You're not as smart as me
Nerd
Han shot first
👤About Me
📻 Music Corner
Member isn't feeling the groove yet...
Accomplishments
Became A Member Of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM.
Became a member of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM. on 12-05-2024.
My Wall
Nearly 1.5 Million Private Photos from Five Dating Apps Were Exposed Online
"Researchers have discovered nearly 1.5 million pictures from specialist dating apps — many of which are explicit — being stored online without password protection," reports the BBC, "leaving them vulnerable to hackers and extortionists."
And the images weren't limited to those from p...
Read more
Samsung Unveils AI-Powered, Screen-Enabled Home Appliances
Samsung teased its "AI Vision Inside" refrigerators at January's CES tradeshow. (Its internal sensors can now detect 37 different fresh ingredients and 50 processed foods, generating lists for your cellphone or a screen on your refrigerator's door.)
But the refrigerators are part of a larger "AI H...
Read more
Comments
Aptera Takes First 300-Mile Highway Trip in Solar-Powered EV
"I've been dreaming of this moment for 20 years," says Aptera co-CEO Steve Fambro. Aptera's solar-powered electric car just drove 300 miles on a single charge.
"We're one step closer to a future where every journey is powered by the sun," Aptera says in their announcement.
"This go around, Apte...
Read more
Comments
'Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?'
Automotive historian Dan Albert loves the "adorable tiny truck" he's driving. It's one of the small Japan-made "kei" pickups and minivans that "make up about a third of car sales in Japan." Americans can legally import older models for less than $10,000, and getting 40 miles per gallon they're "Chea...
Read more
Comments
'An Open Letter To Meta: Support True Messaging Interoperability With XMPP'
In 1999 Slashdot reader Jeremie announced "a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other IM systems (ICQ, AIM, etc)." It was the first release of the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, and by 2008 Sla...
Read more
Comments