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upstart writes:Quantum computer succeeds where a classical algorithm fails:

hubie writes:Researchers study society's readiness for AI ethical decision making:

AnonTechie writes:MIT researchers uncover 'unpatchable' flaw in Apple M1 chips – TechCrunch:

upstart writes:Research team including Göttingen University studies kombucha cultures under extraterrestrial conditions:

upstart writes:Apple's macOS Ventura leaves trusty 2015 MacBook Pro behind:

owl writes:California-based Huy Fong Inc says the shortage is due to drought affecting its peppers – will it lead to battles in condiment aisles?

An Anonymous Coward writes:I was browsing my media and decided to rewatch this, as I hadn't looked at it in fifteen years or so.I was mainly struck by the unalloyed optimism of pretty much everyone who contributed, including Linus, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Alan Cox, Ted T'so, Eric Allman and many other original neckbeards (I use that appellation affectionately, and in a bunch of cases, literally).In the 20-plus years since the film was released, much has changed.I think much of the optimism embodied by RMS and the FSF has waned a good deal (and more's the pity), and the complete reversal of Microsoft from Ballmer's "Free Software is communism" to Nadella's embrace of GNU/Linux in both Azure and WSL, to the co-opting of Linux for Google/Android, as well as aging and slow drift towards retirement/death/irrelevance of those who championed Free Software for nearly four decades have really hurt the movement, while boosting Open Source.I think that refocusing on "free as in beer" instead of "free as in freedom" across the development community may have been inevitable as GNU/Linux (although I guess it could have been GNU/Hurd or one of the BSDs) became mainstream a couple decades after the commoditization of IBM PC-like hardware.That got me thinking, where does that leave us and "who are the new neckbeards tht can carry the vision of Free Software into the middle of the century?" Are there really any such folks with the passion and drive to champion Free Software moving forward?Or is Free Software (as originally defined and advocated for by RMS and the FSF) dying a slow death in favor of "Open Source" and more permissive licenses like MIT and Apache?What will Open Source look like in 2050, 52 years after Bruce Perens and the OSI's Open Source definition?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:NASA is assembling a team to gather data on unidentifiable events in the sky:

Freeman writes:You may want to think twice before giving the parking attendant your Tesla-issued NFC card.

upstart writes:New Chip Can Process and Classify Nearly Two Billion Images per Second - Technology Org:

upstart writes:Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show:

upstart writes:'Make VPN Detection Tools Mandatory to Fight Geo-Piracy' * TorrentFreak:

Twitter reportedly will give Musk the full "firehose" of user data he demandedFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/twitter-reportedly-will-give-musk-the-full-firehose-of-user-data-he-demanded/

upstart writes:Ad-block developers fear end is near for their extensions:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/microsoft-wont-say-if-it-will-patch-critical-windows-vulnerability-under-exploit/

upstart writes:HP Dev One is the first non-System76 computer offered with Pop!_OS:

upstart writes:All patients treated with the drug are in remission, a result that seems unprecedented in cancer research:

upstart writes:Microsoft could finally kill HDD boot drives for good:

upstart writes:The space telescope's mirror was hit by a micrometeoroid, but it's still in great shape to carry out its mission:

DannyB writes:Company That Turned 'Excited Delirium' Into A Thing Thinks It Can Prevent School Shootings With Drone-Mounted Tasers

upstart writes:Economist says China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions:

upstart writes:NASA and SpaceX stand down on Dragon launch to study hydrazine issue:

upstart writes:Technology is alienating people:

upstart writes:AI Trained on 4Chan Becomes 'Hate Speech Machine':

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/06/pulsed-plasma-ignition-that-boosts-fuel-efficiency-has-passed-testing/

upstart writes:Lobbying ramps up as Congress prepares to vote on landmark legislation:

upstart writes:OceanGate ramps up the research for its second deep-sea expedition to the Titanic:

upstart writes:Biomedical engineers have developed an edible silk tag with a QR code, which scanned by a smartphone can then confirm authenticity of the whiskey or other liquids, such as liquid medications:

DannyB writes:Keeping Our Sense of Direction: Dealing With a Dead Sensor

upstart writes:Volocopter's longer-range drone taxi completes its first test flights:

hubie writes:The brain uses data compression for decision-making:

upstart writes:Elon Musk accuses Twitter of thwarting his due diligence, threatens to walk out of $44 Billion Twitter deal- Technology News, Firstpost:

USB-C to be mandatory for phones sold in the EU by autumn 2024zocalo writes:

upstart writes:The slowpoke pulsar sits in our galaxy, roughly 1,300 light-years away:

takyon writes:Bipartisan crypto overhaul seeks to treat most digital assets as commodities and empower CFTC

upstart writes:Student debt can impair your cardiovascular health into middle age, study finds:

upstart writes:New research finds that the ecological effect of invasive species alone is comparable to the combined effects of invasives plus warming temperatures, drought or nitrogen deposition:

upstart writes:Bored Ape Yacht Club, Otherside NFTs stolen in Discord server hack:

upstart writes:Tim Hortons coffee app broke law by constantly recording users' movements:

An Anonymous Coward writes:link: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/sony-build-space-lasers-with-new-satellite-services-unit-2022-06-02/

hubie writes:Height may be an unrecognized but biologically important and unchangeable risk factor for several common health conditions:

hubie writes:Tracking sleep with a self-powering smart pillow:

hubie writes:Webb Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, 2022:

AnonTechie writes:An interesting piece of computing history which may be familiar to many here ... Here is the inside story of personal computing at the legendary research lab

upstart writes:The US needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage:

upstart writes in with two related stories:Elon Musk's back-to-office edict reignites debate on remote work:

upstart writes:Volcano Watch: Over 9000 earthquakes and ground uplift were detected at Mt Thorbjorn, Iceland in the past month, with more Volcanoes now on alert:

upstart writes:When AI is the inventor who gets the patent?:

upstart writes:Meeting Owl videoconference device used by govs is a security disaster:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.1/index.en.html