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hubie writes:CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests:

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-tool-tropical-fish-species.html

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hubie writes:Microsoft's killing script used to avoid Microsoft Account in Windows 11:

Long ago (but not all that long) The Internet Oracle (aka Usenet Oracle, fam. "Orrie") was a popular source of humor and entertainment. For a sample,

hubie writes:Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national security:

upstart writes:After Trump's decree: fight for US funding for Tor, F-Droid and Let's Encrypt:

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aliks writes:In the spirit of making a submission a week - I had a look at the front page of phys.orgThe article:https://phys.org/news/2025-03-class-zwitterionic-phospholipids-mrna-delivery.htmlimmediately caught my eye. Are we letting the biochemists get ahead of cyber geeks in the battle for the wierdest jargon?We must fight back!Although zwitterions do have a bit of history behind them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZwitterionOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:NASA early galaxy discovery shines light on 'Cosmic Dark Ages':

canopic jug writes:The cryptographer who blogs under the pseudonym Soatok has written an in depth discussion of the practical limitations of End-to-End Encryption on his blog. For some things, such as planning military strikes, Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIFs) are the right tool for the job, while smartphone apps of any stripe are not.

upstart writes:xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid:

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oregonjohn writes:We are entering a new phase of developing Soylent News. I'm John and I am the president of the nonprofit board of Soylent Phoenix, which manages Soylent News.Soon we'll be asking you to review, suggest, and comment on our proposals for a variety of organizational and management changes that we hope will build our community and that will make the site more useful and friendly without changing the intent and basic design.More coming soon so keep an eye out for updates. Your input is essential.https://soylentnews.org/faq.plJohnOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:23andMe customers struggle to delete their data:

upstart writes:New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification:

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canopic jug writes:Developer Dave Grauer has a long blog post about the broligarchs of Silicon Valley where he asks how they became the face of "technology" and examines how that came to be and what can be done to correct the error.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:A very pretty and detailed Tor Network Status (Onion link) page, listing node by node and type for each.This is an unofficial current list.For official lists and more info, visit:https://consensus-health.torproject.org/

looorg writes:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/jpmorgan-says-quantum-experiment-generated-truly-random-numbers [Probably paywalled]

taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-nitisinone-human-blood-lethal-mosquitoes.html

upstart writes:Record-breaking Explosion by Black Hole Spotted - NASA:

upstart writes:Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance:

upstart writes:Security Vulnerability fixed in Firefox 136.0.4, Firefox ESR 128.8.1, Firefox ESR 115.21.1:

fliptop writes:The popular and original mainstream illegal music file-sharing platform that caused absolute mayhem for record labels in the early 2000s was sold to tech company Infinite Reality on Tuesday for a whopping $200+ million figure, as the startup said that it hopes of transform [sic] the streaming service into a music Metaverse of sorts:

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upstart writes:SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment:

Freeman writes:https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0415-released/

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/science/pedestrian-walking-math/

canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Alex Gaynor has made an analysis of Postel's law including a discussion of its shortcomings. Postel's Law, also known as the Robustness Principle, states "Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept."

Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Versionupstart writes:Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Version:

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upstart writes:The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what's involved:

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taylorvich writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-harnessing-nature-fractals-flexible-electronics.html

canopic jug writes:The Finnix project and DistroWatch are observing the 25 anniversary of the Finnix live distro a few days ago:From Finnix:

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-03-decades-quest-antibiotic-compounds.html

taylorvich writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/jumping-robot

fliptop writes:US sperm donor giant California Cryobank is warning customers it suffered a data breach that exposed customers' personal information:

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/materials/carbon-negative-cement-sand-substitute-seawater-electricity-co2/

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fliptop writes:Gaia runs faster on Ryzen AI PCs, using the XDNA NPU and RDNA iGPU:

owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/italian-court-orders-google-to-block-iptv-pirate-sites-at-dns-level/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-trust-signing-service-abused-to-code-sign-malware/