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Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations(2026-05-09 05:00:08)

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Cold War spies planted bugs in walls, lamps, and telephones. Now, scientists warn, the cables themselves could listen in. A fiber optic technique used to detect earthquakes can also pick up the faint vibrations of nearby speech, researchers reporte...
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NASA Keeps Track As Mexico City Sinks Into the Ground(2026-05-09 00:00:03)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Walking into Mexico City's sprawling central Zocalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital's cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in t...
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Does Fidelity's Reorganization Signal the Beginning of the End for 'Small-Team Agile'?(2026-05-08 20:00:13)

Longtime Slashdot reader cellocgw writes: Hiding inside another layoff report, Fidelity is reorganizing: "The changes are aimed at moving the teams away from an 'agile' makeup -- comprising smaller, siloed squads -- and toward larger teams built to move faster on projects." OMG, as they say: "Sudden...
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Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement(2026-05-08 15:00:04)

Apple and Intel have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement (paywalled; alternative source) for Intel to manufacture some chips used in Apple devices, after more than a year of talks and pressure from the Trump administration. It's still unclear which Apple products would use Intel-made chips, b...
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First Segment of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Is In Place(2026-05-08 10:00:06)

Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: The Fehrmarnbelt tunnel is a European construction megaproject building a tunnel between Denmark and Germany, crossing the Fehmarnbelt in the Baltic sea. The first segment of the tunnel has now successfully been placed in its designated spot. This is a yet-u...
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