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So, in the background, the owners of the PBC have been working with staff to get the site moved over to a new legal entity and continue operations. This process is moving slowly, but it is moving, with the expectation that we should be able to fully hand off SN in the next month or so. However, the PBC has burned through its cash reserves, and we have an overdue Linode bill as is for $268 USD. I could write more, but the tl;dr, without money, SN will disappear off the Internet.Most of the subscriptions understandably stopped due to the uncertainty with site ownership and management. However, we're not able to pay the bills with the trickle coming in. At this point, everyone involved has agreed with and are working towards a solution to move SN to a not-for-profit and 501(c)3, but we do need the communities financial support to get there. If we can raise $500 USD via subscriptions, direct donations, or other means, that would keep the site up past May. As such, if you have let your subscription lapse, or otherwise are able to support SN, please do so now.Any funds raises will be donated to the *new* NFP as soon as it is able to accept funds. We'll run an update if/when we reach our funding goal.- NCommanderRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-daily-fiber-supplement-older-adults.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/gastrointestinal-disease-explodes-in-ala-elementary-school-773-kids-out/

c0lo writes:humpback-whales-sex-photographed-homosexual-behavior - The Guardian

taylorvich writes:https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/33

upstart writes:Users with rooted phones have reported being unable to send or receive RCS messages on the platform:

upstart writes:Massive Reserve of Helium Found by Minnesota Exploratory Drill, Likely the Biggest Find Ever in North America:

anubi writes:Looks like VISA credit card has developed a way of storing biometric data on our cellphones, then use that as an authenticator.https://reclaimthenet.org/visa-applies-for-biometric-authentication-patentWhat could possibly go wrong here?I guess I am really leery of cellphone security and app resilience. Is it so complex that it's too finicky to use? Does it require a good internet connection to work? ( Can you hear me now? ), or maybe it's based on QR codes?I have been wrestling with a fast-food burger app over login issues. I am quite jaded over trusting anything I have to log on to to get a fresh timeout permission. For this, all I am risking is the cost of a trip to the restaurant vs. the liklihood the coupon offer will still work when I present at the register. ( The Wendy's Story already discussed here ).How much impact would a denial-of-service cause for you? How robust is this technology. I've already seen the most expensive cars shut down for the most trivial crap. That's why I drive an old one made before their design became enshittified.Cut n paste snippets below.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-40hz-sensory-gamma-rhythm-amyloid.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/dark-forces-remastered-makes-a-classic-star-wars-shooter-feel-fast-and-fluid/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-02-mm-fish-decibel-communicate-turbid.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/emulation-community-expresses-defiance-in-wake-of-nintendos-yuzu-lawsuit/

Freeman writes:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240216135820.htm

Username writes:The German frigate Hessen, which was deployed to the Red Sea as part of an EU mission, mistakenly fired on an American drone earlier this week, the German Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.Berlin had previously disclosed the Hessen's first successful engagement, in which the vessel shot down two Houthi drones within 15 minutes of one another on Tuesday.On Monday evening, however, the frigate used two SM-2 missiles to target an unidentified drone, but both failed to hit the target, according to German Defense Ministry spokesman Michael Stempfle."The case was resolved in the sense that it was not a hostile drone, which only became clear afterwards," Stempfle said.Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed Stempfle's statement while visiting a military base in Bavaria on Wednesday evening, telling reporters that there had been an incident "in which shots were fired, but no one was hit."According to the German military blog Augen geradeaus, the US-made missiles failed for "technical reasons," which prompted the Hessen to use its 76mm main gun to engage the Houthi drones on Tuesday. The German warship then used short-range RAM missiles to shoot down another Houthi drone on Wednesday morning.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/science/glowing-jellyfish-protein-fingerprint-lifting/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/sbf-asks-for-5-year-prison-sentence-calls-100-year-recommendation-grotesque/

bmimatt writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ai-models-on-hugging-face-backdoor-users-machines/

owl writes:https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/29/fuel_pump_leap_year_bug/

fliptop writes:OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times' copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper "hacked" its chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence systems to generate misleading evidence for the case:

AnonTechie writes:

How do you find information online?There are Lists of search engines.But, which one(s) do you use and why?Do you use just one search engine? Do you have one primary search engine and another one that you use only when your primary fails? May you use multiple engines depending on whether your search is on your desktop, mobile, or TV?How do YOU choose?Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Customers prefer text over video to provide service feedback:

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-02-pythagoras-wrong-universal-musical-harmonies.html

fliptop writes:Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation's top policing agency and other parts of its government - a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners:

upstart writes:Company speaks out after reports of "surge pricing" test led to calls for boycotts online:

hendrikboom writes:There's a new browser in town: Nyxt. It is free software. It is intended to be modified by the user, perhaps even rewritten. From https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/:

DannyB writes:Boeing Missing Key Elements of Safety Culture: FAA ReportEmployees lack awareness of the basics in reporting safety concerns.

upstart writes:Astroscale's ADRAS-J spacecraft will inspect a dead Japanese rocket in orbit-a major moment in space-junk removal:

upstart writes:Sensitive location data could be sold off to the highest bidder:

upstart writes:Growing but unprofitable, Reddit could kick off 2024's IPO cycle:

hubie writes:Researchers Adopt Innovative Method to Boost Speed and Accuracy of Traditional Computing:

noep writes:https://www.psi.ch/en/science/scientific-highlights/altermagnetism-proves-its-place-on-the-magnetic-family-treeThere is now a new addition to the magnetic family: thanks to experiments at the Swiss Light Source SLS, researchers have proved the existence of altermagnetism:

hubie writes:Quitting smoking at any age brings big health benefits, fast: study:

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/energy/geologic-hydrogen-gold-rush/

upstart writes:Users are even more likely to stick with Google due to one change, says Yelp:

upstart writes:Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/i-just-dont-see-how-we-survive-tyler-perry-issues-hollywood-warning-over-ai-video-tech/

upstart writes:Twitter security staff kept firm in compliance by disobeying Musk, FTC says:

upstart writes:Signal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernames:

hubie writes:With skull parts that click together like puzzle pieces and a large central tooth, the real-life sandworm is stranger than fiction:

mendax writes:Ars has a story containing tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC in Windows 11. To wit:

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/science/adhd-evolutionary-benefits-foraging-explore-exploit/

Gaaark writes:OS/2 was a joint operating system project by IBM and Microsoft, which was intended for IBM's own Personal System/2 (PS/2) PCs. (If you've ever seen the old circular ports used by keyboards and mice on old PCs, those are also called PS/2 ports- because they're inherited from this.)While OS/2 comes after the original IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS, we know today that the partnership between IBM and Microsoft would not last in that form. Microsoft eventually stopped working with IBM in 1992 when it dropped Windows 3.1, a direct competitor of the OS/2 software IBM paid it to make.OS/2 was intended as a protected-mode successor of PC DOS targeting the Intel 80286 processor. Notably, basic system calls were modeled after MS-DOS calls; their names even started with "Dos" and it was possible to create "Family Mode" applications - text mode applications that could work on both systems. Because of this heritage, OS/2 shares similarities with Unix, Xenix, and Windows NT.Up to $990 million per year was spent developing OS/2 and its replacement. OS/2 sales were largely concentrated in networked computing used by corporate professionals; however, by the early 1990s, it was overtaken by Microsoft Windows NT. While OS/2 was arguably technically superior to Microsoft Windows 95, OS/2 failed to develop much penetration in the mass market consumer and stand-alone desktop PC segments.IBM discontinued its support for OS/2 on December 31, 2006. Since then, OS/2 has been developed, supported and sold by two different third-party vendors under license from IBM - first by Serenity Systems as eComStation since 2001, and later by Arca Noae LLC as ArcaOS since 2017.If you're reading this before April 15, 2024, and wish to dig into OS/2 computing history, you're also advised to check out the Hobbes OS/2 Archive while it still exists. The Hobbes OS/2 Archive is the longest-lived host of OS/2 software, but the decades have finally caught up to it, and it's set to close in April.

DannyB writes:Addicted to swiping right? Lawsuit claims Tinder and Hinge are designed to get users hooked.A new lawsuit claims that dating apps Tinder and Hinge are designed to addict users and lock them into a perpetual loop.

upstart writes:An accretion disk 7 light-years across powers an exceptionally bright galaxy:

upstart writes:How Kybers and ratcheting are boosting the resiliency of Apple's messaging app:

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/science/decimal-point-history-older/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/will-smith-parodies-viral-ai-generated-video-by-actually-eating-spaghetti/

upstart writes:Cybercriminals Weaponizing Open-Source SSH-Snake Tool for Network Attacks: