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Updated 2025-06-04 17:16
Model Context Protocol (MCP): What It is and Why It Matters
[Editor's Comment: This is the first two parts of a planned 4-part series]MCP: What It Is and Why It Matters-Part 1
Fire Safety Concerns Spark New Battery Rules on Flights
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Making Magnesium From Sea Water
Tech Review reports on a US startup that claims to have modernized and cleaned up the magnesium refining process, https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/28/1117481/metal-magrathea/ The light weight metal has many applications.
Texas Right To Repair Bill Passes, Heads To The Governor’s Desk
owl writes:https://www.theverge.com/law/678334/right-to-repair-texas-hb-2963
The Workers Who Lost Their Jobs To AI
pdfernhout submitted the following article:'One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT': the workers who lost their jobs to AIThe increasing sophistication and adoption of Artificial Intelligence are no longer abstract future concepts but a present-day reality reshaping the workforce, as detailed in a recent Guardian piece. The story gives voice to journalists, illustrators, copywriters, and voice actors who have found their livelihoods threatened or lost to AI tools, raising critical questions about the future of creative professions and the ethical implications of this technological shift.Mateusz Demski, a journalist from Poland who lost his radio job, describes a particularly jarring experience when his former station introduced AI hosts:
China To Ease Rare Earth Export Restrictions To Benefit Domestic And European Semiconductor Firms
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Mount Etna Erupts as Large Plumes Rise From Italian Volcano
c0lo submitted the following article:Mount Etna erupts as large plumes rise from Italian volcano:
Mysterious Leaker Outs Conti Ransomware Kingpins
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Leprosy Was in the Americas Long Before the Arrival of Europeans
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Intel Wins Crucial Verdict in Legal Fight Against Patent Troll VLSI
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120 Court Cases Have Been Caught With AI Hallucinations, According to New Database
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OpenAI Model Modifies Own Shutdown Script, Say Researchers
upstart writes:Even when instructed to allow shutdown, o3 sometimes tries to prevent it, research claims:
Clock Still Keeping Village on Time After 500 Years
owl writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz70p0qevlro
Malware Reverse Engineering - Unraveling the Secrets of Encryption in Malware
An Anonymous Coward writes:[Ed. note: This is an older blog post (2023), but has a lot of background information that some people might find interesting --hubie]https://intezer.com/blog/unraveling-malware-encryption-secrets/
New JWST Observations of 'Trans-Neptunian Objects' Could Help Reveal Our Solar System's Past
upstart writes:Thanks to JWST, we've learned key details about methanol - a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life - on distant icy worlds:
NOAA Issues a 'Severe' Solar Storm Alert, Auroras Expected at Lower Latitudes
NOAA issues a 'Severe' solar storm alert, auroras expected across most of the U.S.:
Using HDMI EMI for Fast Wireless Data Transfer
An Anonymous Coward writes:by Oona Raisanen February 27, 2023Using HDMI EMI for fast wireless data transfer
Victoria's Secret Website Laid Bare For Three Days After 'Security Incident'
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Trump Proposes Huge Reduction in National Science Foundation Funding
PiMuNu writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/american_science_put_on_starvation/
Gallery Showcases The Dustiest, Grimiest PCs In Germany - 400 Images Of Fascinating Horror
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China Hygon And Sugon Merge To Form Vertically Integrated Supercomputing Giant Against US Sanctions
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Overlooked Cells Might Explain The Human Brain’s Huge Storage Capacity
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German Court Jails Volkswagen Execs Over Dieselgate Scandal
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Microsoft Dumps AI Into Notepad as 'Copilot All the Things' Mania Takes Hold
hubie writes:A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified:
Verizon Asks Trump Admin to Destroy All Popular Phone Unlocking Requirements
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Stack Overflow's Plan to Survive the Age of AI
oaklandwatch writes:Stack Overflow will test paying experts to answer questions. That's one of many radical experiments they're now trying to stave off an AI-induced death spiral.Questions and answers to the site have plummeted more than 90% since April of 2020. So here's what Stack Overflow will try next.
Botnet Hacks 9,000+ ASUS Routers to Add Persistent SSH Backdoor
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Bed Bugs Are Most Likely the First Human Pest, New Research Shows
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-bed-bugs-human-pest.html
5 Ways to Stop AI Cheating
fliptop writes:At 22, I left LA for a traditional Oxford education. I mocked it then-but this stodgy approach might be our best hope right now:
Lenovo Caught Out by Trump's on-Again Off-Again Tariffs
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How to Stop and Disable Unwanted Services From Linux System
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Russia is Still Swimming in New Intel and AMD Chips Thanks to Sanction "Workarounds"
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University Of Arizona Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Petahertz-Speed Transistor
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Some Signs of AI Model Collapse Begin to Reveal Themselves
hubie writes:Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse:
Scientists Just Discovered A Mysterious New World Far Beyond Pluto
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Humanoid AI-powered Robots Duke It Out In China Fight Competition
fliptop writes:Unitree director Wang Qixin says the robotics company used AI and motion capture to train the robots on real fight moves:
Intel Uncovers Alleged Embezzlement Involving Former Employee And Supplier
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Telescope Upgrade Reveals Sun's "Coronal Rain" In Unprecedented Detail
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iPhone Won't Be Made In US Anytime Soon: Analysts
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The CIA Used A Star Wars Fan Site To Secretly Communicate With Spies
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Security News: Telemessage Worsens, Predictive Patching, GoDaddy Incompetence, Credential DB Found
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Gabe Newell's Brain-Computer Interface Startup to Reveal First Chips Later This Year
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Texas is Getting Ready to Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
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Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beer
Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beerhubie writes:Research reveals 'forever chemicals' present in beer:
Scientists Discover Potential New Targets For Alzheimer’s Drugs
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Google Brings Ads to AI Search
hendrikboom writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-google-ads-ai-chatgpt.html
The Sun is Producing Strong Solar Flares; Are There More Than Expected During This Solar Cycle?
The Sun is Producing Strong Solar Flares, Creating Blackouts. What to Knowupstart writes:The sun is producing strong solar flares, creating blackouts. What to know:
Ex-NSA Listened to Scattered Spider's Calls: 'They're Good'
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GitHub Copilot Angles for Promotion From Assistant to Agent
hubie writes:Agent mode arrives, for better or worse:
Positive Proof-of-Concept Experiments May Lead to the World's First Treatment for Celiac Disease
slon writes:Positive proof-of-concept experiments may lead to the world's first treatment for celiac disease:
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