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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/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:ASML denies it has ever shipped an EUV scanner to China:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/22/cloudflare-teams-up-with-big-browsers-to-help-websites-tell-welcome-from-unwelcome-visitors/5259782

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://github.com/Rompass/openc6-biosOpenC6 BIOS is a fully open-source, high-performance modular platform (BIOS) for the ESP32-C6 (RISC-V) microcontroller. It completely changes the traditional embedded development paradigm by decoupling hardware initialization from application logic-bringing a PC/Server-like architecture to a $2 microcontroller.Instead of monolithic firmwares, OpenC6 acts as a host platform. It initializes the hardware, provides out-of-band management via an independent LP-Core coprocessor, and exposes a standardized System Call Interface (ABI). This allows you to hot-swap, download, and execute tiny, lightning-fast bare-metal Payloads directly into RAM or Execute-In-Place (XIP) Flash.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

jelizondo writes:I found a very interesting article published by The Guardian about the physical characteristics of the new FIFA ball and how it is surprising goalkeepers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/22/the-memory-crisis-is-getting-so-bad-that-even-retro-ram-prices-are-going-to-the-moon/5259627

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owl writes:https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The Hidden Cost of Cyber Risk report found that businesses are most impacted by everyday cyber disruption, rather than large-scale one-off breaches:

"Fnord666" writes:Automakers Could Stop Selling Cars In California Rather Than Comply With Tracking Laws:

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: