https://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved. 2026-11-13T18:07:06+00:00 Slashdot Media feedback@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif https://slashdot.org/ https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/1734203/advocacy-groups-sue-ai-giants-to-freeze-new-models-warning-of-catastrophic-risks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed A coalition of online safety and consumer advocacy groups has sued five of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies, asking a California judge to halt the development and deployment of new AI models until the companies can address what the plaintiffs describe as potentially "catastrophic" risks. The lawsuit alleges the companies are violating California unfair competition law by endangering public health and computer systems, arguing that increasingly autonomous AI could ultimately escape human control. The Associated Press reports: The filing, first reported on by The Associated Press, asks a judge to stop Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceXSI from developing or deploying new AI models, pointing to documented examples of cyberattacks and other harmful actions by AI systems and the companies' own alarming acknowledgments that their technology has the potential to someday destroy humanity. "No other industry is allowed to treat its own development of unsafe products -- much less ones that could kill us all -- as inevitable," reads the complaint from the Irreplaceable Education Fund, Public Citizen, Heat Initiative and the Alliance for Secure AI. "Plaintiffs bring this suit to stop Defendants from continuing their unlawful path to disaster." [...] The plaintiffs, all nonprofits, allege that the companies named in the lawsuit have violated a California unfair competition law by endangering public health and interfering with the use of property such as computer systems. They claim they've had to divert resources away from other planned work to address the acute harms threatened by each of the companies' advancing AI models. They also warn that the companies' goals of creating AI systems that are broadly as smart as humans and can increasingly manage tasks and learn things autonomously could result in a permanent loss of control of the technology and heighten existential risks to humanity.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Advocacy+Groups+Sue+AI+Giants+to+Freeze+New+Models%2C+Warning+of+'Catastrophic'+Risks%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F1734203%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F1734203%2Fadvocacy-groups-sue-ai-giants-to-freeze-new-models-warning-of-catastrophic-risks%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/1734203/advocacy-groups-sue-ai-giants-to-freeze-new-models-warning-of-catastrophic-risks?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150930&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T18:00:00+00:00 ai not-so-fast news 1 1,1,0,0,0,0,0 https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/1656259/nvidia-employees-petition-for-jensen-huangs-return?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Some Nvidia employees are calling for Jensen Huang's return even after his multiple reported extramarital affairs and abrupt resignation, according to internal correspondence reviewed by WIRED. An internal "suggestion box" post submitted before Huang's resignation by a longtime engineer at Nvidia urged the company's board to take employee sentiment into consideration prior to taking any action. The submission has attracted more than 1,600 comments since then, with several asking board members to find a way to bring back Huang. "If you believe in the mission, bring back THE boss," wrote one anonymous commenter. "We are all humans and can make mistakes. Jensen did so many good things and he needs a second chance," wrote another. One employee went as far as sending a companywide email demanding transparency into Huang's exit. "I stand by Jensen," the staffer wrote. "Not because I believe any person is infallible, but because I refuse to believe that standing for fairness must mean standing at a distance from someone whose leadership has meant so much to us." [...] It's been business as usual inside the company throughout this week, but Huang's resignation left many employees stunned. In the hours after, about two dozen employees posted on LinkedIn in support of Huang, with one describing their faith in his leadership as unwavering. Over the same period, WIRED couldn't identify any posts from Nvidia employees in support of his resignation. One employee who has been at Nvidia for a couple of years and wasn't authorized to speak publicly says they perceive the desire for Huang's reinstatement as widespread. They worry the company will eventually suffer without its founder at the helm and say that the board must bring him back. "Nvidia is Nvidia because of Jensen," the employee tells WIRED. Many employees had expected a board investigation to conclude before any big changes would occur. For instance, the suggestion-box post called on the board to share its findings with employees and formally solicit their sentiment "about Jensen's continuing as our CEO." Instead, Huang left just as the inquiry had begun. Staffers are seeking to better understand why. "If America fails the man who helped build its future," the employee in the companywide email stated, "then this world does not deserve Jensen Huang."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Nvidia+Employees+Petition+For+Jensen+Huang's+Return%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F1656259%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F1656259%2Fnvidia-employees-petition-for-jensen-huangs-return%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/1656259/nvidia-employees-petition-for-jensen-huangs-return?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150896&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T17:00:00+00:00 business behind-the-scenes slashdot 31 31,30,27,26,8,2,0 https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0219251/parents-and-teachers-decry-google-pledge-to-yank-search-if-schools-block-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Parents and teachers across the US are criticizing Google's announcement that schools choosing to block AI tools could also lose access to Google Search. Google announced last week a range of new AI tools for schools and classrooms, alongside options allowing teachers and administrators to restrict their use. The company said schools should have control over whether students use AI in the classroom, but that schools that choose to block Google's AI tools will also lose access to its search engine. [...] Parents and teachers across the country raised concerns to the Guardian about AI's potential to weaken students' critical-thinking skills and the growing influence of big tech in education. Some called on schools to consider alternative search engines, while others argued that students should be taught how to use AI responsibly rather than prevented from accessing it altogether. Jen Atay, a 51-year-old teacher in Hawaii, lambasted Google's approach, saying: "When the software is free, you are the product, and it is inappropriate for Google to test or develop AI with minors. This should not be allowed at all." A 44-year-old father of two boys in Amissville, Virginia, said he worries that "AI will weaken people's ability to think critically. I use AI in my work, but it would not be effective if I did not have well over a decade of experience under my belt. Even the best models are often flat-out wrong in their responses." [...] Others questioned why schools should depend on Google at all. An 84-year-old retiree and mother in Maryland, said: "Google decided to follow the evil path to riches. When they started, they were great. Today they are simply evil money grubbers Schools should tell Google to go pound sand and simply have kids use DuckDuckGo or one of the other search engines There is nothing Google offers that is not available from some other source." [...] Not everyone believes blocking AI is the answer. Some argued that schools should focus on teaching students how to use the technology responsibly. A 67-year-old emerging technology teacher in Texas said: "I do not blame Google. AI is not going away. I've been very frustrated this year trying to teach AI literacy with AI blocked. Schools need to teach how to properly use AI, not block it." A California resident echoed that view, arguing that schools could use Google's AI tools to teach students to question the information they receive. "Google Search has existed since the 90s and it's crazy of them to completely remove it instead of just removing Gemini. That being said, I would like to see schools actually permit the use of Gemini and use it as an opportunity to show students how its sources aren't always valid and you can't trust everything an AI tells you," they said.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Parents+and+Teachers+Decry+Google+Pledge+To+Yank+Search+If+Schools+Block+AI%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0219251%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0219251%2Fparents-and-teachers-decry-google-pledge-to-yank-search-if-schools-block-ai%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0219251/parents-and-teachers-decry-google-pledge-to-yank-search-if-schools-block-ai?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150428&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T16:00:00+00:00 education not-going-over-well news 31 31,28,26,26,3,1,0 https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/027258/faa-expands-ai-advice-to-manage-air-traffic-congestion-across-entire-us-airspace?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed The FAA is expanding its $875 million AI-powered SMART system to all 22 U.S. air traffic control centers across the country. Since being implemented over Washington, DC, on September 21, the system has helped reroute 180 flights, saving an average of 10 minutes and nearly 80 gallons of fuel per flight. Ars Technica reports: The FAA fact sheet describes SMART as a cloud-based system that combines information about "weather patterns, flight paths, traffic flow and controller staffing metrics" to predict air traffic patterns. It is designed to make scheduling recommendations, identify optimal flight routes, and determine the best order of arrivals for aircraft. However, a human team of FAA specialists based in DC is ultimately responsible for validating the SMART system recommendations before passing them along to air traffic control facilities across the country, according to the agency. Furthermore, the AI-powered SMART system "cannot be used to replace the critical role air traffic controllers play or take over control of an aircraft," the FAA clarified in the September 21 announcement about the initial deployment. Local air traffic controllers can decide whether or not to accept the SMART system recommendations. [...] Following the initial deployment in airspace above DC, the FAA expanded the SMART system's coverage to air route traffic control centers in Atlanta along with Jacksonville and Miami in Florida, according to The Dallas Morning News. The FAA also shared an example with The Dallas Morning News about how SMART recommended a shorter and faster route for a cargo flight arriving at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, although the newspaper noted that the agency did not identify the flight involved and has not provided information about how SMART may have assisted passenger flight traffic.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FAA+Expands+AI+Advice+to+Manage+Air+Traffic+Congestion+Across+Entire+US+Airspace%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F027258%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F027258%2Ffaa-expands-ai-advice-to-manage-air-traffic-congestion-across-entire-us-airspace%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/027258/faa-expands-ai-advice-to-manage-air-traffic-congestion-across-entire-us-airspace?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150420&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T11:00:00+00:00 ai what-could-possibly-go-wrong slashdot 39 39,39,37,34,11,4,3 https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0146211/euclid-mission-data-release-spans-more-than-900-million-galaxies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed The European Space Agency has released the largest dataset yet from its Euclid space telescope, containing 1.7 petabytes of observations covering more than 900 million galaxies. "The data unveiled on Thursday covered a survey of the sky equal to about 9,500 times the size of the moon as viewed from Earth," reports Reuters. "The mission's goal is to complete the "largest-ever three-dimensional atlas of the cosmos, spanning more than a third of the sky, in 2031." From the report: "It marks a major milestone for ESA's Euclid mission and for everyone involved," said astrophysicist Valeria Pettorino, ESA's Euclid project scientist. Euclid, launched from Florida in 2023, is gathering data on how the universe has expanded and how its structure has formed over time while amassing information about the nature of dark energy and dark matter and the role of gravity on large scales. "Euclid will not just take images of galaxies in the sky, in two dimensions, but will also measure their distance, the third dimension. This will tell us where galaxies are in space and time, across 10 billion years, and in all directions beyond our galactic plane," Pettorino said. "Galaxies cluster along filaments, surrounded by empty space, and form a network that we call the cosmic web. Euclid will reconstruct the cosmic web and how it has grown over time. This is important because the exact configuration of the cosmic web, how many clusters or voids are there, how fast it changed, depend on the properties of dark energy and dark matter," Pettorino said. [...] Previous Euclid data releases covered only a few days of observations. The newly released dataset includes more than a year of data and still spans only 14% of the total sky area Euclid is due to survey in visible and near-infrared light over six years. This data release will be completed next year with the first results on dark energy and dark matter.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Euclid+Mission+Data+Release+Spans+More+Than+900+Million+Galaxies%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0146211%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0146211%2Feuclid-mission-data-release-spans-more-than-900-million-galaxies%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0146211/euclid-mission-data-release-spans-more-than-900-million-galaxies?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150408&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T07:00:00+00:00 space only-the-beginning science 23 23,23,20,17,3,3,3 https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0121210/spacex-to-invest-74-billion-into-data-center-construction-projects-in-texas-arizona?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hill: Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion into building two data centers in Texas and Arizona, the company announced Thursday, marketing them as projects that will boost local communities amid backlash surrounding such facilities. "These investments will expand local tax bases, generate substantial new revenue for schools and public services, and create economic opportunities that extend far beyond the facilities themselves," the company said in a release. SpaceX said it will put more than $24 billion into a new project in Texas's Rio Grande Valley, expanding the company's headquarters in Starbase -- a coastal town the tech giant established in 2025 in a previously unincorporated area of Cameron County. In Arizona, SpaceX will invest around $50 billion in Cochise County, a rural area east of Tucson bordering Mexico and New Mexico. SpaceX pledged the new projects will be created cooperatively with the surrounding communities and will be environmentally conscious. The company said the project in Texas would generate its own power and invest $220 million to expand the water supply in nearby Brownsville. While in Arizona, it vowed to work with local electric cooperatives and "potentially" reduce electric bills, saying the site would use dry cooling without water consumption. "They require strong partnerships with local communities, responsible environmental stewardship, and stable, competitive policies that give companies the confidence to make long-term investments," the company said in a release. Both sites promise hundreds of permanent jobs even once construction is complete.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=SpaceX+To+Invest+%2474+Billion+Into+Data+Center+Construction+Projects+In+Texas%2C+Arizona%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0121210%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0121210%2Fspacex-to-invest-74-billion-into-data-center-construction-projects-in-texas-arizona%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0121210/spacex-to-invest-74-billion-into-data-center-construction-projects-in-texas-arizona?