In related news, Variety notes that America.gov confirms, for now anyway, that Biden won the 2020 election.

As Trump was still speaking at Tuesday’s launch event, however, the site began modifying its answers. Asked again about the 2020 election, it replied that it couldn’t answer “political questions,” a response it also gave to inquiries about whether Trump had been impeached or convicted of felony charges.

Indeed. But apparently nobody things to ask "Then why are you doing it?" Probably because it is clear why they are doing it: Money and power. The two forces that attract the psychos and that turn anything into crap.

If you're posting on slashdot you should be old enough to recognize that designers cycle through the same trends perpetually.

These clowns keep finding new ways to waste screen real estate.

It's dark mode that's affected. Yes, it's possible to adjust it out. I think it's arrogant of the developers to make an appearance choice like this.

user_pref("browser.theme.dark-private-windows", false);

US AI Safety Debate Masks Competitors' 'Negligence'

Florida Invokes Extinction Fears In Legal Bid To Halt OpenAI Development

Cute name for an "always-on" surveillance device.

Data Center Developer Offers $10,000 Checks To Nearby Households

Everyone knows foxes make the best henhouse guardians. /s

Bloomberg reported that Oracle has sent a legal notice to the developer of its $X billion "Project Jupiter" AI data center campus scheduled to come online in 2028. It cites "force majeure," a contract provision that offers protection if events outside of a company's control disrupt a deal -- in this case, the delay of a critical natural gas pipeline.

Oracle is hoping to delay rent payments if the data center is not delivered by the deadline. The developer, a subsidiary of Blue Owl Capital, must first agree that a qualifying event occurred, and Oracle would still be on the hook for certain fees and other payments.

While Oracle insists the project is on schedule, investors are growing increasingly worried. The $18 billion in project financing for Poject Jupitor have fallen into "stressed" territory. That means the banks that loaned the money are willing to let them go for considerably less than they are worth in name, fearing the loans may go bad. The Financial Times reported that as of last Friday, they had fallen to around 89 to 91 cents on the dollar.

That's in part due to the stiff local opposition the 1,400-acre campus is facing. Residents are concerned with the environmental impact as well as noise pollution -- a common theme from projects around the country. A recent poll by the Albuquerque Journal found 65% opposed to their construction in the state.

The company has had trouble with regulators as well. The plan to bring natural gas to the site was blocked by the state's land office, so was a revised plan.

KDE and GNOME Developers Ponder How to Handle AI-Generated Contributions

That could have been prevented with this feature

It's a new way to break RSA keys — and it doesn't require factoring.