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quietus writes:Take Indonesia's President, Joko Widodo, for example. He sees the true plight of his people, and wants to do something about it.The plight, in this case, is that Indonesia's Administration, in the name of public accessibility and user friendliness, has created an estimated 27,000 apps for hapless Indonesians to "navigate" their (supposedly public) services. One department -- probably the smallest -- has created 500 of the gleaming critters. It is only a guess how many of these are only (somewhat) accessible through smart phones, require a crap ton of captchas to solve, an electronic identity card, a special reader for that electronic identity card, a scan of your birth certificate, a digital signature on that scan, details of your last family status including the full and spelling correct names of all family members to the third degree separation, and the colour of your underwear, and all that just to enter and be notified that you need another application for what you want to do.So, the Joko, [w]ants to reduce the thicket to something more manageable, say a few thousand.

hendrikboom writes:The Globe and Mail reports:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/russia-and-china-are-using-openai-tools-to-spread-disinformation/

An Anonymous Coward writes:Kaspersky releases free tool that scans Linux for known threats[.]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/kaspersky-releases-free-tool-that-scans-linux-for-known-threats/

upstart writes:Six planets to appear in alignment next week in rare celestial parade:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:The pigeon wins - but "the pigeon gets outpaced at distances over about 600 miles."https://youtu.be/4pz2kMxCu8Ihttps://www.tomshardware.com/news/yes-a-pigeon-is-still-faster-than-gigabit-fiber-internetFiled under Hardware, though it should be under Meatware.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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owl writes:https://medium.com/swlh/how-i-spent-my-summer-of-1982-59638293f358 [Limited Access, use the following link...]Archive Link: https://archive.is/SoHL9

DannyB writes:AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-cloud-explains-how-it-accidentally-deleted-a-customer-account/

quietus writes:This one screams for a movie adaptation, but fast.In February this year, Hong Kong police announced that a major firm had been victim of a successful impersonation attack.Now the Financial Times has revealed the firm involved was Arup engineering -- builder of, among others, the Sydney Opera Building, the Gherkin in central London, Guangzhou Opera House, and others.What happened was that an employee in the finance department was invited for a video conference with the CFO and other 'senior officers'. During that video conference, this employee was given the order to funnel a total of $25 million (US) to 5 local bank accounts through 15 transactions, which the employee duly did. After what were quite possibly a couple of sleepless nights, she decided to check with her higher-ups, which (one presumes) resulted in a few heart arrythmias.Turns out that everybody else on that video conference call was a digital fake.The current working hypothesis is that the scammer(s) used past online conferences to train AI to digitally recreate a scenario where the CFO ordered money transfers. So that adds public video postings as an additional headache to CIOs, CFOs and just about anyone who has decision power over rather large amounts of money. As if phone and Whatsapp scams aren't already bad enough.Now, remember: this is news because it hit a big company. But let your schadenfreude not stand in the way of a bitter realisation: the inescapable economic trend is that what was once reserved for the rich, will be made accessible for the ordinary people too.In a few years time, we'll be looking back with tender nostalgia to those Nigerian princes and their eternal banking problems.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

c0lo writes:The Conversation

An Anonymous Coward writes:SEO Situation on fire: google's weighting parameter list leakedhttps://searchengineland.com/google-search-document-leak-ranking-442617

quietus writes:Three years ago, Subaru, Mazda, Toyota, Kawasaki, and Yamaha announced a joint development scheme for combustion engines based on alternatives to conventional fossil fuels i.e. synthetic fuels, biofuels and liquid hydrogen. Last Monday, May 28, Toyota, Subaru and Mazda unveiled the first results of that cooperation, a set of new ICE engines to go into production from 2026.From the press blurb:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/deny-denounce-delay-the-battle-over-the-risk-of-ultra-processed-foods/

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upstart writes:Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are "shadow libraries" to shut down lawsuit:

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upstart writes:Tesla Cybertruck Owner Goes To ER After Being Sliced During Delivery:

upstart writes:Abstract:

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owl writes:https://steveblank.com/2024/05/16/secret-history-when-kodak-went-to-war-with-polaroid/

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/plant-based-meat-substitutes-might-be-bad-for-diabetics-s-pore-study

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looorg writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnjpjzryeo

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Elons New Supercomputerlooorg writes:https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/musk-plans-largest-ever-supercomputer-for-xai-start-up-reporthttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/musk-plans-xai-supercomputer-dubbed-gigafactory-of-computehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_DojoAnother day and Elon wants to do something new. Now he is going to build the worlds largest supercomputer, ready next fall (2025). His AI company is going to be the main customer, but I guess his other ventures from cars to rockets could use some computational power to.So he is apparently just not going to be bigger then the rest. He is going to build it massively bigger. As in at least four times bigger then then the top computers today.Renting supercomputing powers from other companies have apparently now become so expensive that it's cheaper and better to just build your own. A Gigafactory of Compute.The previous one for Tesla, the Tesla Dojo, was apparently not enough.Musk Plans Largest-ever Supercomputer, Report Saysupstart writes:Musk plans largest-ever supercomputer, report says - Taipei Times:

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c0lo writes:"Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale -- an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero." reports ScienceDaily

canopic jug writes:Several sites are reporting on Qualcomm's increasing Linux support. The tide is turning and the Microsoft monopoly on OEMs, at least the non-x86 ones, might be weakening as full Linux support is now expected on the modern hardware architectures these days:

NotSanguine writes:[Ed. note: Some of the links in the Ars article point to the Office of the Revisor of Statutes web site. The links did not resolve for the submitter nor this editor, but they are included below in the event that it is a temporary problem with the web site.]Ars Technica is reporting on a Minnesota law passed this week which, according to the article:

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upstart writes:Parasitic worms infect 6 after bear meat served at family reunion:

owl writes:https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-ai-overviews-glue-keep-cheese-pizza-2024-5Archive link: https://archive.is/pkn6w

upstart writes:Proteins in blood could give cancer warning seven years earlier - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News:

The BBC is running a podcast on "Archive on 4" called "Turning 50: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001zfqhI remember greatly enjoying that book in the 1970s, made a real impression and it changed how I thought about certain things. This podcast was a great refresher. It even includes original interviews with Robert Persig (the author) and others close to the creation of the book.Some of the backstory behind the book was eye opening (but other parts were easy enough to work out just by reading it). For example, Persig flogged his original manuscript to many, many publishers before he got a nibble. Then he gives a lot of credit to a young editor who convinced him to change from (iirc) first to third person (via an unmamed observer) -- resulting in the eventual great success of the book.Of course, the podcast can't resist revisiting the oft-quoted beer can shim story...or am I confusing that with a recent post on a motorcycle maintenance forum (grin)?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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