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150396&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T03:30:00+00:00 business what-to-expect slashdot 60 60,58,57,55,14,7,2 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0135237/whoop-launches-a-social-network-where-every-user-has-a-verified-heartbeat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Whoop has launched Humans, a social network built into its fitness app where every account is a real person with a "verified heartbeat." The wearable company claims its platform is "entirely human," unlike other social media platforms that are "saturated with artificial intelligence, automated accounts and bots, and manufactured content." The Verge reports: Starting Thursday, Whoop members can share their data from its wearables on the app's new Whoop Humans social network. Users can make their metrics, activities, and achievements visible to other Whoop wearers, post Story-like "Moments" with photos and captions, and add comments and reactions on other members' posts. [...] In the Community tab in Whoop's app, users can scroll through Moments from people they're following, like tapping through your Stories feed on Instagram but with your friends' fitness tracker data. In one of Whoop's examples, swiping up on a user's Moments post with a photo from their run shows a map with their route and details like their pace and distance. The Community tab also shows cards for people in your "community" with their sleep, recovery, and strain scores. Whoop says users choose which activities, achievements, and metrics they want to share on Humans, including Recovery, Strain, Sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate. Any activities marked as sensitive aren't shared by default. There's also an option to keep Moments posts private and a "Stealth Mode" for temporarily hiding health and performance data without changing your sharing settings.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Whoop+Launches+a+Social+Network+Where+Every+User+Has+a+'Verified+Heartbeat'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0135237%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F13%2F0135237%2Fwhoop-launches-a-social-network-where-every-user-has-a-verified-heartbeat%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/13/0135237/whoop-launches-a-social-network-where-every-user-has-a-verified-heartbeat?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150406&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-13T01:40:00+00:00 social no-bots-allowed technology 31 31,31,29,25,8,4,2 https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/212237/nintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive-github-dmca-sweep?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Nintendo has issued four DMCA takedown notices targeting two Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Citron Neo, along with mod chip firmware such as Picofly, SX Core and HWFLY. As a result, 144 repositories containing firmware used to circumvent the console's copy protections have been removed by GitHub and replaced by a DMCA takedown notice. IGN reports: GitHub has posted Nintendo's November 6 DMCA notice, which says, "The Nintendo Switch console and video games contain technological protection measures ('TPMs') that permit the Nintendo Switch console to interact only with legitimate Nintendo video game files. This process protects Nintendo's copyright-protected video games, (...) by preventing users from playing pirated copies of Nintendo's video games on the Nintendo Switch console and by preventing users from unlawfully copying and playing Nintendo's video games on unauthorized devices." However, while this takedown has effectively wiped out a ton of repositories with mod chip firmware, it seems like it's still being hosted elsewhere on the site, according to TorrentFreak. It's possible, though, that Nintendo isn't finished yet; back in 2024, Nintendo effectively took down 8,500 copies of Yuzu by issuing a takedown that targeted 12 different mirrors of the emulator. This particular takedown also comes a few days after emulators were able to run the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on PC, so this could be a sign that Nintendo is winding up its lawyers to crack down on emulation once again.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Nintendo+Takes+Down+Switch+Emulators%2C+Mod+Chip+Firmware+in+Massive+GitHub+DMCA+Sweep%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F212237%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F212237%2Fnintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive-github-dmca-sweep%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/212237/nintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive-github-dmca-sweep?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150218&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T23:00:00+00:00 nintendo cracking-down games 40 40,37,29,26,5,4,1 https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/2141213/former-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-had-a-relationship-with-a-second-employee?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Reuters reports that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an intimate relationship with a third woman (source paywalled; alternative source ), an unnamed Nvidia employee. The revelation follows reports of two other extramarital affairs: one with Nvidia VP Kimberly Powell and another with Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence reportedly suspects of being a Chinese spy. The latter relationship has also prompted a shareholder lawsuit alleging Nvidia misled investors about its ties to a company suspected of circumventing U.S. chip export restrictions. Jensen Huang has since resigned as Nvidia's CEO and stepped down from its board on Thursday. CFO Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent successor.