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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes: Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:NetNut cracked as Google and FBI target 2 million-device botnet

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2206582/amazon-leo-is-ready-to-go/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-first-time-a-cell-built-from-scratch-grows-and-divides-20260701/

canopic jug writes:Archivist David Rosenthal observes now that more material is posted online by LLMs than actual people, the bots are starting to ingest their own digital excrement, creating a negative feedback loop.

looorg writes:Travel like it's 0 AD. Plan and travel your next road trip along the old Roman road network. As if they had Google Maps.https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/07/02/ancient-romes-version-of-google-maps-how-long-to-reach-the-beach

jelizondo writes:A very interesting article was published in Phys.org about how modern life might be outpacing our mind, which evolved to deal with a simpler world:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2204680/dot-law-change-no-brake-pedals-self-driving-cars/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle physics:

canopic jug writes:Derek Thompson has republished excerpts from an almost 100-year-old report on what the US was like in the 1920s. He includes some of the charts and summaries.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Linux 6.18 arrives with a few desktop tweaks, while the neglected x86 edition remains stuck on Debian 11:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Patients are also three times more likely to trust AI in their doctor's secure portal than a public chatbot:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Time to start praying to the goddess of wisdom and war:

canopic jug writes:The Medievalists has a short list of 10 inventions from the Middle Ages which have shaped the modern world.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The High-Luminosity LHC will be mostly the same machine, but it'll deliver 10 times the luminosity and just as little chance of destroying the universe - sorry, conspiracy theorists:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/07/01/nasa-unsure-boeing-starliner-will-ever-be-certified-for-human-flight/5265177

"Fnord666" and dmc write:Oomwoo is a new open-source robot vacuum you can 3D print yourself, sidesteps cloud security risks by running fully offline - project combines Raspberry Pi, 2D LiDAR, and a 3D-printed chassis:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/sony-will-stop-making-physical-copies-of-playstation-games-in-2028/

"Fnord666" writes:Engineer open-sources DIY radar system that's 95% cheaper than $250,000 commercial offerings, has 20 kilometer range - Moroccan engineer designs Aeris-10 radar, shares it on GitHub:

On behalf of all staff and community members, may we wish all Americans a very happy Independence Day (and weekend!). Importantly, stay cool and safe!And everyone, Americans and others (and assuming you didn't get an invite to Taylor's wedding celebrations), tell us what you will be doing and how you will spend the weekend!I will try to keep the stories flowing to allow the Usians to party appropriately.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

Snotnose writes:I'm not even going to summarize this, but if you value American science you need to read it.

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/polestar-ev-ban-commerce-department-volvo-china/

looorg writes:The UN sees great rewards, and risks, with AI for humanity and the world in their new report.

canopic jug writes:The Internet Archive and the Authors Alliance are producing a six-part series from the Future Knowledge podcast. The series, Vanishing Culture explores what happens when our shared cultural heritage disappears, and what we can do to preserve it. The first episode was published July 1, 2026 starts out discussing the growing threat of cultural loss in the digital age:

AnonTechie writes:An interesting interview with Cory Doctorow

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2203145/nasa-tests-in-orbit-refueling-device-deep-space-missions/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2531894-remote-controlled-cockroach-swarm-can-now-breathe-underwater/?utm_campaign=rss%7cnsns&utm_source=nsns&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=technology

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/supreme-court-ruling-guts-governments-use-of-geofence-warrants/

"fab23" writes:FreeBSD vs. Linux: The Eternal Open:

"Fnord666" writes:Prompt Injection as Role Confusion:FNord666 has submitted a comprehensive study of using prompt injection to 'poison' or confuse a LLM. For those who are interested in such things it is an interesting read. It identifies various ways in which current LLMs process the tags, known as roles, and the resulting analysis indicates that they are vulnerable to certain role tags being misused.The following is an excerpt from part way through the study (which therefore assumes you have understood the terms and techniques which have been discussed earlier) and it details several ways that the authors have already identified as being suitable for further research and potential exploitation.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Wants to revive the lost art of the National Internet Registry, which APNIC has deprecated and isn't keen to bring back:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2198018/australia-floating-solar-panels-doing-something-unexpected/

An Anonymous Coward writes:When is buying not buying? When it's a digital library! On September 1 2026 the Sony company will remove access to a number of movie titles from Studio Canal. Details are not available for if users who spent money on this content will be reimbursed. This appears to be history repeating itself with Microsoft pulling out of the online content business last year.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:At ISC 2026 An Exec Said 'It Will Never Be Like It Was Last Year'Lenovo's broader message is that the economics of the memory industry have fundamentally changed:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/06/28/boffins-build-a-better-pixel-capable-of-emitting-and-receiving-light/5263388

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-i-block-ads-with-cheap-raspberry-pi-alternative/

owl writes:https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-next-gen-52-core-nova-lake-cpu-could-pull-up-to-474w-high-end-lga1954-motherboards-may-need-three-8-pin-power-connectors-to-feed-the-monster

AnonTechie writes:[Source]: yahoo!tech[Editor's Comment: This is a biased article, but we have quoted the original source.]

owl writes:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/boeing-747-retirement/687304/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/hpc/2026/06/23/bold-move-cotton-trump-administration-tells-us-techies-it-expects-american-quantum-computer-by-2028/5260074

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Poll finds two-thirds support squeeze on Silicon Valley despite US pressure:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/23/five-eyes-spooks-warn-ai-means-infosec-incidents-can-become-major-operational-and-financial-crises/5259916

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sk-telecom-named-as-the-korean-carrier-at-the-center-of-anthropics-mythos-export-controls

An Anonymous Coward writes:Since 2000 there has been an explosion of creators publishing their content online and with it a raft of laws and restrictions for what is and is not acceptable. At the forefront of this is automated scanning for images that are deemed to be inappropriate. Now Adobe has taken this one step further by incorporating AI into Photoshop to check images being edited to block what they deem to be inapproriate images from being created. Content creator Alsoashley discovered this while editing a photo of herself in a bikini (also posted on youtube).Do you think that AI blocking you from editing a photo on your computer because it deems your art to be inappropriate to be acceptable?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:This is reminiscent of the acoustic mirror used from World War I until the advent of radar as an early warning system for bombers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2197980/how-airbags-deploy-so-quickly-in-a-crash-physics-explained/

owl writes:https://www.newsweek.com/cost-me-the-election-data-centers-trigger-voter-backlash-12118327

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/