It's already happened — at least on Google Maps.

Google's online maps reflect name changes in official government sources, Google posted Saturday. So when the U.S. Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America," Google also renamed it "Lake America" — for visitors from the U.S.

"Those in Canada will continue to see 'Lake Ontario'," Google said.

And people from every other country in the world... "will see both names." Though here's how it will be written...


Lake Ontario (Lake America)


"These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country, and are starting to roll out now."


Meanwhile, NPR reports that Ontario's Premier posted a billboard reading "Lake Ontario — Now and Always" on Canada's side of the lake (repeating the message in French). And The Daily Beast reports Google move has also drawn some criticism online:



"Hey you gave one of the Great Lakes the wrong name; pretty embarrassing mistake so you might want to fix that," one user wrote on X...

MapQuest has said it will not be changing the name, and instead launched a new tool that allows users to rename it themselves to whatever they want.

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America's public education system has become "an avenue for multitrillion-dollar companies to enact their agendas," argues a NewYork Times reporter who's covered that tech industry influence for over 10 years. Big tech companies "advocate for new laws to require schools to teach industry-aligned subjects. They sit on committees that help shape learning standards for public school students..."


The reporter concludes that "Silicon Valley's efforts to capture the attention of education professionals and provide student training materials can also double as marketing or indoctrination."
They enable some of the most powerful corporations on the planet to spin rosy technology stories for administrators, teachers and students, giving them a sanitized view of industry practices and product risks. Many parents would likely object if, say, Exxon Mobil wrote their children's environmental science curriculum. Or if Purdue Pharma trained their children's biology teachers. Yet, over the last decade, schools have often embraced the technology industry in similar ways with few questions asked.

The article excerpts the soon-to-be-released book " Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools," with the reporter adding more thoughts on LinkedIn:


Every few years, Silicon Valley has urged American public schools to quickly adopt the latest technology or teach the latest tech subject: Big Data analytics; laptops for every child; algorithm-driven math and reading apps; compter programming; virtual reality. And each time the urgent arguments sounded remarkably similar: if schools just adopted the latest tech tool, or taught the latest tech subject, it would democratize learning for every child and equip students with valuable career skills.
Despite good intentions, "today we know some of those classroom tech drives did not exactly pan out as advertised."

Now some of the same companies that urged schools to provide laptops and coding lessons are employing similar arguments to urge schools to quickly adopt A.I. tools. I've spent years covering Chromebooks and student chatbot use. And I'm troubled by our collective amnesia around school tech.

Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader theodp for sharing the article.

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ScienceDaily reports:

A microchip about the size of a grain of rice can generate a highly organized "rainbow" of light, a capability that could eventually support faster, higher-capacity 6G communications and extremely precise timing for quantum technologies. Physicists at Loughborough University, working with an international research team, demonstrated a system that produces a series of precisely spaced light frequencies. Those optical frequencies can then be converted into multiple high-frequency electromagnetic signals known as millimeter waves.

Millimeter waves are attracting growing interest for future communications because they can provide considerably more bandwidth, giving networks more room to transmit data. A major obstacle, however, has been producing these signals with the precision and stability required for advanced applications... "They could ultimately contribute to faster, higher capacity 6G networks," [said Dr. Luke Peters, of Loughborough University's Emergent Photonics Research Centre], "but the potential goes far beyond communications. These frequencies could also be used in radar systems as well as spectroscopy and astronomical instruments, helping scientists study materials and make extremely precise measurements of the universe.
"These applications are still some way off, and there are challenges to overcome before the technology can be used in real-world systems — but our latest work has tackled a major one..." A microcomb generates an extremely precise set of light frequencies arranged somewhat like the colors in a rainbow, although the light itself is invisible to the human eye. A specialized antenna can then convert those optical frequencies into millimeter waves. Earlier research demonstrated that microcombs could produce a single precise millimeter wave frequency. Generating many frequencies simultaneously could be far more useful because each could potentially serve as a separate channel for transmitting information at the same time. Achieving that, however, requires a microcomb with exceptional stability and signal quality.
In a new Nature Communications paper, the Loughborough led researchers report a system capable of doing exactly that.

Their system connects its chip-based microresonator to a much larger loop of optical fiber where laser light continuously travels through both parts of the system, according to the article.

