The Pentagon wants a stealthy UAV to train pilots against fifth-generation fighters (www.flightglobal.com)
Beepy, a palm-sized Linux hacking playground (hackaday.com)
An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)
An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined
'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batteries (www.rechargenews.com)
WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD (www.thurrott.com)
WhatsApp is finally letting users share pictures in better quality. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new capability on Instagram today (via The Verge), and support for HD pictures will roll out to all WhatsApp users over the next few weeks....
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
Webb's data confirms Maisie's Galaxy as oldest ever observed (interestingengineering.com)
What Is An Arkose Challenge? The Anti-Bot Verification Test Used By Twitter/X (www.iflscience.com)
How Drones Are Helping Demine Ukraine (gizmodo.com)
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t... (www.theverge.com)
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t…::The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has halted production after controversies over ethics and accuracy in reporting, spurred...
AI Is Starting to Look Like the Dot Com Bubble (futurism.com)
As the AI market continues to balloon, experts are warning that its VC-driven rise is eerily similar to that of the dot com bubble.
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote (apnews.com)
Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote::A Brazilian hacker claims then-President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to hack the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.
Elon Musk Plans to Remove Option to Block People on Twitter (www.macrumors.com)
Elon Musk Plans to Remove Option to Block People on Twitter::undefined
The Most Efficient Solar Panels of August 2023 (www.cnet.com)
The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them. (www.businessinsider.com)
The world’s largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.::Jobs at the TSMC semiconductor factory in Arizona could require long hours and total obedience. Americans may push back on the company’s culture.
Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)
STS (Secure Time Seeding) uses server time from SSL handshakes, which is fine when talking to other Microsoft servers, but other implementations put random data in that field to prevent fingerprinting.
US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites (www.space.com)
US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites::The United States Space Force has activated its first and only unit dedicated to targeting other nations’ satellites and the ground stations that support them.
School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (www.popsci.com)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'
Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows::Close to half of American adults support a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that also asked questions about national security concerns and China.
TikTok is banned from city-owned devices in NYC (mashable.com)
TikTok is banned from city-owned devices in NYC::undefined
Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada (arstechnica.com)
Late last week, MSN.com’s Microsoft Travel section posted an AI-generated article about the “cannot miss” attractions of Ottawa that includes the Ottawa Food Bank, a real charitable organization that feeds struggling families. In its recommendation text, Microsoft’s AI model wrote, “Consider going into it on an empty...
Recently, the government was hacked. As a result, I created a blog post detailing how this occurred. (opsecguardian.com)
Do i missed anything HAHA?
NASA’s incredible new solid-state battery pushes the boundaries of energy storage: ‘This could revolutionize air travel’ (news.yahoo.com)
NASA’s incredible new solid-state battery pushes the boundaries of energy storage: ‘This could revolutionize air travel’::“We’re starting to approach this new frontier of battery research."
'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span (theweek.com)
‘TikTok brain’ may be coming for your kid’s attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok’s rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.
