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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:From academic toss-aside to cloud substrate:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas:

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JoeMerchant writes:NASA's Perseverance rover has made its most robust discovery yet by detecting complex macromolecular organic carbon sitting directly on the natural rock surfaces of Mars. According to a newly published study in Science Advances, the rover's SHERLOC ultraviolet laser spectrometer mapped hundreds of organic signatures within 3.5-billion-year-old mudstones at the "Bright Angel" outcrop inside Jezero crater.Reporters at Space.com note that this marks the first time intact macromolecular carbon has been found completely exposed on an unprepared martian rock surface, suggesting these compounds are either surprisingly resistant to radiation or were very recently uncovered by wind erosion. While scientists emphasize that these organic molecules can form through both biological and geological processes, Science News reports that the find significantly expands our understanding of martian habitability.Crucially, as highlighted by The Guardian, this discovery means rovers have now found organic-bearing mudstones more than 2,000 miles apart on the planet, adding to the Curiosity rover's earlier findings at Gale crater. Experts writing for Eos.org state that the widespread nature of these ingredients indicates ancient Mars may have routinely possessed the conditions necessary for microbial life.As covered by Interesting Engineering, the discovery includes data from the infamous "Cheyava Falls" rock, which previously made headlines for its intriguing "leopard spots." Ultimately, confirming whether these structures are biological or purely geochemical will require analyzing the cached samples in highly sensitive laboratories back on Earth, making a compelling case for a future Mars Sample Return mission.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

canopic jug writes:Jacobin has an interview with Cory Doctorow about the pending implosion of the AI bubble:Worrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind alley, Cory Doctorow argues. The real danger is AI's bubble: a speculative fantasy built on convincing bosses to replace workers with systems that can't actually do what their salesmen promise.

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2020/05/die-analysis-of-8087-math-coprocessors.html

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.iflscience.com/its-official-voyager-1-will-cross-the-1-light-day-threshold-on-november-18-2026-82733

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/microsoft-spots-new-self-propagating-malware-for-stealing-cryptocurrency/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-and-amds-new-ace-cpu-extensions-bring-an-efficient-ai-oriented-instruction-set-to-x86-a-new-design-makes-matrix-multiplication-more-power-and-density-efficient

fliptop writes:General Motors has delivered a stark lesson in modern American manufacturing: when government-pushed electric vehicle mandates meet market reality, it is the American worker who pays the price:

jelizondo writes:..... but Many Celebrated Figures did Their Best Thinking in Just Four or Five Hours a Day - and That Deliberate Rest May Have Been KeySilicon Canals has a very interesting opinion piece about working hours:

hubie writes:AI Economics for Dummies:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/leaked-financial-docs-show-openai-is-losing-billions-of-dollars-a-year/

hubie writes:People underestimate how enjoyable everyday conversations really are, study says:

owl writes:https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-literally-came-from-a-monster-and-its-not-alone

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Demand for AI systems plus the shortage of DRAM and NAND are shaping the global market:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this." :

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:25X More Than The Drive's Endurance Rating:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:I'm sorry, Dave. I can't install that repo that will totally hose your system:

hubie writes:'Popa' Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/semianalysis-opens-its-own-chip-teardown-lab

An Anonymous Coward writes:Bruce Schneier wrote an opinion piece in response to the ban on the latest Anthropic AI models Fable and Mythos (with a lot of links for further reading). In it, he argues that banning particular models really does not help the problem, and provides some interesting analogies about how they work. Schneier's thoughts are that the best option forward is to create a public AI model.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/06/16/nhs-palantir-claims-face-scrutiny-after-data-suggests-uneven-results/5256198

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/06/17/cyberattack-sees-crops-kept-in-the-ground/5256321

