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upstart writes:Microsoft Edge Is Getting a Built-In VPN:

DannyB writes:Piece Falls Off Boeing Starliner as It Trundles Toward Launchpad

oaklandwatch writes:We made a mistake, argues developer Andrew Duensing. We let the world's social networks become profit-driven enterprises. "We don't really tolerate it for almost any other centers of community (like book clubs, churches/mosques/temples, running groups, schools)," Duensing says. "But for some reason, we tolerate it as soon as it becomes 1s and 0s?"I want to show that there isn't necessarily an economic reason it has to be that way."He's one of several developers who've discovered another secret about social networks: they're actually really easy to build. The article identifies at least three developers who have now coded up their own social networks, just for friends and interaction (and never for profit). Like a backyard barbecue that didn't feel the need for a sponsor.And because they're privately owned, they can explore entirely new ideas. Alex Ghiculescu and Jillian Schuller are the creators of a special social network designed to be checked just once a week -- on Sunday.

canopic jug writes:The sudo project has a short article about fine tuning access and logging for sudo. Sudo can be used for fine grained access to system level utilities and functions, though some distros have made it infamous by intentionally misconfiguring it to stand in for su. Unfortunately the example in the above article comes dangerously close to that by granting root access to the shell, Bash. So the better parts of the article about logging and JSON should be focused on instead:

hubie writes:Wi-Fi May Be Coming Soon to a Lamppost Near You:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/stung-by-3-court-losses-isps-stop-fighting-california-net-neutrality-law/

upstart writes:New method detects deepfake videos with up to 99% accuracy:

upstart writes:This time, can Boeing's Starliner finally shine?:

Dog Coronavirus Jumps to Humans, With a Protein Shiftupstart writes:Dog coronavirus jumps to humans, with a protein shift:

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upstart writes:Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors:This piece is part of Gizmodo's ongoing effort to make the Facebook Papers available to the public. See the full directory of documents here.

upstart writes:Is there a First Amendment right to assemble in the metaverse?:

upstart writes:This California Greenhouse is Run by Robots - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:Attackers Use Event Logs to Hide Fileless Malware:

Look what I can do! writes:"We are especially proud to present you Tails 5.0, the first version of Tails based on Debian 11 (Bullseye). It brings new versions of a lot of the software included in Tails and new OpenPGP tools."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services:

upstart writes:Largest known cave art images in US by Indigenous Americans discovered in Alabama:

hubie writes:The Italian research center SISSA has announced a paper proposing a new property, called "non-minimal coupling" [PDF - 232Kb] to address the mystery of the nature of dark matter:

AnonTechie writes:Yahoo

canopic jug writes:Science fiction novelist, journalist, and technology activist, Cory Doctorow, has written an article at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) covering the self-censorship that social control media participants exercise when playing to the algorithms, a behavior sometimes called algospeak. In pursuing algospeak, participants avoid certain words, phrases, and topics while boosting others to play to the automated moderation algorithms. If played correctly the algorithm will actually raise the visibility of the content in question. If played incorrectly the content disappears off the radar. However, since the algorithm itself is unknown to the participants, the result usually falls somewhere in between even after a lot of trial and error.

hubie writes:New experiments have shown the source of the aurora borealis

upstart writes:Open-source security: It's too easy to upload 'devastating' malicious packages, warns Google:

upstart writes:Judge dismisses "insufficient" copyright claims in Destiny 2 cheating case:

hubie writes:A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat:

upstart writes:Rocket Lab launches smallsats, catches but drops booster - SpaceNews:

upstart writes:Linux gaming surges in popularity – is this the Steam Deck effect?:

hubie writes:The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has cleared a big hurdle to becoming a law:

hubie writes:Parallel ice ridges, a common feature on Jupiter's moon Europa, are found on Greenland's ice sheet

fliptop writes:Clearview AI's co-founder Hoan Ton-That recently defended his startup's use of controversial facial recognition software:

hubie writes:From a story out of Princeton University:

upstart writes:Uber admits to misleading Australian users about ride cancellation fees:

canopic jug writes:Technology journalist Nathan Willis has taken a look at the election at the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The election appears to have brought with it several severe conflicts of interest. Several sponsors are running candidates and several corporations are running multiple candidates for multiple seats. Little information was available about some candidates and their stances on Open Source Software and its community.

mhajicek provides another lab-grown meat option:How lab-grown sushi could help tackle overfishing

upstart writes:Billions of dollars to be invested in new submarine internet cables:

upstart writes:Google Warns Billions That Chrome Has Been Hacked, Patch This Version ASAP:

upstart writes:World leaders sign landmark 'future of the internet' pact:

upstart writes:Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever:

An Anonymous Coward writes:An article about how the Russian military stole farm equipment from a John Deere dealership in the Ukraine, only to find it all remotely disabled when trying to use/sell it on the other side:https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicles-ukraine-disabled-melitopol-intl/index.html

upstart writes:Huge new ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals ever, uncovered high in the Alps:

upstart writes:Anesthetic drastically diverts the travels of brain waves:

upstart writes:Hidden No Longer, Eyes Reveal Rare Mental Condition:

upstart writes:The Texas Blockchain Council has donated three S9 bitcoin miners to Fort Worth, Texas for a six-month trial allowing the city to experience mining from within:

owl writes:https://retrorepairsandrefurbs.com/2022/04/29/1974-sinclair-scientific-calculator-repair-restoration/

looorg writes:Lab-grown meat and insects 'good for planet and health':

upstart writes:Building 'nanofactories' to help make medicines and more:

upstart writes:Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps:

upstart writes:Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics in as little as 24 hours:

hubie writes:Scientists with NASA's MMS Mission Crack 60-Year Mystery of Fast Magnetic Explosions

upstart writes:Scientists Discover New Electrical Function Performed by Nearly Half of Brain Cells:

The American Automobile Assn. (AAA) took a look at the performance of automatic lane keeping systems. They found that in simulated moderate to heavy rain, cars that employed ALKS veered from their lanes 69% of the time. Even worse, in testing at moderate speed (56 kph/~40 mph), about a third of the cars struck a static vehicle target (note, these targets look like a car, but are lightweight, fly apart on impact, and are quickly re-assembled).Trade magazine article here: