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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:

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upstart writes:NASA awards millions to SpaceX and Amazon's Project Kuiper for satellite communications:

upstart writes:Big Telecom Convinces Missouri Lawmakers To Block Funding For Broadband Competition:

chris writes:From https://ancient-archeology.com/face-of-stone-age-woman-reconstructed-with-4000-year-old-skull-found-in-sweden/

upstart writes:Intel CEO expects chip shortage to last until at least 2024:

looorg writes:Turns out that virtual meetings are more or less just like real meetings. A lot of people arrive late. Most people don't say or do anything, they are just there. The more people that are invited to the meeting the worse it apparently is. Bad meetings are bad meetings no matter if they are live or not.

upstart writes:Fireball spotted over southern Mississippi, NASA confirms:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/army-of-worm-larvae-hatch-from-mans-bum-visibly-slither-under-his-skin/

upstart writes:Humans possess surprising nutritional intelligence:

A story found by both einar and upstart:NASA and DLR to end SOFIA operations - SpaceNews:NASA and the German space agency DLR announced they will end operations for SOFIA, which is an airborne astrophysics observatory that flies a 2.7-meter infrared telescope on a Boeing 747. Operations will end no later than Sept. 30, at the conclusion of its current extended mission.

hubie writes:NASA has announced that the last stage of mirror alignments for the JWST are complete. Phased and focused images are being delivered to all of the science instruments. With the optics taken care of, the last operation before it is ready is to commission the science instruments. The instruments will be run through their paces and calibrations to make sure they are operating as expected. This last stage is expected to take up to two months.

DannyB writes:Amazon's crazy cheap satellite internet antenna is a huge advantage rivals like SpaceX's Starlink may 'struggle to overcome' industry experts say

upstart writes:Attacker Breach 'Dozens' of GitHub Repos Using Stolen OAuth Tokens:

DannyB writes:Greene offers bill to abolish Section 230

upstart writes:Scientists use recycled glass waste as sand replacement in 3D printing:

upstart writes:New Nimbuspwn Linux vulnerability gives hackers root privileges:

hubie writes:New jumping device achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological

upstart writes:NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Spots Spacecraft Wreckage on Mars – Perseverance's Cone-Shaped Backshell:

upstart writes:EFF to European Court: No Intermediary Liability for Social Media Users: