upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Why is a 22GB database containing 56 million US folks' personal details sitting on the open internet using a Chinese IP address? Seriously, why?:
aristarchus writes:So it seems that AI is a big thing, especially predictions on how it will kill us all. But the Boston Review currently has a rather interesting article on the ethics of algorithms.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Cogent cut off from ARIN Whois after scraping net engineers' contact details and sliding them to sales staff:
RandomFactor writes:The European Patent Office has rejected two patent applications filed on behalf of an AI by researchers. The AI is named DABUS ('device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience'),
hendrikboom writes:Thought the Y2K bug was over and done with? Read the New Scientist article A lazy fix 20 years ago means the Y2K bug is taking down computers now and think again!
An Anonymous Coward writes:China has sent armed vessels and fishing boats into Indonesian waters fueling tensions between the nations in another move by China to try to claim ownership of the region. With China now deliberately sending vessels into the waters of other countries, their actions may be seen as the start of armed hostilities. For years China has made political and financial maneuvers to claim control over other nations through debt and intimidation. Indonesia has refused to negotiate with China on the matter as they see the actions as China invading their territory. With both sides bringing both sky and sea vehicles into the region the outcome of this issue may be a deciding point to determine whether or not China will be pushed out of the region. While the ruling by the UN is very clear about the region, China refuses to accept it.China appears to have forgotten why the UN was formed in the first place. Japan learned a hard lesson in 1945.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
canopic jug writes:Digital Rights/Restrictions Management (DRM) technologies affecting new tractors are behind the continuing rise in popularity of the models. Particularly in the midwest, farmers are finding that 40-year-old tractors do the job with less trouble and expense.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Animal life thriving around Fukushima: Researchers document more than 20 species in nuclear accident zone:
MostCynical writes:The Guardian is reporting that a cyber-attack forced currency exchange firm Travelex to take down all its global websites. Travelex is based in London, but is owned by Finablr, which is based the United Arab Emirates. Travelex operates in more than 70 countries with more than 1,200 branches and 1,000 ATMs worldwide.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error:
An Anonymous Coward writes:Which is larger? Yours, or mine? Australia or the United States of America, that is. With the bushfires in Australia out of control incinerating large swathes of the country a map was produced to visually depict how widespread the fires are. For emphasis the map was overlaid on top of America to give people an idea of the scope of the problem Australia is dealing with. Americans responded with disbelief that Australia was just as large as the USA. People were also in shock over how large an area, measured by size of US states, are currently burning. Responses on social media show how shocked and dumbfounded people were learning this.