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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:

owl writes:https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html

upstart writes:Most new construction must include gigabit internet, while pre-existing tenants no longer have to wait for a landlord's approval for an upgrade:

Freeman writes:Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker's emotional tone and acoustic environment:

upstart writes:Some financial analysts believe the company will run out of money in March:

JoeMerchant writes:From: Gizmodo:

Probe Launched After UK Border Officers Find Uranium at Heathrowupstart writes:Probe launched after UK border officers find uranium at Heathrow:Uranium found in package at UK's Heathrow Airport last month:

upstart writes:Microsoft has also purportedly resumed Windows 11 Updates, too:

upstart writes:Nala is a much cleaner, neater alternative for the APT package manager:Many of us probably use the APT package manager system. Nala is a command line front-end that promises to both improve the interface and speed up downloads. I've only just loaded it so I cannot say whether the latter is accurate but at some point I will let you know what my findings are.

hubie writes:While this result rejects the sterile neutrino hypothesis quite strongly, it serves as a further support of the Standard Model and its neutrino content:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/01/reverse-engineering-airspeedmach.html

Freeman writes:Massive fines highlight stricter enforcement standards for children in online games:

upstart writes:'A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose', said environment secretary Thérèse Coffey:

upstart writes:"This article was generated using automation technology," reads a dropdown description:

Microsoft is Finally Done With Windows 7 and 8.1upstart writes:Microsoft Is Finally Done With Windows 7 and 8.1:

upstart writes:NASA's Webb Telescope Makes Its First Exoplanet Discovery, A Rocky Planet Similar In Size To Earth - SlashGear:

upstart writes:The link between HDL and heart disease isn't clear-cut:

upstart writes:The temperature inside the vehicle could reach the low 40s Celsius during Earth return:

canopic jug writes:The ScheerPost is running a tribute to the late Aaron Swartz ten years after his untimely death on 11 January 2013.

fliptop writes:There's almost an "infinite" supply of RP2040 chips:

takyon writes:Sony Patents Anti-Piracy Blacklist for Smart TVs and Media Players

upstart writes:Power Companies Caught Paying Local News Outlets For Glowing Coverage:

fliptop writes:If you're looking for a new operating system that takes security seriously, but doesn't cause major user headaches, Vanilla OS might be just the ticket:

upstart writes:MWC 349A is 30 times bigger than our own sun and one of the brightest radio sources in the sky:

owl writes:https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/identity-thieves-bypassed-experian-security-to-view-credit-reports/Note, this content is USA centric:

upstart writes:No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial:

upstart writes:The layoffs seem to have begun just after Ye's acquisition was called off:

Freeman writes:Doctors step up fight against childhood obesity, say "watchful waiting" doesn't work

hubie writes:Just months after release, cybersecurity researchers have hacked Reviver Rplates and gained access to GPS location and sensitive user data:

upstart writes:China Unable to Reestablish Contact With its Zhurong Mars Rover:

upstart writes:Meanwhile, the regime is angling to pocket the money owed to rightsholders:

upstart writes:Webb Telescope Reveals Unexpected Milky Way-Like Galaxies:

upstart writes:If You Don't Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230: