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upstart writes:Some people want to win arguments no matter the cost:

upstart writes:An opinion piece but some pretty good advice here. Below is a sub-sample of "20 years of software distilled down into 20 pithy pieces":

fliptop writes:Video game developers and cancer researchers have teamed up to turn spreadsheet data into highly detailed VR imagery of cancer cells:

fliptop writes:I couldn't find any stories on this leak, except from Schneier on Security:Cellebrite is the global leader in partnering with public and private organizations to transform how they manage Digital Intelligence in investigations to protect and save lives, accelerate justice and ensure data privacy. Schneier is a bit more cynical:

upstart writes:Finnish Parliament reminds us that copyright should not trump fundamental human rights:

fliptop writes:It was an innocuous-looking photograph that turned out to be the downfall of Zheng Xiaoqing, a former employee with energy conglomerate General Electric Power:

hubie writes:First precise calculation of the pre-agricultural rate of erosion across the Midwestern U.S., thanks to exploding stars:

takyon writes:Chinese Companies to Build Commercial Spaceport on the Horn of Africa

upstart writes:Lisa OS 3.1's 1984 source Pascal code now available under a non-commercial license:

fliptop writes:Life on earth could not survive without seaweed and algae. Every second oxygen molecule that we inhale originates from them. In the future, they could also become an important food source:

upstart writes:The claim was made in a lawsuit over Walter Huang's fatal Model X crash in 2018:

upstart writes:MSI accidentally disables Secure Boot on hundreds of its motherboards:

upstart writes:Iconic musician David Crosby, RIP:

fliptop writes:Generative AI, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, could completely revamp how digital content is developed, said Nina Schick, adviser, speaker, and A.I. thought leader told Yahoo Finance Live:

upstart writes:UK lawmakers vote to jail tech execs who fail to protect kids online:

hubie writes:Though spuds may not have all of the same benefits as other vegies, they can still be part of a healthy diet - so long as they're prepared the right way:

upstart writes:NASA Reveals Tantalizing Details About Webb Telescope's Successor:

fliptop writes:The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to reconsider rules social networks operate under, potentially leading to the most significant reset of the doctrines governing online speech since the 1990s:

hubie writes:KIT's Spinoff 'Digital Power Systems' Develops Ultralong-lived Industrial Power Supplies:

upstart writes:Sweden Finds Largest-Ever Rare Earth Metal Deposit In Europe:

A SoylentNews contributor writes:This trade magazine, https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/adas/mit-report-forecasts-global-emissions-impact-from-autonomous-vehicle-computers.html is reporting on a new study and modeling effort--

mrpg writes:https://www.geekwire.com/2023/seattle-public-schools-bans-chatgpt-district-requires-original-thought-and-work-from-students/

fliptop writes:Germany wants to force its power-hungry data centers to harness excess heat for warming residential homes — an effort which the industry warns is likely to fall flat:

upstart writes:Physics models and real-world experiments help keep bubbles from popping:

upstart writes:Peer review has failed, and that's great news – for diamond open access, science and society:

upstart writes:Whenever you see cryptocurrency prices suddenly rise, that's probably why:

upstart writes:Lightning strikes flow along laser's path for tens of meters:

upstart writes:Microsoft announces 10,000 layoffs, 5% of its workforce:

upstart writes:Netherlands refuses to summarily agree to US export restrictions on China over silicon chips.:

upstart writes:Unix is dead. Long live Unix!:

fliptop writes:US firm Getty Images on Tuesday threatened to sue a tech company it accuses of illegally copying millions of photos for use in an artificial intelligence (AI) art tool:

takyon writes:CAMM = Compression Attached Memory ModuleCAMM to Usurp SO-DIMM Laptop Memory Form Factor Says JEDEC Member

upstart writes:Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment:

upstart writes:SEC sues law firm for client list in the Hafnium cyberattack:

upstart writes:Airbus Begins Testing Autonomous Emergency Flight Tech:

upstart writes:Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long:

upstart writes:Peering deep into the cellular universe: Allen Institute researchers map cell parts in 3D:

upstart writes:Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities:

upstart writes:89% of the department's high-value assets didn't use multi-factor authentication:

upstart writes:Examining the Impact of 6G Telecommunications on Society:

upstart writes:Over 120 PLC models contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way:

upstart writes:The FTC has scheduled a hearing for August 2, well after the deal is supposed to close:

fliptop writes:The latest version of Pi's mainstream camera module has autofocus, HDR and wide angle:

JoeMerchant writes:With all the bruhaha around ChatGPT, GPT-3 and friends like: Jasper, Article Forge and growthbar, let me just reminisce about the summer of 1984 when I made a word-salad generator that would log on to (teenage enemy) BBSs at 4 in the morning and fill their pages with uncanny valley residing content peppered with local usernames and hot topics of the day, fed at a semi-human imitating 140-240 baud with occasional pauses "for thought" - sysops would sometimes listen to their servers and content dumped in at full speed sounds different than human driven keyboard output, but humans can be imitated...Swerving back to the title content: Garage Band, similar to AI story writers, Garage Band is one of many Digital Audio Workstation programs out there, used by the likes of Moby, Ed Sheeran, Trent Reznor, and let's be honest: "Avid Pro Tools is the DAW of choice, being used by producers on 65% of the top 100 albums from the past 10 years." The thing about Garage Band is: if you have any recent Apple gear (we still have a 6 year old iPad mini), then you have it included with your OS: for free. If not, there are many many free, low cost, and not so low cost DAW tools out there, but focusing on the "so free it's bundled with the OS" Garage Band, which has gadzillions of tutorials available, let me just hit the high points of what I discovered yesterday after basically ignoring the depth of what DAWs have become over the last 40 years.See, in 1983 I was directly programming the 4 channel sound synthesizer on Atari 400/800 computers, in 1989 I built a MIDI controlled sound synthesizer out of some PLDs and a (fixed point 16 bit) TI DSP. I briefly opened various DAW softwares over the years since then, including Garage Band about 5-6 years ago - even bought a little keyboard as controller input to Garage Band for the kids to see if they would take an interest (they didn't). At that time, I went just deep enough into the software to see the drum sequencer and the thousands upon thousands of synthesizer voices, fancy real instrument interfaces, etc. What I didn't discover at that time were the Autoplayers - which basically give the DAW operator a studio full of session musicians who can drum in various styles and auto-play appropriate melody lines, chord progressions, etc. on basically all the instruments, started with a single click, then tunable in three to thirty dimensions to whatever you may be looking for in your musical production.Couple this with ChatGPT writing lyrics and a good singing synthesizer or two, and Pop music is going to have a hard time keeping up with the flood of semi-original studio quality productions coming out of pre-teens' bedrooms.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Netflix yanks back senior managers' ability to see their coworkers' pay:

upstart writes:NASA's Juno Spacecraft Suffered an Alarming Memory Glitch:

upstart writes:Pendant held 5 tiny silk and linen packets with bone shards, likely religious relics:

upstart writes:France imposes a fine of $5.4 million on TikTok for inappropriate cookies and online tracking:

upstart writes:More than 500 UAP reports have been cataloged:

fliptop writes:YouTube is rethinking its approach to colorful language after an uproar: