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Snotnose writes:To cat lovers, a litter box is a necessity. But not to scientists. A team of researchers decided to investigate litter boxes as records of behavior: the pre-squat scratch, the whirl, the precise geometry of the bury

digitalaudiorock writes:As a very long time user of MythTV and free OTA ATSC 1.0 TV, reading this one did not make my day:CordCutters published news of a recent FCC decision to allow broadcasters flexibility on switching to ATSC 3.0 technology:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/like-putting-on-glasses-for-the-first-time-how-ai-improves-earthquake-detection/

upstart writes:Kessler syndrome is bad; atmospheric incineration may be worse:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Covert Eavesdropping through Computer MiceThe abstract from the arXiv paper states:

hubie writes:From Cory Doctorow's blog:

Last week the U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon produced the latest attack on academia, "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," which was addressed to a small group of well known US universities. If you missed it, there is a description at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_for_Academic_Excellence_in_Higher_EducationToday (10/10/2025) MIT was the first of the group to reject the offer. Here is the letter from MIT's president, https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact

upstart writes:Baseload power is functionally extinct:

canopic jug writes:David C Brock interviewed Ken Thompson for the Computer History Museum. It's a long interview with a video with a written transcript. The video is just over 4.5 hours long. The transcript weighs in at 64 pages as a downloadable PDF locked behind a CPU- and RAM-chewing web app.

AnonTechie writes:From the TrenchesAn interesting article about software quality over the years - by Denis Stetskov

Rich writes:Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets, Reuters reports at https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/qualcomm-buys-open-source-electronics-firm-arduino-2025-10-07/.Arduino's own announcement can be found at https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/07/a-new-chapter-for-arduino-with-qualcomm-uno-q-and-you/.Along with the news that might confuse those that could not imagine "Arduino" itself as a tangible sales item, Arduino introduced a new model in the Uno form factor that comprises a Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 to run Linux, an STM32U585 microcontroller for hardware interfacing, and some new high density connector on the bottom side. It is priced at $44 in the Arduino store.Reception of the news seems to be mixed in various channels, many doubt Qualcomm with its history would be a good steward for an ecosystem like Arduino.The new Arduino Q moves squarely into Raspberry Pi territory, where the Pi 5 currently sells for around $55 with mostly comparable features, at least if the RP2040-like features in the RP1 I/O controller are counted in.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Turning dissolved carbon dioxide from seawater to biodegradable plastic is an especially powerful way to clean up the ocean:

upstart writes:The transistor was patented 75 years ago today:

looorg writes:Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace PrizeSomewhat better then the IG Nobel is the actual Nobel prizes. Winners started to be announced this week. So far Medicine and Physics, others to be revealed in the following days as I write this.Physics. "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

hubie writes:StatCounter reports that Windows 7 has gained almost 10% market share in the last month, just as Windows 10 support is coming to an end. It's clear people aren't ready to switch to Windows 11.

upstart writes:Are VPNs Under Attack? An Anti-Censorship Group Speaks Out:

hubie writes:The ship wasn't designed to withstand the powerful ice compression forces-and Shackleton knew it:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-forensic-recovers-fingerprints-ammunition-casings.html

upstart writes:Guess how much of Britain's direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude?:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-qnx-operating-system

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-human-skin-cells-fertilisable-eggs.html

linuxrocks123 writes:There have been a lot of recent stories about Google restricting sideloading to apps from developers who have registered with Google. Google has issued the very important clarification that adb will still be able to used to sideload unverified apps: https://support.google.com/android-developer-console/answer/16561738So, if you own your phone, you can still install whatever you want on it. You just might have to install adb and enable the Developer Options menu first.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ultra-thin-sodium-alternative-gold.html

mrpg writes:https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/apple-removes-ice-tracking-apps-after-pressure-by-trump-administration-2025-10-03/:

upstart writes:First Dark Matter Sub-Halo Found In The Milky Way:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Instagram says it is not listening to users' microphones to serve ads:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-track-medicines-hitchhike-cholesterol.html

upstart writes:Forget Sparta - Leonidas wiped out all 61 drones in the demo:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-graphene-reveals-dome-superconductivity-electric.html

AnonTechie writes:Harvard researchers hail quantum computing breakthrough with machine that can run for two hours - atomic loss quashed by experimental design, systems that can run forever just 3 years away

AI Startup Valuations Raise Bubble Fears as Funding Surgesmrpg writes:https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ai-startup-valuations-raise-bubble-fears-funding-surges-2025-10-03/

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-earth-crust-pacific-northwest-necessarily.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:Flock's Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices

upstart writes:JWST Finds An Exoplanet Around A Pulsar Whose Atmosphere Is All Carbon:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-livestock-safe-wolves.html

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bounds-seti.html

upstart writes:"We actually made light into a solid. That's pretty awesome"

upstart writes:Trump official plots "impossible" deal moving Taiwan's chip supply chain into US:

We are aware of the significant number of 50x responses that users are experiencing from the site. The problem was recognised about 1 week ago and there is much investigative work going on behind the scenes.The actual cause is difficult to identify. As of Saturday there is new software in place which is trying to find how often the 50x responses occur, while trying to correlate the occurrences with other functions in Rehash. This is a time consuming process. Some users have been assisting by reporting on IRC #soylent when they receive such a response. If you would like to help please report when the 50x response was received with a precise time so that we can find the corresponding query in the server logs, exactly what function were you doing that appeared to trigger it, and how long the problem lasted? If you also know your own IP address it would be very helpful but we understand that many of you will be reluctant to give this information.In most cases the problem clears itself in less than 10 seconds but there have been periods of unresponsiveness that have lasted several minutes in some rare cases.FIXED - at least until we find out that it isn't.... [Added at 2025-1005 19:00Z--JR] See also here.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-wolf-dog-hybrid-greece.html

looorg writes:Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats. I guess that is how they plan on paying the very large electricity bill. This prompt brought to you buy "/insert ad here/". Normal advertisement just isn't detailed enough anymore, too many blockers and such. Too many new pesky privacy laws.

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

upstart writes:Duo could dominate in the same way Microsoft and Intel ruled PCs for decades:

canopic jug writes:The comic strip Peanuts turns 75 this year. The New Statesman covers the background of the strip and how Peanuts reflected US society.

upstart writes:Scientists catch a shark threesome on camera:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-side-moon-colder-lunar.html

canopic jug writes:The armed forces of Austria have been moving towards open standards via free and open source software, specifically from MSO to LibreOffice. Given the politics that have arisen in similar cases around the world, the move has been planned carefully planned since 2020.

upstart writes:NASA boss says US should have 'village' on Moon in a decade:

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-linux-sudo-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/