fliptop writes:A vehicle carrier transporting hundreds of Chinese electric vehicles (EV) sank in the Pacific Ocean after catching fire, fueling renewed concerns about the hazard associated with EV batteries, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday:
hubie writes:The Tech Industry Said It Was "Impossible" to Create AI Based Entirely on Ethically-Sourced Data, So These Scientists Proved Them Wrong in Spectacular Fashion:
Remember hearing about battery swapping for electric cars? Turns out it's an old concept (over 100 years old) and now it's back for real in China, https://www.motortrend.com/news/should-electric-car-charging-stations-include-quick-battery-swappingThe batteries are modular and come in different chemistries (different capacity). Among other things, the author (from California) wrote:
Qatar reserves the right to respond to the attackPentagon says there is no information of any casualties.Iran claims that they have fired 6 missiles, one in response for each bomb dropped on Fordo. It appears that Qatar (and possibly the US too) were pre-warned.All missiles were intercepted before hitting their targets.Al Udeid is the the home of the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) which is manned primarily by the US but also by UK and other allies. It is also a major military air hub in the region and would have had some responsibility for oversight of the recent US attack on the nuclear sites.President Trump's Response[paraphrasing] The Iranians have made a weak response and we were warned by them in advance. I thank Iran for the warning which gave us the ability to ensure that no lives were endangered. We hope that discussions can now be restarted. I will encourage Israel to also enable negotiations to be restarted. [end paraphrasing].Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
canopic jug writes:Netzpolitik has an English language article about the EU Commission's vague plans for open source via its Open Stack programme. An internal paper calls on the Commission to support Free and Open Source Software in public administrations - and think about a new legal form. However, many questions remain open. The crux of the matter, which would be the role open protocols and open standards play in enabling vendor independence, remains unnamed in the article and is almost but not quite named in the acutal report [warning for PDF].
canopic jug writes:Digital Music News and Radio Insight are observing that comedian Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen is hanging up his top hat later in October this year. The last of his regular shows aired the other day and the countdown has begun.
_-iNT13- writes:Over a week ago iStories published a story alleging Vladimir Vedeneev and Roman Venediktov, who own GlobalNet, allow the FSB access to Telegram messages. GlobalNet assigns IP addresses for Telegram and maintains it's networking equipment, and also has/had contracts with a FSB "research computing center" that helped plan the invasion of Ukraine and developed tools to de-anonymize internet users; and a flagship state-owned nuclear research laboratory.Telegram responded to the allegations the following day - and in doing so made some glaring contradictions with what they told the court in Miami, USA.More recently Meduza published a detailed story about both those iStories reports - the highlight being the revelation that "as part of a criminal case opened by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the spring of 2022, security agents have been intercepting Telegram messages."Security researcher Micha "rysiek" Woniak published a detailed report titled Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot, which provides more information on how Telegram has been compromised.Original SubmissionProcessed by jelizondoRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
looorg writes:Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt.The more you rely on ChatGPT (and similar) things to do work for you the less work your brain does and eventually it becomes slow and lazy.
fliptop writes:From New York to California, state renewable electrical power dreams are collapsing. Power demands soar, while the federal government cuts funding and support for wind, solar, and grid batteries. Renewables cannot provide enough power to support the artificial intelligence revolution. The Net Zero electricity transition is failing in the United States:
fliptop writes:With this week's release of Android 16, Google added a new security feature to Android, called Advanced Protection. At-risk people-like journalists, activists, or politicians-should consider turning on. Here's what it does, and how to decide if it's a good fit for your security needs:
hubie writes:A new attack dubbed 'SmartAttack' uses smartwatches as a covert ultrasonic signal receiver to exfiltrate data from physically isolated (air-gapped) systems:
quietus writes:The President of the United States has declared that the 17 million inhabitants of the capital city of a country should immediately evacuate.Republican Congressman (and engineer) Thomas Massie (Kentucky) has stated that he will introduce a war powers resolution today, Tuesday, to prevent the President of the United States going to war without first consulting Congress.
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