"The team is now investigating how the microcomb system could eventually move from a laboratory experiment into practical technology."

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Citrix's Desktop as a Service (DaaS) product includes a lightweight, hardened second operating system called UniconOS (once called "eLux") to offer Windows customers a write-protected file system Citrix says is secure against computer viruses and other malware. Nerds.xyz reports:

According to the company, the environment remains isolated from the Windows filesystem and uses Secure Boot protections covering the shim, bootloader, kernel, and initial RAM filesystem. That separation matters when ransomware encrypts Windows or a faulty update leaves the operating system trapped in a boot loop. Instead of repairing Windows immediately, an employee can boot into UniconOS and use Citrix DaaS to access virtual applications and desktops.

Citrix SecurAccess with Chrome Enterprise provides access to internal web applications under the organization's existing security policies. In other words, UniconOS does not actually fix the damaged Windows installation. It gives employees another route to their applications while the IT department investigates or repairs Windows... [T]he installer shrinks the Windows volume, creates a new partition, copies UniconOS onto it, and registers the necessary boot entries. Windows remains the default operating system during ordinary use, although administrators can configure boot delays and fallback behavior...

The approach could prove useful following a widespread ransomware attack or another defective Windows update resembling the CrowdStrike incident of 2024. Recovery would happen independently on every compatible endpoint instead of requiring IT employees to physically handle thousands of computers.

Thanks to Slashdot reader BrianFagioli for sharing the news.

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Sparta heeft beet en gaat zich maandag versterken met Cedric Hatenboer. De geboren Rotterdammer komt over van Anderlecht, dat hem afgelopen half jaar al verhuurde aan Telstar.

Rijkswaterstaat waarschuwt automobilisten voor files nu de vakantieperiode maandag weer voorbij is. Door de vele werkzaamheden in de regio wordt er veel verkeersdrukte verwacht. "We vinden het belangrijk dat mensen niet verrast worden", zegt omgevingsmanager Jörgen van der Meer.

In de nieuwste uitzending van Feyenoord: De Verlenging werd er uitgebreid teruggeblikt het teleurstellende gelijkspel tegen ADO Den Haag. Vanuit De Kuip werden er harde conclusies getrokken over 'de grote meneren' van Feyenoord, het spel van de Rotterdammers en de titelambities.

Ayase Ueda is hard op weg naar de uitgang bij Feyenoord. Voor de Japanse spits, die zondag nog trefzeker was tegen ADO Den Haag (2-2), lonkt een stap naar Frankrijk.

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Robert Guanco, 41, a pastor at Jesus Living Water church in Eastbourne, described as having ‘touched many lives’

A 41-year-old man who died after a large wooden sign fell at a Christian festival on Friday has been named as Robert Guanco, a pastor at a church in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

A tribute from his church on Sunday described him as a respected pastor who was a “loving husband” and “a devoted and caring father”.

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Real Madrid maintained their perfect start to the season in La Liga with a comfortable 4-0 home ⁠win over promoted Málaga on Sunday, scoring three times inside 30 minutes before adding a late fourth.

Jude Bellingham’s brilliant solo opener, an own ⁠goal by the Málaga goalkeeper ⁠Alfonso Herrero and ​a sharp Kylian Mbappé volley effectively settled the contest before half-time, with substitute Arda Guler wrapping up the victory in added time at ⁠the Bernabéu.

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VAL DI SOLE (ANP) - Mathieu van der Poel (31) had "geen power" in zijn benen. Dat zei de Nederlander na zijn mislukte poging zondag om het WK mountainbike te winnen. "Ik had geen goede dag. Dat was al vanaf het begin zo. Ik bleef zitten waar ik zat", zei Van der Poel, die als 33e was gestart en als nummer 30 eindigde tegen de NOS.

Van der Poel koesterde vooraf de hoop dat hij in Italië wereldkampioen zou kunnen worden. Hij wist het WK mountainbike nog nooit te winnen.

Van der Poel keek ook terug op de val van de Sloveen Tadej Pogačar zaterdag tijdens de Vuelta. "Ik heb hem beterschap gewenst."

The Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, has faced frequent Ukrainian drone and missile attacks.