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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/amazon-forced-to-recall-400k-products-that-could-kill-electrocute-people/

fliptop writes:Automakers accelerating release of upgraded models, unlike typical 5-year cycle for gasoline cars; Hyundai introduces updated Ioniq 5, and BYD will soon unveil refreshed SEAL; how will this impact used car market?

canopic jug writes:The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has has commented on the a draft of an International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes:

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hubie writes:Elimination of most Next Generation Internet funding 'incomprehensible,' says OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/logitech-has-an-idea-for-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/

NotSanguine writes:US Senators are asking the FTC to look into the data-selling practices of several automobile manufacturers.From the article in Fortune Magazine (archive link):

canopic jug writes:An increasing number of sites are reporting about increased bandwidth being lost to AI crawlers. The documentation sharing site, Read the Docs, has an analysis of the attacks against it by AI crawlers. Several examples are included.

upstart writes:The NASA rover's accidental discovery challenges what we know about the region:

upstart writes:Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'fossil' holding some of the oldest stars in the universe.

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hubie writes:Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.

upstart writes:Here's what a Sam Altman-backed basic income experiment found:

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owl writes:https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206529/intel-13th-14th-gen-crashing-instability-cpu-voltage-q-a

Snotnose writes:Over on Ars Technica a user has provided a Gen Z translation of the Bible Linked to Ars because that's where I stole the summary from, the real deal is here

owl writes:https://ewpratten.com/blog/camping-radio/

upstart writes:There is not enough evidence to prove an ingredient used in a popular weed killer causes cancer, a Federal Court judge has found:

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owl writes:https://blog.mattstuchlik.com/2024/07/21/fastest-memory-read.html

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owl writes:https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/

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fliptop writes:A "battle of the giants" is unfolding in the market for chips for real-time artificial intelligence systems:

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owl writes:https://nrk.neocities.org/articles/cpu-vs-common-sense

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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Today I'd like to revisit an often ignored/known method for tracking/hacking for SN discussion![Editor's Comment: Much of the discussion in the links originates from 2013-2016. That could mean several things. 1. It wasn't shown to be very effective, or 2. It is effective but very difficult to detect and counter. ]Ultrasound Tracking Could Be Used to Deanonymize Tor Users

PiMuNu writes:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13924Fermilab is a major US national lab with a budget of several 100M$ per year, focusing on particle physics. All is not well at the lab, however, following project delays and huge cost overruns for the flagship DUNE project. The organisation that operates Fermilab, led by University of Chicago, has had its contract withdrawn and the lab director Lia Merminga has been laid off. Now a pair of senior and well-respected scientists have put their oar in as well, blasting the management of the lab over the past decade that has led to the current situation in a paper posted to the arxiv preprint server. The pair point at many problems, based on a toxic working environment, giving anecdotal examples supported by indicators such as a fourfold increase in sick leave over the past decade.The PDF is available here.It's a fun read![Ed. note: It appears Lia Merminga has not been laid off]Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:You're not going crazy - you may actually be paying higher prices than other people | CNN Business:

Inorganic production of oxygen in the deep ocean JoeMerchant writes:https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-dark-oxygen-discovered-at-bottom-of-ocean-stuns-scientists

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upstart writes:Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants' scientific names:[ Editor's Comment: caffra means 'infidel' in Arabic, and it was used as a racial slur against black (non-arabic) people, predominantly in South Africa. ]