News Information Technology News Feeds SlashdotNew DNA Tech Identifies Soldier Killed in America's Revolution in 1780 July 4, 2026South Carolina's pine forests "have spent centuries hiding a secret as old as America itself," reports CBS News: In August 1780, British and American soldiers clashed there, leading to a terrible defeat for the Continental army [fighting for the 13 colonies rebelling against England]. Battlefield archaeologists Jim Legg and Steve Smith have been studying the […]842,000 American Households Lost Power Today During a Heatwave July 4, 2026As America began celebrating its 250th birthday Saturday, 842,000 homes reported power outages, notes ABC News. Figures from tracking site PowerOutage showed states in America's Northeast and Midwest were impacted by severe weather and extreme heat. That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households, meaning that […]Did Microsoft Shift Its Profits to Low-Tax Countries? July 4, 2026Microsoft is apparently shifting its profits to countries with low taxes — and out of countries where they have many more employees and significant sales. Back in 2005 Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even said that a low corporate tax rate "is part of the overall advantage of doing business in Ireland," remembers long-time Slashdot […]FSF Shares Update on 'LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool July 4, 2026At the end of 2025, the FSF launched LibrePhone project, which is working to "better understand and reverse-engineer the nonfree blobs used by a great majority of (if not all) system on a chip designs available today." The FSF's summer newsletter shares this update: We started with researching the proprietary files in Android phones supported […]AOL's Owner Bending Spoons Hits Wall Street with $1.7 billion IPO July 4, 2026"The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday," reports the Associated Press: The company is getting $1 billion in proceeds, while the rest is going to shareholders. The stock surged 39.7% in its first day of trading under the symbol "BSP" on the Nasdaq, […] Ars TechnicaReview: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests July 4, 2026It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.When the ability to smell goes away July 4, 2026Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health.A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why July 4, 2026Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone July 3, 2026NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech July 3, 2026New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.
