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upstart writes:This should prevent future buyers from experiencing the worst that 12VHPWR connectors have to offer:

fab23 writes:Bruce Schneier published:French Police Will Be Able to Spy on People through Their Cell Phones

upstart writes:May be about to join systemd as the new tech for graybeards to scorn... but adopt anyway:

caseih writes:A thoughtful post on the Adafruit Blog chronicles the problems facing open-source hardware companies, and how more and more companies, including Sparkfun, Arduino and Prusa, are becoming more and more proprietary and closed source. In Arduino's case, they are deliberately trying to stamp out the clones undercutting them. The new Arduino Pro is not open source in any way, and the web site has now removed references to being an open source company. This is indeed sad news and I'm not sure how this will impact the vibrant maker community.As always there are subtleties and nuances. In the case of Prusa, not only are Chinese companies taking Prusa designs and source to make proprietary, closed-source products, they are also actively patenting designs and algorithms they've taken from open source, freezing out the companies and developers that made it all possible.With Red Hat moving to be a proprietary software company (which happens to use and work on open source projects) and now these reports, what are soylenters' thoughts on the future of open source companies and economics? Are truly open source companies doomed to failure, especially when overseas companies do not respect or even understand the principles of open source development? To me this reinforces the importance of the GPLv3, not that that stops dishonest companies.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Communities should reconsider walking away from curbside recycling, study shows:

takyon writes:Senators move to require release of US government UFO records

upstart writes:Ofcom launches investigation into whether telco is making it difficult for people to cancel services:

upstart writes:The Janus asteroid probes will remain on Earth:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/report-linux-desktops-hit-3-global-market-share-but-are-declining-in-us

upstart writes:A New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Their Users for Drugs:

upstart writes:Intel has exited several side businesses as it tries to stop losing money:

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upstart writes:Perovskite-modified LEDs reveal rot in spoiled food before it is visible:

hubie writes:Research reveals people schedule their binge watching and will pay with money or time to binge shows:

Halibut writes:While hacking" is often used to mean criminal intrusion into computer systems, some, including Bruce Schneier, use a more general definition that includes any kind of creative (mis-)use of something.While this kind of mindset is often talked about in tech circles, it is not restricted to it.The governor of the US state of Wisconsin found a creative use of an apparently-flexible line-item veto power to change the following text:

fab23 writes:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust

upstart writes:The images shed light on how electrons form superconducting pairs that glide through materials without friction:

upstart writes:Robots will finish a dismantling process that has taken decades:

upstart writes:Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander:

Halibut writes:Quoting The Washington Post:

hubie writes:The laws of physics were likely different in the deep past:

hubie writes:Put simply, science is good for us:

upstart writes:Study shows how accounting practices distort economic reality:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/openais-most-powerful-chatbot-api-rolls-out-for-all-paying-customers/

upstart writes:Researchers discover safe, easy, and affordable way to store and retrieve hydrogen:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/book-authors-sue-openai-and-meta-over-text-used-to-train-ai/

upstart writes:China curbs exports of key computer chip materials:

upstart writes:Expect the saga of this release to stretch out a bit over northern summer:

upstart writes:Plus: Facebook corp loses appeal on crossing data streams in Germany:

upstart writes:Plastic production is skyrocketing, pushing microplastic pollution to dangerous new levels:

oumuamua writes:[This is mix of an advertisement and a blog post, rather than an actual story, but it piqued my interest by including 3 different text-to-image generators in one package. Some of us are already learning the limits of, and skills required for, image generation, and I suspect that it will not be too long before collaborative mixes of AI language generation will be appearing, at least in the areas of research. Anyway, lets see what you make of it... JR]Genolve.com is jumping into the generative AI game with a version upgrade that integrates three major players in AI art:

hubie writes:A Canadian judge ruled that a thumbs-up emoji could be considered an agreement to a contract:

hubie writes:GCC Adopts A Code of Conduct:

upstart writes:Wildfires in Canada have broken records for area burned, evacuations and cost, official says:

upstart writes:NHTSA reminds Tesla to cough up data for Autopilot probe:

upstart writes:On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Magic: The Gathering's most coveted collectible The One Ring Card has been found. There is only one copy and version of this card, making it highly collectable. The owner wishes to remain anonymous, and multiple resellers are already offering millions to buy it.

upstart writes:There are 12,000 types of PFAS, the USGS tested for 32 types across the country:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/07/8086-pins.html

upstart writes:They're requesting a temporary injunction blocking the law:

upstart writes:Will people ever learn?:

hubie writes:Blockchain technology, investor sentiment, and economic stress are useful for forecasting, while bitcoin's detachment from economic fundamentals make it a poor safe-haven asset:

fliptop writes:PL/I stands for Programming Language 1, and its aim was to be the Highlander of programming languages:

JoeMerchant writes:Elliptic Curves Yield Their Secrets in a New Number Systemhttps://www.quantamagazine.org/elliptic-curves-yield-their-secrets-in-a-new-number-system-20230706/

hubie writes:This bias can be explained by the way our brain is organized, but its evolutionary significance is not yet known:

takyon writes:Android phone hits 24GB of RAM, as much as a 13-inch MacBook Pro

upstart writes:After Decades of Observations, Astronomers have Finally Sensed the Pervasive Background Hum of Merging Supermassive Black Holes:

owl writes:WSJ link https://www.wsj.com/articles/publishers-and-advertisers-push-back-at-ftcs-click-to-cancel-proposal-de96960bArchive link https://archive.is/Lv2wG

upstart writes:Scientists Intrigued by Glacier Bleeding Red Fluid:

hubie writes:Earth's Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh: