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Tesla and BMW Sue European Commission Over Chinese EV Tariffs
fliptop writes:Automakers Tesla and BMW have launched a major lawsuit against the European Commission over tariffs imposed on electric vehicles imported from China:
Medical Monitoring Machines Spotted Stealing Patient Data
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Artificial Gills Unlock Long-Range Underwater Robots
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/technology/artificial-gills-unlock-long-range-underwater-robots/
NASA's Returned Asteroid Samples Hold the Ingredients of Life From a Watery World
upstart writes:Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world:
Fediverse Explosive Growth - 100m Posts in January
An Anonymous Coward writes:The Fediverse - including Mastodon, Pixelfed, and others - is experiencing explosive exponential growth with over 700,000 new users, and 100,000,000 posts in January.Pixelfed alone is growing 100k users per WEEK now, has gone 10x in a month.Mastodon servers are welcoming influxes, and new servers are standing up at a rapid pace, with new active daily users up 200k in Jan, about +25%, and posts up by a similar +30% to 16 million/month.Tumblr is planning to federate.Forum software NodeBB has officially launched their 4.0 version, which includes ActivityPub support.https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-101/
US to Deploy Molten Salt Reactors to Turn Wastewater Into Freshwater
upstart writes:US to deploy molten salt reactors to turn wastewater into freshwater:
How Does DeepSeek R1 Really Fare Against OpenAI's Best Reasoning Models?
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-does-deepseek-r1-really-fare-against-openais-best-reasoning-models/
Bug That Kills PC's Audio is Seriously Widespread Affecting Multiple Windows Versions
upstart writes:Glitch that casts a silence spell on some PCs has no workaround, but Microsoft promises a solution is coming:
The Growing Antibiotic Resistance Problem Requires Better Policy
A 2015 article in The Atlantic describes the problem of antibiotic resistance and some of its causes (alternative link):
About Zusie (Relay Based Computer)
owl writes:http://www.nablaman.com/relay/about.php
The Network State Coup is Happening Right Now
canopic jug writes:The site The Nerd Reich has an analysis of the seeming chaos being inflicted upon the US from within at the moment. Specifically, Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government is a methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint, not random chaos.
How One YouTuber is Trying to Poison the AI Bots Stealing Her Content
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-one-youtuber-is-trying-to-poison-the-ai-bots-stealing-her-content/
Infosec Was Trump's Lowest Priority, But He'll Change Bigly
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Maker Resurrects Toshiba T1000 With a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Slew of Upgrades
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Trump Says Microsoft is in Contention to Buy TikTok
fliptop writes:President Donald Trump said Monday night thatMicrosoft was in contention to buy TikTok, having previously said that he is eager to forge a deal that would "save" the popular video app from a ban:
DeepDive into DeepSeek
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAIhttps://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-china-model-ai/
Fake Google Ads Trick Mac Users To Install Homebrew Malware
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Phone Metadata Suddenly Not So ‘Harmless’ When It's the FBI's Data Being Harvested
upstart writes:Phone Metadata Suddenly Not So 'Harmless' When It's The FBI's Data Being Harvested:
A Story About USB Floppy Drives
owl writes:https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040409-00/?p=39873
Hubble's Largest Panorama Ever Showcases 200 Million Stars In The Andromeda Galaxy
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FCC Chair Nixes Plan to Boost Broadband Competition in Apartment Buildings
upstart writes:Brendan Carr dumps plan to ban bulk billing deals that lock renters into one ISP:
Revival of the Pebble Smartwatch
Samantha Wright writes:
Chevron Joins The Race To Generate Power For AI
fliptop writes:Chevron, one of the world's largest oil companies, has announced plans to enter the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence by building natural gas power plants directly connected to data centers:
AI Haters Build Tarpits to Trap and Trick AI Scrapers That Ignore Robots.Txt
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/
Tails Linux 6.11 Released: Critical Security Fixes
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://tails.net/news/version_6.11/index.en.html
Humanity’s Last Exam, a Groundbreaking New Benchmark
AnonTechie writes:Scale AI and CAIS Unveil Results of Humanity's Last Exam, a Groundbreaking New Benchmark
OpenAI Launches Operator, an AI Agent That Can Operate Your Computer
upstart writes:New research "Computer-Use Agent" AI model can perform multi-step tasks through a web browser:
NASA Spacewalkers to Swab the ISS for Microbial Life
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Google Agrees to Crack Down on Fake Reviews for UK Businesses
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Baltic Undersea Cable Likely Damaged by External Force, Latvia Says
fliptop writes:An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces in the Baltic Sea:
Mice with Two Dads have been Created Using CRISPR
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/28/1110613/mice-with-two-dads-crispr/Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR
Complexity Physics Finds Crucial Tipping Points in Chess Games
upstart writes:Physicist used interaction graphs to show how pieces attack and defend to analyze 20,000 top matches:
Millions of Subarus Could be Remotely Unlocked, Tracked Due to Security Flaws
upstart writes:Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start any of millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars' location histories-and Subaru employees still can:
Linux is the Name That Shall Not be Spoken at Facebook
Facebook's Internal Policy Makers Decided That Linux is MalwareAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews
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
AnonTechie writes:
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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