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Indian IT Was Supposed To Die From AI. Instead It's Billing for the Cleanup.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1756219/indian-it-was-supposed-to-die-from-ai-instead-its-billing-for-the-cleanup?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Indian IT Was Supposed To Die From AI. Instead It's Billing for the Cleanup.
Two years after generative AI was supposed to render India's $250 billion IT services industry obsolete, the sector is finding that enterprises still need someone to handle the unglamorous plumbing work that large-scale AI deployment demands. Less than 15% of organizations are meaningfully deploying...
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December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Indian IT Was Supposed To Die From AI. Instead It's Billing for the Cleanup.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1756219/indian-it-was-supposed-to-die-from-ai-instead-its-billing-for-the-cleanup?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
As AI Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1737240/as-ai-companies-borrow-billions-debt-investors-grow-wary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
As AI Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary
While stock investors have pushed AI-related shares to repeated highs this year, debt markets are telling a more cautious story as newer AI infrastructure companies find themselves paying significantly elevated interest rates to borrow money. Applied Digital, a data center builder, sold $2.35 billio...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
As AI Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1737240/as-ai-companies-borrow-billions-debt-investors-grow-wary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
The Economic Divide Between Big and Small Companies Is Growing
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1623248/the-economic-divide-between-big-and-small-companies-is-growing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
The Economic Divide Between Big and Small Companies Is Growing
While America's largest corporations are riding a wave of surging profits and AI-fueled stock market enthusiasm to record highs, small businesses across the country are cutting staff and scaling back operations as years of high inflation, cautious consumers and tariff confusion take their toll.
Pr...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Economic Divide Between Big and Small Companies Is Growing
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/1623248/the-economic-divide-between-big-and-small-companies-is-growing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Retreating From EVs Could Be Hazardous For Western Carmakers
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/158231/retreating-from-evs-could-be-hazardous-for-western-carmakers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Retreating From EVs Could Be Hazardous For Western Carmakers
Western carmakers retreating from electric vehicles amid softening government mandates could find themselves in a precarious position as Chinese rivals continue gaining ground in the EV market they're choosing to de-prioritize. The EU on December 16th dropped its earlier plan to ban petrol car sales...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Retreating From EVs Could Be Hazardous For Western Carmakers
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/158231/retreating-from-evs-could-be-hazardous-for-western-carmakers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
AI's Hunger For Memory Chips Could Shrink Smartphone and PC Sales in 2026, IDC Says
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/144228/ais-hunger-for-memory-chips-could-shrink-smartphone-and-pc-sales-in-2026-idc-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
AI's Hunger For Memory Chips Could Shrink Smartphone and PC Sales in 2026, IDC Says
The global smartphone and PC markets face potential contractions of up to 5.2% and 8.9% respectively in 2026, according to downside risk scenarios from IDC that trace the problem to memory chip manufacturers shifting production capacity away from consumer electronics toward AI data centers. Samsung ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
AI's Hunger For Memory Chips Could Shrink Smartphone and PC Sales in 2026, IDC Says
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/144228/ais-hunger-for-memory-chips-could-shrink-smartphone-and-pc-sales-in-2026-idc-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
China Launches $21 Billion Venture Capital Funds To Invest in 'Hard Technology'
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0641227/china-launches-21-billion-venture-capital-funds-to-invest-in-hard-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
China Launches $21 Billion Venture Capital Funds To Invest in 'Hard Technology'
An anonymous reader shares a report: China on Friday launched three venture capital funds to invest in "hard technology" areas, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The capital contribution plans for the funds have been finalised, each with more than 50 billion yuan ($7.14 billion), according to the rep...
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December 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
China Launches $21 Billion Venture Capital Funds To Invest in 'Hard Technology'
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0641227/china-launches-21-billion-venture-capital-funds-to-invest-in-hard-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat'
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0628235/memory-is-running-out-and-so-are-excuses-for-software-bloat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat'
The relentless climb in memory prices driven by the AI boom's insatiable demand for datacenter hardware has renewed an old debate about whether modern software has grown inexcusably fat, a column by the Register argues. The piece points to Windows Task Manager as a case study: the current executable...
developers.slashdot.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat'
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0628235/memory-is-running-out-and-so-are-excuses-for-software-bloat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Cursor CEO Warns Vibe Coding Builds 'Shaky Foundations' That Eventually Crumble
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0623233/cursor-ceo-warns-vibe-coding-builds-shaky-foundations-that-eventually-crumble?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Cursor CEO Warns Vibe Coding Builds 'Shaky Foundations' That Eventually Crumble
Michael Truell, the 25-year-old CEO and cofounder of Cursor, is drawing a sharp distinction between careful AI-assisted development and the more hands-off approach commonly known as "vibe coding." Speaking at a conference, Truell described vibe coding as a method where users "close your eyes and you...
developers.slashdot.org
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Cursor CEO Warns Vibe Coding Builds 'Shaky Foundations' That Eventually Crumble
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0623233/cursor-ceo-warns-vibe-coding-builds-shaky-foundations-that-eventually-crumble?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Gmail Users May Soon Be Able To Change Their Email Address and Keep the Old One
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0155213/gmail-users-may-soon-be-able-to-change-their-email-address-and-keep-the-old-one?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Gmail Users May Soon Be Able To Change Their Email Address and Keep the Old One
Google appears to be testing a feature that would let users change their @gmail.com address for the first time, according to an official support document. The support page exists only in Hindi, suggesting an India-first rollout, and Google notes that users will "gradually begin to see this option." ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Gmail Users May Soon Be Able To Change Their Email Address and Keep the Old One
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/0155213/gmail-users-may-soon-be-able-to-change-their-email-address-and-keep-the-old-one?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Waymo Pays Workers $22 To Close Doors on Stranded Robotaxis
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/1541258/waymo-pays-workers-22-to-close-doors-on-stranded-robotaxis?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Waymo Pays Workers $22 To Close Doors on Stranded Robotaxis
Waymo's fleet of autonomous robotaxis can navigate city streets and compete with human taxi drivers, but they become stranded when a passenger leaves a door ajar -- prompting the company to pay tow truck operators around $20 to $24 through an app called Honk just to push a door shut. The owner of a ...
tech.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Waymo Pays Workers $22 To Close Doors on Stranded Robotaxis
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/1541258/waymo-pays-workers-22-to-close-doors-on-stranded-robotaxis?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Nvidia Buying Groq's Assets For $20 Billion in Its Largest Deal on Record
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/152201/nvidia-buying-groqs-assets-for-20-billion-in-its-largest-deal-on-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Nvidia Buying Groq's Assets For $20 Billion in Its Largest Deal on Record
Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash, according to Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive, which led the startup's latest financing round in September. From a report: Davis, whose firm has invested more th...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nvidia Buying Groq's Assets For $20 Billion in Its Largest Deal on Record
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/152201/nvidia-buying-groqs-assets-for-20-billion-in-its-largest-deal-on-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Trump Administration To Overhaul Lottery System For H-1B Visas
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/0929209/trump-administration-to-overhaul-lottery-system-for-h-1b-visas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Trump Administration To Overhaul Lottery System For H-1B Visas
The Trump administration has announced it would replace the lottery programme used to grant H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers with a system that prioritises higher-paid individuals. From a report: The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin to implement a "weighted" selection proces...
news.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump Administration To Overhaul Lottery System For H-1B Visas
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/25/0929209/trump-administration-to-overhaul-lottery-system-for-h-1b-visas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Bitcoin Miners' Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2125245/bitcoin-miners-pivot-to-ai-has-lifted-bitcoin-mining-etf-by-about-90-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Bitcoin Miners' Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: It's harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less profitable, too. But mining-company stocks are still flying, even with cryptocurrency prices in retreat. That's because these firms have something in common with the hottest investment t...
slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bitcoin Miners' Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By About 90% This Year
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2125245/bitcoin-miners-pivot-to-ai-has-lifted-bitcoin-mining-etf-by-about-90-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Fake Video Claiming 'Coup In France' Goes Viral
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2133243/fake-video-claiming-coup-in-france-goes-viral?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Fake Video Claiming 'Coup In France' Goes Viral
alternative_right shares a report from Euronews: France's President Emmanuel Macron discovered news of his own supposed overthrow, after he received a message of concern, along with a link to a Facebook video. "On Sunday (14 December) one of my African counterparts got in touch, writing 'Dear presid...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Fake Video Claiming 'Coup In France' Goes Viral
https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2133243/fake-video-claiming-coup-in-france-goes-viral?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
NASA Will Soon Find Out If the Perseverance Rover Can Really Persevere On Mars
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2116243/nasa-will-soon-find-out-if-the-perseverance-rover-can-really-persevere-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
NASA Will Soon Find Out If the Perseverance Rover Can Really Persevere On Mars
With NASA's Mars Sample Return mission delayed into the 2030s, engineers are certifying the Perseverance rover to keep operating for many more years while it continues collecting and safeguarding Martian rock samples. Ars Technica reports: The good news is that the robot, about the size of a small ...
science.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
NASA Will Soon Find Out If the Perseverance Rover Can Really Persevere On Mars
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2116243/nasa-will-soon-find-out-if-the-perseverance-rover-can-really-persevere-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors For Data Centers
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1920243/nuclear-developer-proposes-using-navy-reactors-for-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors For Data Centers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: A Texas power developer is proposing to repurpose nuclear reactors from Navy warships to power the United States grid as the Trump administration pushes to secure massive amounts of energy for the artificial intelligence boom. HGP Intellig...
hardware.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors For Data Centers
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1920243/nuclear-developer-proposes-using-navy-reactors-for-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
'Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes'
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/219224/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
'Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes'
"In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we're missing when we stop taking risks," writes author Janus Rose in an article for 404 Media. Here's an excerpt: There are lots of advantages to the cassette lifestyle. Unlike vinyl records, tapes are compact and super-portable, and unlike ...
news.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
'Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes'
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/219224/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2055236/apple-to-allow-alternative-app-stores-for-ios-users-in-brazil?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil
Apple will allow alternative iOS app stores and external payment systems in Brazil after settling an antitrust case with the country's competition authority, following a lawsuit brought by MercadoLibre back in 2022. Thurrott reports: Yesterday, Brazil's Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (...
apple.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/2055236/apple-to-allow-alternative-app-stores-for-ios-users-in-brazil?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Apple's App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It?
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1957228/apples-app-course-runs-20000-a-student-is-it-really-worth-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Apple's App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Two years ago, Lizmary Fernandez took a detour from studying to be an immigration attorney to join a free Apple course for making iPhone apps. The Apple Developer Academy in Detroit launched as part of the company's $200 million response to the Black L...
developers.slashdot.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Apple's App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It?
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1957228/apples-app-course-runs-20000-a-student-is-it-really-worth-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1329210/youtube-has-a-firm-grip-on-daytime-tv?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
YouTube has been winning the streaming wars for years, but its real competitive advantage comes not from prime-time viewing but from its stranglehold on daytime hours when Americans are meditating, exercising, cooking, or simply looking for background noise. At 11 a.m. in October, YouTube commanded ...
news.slashdot.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1329210/youtube-has-a-firm-grip-on-daytime-tv?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Why Are There No Large Market Cap Companies Globally in Edtech?
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0846214/why-are-there-no-large-market-cap-companies-globally-in-edtech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Why Are There No Large Market Cap Companies Globally in Edtech?
Goldman Sachs, in a note this week, via India Dispatch: There are various reasons that explains this: (i) A large part of the global education spend goes towards formal education (schools, colleges and universities), which are typically either run by governments or are not-for-profit institutions;
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news.slashdot.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why Are There No Large Market Cap Companies Globally in Edtech?
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0846214/why-are-there-no-large-market-cap-companies-globally-in-edtech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0319202/us-bars-five-europeans-it-says-pressured-tech-firms-to-censor-american-viewpoints-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. The Europeans, characterized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as "...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0319202/us-bars-five-europeans-it-says-pressured-tech-firms-to-censor-american-viewpoints-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
2015 Radio Interview Frames AI As 'High-Level Algebra'
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2242225/2015-radio-interview-frames-ai-as-high-level-algebra?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
2015 Radio Interview Frames AI As 'High-Level Algebra'
Longtime Slashdot reader MrFreak shares a public radio interview from 2015 discussing artificial intelligence as inference over abstract inputs, along with scaling limits, automation, and governance models, where for-profit engines are constrained by nonprofit oversight: Recorded months before Open...
science.slashdot.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
2015 Radio Interview Frames AI As 'High-Level Algebra'
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2242225/2015-radio-interview-frames-ai-as-high-level-algebra?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0323250/what-might-adding-emojis-and-pictures-to-text-programming-languages-look-like?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?
theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis, and text freely in our communications. So why not in our code? That's the premise of "Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like?" (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mix...
developers.slashdot.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0323250/what-might-adding-emojis-and-pictures-to-text-programming-languages-look-like?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Inside Uzbekistan's Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2220226/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Inside Uzbekistan's Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras continuously scan vehicles' license plates and their occupants, sometimes thousands a day, looking for potential traffic violations. Cars running red lights,...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Inside Uzbekistan's Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2220226/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed