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New DDR5 Memory Overclocking World Record Set at 13,530 MT/S
janrinok writes:https://www.extremetech.com/computing/new-ddr5-memory-overclocking-world-record-set-at-13530-mts
Let’s Encrypt to Reduce Certificate Validity From 90 Days to 45 Days
upstart writes:Let's Encrypt to Reduce Certificate Validity from 90 Days to 45 Days:
After Nearly 30 Years, Crucial Will Stop Selling RAM to Consumers
hubie writes:Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand:
Raspberry Pi Launches 1GB Model at $45, Temporarily Raises Prices on Higher-Capacity Boards
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.extremetech.com/computing/raspberry-pi-launches-1gb-model-at-45-temporarily-raises-prices-on-higher
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Trigger Big Crackdown on Internet Piracy
upstart writes:Supreme Court hears case that could trigger big crackdown on Internet piracy:
Oracle's Credit Risk is Spiking as Wall Street Asks How It's Going to Pay for All That AI
janrinok writes:https://www.techspot.com/news/110441-oracle-credit-risk-hits-three-year-high-ai.html
Dotcom Survivor Syndrome – How Perl’s Early Success Created the Seeds of Its Downfall
canopic jug writes:Hacker Dave Cross has written a short blog post about how Perl's early success created the seeds of its downfall or, as he puts it, made it a victim of the Dotcom Survivor Syndrome. From the 90s through the 00s, Perl had been not just part of the WWW but in many ways instrumental in actually creating the WWW as we knew it in its prime. Perl and the community around it have improved a lot in the last 25 years, even if the versioning might disguise that fact.
Space CEO Explains Why He Believes Private Space Stations Are a Viable Business
janrinok writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/space-ceo-explains-why-he-believes-private-space-stations-are-a-viable-business/
Linux First, Windows Later! Dell Launches Qualcomm NPU Laptop on Linux Before Windows
upstart writes:Windows takes a backseat on Dell's latest AI workstation as Linux gets the priority:
Netflix Quietly Drops Support for Casting to Most TVs
upstart writes:Netflix Quietly Drops Support for Casting to Most TVsNetflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes:
Google's Gemini 3 Jailbroken in Minutes, and the Fallout is Alarming
upstart writes:AI red-teamers in Korea show how easily the model spills dangerous biochemical instructions:
Datacenters in Space Are a Terrible, Horrible, No Good Idea.
canopic jug writes:A blog post covers why datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. Thermal management is just the beginning of the long list of challenges which make space an inferior environment for data centers.
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
janrinok writes:An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage:
KDE to Drop X11 Session in KDE Plasma 6.8
An Anonymous Coward writes:The KDE project has made the call:
Rapidus to Start Construction on 1.4nm Fab in 2027 — R&D on Node Begins Next Year
janrinok writes:The Japanese chipmaker is looking to take on established fabs:
openSUSE Tumbleweed to update GRUB package and enable full disk encryption
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20099
Bright Orange Life-Form Could Point to New Dino Discoveries
janrinok writes:The reflected infrared light of bone-loving lichen can be detected by drones
Dell: About 1 Billion PCs Will Not or Cannot be Upgraded to Windows 11
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.osnews.com/story/143922/dell-about-1-billion-pcs-will-not-or-cannot-be-upgraded-to-windows-11/
Scientists Warn Mountain Climate Change is Accelerating Faster Than Predicted
janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-scientists-mountain-climate-faster-billions.html
Scientists Discover That People Act Way Better When Batman is Present
hubie writes:Social ills solved:
Major Software Version Releases for Blender and Bottles
Blender 5.0 Open-Source 3D Graphics App Is Now Available for DownloadAn Anonymous Coward writes:This release introduces support for displaying HDR and wide gamut colors on Linux when using Wayland and the Vulkan backend:
Mind-Reading Devices Can Now Predict Preconscious Thoughts: Is It Time to Worry?
An Anonymous Coward writes:Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology:
Billion-Dollar AI Chip Deal Between Google and Meta Could be on the Cards
janrinok writes:This would involve Meta renting Google Cloud TPUs next year and outright purchasing them in 2027:
Ukraine First Country in Europe to Get Starlink Satellite Phone Service
janrinok writes:Kyivstar begins trials offering SMS connectivity when ground networks fail:
NTSB Finds Root Cause of Container Ship Hitting Baltimore Bridge
The root cause of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when hit by container ship Dali has been identified. It was the wrong placement, by a few millimeters, of the label on one wire. As usual, the National Transportation Safety Board has taken their time and done a detailed investigation--summarized in this short video
Pebble, the E-Ink Smartwatch That Refuses to Die, Just Went Fully Open Source
An Anonymous Coward writes:Eric Migicovsky wants to ensure Pebble can't be killed again, and DIYers benefit most:
ClamAV Signature Retirement Announcement
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://blog.clamav.net/2025/11/clamav-signature-retirement-announcement.html
Roblox to Use AI for User Age Identification but Aus Government Wants More
Roblox has plans to implement AI to guess user ages but the Australian Labour Government thinks more should be done to protect young people and that the current solution offered by Roblox is insufficient. There is still debate for whether or not Roblox should count as "social media" and be included in the new age restriction laws.
Particle Accelerator Waste Could Help Produce Cancer-Fighting Materials
janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-particle-cancer-materials.html
AI-Induced Psychosis: The Danger of Humans and Machines Hallucinating Together
upstart writes:AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together:
Rust for Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alex-Gaynor-Rust-Maintainer
Tor Switches to New Counter Galois Onion Relay Encryption Algorithm
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-switches-to-new-counter-galois-onion-relay-encryption-algorithm/
Beijing Unveils Supercritical CO2 Turbine That Could Upend Power Tech
AnonTechie writes:Beijing Unveils Supercritical CO2 Turbine That Could Upend Power Tech
The Unpowered SSDs in Your Drawer Are Slowly Losing Your Data
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.xda-developers.com/your-unpowered-ssd-is-slowly-losing-your-data/
Horse Virus EHV-1 Outbreak Spreads to Eight Texas Counties: Two Horses Have Died
janrinok writes:Phys.org has report on horse EHV-1virus spreading in Texas:
Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Low-Temperature Fuel Cell That Could Revolutionize Hydrogen Power
janrinok writes:https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-breakthrough-low-temperature-fuel-cell-that-could-revolutionize-hydrogen-power/
Myths About Rapid Spread of the Black Death Influenced by Single “Literary Tale”
hubie writes:Myths about rapid spread of the Black Death influenced by single "literary tale", experts show:
A Rare GM EV1 Saved From The Crusher is Going to be Driveable Again
spiraldancing writes:https://electrek.co/2025/11/19/gm-ev1-saved-from-crusher-going-driveable-again/GM only leased the EV1, never sold any, and prevented almost anyone from keeping them when it killed the vehicle program.The automaker ended up crushing the vast majority of them. While a few empty shells exist in museums, they are strictly prohibited from ever driving again. But a new project has surfaced involving what appears to be the only legally owned EV1 in private hands...
Valve Announces the Steam Frame: 'A New Way to Play Your Entire Steam Library'
Freeman writes:https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/steam-frame-specs-availability/
Bitcoin Mining Needs Regulatory Legislation
canopic jug writes:The excellent student run newspaper, The Michigan Daily, has an article about the necessity of regulating Bitcoin. "Mining" even a single Bitcoin now burns as much electricity as a family would use during about 50 days.
Re-releasing Stories in Queue
You might have noticed (or at least, I hope you noticed) that the site was down for an extended period of time (approx. two days?). There were a string of stories in the release queue when it went down, and after the site came back, all of those stories were pushed out at once. I will re-queue a number of those stories to be released again so that they won't be immediately buried off the front page and you'll have a chance to see and comment on them without having to scroll back significantly. So before you cry DUPE! and let slip the comments of war, you just might be seeing the original story in a new time slot.I'll shorten the time between releases until we're caught up.-- hubieRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
This Linux OS Has Got a Million Downloads Since Windows 10 Support Ended
janrinok writes:https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/this-linux-os-has-got-a-million-downloads-since-windows-10-support-ended-should-microsoft-start-worrying-now
Americans With Four-Year Degrees Now Comprise a Record 25% of Unemployed Workers
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://financialpost.com/fp-work/americans-with-degrees-unemployed-workers
China Launches Shenzhou-22 Early for Stranded Space Station Crew
janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-11-china-shenzhou-early-stranded-space.html
Cryptology Firm Cancels Elections After Losing Encryption Key
janrinok writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vl05rz0ko
The Escape Room Challenge: How One Person's Narcissism Can Undermine a Whole Team
hubie writes:A new study has revealed how different types of narcissism can influence the morale and performance of an entire team:
Mozilla Resolves 21-Year-Old Bug, Adds Full XDG Directory Support
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-resolves-21-year-old-bug-adds-full-xdg-directory-support/
The Reshoring Initiative - Real Reasons to Bring Jobs Back to USA From Asia
An Anonymous Coward writes:Here's a "grassroots" initiative bringing manufacturing back to the USA from Asia, https://reshorenow.org/ It was started by Harry Moser, the third generation of his family involved in USA manufacturing--primarily the Singer Sewing Machine Company... at one time a huge New Jersey factory of 5 million square feet. His main tool is free-to-use software, the
Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
KritonK writes:Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.In collaboration with Jason Scott, the well-known digital archivist of Internet Archive fame, they have officially submitted upstream pull requests to the historical source repositories of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III. Those pull requests add a clear MIT LICENSE and formally document the open-source grant.Each repository includes:
HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops’ CPUs
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/
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