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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative - now physicists have finally elucidated how these different charges are determined:

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hubie writes:If active distraction of readers of your own website was an Olympic Sport, news publications would top the charts every time:

fliptop writes:OpenAI has postponed the launch of its controversial "adult mode" feature following intense pushback from its own advisory council and concerns about technical safeguards failing to protect minors:

"c0lo" writes:I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI:

hubie writes:Data brokers are helping the FBI get around warrant requirements:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades:

"c0lo" writes:A Serbo-Croatian-speaking agent and his Russian handler turned to Google Translate to ensure smooth operational communication. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was reading the logs in real-time:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Firm says requiring site blocks within 30 minutes breaks core Internet architecture:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy":

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Powering it is probably easy. Keeping things cool in a vacuum is the hard part:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant:

fliptop writes:There was a time when downloading a video game felt like harmless fun. Today, it can feel a lot closer to opening a suspicious email attachment in 2005:

hubie writes:Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs:

TrueNAS Deprecates Public Build Repository and Raises Transparency Concernshubie writes:TrueNAS deprecates its public build repository on GitHub, raising questions in the community about openness and release transparency:

"c0lo" writes:The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Many activists and lobbyists had called for a European company register as part of EU Inc. Today's EU legislative proposal has indeed included one:

fliptop writes:Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com - the account linked to Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta. The FBI obtained this information through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request on January 25, 2024, identifying the activist behind the anonymous account through their credit card identifier:

owl writes:https://omar.yt/posts/wayland-set-the-linux-desktop-back-by-10-years

spiraldancing writes:Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a 'near total' disruption in seaborne trade:

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hubie writes:More than 4 in 10 adults in the UK are happy to use ChatGPT for their mental health support, new research suggests:

fliptop writes:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on March 17 that the company is in the process of resuming production of its H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips due to demand from customers in China:

hubie writes:You've done it too, haven't you? Or maybe you know someone who has? Stuck their tongue to a piece of frozen metal in the winter, even though they know it's cold? But is it dangerous?

Afroman Wins 'Lemon Pound Cake' Lawsuit Over Raid-Turned-Music-Videocanopic jug writes:Rollingstone and Techdirt are covering the court decision regarding Joseph Foreman, whose stage name is Afroman, over his rights to free speech and musical expression. The background was a botched raid on his home in 2022 which happened while he was out. Among other things the deputies destroyed his gate and front door and "miscounted" $400 of his cash and, almost, a lemon pound cake.

hubie writes:Is mathematical beauty real? Or is it just a subjective, human 'wow' that is becoming redundant in an AI age?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/malicious-packages-using-invisible-unicode-found-in-151-github-repos-and-vs-code

hubie writes:Researchers played music to cells - aggressiveness of laryngeal cancer decreased:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:On Saturday, March 21? What about a cheeseburger?

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:If you can't make the chips and you can't run the turbines, you can't run an industry:

canopic jug writes:Over 15 years ago software engineer, Vincent Driessen, had published a mighty fine, illustrated explanation of Git branching only to find that recently Microsoft used its AI to not just plagiarize it but misrepresent it.

jelizondo writes:Futura reports the first observation of a phenomenon predicted by Einstein over a 100 years ago:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/100-years-later-where-is-robert-goddards-first-liquid-fuel-rocket/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/the-science-of-how-fireflies-stay-in-sync/

canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Blain Smith, was written an essay discussing the role of a well-rounded education has had in creating the ICT ecosystem we have today. In it he describes quite a few luminaries, although he did miss Perl's creator, linguist Larry Wall. He is highly relevant because, for a couple of decades, Perl was the glue that held the Internet together which enabled the explosive growth from the mid-90s through the mid-00s.

hubie writes:Chimps' love for crystals could help us understand our own ancestors' fascination with these stones:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/woman-sneezes-out-maggots-after-fly-larvae-get-trapped-in-her-deviated-septum/

hubie writes:Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have been forgotten:

hubie writes:New UBC research shows apocalyptic thinking is widespread and shapes how people respond to global threats:

fliptop writes:After a costly EV mistake, Porsche is betting on gas engines, hybrids, and eFuels to protect its identity and rebuild profits:

fliptop writes:Starting May 8, every Instagram DM becomes readable by the same company that sells ads against everything else you do on the platform:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2019/11/ibm-sonic-delay-lines-and-history-of.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Musk can't convince judge public doesn't care about where AI training data comes from:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Chinese Loongson 3C6000 CPUs now have heat spreaders with words in Cyrillic?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The reliable internet connections provided by Starlink offer a huge advantage on the battlefield. But as access is dependent on the whims of controversial billionaire Elon Musk, militaries are looking to build their own version: