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AnonTechie writes:Believe me, I am not making this up ...

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Lexar regional manager says that RAM prices are expected to double by the end of the year

fliptop writes:For psychologist Jacob van Lier, his wife Aiva is sweet, drama-free, and there are "no limits" in the bedroom:

jelizondo writes:The Guradian reports that the world's first underwater datacenter is now operating in China:

pTamok writes:https://electrek.co/2026/06/08/donut-lab-solid-state-battery-exposed-lithium-ion-fraud/Donut Labs much reported 'solid-state sodium ion battery' appears to be lithium ion, after all.Independent tests show that the battery does not have the characteristics expected of a solid-state sodium-ion battery, but match those of standard lithium ion batteries.Having raised money from many small investors, the question arises: who was naive, and who set out to mislead? There is a small chain of companies behind Donut Labs - Nordic Nono, and German company CT Coatings."Finnish financial authorities and criminal authorities are reportedly investigating."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Company's projected annual data center revenue to exceed its combined proceeds from Starlink, launch services, and AI in 2025:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/08/canonical-sends-ubuntu-into-the-ai-agent-era/5252373

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:SpaceX won't get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance:An article where you simply must see the pics.

fliptop writes:More than 600 University of California faculty members, led by mathematicians at UC Berkeley, are calling on the system to reinstate standardized testing requirements for science, technology, engineering and mathematics applicants, saying that six years of test-free admissions has not reliably assessed readiness and professors are often teaching middle school math to incoming students:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Object 4 decayed out of a 300km parking orbit while 15 of its batch-mates slowly climbed toward operational altitude:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/04/please-do-not-vibe-f-up-this-software-broken-backups-spark-ai-coding-row-in-rsync-project/5251189

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:It's launching earlier than planned if everything goes well:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Forecasts earnings well ahead of expectations, even as it taps credit facilities to lock in memory supply:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2184576/canada-spy-plane-deal-america-rejected/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/meta-smart-glasses-code-face-recognition-biometric-tracking-privacy/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/06/05/new-york-advances-one-year-datacenter-permit-moratorium/5251911

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/highly-reviewed-speaker-can-be-hacked-over-the-air-to-infect-connected-devices/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/07/uk-exam-watchdog-frets-over-smart-specs-turning-gcses-into-google-searches/5251365

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/we-pissed-off-a-lot-of-people-giant-data-center-plan-cut-50-amid-protests/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/safety-officials-finally-have-a-good-idea-of-what-a-big-rocket-explosion-can-do/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-floppy-disk-patent-was-granted-today-in-1972-when-80kb-took-up-8-inches-and-were-really-floppy

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/industry-coalition-urges-trump-administration-to-take-urgent-action

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/after-11-years-at-mars-nasas-maven-spacecraft-went-out-with-a-whisper/

owl writes:https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/the-1n4148-the-signal-diode-that-ended-up-everywhere/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The Claude developer is one of a trio of tech firms expected to go public this year, alongside SpaceX and OpenAI:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2184041/why-jets-use-generators-instead-of-alternators/

jelizondo writes:CNN published a very interesting article:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:China's support is greater relative to semiconductor industry revenue:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:But NASA's Jared Isaacman believes the launchpad, which exploded on May 28, may not be fixed until 2028:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Here's why Anthropic and OpenAI are on board with Illinois safety testing:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/dozens-of-red-hat-packages-backdoored-through-its-offical-npm-channel/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/06/01/ohio-hits-pause-on-datacenter-tax-breaks-draining-its-coffers/5249137

"c0lo" writes:The Newest Instagram "Exploit" is the Goofiest I've Seen:

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Lawmakers push DoD to tighten smartphone controls after adversaries exploited commercial tracking data:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/01/5k-election-domains-registered-ahead-of-us-midterms/5249764

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/moderna-gets-50-million-to-develop-mrna-ebola-vaccine-against-bundibugyo/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/02/github-copilot-users-threaten-exit-as-metered-billing-kicks-in/5249826

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2184557/uss-supercarrier-gerald-r-ford-nuclear-power-plant/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/perplexity-ai-cnn-copyright-suit/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/musk-says-us-military-suicide-drones-used-starlink-in-violation-of-spacex-rules/

JoeMerchant writes:https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/05/a-robot-hand-that-taught-itself-to-play-piano-could-change-the-future-of-machines/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The technique correctly identified visited websites with roughly 89% accuracy and running applications with roughly 96% accuracy on a test Mac: