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"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/12/celebrating-the-brilliant-pragmatism-of-tcp/ip-the-wiring-of-the-world/5302202

hubie writes:https://btiscience.org/wild-tomatoes-still-hold-the-flavor-we-bred-away-new-map-shows-breeders-where-to-look/

quietus writes:

canopic jug writes:Jon Henshaw has summarized a report about Internet infrastructure. Of about two dozen critically essential infrastructure components, about half have only one or two developers and little to no public funding.

McGruber writes:I learned of Robert X. Cringely's passing from Avram Miller, who wrote:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Understanding why our nearest star does what it does:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and six others agree to changes, but the ICO isn't done asking questions:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/experts-starting-out-stem-career-working-life-tcs-fidelity-investments

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Ernst Abbe worked out in 1873 that even a perfect lens cannot separate details smaller than about half a wavelength of light, which is why a galaxy millions of light-years away photographs cleanly while a virus does not. The limit was not beaten by better glass. It was beaten two other ways: hold a probe closer to the surface than one wavelength and catch the evanescent field (near-field microscopy, ~6 nm lateral resolution demonstrated), or make fluorescent molecules blink one at a time so their centers can be found precisely (super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Short writeup with sources:https://telegra.ph/The-Near-Is-Blurrier-Than-the-Far-10-12Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

looorg writes:https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/04/spies-prime-ministers-and-balls-the-bbc-domesday-project-40/5300383

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/exxonmobils-own-scientists-doubted-climate-fixes-the-company-hyped/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/08/samsung-eyes-80b-quarterly-profit-as-memory-buyers-pay-the-price/5301933

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/amazons-1b-plan-to-combat-data-center-backlash-draws-more-backlash/

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2026/10/ML10-switched-capacitor-filter.html

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/software-is-over-bold-ai-developer-takes-aim-at-adobe-with-open-source-clones/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/pediatricians-renew-call-to-ban-raw-milk-as-anti-science-rhetoric-reigns/

looorg writes:It's that time of the year. It's Nobel Prize week. A million SEK for your scientific (and other) career and achievements.economic sciences (Monday) not yet announced as I made this submission.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2276609/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/trade-group-crunches-numbers-on-trumps-impossible-push-for-100-us-made-tech/

As reported on https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/50100614/formula-1-2026-bahrain-grand-prix-malaysia-engine-delays-happened-verstappen and elsewhere:

hubie writes:We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search:

owl writes:https://www.club386.com/3dfx-voodoo-history-ross-smith-interview/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/chemistry-nobel-goes-to-reactions-like-those-that-gave-life-a-hand/

hubie writes:Professor Madhab Neupane and collaborators have demonstrated experimental evidence of altermagnetism in a layered material:

looorg writes:No more cheap phones. We can all guess the reason. It's good old AI again, the gift that keeps on giving. The market for cheap chips is shifting due to AI datacenter demands. So to enjoy your future AI fun you now need to get a better, ie more expensive, phone.It is possibly not a large market segment in Europe and the USA. Unless you are seriously into burner phones for one reason or another. But for the rest of the world the "cheap" phone is a substantial market.

hubie writes:Relying on social media for investment advice linked to higher confidence but lower actual knowledge:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/trumps-ai-voluntary-accord-wont-make-ai-safe-experts-say/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/milt-windler-nasa-flight-director-who-helped-save-apollo-13-dies-at-94/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-go-netip-addrto6

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:That's the amount of economic value AI will have to deliver to justify all the investment:

day of the dalek writes:As per an article from The Hill, a federal judge in Tulsa County, Oklahoma ruled that an officer's warrantless search of ALPR data may violate the Fourth Amendment because it was done without probable cause:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:It also prevents AI-powered surveillance of employee bathrooms:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2271259/47-million-car-inspection-study-finds-ev-myth/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/29/google-ending-chromeos-support-two-years-early/5299674

looorg writes:Open AI has a very naughty AI that keeps breaking out and in to its own and other system. Apparently it's so complex and no human can monitor it. Solution. Let the AI monitor the AI. Something something fox guarding the hen house.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/as-us-relations-fray-canada-gets-serious-about-its-own-launch-industry/

canopic jug writes:Northeastern University and Consumer Reports have partnered to test 21 late model vehicles and 30 companion mobile apps to understand the privacy implications of the resulting connected vehicle ecosystem. In short, over 75% of vehicles sold globally follow who you are and where you have driven and more. They do this via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and mobile networking. The car companies then spread this collected information to many third parties.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2272895/nasa-chief-sr-71-blackbird-spy-plane-return-tease/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/immigration-advocate-sues-border-agents-for-demanding-his-cell-phone/

canopic jug writes:The editor-in-chief at the Systemd-free Linux Community has reposted a thorough analysis of the current situation with most GNU/LInux systemd/Linux forums and projects. Nowadays it is basically impossible to find a proper distro which retains a healthy community and/or is able to avoid systemd, elogind, and the other corporate problem children.

Snotnose writes:I suspect most of us are software engineers with our own stories of tracking down gnarly bugs. Have you ever thought of debugging other processes like, say, drug discovery? Here is the story of tracking down an impurity in a new drug

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/28/openai-pauses-some-training-amid-allegations-its-rogue-agents-behaved-more-badly-than-first-thought/5299350

looorg writes:I spy with my many cameras a face. A six month project. Millions of scanned faces. Nobody on any watch list found. Are the crooks to smarts to be caught on camera or don't they ride the tube?Solution? Extend the scope of the project for a longer time period and include more stations.

fliptop writes:BMW announced Wednesday it planned to slash its management structure by 20% while expanding the use of artificial intelligence across its operations:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2272902/uk-traffic-camera-ghost-license-plate-detection/