UFC 260 is just hours away. …read more Source:: CNet

“Introducing Funds for Open Source!” reads a blog post on the site for Open Collective. Back in 2018 TechCrunch called them “a non-profit platform that provides tools to ‘collectives’ to receive money while also offering mechanisms to allow the members of those collectives to spend their money in a democratic and transparent way.” But while…

Sam decided to give up the shield, so now he has to deal with someone else taking up the mantle in the Disney Plus Marvel Cinematic Universe show. …read more Source:: CNet

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a columnist from Inc: Apple isn’t going to stop developers from tracking you. It’s also not against personalized ads, as Facebook refers to the targeted advertising it shows you based on your internet activity. If you want to share everything you do online with Facebook, Apple won’t stop you. In…

We’re no stranger to home built Motorola 68000 computers here at Hackaday, but more often than not, they tend to be an experiment in retro minimalism. The venerable processor is usually joined by only a handful of components, and there’s an excellent chance they’ll have taken up residence on a piece of perfboard. Then [NotArtyom]…

Slashdot reader Layzej writes: In January of 2011, Slashdot reported on AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi’s wager for climate scientists. He bet the earth would “cool .1 to .2 Celsius in the next ten years, according to objective satellite data.” He later backed down when the wager was accepted, saying “With the way the article is…

“The platforms have driven the price of content to zero,” says William Deresiewicz, author of The Death of the Artist. “This demonetized content is still generating a fortune. But the artists aren’t getting that money.” “Artists today are beset on all sides by monopolists and oligopolists,” argues a 7,000 word analysis in The American Prospect….

It’s a Saturday hodge-podge of savings. …read more Source:: CNet

“40,000 lines of flawed code almost made it into FreeBSD’s kernel,” writes Ars Technica, reporting on what happened when the CEO of Netgate, which makes FreeBSD-powered routers, decided it was time for FreeBSD to enjoy the same level of in-kernel WireGuard support that Linux does. The issue arose after Netgate offered a burned-out developer a…

Games like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Just Cause 3 are GeForce Now-compatible, but you don’t need GFN to play them. …read more Source:: CNet