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BSA Lashes Out At Mandatory Open-Source Licensing(2026-06-05 15:00:03)

Longtime Slashdot reader Elektroschock writes: The American Business Software Alliance (BSA) does not consider mandatory open-source licensing to be an appropriate indicator of sovereignty. This is among the "pointed messages" they sent to the French government consultation (closed) today. "What pro...
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New IronWorm Malware Hits 36 Packages In npm Supply-Chain Attack(2026-06-05 10:00:05)

A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWorm. According to BleepingComputer, the malware "targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault confi...
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Used Waymo Robotaxi Batteries Become Backup Storage For Power Grids(2026-06-05 05:00:03)

Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions have struck a "strategic supply agreement" to repurpose used batteries from Waymo's electric robotaxi fleet into stationary storage for California and Texas power grids. The arrangement could give robotaxi batteries a second life storing renewable energy after they're...
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Bees Can Use Tools To Solve Problems, Study Finds(2026-06-05 00:00:14)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees cou...
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Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags 'Self-Improvement' Risk(2026-06-04 20:00:21)

Anthropic is urging leading AI labs to consider slowing development, warning that frontier models are advancing fast enough that they may soon be able to improve themselves without direct human intervention. The company says a global ability to pause or slow AI development would "likely be a good th...
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