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Updated 2024-11-21 13:16
China Working On Standard For Brain-Computer Interfaces
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ITER Delays First Plasma For World’s Biggest Tokamak
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Volunteers Who Lived in NASA’s Mars Simulation for Over a Year Will Finally Emerge Today
upstart writes:Volunteers who lived in NASA's Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today:
Techies Are Managing Their Marriages the Same Way They Run Their Careers
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Japan's Digital Minister Claims Victory Against Floppy Disks
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AI Lie Detectors are Better than Humans at Spotting Lies
upstart writes:(Editor's note: This story is ~1,400 words, but it looks as several non-obvious problems that need to be addressed. Well worth reading! --Martyb/Bytram)AI lie detectors are better than humans at spotting lies:
Organic Molecule Breaks Phosphorescence Records, Paves Way For Rare Metal-Free Applications
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OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack
upstart writes:OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack:
New Intel CPU Vulnerability Discovered, no New Mitigations Planned for "Indirector"
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Chinese Gen AI Researchers Snagged More Patents Than Everyone Else Combined Since 2013
PiMuNu writes:The World Intellectual Property Organization has counted the patents and scientific publications related to generative AI it could find between 2014 and 2023, and found 54,000 GenAI-related inventions and over 75,000 scientific publications - and that China utterly dominates the field. The Org's Patent Landscape Report - Generative Artificial Intelligence, delivered on Wednesday, found 733 patent families - sets of patents related to a single invention and with the same technical content - on GenAI in 2014 ballooning to more than 14,000 in 2023.[...]It was only in 2023 that US president Biden declared the time had come to ensure the United States "leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence."https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/04/china_dominates_ai_ip_wipo/Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
IETF: IPv6 is an Internet Standard (That We Won't Run Either)
hubie writes:Back in 2018 the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) announced that the IPv6 protocol had become a full Internet standard:
Teardown Tuesday: HB100 Doppler Radar Module
owl writes:https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/teardown-tuesday-hb100-doppler-radar-module/
AI Companies Are Finally Being Forced To Cough Up For Training Data
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Scientists Discover Way To 'Grow' Sub-Nanometer Sized Transistors
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Extremely Large Telescope: World’s Largest Telescope Mirror Will Bring The Stars 'Closer To Earth'
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Two Of The German Military’s New Spy Satellites Appear To Have Failed In Orbit
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Move Over GPUs, With 1,536 Cores the Thunderbird RISC-V CPU is Ready to Eat Your Lunch
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Boeing Reacquires Troubled Supplier Spirit, Spun Off in 2005
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Shopping App Temu is “Dangerous Malware,” Spying on Your Texts, Lawsuit Claims
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/shopping-app-temu-is-dangerous-malware-spying-on-your-texts-lawsuit-claims/
Verizon Hit With Whopping $847M Patent Infringement Verdict
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A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizations
NotSanguine writes:Smithsonian Magazine is reporting on archaeological finds revealing a trade route between ancient Egypt and India at Berenike, an ancient port city on the Red Sea.From the article:
Video Shows Giant Explosion After Accidental Rocket Launch in China
upstart writes:Video Shows Giant Explosion After Accidental Rocket Launch In China:
Inside a 1 Dollar Radar Motion Sensor
owl writes:https://10maurycy10.github.io/projects/motion_sensor_hacking/
Happy Independence Day USA!
Wishing all American members of our community a very happy Independence Day!Enjoy the celebrations but please do so safely.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
First Case of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals
First Case of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals Documented in New Studyupstart writes:First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study:
McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken and Now the Feds Are Involved
owl writes:https://qz.com/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machines-federal-regulators-1851339089
Light Can Make Water Evaporate Without Heat
Runaway1956 writes:https://news.mit.edu/2023/surprising-finding-light-makes-water-evaporate-without-heat-1031
Appeals Court Seems Lost on How Internet Archive Harms Publishers
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/appeals-court-seems-lost-on-how-internet-archive-harms-publishers/
China Issues Rare Earth Regulations to Further Protect Domestic Supply
upstart writes:China issues rare earth regulations to further protect domestic supply By Reuters:
Unlocking a Gary TL-15 Round-Door Safe
owl writes:https://www.locksmithledger.com/keys-tools/article/10229247/unlocking-a-gary-tl-15-round-door-safe
The Science of Procrastination: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Getting Things Done
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Study: Tracking Devices Frequently Used in Organized Crime and by Domestic Violence Perpetrators
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Toys “R” Us Riles Critics With “First-Ever” AI-Generated Commercial Using Sora
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/toys-r-us-riles-critics-with-first-ever-ai-generated-commercial-using-sora/
Data Suggests Homosexual Behavior in Other Animals is Far More Common Than Previously Thought
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Bleeding Subscribers, Cable Companies Force Their Way Into Streaming
owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/bleeding-subscribers-cable-companies-force-their-way-into-streaming/
New OpenSSH Vulnerability Could Lead to RCE as Root on Linux Systems
upstart writes:New OpenSSH Vulnerability Could Lead to RCE as Root on Linux Systems:
A Major Earthquake Caused One of the Largest Rivers on Earth to Abruptly Change Course
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Copyright Takedowns Are a Cautionary Tale That Few Are Heeding
owl writes:https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/27/nuke-first/#ask-questions-never
Iceland's Volcanic Eruptions Could Continue For Decades, Study Finds
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Chrome Will Distrust CA Certificates From Entrust Later This Year
hubie writes:Chrome will distrust CA certificates from Entrust later this year
Orbital Data Centers
looorg writes:(1) https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/27/europe-wants-to-deploy-data-centers-into-space-study-says.html
Researchers Craft Smiling Robot Face From Living Human Skin Cells
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/researchers-craft-smiling-robot-face-from-living-human-skin-cells/
Microsoft Says That It's Okay for Them to Steal Your Web Content Because It's 'Freeware'
hubie writes:Microsoft's CEO of AI said that content on the open web can be copied and used to create new content:
AI Performs Better on Tests Than Students
Runaway1956 writes:https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24413873.ai-exams-found-earn-higher-grades-students/
NVidia Loses $500 Billion in Value and its "Most Valuable Company" Crown
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Death O'Clock in Finland
looorg writes:Deep Learning Death Prediction Accurate
Two Ways to Use an LED as a Light Sensor With Arduino
owl writes:https://blog.jgc.org/2024/06/two-ways-to-use-led-as-light-sensor.html
Who Knew There Were Unicycling World Championships?
Bemidji MN (about 3-1/2 hours drive north of Minneapolis) is hosting what looks to be a fun week of unicycling. As reported by https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/tickets-on-sale-for-unicon-21-events-in-bemidji There will be events over nearly two weeks from July 14 - July 26. Some free and others $15. They are expecting 1200+ unicyclists from all over the world.
China Lunar Probe Returns to Earth With Samples
upstart writes:Chinese probe returns with samples from Moon's far side, completing a world-first mission:
New Study Confirms Forever Chemicals Are Absorbed Through Human Skin
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