New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby'
December 28, 2025 at 06:34AM
December 28, 2025 at 06:34AM
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New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby'
Phoronix reports on "an exciting post-Christmas patch series out on the Linux kernel mailing list" proposing "a new runtime standby ABI that is similar in nature to the 'Modern Standby' functionality found with Microsoft Windows..." Modern Standby is a low…
Researchers Show Some Robots Can Be Hijacked Just Through Spoken Commands
December 28, 2025 at 07:44AM
December 28, 2025 at 07:44AM
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Researchers Show Some Robots Can Be Hijacked Just Through Spoken Commands
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this story from Interesting Engineering: Cybersecurity specialists from the research group DARKNAVY have demonstrated how modern humanoid robots can be compromised and weaponised through weaknesses in their AI-driven control…
OpenAI is Hiring a New 'Head of Preparedness' to Predict/Mitigate AI's Harms
December 28, 2025 at 09:34AM
December 28, 2025 at 09:34AM
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OpenAI is Hiring a New 'Head of Preparedness' to Predict/Mitigate AI's Harms
An anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget: OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order to guide the company's safety strategy. It comes at the…
在两年等待之后 FFmpeg 向瑞芯发出 DMCA 下架通知
在 FFmpeg 开发者发出 DMCA 通知后,GitHub 下架了瑞芯(Rockchip)的开源媒体处理库 Media Process Platform。FFmpeg 是在 2024 年 2 月首次指控瑞芯违反了该开源项目使用的 LGPL 许可证。瑞芯拷贝了 FFmpeg 的源代码库,删除了原始作者声明,宣称自己拥有这些代码库的所有权,然后使用了不兼容于 LGPL 的 Apache许可证重新发布代码。FFmpeg 项目等待了差不多两年时间,但瑞芯的最后回应显示它无意解决问题。DMCA 通知要求删除侵权文件,或恢复正确的署名以及使用与 LGPL 兼容的许可证。 via Solidot
在 FFmpeg 开发者发出 DMCA 通知后,GitHub 下架了瑞芯(Rockchip)的开源媒体处理库 Media Process Platform。FFmpeg 是在 2024 年 2 月首次指控瑞芯违反了该开源项目使用的 LGPL 许可证。瑞芯拷贝了 FFmpeg 的源代码库,删除了原始作者声明,宣称自己拥有这些代码库的所有权,然后使用了不兼容于 LGPL 的 Apache许可证重新发布代码。FFmpeg 项目等待了差不多两年时间,但瑞芯的最后回应显示它无意解决问题。DMCA 通知要求删除侵权文件,或恢复正确的署名以及使用与 LGPL 兼容的许可证。 via Solidot
Calibre 引入 AI “讨论”功能
Calibre 本月初释出了受争议的更新,引入 AI“讨论”功能。该功能由 Amir Tehrani 于今年 8 月提出,Calibre 作者兼维护者 Kovid Goyal 欣然接受,首个包含 AI 功能的版本于 12 月初释出。他承诺 Calibre 绝对不会未经用户明确同意选择加入的情况下使用第三方 AI 服务。对于用户的反对,他强调不会移除。在更新之后用户会在“视图”菜单下看到 AI 功能“Discuss selected books with AI”。如果没有配置 GitHub AI 的访问令牌或 Google AI 的 API 密钥,或者通过 LM Studio 或 Ollama 本地运行模型,该功能实际上没什么用。对大多数用户而言,它就是几个没什么用的菜单项。对于用户对 AI 的强烈反对,Goyal 也提供了选择,他放出了 Calibre 的所有版本提供下载,用户可以从 0.6.x-8.x 选择任意一个版本使用。目前开源社区还不存在功能上能替代 Calibre 的电子书管理软件。Calibre 加入 AI 凸显出无论用户是否想要,AI 都在缓慢的渗透到我们的生活之中。 via Solidot
Calibre 本月初释出了受争议的更新,引入 AI“讨论”功能。该功能由 Amir Tehrani 于今年 8 月提出,Calibre 作者兼维护者 Kovid Goyal 欣然接受,首个包含 AI 功能的版本于 12 月初释出。他承诺 Calibre 绝对不会未经用户明确同意选择加入的情况下使用第三方 AI 服务。对于用户的反对,他强调不会移除。在更新之后用户会在“视图”菜单下看到 AI 功能“Discuss selected books with AI”。如果没有配置 GitHub AI 的访问令牌或 Google AI 的 API 密钥,或者通过 LM Studio 或 Ollama 本地运行模型,该功能实际上没什么用。对大多数用户而言,它就是几个没什么用的菜单项。对于用户对 AI 的强烈反对,Goyal 也提供了选择,他放出了 Calibre 的所有版本提供下载,用户可以从 0.6.x-8.x 选择任意一个版本使用。目前开源社区还不存在功能上能替代 Calibre 的电子书管理软件。Calibre 加入 AI 凸显出无论用户是否想要,AI 都在缓慢的渗透到我们的生活之中。 via Solidot
Military Planners Dread the Arctic, 'Where Drones Drop Dead and GPS Goes Haywire'
December 28, 2025 at 12:44PM
December 28, 2025 at 12:44PM
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Military Planners Dread the Arctic, 'Where Drones Drop Dead and GPS Goes Haywire'
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Wall Street Journal: Sending drones and robots into battle, rather than humans, has become a tenet of modern warfare. Nowhere does that make more sense than in the frozen expanses of the Arctic. But the closer…
Sal Khan: Companies Should Give 1% of Profits To Retrain Workers Displaced By AI
December 28, 2025 at 04:37PM
December 28, 2025 at 04:37PM
it.slashdot.org
Sal Khan: Companies Should Give 1% of Profits To Retrain Workers Displaced By AI
"I believe artificial intelligence will displace workers at a scale many people don't yet realize," says Sal Kahn (founder/CEO of the nonprofit Khan Academy). But in an op-ed in the New York Times he also proposes a solution that "could change the trajectory…
Is Dark Energy Weakening?
December 28, 2025 at 08:34PM
December 28, 2025 at 08:34PM
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Is Dark Energy Weakening?
An anonymous reader shared this report from the BBC: There is growing controversy over recent evidence suggesting that a mysterious force known as dark energy might be changing in a way that challenges our current understanding of time and space. An analysis…
Challenges Face European Governments Pursuing 'Digital Sovereignty'
December 28, 2025 at 11:34PM
December 28, 2025 at 11:34PM
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Challenges Face European Governments Pursuing 'Digital Sovereignty'
The Register reports on challenges facing Europe's pursuit of "digital sovereignty": The US CLOUD Act of 2018 allows American authorities to compel US-based technology companies to provide requested data, regardless of where that data is stored globally.…
How Will Rising RAM Prices Affect Laptop Companies?
December 29, 2025 at 12:34AM
December 29, 2025 at 12:34AM
hardware.slashdot.org
How Will Rising RAM Prices Affect Laptop Companies?
Laptop makers are facing record-setting memory prices next year. The site Notebookcheck catalogs how different companies are responding: Sources told [Korean business newspaper] Chosun Biz that some manufacturers have signed preliminary contracts with Samsung…
Google's 'AI Overview' Wrongly Accused a Musician of Being a Sex Offender
December 29, 2025 at 01:34AM
December 29, 2025 at 01:34AM
tech.slashdot.org
Google's 'AI Overview' Wrongly Accused a Musician of Being a Sex Offender
An anonymous reader shared this report from the CBC: Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender. The Juno Award-winning musician…
Up Next for Arduino After Qualcomm Acquisition: High-Performance Computing
December 29, 2025 at 02:58AM
December 29, 2025 at 02:58AM
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Up Next for Arduino After Qualcomm Acquisition: High-Performance Computing
Even after its acquisition by Qualcomm, the EFF believes Arduino "isn't imposing any new bans on tinkering with or reverse engineering Arduino boards," (according to Mitch Stoltz, EFF director for competition and IP litigation). While Adafruit's managing…
Texas Father Rescues Kidnapped 15-Year-Old Daughter After Tracking Her Phone's Location
December 29, 2025 at 04:00AM
December 29, 2025 at 04:00AM
mobile.slashdot.org
Texas Father Rescues Kidnapped 15-Year-Old Daughter After Tracking Her Phone's Location
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Guardian: A Texas father used the parental controls on his teenage daughter's cell phone to find and help rescue her after she was kidnapped at knifepoint while walking her dog on Christmas, authorities allege...…
Did Tim Cook Post AI Slop in His Christmas Message Promoting 'Pluribus'?
