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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/physicists-think-theyve-resolved-the-proton-size-puzzle/

"Fnord666" writes:Bankers and bank regulators are scrambling to figure out what to do:

looorg writes:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/13/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-staff-talk-to-the-bossMeta is turning Zuckerberg into Clippy so he can answer all your queries and gives you feedback and support ... I'm sure the staff will just feel the motivation flow over them as their great leader appears to them in person, or in avatar form as their very own Clippy. Zucky?

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/ukraines-military-robot-surge-aims-to-offset-drone-risks-to-humans/

JamesWebb writes:Bitcoin's blockchain is a public ledger. Every block header, every nonce, every coinbase transaction, every timestamp is visible to anyone running a full node. Most people look at the price. The data itself tells a different story.Starting at block 142,312 (approximately early 2011), a persistent anomaly appears in the chain: 37,393 blocks with no pool tag in the coinbase, spanning 14 years, appearing in 2,877 distinct burst episodes that cluster around moments when the mining pool coordination graph is restructuring. These are not scattered solo miners picking up scraps. They are a structured, continuous presence.Every mining pool has a distinctive nonce distribution - the hardware, work distribution software, and stratum proxy configuration create a statistical fingerprint. KL divergence measures how different two distributions are. The anonymous miner scores 0.0003 against F2Pool. The next closest pool scores 0.01+. The coinbase data confirms it: same template, same extra-nonce encoding, same byte layout - with the pool identification tag stripped out. These are F2Pool blocks with the name removed.Someone has had the comprehension to read Bitcoin's 587 miner-controlled bits per block header - reconstructing pool attribution, coordination patterns, and regime shifts in real time - for 14 years. Every number in the article is derivable from publicly available blockchain data. The data is there. Look at it: https://subtracted.org/bitcoin-overseerOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Judge said ban, which originated in Reconstruction era to thwart liquor tax evasion, actually reduced tax revenue:

looorg writes:https://www.cio.com/article/4155404/ai-token-freeloaders-are-coming-for-your-customer-support-chatbot.htmlConversation framing or Social-engineering the Customer support AI bots. Making them do things to burn company tokens. One just can't stop laughing.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:An amendment to a recent lawsuit could change the narrative significantly, and just weeks before trial:

liar writes:https://gizmodo.com/this-memory-chip-survives-temperatures-hotter-than-lava-2000745819

Snotnose writes:In a classic case of blame the messenger teenagers are being sent to prison because of poor security.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The scheme follows a string of security failures at SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://phys.org/news/2026-04-electrode-technology-efficiency-plastic-precursors.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-lays-down-the-law-on-ai-generated-code-yes-to-copilot-no-to-ai-slop-and-humans-take-the-fall-for-mistakes-after-months-of-fierce-debate-torvalds-and-maintainers-come-to-an-agreement

hubie writes:The AI Great Leap Forward:

owl writes:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The same Dave Plummer was the genius behind Windows' ZIP file support:

owl writes:https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/tea-a-stimulant-that-made-the-modern

hubie writes:Linux devs think even one second spent on 486 support is a second too many:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:These are cheaper and faster to build compared to engines built using traditional methods:

hubie writes:A study reveals how individual tongue clicks and their echoes contribute to object sensing:

hubie writes:The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable-even in cases where their products cause "critical harm.":

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Intel's solution in its most aggressive setting provides a similar texture compression ratio to Nvidia's counterpart:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Pair backs scraper blocking and standards to separate trusted agents from bad bots

[Ed. note: Little Snitch is a macOS program that intercepts network traffic at the kernel level to let you know what connections your applications are making behind the scenes]Little Snitch for Linux - Because Nothing Else Came CloseAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://obdev.at/blog/:

"c0lo" writes:Scientists have pushed the limits of mammal cloning until the whole house of cards has come tumbling down:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Some experts argue that AI was just used as an excuse for poor business decisions:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/

fliptop writes:One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security:

MIT researchers recently published "Fully 3D-Printed electric motor manufactured via multi-modal, multi-material extrusion" full text and nice illustrations available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17452759.2026.2613185 To do this required modifying a 3D printer, a lot of experimentation with feedstock, and software changes to solve printing problems. When they got done they have something they call a linear motor, but it looks more like a voice coil or solenoid (very short stroke) to me. None the less, it is proof of concept that printing both conductors and magnetic materials is possible.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:CrystalX RAT comes with a handful of prankware:

fliptop writes:After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn't a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. The math hasn't worked out for a while now:

hubie writes:Experiments with hydrogen confirm fundamental quantum theory up to the 13th decimal place and solve proton radius puzzle:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://news.mit.edu/2026/toward-cheaper-cleaner-hydrogen-production-0403

fliptop writes:Honda is deepening its retreat from an aggressive electric vehicle rollout, canceling three U.S.-bound EVs and warning that the shifting market could result in major financial losses as it pivots toward hybrids:

hubie writes:New analyses of the planet's oldest minerals suggest a diversity of tectonic settings not previously expected more than 4 billion years ago:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.osnews.com/story/144737/adobe-secretly-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-the-stupidest-reason/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://9to5linux.com/debians-apt-3-2-released-with-history-undo-redo-and-rollback-support

hubie writes:A UCLA-led research team demonstrated that minuscule wires made from two unconventional materials can potentially reduce noise below the lowest level possible in traditional electronics:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/nasa_budget/

jelizondo writes:Phys.org has an interesting report on the reason the slower car many times catches up:

hubie writes:Is 90 percent accuracy good enough for a search robot?

"dalek" writes:Nate Silver, formerly of FiveThirtyEight, recently published an article about the decline of social media in driving traffic to external websites. Silver describes the impact of social media on traffic to FiveThirtyEight when it relaunched under new ownership from Disney in March 2014:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.osnews.com/story/144752/plan-9-is-a-uniquely-complete-operating-system/Thom Holwerda 2026-04-07

fliptop writes:Artificial intelligence and government officials warned that tech companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI are slated to deploy advanced models that are highly effective at hacking complex systems:

fliptop writes:The regulatory price for handing three million people's dating photos to a facial recognition startup turned out to be a promise to behave:

hubie writes:Sweden is bringing back books amid declining test scores:

fliptop writes:Technology doesn't just make life easier, it changes how we think, how we act, and what we come to expect from the world around us. The biggest shifts show up slowly, fold into everyday life, and eventually become invisible. Over time, a tool or system starts shaping behavior:

hubie writes:Researchers use archaeological-textual tool to uncover global spread of democracies-and autocracies-in early societies:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-say-recent-rash-of-meteor-sightings-warrants-serious-investigation-2000738638

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://techtoday.co/googles-new-compression-drastically-shrinks-ai-memory-use-while-quietly-speeding-up-performance-across-demanding-workloads-and-modern-hardware-environments/