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hubie writes:UBC study finds that purposeful hand gestures can boost persuasiveness and perceived competence:

fliptop writes:A $5 billion bet on a failing technology?

hubie writes:Analysis of data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft from the solar south pole region reveals a surprise: The magnetic field is carried towards the pole faster than expected:

hubie writes:A bitter new drink swept through the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the early 1500s - and ignited one of the fiercest religious debates of the late-medieval Islamic world:

upstart writes:NASA confirms Voyager spacecraft has encountered a "wall of fire" at the edge of the Solar System:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to-unmask-owner-of-infamous-archive-is-site/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-5-released-with-support-for-debian-trixie

Life is full of negotiations. Techies focused on their career specialty may not be well prepared to negotiate, but at MIT there is a highly respected class - https://betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issues/spring-2025/unlocking-unique-negotiation-playbooks

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-infinity-is-now-available-for-download-based-on-debian-13-trixie

hubie writes:On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks:

Two Windows Vulnerabilities, One a 0-Day, are Under Active Exploitationupstart writes:Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in wide-scale operations:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-carriers-to-block-spoofed-phone-numbers-in-fraud-crackdown/

upstart writes:Breakingviews - AI sets up Kodak moment for global consultants:

New South Wales has banned Australians from taking ebikes on trains

The Australian Wine Industry has had enough of counterfeits which are weighing in at an estimated cost of $70 billion. Bottle caps with NFC and an application to read the value to verify that the bottle is authentic.

gawdonblue writes:This story, from Australia's national broadcaster, details how scientists were keen to use old lead from a ship that sunk in Roman times to shield modern instruments from stray radiation.

hubie writes:Fans of kopi luwak claim the coffee has a unique aroma and taste. A new chemical analysis backs them up:

PiMuNu writes:I thought this was an interesting angle on the Air India crash back in June - questioning whether the crash of the Boeing 787 might be a technical fault, rather than pilot error as had been presumed previously by media reporting:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33pzypkkdzo"""

canopic jug writes:In print since 1818, and not to be confused with The Old Farmers' Almanac which started in 1792, The Farmers' Almanac is shutting down and closing up shop. Their web site will be up through December 2025 and the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be their last edition:

upstart writes:Microsoft AI Chief Warns Pursuing Machine Consciousness Is a Gigantic Waste of Time:

fliptop writes:Farley is questioning their increasing control over cars, asking 'Do you want the Apple brand to start the car?'

upstart writes:Nvidia will help build 7 AI supercomputers for DoE:

fliptop writes:Ten years ago the discussion was about STEM and answering the question, "Are there flaws in the American education system, both at the K-12 level and in college, that lead us to be very dependent on foreign STEM graduates?"Now that technology has started cannibalizing entry-level jobs, GenZ is starting to reach for a toolbelt instead of a mouse:

canopic jug writes:In regards to open access, the London School of Economics and Political Science has an article asking the question, does academia need a wake up call on Wikibooks? The various Wikibooks are non-fiction works and cover a range of topics. They are all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License which fits well within the Open Access movement in general.

hubie writes:OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1 trillion AI expansion:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/dhs_wants_to_collect_biometric_data/

hubie writes:Study concludes cybersecurity training doesn't work:

fliptop writes:Users are urged to download only from the official GitHub page:

owl writes:LM8560, the eternal chip from the 1980 years:

An Anonymous Coward writes:

An Anonymous Coward writes:New law makes electric vehicles safer for pedestrians in AustraliaWith claims that a new law 'will save lives' a new Australian law will require all new electric vehicles to emite sound at low speed. Vision Australian claim that 35 percent of people who are blind or have low vision 'have had a collision with a silent vehicle'. Of the 27.2 million people in Australia an estimated 453 thousand have low vision of which 66 thousand are blind with more than 70% of people affected being over 65 years old. Public view on the matter ranges from both ends of the spectrum with many people asking why a better system could not be found for which is not more noise pollution.

upstart writes:7 basic science discoveries that changed the world:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Drops-X11

AnonTechie writes:Supercar Blondie

upstart writes:Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://hackaday.com/2025/10/22/what-happened-to-running-what-you-wanted-on-your-own-machine/

Inside the World's Largest Wind-Powered Cargo Shipupstart writes:The Neoliner Origin is the largest cargo ship powered primarily by wind:

hubie writes:Neural organics lead to lower energy costs, faster calculation speeds:

DECbot writes:Phoronix reports that the apt repository utility core to Debian and its derivative distribution will be adding rust dependencies.

hubie writes:"You don't have to claim that they're aliens to make these exciting":

upstart writes:A handful of bat species hunt birds, and new sensor data tells us how:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20085

looorg writes:Tom's Hardware published an interesting story about a company using a remote kill command to disable a robo vacuum:

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hubie writes:The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department just launched the world's first public-safety fleet built from Tesla Cybertrucks:

hubie writes:Tesla's 'Robotaxis' Keep Crashing-Even With Human 'Safety Monitors' Onboard:

hubie writes:Once Again, Chat Control Flails After Strong Public Pressure:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/former_l3harris_cyber_director_charged/

hubie writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/research-roundup-6-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed-3/