Screen+Hits+Development+Snags%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2047227%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F2047227%2Fapples-planned-foldable-ipad-with-18-inch-screen-hits-development-snags%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2047227/apples-planned-foldable-ipad-with-18-inch-screen-hits-development-snags?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826886&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T21:05:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>apple</dc:subject><slash:department>technical-difficulties</slash:department><slash:section>apple</slash:section><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>15,14,12,12,2,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1948244/kde-plasma-65-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>KDE Plasma 6.5 Released</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1948244/kde-plasma-65-released?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>"Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems," writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin. "Among other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming handheld. The KDE community today announced the latest release: Plasma 6.5." From the announcement: This fresh new release is all about fine-tuning, fresh features, and a making everything smooth and sleek for everyone. The new version brings automatic light-to-dark theme switching based on the time of day. You can configure which global themes it switches between. You can also configure whether you want the wallpaper to switch between its light and dark versions based on the color scheme, the time of day, or be always light or dark. Next up is a "Pinned clipboard items" feature, which lets you save text you use regularly into the clipboard. Breeze-themed windows will now have the same level of roundness in all four corners, even the bottom one. Flatpak Permissions page has been transformed into a general Application Permissions page, where you can configure applications' ability to do things like take screenshots and accept remote control requests. The utility that reads the level of ink or toner from your printer now informs you when it's running low or empty. For the gamers out there, you can now see more relevant info about game controllers on System Settings' Game Controller page. Artists among you can now configure any rotary dials and touch rings on your drawing tablet. Users sensitive to color can now make use of a grayscale color filter, which desaturates or removes color systemwide. Plasma 6.5 implements support for an experimental version of the Wayland picture-in-picture protocol that promises to allow apps like Firefox to eventually display proper PiP windows that stay above others automatically. Support for "overlay planes" was added, which can reduce CPU usage and power draw when displaying full-screen content using a compatible GPU. You can read more about these and many other new features in the Plasma 6.5 release announcement and complete changelog.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=KDE+Plasma+6.5+Released%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1948244%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1948244%2Fkde-plasma-65-released%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1948244/kde-plasma-65-released?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826848&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T20:25:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>kde</dc:subject><slash:department>new-and-improved</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>8,8,7,7,1,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1942240/amazons-dns-problem-knocked-out-half-the-web-likely-costing-billions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Amazon's DNS Problem Knocked Out Half the Web, Likely Costing Billions</title><link>https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1942240/amazons-dns-problem-knocked-out-half-the-web-likely-costing-billions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday afternoon, Amazon confirmed that an outage affecting Amazon Web Services' cloud hosting, which had impacted millions across the Internet, had been resolved. Considered the worst outage since last year's CrowdStrike chaos, Amazon's outage caused "global turmoil," Reuters reported. AWS is the world's largest cloud provider and, therefore, the "backbone of much of the Internet," ZDNet noted. Ultimately, more than 28 AWS services were disrupted, causing perhaps billions in damages, one analyst estimated for CNN. [...] Amazon's problems originated at a US site that is its "oldest and largest for web services" and often "the default region for many AWS services," Reuters noted. The same site has experienced two outages before in 2020 and 2021, but while the tech giant had confirmed that those prior issues had been "fully mitigated," apparently the fixes did not ensure stability into 2025. ZDNet noted that Amazon's first sign of the outage was "increased error rates and latency across numerous key services" tied to its cloud database technology. Although "engineers later identified a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem" as the root of these issues and quickly fixed it, "other AWS services began to fail in its wake, leaving the platform still impaired" as more than two dozen AWS services shut down. At the peak of the outage on Monday, Down Detector tracked more than 8 million reports globally from users panicked by the outage, ZDNet reported. Ken Birman, a computer science professor at Cornell University, told Reuters that "software developers need to build better fault tolerance." "When people cut costs and cut corners to try to get an application up, and then forget that they skipped that last step and didn't really protect against an outage, those companies are the ones who really ought to be scrutinized later."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Amazon's+DNS+Problem+Knocked+Out+Half+the+Web%2C+Likely+Costing+Billions%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1942240%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1942240%2Famazons-dns-problem-knocked-out-half-the-web-likely-costing-billions%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1942240/amazons-dns-problem-knocked-out-half-the-web-likely-costing-billions?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826846&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T19:45:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>cloud</dc:subject><slash:department>here-we-go-again</slash:department><slash:section>slashdot</slash:section><slash:comments>54</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>54,52,49,48,13,10,10</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1759230/france-and-spain-call-on-eu-to-uphold-2035-combustion-engine-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>France and Spain Call on EU To Uphold 2035 Combustion Engine Ban</title><link>https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1759230/france-and-spain-call-on-eu-to-uphold-2035-combustion-engine-ban?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>France and Spain are calling on the European Union to stick with plans to ban combustion engine cars in the bloc after 2035, at odds with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of a meeting of leaders in Brussels this week. From a report: The European Commission, the bloc's executive branch, is currently reviewing rules designed to accelerate the automotive sector's green transition. Merz has called on the bloc to give up its 2035 deadline to help Germany's troubled car industry. France and Spain "hope that the upcoming review will preserve the 2035 cap and the environmental ambition of the CO2 emissions trajectory that underpins it," a paper presented to climate ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday, and seen by Bloomberg says. "This revision should in no way call into question the zero emissions exhaust target in 2035."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=France+and+Spain+Call+on+EU+To+Uphold+2035+Combustion+Engine+Ban%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1759230%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1759230%2Ffrance-and-spain-call-on-eu-to-uphold-2035-combustion-engine-ban%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1759230/france-and-spain-call-on-eu-to-uphold-2035-combustion-engine-ban?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826752&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T18:05:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>eu</dc:subject><slash:department>how-about-that</slash:department><slash:section>news</slash:section><slash:comments>59</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>59,56,49,44,10,4,2</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1725235/openai-debuts-ai-powered-browser-with-memory-and-agent-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>OpenAI Debuts AI-Powered Browser With Memory and Agent Features</title><link>https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1725235/openai-debuts-ai-powered-browser-with-memory-and-agent-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>OpenAI released ChatGPT Atlas on Tuesday, an AI-powered web browser that CEO Sam Altman described as "smooth" and "quick" during a livestream announcement. The browser is available globally on macOS while versions for Windows, iOS, and Android are expected soon. Atlas includes memory features that personalize the browsing experience and an agent mode that allows ChatGPT to perform tasks such as booking reservations and flights or editing documents. Users can manage these stored memories through the browser's settings and can open incognito windows. The browser displays a split-screen view by default when users click links from search results. The view shows both the webpage and the ChatGPT transcript simultaneously. Atlas also offers webpage summarization and a feature called "cursor chat" that allows users to select text and have ChatGPT revise it inline.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=OpenAI+Debuts+AI-Powered+Browser+With+Memory+and+Agent+Features%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1725235%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1725235%2Fopenai-debuts-ai-powered-browser-with-memory-and-agent-features%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1725235/openai-debuts-ai-powered-browser-with-memory-and-agent-features?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826714&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T17:25:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>internet</dc:subject><slash:department>browsing-with-an-agent</slash:department><slash:section>technology</slash:section><slash:comments>20</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>20,20,18,18,8,2,2</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1634248/apple-attacks-eu-crackdown-in-digital-laws-biggest-court-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Apple Attacks EU Crackdown in Digital Law's Biggest Court Test</title><link>https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1634248/apple-attacks-eu-crackdown-in-digital-laws-biggest-court-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Apple lashed out at the European Union's attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc's Big Tech antitrust rules. From a report: The iPhone maker's lawyer Daniel Beard told the General Court in Luxembourg on Tuesday that the Digital Markets Act "imposes hugely onerous and intrusive burdens" at odds with Apple's rights in the EU marketplace. The DMA came onto the EU's books in 2023 and is designed to clip the wings of the world's largest technology platforms with a slew of dos and don'ts. But over recent months, the law has also drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump and plagued EU-US trade talks. Apple -- seen as the biggest renegade against the EU's crackdown -- challenged the law on three fronts: EU obligations to make rival hardware work with its iPhone, the regulator's decision to drag the hugely profitable App Store under the rules, and a decision to probe whether iMessage should have faced the rules, which it later escaped.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Apple+Attacks+EU+Crackdown+in+Digital+Law's+Biggest+Court+Test%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1634248%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1634248%2Fapple-attacks-eu-crackdown-in-digital-laws-biggest-court-test%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1634248/apple-attacks-eu-crackdown-in-digital-laws-biggest-court-test?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826672&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T16:45:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>eu</dc:subject><slash:department>tussle-continues</slash:department><slash:section>apple</slash:section><slash:comments>14</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>14,12,12,10,4,2,1</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1557254/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.</title><link>https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1557254/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>London police finally understand why 80,000 phones disappeared from the city's streets last year. The answer involves budget cuts [non-paywalled source] that hollowed out British policing in the 2010s, the arrival of electric bikes that made theft easy, and a lucrative black market in China where stolen British phones retain full functionality. The Metropolitan Police discovered an industrial-scale operation in December when officers traced a woman's iPhone to a Heathrow warehouse on Christmas Eve. Boxes labeled as batteries and bound for Hong Kong contained almost 1,000 stolen iPhones. The police arrested two men in their thirties in September as suspected ringleaders of a group that sent up to 40,000 stolen phones to China. The epidemic took root after Conservative-led austerity measures reduced police numbers and budgets. In 2017 the Metropolitan Police announced it would stop investigating low-level crimes to focus resources on serious violence and sexual offenses. Thieves on rented electric bikes began mounting sidewalks to snatch phones at high speed while wearing balaclavas and hoods. Police data shows only 495 people were charged out of 106,000 phones reported stolen between March 2024 and February 2025. Thieves earn up to $401 per device. The phones sell for up to $5,000 in China because Chinese network providers do not subscribe to the international blacklist for stolen devices.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=London+Became+a+Global+Hub+for+Phone+Theft.+Now+We+Know+Why.%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1557254%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F10%2F21%2F1557254%2Flondon-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/1557254/london-became-a-global-hub-for-phone-theft-now-we-know-why?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23826646&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-10-21T16:02:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>uk</dc:subject><slash:department>foiled-again</slash:department><slash:section>news</slash:section><slash:comments>97</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>97,96,73,64,22,12,8</slash:hit_parade></item><textinput rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/search.pl"><title>Search Slashdot</title><description>Search Slashdot stories</description><name>query</name><link>https://slashdot.org/search.pl</link></textinput></rdf:RDF>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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