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Anonymous Coward writes:How to know if you can trust an AI's answer to your question

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis:

jelizondo writes:SpaceDaily has an interesting report about a person who survived being struck by debris falling from orbit:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws:

jelizondo writes:As a dog person, I found the following report from SciTechDaily very interesting:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2259957/china-xpeng-humanoid-robot-walk-off-assembly-line/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/16/spain-gets-its-first-taste-of-ai-aided-cyber-attack/5296844

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/what-happens-when-neutrinos-swap-identities-inside-a-supernova/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/17/fujitsu-ready-to-sell-its-custom-monaka-arm-chip-maybe-to-rival-server-makers/5297025

Fnord666 writes:Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/science/we-now-know-how-warm-the-t-rex-was/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/hackers-reveal-how-flock-cameras-really-track-cars-and-people/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/09/16/aws-says-wartime-damage-means-some-middle-east-cloud-resources-are-gone-for-good/5296830

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/09/not-just-proton-getting-to-know-valves-new-steamos-compatibility-layers/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/09/17/judge-orders-microsoft-to-spill-internal-docs-and-scour-execs-comms-in-secondhand-licensing-case/5296820

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/16/spacex-aims-starship-for-orbit-on-september-22/5296836

OpenAI Admits Its Agents Went Off The Rails Another Six TimesArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/17/openai-admits-its-agents-went-off-the-rails-another-six-times/5297016

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/lawmakers-target-flock-cameras-with-a-threat-to-highway-funding/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/17/swift-64-unifies-building-across-linux-macos-windows/5297006

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/paul-kills-kill-switch-bill-01081348:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter:

looorg writes:The next CEO genius tries his hand at predicting future trends in computing. Next on the chopping block ... The keyboard.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The trick isn't using perovskites-the trick is making them last.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies:

looorg writes:

Australia is considering using noise cameras to detect and fine drivers whos vehicle exceeds noise limits. Drivers could face fines of up to $1,200 where noice exceeds the prescribed noise limit by 15 decibels. NSW authorities last year trialled hi-tech noise cameras in the Wollongong and Bayside council areas. NSW Police are still reviewing the data obtained from the trial and have yet to announce a broader rollout of noise cameras. Police could also issue a $434 fine and three demerit points to motorists who start or drive a vehicle in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke, including unnecessarily revving an engine.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:"NASA's award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:If the allegations hold, the move was geopolitcs-scale plan worthy of Dr. Evil himself:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Clandestine Op Uncovers Training Exercise Simulating Deployment Against Infrastructure In Norway:

OpenAI Agents Discussed Ways To Escape Their Sandbox On Public WikiArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/openai-agents-discussed-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox-on-public-wiki/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/could-europes-giant-four-carriers-rival-starlink-with-new-consortium

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-revives-one-mono-font-after-brief-retirement-typeface-built-to-fight-coder-eyestrain-gets-reprieve-from-open-source-purge

Chinese Military Researchers And Tech Giants Caught Using ClaudeArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-military-researchers-and-tech-giants-caught-using-claude-us-frontier-model-coded-16-air-defense-suppression-tools-targeting-taiwan-drafted-anti-torpedo-specs-and-fed-151-million-training-queries-to-alibaba

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/boy-developed-toasted-skin-condition-from-using-a-laptop-every-day/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/iran-and-houthi-rebels-used-anthropics-claude-ai-to-target-us-warships-and-build-hypersonic-missiles-houthi-rebels-also-used-the-bot-to-code-ballistic-missile-guidance-systems

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/09/another-microsoft-team-admits-its-struggling-to-handle-flood-of-ai-generated-code/5295185

owl writes:https://maurycyz.com/misc/domains/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"

Snotnose writes:Problem: You have a 250 ton telescope that needs to turn smoothly all day. Solution? Set it on a pool of mercury. It worked very well for over 50 years. But time marches on.

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owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2026/09/8087-microcode-reverse-engineering-fscale.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/09/10/digital-sovereignty-sounds-great-until-you-try-ditching-your-suppliers/5294997

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/11/microsoft-annoints-rust-as-a-tier-1-internal-language/5295732

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/08/retired-man-turns-spare-room-into-soviet-era-supercomputer/5295046

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nasa-and-ibm-unveil-an-open-source-lunar-ai-model

Anthropic's September 2026 Report: State Espionage, Weaponized Swarms, and the Rise of Autonomous AIJoeMerchant writes:In its September 2026 Threat Intelligence Report, Anthropic detailed its ongoing operations to detect, disrupt, and mitigate the malicious misuse of its Claude AI models across seven core harm areas:Cyber Operations:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push: