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owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/01/reverse-engineering-airspeedmach.html

Freeman writes:Massive fines highlight stricter enforcement standards for children in online games:

upstart writes:'A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose', said environment secretary Thérèse Coffey:

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Microsoft is Finally Done With Windows 7 and 8.1upstart writes:Microsoft Is Finally Done With Windows 7 and 8.1:

upstart writes:NASA's Webb Telescope Makes Its First Exoplanet Discovery, A Rocky Planet Similar In Size To Earth - SlashGear:

upstart writes:The link between HDL and heart disease isn't clear-cut:

upstart writes:The temperature inside the vehicle could reach the low 40s Celsius during Earth return:

canopic jug writes:The ScheerPost is running a tribute to the late Aaron Swartz ten years after his untimely death on 11 January 2013.

fliptop writes:There's almost an "infinite" supply of RP2040 chips:

takyon writes:Sony Patents Anti-Piracy Blacklist for Smart TVs and Media Players

upstart writes:Power Companies Caught Paying Local News Outlets For Glowing Coverage:

fliptop writes:If you're looking for a new operating system that takes security seriously, but doesn't cause major user headaches, Vanilla OS might be just the ticket:

upstart writes:MWC 349A is 30 times bigger than our own sun and one of the brightest radio sources in the sky:

owl writes:https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/identity-thieves-bypassed-experian-security-to-view-credit-reports/Note, this content is USA centric:

upstart writes:No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial:

upstart writes:The layoffs seem to have begun just after Ye's acquisition was called off:

Freeman writes:Doctors step up fight against childhood obesity, say "watchful waiting" doesn't work

hubie writes:Just months after release, cybersecurity researchers have hacked Reviver Rplates and gained access to GPS location and sensitive user data:

upstart writes:China Unable to Reestablish Contact With its Zhurong Mars Rover:

upstart writes:Meanwhile, the regime is angling to pocket the money owed to rightsholders:

upstart writes:Webb Telescope Reveals Unexpected Milky Way-Like Galaxies:

upstart writes:If You Don't Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230:

fliptop writes:Although ChatGPT can write about anything, it is also easily confused:

upstart writes:Working with ChargePoint, it will install more than 2,500 chargers at 400 sites by 2027:

Two submitters sent this story in via upstart :An exclusive look at Wizards of the Coast's new open gaming license shows efforts to curtail competitors and and tighten control on creators of all sizes:

[Ed. note: original story submission was about the upcoming launch and this submission has been updated with the launch result --hubie]The historic first attempt to launch satellites from British soil reached space late last night, but ultimately fell short of reaching its target orbit:

upstart writes:The likelihood of it hurting anyone is "very low":

takyon writes:Warner Bros. Fights 'Mortal Kombat II' Source Code Leak

upstart writes:Comet C/2022 E3 will be visible in the northern sky this month:

upstart writes:Random circuit sampling, a popular technique for showing the power of quantum computers, doesn't scale up if errors go unchecked:

upstart writes:Uber sued the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission over the rate hike last month:

upstart writes:Air-based 'waveguides' could help with remote sensing as well as laser beam weapons:

upstart writes:Perseverance rover celebrates its first Martian birthday:

canopic jug writes:Multiple sites are reporting that the public school district in Seattle, Washington, is suing a few of the more infamous technology giants over the negative effect they have on the mental health of its students.

Freeman and upstart write:Analysis of chatter on dark web forums shows that efforts are already under way to use OpenAI's chatbot to help script malware:

John Deere Promises to Let Farmers Repair Their Own Equipment.upstart writes:John Deere promises to let farmers repair their own equipment.:

upstart writes:Adopting post-quantum cryptography has been discussed for years; now it's time for organizations to get to work:

upstart writes:Arm and Qualcomm are playing a dangerous game of chicken:

upstart writes:So much for enthusiasts championing the decentralization of cryptocurrencies:

upstart writes:Florida is fighting to feed starving manatees this winter:

upstart writes:The discovery by scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory could shed light on topics ranging from quantum computing to astrophysics:

A SoylentNews contributor writes:Emergency Steering Support (ESS) is a recent entry into the suite of advanced driver assistance (ADAS) technologies. Starting years ago with anti-lock brakes (ABS) and then stability control (ESC) these separate systems are proliferating in new cars. Here's a press release on ESS which also describes one system used to test and validate system operation, https://www.vehicledynamicsinternational.com/news/vehicle-testing/ess-test-method-developed-for-new-euro-ncap-protocol.html

upstart writes:Mysterious lime clasts, dismissed as defects, turn out to serve a useful purpose:

hubie writes:The lines between gaming and gambling have begun to blur, state researchers:

mcgrew writes:My (not so) old Dell Windows 10 notebook that poorly converts to a tablet is on its last legs; the E, A, and 5 keys are troublesome. Annoying; I have an old HP laptop running XP that mostly works; the headphone jack and DVD are shot, but everything else works, albeit with a noisy fan.So I replaced it with a new, non-convertible Asus notebook running Windows 11, and it was an incredible surprise. For the first time I've seen since DOS 6.2 (I skipped Windows 8 after finding out it was just a test to see how much grief Windows' customers were willing to take), Microsoft actually produced an operating system that not only didn't suck worse than the last iteration, but is an actual improvement in a few ways.It seems to be snappier than 10. Usually a brand new Windows on a brand new computer is slower than the old one, if you've maintained it, because of the bloat. Yes, that's not always true for everyone, but the hardware looks to be mostly compatible with the old Dell. It actually does some things, like copying to or from a thumb drive, faster than Kubuntu and Dolphin.Microsoft may have actually started listening to their customers! Setting up the new computer was far less hassle and nonsense than the old Windows 10 computer, but not nearly as effortless as installing Linux on a new, clean drive. Like 10, it gave me nonsense when I tried to install open source software, but I didn't have to jump through nearly so many hoops to install everything that is on all of my Windows computers. And Audacity will play on Windows 11, unlike 10 after their last "upgrade". I don't know if it will record because like the Dell, its sound input is hard-wired to the microphone, which you can record with.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Germany will continue "critically" monitoring Twitter for disinformation:

fliptop writes:A long-standing coding choice has seen an unexpected rise in popularity, according to one tracker of programming languages:

upstart writes:Big Telecom's Quest To Tax Big Tech For No Reason Will Cause Massive Internet Instability, Group Warns:

fliptop writes:Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve has become a woke, sanitized shell of its former self. The crowd of rowdy, inebriated locals and tourists is long gone. What you see now is bouncing and screaming for the latest flash-in-the-pan artists while industry veterans like Duran Duran barely elicit a cheer.Youtuber and music industry veteran Rick Beato recently posted an interesting video on how Auto-Tune has destroyed popular music. Beato quotes from an interview he did with Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan where the latter stated, "AI systems will completely dominate music. The idea of an intuitive artist beating an AI system is going to be very difficult." AI is making inroads into visual art as well, and hackers, artists and others seem to be embracing it with enthusiasm.AI seems to be everywhere lately, from retrofitting decades old manufacturing operations to online help desk shenanigans to a wearable assistant to helping students cheat. Experts are predicting AI to usher in the next cyber security crisis and the end of programming as we know it.Will there be a future where AI can and will do everything? Where artists are judged on their talents with a keyboard/mouse instead of a paintbrush or guitar? And what about those of us who will be developing the systems AI uses to produce stuff? Will tomorrow's artist be the programming genius who devises a profound algorithm that can produce stuff faster, or more eye/ear-appealing, where everything is completely computerized and lacking any humanity? Beato makes a good point in his video on auto-tune, that most people don't notice when something has been digitally altered, and quite frankly, they don't care either.Will the "purists" among us be disparaged and become the new "Boomers"? What do you think?.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.