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Updated 2025-11-09 17:31
Ford CEO Jim Farley strikes a Cautious Tone on Apple’s New CarPlay Ultra
fliptop writes:Farley is questioning their increasing control over cars, asking 'Do you want the Apple brand to start the car?'
Nvidia Will Help Build 7 AI Supercomputers for DoE
upstart writes:Nvidia will help build 7 AI supercomputers for DoE:
Gen Z is Ditching the Tie for a Toolbelt, and it’s the Smartest Rebellion Yet
fliptop writes:Ten years ago the discussion was about STEM and answering the question, "Are there flaws in the American education system, both at the K-12 level and in college, that lead us to be very dependent on foreign STEM graduates?"Now that technology has started cannibalizing entry-level jobs, GenZ is starting to reach for a toolbelt instead of a mouse:
Does Academia Need a Wake Up Call on Wikibooks?
canopic jug writes:In regards to open access, the London School of Economics and Political Science has an article asking the question, does academia need a wake up call on Wikibooks? The various Wikibooks are non-fiction works and cover a range of topics. They are all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License which fits well within the Open Access movement in general.
OpenAI Looking for Taxpayers to Bail Them Out If the Bubble Bursts
hubie writes:OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1 trillion AI expansion:
FuguIta 7.8 - OpenBSD-based Live System - Released!
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Uncle Sam Wants to Scan Your Iris and Collect Your DNA, Citizen or Not
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/dhs_wants_to_collect_biometric_data/
Study Concludes Cybersecurity Training Doesn't Work
hubie writes:Study concludes cybersecurity training doesn't work:
Developer Warns Users That Fake Download Site is Hosting Windows 11 Upgrade Bypass Tool
fliptop writes:Users are urged to download only from the official GitHub page:
LM8560, the Eternal Chip From the 1980 Years
owl writes:LM8560, the eternal chip from the 1980 years:
Ubuntu Certification Now Available Through Canonical Academy
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Australian Law To Require EV Cars To Be Noisy For Blind People
An Anonymous Coward writes:New law makes electric vehicles safer for pedestrians in AustraliaWith claims that a new law 'will save lives' a new Australian law will require all new electric vehicles to emite sound at low speed. Vision Australian claim that 35 percent of people who are blind or have low vision 'have had a collision with a silent vehicle'. Of the 27.2 million people in Australia an estimated 453 thousand have low vision of which 66 thousand are blind with more than 70% of people affected being over 65 years old. Public view on the matter ranges from both ends of the spectrum with many people asking why a better system could not be found for which is not more noise pollution.
7 Basic Science Discoveries That Changed the World
upstart writes:7 basic science discoveries that changed the world:
GNOME Mutter Now "Completely Drops the Whole X11 Backend"
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Drops-X11
Tiny Electric Motor is as Powerful as Four Tesla Motors Put Together
AnonTechie writes:Supercar Blondie
Canada Says Hacktivists Breached Water and Energy Facilities
upstart writes:Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities:
What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Machine?
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://hackaday.com/2025/10/22/what-happened-to-running-what-you-wanted-on-your-own-machine/
World's Largest Wind-Powered Cargo Ship Takes to the Seas
Inside the World's Largest Wind-Powered Cargo Shipupstart writes:The Neoliner Origin is the largest cargo ship powered primarily by wind:
Powered by Mushrooms, Living Computers Are on the Rise
hubie writes:Neural organics lead to lower energy costs, faster calculation speeds:
Debian Introduces Rust Toolchain Dependencies to Apt
DECbot writes:Phoronix reports that the apt repository utility core to Debian and its derivative distribution will be adding rust dependencies.
We're About to Find Many More Interstellar Interlopers—Here's How to Visit One
hubie writes:"You don't have to claim that they're aliens to make these exciting":
Bats Eat the Birds They Pluck From the Sky While on the Wing
upstart writes:A handful of bat species hunt birds, and new sensor data tells us how:
SUSE to Include Agentic AI in SLE 16
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20085
Company Remote Kills Robo Vacuum
looorg writes:Tom's Hardware published an interesting story about a company using a remote kill command to disable a robo vacuum:
Matrix Collapses: Mathematics Proves the Universe Cannot be a Computer Simulation
AnonTechie writes:
Las Vegas Police Debut the World's First Tesla Cybertruck Patrol Fleet
hubie writes:The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department just launched the world's first public-safety fleet built from Tesla Cybertrucks:
Tesla's ‘Robotaxis' Keep Crashing-Even With Human ‘Safety Monitors' Onboard
hubie writes:Tesla's 'Robotaxis' Keep Crashing-Even With Human 'Safety Monitors' Onboard:
Once Again, Chat Control Flails After Strong Public Pressure
hubie writes:Once Again, Chat Control Flails After Strong Public Pressure:
Cyber Exec with Lavish Lifestyle Charged with Selling Secrets to Russia
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/former_l3harris_cyber_director_charged/
October's Research Roundup: 6 Cool Science Stories We Almost Missed
hubie writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/research-roundup-6-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed-3/
Qilin Ransomware Abuses WSL to Run Linux Encryptors in Windows
An Anonymous Coward writes:Qilin ransomware abuses WSL to run Linux encryptors in Windows
Nvidia Hits Record $5 Trillion Mark as CEO Dismisses AI Bubble Concerns
upstart writes:"I don't believe we're in an AI bubble," says Huang after announcing $500B in orders:
Massive Surge of NFC Relay Malware Steals Europeans’ Credit Cards
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-surge-of-nfc-relay-malware-steals-europeans-credit-cards/
AI Review Paper Slop Changing Moderation Policy at arXiv CS
hubie writes:Before being considered for submission to arXiv's CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review:
Meta: Pirated Adult Film Downloads Were For “Personal Use,” Not AI Training
looorg writes:Meta: Pirated Adult Film Downloads Were For "Personal Use," Not AI Training.
CISA: High-Severity Linux Flaw Now Exploited by Ransomware Gangs
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-linux-privilege-escalation-flaw-now-exploited-in-ransomware-attacks/
Bonfire of the Vanities
quietus writes:
Spinning Up an Onion Mirror is Stupid Easy
An Anonymous Coward writes:
‘Spaceballs 2’ Starts Production
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://deadline.com/2025/09/spaceballs-2-cast-photo-anthony-carrigan-george-wyner-1236555748/
China Releases 'UBIOS' Standard to Replace UEFI
FunkyLich writes:Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/china-releases-ubios-standard-to-replace-uefi-huawei-backed-bios-firmware-replacement-charges-chinas-domestic-computing-goals
Nvidia Reveals Vera Rubin Superchip for the First Time
upstart writes:Nvidia reveals Vera Rubin Superchip for the first time:
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street to Verify Citizenship
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nearly-90-percent-of-windows-games-now-run-on-linux-latest-data-shows-as-windows-10-dies-gaming-on-linux-is-more-viable-than-ever
Quantum Mechanics Trumps the Second Law of Thermodynamics at the Atomic Scale
upstart writes:Quantum Mechanics Trumps the Second Law of Thermodynamics at the Atomic Scale:
Tor Browser 15.0 Anonymous Web Browser Is Out Based on Firefox 140 ESR Series
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Red Hat and Other Distros to Provide Easy Access to NVIDIA CUDA Tools
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Distribute-CUDA-RHEL
Deep Antarctic Waters Hold Geometric Communities of Fish Nests
upstart writes:The structures may help protect eggs from hungry predators:
China Submerges a Data Center in the Ocean to Conserve Water, is That Even a Good Idea?
upstart writes:Data centers are water and power hogs, but does putting them in the ocean help?:
US EV Sales Will Collapse 60% In October, J.D. Power Forecasts
fliptop writes:Electric vehicle demand is set to crash this month after tax credits vanish and buyers back away:
AI-Powered Search Engines Rely on “Less Popular” Sources, Researchers Find
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/ai-powered-search-engines-rely-on-less-popular-sources-researchers-find/
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