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Former+Nvidia+CEO+Jensen+Huang+Had+a+Relationship+With+a+Second+Employee%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F2141213%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F2141213%2Fformer-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-had-a-relationship-with-a-second-employee%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/2141213/former-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-had-a-relationship-with-a-second-employee?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150242&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T22:00:00+00:00 business not-a-good-look slashdot 88 88,88,73,68,10,5,2 https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1948204/singapore-says-us-not-helpful-on-investigation-into-suspected-spys-company?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Singapore says U.S. authorities provided limited assistance in its investigation of Megaspeed, the company run by Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. intelligence suspects is a Chinese spy and whose relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has drawn scrutiny. According to Singapore, authorities held Alice Huang's passport from June 2025 until February while investigating "potential false declarations," but ultimately released her with a "stern warning" and barred her from re-entering the country. The New York Times reports: The statement raises new questions about the response of the Trump administration to the case and why the U.S. government did not more forcefully intervene. According to the timeline in the statement, Singaporean authorities had been holding Ms. Huang's passport well after President Trump was briefed last fall about her relationship with Nvidia's chief executive and the belief that she was a Chinese intelligence asset. The New York Times has reported that Taiwan began monitoring Ms. Huang in 2024 at the guidance of the U.S. government. In its statement, Singapore said that it had sought information from an American server maker and close Nvidia business partner, Supermicro, but that the company had provided "limited cooperation." Supermicro, a firm that packages Nvidia's A.I. chips onto servers that can be used in data centers, has been at the center of a number of chip smuggling investigations across the globe. Supermicro was a supplier to Megaspeed, a company incorporated in Singapore and run by Ms. Huang, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Singapore said in the statement its authorities raised Supermicro's "limited cooperation" with the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation in July 2025 and "requested their assistance in securing the company's cooperation." "Despite these repeated requests, Singapore has to date received limited information or assistance in respect of the company," the statement said.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Singapore+Says+US+Not+Helpful+On+Investigation+Into+Suspected+Spy's+Company%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1948204%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1948204%2Fsingapore-says-us-not-helpful-on-investigation-into-suspected-spys-company%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1948204/singapore-says-us-not-helpful-on-investigation-into-suspected-spys-company?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150160&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T21:00:00+00:00 usa behind-the-scenes news 27 27,25,21,19,5,3,2 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1959220/microsoft-outlook-goes-down-nationwide-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Microsoft is suffering a major Microsoft 365 outage that's disrupting Outlook, Teams, Copilot and SharePoint for users across the Americas, with more than 129,000 problem reports logged on Downdetector shortly after the disruption began. Microsoft blames the connectivity problems on an unexpectedly large number of unavailable servers that overloaded the remaining infrastructure. The company says it's redistributing traffic and restarting affected systems. From a report: Microsoft was not providing an estimated time by which it expects service to return. Both individual Outlook users and those on enterprise accounts experienced problems logging in to the service. The outage also affected other Microsoft services, including Microsoft Teams, the Copilot 365 AI service and SharePoint Online. "Users may be unable to connect to multiple Microsoft 365 services," the company said on its Service Health Status page. UPDATE 11/12/26, 19:50 UTC: From Microsoft 365 Status: "We're testing a configuration change to address a problem that's causing servers to fail automated health checks and become unavailable. In parallel, we've initiated a restart of all affected servers and are monitoring health as they return to service. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as http://status.cloud.microsoft if the admin center is not available to you." UPDATE 11/12/26, 20:19 UTC: From Microsoft 365 Status: "We've not identified any recent change correlated with the start of impact; however, our investigation indicates the failed health checks may originate from a specific component that's responsible for processing server health. We've taken steps to prevent additional servers from being impacted while we work to return the affected servers to service. More info under EX1550543 and MO1550821 in the Microsoft 365 admin center, as well as http://status.cloud.microsoft if the admin center is not available to you. UPDATE 11/12/26, 20:29 UTC: "According to https://downdetector.com/, much of the major services are down," writes Slashdot reader xocmot2. "AWS, Microsoft, Meta, on and on. Clearly not a Microsoft thing." UPDATE 11/12/26, 6:17 UTC: Microsoft is still struggling to resolve the outage, which is confirmed to be global with disruptions reported across 74 countries and territories. The outage has disrupted businesses and government services in countries including Japan, Singapore, India, and Australia, while OpenAI and Anthropic have also reported related problems. Microsoft says its recovery efforts have produced some improvements, but the fixes are not delivering "sustained recovery." Microsoft has ruled out a cybersecurity incident, and experts warn that the prolonged disruption could result in significant economic losses. Developing...<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Microsoft+Outlook+Goes+Down+Nationwide+%5BUPDATE%5D%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1959220%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1959220%2Fmicrosoft-outlook-goes-down-nationwide-update%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1959220/microsoft-outlook-goes-down-nationwide-update?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150178&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T20:00:00+00:00 microsoft PSA technology 162 162,160,153,132,42,20,10 https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1831251/google-pushes-privacy-angle-as-gemini-powered-smartglasses-debut?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Google is launching its first Gemini-powered smart glasses, with Samsung supplying the computing hardware. Given their built-in 12-megapixel camera, Google is emphasizing privacy protections, including a tamper-resistant recording light, automatic face redaction, and restrictions on real-time facial recognition and livestreaming. The company also promises not to use captured photos or videos for AI training or targeted advertising. Ars Technica reports: Google says the frames all weigh about 41 grams, which is not terrible but is definitely near the top for glasses generally. They will, naturally, weigh much more when you account for lenses. That will also determine the final pricing. So far, we only have the starting prices for these devices, including non-prescription lenses. The setup here is similar to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses we've seen for a few years. There are no screens in the lenses, but you can interact with the AI system via voice or by activating the integrated camera. The experience should be similar to using Gemini Live on your phone, but it will be a lot easier to fire up the AI. You can say "Hey Gemini" or tap a touch-sensitive area of the frame to start interacting with the robot. Since this is the same chatbot that operates across the Google ecosystem, it has access to your data and preferences. You can ask questions and get personalized answers, have Google Maps guide you by voice, or just talk with the AI to kill time. The glasses use custom open-ear speakers to limit distractions for those around you. Google notes the directional microphones should not pick up speech from other people, either. Adding the camera feed is where things get interesting. When the AI can see what you see, it has the potential to do more work on your behalf. Google suggests asking Gemini for recommendations when looking at a bookshelf or glancing at an event poster to have the AI add it to your calendar. The glasses will also support Gemini Guided Vision, which provides conversational audio descriptions for people who are visually impaired. The new frames are available for preorder today starting at $395.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Google+Pushes+Privacy+Angle+As+Gemini-Powered+Smartglasses+Debut%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1831251%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1831251%2Fgoogle-pushes-privacy-angle-as-gemini-powered-smartglasses-debut%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1831251/google-pushes-privacy-angle-as-gemini-powered-smartglasses-debut?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24150095&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T19:00:00+00:00 google smile-you're-on-camera yro 27 27,27,26,24,7,3,2 https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/0312210/iconic-first-image-of-black-hole-holds-up-to-scrutiny?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: On April 10 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration revealed the first picture of a black hole. The object is at the centre of a galaxy known as M87, about 55 million light-years away. The iconic ring structure instantly became one of the most recognized scientific images of the modern era. It showed a black hole "shadow" outlined by light from swirling hot gas -- just as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. The result supported the long-standing idea that the centers of galaxies house supermassive black holes. However, scientists have since had some disagreements on whether the details and structure of the ring in the original publication were accurate. Our new research, published today in Nature, used new techniques to investigate the original datasets. Not only do our results validate the original work, but they also provide a fresh perspective on the ring structure. Our independent results enhance confidence in one of the most significant modern scientific results. And we bring the image of a black hole millions of light-years away back into focus. [...] When compared directly to images from the EHT collaboration, our result is consistent in diameter and overall orientation. Naturally, there are some differences in the fine details of ring width and surface brightness along the circumference, but the overall structure matches. This provides a fresh perspective on the iconic black hole ring while also resolving previous discrepancies. To prove this success didn't depend solely on advanced machine learning, we also developed a complementary imaging method based on traditional statistical techniques. This entirely different method also validated our structure using the new closure invariant data we produced. Overall, our work delivers a strong independent validation of the supermassive black hole structure at the centre of galaxy M87. And it could do more in the future. Our technique could also be useful in other situations where data from multiple sensors are combined to map unknown structures -- such as medical imaging or mapping earthquakes.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Iconic+First+Image+of+Black+Hole+Holds+Up+To+Scrutiny%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F0312210%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F0312210%2Ficonic-first-image-of-black-hole-holds-up-to-scrutiny%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/0312210/iconic-first-image-of-black-hole-holds-up-to-scrutiny?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24149534&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T18:00:00+00:00 space independently-tested science 9 9,9,8,7,3,2,2 https://apache.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/073240/critical-apache-http2-flaw-could-let-unauthenticated-attackers-execute-code-remotely?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed A critical flaw in Apache HTTP Server's HTTP/2 module could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code and potentially take control of affected server processes. Tracked as CVE-2026-119618, the vulnerability affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 through 2.4.70 when HTTP/2 is enabled and is fixed in version 2.4.71. The Hacker News reports: The vendor's assessment, published yesterday, also says "public research has demonstrated a reliable exploit" against a server in its default configuration with mod_http2 enabled. It does not name or link that research. Security company Wiz said later that day that no exploit was available and that no exploitation in the wild had been reported. HTTP/2 runs only where the Protocols directive turns it on, as the module documentation explains. The directive uses h2 for HTTP/2 over TLS and h2c for HTTP/2 over plain TCP. It can be set for the whole server or for a single virtual host, so admins should check the server-wide setting and every virtual host. Standalone builds of the module, released on GitHub as mod_h2, are affected from version 2.0.8 through 2.0.42. Admins who run the Apache HTTP Server project's own releases should move to version 2.4.71, the fixed release named in its security advisory. That release also fixes a crash in mod_md, rated important, and a one-byte overwrite of stack memory in mod_vhost_alias, rated low.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Critical+Apache+HTTP%2F2+Flaw+Could+Let+Unauthenticated+Attackers+Execute+Code+Remotely%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fapache.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F073240%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapache.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F073240%2Fcritical-apache-http2-flaw-could-let-unauthenticated-attackers-execute-code-remotely%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://apache.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/073240/critical-apache-http2-flaw-could-let-unauthenticated-attackers-execute-code-remotely?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24149628&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T17:00:00+00:00 redhat PSA apache 15 15,15,14,12,4,2,2 https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1548253/jensen-huang-resigns-as-nvidia-ceo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO of Nvidia after 33 years leading the company, with CFO Colette Kress taking over as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent replacement. "The Board has full confidence in Colette and the leadership team, and we expect the company's operations, customer commitments and product roadmap to continue without interruption," said board chair Harvey Jones in a release announcing the news. The abrupt departure follows revelations about Huang's affairs, including one with a woman U.S. intelligence reportedly believes was a Chinese spy. CNBC reports: Huang, 63, apologized on Sunday for being "unfaithful to my wife," though he provided no details about the affair with businesswoman Alice Huang, who has worked for a Chinese company and Nvidia customer called Megaspeed. Late Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the Nvidia CEO also had a separate affair, this one with Kimberly Powell, vice president of health care at the chipmaker. Later that afternoon The Times and other outlets reported that Nvidia's board met to discuss the company's future. Jensen Huang denied allegations that he had compromised national security or Nvidia secrets after reports of the Alice Huang affair. The news sparked concerns that Nvidia knew companies based in Singapore and Malaysia had been evading U.S. export controls in accessing its technology. The board said on Tuesday that it had hired Wachtell Lipton to investigate the intelligence allegations.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Jensen+Huang+Resigns+As+Nvidia+CEO%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1548253%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F26%2F11%2F12%2F1548253%2Fjensen-huang-resigns-as-nvidia-ceo%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/1548253/jensen-huang-resigns-as-nvidia-ceo?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=24149957&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> BeauHD 2026-11-12T16:00:00+00:00 business actions-have-consequences slashdot 137 137,133,115,107,25,8,7 Search Slashdot stories query https://slashdot.org/search.pl