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Backdoor Infecting VPNs Used “Magic Packets” for Stealth and Security
upstart writes:Backdoor infecting VPNs used "magic packets" for stealth and security:
How Good is Tesla Full Self Driving, by a Motor Trend Road Tester
Motor Trend reports on FSD in their long term test 2023 Model Y, https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-tesla-model-y-long-range-yearlong-review-update-9-full-self-driving-fsd-version-13/ They weren't too impressed with the first software version that came with the car,
5 Super Creepy New Technologies That Should Chill All Of Us To The Core
fliptop writes:Technology is advancing at an exponential rate, but we have very little ability to control it if something goes horribly wrong. Many experts are warning that some of the new technologies that are being developed right now represent very serious existential threats to humanity. In other words, they believe that we could literally be creating technology that could wipe us out someday. Unfortunately, the scientific community is not showing any restraint at all. If something is possible, they want to try to do it. All over the globe, hordes of mad scientists are feverishly rushing into the unknown, and it is quite likely that the consequences will be horrific. The following are 5 super creepy new technologies that should chill all of us to the core:
Your Hollywood Career: How to Tell When the End Is Nigh
owl writes:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/surviving-hollywood-industry-shifts-tv-writer-1236104216/
The Invalid 68030 Instruction That Accidentally Allowed the Mac Classic II to Successfully Boot Up
owl writes:https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/
China's Second-Largest Foundry Hires Former Intel Executive to Lead Advanced Node Development
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First-Ever Data Center On The Moon Set To Launch Next Month
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The Drunken Plagiarists: Working with Co-pilots
canopic jug writes:The Association for Computing Machinery has a post by George Neville-Neil of FreeBSD fame comparing LLMs to drunken plagiarists:
Data Breach Hitting PowerSchool Looks Very, Very Bad
upstart writes:Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen:
Sleeping Pills Stop the Brain’s System for Cleaning Out Waste
upstart writes:A specialized system sends pulses of pressure through the fluids in our brain:
Linux Kernel 6.13 Announced
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Think It Takes 21 Days to Form a Habit? Science Says Think Again
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Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves
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Mysterious Blobs Found Inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works
taylorvich writes:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-blobs-found-in-cells-are-rewriting-how-life-works/
Florida Man Eats Diet of Butter, Cheese, Beef; Cholesterol Oozes From His Body
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/florida-man-eats-diet-of-butter-cheese-beef-cholesterol-oozes-from-his-body/
Real Datacenter Emissions Are A Dirty Secret
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Touchscreen Dashboards Have Finally Taken Over and Ruined Driving
owl writes:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/touchscreen-dashboards-have-taken-over/
“Project Mini Rack” Wants Make Your Mini-Homelab a Reality
upstart writes:Wiki-style guide compiles all the pieces and potential of a rack you can carry:
Anthropic Chief Says AI Could Surpass “Almost All Humans at Almost Everything” Shortly After 2027
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/anthropic-chief-says-ai-could-surpass-almost-all-humans-at-almost-everything-shortly-after-2027/
Not an Asteroid, Just Elon's Car
chucky writes:Elon should watch where he leaves his car.https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-just-deleted-an-asteroid-because-it-turned-out-to-be-elon-musks-tesla-roadster/Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
How Many Sexes Are There?
pTamok writes:The Executive Order ("a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government") dated January 20, 2025 with the title DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT contains the following text:
Wine 10.0 Brings Arm Windows Apps to Linux, Still Isn't an Emulator
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/wine-10-0-released-adding-linux-compatibility-for-arm-windows-apps/
Trump Pardons Dark Web Silk Road Marketplace Founder Ross Ulbricht
Frosty Piss writes:https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/22/Trump-pardons-Ross-Ulbricht/5181737526042/President Trump has issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road marketplace of illicit drugs, murders, and other illegal activities. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in May 2015 for his operation of Silk Road, which was active between January 2011 and October 2013. "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright [sic] to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son," Trump said in a statement published on his Truth Social social media platform.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Opinion: We Need to Protect the Protocol That Runs Bluesky
upstart writes:If we don't act soon, our online world will continue to be run at the whim of capricious billionaires:
AI Workloads Spur Bigger Memory Drives
taylorvich writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/huge-ssds
Oyster Blood: A New Frontier in Fighting Infection
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/medical-tech/oyster-hemolymph-protein-antibacterial/
Chinese Salt Typhoon Hackers 1st Spotted on Federal Networks Under Another Name
fliptop writes:With the help of tipsters, the cybersecurity agency was able to 'connect the dots' to crack what has been called one of the worst telecom hacks in US history:
New California Law Criminalizing AI Generated Child Porn Claims First Arrest
Frosty Piss writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/under-new-law-cops-bust-famous-cartoonist-for-ai-generated-child-sex-abuse-images/Late last year, California passed a law against the possession or distribution of child sex abuse material that has been generated by AI. The law went into effect on January 1, and Sacramento police announced yesterday that they have arrested their first suspect, 49-year-old Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell. The new law, which you can read here, declares that AI-generated CSAM is harmful, even without an actual victim. "The creation of CSAM using AI is inherently harmful to children because the machine-learning models utilized by AI have been trained on datasets containing thousands of depictions of known CSAM victims, revictimizing these real children by using their likeness to generate AI CSAM images into perpetuity."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Time to Check My Tire Pressures...Hand Me That Hammer
Traditionally truck and bus drivers are known to use a small hammer or billy club to tap their tires, as a quick way to check for low air pressure. If you are driving an 18-wheeler, it takes a long time to put a pressure gauge on all those tires. Here's a thread discussing this technique, https://heartlandowners.org/threads/tapping-the-tires-with-a-hammer.31971/Now trade magazine TTI https://www.tiretechnologyinternational.com/news/intelligent-tire-technology/yokohama-begins-testing-of-ai-technology-to-gauge-air-pressure.html reports on the latest wrinkle on this old technique,
Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet
fliptop writes:Long ago, another company tried to control global connectivity-it had an unhappy ending
Microsoft To Force Windows 11 24H2 On Home And Pro Users
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Mind Control? Scientists Have Discovered How to Use Nanoparticles to Remotely Control Behavior
fliptop writes:Full ArticleWe live at a time when technology is increasing at a faster pace than we have ever seen before in all of human history. But is humanity equipped to handle the extremely bizarre technology that we are now developing? Earlier this month, I discussed some of the frightening ways that AI is changing our society. Today, I want to focus on nanotechnology. This is a field where extraordinary advances are https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/09/26/1353235 being made on a regular basis, and we are being told that nanotechnology is already "revolutionizing myriad industries"...
TSMC Reportedly Pauses Production After Earthquake
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Findings Challenge Assumption That AI Will Soon Replace Human Doctors
c0lo writes:Almost all leading AI chatbots show signs of cognitive decline
Not Sure What Font to Choose? Typography Study Helps Find the Right Type
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-01-font-typography.html
ISPs Must Offer Cheaper Internet To Low Income Households After Trying To Prevent It
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How Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAM
hubie writes:How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and compression tricks. Here's the fascinating story behind it:
Reverse-Engineering a Carry-Lookahead Adder in the Pentium
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2025/01/pentium-carry-lookahead-reverse-engineered.html
China to Pit 12,000 Humans Against Robots in World's First AI Marathon Race
cereal_burpist writes:Beijing's half-marathon will see humans racing alongside humanoid robots as China pushes to dominate global robotics:
TSMC Ends Contract With Singapore-Based Company Over Alleged Huawei Ties
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DOJ Remotely Cleaned Thousands of Computers Infected With Chinese Malware
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Spacecraft Captures Spectacularly Detailed Images Of Mercury's Hidden Surface
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The Need for a Strategic Fact Reserve
canopic jug writes:Blogger Matt Webb point out that nations have begun to need a strategic fact reserve, in light of the problem arising from LLMs and other AI models starting to consume and re-process the slop which they themselves have produced.
U.S. Satellites Reveal China's Solar Dominance
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Mark Zuckerberg Plans To Lay Off An Additional Five Percent Of Meta's Workforce
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European Union Orders X to Hand Over Algorithm Documents
upstart writes:European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents:
'ELIZA,' the World's 1st Chatbot, Was Just Resurrected From 60-Year-Old Computer Code
upstart writes:'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code:
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript for Google Search
upstart writes:Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search:
The Great Salt Lake is Dying, but These Scientists Have a Solution
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Why Some DVLA Digital Services Don't Work at Night
owl writes:[Ed. note: DVLA == Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency]https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-services-dont-work-at-night/
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