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upstart writes:Elusive temporary star described in historical documents recreated using new computer model, shows it may have recently started generating stellar winds:

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owl writes:https://apnews.com/article/consumer-protection-ftc-fcc-biden-250f6eece6e2665535019128e8fa38da

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Submitted on behalf of mrpg:The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing-including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface:

fliptop writes:Days after Georgia Democrats warned that the state's new online portal for canceling voter registrations could be abused, officials have confirmed misuse attempts - including efforts to cancel the registrations of prominent Republicans:

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upstart writes:'Sinkclose' Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections:

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A new report finds Boeing's rockets are built with an unqualified work forceDannyB writes:From Ars Technica:

upstart writes:Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers:

owl writes:Three part story. And, as it is on Medium (yuck), archive links are provided should the Medium links go hidden or disappear:Part 1: The Cocainemaker, Reefer Madness, and the Vice-President of The Coca-Cola Company

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fliptop writes:Battery maker LG Energy Solution's second-quarter profit dropped 58% year-on-year to 195.3 billion won ($141m), the company said on Monday (8 July), as demand for electric vehicles (EVs) slows:

ElizabethGreene writes:Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new type of 3D printer that knits 3-dimensional solid objects, according to a new paper published in ACM Transactions on Graphics. From the introduction:

Elon sues advertisers for boycotting Xc0lo writes:The Verge has a better perspective:

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Rich writes:Raspberry Pi have released the small Pico 2 as an improvement to the original Pico: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new-5-microcontroller-board-on-sale-now/.The small single board computer looks virtually unchanged from its predecessor. All improvement is in a new microcontroller unit, the RP2350, which replaces the old RP2040. Most notable features are twice the memory, low power sleep options, and two added Risc-V cores. The two ARM cores are still there, but upgraded to Cortex-M33 from M0+.Unlike the RP2040, the new MCU is available in different packages, with more pins and flash memory in-package. Top of the line will be the RP2354B with 80 pins and 2MB integrated flash.(Ed note: My first computer ran at 1 MHz and had only 4K bytes of memory. We've come a long way since then! --MartyB)! )Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-and-meta-ignored-their-own-rules-in-secret-teen-targeting-ad-deals/

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upstart writes:Common blood thinner heparin shows promise as cobra bite antidote:

c0lo writes:Study Finds Faces Evolve to Match Names Over Time

owl writes:https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-completely-different-kind-of-disc-brake-1949-chrysler/

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NASA Weighs SpaceX Rescue for Stranded Boeing Starliner Crewupstart writes:NASA weighs SpaceX rescue for stranded Boeing Starliner crew:

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owl writes:https://matduggan.com/teaching-to-the-test/

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upstart writes:A Japanese company becomes the first to approach a piece of space junk in low-Earth orbit:

canopic jug writes:The IETF has published a discussion about how to deal with networking in high-latency situations with occasional interruptions, such as interplanetary space where packet round trip times can make the traditional 3-way and 4-way handshake protocols quite impractical.

upstart writes:OpenAI Afraid to Release ChatGPT Detection Tool That Might Piss Off Cheaters:

c0lo writes:Make Bitcoin great again - what Donald Trump's backing of crypto could mean for the industry

upstart writes: Robot Performs First Ever Fully Autonomous Dental Surgery on Live Patient:

upstart writes:Neuralink successfully implants its chip into a second patient's brain:

Our resident shy submitter offers the following:A nicely organized blog post at https://www.construction-physics.com/p/what-would-it-take-to-recreate-bell reviews the history of Bell Labs (going back into the late 1800s). It ends with a section that wonders if re-creating a research monster like Bell Labs (peak employment = 25,000 people) is possible today...or even needed. A sample from the middle:

Wired is running a story https://www.wired.com/story/cars-are-now-rolling-computers-so-how-long-will-they-get-updates-automakers-cant-say/ or https://archive.is/nAMkd about broken updates for in-car software. Starts out with a VW story:

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owl writes:http://www.righto.com/2024/08/space-shuttle-interim-teleprinter.html

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upstart writes:AI Images Exposed: Researchers Reveal Simple Method To Detect Deepfakes:

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We should build a moon vault with ... looorg writes:Scientist suggest building a biorepository on the moon, like a extra terrestrial Svalbard Global Seed Vault. If/when earth collapses how are the survivors going to make it to the moon to kickstart things? Or are we expecting benevolent xenomorphs to bring us back to life?https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae058/7715645?login=false

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