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				Google has <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-latest-bet-on-a-fusion-powered-future/">signed</a> a deal to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/climate/fusion-energy-google-commonwealth-agreement">purchase 200 megawatts of future fusion energy from Commonwealth Fusion Systems</a>, despite the energy source not yet existing. "It's a sign of how hungry big tech companies are for a virtually unlimited source of clean power that is still years away," reports CNN. From the report: <i> Google and Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced a deal Monday in which the tech company bought 200 megawatts of power from Commonwealth's first commercial fusion plant, the same amount of energy that could power roughly 200,000 average American homes. Commonwealth aims to build the plant in Virginia by the early 2030s. When it starts generating usable fusion energy is still TBD, though the company believes they can do it in the same timeframe.
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Google is also investing a second round of money into Commonwealth to spur development of its demonstration tokamak -- a donut-shaped machine that uses massive magnets and molten plasma to force two atoms to merge, thereby creating the energy of the sun. Google and Commonwealth did not disclose how much money is being invested, but both touted the announcement as a major step toward fusion commercialization. "We're using this purchasing power that we have to send a demand signal to the market for fusion energy and hopefully move (the) technology forward," said Michael Terrell, senior director of energy and climate at Google.
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Commonwealth is currently building its demonstration plant in Massachusetts, known as SPARC. It's the tokamak the company says could forever change where the world gets its power from, generating 10 million times more energy than coal or natural gas while producing no planet-warming pollution. Fuel for fusion is abundant, derived from a form of hydrogen found in seawater and tritium extracted from lithium. And unlike nuclear fission, there is no radioactive waste involved. The big challenge is that no one has yet built a machine powerful and precise enough to get more energy out of the reaction than they put into it.</i><br>

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				Thousands of Norwegians briefly believed they had won massive Eurojackpot prizes after a manual coding error by Norsk Tipping <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/norwegian_lotto_error/">mistakenly multiplied winnings by 100 instead of dividing</a>. The Register reports: <i> Eurojackpot, a pan-European lottery launched in 2012, holds two draws per week, and its jackpots start at about $12 million with a rollover cap of $141 million. Norsk Tipping, Norway's Eurojackpot administrator, <a href="https://www.norsk-tipping.no/nyheter/visningsfeil-i-eurojackpot">admitted</a> on Friday that a "manual error" it its conversion process from Eurocents to Norwegian kroner multiplied amounts by 100 instead of dividing them. As a result, "<a href="https://www.norsk-tipping.no/nyheter/norsk-tipping-sender-beklagelse-til-berorte-kunder-etter-eurojackpot-feilen">thousands</a>" of players were briefly shown jackpots far higher than their actual winnings before the mistake was caught, but no incorrect payouts were made.
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Norsk Tipping didn't disclose how large the false jackpots were, but math suggests the improper amounts were 10,000x times higher. Regardless, it seems like a lot of people thought they were big winners, based on what the company's now-former CEO, Tonje Sagstuen, said on Saturday.  "I have received many messages from people who had managed to make plans for holidays, buying an apartment or renovating before they realized that the amount was wrong," Sagstuen <a href="https://presse.norsk-tipping.no/pressreleases/norsk-tipping-vi-er-lei-oss-over-aa-ha-skuffet-saa-mange-3394478">said</a> in a statement. "To them I can only say: Sorry!" The incorrect prize amounts were visible on the Norsk Tipping website only briefly on Friday, but the CEO still <a href="https://presse.norsk-tipping.no/pressreleases/tonje-sagstuen-fratrer-som-administrerende-direktoer-i-norsk-tipping-3394490">resigned</a> over the weekend following the incident.
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				An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: <i>Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post last week that Windows powers over a billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but according to <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/400-million-windows-pcs-vanished-in-3-years-where-did-they-all-go/">ZDNET</a>, the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar22/index.html">Microsoft annual report</a> for 2022 said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11. Given that these documents contain material information and have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant's lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows' user base has been quietly shrinking in the past three years, <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-seemingly-lost-400-million-users-in-the-past-three-years-official-microsoft-statements-show-hints-of-a-shrinking-user-base">shedding around 400 million users</a>.
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				Oracle has <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-inks-cloud-deal-worth-150659560.html">signed a landmark $30 billion annual cloud deal</a> -- nearly triple the size of its current cloud infrastructure business -- with revenue expected to begin in fiscal year 2028. The deal was disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday without the customer being named. Bloomberg reports: <i> "Oracle is off to a strong start" in its fiscal year 2026, Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz said in the filing. The company has signed "multiple large cloud services agreements," she said, adding that revenue from Oracle's namesake database that runs on other clouds continues to grow more than 100%.
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				HP is developing a "PCFax" system similar to CarFax for used cars that <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/carmax-used-pcs">securely collects and stores detailed device usage and health data at the firmware level</a> to extend the life of PCs and reduce e-waste. A team of HP experts outlines the system in a recent IEEE Spectrum report: <i> The secure telemetry protocol we've developed at HP works as follows. We gather the critical hardware and sensor data and store it in a designated area of the SSD. This area is write-locked, meaning only authorized firmware components can write to it, preventing accidental modification or tampering. That authorized firmware component we us is the Endpoint Security Controller, a dedicated piece of hardware embedded in business class HP PCs. It plays a critical role in strengthening platform-level security and works independently from the main CPU to provide foundational protection.
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The endpoint security controller establishes a secure session by retaining the secret key within the controller itself. This mechanism enables read data protection on the SSD -- where telemetry and sensitive data are stored -- by preventing unauthorized access, even if the operating system is reinstalled or the system environment is otherwise altered. Then, the collected data is recorded in a timestamped file, stored within a dedicated telemetry log on the SSD. Storing these records on the SSD has the benefit of ensuring the data is persistent even if the operating system is reinstalled or some other drastic change in software environment occurs. The telemetry log employs a cyclic buffer design, automatically overwriting older entries when the log reaches full capacity. Then, the telemetry log can be accessed by authorized applications at the operating system level.
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The telemetry log serves as the foundation for a comprehensive device history report. Much like a CarFax report for used cars, this report, which we call PCFax, will provide both current users and potential buyers with crucial information. The PCFax report aggregates data from multiple sources beyond just the on-device telemetry logs. It combines the secure firmware-level usage data with information from HP's factory and supply chain records, digital services platforms, customer support service records, diagnostic logs, and more. Additionally, the system can integrate data from external sources including partner sales and service records, refurbishment partner databases, third-party component manufacturers like Intel, and other original equipment manufacturers. This multi-source approach creates a complete picture of the device's entire lifecycle, from manufacturing through all subsequent ownership and service events.</i><br>

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				Freelance workers using AI tools are <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/ai-job-vibe-coding-upwork">earning significantly more than their counterparts</a>, with AI-related freelance earnings climbing 25% year over year and AI freelancers commanding over 40% higher hourly rates than non-AI workers, according to new data from Upwork.<br> <br>

The freelance marketplace analyzed over 130 work categories and tracked millions of job posts over six months, finding that generative AI is simultaneously replacing low-complexity, repetitive tasks while creating demand for AI-augmented work. Workers using AI for augmentation outnumber those using it for automation by more than 2 to 1. Freelancers with coding skills comprising at least 25% of their work now earn 11% more for identical jobs compared to November 2022 when ChatGPT launched.

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				Apple must face the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing the iPhone maker of <a href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/1924206/doj-blames-apple-for-failure-of-amazon-fire-phone-windows-phone-and-htc">unlawfully dominating the U.S. smartphone market</a>, a judge ruled on Monday. From a report:<i> U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-loses-bid-dismiss-us-smartphone-monopoly-case-2025-06-30/">denied Apple's motion to dismiss the lawsuit</a> accusing the company of using restrictions on third-party app and device developers to keep users from switching to competitors and unlawfully dominate the market.<br> <br>

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				An anonymous reader shares a report:<i> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a plan for spectrum auctions that <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/senate-gop-budget-bill-has-little-noticed-provision-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi/">could take frequencies away from Wi-Fi</a> and reallocate them for the exclusive use of wireless carriers. The plan would benefit AT&amp;T, which is based in Cruz's home state, along with Verizon and T-Mobile.<br> <br>

Cruz's proposal revives a years-old controversy over whether the entire 6 GHz band should be devoted to Wi-Fi, which can use the large spectrum band for faster speeds than networks that rely solely on the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that would require spectrum to be auctioned off for full-power, commercially licensed use, and the question is where that spectrum will come from.

When the House of Representatives passed its so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," it excluded all of the frequencies between 5.925 and 7.125 gigahertz from the planned spectrum auctions. But Cruz's version of the budget reconciliation bill, which is moving quickly toward a final vote, removed the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions. The Cruz bill is also controversial because it would penalize states that regulate artificial intelligence.

Instead of excluding the 6 GHz band from auctions, Cruz's bill would instead exclude the 7.4-8.4 GHz band used by the military. Under conditions set by the bill, it could be hard for the Commerce Department and Federal Communications Commission to fulfill the Congressional mandate without taking some spectrum away from Wi-Fi.

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				Apple is considering using AI technology from Anthropic or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, according to Bloomberg, sidelining its own in-house models in a potentially blockbuster move aimed at turning around its flailing AI effort. From the report:<i> The iPhone maker has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/apple-weighs-replacing-siri-s-ai-llms-with-anthropic-claude-or-openai-chatgpt">talked with both companies about using their large language models</a> for Siri, according to people familiar with the discussions. It has asked them to train versions of their models that could run on Apple's cloud infrastructure for testing, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.<br> <br>

If Apple ultimately moves forward, it would represent a monumental reversal. The company currently powers most of its AI features with homegrown technology that it calls Apple Foundation Models and had been planning a new version of its voice assistant that runs on that technology for 2026. A switch to Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT models for Siri would be an acknowledgment that the company is struggling to compete in generative AI -- the most important new technology in decades. Apple already allows ChatGPT to answer web-based search queries in Siri, but the assistant itself is powered by Apple.

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				<a href="https://torrentfreak.com/">TorrentFreak</a> spotlights <a href="https://vp.net/">VP.net</a>, a brand-new service from Private Internet Access founder Andrew Lee (the guy who gifted Linux Journal to Slashdot) that eliminates the classic "just trust your VPN" problem by locking identity-mapping and traffic-handling inside Intel SGX enclaves.

The company promises 'cryptographically verifiable privacy' by using special hardware 'safes' (Intel SGX), so even the provider can't track what its users are up to.

<br> <br>The design goal is that no one, not even the VPN company, can link "User X" to "Website Y."

<br> <br>Lee frames it as enabling agency over one's privacy:

"Our zero trust solution does not require you to trust us - and that's how it should be. Your privacy should be up to your choice - not up to some random VPN provider in some random foreign country."

The team behind VP.net includes CEO Matt Kim as well as arguably the first Bitcoin veterans Roger Ver and Mark Karpeles.

<br> <br>Ask Slashdot: Now that there's a VPN where you don't have to "just trust the provider" - arguably the first real zero-trust VPN - are trust based VPNs obsolete?<br>

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				Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said he <a href="https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/693052/automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-drama-wp-engine-open-source">regrets telling the media</a> that "<a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/04/1925239/matt-mullenweg-wordpressorg-just-belongs-to-me">WordPress.org just belongs to me personally</a>" during a new interview about his company's legal dispute with hosting provider WP Engine. The comment has been "taken out of context so many times" and represents "the worst thing ever," Mullenweg said in a new podcast interview with The Verge.<br> <br>

The dispute began when Mullenweg accused WP Engine of <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/23/1348226/wordpress-founder-calls-wp-engine-a-cancer-to-wordpress-and-urges-community-to-switch-providers">"free-riding" on WordPress's open-source ecosystem</a> without contributing adequate resources back to the project. Mullenweg filed a lawsuit against WP Engine while <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/26/147236/wordpressorg-denies-service-to-wp-engine">cutting off the company's access to core WordPress technologies</a>. WP Engine <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/03/1354214/wp-engine-sues-wordpress-for-libel-extortion">countersued</a>, and Automattic was forced to reverse some retaliatory measures.

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				China's transition to digital payments has reached the point where physical cash has <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/06/28/in-china-coins-and-banknotes-have-all-but-disappeared_6742800_19.html">nearly vanished from daily commerce</a>, with WeChat and Alipay now handling transactions from supermarkets to public transportation across the world's second-largest economy. Many businesses no longer maintain traditional cash registers and instead scan QR codes presented by customers, while numerous taxis refuse cash payments entirely.<br> <br>

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				Microsoft's new AI diagnostic system <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/">achieved 80% accuracy in diagnosing patients</a> compared to 20% for human doctors, while reducing costs by 20%, according to <a href="https://microsoft.ai/new/the-path-to-medical-superintelligence/">company research</a> published Monday. The MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator queries multiple leading AI models including OpenAI's GPT, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Meta's Llama, and xAI's Grok in what the company describes as a "chain-of-debate style" approach.<br> <br>

The system was tested against 304 case studies from the New England Journal of Medicine using Microsoft's Sequential Diagnosis Benchmark, which breaks down each case into step-by-step diagnostic processes that mirror how human physicians work. Microsoft CEO of AI Mustafa Suleyman called the development "a genuine step toward medical superintelligence."

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