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'I Broke Up with Google Search. It was Surprisingly Easy.'(2025-05-10 15:00:04)

Inspired by researchers who'd bribed people to use Microsoft's Bing for two weeks (and found some wanted to keep using it), a Washington Post tech columnist also tried it — and reported it "felt like quitting coffee." "The first few days, I was jittery. I kept double searching on Google and ...
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Police Dismantles Botnet Selling Hacked Routers As Residential Proxies(2025-05-10 10:00:11)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. The U.S. Justice Department also indicted three Russian...
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Lithium Deposit Valued At $1.5 Trillion Discovered In Oregon(2025-05-10 05:00:06)

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Earth.com: McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in the United States. Many view it as a potential boost for domestic battery production, while local communities ...
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AI Use Damages Professional Reputation, Study Suggests(2025-05-10 00:00:14)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Using AI can be a double-edged sword, according to new research from Duke University. While generative AI tools may boost productivity for some, they might also secretly damage your professional reputation. On Thursday, the Proceedings of the Na...
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Kids Are Short-Circuiting Their School-Issued Chromebooks For TikTok Clout(2025-05-09 20:00:12)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Schools across the US are warning parents about an Internet trend that has students purposefully trying to damage their school-issued Chromebooks so that they start smoking or catch fire. Various school districts, including some in Colorado, New...
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