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The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack
owl writes:https://archive.is/lhQuY
Jupiter Was Formerly Twice Its Current Size and Had a Much Stronger Magnetic Field
NotSanguine writes:A Caltech press release details research on the evolution of Jupiter.From the release:
VPN Service Cancels Customers' Lifetime Subscriptions After Takeover
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Be A Great Communicator To Progress In Engineering
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EU-US Trade War Inevitable
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All Living Things Emit Subtle Light Until They Die, Study Suggests
upstart writes:You are glowing - no, really:
In Lawsuit Over Teen's Death, Judge Rejects Arguments That AI Chatbots Have Free Speech Rights
fliptop writes:AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship that led to his suicide:
TSMC's US Factory Shows the Limits of Reshoring and Tariffs
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High Priority Exploits Fixed in Firefox and Chrome
Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-days exploited at hacking contestAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-fixes-firefox-zero-days-exploited-at-hacking-contest/
A Nasa Mars Rover Looked Up At A Moody Sky. What It Saw Wasn't A Star.
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The US Has a New Most-Powerful Laser
slon writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-powerful-laser.html
Police Secretly Monitored New Orleans With Facial Recognition Cameras
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UK Farmers Pray For Rain Amid Driest Spring Since 1852
slon writes:Science X reports that UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in well over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water. Not a drop of rain has fallen since March.
A Look at OpenAI From 2019
Tech Review is re-running this story from 2019 with a new introduction,
Bill Tries to End Supersonic Speed Limits in the US Skies
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Chicago Sun-Times Prints Summer Reading List Full of Fake Books
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Italy Fines Thousands as Crackdown on Pirate IPTV Targets Viewers
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Laser-Powered Fusion Experiment More Than Doubles its Power Output
liar writes:https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/laser-powered-fusion-experiment-more-than-doubles-its-power-output/
Opinion: Unending Ransomware Attacks Are a Symptom, Not the Illness
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"Big Surprise": Astronomers Find Planet in Perpendicular Orbit Around Pair of Stars
upstart writes:Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars:
Annual Tech Waste Footprint Per Person is 11.2 Kg
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Apple is Developing Tech So Users Can Control Devices With Only Their Thoughts
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2025/05/15/apple-is-developing-tech-so-users-can-control-devices-with-only-their-thoughts/
AWS Claims That Britain Needs More Nuclear Power for AI Datacenters
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New Intel CPU Flaws Leak Sensitive Data From Privileged Memory
Intel's data-leaking Spectre defenses scared off yet againAn Anonymous Coward writes:
UK-To-US English Converter Produced Amazing Mistakes
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Unlocking Voices: AR For Nonverbal Autism
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Regeneron to Buy 23andMe Out of Bankruptcy for $256 Million
fliptop writes:Regeneron has agreed to buy 23andMe, the once buzzy genetic testing company, out of bankruptcy for $256 million under a court-supervised sale process:
Space Computing Satellite Constellation Launched into Orbit
canopic jug writes:The Verge, Space News, and The South China Morning Post are reporting that Red China has begun assembling a744 TOPS super computer in Earth's orbit. The advantages of an orbital super computer include better access to solar energy, easier radiation of waste heat, and, above all, shorter communications times with other satellites.
Meta Is Making Users Who Opted Out of AI Training Opt Out Again
hubie writes:EU users have less than two weeks to opt out of Meta's AI training:
Nextcloud Cries Foul Over Google Play Store App Rejection
shrewdsheep writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/
The End of the Universe is Nigh!
looorg writes:Scientists have re-calculate when the universe will end and it's a lot sooner than previously expected.
UK Retail Sector Hit by Ransomware Spree
M&S Forces Customer Password Resets After Data Breachupstart writes:M&S forces customer password resets after data breach:
How a New Type of AI is Helping Police Skirt Facial Recognition Bans
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The Day Grok Lost its Mind
owl writes:https://archive.is/hXGcp
Mars May Have Vast Underground Oceans
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U.S. Inks Bill to Force Geo-Tracking Tech for High-End Gaming and AI GPUs
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NASA Keeps Ancient Voyager 1 Spacecraft Alive With Hail Mary Thruster Fix
owl writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix/
White House Scraps Plan to Block Data Brokers From Selling Americans’ Sensitive Data
hubie writes:White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive data:
China's Hygon Details C86-5G: A 128-Core X86 CPU with Advanced Features and Four-Way SMT
Mojibake Tengu writes:The TECHPOWERUP reports:https://www.techpowerup.com/336529/hygon-prepares-128-core-512-threaded-x86-cpu-with-four-way-smt-and-avx-512-support
Oniux by Tor: Isolating Linux Applications at the Kernel Level for Secure Connections
An Anonymous Coward claiming to be "Legendary Donut" writes:
NCSC and Industry at Odds Over How to Tackle Shoddy Software
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EU Bug Database Fully Operational as US Slashes Infosec
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A US Court Just Put Ownership of CRISPR Back in Play
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Bluetooth 6.1 Enhances Privacy With Randomized RPA Timing
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluetooth-61-enhances-privacy-with-randomized-rpa-timing/By Bill Toulas (May 11, 2025)
Nvidia Reportedly Raises GPU Prices by 10-15% as Tariffs and TSMC Price Hikes Filter Down
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Scientists Find Lead Really Can Be Turned Into Gold (With Help From The LHC)
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Why Bell Labs Worked
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:
A Chemical in Plastics is Tied to Heart Disease Deaths
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FTC Pushes The Enforcement Of Its 'Click-To-Cancel' Rule Back To July
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When Your Favorite Song Plays, Your Brain ‘Physically Embodies’ Music
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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