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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluetooth-61-enhances-privacy-with-randomized-rpa-timing/By Bill Toulas (May 11, 2025)

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canopic jug writes:The 1517 Fund has an article exploring why Bell Labs worked so well, and what is lacking in today's society to recreate such a research environment:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Research out of the University of Connecticut proposes neural resonance theory, which says neurons in our body physically synchronize with music that create stable patterns that affect our entire body.

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quietus writes:So, I need to develop a service onto some server software on Github.This open source project runs for well over 12 years now (it started back on SourceForge), and seems to be the only reliable piece of software implementing the protocol I need.Still driven by its original author, it currently counts 573 files spread out over 131 directories, using 2 different programming languages, one macro language, 2 scripting languages and ofcourse the shell and Makefile.Documentation exists for some functions, but not, ofcourse, for [an unknown number of] others. Documentation -- apart from one-line comments interspersed within the code -- consists of a short functionality description, parameters and return type. There is no architecture design nor much of explanation about how the different parts fit together.I've already managed to insert a small proto service. In doing so, I noticed that, for one reason or another, I cannot directly write to the outside world; and also that the developer(s) implemented their own versions of specific standard library functions.I've already sacrificed a newborn lamb and splattered its blood over my laptop, but I wonder, oh Soylentils, how would you approach this task? What steps would you take, what tools would you use, and what sacrifices would you make?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Rapid7 threat hunter wrote a PoC. No, he's not releasing it.

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upstart writes:Smarter agents, continuous updates, and the eternal struggle to prove ROI:

upstart writes:New requirements could see more 'bad content' on Wikipedia, its owners warn:

pdfernhout writes:A recent US Congressional Report suggests: "We stand at the edge of a new industrial revolution, one that depends on our ability to engineer biology. Emerging biotechnology, coupled with artificial intelligence, will transform everything from the way we defend and build our nation to how we nourish and provide care for Americans."From the Executive Summary:

upstart writes:As Big Tech gets used to the pain, smaller vendors urged to up their game:

slon writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-people-ai-colleagues-lazier.html

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owl writes:http://www.righto.com/2025/05/386-prefetch-circuitry-reverse-engineered.html

slon writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-urine-powered-electrolysis-energy-efficient.html

DannyB writes:'Tone deaf': US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AICrowdStrike CEO announces 5% of workforce to be slashed globally, citing artificial intelligence efficiencies created in the business

quietus writes:Christopher (Chris) Alan Pelkey had two tours of duty in Iraq, and one in Afghanistan, behind him when, on a November Saturday afternoon, a car stopped behind him at a red light and started honking his horn. The veteran sergeant got out of his car and walked to the other car with his hands held up, as if he wanted to ask what the problem was. Then three shots rang out.Now, three years later, his family has used generative AI to allow him to appear as a witness in his own murder case. It is worth watching the generated video here.I have difficulty interpreting this. While this video appears eerily touching to me, it is not hard to foresee how these kind of videos could also be used to sway a judge or jury to much heavier penalties.The video also reminded me of the Caleb character in the science fiction series WestWorld (seasons 3 and 4). Caleb is an army veteran who, for therapy purposes, is coupled to an AI version of his killed-in-action army buddy. Instead of having a liberating effect though, the feeling is more that his AI buddy holds him back, keeping him instead dependent on the service.And then there's this video of a recent interview given by Mark Zuckerberg -- wearing Meta's Ray-Ban AI connected glasses, which he claimed were selling by the millions -- at Stripe Sessions, where he talks about how personal AI will be their focus, and what that actually will mean (at 14'), and, connected to that, the need to long-term invest in glasses as the ultimate devices for AI (24') -- seeing what you see, hearing what you hear.The currently existing AI ethics rules/frameworks focus on data privacy and legal responsibility. Maybe we should start to think early, here, about potential sociological and psychological impacts.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:openSUSE removes Deepin from its repositories after long string of security issues and unauthorised security bypassThom Holwerda - 2025-05-07

looorg writes:Just how many penises are there on the Bayeux tapestry? The previous count was 93. Now they claim to have found another one. So is it 93 or 94? Most of them belong to horses. So it's a Oxford professor showdown in how many penises they can see in a tapestry. Nobs for History!

Fnord666 writes:Curl project founder snaps over deluge of time-sucking AI slop bug reports

upstart writes:Sunscreen might have helped early humans outlive Neanderthals:

upstart writes:Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning 'beige' fat. Once implanted, How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death:

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NotSanguine writes:From Nate Anderson over at Ars Technica:

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hubie writes:People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer - new study: