Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)
Attack wrangles thousands of web users into a password-cracking botnet (arstechnica.com)
Attackers have transformed hundreds of hacked sites running WordPress software into command-and-control servers that force visitors’ browsers to perform password-cracking attacks....
After Astra loses 99 percent of its value, founders take rocket firm private (arstechnica.com)
Astra’s long, strange trip in the space business is taking another turn. The company announced Thursday that it is going private at an extremely low valuation....
After default password disclosed online, 1200 inmates have prison issued laptops seized by guards, threatening their ability to make class deadlines (www.opencampusmedia.org)
Zhang, an electrical engineer in Boston, decided to post about trying to unlock his Justice Tech Solutions Securebook 5 on the social platform X. The thread went viral — also catching the attention of Washington corrections officials, who have used the device for college programming since 2020....
Intel inches closer to $3.5B contract to build secret fabs for Uncle Sam (www.theregister.com)
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power | AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. (wapo.st)
Gaza becomes Israel's testing ground for military robots (www.haaretz.com)
You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists. (gizmodo.com)
You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.::Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.
What Boeing’s Door-Plug Debacle Says About the Future of Aviation Safety (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
Securing bolts properly is about the lowest-hanging fruit of high-reliability engineering.
Many Gen Z employees say ChatGPT is giving better career advice than their bosses (www.cnbc.com)
Many Gen Z employees say ChatGPT is giving better career advice than their bosses::Nearly half of Gen Z workers say they get better job advice from ChatGPT than their managers, according to a recent survey.
The DMA hasn't changed Big Tech's anticompetitive DNA, says Free Software Foundation Europe (www.theregister.com)
Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands (www.reuters.com)
Apple's Epic ban is questioned by EU regulators; more details (9to5mac.com)
Apple hit with $2 billion EU antitrust fine in Spotify case (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has been fined €1.8bn ($2bn) by the EU after an investigation found it had limited competition from music streaming services such as Spotify....
French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL (heathermeeker.com)
Will Gamers Nexus feature Adata's 10% DDR5 temp improvement? (www.xpg.com)
Technological feat aside:...
EU investigating Apple's block of Epic developer account (www.eurogamer.net)
Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Ubicloud aims to provide an open source alternative to AWS by offering core cloud computing services on affordable bare-metal servers....
Settlement for the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator also resulted in takedown of the Citra 3DS emulator created by the same developers. (overkill.wtf)
The Citra website has been replaced with the same statement made on the Yuzu website, and the GitHub repository is now gone as well....
Meta's Facebook, Instagram back up after global outage (www.reuters.com)
Challenges in Deciphering the Secrets of Large Language Models (archive.is)
https://archive.is/6X8MM/ba28860cc9b52befad2256b26b6a14fa283aa469.webp...
Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update (techcrunch.com)
Right to Repair Act passes Oregon legislature (www.kgw.com)
This is great news, and a strong step forward....
Big Pharma & Big Tech
It’s easy to see the connection is it not?
Hacked WordPress sites use visitors' browsers to hack other sites (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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