News Information Technology News Feeds SlashdotMicrosoft's Canada Timezone Troubles Leave Admins Fixing Calendars, Pretending They're In Bogota November 2, 2026Microsoft is scrambling to fix time-zone problems across Outlook, Power Automate, Fabric, SharePoint and other products after parts of Canada stopped observing seasonal clock changes on November 1. "The company has confirmed problems across a chunk of its software estate, leaving some customers facing incorrect times, broken schedules and a collection of workarounds while Redmond […]Marvell to Buy Lumentum In $115 Billion Bet On AI Connectivity November 2, 2026Marvell has agreed to acquire optical components maker Lumentum in an all-stock deal with an implied enterprise value of $115 billion. "AI infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental architectural shift toward optical connectivity, creating an opportunity that comes along once in a generation," said Marvell Chairman and CEO Matt Murphy. "The companies that move first and […]Supermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit By Second Suspected Cyberattack November 2, 2026An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack similar to one that caused millions of euros of food losses in France. Sweden's Coop chain told the daily […]Itch Is Being Flooded By AI-Generated Garbage November 2, 2026The number of game pages being created per-day on Itch has doubled, the indie games site announced Saturday on Bluesky. When asked why, they responded: "take a guess." As the gaming news site Aftermath puts it, "the surge has been almost entirely down to AI-created garbage racing onto the platform as the popularity of vibe-coded […]Bad Flock Info Leads Police To Tow Wrong Car, Then Towing Company Totals It November 2, 2026"Police continue to blindly trust Flock cameras above and beyond the evidence in front of their own eyes," reports Jalopnik.com. "After incorrectly connecting Rosalyn Crump's car to a shooting that had occurred the previous day, police had her car towed and impounded as evidence, reports Moneywise..." According to WWBT 12 On Your Side, Richmond, Virginia, […] Ars TechnicaThe world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money November 2, 2026A new action plan aims to rescue 2030 nature targets as financing remains inadequate.This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be November 2, 2026This DIY e-paper display works in two official ecosystems or on your own server.Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged October 31, 2026A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy. October 31, 2026The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death October 31, 2026The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.
