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upstart writes:The first lithography tools were fairly simple, but the technologies that produce today's chips are among humankind's most complex inventions:

upstart writes:Christof Koch wagered David Chalmers 25 years ago that researchers would learn how the brain achieves consciousness by now:

hubie writes:Nature can curb smartphone use, but go beyond your local park and find some wild nature:

upstart writes:A user submitted a recent Daring Fireball Post discussing Masnick's Impossibility Theorum: Content Moderation at Scale is Impossible to do Well:

hubie writes:To optimize its performance, our brain "builds reality, it doesn't mirror it" [PDF]:

upstart writes:Running 24/7, it'll be the Zity that never sleeps:

upstart writes:Investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests worldwide and the seizure of hundreds of tons of drugs:

hubie writes:Aided by station-mounted cameras, fans are breathing new life into America's forgotten railway towns - online and IRL:

fliptop writes:A new artificial intelligence-based technique for measuring fluid flow around the brain's blood vessels could have big implications for developing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/wingpt-is-a-windows-3-1-ai-chatbot-for-your-old-ibm-compatible-desktop/

takyon writes:Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule

upstart writes:Jail terms for sharing or creating explicit images without consent:

owl writes:https://www.5volts.ch/posts/mfmreader/

MIT brain science researchers took a look at comprehension of (and preference for) the use of legalese (legal language used in contracts and so on) vs. the same thoughts expressed in simple sentences. While lawyers did better at understanding their own dialect, nearly everyone, lawyer or not, preferred ordinary English. https://news.mit.edu/2023/new-study-lawyers-legalese-0529

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/06/rip-to-my-pixel-fold-dead-after-four-days/

kreuzfeld writes:Free-software aficionado Ploum has an interesting take on Meta and the Fediverse:

upstart writes:Extending Earth's Internet to Mars With Orbital Data Servers:

upstart writes:Australia gives Twitter legal notice to clean up online hate content:

upstart writes:Microsoft Says It Will Build a Quantum Supercomputer Within Ten Years:

Ford: the US Can't Compete With China on Electric Vehicles, for Nowupstart writes:"We need to be ready, and we're getting ready":

hubie writes:Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America:

upstart writes:Meta says its new speech-generating AI tool is too dangerous to release:

hubie writes:Writing with AI help can shift your opinions:

takyon writes:Megaupload Fugitive Arrested By Armed Police 11 Years After The Raid

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/ftc-xbox-exclusive-starfield-is-powerful-evidence-against-activision-deal/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/marvel-angers-artists-and-fans-with-ai-generated-secret-invasion-tv-intro/

NotSanguine writes:Ars Technica is reporting on recently published research on "smart" materials using liquid metal.From the Ars Technica article:

owl writes:https://nanochess.org/video_chess.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/camera-review-site-dpreview-finds-a-buyer-avoids-shutdown-by-amazon/

owl writes:https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/

DECbot writes:Tech reporters don their sports reporting hats as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg exchange words, both agreeing to battle in a cage match. Widely reported in articles in from tech sites like The Guardian, The Verge, and Engadget the two moguls banter and publicly agree to a fight in Vegas. It is to be seen if their agents will book the venue to make this a reality.

upstart writes:LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes:

Booga1 writes:MIT News reports: MIT engineers have developed a soft, printable, metal-free electrode.

hubie writes:Researchers outline steps to keep shelves stocked in crises:

hubie writes:Could it mean we're judging those who aren't like us too harshly?

JoeMerchant writes:Orca rams into yacht off Shetland in first such incident in northern waters:

upstart writes:The AI Act vote passed with an overwhelming majority, but the final version is likely to look a bit different:

upstart writes:The 12-qubit device will go out to a few academic research labs:

upstart writes:ASUS urges customers to patch critical router vulnerabilities:

mcgrew writes:Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

Freeman writes:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/submarine-deaths-missing-titanic-oceangate-b2362578.htmlSee Previous Story: Search and Rescue Operation Underway for Submarine Visiting the Titanic Wreck

hubie writes:A database of 2,467 languages helps researchers better understand the stakes when languages die off:

fliptop writes:Mercedes says it's going to test ChatGPT with its in-car voice assistant for the next three months:

upstart writes:Scientists discover lithium replacement that may revolutionize EV batteries: '99.7% efficient after over 400 hours of use':

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/news/micro-center-to-launch-two-stores-2024

upstart writes:They cite Musk's description of DMCA as a "plague on humanity":

upstart writes:Semiconductor Lasers Hit Steel-Slicing Levels:

Autonomous Vehicle International (a trade mag) is running the story, Aurora announces release of open-source autonomous driving data set to support advances within the sector, which describes a large vehicle sensor data set being made available to university researchers.

looorg writes:Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging: Lab mice that got taurine supplements lived 10-12% longer lives. So all the kids that are pounding Red Bull (and all the other energy-drinks) might live longer if their hearts don't explode from over-consumption.Taurine May Be a Key to Longer and Healthier Life:

upstart writes:US sanctions ignite booming black market for Nvidia AI chips in China: