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canopic jug writes:Developer and reverse engineer, Scott Percival, took a long look at a bug in the Oregon Trail game's river crossings.

looorg writes:Kicking the year 2025 off with some predictions. I guess we can return to this in December to see how far they have progressed into fantasy land.https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/03/1109178/10-breakthrough-technologies-2025/01. Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-01-paleolithic-ingenuity-year-3d-france.html

fliptop writes:You may have heard about Teslas equipped with what is styled "Full Self-Driving" capability bricking - that is, going inert - as a result of a computer failure. "Tesla drivers are reporting computer failures after driving off with their brand-new cars over just the first few tens to hundreds of miles," says the web site Elektrek, which covers EVs and EV-related issues. "Wide-ranging features powered by the computer, like active safety features, cameras, and even GPS, navigation, and range estimations, fail to work":

upstart writes:Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.:

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Forever Chemicals: Wastewater Treatment Plants Funnel PFAS Into Drinking WaterArthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:After an average of 6,000 words, Stanford and Google researchers can spin up a generative agent that will act a lot like you do:

owl writes:https://tomscii.sig7.se/2025/01/De-smarting-the-Marshall-Uxbridge

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upstart writes:Privacy advocate draws attention to the fact that hundreds of police surveillance cameras are streaming directly to the open internet:

owl writes:https://theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents

NotSanguine writes:According to Ars Technica:

upstart writes:Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate:

upstart writes:Ted Farnsworth, former CEO of Helios and Matheson Analytics, lied about the success of MoviePass to attract investors:

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owl writes:http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

AnonTechie writes:[Source]: FUTURISM

taylorvich writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-ai-unveils-strange-chip-functionalities.html

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upstart writes:Remake of 1993 classic lets you drink wine and eat hors d'oeuvres as you admire masterpieces from art history:

Freeman writes:https://crawshaw.io/blog/programming-with-llms/

c0lo writes:The 2024 Fish Doorbell season is over

Frosty Piss writes:Quantum? No solace: Nvidia CEO sinks QC stocks with '20 years off' forecast

owl writes:https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-chick-fil-a-lemonade/Archive link: https://archive.is/xQDaH

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AnonTechie writes:[Source]: Techdirt

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ants-grudges.html

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owl writes:They can't even follow their own rules:https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/eu-court-fines-european-commission-for-breaching-its-own-data-privacy-laws/

Motor Trend is reporting on early production of a new permanent magnet material https://www.motortrend.com/features/niron-magnetics-clean-earth-permanent-magnets-ces-2025/ suitable for replacing the rare-earth magnets used, for example, in electric car motors, as well as loud speakers and many other products.Invented some time back by university researchers and now in the pilot production stage (with suitably large investors like car companies),

fliptop writes:Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired by X, according to an announcement penned by Meta's new Trump-friendly policy chief Joel Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas:

taylorvich writes:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-mediterranean-diet-linked-memory-gut.html

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fliptop writes:Lukasz Olejnik opines:

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-01-pollution-widespread-iq-declines-ancient.html

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mrpg writes:https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-22/hybrid-work-a-cause-of-techno-stress-you-have-to-be-there-all-the-time.html#?rel=mas

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Automobile Sales, Including EVs and Hybrids, Surge in 2024hubie writes:EV Sales, Including Hybrids, Surge for Auto Giants Not Named Tesla:

owl writes:https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/science/mystery-volcano-1831-eruption-simushir/index.html

fliptop writes:The incident exposes the growing vulnerabilities tied to digital ID systems and mandatory KYC (know your customer) data collection:

hubie writes:Social media addiction can reduce grey matter, shorten attention spans, weaken memory, and distort core cognitive functions, according to recent research: