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fliptop writes:Larry Sanger says the website has become biased against conservative and religious viewpoints, but sees a way to fix it:

upstart writes:Malicious app required to make "Pixnapping" attack work requires no permissions:

c0lo writes:The noise of Bitcoin mining is driving Americans crazy

looorg writes:Amazon accidentally turned off large portions of the internet on Monday morning.

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The war against drones is heating up with airports around the world reporting incursions by these robotic flying pests. Cost effective solutions are still thin on the ground. With countries like Russia and China on the warpath there is a need to step up development and research for better drone management solutions. On the back of drone developments in the Ukraine war, a new R&D facility is being planned for Adelaide in South Australia to accelerate the development of next generation counter drone technology.

AnonTechie writes:An interesting article on the economics of AI Chips by Mihir Kshirsagar

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AnonTechie writes:The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

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It has been a while since I was able to update the community on various aspects of our site.Back in the SaddleMany of you will recall that I had to step back from many of my site duties to begin a period of medical treatment. That has now been completed and, although it was not 100% successful, I am feeling better than when it started. During that time I was asked, where possible, to continue to help manage the site until replacements could be found for various roles.Unfortunately we have not been successful in finding anyone to help administer the site. It might appear a daunting task, and the job list is appreciable, but many of those tasks take literally 2 minutes to complete. Perhaps the most important role is being available to answer the queries that arrive at admin@soylentnews.org. They are often simple to resolve and again only take a few minutes, but the emails have to be checked fairly frequently, at least daily. It is usually an empty mailbox. I would be more than happy to step down from this role but I realise that some may be wary of volunteering to take on the task. You needn't be, and if several people wish to consider it the current job list can easily be divided between them. So if you are interested then please contact admin@soylentnews.org and I can start to show you around without any firm commitment on your part. If you do not fancy it you can say 'no thanks' and remain as a community member. However, I cannot say what the future will hold for me and I cannot keep the role indefinitely. I would rather have a person or two who at least are aware of how the site works before I disappear at some point in the future.I have approached the Board and offered my services, although I would prefer to hand the role over to someone else. This should actually be as a result of an election process but unless someone wishes to step forward there is little point. The Board has agreed to me taking on the role again, for which I am grateful.Jelizondo'jelizondo' joined the editorial team a month or two back and has hit the ground running, having already published approaching 200 stories. Not only has he brought an extra pair of hands to the team but he has also brought a new perspective on what we do. It is always useful to have a fresh look at what we do and to question why we do it that way. Often there are very good reasons but it is sometimes easy to forget how the team has developed since the fledgling days in 2014. While he is a recent addition to the team he has been a community member from the first few weeks of the site's creation. I'm sure you will make him feel welcome.Flagging TrialSome of you will be unaware of 'flagging'. Staff with a specific seclev have had the ability to delete comments from the database since the site was created . This is necessary because legally we are required to remove certain material. Initially the deletion was a 'hard' delete and although the database remained in a stable condition, the linking of comments below a deletion was broken so that while they existed in the database but could not be seen. kolie corrected this to a soft delete - 'deleted' comments would not display but subsequent comments still displayed as they should. It is a far better system. However, it is a system that is still under development although the basic system is fully functional. It is a continuation of the community discussions that kolie held in his journal over the last year or two.With the relatively small (but slowly growing) community the number of journals being used has also fallen. Furthermore, they have been targeted by ACs who in a small number of cases have abused the journals and made them unusable for the owners purpose. Flagging such abuses removes the abuse from view but of course others rightly complained that there was no community visibility of flagged material. Thus it is necessary to develop a management system which allows a flagged comment to be reviewed, returned to view if it has been incorrectly flagged, edited if the offending material can be removed, or blocked entirely in the event of CSAM, doxxing, banned users, or unacceptable material being found.Journal owners complained that their journals were being spoiled by the antics of the few ACs and as a trial we have given the journal owners the ability to flag material that they believe is intended to disrupt their discussions or to abuse the journal owner directly. That trial is running at the moment. Several journal owners have used it, but there is no obligation on any journal owner to do so if they do not wish to. It is in addition to the current moderation system and it is not intended to replace it - indeed argument and moderation should be used if it is simply a difference of opinion. The alternative would be to make journals accessible only to logged-in users in the same way that front page stories are currently published.Once the trial has finished we should be in a much better position to decide how the function will be managed: who will review the flagged comments, how quickly must reviews be carried out, and how will the contents be edited while showing clearly that such editing has taken place etc?It has to be realised that flagging only affects a very small number of anonymous posters but they are intent on disrupting the site wherever they can. Unfortunately that is mainly in the few journals that are active, but it is also seen in Polls.Once the trial has been completed it is intended to present the findings to the community for discussion and possible approval.Finally...As usual, we encourage the community to submit potential stories for publication and discussion. We normally approach submissions with the following priorities in mind, providing that the material is suitable for discussion.

janrinok writes:Quantum crystals offer a blueprint for the future of computing and chemistry:

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jelizondo writes:The BBC published a rambling report on AI and Tech billionaires building large fully-autonomous "basements" in different locations. I love the quote "I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own 'bunker', who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

janrinok writes:Poverty in Australia increases to 1 in 7 people, according to report

hubie writes:Microsoft's quality control department caught napping again:

fliptop writes:The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence but it's facing a shortage of training data:

janrinok writes:New psychology research looks at why we help our friends when they need it

janrinok writes:Understanding volcanoes better: Scientists find exact locations of magma movement

VLM writes:Anyone get good views of Comet C/2025 A6 aka "Lemmon"? Anyone doing astrophotography of it? Anyone see it a couple times and watch it change day to day?In the USA, you'd look vaguely NE an hour before sunrise about a hands width above the horizon. Supposedly no optics needed although all I see is clouds. Naturally it has been raining every morning for me LOL, but I hope to see it soon, thats life in an area that gets like four feet of rain annually LOL. Peak closest approach is supposed to be next Tuesday ish the 21st (hopefully this story will be posted before then)https://www.astronomy.com/observing/nows-the-time-to-see-comet-lemmon/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-see-comet-lemmon-and-the-orionids-meteor-shower-peak/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2025_A6_(Lemmon)https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250930.htmlhttps://www.space.com/stargazing/how-to-find-comet-lemmon-in-the-night-sky-as-it-brightens-this-october-2025I just thought it would be fun to have a very chill astronomy "event" post, once in awhile. Comets are cool.Note this is not comet 3I/ATLAS aka "it's probably an interstellar alien space probe", although I suppose thats fun to talk about too.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

fliptop writes:General Motors said on Oct. 14 that it will bear a $1.6 billion loss to scale back its electric vehicle (EV) operations, citing weaker expected demand following recent U.S. policy changes that ended federal EV tax credits and loosened emissions rules:

hubie writes:Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits:

janrinok writes:Lasers and gold nanoparticles enable on-demand crystal growth for new materials

hubie writes:New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness:

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janrinok writes:First device based on 'optical thermodynamics' can route light without switches

jelizondo writes:The Times of India published an interesting article explaining the 2025 Economics Nobel Prize:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-nanoplastics-farm-animal-cells-human.html

upstart writes:After blasting Wikipedia as biased and 'woke' and pushing for it to be defunded, Elon Musk says he's building his own online encyclopedia through xAI:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Drones fell out of the sky causing fires in a light show in Southern China in Liuyang Hunan Province went horribly wrong. Footage shared online shows the drones spiralling out of control and crashing into the ground, some bursting into flames and igniting fires. Social media users compared the fallout to the Armageddon movie.

fliptop writes:After visiting a string of factories, Jim Farley (Ford's chief executive) was left astonished by the technical innovations being packed into Chinese cars - from self-driving software to facial recognition:

upstart writes:New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes:

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-restricts-ie-mode-access-in-edge-after-zero-day-attacks/

janrinok writes:Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

upstart writes:97% of companies struggle to prove AI's ROI - but these 5 expert tips can help:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-green-solvents-protein-rapeseed.html

fliptop writes:A new analysis of our solar system's interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it's spewing huge amounts of water - and astronomers can't immediately explain why:

janrinok writes:Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth

upstart writes:Warp Speed! How Some Galaxies Can Move Away from Us Faster Than Light:

jelizondo writes:PsyPost has a very interesting report about the consequences of using Ayahuasca on our feelings about death.I've been interested in the stuff but a couple of friends that tried it reported there is a large possibility of vomiting after drinking the stuff and I just don't like that. Point of fact, they ask you to fast before the ceremony to minimize vomiting but to me dry heaves are worst.Anyway, a very interesting read.

upstart writes:A unique case of a woman with male chromosomes in her blood:

upstart writes:Tom's Hardware published a report about the new deal between AMD and OpenAI:

canopic jug writes:Tom's Hardware is reporting on a project by Cambridge University to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks. Magnetic media only lasts a decade or so under optimal, climate controlled storage conditions. So this task is much more fundamental than just pushing the old disks into off-the-shelf drives.

An Anonymous Coward writes:CRM giant Salesforce has been hacked affecting Qantas and other large corporations. While Salesforce claims to be number 1 in the world, a big claim in the presence of SAP and Microsoft, this recent hack shows that no system is completely secure. More than a billion records have been stolen from the 39 companies, including the Qantas Frequent Flyers program, Toyota, Disney, McDonalds, and HBO Max. Hackers have threatened to release this personal data unless Salesforce pay a ransom.Problem is that when you start paying ransoms you don't stop paying.Updates:

It's so common to hear that the gov't can't possibly do anything right, or for a good price, that many people believe it was always true. Here is a counter example to discuss:https://theconversation.com/believe-it-or-not-there-was-a-time-when-the-us-government-built-beautiful-homes-for-working-class-americans-to-deal-with-a-housing-shortage-253512

upstart writes:Teachers need to be scientists themselves, experimenting and measuring the impact of powerful AI products on education:

upstart writes:While drones flying over different parts of Europe have raised concerns in many countries, some are worried about a more dystopian future with the technology:

upstart writes:Comets Lemmon and SWAN may be visible around the same time as they race across the solar system: