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Researchers Use Quantum Mechanics to See Objects Without Looking at Them
upstart writes:The newly developed method links quantum and classical worlds and may enhance measurements for quantum computers and other applications:
Appliance Makers Sad That 50% of Customers Won't Connect Smart Appliances
hubie writes:Did users change their Wi-Fi password, or did they see the nature of IoT privacy?
China Claims It's Cranking Out Quantum Computers
upstart writes:More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey:
With 12 Newfound Satellites, Jupiter Quietly Takes Crown for Most Moons
upstart writes:With 12 Newfound Satellites, Jupiter Quietly Takes Crown for Most Moons:
ACLU, Public Defenders Push Back Against Google Giving Police Your Mobile Data
upstart writes:Geofence warrants that allow law enforcement to collect location data on mobile device users for criminal probes are under attack by civil rights groups and public defenders:
IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Vint Cerf
upstart writes:He codesigned the Internet protocol and transmission control protocol:
Montreal's No. 1 Restaurant on Tripadvisor Didn't Really Exist
hubie writes:Fake listing for Le Nouveau Duluth raises questions about online tourism platforms:
AMD Has Been Cutting Supply of CPUs and GPUs to Keep Prices High
AMD CEO Says It's Limiting Supply of CPUs and GPUs to Maintain High Pricesupstart writes:AMD CEO Says It's Limiting Supply of CPUs and GPUs to Maintain High Prices:
NASA Webb Telescope Zooms in on One of Solar System's Oddest Objects
upstart writes:The space agency's next-generation observatory grabbed a detailed view of ringed asteroid Chariklo:
Prenda Law Lawyer Loses Attempt to File More Piracy Lawsuits From Prison
upstart writes:Judge rejects motion to protect Prenda lawyer Hansmeier from further prosecution:
ChatGPT Can’t be Credited as an Author, Says World’s Largest Academic Publisher
fliptop writes:But Springer Nature, which publishes thousands of scientific journals, says it has no problem with AI being used to help write research — as long as its use is properly disclosed:
Twitter is Becoming a Payment App
An Anonymous Coward writes:Musk is working on enabling money transfers in TwitterJust like Weibo. Similar to Applepay. The ultimate goal of this expansion is to transform Twitter into a comprehensive payment gateway solution, incorporating traditional bank accounts, cryptocurrencies, and other financial services.Musk's goal is to generate $1.3 billion in payments revenue for Twitter by 2028. The news came after Musk revealed he will to allow users to tweet a whopping 4,000 characters making Twitter posts more like Facebook. If this works it could be the western version of Weibo opening up a dominant income stream for the beleaguered platform.
FBI Brings Down Massive Ransomware Gang by "Hacking the Hackers"
upstart writes:The feds' actions saved victims over $130 million:
Decades-old Law Forms Biggest Obstacle to Nationwide TikTok Ban, Lawmaker Says
upstart writes:TikTok's CEO agrees to testify before Congress for the first time in March:
Fermi Space Telescope Detects First-Ever Gamma-Ray Eclipses in ‘Spider’ Systems
upstart writes:Fermi Space Telescope Detects First-Ever Gamma-Ray Eclipses in 'Spider' Systems:
US Wins Support From Japan and Netherlands to Clip China’s Chip Industry
upstart writes:The countries have agreed to further restrict what chip-manufacturing equipment can be supplied to China:
Massive Yandex Code Leak Reveals Russian Search Engine's Ranking Factors
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/massive-yandex-code-leak-reveals-russian-search-engines-ranking-factors/
Mass-market Military Drones Have Changed the Way Wars are Fought
upstart writes:The war in Ukraine has exposed that widely available, inexpensive drones are being used not just for targeted killings but for wholesale slaughter:
iPhone 14 Crash Detection False Positives are Now a Problem in Japan
upstart writes:iPhone 14 Crash Detection false positives are now a problem in Japan:
Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth
hubie writes:A new study reveals the profound properties of a simple metal alloy:
Russian-Made Elbrus CPU's Gaming Benchmarks Posted
upstart writes:Russia's Elbrus-8SV CPU goes retro gaming:
U.S. Sanctions Against China Could Hurt Own Domestic Industry: Semiconductor Industry Association
upstart writes:U.S. Sanctions Against China Could Hurt Own Domestic Industry: SIA:
Status Update on SoylentNews
So it's been awhile since I last wrote, and I'm a bit overdue for a status update. So, let me give you all the short version on what's been going on.First, I've been doing a lot of backend work to drastically reduce the size of the SoylentNews bill month to month. We had a lot of infrastructure that was either unnecessary, or have gotten so many free tier upgrades that they were being vastly underutilized. Along the way, I've given a lot of fine tuning to bits, although I won't say its been problem free, since we went a few weeks without working sidebars. I'm truly sorry for the delays in getting up and running. My personal life chose to become very exciting in December, and I'm still dealing with the fallout of that entire mess. As such, what I had planned went a bit pear-shaped, and I went unexpectedly radio silent. ...More past the break ...Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
Australia Finds Radioactive Capsule
An Anonymous Coward writes:
Some Carnivorous Plants Evolved Into Toilets And Are Now Winning at Life
canopic jug writes:Nepenthes are tropical pitcher plants which are known for trapping and digesting not only insects but even small mammals and amphibians. In some environments and microclimates where prey is scarce, several species have recently been found to double their nitrogen intake not from trapping visiting animals but by trapping their excrement as they feed on nectar provided by the traps.
Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
upstart writes:Unused bandwidth in neurons can be tapped to control extra limbs:
YouTube Accused of Using Return-to-office Policies to Thwart Union Organizers
upstart writes:Contractors are calling on labor officials to intervene:
The Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet Has Taken a Left Turn
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/the-flight-tracker-that-powered-elonjet-has-taken-a-left-turn/
Is Life an Illusion Just Like the Song Says?
TomTheFighter writes:The DailyBeast is not a site I'd normally go ( tend to be a little more on the Conservative side if you will ) but an interesting story is an interesting story, how could I not share it?Why More Physicists Are Starting to Think Space and Time Are 'Illusions':
The Southern Hemisphere is Stormier Than the Northern, and We Finally Know Why
hubie writes:UChicago research offers first concrete explanation for difference, and show it is getting even stormier over time:
Study: When Employees Don’t Have to Commute, They Work
upstart writes:Study: When employees don't have to commute, they work:
Opinion: FOSS Could be an Unintended Victim of EU Security Crusade
upstart writes:FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU security crusade:
MSG Probed Over Use of Facial Recognition to Eject Lawyers From Show Venues
MSG probed over use of facial recognition to eject lawyers from show venuesFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/msg-probed-over-use-of-facial-recognition-to-eject-lawyers-from-show-venues/
A Tiny but Deadly Radioactive Capsule Has Gone Missing in Australia
upstart writes:A Tiny but Deadly Radioactive Capsule Has Gone Missing in Australia:
SpaceX Completes Fueling Test, Will Now Work Toward Massive Engine Firing Test
upstart writes:SpaceX said it loaded more than 10 million pounds of fuel onto the vehicle:
Asteroid-Mining Startup Plans First Private Mission to Deep Space
upstart writes:Scheduled for launch in October, AstroForge's prospector spacecraft will seek to inspect an asteroid located 22 million miles from Earth:
On Data Privacy Day, Organizations Fail Data Privacy Expectations
upstart writes:Data Privacy Day rolls around year after year, and data privacy breaches likewise:
How Intensive Agriculture Turned a Wild Plant Into a Pervasive Weed
hubie writes:New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed:
Reverse-Engineering the Intel 8086 Processor's HALT Circuits
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/01/reverse-engineering-intel-8086.html
Linux Package Zeitgeist
hendrikboom writes:I found this on one of Devuan's forums
Intel Suffers Double-Digit Revenue Decline in Q4 2022
upstart writes:Intel's two biggest business units were hit hard during the last three months of 2022:
Wizards of the Coast Changes Course, Gamers Win
upstart writes:Wizards of the Coast changes course, gamers win:
Mercedes is the First Certified Level-3-Autonomy Car Company in the US
upstart writes:That's conditional hands-free driving and only in Nevada for now:
Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole Shapes
upstart writes:In three-dimensional space, the surface of a black hole must be a sphere. But a new result shows that in higher dimensions, an infinite number of configurations are possible.
As Egg Prices Soar, the Deadliest Bird Flu Outbreak in US History Drags on
upstart writes:Risk to humans is low, but epidemiologists fear a future pandemic by such a flu:
'Rubble Pile' Asteroids Are Surprisingly Hard to Kill
Scientists Say 'Rubble Pile' Asteroids are Surprisingly Hard to Killupstart writes:A research team believes hard-to-destroy asteroids made from loose rubble and dust may be quite common in our solar system:
Can Science Finally Create a Decent Cup of Decaf?
upstart writes:Can Science Finally Create a Decent Cup of Decaf?:
Researchers Release PoC Exploit for Windows CryptoAPI Bug Discovered by NSA
Fnord666 writes:Researchers Release PoC Exploit for Windows CryptoAPI Bug Discovered by NSA
3D Printing Reaches New Heights With Two-Story Home
fliptop writes:A 3D printer is taking home building to a new level — literally:
Antibiotic Resistance Induced by the Widespread Use of Antidepressants?
Freeman writes:Bacteria evolve drug resistance more readily when antidepressants are around:
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