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Why One Computer Science Professor is 'Feeling Cranky About AI' in Education(2025-09-21 20:00:13)

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Over at the Communications of the ACM, Bard College CS Prof Valerie Barr explains why she's Feeling Cranky About AI and CS Education. Having seen CS education go through a number of we-have-to-teach-this moments over the decades — introductory programmi...
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America's Space Force is Preparing for a New Kind of War(2025-09-21 15:00:04)

A July combat training exercise involved a satellite dish-style antenna that "could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away," reports the Washington Post. But "Instead, the salvo would be more covert — millisecond pulses of energy that would subtly disrupt the...
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Disney Sued by Law Firm Wanting to Use 'Steamboat Willie' in Its Ads(2025-09-21 10:00:13)

Mickey Mouse's first movie Steamboat Willie entered the public domain in 2024. Now one of America's largest personal injury firms is suing Disney, reports the Associated Press, "in an effort to get a ruling that would allow it to use Steamboat Willie in advertisements..." [The law firm said] it had...
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Glitches Humiliated Zuck in Smart Glasses Launch. Meta CTO Explains What Happened(2025-09-21 05:00:19)

When Meta finally unveiled its newest smart glasses, CEO Mark Zuckerberg "drew more snickers than applause," wrote the New York Times. (Mashable points out a video call failing onstage followed by an unsuccessful recipe demonstration.) Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth later explained ...
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PIRG, Other Groups Criticize Microsoft's Plan to Discontinue Support for Windows 11(2025-09-21 00:00:04)

The consumer advocacy nonprofit PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is now petitioning Microsoft to reconsider pulling support for Windows 10 in 2025, since "as many as 400 million perfectly good computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 will be thrown out." In a petition addressed to Microsoft C...
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