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Anonyspouse writes:Comcast confirms 237K affected in feisty breach notification: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/04/comcast_fcbs_ransomware_theft/Between February 14 and February 26, 2024, FBCS [Financial Business and Consumer Solutions] experienced a cyberattack where someone unauthorized got into their computer network and took some data. Comcast told customers about this in a letter, saying that customer information might have been taken during this time. Another company, CF Medical, also had a similar situation where customer data was accessed by a cybercriminal in July and they notified their customers too.

Submitted by an Anonymous Coward:https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-readers-political-signs-bumper-stickers/AI-powered cameras on cars and trucks have been used to capture images of political signs, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper stickers. The data, reviewed by WIRED, shows how a tool originally designed for traffic enforcement has evolved into a system capable of monitoring 'speech' protected by the US Constitution.

canopic jug writes:A lot of security myths have acquired lives of their own and taken as facts. Dr. Andy Farnell over at the Cyber Show's blog has posted an item about where passwords can still fit in as a part of general authentication despite what fleets of salesmen selling authentication gimmicks tell us.

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Recently published in Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52766-9 LG Chem has developed a thin membrane said to greatly reduce the chance of fire in Li-Ion batteries. From the abstract,

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Eyebrow-raising revelations come to light as hearings into Titan sub's loss wrap up

upstart writes:Scientists map fruit fly brain in neurobiological milestone:

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The Harvard Business Review ran a piece back in July 2024 on the future of computer security,

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upstart writes:California enacts car data privacy law to curb domestic violence:

upstart writes:Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/why-trolls-extremists-and-others-spread-conspiracy-theories-they-dont-believe/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/harvard-students-make-auto-doxxing-smart-glasses-to-show-need-for-privacy-regs/

owl writes:https://blog.cloudflare.com/patent-troll-sable-pays-up/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/meta-slapped-with-101-million-fine-for-storing-passwords-in-plaintext/

upstart writes:A tale involving deepfakes, politics, and a magician:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/ai-defeats-traffic-image-captcha-in-another-triumph-of-machine-over-man/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/microsoft-details-security-privacy-overhaul-for-windows-recall-ahead-of-relaunch/

canopic jug writes:The Register is reporting that the US Army has ordered a new round of wheeled, equipment hauling robots.

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YouTube Blocks Videos From Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Others in Dispute With SESACupstart writes:YouTube blocks videos from Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, others in dispute with SESAC:

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canopic jug writes:Several sites, including OS Technix, are reporting that Arch will be collaborating with Valve. A heavily modified in-house Arch distro is used by Valve for SteamOS.

fliptop writes:Last week, the House approved a resolution to block the Biden administration's emissions rule that would require more than half of the automobiles sold in the new-car market to be electric by 2032. The 215 representatives who voted for the bill, including eight Democrats, are far more in tune with most of the country than the White House:

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SpaceX Launches Mission to Bring Boeing Starliner Crew Homeupstart writes:SpaceX launched its mission tasked with bringing back two Boeing Starliner astronauts from the International Space Station:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/ai-superintelligence-looms-in-sam-altmans-new-essay-on-the-intelligence-age/

upstart writes:Just in time for spooky season:

Motor Trend is running a piece on the systems in the recently released Mercedes-Benz "Drive Pilot 95", https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/mercedes-benz-drive-pilot-95-first-drive-reviewHere are a few of the details I found interesting:

owl writes:http://www.righto.com/2024/09/ramtron-ferroelectric-fram-die.html

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fliptop writes:Investors sold after the investment bank's analysts warned about what they called the 'China butterfly effect':

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looorg writes:There is a fair, and long running, amount of research for that playing Tetris helps people deal with trauma, PTSD of some kind. Adding some more recent research then where it can reduce PTSD symptoms in healthcare workers (nurses) that worked with trauma COVID19 patients.Playing something such as Tetris (it's a bit unclear if it's just Tetris or a similar style of games of which Tetris is the prime example) can induce some relaxing zen like state or a "cognitive vaccine". 20 minutes is apparently the prescribed dosage of rotational healing experience. There was the 15 minutes of talking to before playing Tetris. But clearly the healing power of Tetris at work ...