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Linux Kernel Developer Chris Mason's New Initiative: AI Prompts for Code Reviews
Phoronix reports:
Chris Mason, the longtime Linux kernel developer most known for being the creator of Btrfs, has been working on a Git repository with AI review prompts he has been working on for LLM-assisted code review of Linux kernel patches. This initiative has been happening for some weeks n...
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EU Deploys New Government Satcom Program in Sovereignty Push
The EU "has switched on parts of its homegrown secure satellite communications network for the first time," reports Bloomberg, calling it part of a €10.6 billion push to "wean itself off US support amid growing tensions."
SpaceNews notes the new government program GOVSATCOM pools capacity fr...
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Anthropic's $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments
Talks "are at a standstill" for Anthropic's potential $200 million contract with America's Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.") The two issues?
- Using AI to surveil Americans
- Safeguards against deploying AI autonomously
The company's pos...
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When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the World's First Software Pirates
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Just months after his 20th birthday, Bill Gates had already angered the programmer community," remembers this 50th-anniversary commemoration of Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists. "As the first home computers began appearing in the 1970s, the world faced a ...
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99% of New US Will Be Green in 2026
This year in America, renewables and battery storage "will account for 99.2% of net new capacity — and even higher if small-scale solar were included," reports Electrek, citing EIA data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign:
EIA's latest monthly "Electric Power Monthly" report (with data through N...
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