The NYC subway is using AI to detect fare dodgers (www.theverge.com)
Fruity trojan downloader performs multi-stage infection of Windows computers, masquerading as apps for fine-tuning CPUs, graphic cards, and BIOS, for hardware-monitoring, and others. (news.drweb.com)
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NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess (www.theregister.com)
NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections (m.sundayworld.com)
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections::undefined
Letters from the lawyers: Musk threatens CCDH with brazen attempt to silence honest criticism. — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH (counterhate.com)
“Last week we got a letter from Elon Musk’s X. Corp threatening CCDH with legal action over our work, exposing the proliferation of hate and lies on Twitter since he became the owner. Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research in the desperate hope that he can stem...
Blizzard says that modding Diablo IV can result in a permanent account ban (www.techspot.com)
Blizzard says that modding Diablo IV can result in a permanent account ban::undefined
A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact (www.cnbc.com)
A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact::Technology has disrupted many workplaces. Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT may have an outsized impact on higher-paid office jobs, experts said.
OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation (www.businessinsider.com)
OceanGate’s cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn’t stop pushing the limits of innovation::Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states (www.businessinsider.com)
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states::One Maryland officer told a local news station that they have searched for other manufacturers of drones and none live up to the quality of DJI.
Google Fiber: Summer is “Just Speeding Up,” NC Gets 5 Gbps (www.telecompetitor.com)
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
How Silicon Valley is helping the Pentagon in the AI arms race (archive.is)
Ffmpeg guide, useful for building filter graphs (ffmpeg.guide)
China's tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country's cozying up to its tech firms again. (www.businessinsider.com)
China’s tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country’s cozying up to its tech firms again.::Local governments in China are wooing deals with tech giants to build on the so-called “platform economy,” per the SCMP.
A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work (arstechnica.com)
Europe’s dark matter-hunting space telescope nabs its first test images (www.esa.int)
Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems (apnews.com)
Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems::The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana.
Some Apple users say its parental controls aren't working properly. A CEO who has 4 kids called it 'frustrating.' (www.businessinsider.com)
Some Apple users say its parental controls aren’t working properly. A CEO who has 4 kids called it ‘frustrating.’::Parents told The Wall Street Journal they have to continuously check their Screen Time settings to ensure their children’s usage is limited.
Opinion | Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: When It Comes to Big Tech, Enough Is Enough (www.nytimes.com)
For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic (www.wired.com)
Milk-V's Pioneer Is a Tall Glass of Cold RISC-V with 64 Cores, Up to 128GB of RAM (www.hackster.io)
Hackers exploit BleedingPipe RCE to target Minecraft servers, players (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices.
The codified Library of Alexandria (madhakker.com)
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The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project (www.bbc.com)
The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project::One day in Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.
Following the (Italian Competition) Authority's intervention, Google's data portability becomes easier (en.agcm.it)
The Italian Competition Authority has closed its investigation into an alleged abuse of dominant position by Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Google Italy S.r.l (Google), by making the proposed commitments binding....