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Makers of Rent-Setting Software Sue California City Over Ban(2025-04-05 20:00:07)

Berkeley, California is "the latest city to try to block landlords from using algorithms when deciding rents," reports the Associated Press (noting that officials in many cities claim the practice is driving up the price of housing). But then real estate software company RealPage filed a federal la...
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Microsoft Uses AI To Find Flaws In GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox Bootloaders(2025-04-05 15:00:04)

Slashdot reader zlives shared this report from BleepingComputer: Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders. GRUB2 (GRand Unified Bootloader) is the default boot loader for most Linux ...
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A Busy Hurricane Season is Expected. Here's How It Will Be Different From the Last(2025-04-05 10:00:13)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Yet another busy hurricane season is likely across the Atlantic this year -- but some of the conditions that supercharged storms like Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 have waned, according to a key forecast issued Thursday. A warm -- yet no longer record-ho...
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Fram2 Crew Returns To Earth After Polar Orbit Mission(2025-04-05 05:00:09)

SpaceX's Fram2 mission returned safely after becoming the first crewed spaceflight to orbit directly over Earth's poles. From a report: Led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, who is the financier of this mission, the Fram2 crew has been free-flying through orbit since Monday. The group splashe...
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Two Teenagers Built 'Cal AI', a Photo Calorie App With Over a Million Users(2025-04-05 00:00:14)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: In a world filled with "vibe coding," Zach Yadegari, teen founder of Cal AI, stands in ironic, old-fashioned contrast. Ironic because Yadegari and his co-founder, Henry Langmack, are both just 18 years old and still in high school. Yet their story...
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