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Updated 2025-07-18 21:30
Chicago Sun-Times Prints Summer Reading List Full of Fake Books
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Italy Fines Thousands as Crackdown on Pirate IPTV Targets Viewers
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Laser-Powered Fusion Experiment More Than Doubles its Power Output
liar writes:https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/laser-powered-fusion-experiment-more-than-doubles-its-power-output/
Opinion: Unending Ransomware Attacks Are a Symptom, Not the Illness
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"Big Surprise": Astronomers Find Planet in Perpendicular Orbit Around Pair of Stars
upstart writes:Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars:
Annual Tech Waste Footprint Per Person is 11.2 Kg
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Apple is Developing Tech So Users Can Control Devices With Only Their Thoughts
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2025/05/15/apple-is-developing-tech-so-users-can-control-devices-with-only-their-thoughts/
AWS Claims That Britain Needs More Nuclear Power for AI Datacenters
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New Intel CPU Flaws Leak Sensitive Data From Privileged Memory
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UK-To-US English Converter Produced Amazing Mistakes
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Unlocking Voices: AR For Nonverbal Autism
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Regeneron to Buy 23andMe Out of Bankruptcy for $256 Million
fliptop writes:Regeneron has agreed to buy 23andMe, the once buzzy genetic testing company, out of bankruptcy for $256 million under a court-supervised sale process:
Space Computing Satellite Constellation Launched into Orbit
canopic jug writes:The Verge, Space News, and The South China Morning Post are reporting that Red China has begun assembling a744 TOPS super computer in Earth's orbit. The advantages of an orbital super computer include better access to solar energy, easier radiation of waste heat, and, above all, shorter communications times with other satellites.
Meta Is Making Users Who Opted Out of AI Training Opt Out Again
hubie writes:EU users have less than two weeks to opt out of Meta's AI training:
Nextcloud Cries Foul Over Google Play Store App Rejection
shrewdsheep writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/
The End of the Universe is Nigh!
looorg writes:Scientists have re-calculate when the universe will end and it's a lot sooner than previously expected.
UK Retail Sector Hit by Ransomware Spree
M&S Forces Customer Password Resets After Data Breachupstart writes:M&S forces customer password resets after data breach:
How a New Type of AI is Helping Police Skirt Facial Recognition Bans
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The Day Grok Lost its Mind
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Mars May Have Vast Underground Oceans
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U.S. Inks Bill to Force Geo-Tracking Tech for High-End Gaming and AI GPUs
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NASA Keeps Ancient Voyager 1 Spacecraft Alive With Hail Mary Thruster Fix
owl writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix/
White House Scraps Plan to Block Data Brokers From Selling Americans’ Sensitive Data
hubie writes:White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive data:
China's Hygon Details C86-5G: A 128-Core X86 CPU with Advanced Features and Four-Way SMT
Mojibake Tengu writes:The TECHPOWERUP reports:https://www.techpowerup.com/336529/hygon-prepares-128-core-512-threaded-x86-cpu-with-four-way-smt-and-avx-512-support
Oniux by Tor: Isolating Linux Applications at the Kernel Level for Secure Connections
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NCSC and Industry at Odds Over How to Tackle Shoddy Software
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EU Bug Database Fully Operational as US Slashes Infosec
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A US Court Just Put Ownership of CRISPR Back in Play
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Bluetooth 6.1 Enhances Privacy With Randomized RPA Timing
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluetooth-61-enhances-privacy-with-randomized-rpa-timing/By Bill Toulas (May 11, 2025)
Nvidia Reportedly Raises GPU Prices by 10-15% as Tariffs and TSMC Price Hikes Filter Down
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Scientists Find Lead Really Can Be Turned Into Gold (With Help From The LHC)
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Why Bell Labs Worked
canopic jug writes:The 1517 Fund has an article exploring why Bell Labs worked so well, and what is lacking in today's society to recreate such a research environment:
A Chemical in Plastics is Tied to Heart Disease Deaths
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FTC Pushes The Enforcement Of Its 'Click-To-Cancel' Rule Back To July
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When Your Favorite Song Plays, Your Brain ‘Physically Embodies’ Music
An Anonymous Coward writes:Research out of the University of Connecticut proposes neural resonance theory, which says neurons in our body physically synchronize with music that create stable patterns that affect our entire body.
"Prompt Engineering" Is No Longer A Job, But A Skill
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'World's First' AMD GPU Driven Via USB3 - Tiny Corp Tests EGPUs on Apple Silicon, Linux and Windows
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A New Lazarus Arises – for the Fourth Time – for Pascal Fans
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Copyright Office Thinks AI Companies Sometimes Stole Content
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New Way To Pull Uranium From Water Can Help China's Nuclear Power Push
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Ask Soylent: Insert Code Here
quietus writes:So, I need to develop a service onto some server software on Github.This open source project runs for well over 12 years now (it started back on SourceForge), and seems to be the only reliable piece of software implementing the protocol I need.Still driven by its original author, it currently counts 573 files spread out over 131 directories, using 2 different programming languages, one macro language, 2 scripting languages and ofcourse the shell and Makefile.Documentation exists for some functions, but not, ofcourse, for [an unknown number of] others. Documentation -- apart from one-line comments interspersed within the code -- consists of a short functionality description, parameters and return type. There is no architecture design nor much of explanation about how the different parts fit together.I've already managed to insert a small proto service. In doing so, I noticed that, for one reason or another, I cannot directly write to the outside world; and also that the developer(s) implemented their own versions of specific standard library functions.I've already sacrificed a newborn lamb and splattered its blood over my laptop, but I wonder, oh Soylentils, how would you approach this task? What steps would you take, what tools would you use, and what sacrifices would you make?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection
upstart writes:Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection:
You Think Ransomware is Bad Now? Wait Until It Infects CPUs
An Anonymous Coward writes:Rapid7 threat hunter wrote a PoC. No, he's not releasing it.
The Viking Age is Undergoing a Revisionist Transformation
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Nvidia NeMo Microservices to Embed AI Agents in Workflows
upstart writes:Smarter agents, continuous updates, and the eternal struggle to prove ROI:
Wikipedia Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Government
upstart writes:New requirements could see more 'bad content' on Wikipedia, its owners warn:
Charting the Future of Biotechnology and AI
pdfernhout writes:A recent US Congressional Report suggests: "We stand at the edge of a new industrial revolution, one that depends on our ability to engineer biology. Emerging biotechnology, coupled with artificial intelligence, will transform everything from the way we defend and build our nation to how we nourish and provide care for Americans."From the Executive Summary:
75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 With Focus on Enterprise Tech
upstart writes:As Big Tech gets used to the pain, smaller vendors urged to up their game:
People Who Use AI at Work Are Perceived by Colleagues as Lazier and Less Competent, Study Finds
slon writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-people-ai-colleagues-lazier.html
China's Daring Cloud Sample Mission to Venus
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