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Dying Satellites Can Drive Climate Change and Ozone Depletion, Study Finds(2025-05-04 00:00:05)

There's 9,000 satellites circling the earth, the Guardian points out, with projections over over 60,000 by 2040. But "A new study shows that the emissions from expired satellites, as they fall to Earth and burn up, will be significant in future years, with implications for ozone hole recovery and c...
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AI-Driven Robot Installs Nearly 10,000 Solar Modules in Australia(2025-05-03 20:00:24)

Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares an article from Renewables Now: Chinese tech company Leapting has successfully completed its first commercial deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules with an AI-driven solar module mounting robot in Australia. The Chinese company was tasked with supporting th...
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Threads Jumps to 350 Million, Adding 30 Million Users in Three Months(2025-05-03 15:00:04)

Threads has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, reports TechCrunch, citing Mark Zuckerberg's comments on a company earnings call. That means Threads grew by 9.4% in roughly 90 days: That's an increase of 30 million users since the prior quarter, where Meta reported that Threads had...
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Google Plans To Roll Out Its AI Chatbot To Children Under 13(2025-05-03 10:00:07)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Google plans to roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot next week for children under 13 (source paywalled; alternative source) who have parent-managed Google accounts, as tech companies vie to attract young users with A.I. prod...
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Evidence of Controversial Planet 9 Uncovered In Sky Surveys Taken 23 Years Apart(2025-05-03 05:00:04)

Astronomers may have found the best candidate yet for the elusive Planet Nine: a mysterious object in infrared sky surveys taken 23 years apart that appears to be more massive than Neptune and about 700 times farther from the sun than Earth. Space.com reports: [A] team led by astronomer Terry Long P...
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