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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.wired.com/story/doge-government-salaries-elon-musk/
Alphabet's Taara Chip Uses Light Beams To Provide High-Speed Internet
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Hugging Face's Chief Science Officer Worries AI is Becoming 'Yes-Men on Servers'
upstart writes:Hugging Face's chief science officer worries AI is becoming 'yes-men on servers':
Eerily Realistic AI Voice Demo Sparks Amazement and Discomfort Online
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/users-report-emotional-bonds-with-startlingly-realistic-ai-voice-demo/
Apple Refuses to Break Encryption, Seeks Reversal of UK Demand for Backdoor
upstart writes:Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type:
The International Space Station Lacks Microbial Diversity. Is It Too Clean?
upstart writes:Tests reveal a lack of microbial diversity on board. That's been linked to health issues in other settings:
Massive Supereruptions Might Not Trigger the Apocalypse, Just Decades of Chaos
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Your Kitchen Utensils May be Poisoning You
fliptop writes:New research published in Chemosphere reveals an alarming reality: everyday kitchen utensils may quietly harm your well-being. The research reveals the extent to which some cooking tools, particularly black plastic ones, contaminate food with deadly toxins while we cook:
How We Added Interlaced Video to Raspberry Pi 5
Freeman writes:https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-we-added-interlaced-video-to-raspberry-pi-5/
BP Shuns Renewables in Return to Oil and Gas
upstart writes:BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas:
15 Republican AGs Urge The Supreme Court To Make Affordable Broadband For Poor People Illegal
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World's First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" Runs on Living Human Cells
mhajicek writes:https://newatlas.com/brain/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence/
Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them
hubie writes:"What kind of pissing contest is this?":
First Petawatt Electron Beam Arrives, Ready to Rip Apart Matter and Space
upstart writes:Ultra-high-power particle pulses could boost x-ray science and laboratory astrophysics:
'Fire the Intel Board and Rehire Pat Gelsinger,' Argues Former Intel Ceo Craig Barrett
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Some of Earth's Meteors Are Probably Coming All the Way From a Neighboring Star System
upstart writes:The number of interstellar objects coming from Alpha Centauri will increase over time:
Robots Are Gaining New Capabilities Thanks to Plants and Fungi
upstart writes:Biohybrid technology helps machines sense and heal:
Meet the Ice-Hunting Robots Headed for the Moon Right Now
mrpg writes:Two US probes on their way to the Moon, one laden with a drill and a hopper looking for lunar water:
The UEFI Hype and Microsoft's Lies
canopic jug writes:UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is a small, insecure, embedded operating system touted as a replacement for computer BIOS. OS hacker and small scale farmer Sami Tikkanen has a guest post over at Techrights debunking UEFI hype and Microsoft's lies, yet again. UEFI has a lot of baggage and controversy. Some here may remember the debates prior to its forced roll out.
Ancient Humans Evolved New Blood Types After Leaving Africa
upstart writes:Ancient Humans Evolved New Blood Types After Leaving Africa:
Man's Brain Turned to Glass by Vesuvius Volcano Ash Cloud
upstart writes:Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud:
The Pentium Contains a Complicated Circuit to Multiply by Three
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2025/03/pentium-multiplier-adder-reverse-engineered.html
20,000-Year-Old Evidence of Ancient Travois (Sled) Discovered in New Mexico
upstart writes:20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico:
YR4 Asteroid: The Hits and Near-Misses You Never Hear About
upstart writes:YR4 asteroid: The hits and near-misses you never hear about:
NASA is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field
upstart writes:NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field:
The Next Chapter: Moving From Skype to Microsoft Teams
upstart writes:The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams:
A New Android Feature is Scanning Your Photos for 'Sensitive Content'
An Anonymous Coward writes:Google didn't tell Android users much about Android System SafetyCore before it hit their phones, and people are unhappy. Fortunately, you're not stuck with it.
U.S. Company Firefly Aerospace Just Landed On The Moon With Its Blue Ghost Spacecraft
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Superelastic Alloy That Functions in Extreme Temperatures Could Aid Space Exploration
taylorvich writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-superelastic-alloy-functions-extreme-temperatures.html
The Surveillance Tech Waiting for Workers as They Return to the Office
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/the-surveillance-tech-waiting-for-workers-as-they-return-to-the-office/
'Utterly Cataclysmic': James Webb Telescope Spots 2 Alien Planets Disintegrating Before Our Eyes
upstart writes:The James Webb Space Telescope is watching two distant alien planets "spilling their guts into space" as they rapidly disintegrate:
Auto-Color: An Emerging and Evasive Linux Backdoor
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Avast Antivirus Customers Can be Compensated for Harvesting of Their Personal Info
An Anonymous Coward writes:Millions of Americans who purchased antivirus software from Avast may be eligible for compensation due to a $16.5 million settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission:
Journalist Completely Misrepresents Quantum Teleportation
JoeMerchant writes:https://unionrayo.com/en/quantum-teleportation-breakthrough/
Chinese Chipmaker Claims New Loongson 3B6600 CPU Could Hit 13Th-Gen Intel Performance
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Engineers Create Lightweight Multi-Color Fresnel Lens for Telescopes
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-02-flat-telescope-lens-capture-faraway.html
SpaceX: Actually, Dying Starlink Satellites Don't Always Fully Burn Up
upstart writes:SpaceX: Actually, Dying Starlink Satellites Don't Always Fully Burn Up:
Pandas "Tricked" Into Becoming the World's Biggest Bamboo Fans
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/biology/pandas-bamboo-micro-rna/
Skype is Shutting Down After Two Decades
fliptop writes:Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s:
Five Days of Ultra-Processed Food: Study Finds That's Enough to Alter the Brain
taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-days-ultra-food-insulin-reward.html
Internet Society Wants to Improve Terrestrial Fibre Maps
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Water Chlorination Might Be Raising Our Risk Of Certain Cancers
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US Investigates Whether Deepseek Obtained NVidia Chips Through Singapore to Bypass Restrictions
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PSA: Amazon Kills “Download & Transfer Via USB” Option for Kindles This Week
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/psa-amazon-kills-download-transfer-via-usb-option-for-kindles-this-week/
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Faces Potential 20% Budget Cut Just 4 Years Into its Mission
upstart writes:'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch:
Piezoelectric Catalyst Destroys Forever Chemicals
taylorvich writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/pfas-busting-piezoelectric-catalyst
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Right to Repair Laws Have Now Been Introduced in All 50 US States
owl writes:https://www.ifixit.com/News/108371/right-to-repair-laws-have-now-been-introduced-in-all-50-us-states
Robot With 1,000 Muscles Twitches Like Human While Dangling From Ceiling
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/dangling-twitching-human-robot-with-synthetic-muscles-makes-its-debut/
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