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Updated 2025-11-24 05:46
Order to Chaos: The Fascinating Math That All Pedestrians Need to Know
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/science/pedestrian-walking-math/
Postel's Law and the Three Ring Circus
canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Alex Gaynor has made an analysis of Postel's law including a discussion of its shortcomings. Postel's Law, also known as the Robustness Principle, states "Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept."
Eric Schmidt Suggests Countries Could Engage in Mutual Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM)
Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Versionupstart writes:Superintelligence Strategy: Expert Version:
Is Your Job Making You Happy ?
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Chicago-Sized Iceberg Hid Ancient Ecosystem
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EU OS Aims to Free the European Public Sector Desktop
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The Search for Missing Plane MH370 is Back on
upstart writes:The search for missing plane MH370 is back on. An underwater robotics expert explains what's involved:
Producing Wafers at TSMC Arizona is Only 10% More Expensive Than in Taiwan
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4-Day Work-Week UK Pilot Due in Tech Land by Early Summer
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European Coalition Pushes For Second Chips Act Funding To Boost Semiconductor Sector
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Harnessing Nature's Fractals for Flexible Electronics: Biomimetic Fabrication Technique Uses Leaf
taylorvich writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-harnessing-nature-fractals-flexible-electronics.html
The 25 Years of Finnix
canopic jug writes:The Finnix project and DistroWatch are observing the 25 anniversary of the Finnix live distro a few days ago:From Finnix:
Device Enables Direct Communication Among Multiple Quantum Processors
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Decades-Long Quest Leads to New Antibiotic Compounds
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-03-decades-quest-antibiotic-compounds.html
Squirrels Inspire Leaping Strategy for Salto Robot
taylorvich writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/jumping-robot
Sperm Donation Giant California Cryobank Warns of a Data Breach
fliptop writes:US sperm donor giant California Cryobank is warning customers it suffered a data breach that exposed customers' personal information:
Cement Sand Substitute Made Directly From Seawater, Electricity and CO2
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/materials/carbon-negative-cement-sand-substitute-seawater-electricity-co2/
"Old Stump" in Texas Turns Out to be Incredibly Rare Mammoth Tusk
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AMD Launches Gaia Open Source Project for Running LLMs Locally on Any PC
fliptop writes:Gaia runs faster on Ryzen AI PCs, using the XDNA NPU and RDNA iGPU:
Italy Demands Google Poison DNS Under Strict Piracy Shield Law
owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/italian-court-orders-google-to-block-iptv-pirate-sites-at-dns-level/
Microsoft Trust Signing Service Abused to Code-Sign Malware
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-trust-signing-service-abused-to-code-sign-malware/
Autopsies Can Reveal Intimate Health Details. Should They be Kept Private?
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First Stroke Rehabilitation Drug That Reestablishes Brain Connections Discovered in Mouse Model
taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-drug-reestablishes-brain-mouse.html
Why Don't New Cars Come With Spare Tires Anymore?
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US Court of Appeals Unanimously Denies Copyright Protection for AI-Created Images
Booga1 writes:https://petapixel.com/2025/03/19/us-court-of-appeals-unanimously-denies-copyright-protection-for-ai-created-images/
Cloudflare Turns AI Against Itself With Endless Maze of Irrelevant Facts
owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/cloudflare-turns-ai-against-itself-with-endless-maze-of-irrelevant-facts/
Linux Security Hardening Cache Randomization Was Inadvertently Using The Same Seed
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-slab
A Dyson Swarm Made of Solar Panels Would Make Earth Uninhabitable
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Researcher Trolls Microsoft Over Bug Disclosure Annoyance
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Euro Techies Call for Sovereign Fund to Escape US Dependency
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China Will Enforce Clear Flagging of All AI Generated Content Starting From September
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Ubuntu Plans to Swap GNU Coreutils for Rust
Frosty Piss writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/Efforts are afoot to replace the GNU coreutils with Rust ones in future versions of Ubuntu - which also means changing the software license. Canonical plans to replace the current core utilities - from the GNU project and implemented in C - with the newer uutils suite, which is written in Rust. Rather than technical issues, most concerns raised in the discussion on Ubuntu Discourse are about licensing. As a product of the GNU project, the existing coreutils are licensed under the GPL - specifically, GPL 3. The Rust replacements are licensed under the much more permissive MIT license.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Academics Accuse AI Startups of Co-Opting Peer Review for Publicity
upstart writes:Academics accuse AI startups of co-opting peer review for publicity:
Los Alamos Scientists Invent Speedometer For Satellites
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The Naturalness of the Seasonal Time Change: Researchers Question Basis of Modern Criticism
taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-naturalness-seasonal-basis-modern-criticism.html
North Korea's Bitcoin Reserve Thought to be 3rd Largest in World
North Korea's Bitcoin Reserve Thought to be 3rd Largest in World: Reportupstart writes:North Korea's bitcoin reserve thought to be 3rd largest in world: report:
New Undersea Cable Tech Listens For Sabotage Can Be Retrofitted To Existing Fiber Optic Line
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Microsoft's Quantum Breakthrough Claim Labeled 'Unreliable'
upstart writes:Redmond insists it's got this right and has even more impressive results to share soon:
FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/
Apple Loses 2025 Antitrust Appeal in Germany
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Firefly Bids Farewell to its Lunar Lander After 14 Days on the Moon
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UK's Internet Watchdog Puts Storage and File-Sharing Services on Watch Over CSAM
upstart writes:UK's internet watchdog puts storage and file-sharing services on watch over CSAM:
Tobacco's Hidden Friendly Side: How the Controversial Plant Could be Used for Good
An Anonymous Coward writes:Published: March 13, 2025 5.53pm CETTobacco's hidden friendly side: how the controversial plant could be used for good of pharmaceutical production on Earth and beyond.
U.S. Atari Parts Store Still Open After 41 Years, Has Spent $100K+ Designing New Parts
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Discord Launches SDK to Help Developers Enhance Social Experiences in Their Games
upstart writes:Discord launches SDK to help developers enhance social experiences in their games:
Iguanas Floated One-Fifth of the Way Around the World to Colonize Fiji, Genetic Analysis Indicates
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-03-iguanas-world-colonize-fiji-genetic.html
Everything You Say to Your Echo Will be Sent to Amazon Starting on March 28
upstart writes:Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant:
People are Using Google's New AI Model to Remove Watermarks From Images
upstart writes:People are using Google's new AI model to remove watermarks from images:
Unearthed Notebooks Shed Light on Victorian Genius Who Inspired Einstein
upstart writes:Michael Faraday's illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London's Royal Institution to go online:
On the Road to Idiocracy
Ken_g6 writes:People really are getting dumber. Futurism echoes a paywalled Financial Times report:
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