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Rust Drivers Expected to Become More Common in Linux Kernel
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Majorana 1: Microsoft Under Fire For Claiming It Has A New Quantum Computer
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DOGE Axes CISA ‘Red Team’ Staffers Amid Ongoing Federal Cuts
upstart writes:DOGE axes CISA 'red team' staffers amid ongoing federal cuts:
Where Will the 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse be Visible in March 2025?
upstart writes:Where will the 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse be visible in March 2025?A total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, will be visible across Earth's night side:
PHP-CGI RCE Flaw Exploited in Attacks on Japan's Tech, Telecom, and E-Commerce Sectors
Fnord666 writes:The Hacker News has an interesting article on a PHP-CGI RCE flaw that is being exploited in the wild.
Political Poll News Site 538 to Close Amid Larger Shuttering Across ABC and Disney
upstart writes:Disney is reportedly cutting staff across ABC News Group and its entertainment network as media layoffs continue:
Stars Made From Only Primordial Gas Finally Spotted
upstart writes:Short-cut method pinpoints a galaxy apparently formed from just hydrogen and helium:
How to Build a Static Website on a Raspberry Pi
canopic jug writes:These days most ISPs allow self-hosting to some extent. Programmer Mira Welner has published a 15-step tutorial to getting a working static web site up and running on a Raspberry Pi:
Musk Complains: X Site Under Attack, and DOGE Interferes With His Job
X Outage: Thousands Report Issues With Elon Musk's Platformupstart writes:X outage: Thousands report issues with Elon Musk's platform:
A Paleoarchaean Impact Crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
A Paleoarchaean Impact Crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australiaupstart writes:A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia:
Microsoft Admits GitHub Used to Store Malware That Infected Almost a Million Devices
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/infosec_in_brief/
US Supreme Court Weakens Rules on Discharge of Raw Sewage Into Water Supplies
upstart writes:US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies:
Undocumented Commands Found in Bluetooth Chip Used by a Billion Devices
An Anonymous Coward writes:[Ed note: Most of the headlines for this story uses the security vendor's description of this is a "backdoor", which is getting called out as deliberate clickbait and hype given the physical access needed to load malicious code --hubie]Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
How Tiny Can You Scale It Until Things Won't Work?
anubi writes:Just how tiny can something be made...and still have it work?https://www.earth.com/news/unexpected-find-inside-the-eye-of-a-tiny-wasp-megaphragma-viggianii/
CISA Tags Windows, Cisco Vulnerabilities as Actively Exploited
fliptop writes:CISA has warned US federal agencies to secure their systems against attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco and Windows systems:
'Jetsons' Robot Finally Arrives: Sweater-Wearing Neo Gamma Android Helps With Household Chores
upstart writes:Built by the Norwegian startup 1X, the Neo Gamma humanoid robot is designed to complete mundane household tasks:
Billions of Years Ago, Mars Featured Beaches Fit for a Vacation, Astronomers Say
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‘Slime’ Keeps the Brain Safe ― and Could Guard Against Ageing
mrpg writes:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00554-w
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
fliptop writes:Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Asteroid Mining Startup Loses its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
upstart writes:Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon:
Amid a Growing Measles Outbreak, Doctors Worry RFK is Sending the Wrong Message
Amid a Growing Measles Outbreak, Doctors Worry RFK is Sending the Wrong Messageupstart writes:Amid a growing measles outbreak, doctors worry RFK is sending the wrong message:
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.wired.com/story/doge-government-salaries-elon-musk/
Alphabet's Taara Chip Uses Light Beams To Provide High-Speed Internet
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Hugging Face's Chief Science Officer Worries AI is Becoming 'Yes-Men on Servers'
upstart writes:Hugging Face's chief science officer worries AI is becoming 'yes-men on servers':
Eerily Realistic AI Voice Demo Sparks Amazement and Discomfort Online
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/users-report-emotional-bonds-with-startlingly-realistic-ai-voice-demo/
Apple Refuses to Break Encryption, Seeks Reversal of UK Demand for Backdoor
upstart writes:Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type:
The International Space Station Lacks Microbial Diversity. Is It Too Clean?
upstart writes:Tests reveal a lack of microbial diversity on board. That's been linked to health issues in other settings:
Massive Supereruptions Might Not Trigger the Apocalypse, Just Decades of Chaos
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Your Kitchen Utensils May be Poisoning You
fliptop writes:New research published in Chemosphere reveals an alarming reality: everyday kitchen utensils may quietly harm your well-being. The research reveals the extent to which some cooking tools, particularly black plastic ones, contaminate food with deadly toxins while we cook:
How We Added Interlaced Video to Raspberry Pi 5
Freeman writes:https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-we-added-interlaced-video-to-raspberry-pi-5/
BP Shuns Renewables in Return to Oil and Gas
upstart writes:BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas:
15 Republican AGs Urge The Supreme Court To Make Affordable Broadband For Poor People Illegal
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World's First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" Runs on Living Human Cells
mhajicek writes:https://newatlas.com/brain/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence/
Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them
hubie writes:"What kind of pissing contest is this?":
First Petawatt Electron Beam Arrives, Ready to Rip Apart Matter and Space
upstart writes:Ultra-high-power particle pulses could boost x-ray science and laboratory astrophysics:
'Fire the Intel Board and Rehire Pat Gelsinger,' Argues Former Intel Ceo Craig Barrett
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Some of Earth's Meteors Are Probably Coming All the Way From a Neighboring Star System
upstart writes:The number of interstellar objects coming from Alpha Centauri will increase over time:
Robots Are Gaining New Capabilities Thanks to Plants and Fungi
upstart writes:Biohybrid technology helps machines sense and heal:
Meet the Ice-Hunting Robots Headed for the Moon Right Now
mrpg writes:Two US probes on their way to the Moon, one laden with a drill and a hopper looking for lunar water:
The UEFI Hype and Microsoft's Lies
canopic jug writes:UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is a small, insecure, embedded operating system touted as a replacement for computer BIOS. OS hacker and small scale farmer Sami Tikkanen has a guest post over at Techrights debunking UEFI hype and Microsoft's lies, yet again. UEFI has a lot of baggage and controversy. Some here may remember the debates prior to its forced roll out.
Ancient Humans Evolved New Blood Types After Leaving Africa
upstart writes:Ancient Humans Evolved New Blood Types After Leaving Africa:
Man's Brain Turned to Glass by Vesuvius Volcano Ash Cloud
upstart writes:Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud:
The Pentium Contains a Complicated Circuit to Multiply by Three
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2025/03/pentium-multiplier-adder-reverse-engineered.html
20,000-Year-Old Evidence of Ancient Travois (Sled) Discovered in New Mexico
upstart writes:20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico:
YR4 Asteroid: The Hits and Near-Misses You Never Hear About
upstart writes:YR4 asteroid: The hits and near-misses you never hear about:
NASA is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field
upstart writes:NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field:
The Next Chapter: Moving From Skype to Microsoft Teams
upstart writes:The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams:
A New Android Feature is Scanning Your Photos for 'Sensitive Content'
An Anonymous Coward writes:Google didn't tell Android users much about Android System SafetyCore before it hit their phones, and people are unhappy. Fortunately, you're not stuck with it.
U.S. Company Firefly Aerospace Just Landed On The Moon With Its Blue Ghost Spacecraft
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