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New Vapor Coating Technique Lets You Run A Computer Under Water
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Will the New Judicial Ruling in the Vizio Lawsuit Strengthen the GPL?
owl writes:https://blog.tidelift.com/will-the-new-judicial-ruling-in-the-vizio-lawsuit-strengthen-the-gpl
Wind Supplied a Record 35% of Irish Electricity in 2023
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RIP: Inventor of NTP Protocol, That Keeps Time on Billions of Devices, Dies at Age 85
AnonTechie writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/inventor-of-ntp-protocol-that-keeps-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/
Scientists Extract The Sharpest Image Of A Black Hole Yet
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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse. It's Not Just You.
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Peregrine Moon Lander And Its Cargo Will Likely Burn Up In Earth’s Atmosphere
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Massive Data Dump Containing Millions Of Passwords Sparks Security Alert
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Insect Populations Flourish in the Restored Habitats of Solar Energy Facilities
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-insect-populations-flourish-habitats-solar.html
How A 27-Year-Old Busted The Myth Of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
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Bottled Water Contains Hundreds of Thousands of Nanoplastic Particle Per Liter
canopic jug writes:Multiple sites are covering a PNAS article on the prodigious quantities of nanoplastics in bottled water.
Audible Yawns in a Non-Human Species May Convey Important Social Information
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-audible-human-species-convey-important.html
The Isotope Effect: Bigger Than Science Ever Imagined
JoeMerchant writes:The Isotope Effect: Bigger Than Science Ever Imagined
Infosys Co-Founder Repeats Call for 70-Hour Working Weeks
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Amazing, Incredible, Superb: The Effect of High-Arousal Language Used by Social Media Influencers
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-amazing-incredible-superb-effect-high.html
Zero-Click Bluetooth Attacks Pose Serious Threat Across Major OSes
upstart writes:Zero-Click Bluetooth Attacks Pose Serious Threat Across Major OSes:
NASA Reveals Its X-Plane. It Will Fly Over The U.S. At Supersonic Speed
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"Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell" Draws Near-Limitless Energy From Soil
taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/energy/dirt-powered-fuel-cell/
New Rice Lines for Africa Offer Virus Protection
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-rice-lines-africa-virus.html
Major Camera Companies Are Working To Fight Deepfakes
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1000x Brighter Than OLED: Cheap Material for Solar Panels Could Make Brighter Displays
JoeMerchant writes:Scientists swapped out carbon for perovskite semiconductors to demonstrate the power of a future PeLED technology.
The Spectacular Failure of Self-Checkout Technology
hubie writes:Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.
Chinese Authorities Say They're Exploiting an Apple AirDrop Vulnerability
Apple AirDrop Leaks User Data Like a Sieve. Chinese Authorities Say They're Scooping It Up.upstart writes:Chinese authorities are exploiting a weakness Apple has allowed to go unfixed for 5 years:
WOTC Denies Using AI Generative Art In Promo Materials, Later Admits, Yeah, It Did
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US CO2 Emissions Down in 2023
NYT reports that USA greenhouse gas emissions reduced last year. They open with a graph of U.S. electricity generation by source from 2005-2023 showing natural gas, nuclear, coal and renewable power generation. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/climate/us-carbon-emissions-2023-climate.html or https://archive.is/wNgDx
Lucid Delivered Just 6,001 Electric Sedans in 2023
upstart writes:The Saudi-backed builder of high-end EVs is not having an easy time:
Chinese 5 X 15 X 5mm Nickel-63 Nuclear Battery Has a 50-Year Lifespan
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/chinese-developed-nuclear-battery-has-a-50-year-lifespan
The Rube Goldberg Path to Mars
ElizabethGreene writes:@KenKirtland17 on Twitter has created a fascinating infographic summary of NASA's plan (PDF) for sending Astronauts to Mars.It shows 13 SLS Block 2 Cargo launches from 2032 to 2038 and two crewed SLS Block 2 launches to build various spacecraft in Cislunar space. The spacecraft are then fueled by an unspecified number of Commercial Launch Vehicle flights. The mission series culminates with 4 people making a nuclear-powered 180-day trip to Mars, 2 people spending 30 days on the surface, and a 350-day return trip with both Venus and Lunar flybys.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Is Murderbot Gestating in Your Washing Machine?
Snotnose writes:No word on why he didn't run Wireshark to see exactly what the data was, but a word of warning concerning smart devices.
Compression Attached Memory Modules May Make Upgradable Laptops a Thing Again
upstart writes:The CAMM2 spec was recently finalized, and memory makers are testing the waters:
Timeline to Remove DSA Support from OpenSSH
canopic jug writes:OpenSSH developer, Damien Miller, has announced plans to remove support for DSA keys from OpenSSH in the near future. His announcement describes the rationale, process, and proposed timeline.
Need for Speed: How Hummingbirds Switch Mental Gears in Flight
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-hummingbirds-mental-gears-flight.html
Bizarre Galaxy Discovered With Seemingly No Stars Whatsoever
upstart writes:Bizarre Galaxy Discovered With Seemingly No Stars Whatsoever:
Private Peregrine Moon Lander Powers Up Lunar Payloads Despite Propulsion Anomaly
upstart writes:Astrobotic's latest update is optimistic, all things considered:
Fastest Swimming Insect Could Inspire Uncrewed Boat Designs
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-fastest-insect-uncrewed-boat.html
The Innovation That Gets an Alzheimer’s Drug Through the Blood-brain Barrier
upstart writes:The innovation that gets an Alzheimer's drug through the blood-brain barrier:
US To Hospitals: Meet Security Standards Or No Federal Money
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All About Google's Phasing Out of Third-Party Cookies
Why Google is Phasing Out Third-party Cookies - Marketplaceupstart writes:Google will roll out a set of new tools that still track your behavior online - so we'll still be getting those targeted ads:
Which Countries Back South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel at ICJ?
upstart writes:Which countries back South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ?:
Ancient DNA Reveals Reason for High Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's Rates in Europe
taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-ancient-dna-reveals-high-multiple.html
NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners to Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample
upstart writes:The two fasteners from the sampler head haven't budged for nearly 4 months, keeping the precious material inside:
AI Comes Up With Battery Design That Uses 70 Per Cent Less Lithium
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PC Prices To Jump As Cost Of Memory Rises, Say Analysts
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Re-Frame of Mind: Do Our Brains Have a Built-in Sense of Grammar?
taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-mind-brains-built-grammar.html
AI Threatens to Crush News Organizations. Lawmakers Signal Change Is Ahead
fliptop writes:Media outlets are calling foul play over AI companies using their content to build chatbots. They may find friends in the Senate:
Celebrating 20 years of OpenWrt with Hardware Design
canopic jug writes:The OpenWRT project is turning 20 years old this year. During that time they have adapted to existing hardware products. Now the team has the idea to produce their own, fully supported hardware to run their software on:
AI Upends Long Held Belief That All Fingerprints Are Unique
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Microsoft Distributes Broken Security Update, Tells Users to Manually Repartition Their Drives
An Anonymous Coward writes:One of the Windows updates in the current cycle is for KB5034441, which addresses CVE-2024-20666. From what I can tell, exploiting this vulnerability requires physical access, so there's no risk of this being used in remote attacks. The actual risk to most users is probably very low. Still, it allows security features to be bypassed, so it should be fixed.The problem is that this update is failing for many users with error code 0x80070643. Microsoft claims that this is due to the recovery partition not being large enough on some systems, though the error code is cryptic and unhelpful. Here's what Microsoft said about that:
Researchers Discover Eco-Friendly Fungicide Alternative
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-01-eco-friendly-fungicide-alternative.html
Radio Station Owner Audacy Files Chapter 11
As reported in USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2024/01/08/audacy-radio-bankruptcy/72147915007/ and many outlets:
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