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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/without-new-landers-or-rovers-its-helicopters-or-bust-for-nasas-mars-program/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-euv-technology-at-a-similar-stage-to-asml-in-2004-analyst-claims-beijings-semiconductor-industry-remains-well-behind-western-rivals

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/30/turns-out-brits-would-quite-like-their-private-messages-to-stay-private/5292994

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-investigating-153-million-us-and-canadian-drivers-licenses-leaked-on-russian-cybercrime-forum-including-that-of-us-secdef-pete-hegseth-data-is-suspected-to-have-come-from-an-id-authentication-service-provider

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2249655/rare-working-apple-1-computer-heads-to-auction/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Another major investmnet in AI ecosystem?:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Standardized driver interface aims to let devices talk to AI and each other:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack':

Arthur T Kanckerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/08/31/the-balkanization-of-virtualization-will-de-throne-vmware-which-doesnt-mind-a-bit/5292488

owl writes:https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/a-matter-of-millimeters-the-story-of-qantas-flight-32-bdaa62dc98e7

An Anonymous Coward writes:Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns :

canopic jug writes:Christine Hall of FOSS Force has interviewed Richard Stallman with a series of seven questions. The interview wraps up with a question about LLMs and a question about service as a software substitute which leads to a discussion about digital surveillance.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Disclosure optional, quality mandatory:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Biz describes its act of automated irresponsibility as 'a warning shot':

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The saying "cleared for takeoff" has a whole different meaning in space:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/27/fbi-seizes-hacking-tools-it-says-china-used-to-attack-nasa-doe-us-senate-and-other-critical-networks/5292742

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/spy-to-space-the-science-behind-nasas-roman-space-telescope

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:*** Note that Proton has a commercial interest in VPNs. This may be biased reporting ***https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/proton-vpn-report-location-tracking-privacy/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/metas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-is-reminding-us-again-that-we-dont-own-our-playstation-games/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/flock-shock-rocks-cop-cam-vendor-as-protests-mount/5292691

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/26/indias-crewed-space-program-will-fly-this-year-after-missing-2022-and-2025-targets/5292478

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2246131/judge-rules-that-pentagon-anthropic-ban-illegal-and-baseless/

fliptop writes:The Global Government Affairs team over at X dropped a bombshell Thursday night, revealing that the X Safety team had uncovered proof positive of a foreign influence campaign targeting the build out of AI and data centers in the United States:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/site-provides-instructions-to-get-up-to-usd175-back-for-your-pre-installed-windows-11-license-new-portal-provides-legal-forms-but-warns-buyers-not-to-wipe-storage-first

fliptop writes:PayPal shares plunged as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday, the most in months if the losses hold through the cash session, after a consortium led by private-equity firm Advent International and payments giant Stripe abandoned its takeover bid for the struggling payment processor (paywalled, use Reader mode in Firefox):

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2242192/uber-hit-with-1-billion-fine-for-automatically-deactivating-drivers-in-europe/

fliptop writes:Brave 1.94 adds Email Aliases, giving users five free forwarding addresses to hide their real email from websites:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/death-threats-hit-data-center-opponents-as-towns-cancel-votes-and-close-public-comment

coolgopher writes:Following Codeberg already doing so, independent software development platform SourceHut moves to prohibit LLM content on their platform. Their announcement is quite informative and with plenty of references to back up their reasoning. I particularly like this part:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Nvidia Reportedly Warns Biggest Customers Of 15% Price Hikes On AI ServersVera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems shipped from early 2027 affected:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/26/self-hosted-email-is-in-steep-decline-microsoft-and-google-are-taking-over/5292471

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers

An Anonymous Coward writes:HaikuOS is proud to release Version: R1/beta6. (release notes)

The Human Reservation Planlooorg writes:Bill doesn't want to be left behind by Zuckerberg so he decided to share his own thoughts on AI. Different from his previous shared ideas about how great it was. Now there is a bit more doom and gloom. Crime. Unemployment. Healthcare. Horrible things. What the world needs is a plan. Guess who has a plan ... It's the pope, and Bill and "the government".

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.ghacks.net/2026/08/24/aliexpress-ran-silent-browser-audio-to-fingerprint-and-track-devices-researchers-find/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Red Tetris stickers and shirtless Windows 95 tots - accidental collectibles gathering dust:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Chang'e 7 didn't meet unspecified 'launch requirements':

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Vulnerability-For-Root

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Attacks on these industrial controllers could lead to sabotage of critical infrastructure:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2238061/company-making-no-tech-tractor-maximum-repairability/

An Anonymous Coward writes:Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:And they looked absolutely ridiculous doing it:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-fights-to-keep-chatgpt-lawsuit-away-from-a-state-jury

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/researchers-use-thunderquakes-to-study-structure-of-earths-surface/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/dismantling-the-roadless-rule-threatens-to-disrupt-wildlife-and-water-in-us/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/desktop-cpu-shipments-crater-20-percent-amid-high-component-costs-but-amd-gains-record-share-despite-ugly-desktop-processor-market-intel-floods-laptop-market-with-millions-of-cpus-but-amd-still-sets-all-time-share-records