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New Freenet Network Launches, Along With 'River' Group Chat
Wikipedia describes Freenet as "a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication," released in the year 2000. "Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke," Wikipedia adds. (And in 2000 Clarke answered questions from Slashdot's reader...
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Will AI Bring 'the End of Computer Programming As We Know It'?
Long-time tech journalist Clive Thompson interviewed over 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and start-ups for a new article on AI-assisted programming. It's title?
"Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It."
Published in the prestigious New York Time...
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How a Raspberry Pi Saved the Super Nintendo's Infamously Inferior Version Of 'Doom'
"Just the anachronism of seeing Doom, one of the poster children for the moral panic around violent video games, on a Nintendo console is novel," writes Kotaku — especially with the console's underpowered "Super FX" coprocessor
Hampered by a nearly unplayable framerate, especially in later le...
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System76 CEO Sees 'Real Possibility' Colorado's Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source
Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a "real possibility" Colorado's law might exclude open-source.
Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado's bill, and then posted on X...
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Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought...
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