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/15/red-hat-gives-ubuntu-a-bootc-up-the-backside-at-canonical-shindig/5255608

owl writes:https://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/where-to-find-the-colors-your-screen-cant-show-you/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Crew sheltered in SpaceX Dragon as aging Zvezda segment's cracks continue to test orbital nerve:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over:

pTamok writes:Typesetting, or the craft of mechanically or algorithmically placing characters on a page so they are pleasing to the beholder, is an interesting craft. It is related to calligraphy, which is the art or craft of manually (handwriting) placing characters on a page so they are pleasing to the beholder.Typesetting Arabic script has its own peculiar challenges: the script is written from right to left; it is only cursive; some letter-forms vary according to whether they start a word, are in its body, or terminate the word; and justification is achieved by varying the width of portions of the letters in words, not by varying the spaces between words.Modern operating systems, are in general, very bad at rendering Arabic script well.This blog goes into a deep dive of the history of Arabic typesetting, and modern challenges.Vita Nouva: An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/06/15/nasa-management-wants-a-word-and-wont-say-why/5255702

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/the-fbi-built-its-own-replica-small-town-to-simulate-real-world-cyberattacks/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk:

Linux 7.1 is Here to End the Intel 486 CPU Era - and Do Some Serious Legacy Clean UpArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-goodbye-to-486-processors-linux-7-1-lands/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Prosecutors Claim Ship Had Eight More Targets Before It Was Stopped By Coast Guardhttps://www.tomshardware.com/networking/finland-charges-russian-captain-and-crew-member-of-ship-suspected-of-damaging-undersea-cables-prosecutors-claim-ship-had-eight-more-targets-before-it-was-stopped-by-coast-guard

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/covid-vaccines-still-protect-against-heart-problems-large-study-finds/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Nextcloud rollout shows locally controlled storage is one thing; getting users off Office is quite another

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/why-not-yserver-its-xserver-but-rust-y/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally:

U.S. Gov't Orders Anthropic to Disable its Newest AI Models Worldwide Due to Security ThreatsArthur T Knackerbracket writes:An alleged jailbreak triggered a national security directive that forced the model to be pulled:

A device with a screen that connects to the internet anywhere is addictive. Who knew? Possibly any LAN gaming enthusiest or Facebook user from the 90s onwards. Everyone else can read about it right now from anywhere on their smartphone. The Brick is a device to help cut the ties with these addictive time suckers for a while. Much like smoking, mobile use can be very difficult for people to break free from when it is only you and a screen unlock away from a pure unlimited dopamine high. The Brick device works by forcing the user to phyiscally unlock the device which provides a type of disconnect other solutions do not have which is physical distance. At $100 though most users may find it easier to just uninstall the addictive applications or switch to a dumb phone for a while.[For those who have overcome addictive or obsessive behavior--smoking, eating, etc.--how significant is adding friction like this? --Ed.]Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

fliptop writes:Europe's largest automakers are stepping up efforts to secure stronger support for domestic vehicle manufacturing as competition from Chinese electric vehicle producers intensifies. Renault, Volkswagen, and Stellantis have jointly urged EU policymakers to introduce rules that more heavily reward cars developed and produced within Europe, according to FT (paywalled).The companies are advocating for a straightforward local content requirement under which vehicles sold as European would need to source the majority of their components from within the EU and closely associated European countries. They argue that industrial policy should encourage not only final assembly in Europe but also engineering, research, and product development activities:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Cop seemingly ignored Flock camera timestamp to justify arrests:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2191797/rivian-reusing-old-car-batteries-reduce-grid-load-during-peak-hours/

c0lo writes:US solar and storage defy political hostility to dominate Q1 power installations:

hubie writes:A Princeton and UW study tested 23 AI models with sponsor incentives. Eighteen of 23 recommended the expensive sponsored flight over cheaper options more than half the time:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-reportedly-preparing-surprise-return-to-ddr4-systems-with-raptor-lake-next-ddr4-platform-slated-for-the-first-half-of-2027-on-the-lga-1700-socket-takes-a-page-from-amds-book-by-extending-budget-platform-longevity