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Updated 2025-07-19 01:00
Drones, AI and Robot Pickers: Meet the Fully Autonomous Farm
jelizondo writes:The Wall Street Journal published a look at new automation for farms, as reported by Mint
DOGE Staffer With Access to Americans' Personal Data Leaked Private xAI API Key
upstart writes:DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key:
Intel Axes Thousands of Technicians and Engineers in Sweeping U.S. Layoffs
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Engineering the Origin of the Wheel
upstart writes:Engineering the Origin of the Wheel:
Nvidia Chips Become the First GPUs to Fall to Rowhammer Bit-Flip Attacks
upstart writes:GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last:
Belkin Shows Tech Firms Getting Too Comfortable With Bricking Customers’ Stuff
upstart writes:Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers' stuff:
Holographic Ribbon Aims To Oust Magnetic Tape With 50-Year Life Span And 200Tb Per Cartridge
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AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers
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Industrial Waste is Turning Into Rock in Just Decades, Study Suggests
upstart writes:Industrial Waste Is Turning Into Rock in Just Decades, Study Suggests:
Merger of Two Massive Black Holes is One for the Record Books
Merger of Two Massive Black Holes is One for the Record Booksupstart writes:Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books:
Nvidia CEO says China's Military Will Avoid U.S. AI Tech
fliptop writes:Just like how the U.S. military avoids using Chinese tech, he expects that the PLA won't use American technologies:
Texas Governor Says His Emails With Elon Musk are Too ‘Intimate or Embarrassing’ to Release
upstart writes:Texas governor says his emails with Elon Musk are too 'intimate or embarrassing' to release:
Secretive Chinese Satellite Emerges in Surprising Orbit After 6-Day Vanishing Act
liar writes:Gizmodo reports that a Secretive Chinese Satellite was found in a surprising orbit 6 days after launch.Shiyan-28B finally appeared in an unexpectedly low orbit, but its mission remains unclear."Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low orbit. China launched the experimental satellite to test new technologies, but it's still unclear exactly what it's doing in its unique inclination.Shiyan-28B 01 launched on July 3 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, riding on board a Long March 4C rocket. The satellite is part of China's experimental Shiyan series, reportedly designed for exploration of the space environment and to test new technologies. It typically takes a day or two for space tracking systems to locate an object in orbit, but the recently launched Chinese satellite was hard to find.The U.S. Space Force's Space Domain Awareness unit was finally able to catalogue Shiyan-28B 01 on July 9, six days after its launch. The U.S. space monitoring system located the Chinese satellite in a 492 by 494 mile orbit (794 by 796 kilometer orbit) with an 11-degree inclination, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell wrote on X. At the time of launch, it was estimated that the satellite would be tilted at a 35-degree inclination relative to Earth's equator. Its unusually low inclination, however, suggests that the rocket performed a dogleg maneuver, meaning that it changed direction midway through ascent, and its second stage performed three burns to reduce inclination, according to McDowell.It's unclear why China performed the change in the rocket's path after launch or what the purpose of the satellite's low inclination is. China has never used such a low-inclination orbit before, according to SpaceNews. Based on its orbital inclination, the satellite will pass over parts of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, and it may be used for regional monitoring or communication tests.China has been experimenting with new satellite technology. Two Chinese satellites recently performed a docking maneuver for an orbital refueling experiment, which has the potential to extend the lifespan of spacecraft in orbit. The country generally keeps the specifics of its experimental missions under wraps, carrying out secretive maneuvers in orbit as U.S. tracking systems do their best to keep watch."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Stopping The Rot When Good Software Goes Bad Means New Rules
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GPS On The Fritz? Britain And France Plot A Backup Plan
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Snot-Filtering Tech Could Be The Answer To A Dust-Free PC
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Princeton Study Maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding
jelizondo writes:Science Daily reports that a Princeton study maps 200,000 years of Human-Neanderthal interbreeding.
AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds
Freeman writes:Ars Technica reports that a Stanford Study found that AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice:
Core Ultra 5 245HX Blasts Past Desktop Counterpart in PassMark
upstart writes:The mobile version is faster than the desktop version, at least in this benchmark:
Physicists Start To Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms
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Supporting Mission-Driven Space Innovation, For Earth And Beyond
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China Claims Big Advances In Classical And Quantum Computers
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AMD Discloses New CPU Flaws that can Enable Data Leaks via Timing Attacks
Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.csoonline.com/article/4020192/amd-discloses-new-cpu-flaws-that-can-enable-data-leaks-via-timing-attacks.html
'Positive Review Only': Researchers Hide AI Prompts in Papers
hubie writes:Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review:
The Foolproof Way to Win Any Lottery, According to Maths
hubie writes:How can you guarantee a huge payout from any lottery? Take a cue from combinatorics, and perhaps gather a few wealthy pals:
1960s Schools Experiment That Created a New Alphabet and Left Thousands of Children Unable to Spell
chromas writes:Here's an interesting story someone dropped in IRC:The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet - and left thousands of children unable to spell (and yes, I tweaked the sub title to fit into SN's tiny title limit):
Zombie Fabs Plague China's Chipmaking Ambitions, Failures Burning Tens of Billions of Dollars
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Man's Ghastly Festering Ulcer Stumps Doctors—Until They Cut Out a Wedge of Flesh
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/07/man-fails-to-take-his-medicine-the-flesh-starts-rotting-off-his-leg/
This Glitchy, Error-Prone Tool Could Get You Deported
upstart writes:The tech's mistakes are dangerous, but its potential for abuse when working as intended is even scarier:
Experts Say It is Unlikely You Will See a Moa Any Time Soon
Colossal's Plans To "De-Extinct" The Giant Moa Are Still Impossible Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:
'123456' Password Exposed Chats for 64 Million McDonald's Job Applicants
An Anonymous Coward writes:From '123456' Password Exposed Chats for 64 Million McDonald's Job Applicants
Semiconductor Industry Could Short Out as Copper Runs Dry
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70,000 Years Ago Humans Underwent A Major Shift – That’s Why We Exist
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PerfektBlue Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Vehicles to Remote Code Execution
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CEO Claims Intel No Longer In The "Top 10 Semiconductor Companies"
Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:Intel Ceo Says It's "Too Late" For Them To Catch Up With Ai Competition -Reportedly Claims Intel Has Fallen Out Of The "Top 10 Semiconductor Companies" As The Firm Lays Off Thousands Across The World
Derinkuyu: A Subterranean Marvel of Ancient Engineering with Capacity for 20,000 Inhabitants
upstart writes:Derinkuyu: A Subterranean Marvel of Ancient Engineering:
New Android TapTrap Attack Fools Users With Invisible UI Trick
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-android-taptrap-attack-fools-users-with-invisible-ui-trick/
What is AGI? Nobody Agrees, and It's Tearing Microsoft and OpenAI Apart.
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/agi-may-be-impossible-to-define-and-thats-a-multibillion-dollar-problem/
Nvidia Has Become the World’s First Company Worth $4 Trillion
fliptop writes:For the first time ever, a company has achieved a market capitalization of $4 trillion. And that company is none other than Nvidia:
Apple Just Released an Interesting Coding Language Model
upstart writes:Apple just released an interesting coding language model - 9to5Mac:
AI is Scraping the Web, but the Web is Fighting Back
upstart writes:AI Is Scraping the Web, but the Web Is Fighting Back:
Earth is Going to Spin Much Faster Over the Next Few Months
upstart writes:Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months:
Compact GeV Proton Acceleration Using Ultra-Intense Lasers
upstart writes:Compact GeV Proton Acceleration Using Ultra-Intense Lasers:
Shrinking Antarctic Sea Ice Is Warming The Ocean Faster Than Expected
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The Curious Rise of Giant Tablets on Wheels
Freeman writes:Ars Tecnica reports on the curious rise of giant tablets on wheels/
How to Stop Your LG or Samsung Smart TV From Tracking You
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EU Rattles its Purse and AI Datacenter Builders Come Running
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MIT Engineers Develop Electrochemical Sensors for Cheap, Disposable Diagnostics
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Stop Killing Games Finally Reaches One Million Signature Milestone, but There's a Pretty Big Catch
upstart writes:Stop Killing Games Finally Reaches One Million Signature Milestone, But There's A Pretty Big Catch:
Inside the Australian Lab Growing a Biological Computer
An Anonymous Coward writes:A report published by Live Science tells us about the world's first computer that combines human brain with silicon:
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