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fliptop writes:Google has initiated the discontinuation of support for uBlock Origin, the popular ad-tracking blocker, in Chrome:

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Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:[Editor's Comment: I was sceptical when I first read this report but a little bit of searching suggests that the technique is used elsewhere but at very different frequencies. I will let you reach your own conclusions.]

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Sometime last Tuesday, our IRC went offline. If you made any changes prior to that, could you please reverse them?In the meantime, we have a backup server that you might want to use:

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upstart writes:Ex-Twitter execs push for $200M severance as Elon Musk runs X into ground:

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upstart writes:How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI - and from there to this year's Nobel Prize:We covered the announcement of the Nobel Prize here. This article is to introduce the subject of Statistical Mechanics, for which you will need your thinking caps and an understanding of some serious mathematics. Follow the links for much more detail.

canopic jug writes:Charlie Stross, a science fiction writer based in Scotland, has written a post about different possible approaches to space colonization. He includes a discussion of several different models.

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upstart writes:Should I be more or less scared of the doctor?The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents:

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canopic jug writes:Software developer and former computer science student Amit Patel has written a post about generating curved text for maps and other purposes.

upstart writes:The new text is timed to a new California law against false advertising:

Ward Christensen, inventer of XMODEM and co-inventer of the BBS, has diedSnotnose writes:Not much I can say, .Story here"

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upstart writes:Boeing Slashes 10% Of Workforce, CEO Warns "Hard To Overstate The Challenges We Face":

AnonTechie writes:[Source]: Time.com

upstart writes:Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes:

canopic jug writes:Computer consultant J B Crawford, author of the Computers Are Bad newsletter, has posted an overview of commercial HF radio with a bit of background into the technology and some of its advantages and disadvantages:

looorg writes:For only $12 a month your Zoom AI avatar can take your place in all kinds of online meetings. It will use prompt suggestions and generate answers, it can recap and expand on conversations. What could possibly go wrong ...Is this when your AI avatar replaces you? After all $12 is a lot cheaper/lower then your monthly salary.I do wonder what happens at the meeting when everyone sends their AI avatar. Will there be a singularity recursion event?https://news.zoom.us/zoom-introduces-ai-companion-2-0/

upstart writes:31 million records containing email addresses and password hashes exposed:

upstart writes:There are open source projects and companies looking to help:

looorg writes:Who holds the copyright? Man, Machine or Software? Appeal in progress. Allen claim is that it took him over 100h of prompt-engineering to get the image just right.

Frosty Piss writes:https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/05/lego_ideas_turing_machine/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=articlehttps://ideas.lego.com/projects/10a3239f-4562-4d23-ba8e-f4fc94eef5c7A working Turing Machine was submitted to Lego Ideas, consisting of approximately 2,900 parts and a bucketload of extreme cleverness. The Lego builder first came across the concept a few years ago and, despite it being an abstract model, decided to attempt making one out of the plastic components of Lego Technic.Talking to El Reg, the submitter "The Bananaman" stated: "My first few ideas [on] how to do this would be very big and inefficient if they were ever [to be] built, but I usually stopped developing them very early. The first one that could possibly work was three years ago and I built a part of the tape with the symbol reader and a very bad unfinished prototype of the 'truth table' that would use a 32-speed gearbox instead of the 'searching' mechanism. Later I realized that the 'truth table' can be made way more easily (it was my fourth idea on how to build the table and it still had a dozen revisions later on), and I came up with using the registers which made everything easier. I started building the prototype last vacation, then took a break and I've finished it this vacation."There was also the challenge of fitting into the limits imposed by Lego Ideas. At the time of submission, this was 3,000 parts, and The Bananaman's contraption finally managed to come in at around 2,900. The limit has since been raised to 5,000 parts. Should it get to 10,000 supporters on the Lego Ideas site, it will go into Expert Review, where Lego's professionals will decide if it should be approved for production. The evaluation will depend on a range of criteria, including feasibility and strength of idea.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices:

owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/streaming-industry-has-unprecedented-surveillance-manipulation-capabilities/

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consentupstart writes:Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent:

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owl writes:https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/dram-emfi.html#can-you-get-root-with-only-a-cigarette-lighter

Amazon plans to show more ads on Prime Video in 2025 to test how much viewers can handle. Even though some subscribers may not like ads, Amazon has not seen a big drop in customers since adding them. By adding more commercials and shoppable ads, Amazon is trying to see how much ads people will tolerate while watching their favorite shows.Amazon will "ramp up" Prime Video ads in 2025: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/amazon-prime-video-is-getting-more-ads-next-year/Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Our resident anonymous Anonymous Coward has offered the following story with which to start your weekend:Motor Trend tells this quirky story about the Facebook boss, https://www.motortrend.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-porsche-cayenne-minivan-custom/

owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/connected-car-failure-puts-kibosh-on-sale-of-3300-fisker-oceans/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/nes-tetris-first-ever-rebirth-loops-past-level-255-and-back-to-zero/

Snotnose writes:Think the recent kerfluffle over deepfakes is something new? Guess again.

U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked HackFrom Schneier's BlogA cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/china-possibly-hacking-us-lawful-access-backdoor.html

Snotnose writes:Your super secret airplane just crashed and everyone knows where. Now what?