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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-04-baby-bird-cars.html

upstart writes:Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches:

upstart writes:Physicists overcome two key operating hurdles in fusion reactions:

quietus writes:The Group of Seven (G7) countries, which include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US, announced at a ministerial meeting that they will shut down coal-fired power plants by 2030-2035, or on a timeline consistent with the 1.5 C degree temperature limit. In addition, the G7 countries announced they will rapidly scale-up battery storage sixfold by 2030 to support electricity grids powered by renewable energy sources.The latest G7 statement is not entirely surprising if you've been following coal consumption in the countries mentioned. In 2003, the G7 still were the proud owners of a 44% share in global coal-fired electricity. By 2013, that share had lowered to 26.5% -- currently it is down to 11%. But still.This new ban follows close on the heels of a ban for all (new) petrol/diesel cars in the whole of the European Union + United Kingdom, by 2035 -- like already implemented by individual States within the US.Now this writeup is about the impact these bans will have on the economic prospects of other countries.For example, Japan imported just over 110 million metric tons of thermal coal last year, compared to around 330 million tons imported by China and 170 million tons by India. Their current suppliers are Australia, Indonesia, Russia and Canada. Some fast-growing economies elsewhere, including India, the Philippines and Vietnam, may snap up some of the reduced volumes bought by G7 nations over the near term.But in the longer run those and other nations plan to sharply increase clean power generation and cut back on fossil fuel use.What will happen to OPEC and coal exporting countries after 2035?It is a hard fate ... to be banned ... by the world, only because one has sought to be wiser than the world is.- Edward Bulwer LyttonOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

AI Engineers Report Burnout and Rushed Rollouts as 'Rat Race' to Stay Competitive Hits Tech Industryfliptop writes:Artificial intelligence engineers at top tech companies told CNBC that the pressure to roll out AI tools at breakneck speed has come to define their jobs:

upstart writes:Ancient DNA Reveals People Caught Leprosy From Adorable Woodland Critters In Medieval England:

upstart writes:Rare Interviews with Enigma Cryptanalyst Marian Rejewski - Schneier on Security:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/

upstart writes:April updates for Windows 10 and 11 break some VPN software, Microsoft says:

DannyB writes:Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, literally, something elseRISC OS Open 5.30 arrives - with Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi support

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/04/forgotten-poem-by-c-s-lewis-published-for-the-first-time/

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taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/materials/vitrimer-recyclable-printed-circuit-board/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/email-microsoft-didnt-want-seen-reveals-rushed-decision-to-invest-in-openai/

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-04-prehistoric-irish-monuments-pathways-dead.html

einar writes:Existing maps of the moon date back to the 1960s and 1970s. The new "Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe" took a decade in the making and is the work of over a hundred scientists. It depicts the moon in a scale of 1:2'500'000 which is twice as detailed compared to maps from the Apollo era. The maps are supposed to help future space missions. They are available in Chinese and English. A digital version for the scientific community is in the makingnature

upstart writes:A lack of brake lights could put us in danger:

upstart writes:Coca-Cola is largest known contributor of branded plastic waste, global study finds:

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-04-evolution-optimized-magnetic-sensor-birds.html

upstart writes:Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference:

upstart writes:[Editor's Note: This report is contradicted by other reporting and is unreliable. There might also be a difference in what is displayed depending on from which region you access the report. This is still being investigated. The linked Wikipedia data appears to be accurate. 02/05/2024 11:58 UTC.]First US Nuclear Power Plant in Over 30 Years Goes Fully on Line - Georgia Power:

[Update 1: Added three links that were omitted from the story. --MartyB]------RamiK writes:Author reverse engineers a Kraze HD7K disposable vape (electronic cigarette):

fliptop writes:A great public resource is at risk of being destroyed:

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upstart writes:FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data:

owl writes:https://www.os2museum.com/wp/how-not-to-release-historic-source-code/

hubie writes:Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be:

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Wet Wipes to be Banned Across the UK Because of Plasticupstart writes:A survey found 20 wet wipes on every 100 metres of UK beach:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/no-surprise-russia-vetoes-un-resolution-reaffirming-ban-on-nukes-in-space/

taylorvich writes:https://newatlas.com/medical/cows-milk-particles-oral-rna-therapy/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/04/can-an-online-library-of-classic-video-games-ever-be-legal/

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:Pinch of salt warning - These are Seagate's claims not independently verified.

mrpg writes:https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/18/world/pluto-heart-planetary-collision-scn/index.html

hubie writes:If 'you're doing it anyway, you might as well' get paid:

upstart writes:American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby:

upstart writes:Not Boeing again!An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York:

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Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:TSMC Readies Lower-Cost 4nm Manufacturing Tech: Up To 8.5% Cheaper

Frosty Piss writes:https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-principal-audio-maryland-baltimore-county-pikesville-853ed171369bcbb888eb54f55195cb9cAthletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, police say

canopic jug writes:Over at his personal blog, Kevin Norman describes how he has modified his motorized standing desk to raise and lower on its own according to a schedule. His post DeskOps: Commanding My Desk with HTTP - How I Brought Hysteresis Problems to the Desk Where I Solve Hysteresis Problems goes into a fair amount of detail about how he went about wiring it up and the problems which arose and how he fixed them. The active part uses an ESP-32 based microcontroller to change the desk's height using the I^2C protocol.

Freeman writes:You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

Freeman writes:Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality"

owl writes:https://www.multicians.org/shell.html

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The specific process by which Google enshittified its search (24 Apr 2024)owl writes:https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/#prabhakar-raghavan

hubie writes:https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/24/1091740/chinese-keyboard-app-security-encryption/

fliptop writes:A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories,making the files appear trustworthy: