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upstart writes:Police chase ensues after Tesla driver falls asleep with autopilot on:

takyon writes:Should open source sniff the geopolitical wind and ban itself in China and Russia?

upstart writes:Maintenance of the software that's used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree:

upstart writes:Big Trouble in Little Interconnects:

hubie writes:DeepNash learns to play Stratego from scratch by combining game theory and model-free deep RL:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-8086-processors-instruction.html

fliptop writes:Experts uncover Google Home flaw that could have affected user privacy:

fliptop writes:The shoebox-shaped device, designed to capture fingerprints and perform iris scans, was listed on eBay for $149.95. A German security researcher, Matthias Marx, successfully offered $68, and when it arrived at his home in Hamburg in August, the rugged, hand-held machine contained more than what was promised in the listing:

upstart writes:Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need:

upstart writes:JPL and Argotec's relay satellites could deliver bandwidth for more than 90 missions:

upstart writes:Ancient Village Discovered in Canada That's 10,000 Years Older Than Egyptian Pyramids:

upstart writes:China continues to expand space programme, unveils plan to launch the largest optical telescope in Asia:

upstart writes:Europe's energy crisis is forcing companies to switch strategies or close down:

fliptop writes:Are Gen Z employees more anxious about tech issues than any other generation?

canopic jug writes:As noted a few days ago, many notable works from the 1920s have ascended to the public domain in the US this year, as of New Year's Day. Cartoon Brew asks, What Happens When 'Steamboat Willie' Hits The Public Domain In 2024? and briefly covers a bit of what the public is set to gain. Notably, the earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain then as a result.Assuming that 17 U.S.C. §§ 108, 203(a)(2), 301(c), 302, 303, 304(c)(2) is not modified yet again, be sure to observe the difference between trademarks and copyright.Previously:

hubie writes:People with attachment anxiety more likely to create false memories when they can see the person talking:

upstart writes:Scientists Discover the First Virus-Eating Organism:

fliptop writes:This long-term-support version of Linux Mint is a great Linux desktop for both beginners and experts:

upstart writes:SpaceX Launches First Gen2 Starlink Satellites:

upstart writes:Man Discovers Entire Underground City After Knocking Down Basement Wall:

upstart writes:NASA considers SpaceX to rescue ISS leak astronauts:

upstart writes:Soon You'll Be Able To Buy Your Own 9 GHz Record Breaking LN2 Pot:

Some of you may have seen the claims in certain journals that SoylentNews is blocking new accounts. I have been looking at the actual figures for accounts created during December 2022.A total of 2198 accounts have been successfully created during December. Unfortunately the vast majority of these were created by a bot and they will never become active because the bot does not have access to the email addresses being quoted. The email address is required so that the initial password can be issued. The site is designed to handle a much larger number of accounts and at a far greater rate than the bot is using. This causes us no problems whatsoever. It must be keeping somebody amused though. I think it would be nice to have some form of 'captcha' (NOT Google's fire hydrant, bicycle, bus and pedestrian crossing counter!!!) to prevent bots such as these.It is possible, indeed likely, that there will be a small number of genuine accounts buried in there somewhere but it is difficult to identify them until they become active.In those accounts we have successfully identified 28 attempts at creating sock-puppets which have been disabled automatically. This gives 1.27% of all attempts to create an new account are blocked, which is significantly less that the the claim that 'all new accounts' are being blocked.The latest UID to be created is 22820.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Tesla broke labor laws by telling workers not to discuss pay, NLRB claims:

fliptop writes:Google workers in Switzerland sent a letter this month to the company's vice president of human resources, outlining their worries that a new employee evaluation system could be used to cull the work force:

upstart writes:Farewell to Dark Sky, which didn't keep us dry, but forever changed the way we get our forecasts:

upstart writes:Advances may make it easier to build dangerous biological materials from scratch:

upstart writes:Is Putting Tape Over Your Webcam Actually a Good Idea?:

hubie writes:BBC Replacing Robot News Studio Cameras In Hope Of Consigning Viral Tech Fails To History:

upstart writes:The Magic of mRNA Will Push Medical Advances for Everyone:

As we have now welcomed in 2023, heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who makes up the Soylent News community. As most of you probably know, from both the hardware and software side of things we ended the calendar year with some challenging and unstable months, and on the whole 2022 at least seemed more volatile than previous years. We've even done more soul-searching since perhaps the site was first established.We are entirely community run and exist by the grace of those who volunteer their time, big and small. Many thanks go out not only to those who put in a considerable number of hours to make the enormous and visible contributions to keep our software and hardware operational, but also to those who do the behind-the-scenes work of managing finances and keeping services like IRC running in the background. But most importantly, thank you to all those who support the site, whether that is through financial contributions, by submitting stories, writing in their journals (when there are journals to write in), or even just by participating positively, asking/answering questions, or by adding their expertise in the various topics and discussions.Here's hoping for a bright and prosperous 2023.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

fliptop writes:As AI assumes more software development work, developers may eventually be working with training models more than they do with coding tools:

upstart writes:The Canta is a compact four-wheeled, two-seat microcar that's unlocking micromobility in the Netherlands:

upstart writes:The most sought-after talent want ultimate flexibility:

upstart writes:A shift to the cloud is opening the industry up to new attacks:

fliptop writes:An overview, including specs, is available at tom's HARDWARE:

New York Governor Signs Modified Right-to-repair Bill at the Last Minuteupstart writes:Bill passed the state legislature with overwhelming majorities over the summer:

upstart writes:Discrete GPU Sales Plummet to Historic Lows:

upstart writes:Scientists Discover 'New' Organ Hidden Within Your Face:

hubie writes:By studying an exotic atom called muonium, researchers are hoping misbehaving muons will spill the beans on the Standard Model of particle physics:

takyon writes:Samsung to lower memory prices and expand production capacity to regain market share

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upstart writes:China's New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts:

upstart writes:Another step towards technological self-sufficiency:

upstart writes:One of biggest (and dullest) big tech acquisitions ever may be blocked by the European Commission:

fliptop writes:Amazon has officially begun making shipment deliveries with drones to customers in both Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas, the company confirmed to Nexstar's KTXL on Friday:

fliptop writes:The system takes 28 minutes to boot up but it can multitask:

upstart writes:Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m:

upstart writes:The carrier first tested free wireless internet access on its planes in 2019, but now could make the change permanent:

Eufy Publicly Acknowledges Some Parts of its "No Clouds" Controversyupstart writes:Eufy changed some cloud behavior, admitted it can do more, ignored some issues: