Huawei's New Mystery 7nm Chip from Chinese Fab Defies US Sanctions (www.tomshardware.com)
Republicans Are Fooling Democrats on Kids’ Online Safety. (newrepublic.com)
Republicans Are Fooling Democrats on Kids’ Online Safety.::A bill before Congress would help the far right advance its ideological war—but Democrats apparently haven’t noticed or don’t care.
NSA Orders Employees to Spy “With Dignity and Respect” (theintercept.com)
NSA Orders Employees to Spy “With Dignity and Respect”::In a new directive, the head of the notoriously invasive NSA ordered employees to spy on the world with “with dignity and respect”
UNESCO calls for a global smartphone ban in schools (www.euronews.com)
Scientists from South Korea discover superconductor that functions at room temperature, ambient pressure (arxiv.org)
Scientists from South Korea discover superconductor that functions at room temperature, ambient pressure::For the first time in the world, we succeeded in synthesizing the room-temperature superconductor ($T_c \ge 400$ K, 127$^\circ$C) working at ambient pressure with a modified lead-apatite (LK-99) structure. The...
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being “industrial-strength plagiarists” (arstechnica.com)
Kevin Mitnick, 1963-2023 (boingboing.net)
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23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)
At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.
Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to 'unsolvable' 3-body problem (www.space.com)
Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to ‘unsolvable’ 3-body problem::Calculating the way three things orbit each other is notoriously tricky, but a new study may reveal 12,000 new solutions.
AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine (www.wired.com)
machine learning algorithm designs antibodies to target specific diseases, then automated robotic systems build and grow them in lab, run tests, and feed data back into algorithm, all with limited human supervision.
Crypto Bros Report Burning Eyes and Skin at Bored Ape Bacchanal (gizmodo.com)
Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time (www.theregister.com)
Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions. (www.sciencefocus.com)
Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.::If we want space missions to be successful, we need to build Moon roads. Scientists plan to use lasers and moondust - here’s how.
DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide (arstechnica.com)
US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina (www.aljazeera.com)
US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina::Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina.
Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don't (vitonsky.net)
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless (qz.com)
FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child (kotaku.com)
FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child::A friend notified the authorities after seeing the missing girl sign on to her console to download a game
X runs 'timeline takeover' ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film::Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” – which gives
Okta cybersecurity breach wipes out more than $2 billion in market cap (www.cnbc.com)
Okta cybersecurity breach wipes out more than $2 billion in market cap::Okta shares continued their fall Monday after the company said client files had been accessed by an unknown hacker, the latest attempt involving the company.
How a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bug (arstechnica.com)
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook::European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company’s pitch to regulators
Raspberry Pi 5 revealed, and it should satisfy your need for speed (www.theregister.com)
The AI Politicians Would Like to Speak With You Now - Politicians are using AI doppelgängers to reach voters. It’s a trend that’s about to explode. (gizmodo.com)
Over the last month, some Spanish-speaking New Yorkers got a recorded phone call from Mayor Eric Adams speaking their native language. “Hola, soy el alcalde Eric Adams,” the mayor says in a monotone but flawless accent, before launching into a pitch for jobs with the city government. The truth is Adams isn’t multilingual,...
