News Information Technology News Feeds SlashdotInstrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models September 3, 2026"Enshittification of car controls [is] rapidly accelerating," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij, pointing to a new report from Car and Driver. From the report: Remember when iPhones used to come with free headphones and a phone charger (including the wall plug)? It didn't feel so much like Apple giving you free goodies as it did […]Global Heating Will Hit At Least 1.8C, UN Warns, and There Are 'No Good Outcomes' September 3, 2026An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city […]FCC Plans Robocall Scorecard to Grade Phone Companies On Spam Call Blocking September 2, 2026The FCC is proposing (PDF) a public "robocall mitigation scorecard" that would grade phone companies on how well they block illegal spam calls while avoiding false positives on the legitimate ones. "The Scorecard will empower consumers and encourage providers to continue to combat illegal robocalls by providing the public with an assessment of the effectiveness […]1Password Wades Into a Right-Wing Mess After Funding a Linux Project September 2, 20261Password is facing customer and internal employee backlash after pledging $300,000 to support a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. "The popular password manager is now a 'distinguished corporate patron' of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy," reports The […]CERN Transitioning From RHEL To Debian September 2, 2026Longtime Slashdot reader Microsplat: CERN plans to have all 2,200+ industrial computers and embedded systems in its accelerator-control infrastructure running Debian 13 by the end of 2026. These are systems used for accelerator control, laboratory equipment and other operational functions ... They also generate and interact with a hefty amount of data, although this Linux.com […] Ars TechnicaSpending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants September 2, 2026Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale September 2, 2026The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking September 2, 2026Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design September 2, 2026"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks September 2, 2026Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
