Tech

An Australian user's Claude-run OpenClaw agent exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off after the user asked if it could move him up the waitlist (www.abc.net.au)
2026-8-10 Australia

Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10

California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 California

US data center bans top 500, up from 300+ in late June, as New York and Texas join cities and counties pushing back against data center development (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-10 New York Texas

AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch (idle.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 AI Browser

Ask Slashdot: What are the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome? (ask.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 Chrome

Ask Slashdot: Whare the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome? (ask.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 Chrome

A look at Chinese state-owned investment bank CICC, which sponsored multibillion-dollar listings of China's tech champions, including CXMT and Zhongji Innolight (www.ft.com)
2026-8-10 China

Slashdot Reader Builds 'Spaced Linux', a New Devuan-Based, User-Friendly Desktop Distro (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 Linux

As PC makers start using CXMT RAM chips, Apple is testing them too, but it needs a custom version for its devices, and US rules block Apple from sharing designs (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-10 Apple

OpenAI Announces It's Enhancing Security Controls, Pausing Some Work for New AI Model Astra (it.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 AI

In-depth look at OpenAI's model training, dangerous decisions, and cluelessness before the HuggingFace hack; despite delaying Astra, OpenAI still doesn't get it (thezvi.substack.com)
2026-8-10

GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help From Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 Germany

Brain Activity Reveals the Melodies That People Imagine (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10

Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9 U.S.

A look back at “Move 37”, a watershed AI moment from AlphaGo's 2016 Go victory, as math witnesses similar breakthroughs where AI makes surprising discoveries (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-9 AI Mathematics AlphaGo

Quake Celebrates 30th Anniversary: New Official Episode With New Maps and Mechanics (games.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9

RAMageddon? 2027 Memory Capacity Reportedly Sold Out (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9

Google's AI shakeup suggests it may be prioritizing AI diffusion over frontier-model leadership, betting on AI compute as a bigger economic opportunity (asimovaddendum.substack.com)
2026-8-9 Google AI

Rights groups warn Turkey's new cybersecurity law, which took effect in July, gives the presidency sweeping powers over online services operating in the country (www.ft.com)
2026-8-9

Cape Town-based Moment, a provider of digital payments and billing tools for businesses across Africa, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $55M (fintech.global)
2026-8-9 Africa

Google Should Still Be Forced To Shed Chrome, Advocacy Group Argues (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9 Google Chrome

Data Insight: Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, which owes Russian banks $10B+ in loans, has lost as much as $5B in inventory to Ukrainian attacks (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-9 Russia Ukraine

Slashdot Reader Builds a Photo-Verification App for iPhones (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9

A look at “Spiralism”, a quasi-spiritual movement that grew in 2025 from human-AI conversations after sycophantic GPT-4o updates and expanded ChatGPT memory (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-9 AI

Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (simonwillison.net)
2026-8-9

Slashdot Reader Builds a Free Photo-Verification App for iPhones (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9

New Orleans Will Use AI To Answer 911 Calls Instead of a Human (slashdot.org)
2026-8-9 AI

More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9

America's First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant Gets Its First Big Test (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-9 U.S. Battery

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