December 29, 2025 at 05:00AM
December 29, 2025 at 05:00AM
apple.slashdot.org
Did Tim Cook Post AI Slop in His Christmas Message Promoting 'Pluribus'?
Artist Keith Thomson is a modern (and whimsical) Edward Hopper. And Apple TV says he created the "festive artwork" shared on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook on Christmas Eve, "made on MacBook Pro." Its intentionally-off picture of milk and cookies was meant to tease…
'No Happy Ending for Movie Theatres', Argues WSJ - No Matter Who Wins Warner Bros.
December 29, 2025 at 06:40AM
December 29, 2025 at 06:40AM
entertainment.slashdot.org
'No Happy Ending for Movie Theatres', Argues WSJ - No Matter Who Wins Warner Bros.
Regardless of who ends up owning Warners Bros., "the outlook for theatrical movies is dimming," writes a Wall Street Journal tech columnist, noting that this year's U.S. box office of $8.3 billion (as of December 25) "is a bit below last year's and well below…
There Was Some Good News on Green Energy in 2025
December 29, 2025 at 07:40AM
December 29, 2025 at 07:40AM
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There Was Some Good News on Green Energy in 2025
Yes, greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025, writes Bloomberg (alternate URL here). And the pledges of various governments to lower greenhouse gases "are nowhere near where they need to be to avoid catastrophic climate change..." But in 2025, "there…
YouTube 向新用户推荐的信息流逾五分之一含有 AI 垃圾
一项研究发现,YouTube 向新用户推荐的视频信息流逾五分之一是 AI 垃圾。Kapwing 调查了全球 15000 个最受欢迎的 YouTube 频道——每个国家排名前 100 的频道——发现其中 278 个频道的内容全是 AI 垃圾——AI 生成的低质量视频。据估计,这些 AI 内容频道累计播放量逾 630 亿次,总订阅用户 2.21 亿,每年创造约 1.17 亿美元的收入。研究人员还创建了一个新 YouTube 账号,发现 YouTube 推荐算法推荐的前 500 个视频有 104 个 是 AI 垃圾。社交平台如 X 和 Meta 也都存在类似的情况。此前的一项分析发现,YouTube 增长最快的频道中近十分之一是 AI 垃圾。Kapwing 的研究还发现,西班牙人可能最热衷此类内容,该国人口中的半数约 2000 万人关注这些 AI 频道,埃及有 1800 万人关注,美国 1450 万,巴西 1350 万。 via Solidot
一项研究发现,YouTube 向新用户推荐的视频信息流逾五分之一是 AI 垃圾。Kapwing 调查了全球 15000 个最受欢迎的 YouTube 频道——每个国家排名前 100 的频道——发现其中 278 个频道的内容全是 AI 垃圾——AI 生成的低质量视频。据估计,这些 AI 内容频道累计播放量逾 630 亿次,总订阅用户 2.21 亿,每年创造约 1.17 亿美元的收入。研究人员还创建了一个新 YouTube 账号,发现 YouTube 推荐算法推荐的前 500 个视频有 104 个 是 AI 垃圾。社交平台如 X 和 Meta 也都存在类似的情况。此前的一项分析发现,YouTube 增长最快的频道中近十分之一是 AI 垃圾。Kapwing 的研究还发现,西班牙人可能最热衷此类内容,该国人口中的半数约 2000 万人关注这些 AI 频道,埃及有 1800 万人关注,美国 1450 万,巴西 1350 万。 via Solidot
逾四成 GNOME Core 应用用 C 语言开发
GNOME 开发者分享了该项目的代码和语言统计数据:截至 2025 年底,总代码行数 6,692,516 行,其中应用 1,611,526 行。44.8% 的 GNOME Core 应用用 C 语言开发,之后是 20.7% 的 Vala,13.8% 的 JavaScript,Rust 语言开发的应用占 10.3%,Python 占 6.9%,C++ 占 3.45%。GNOME Circle Apps 中最流行的语言是 Rust,占比高达 41.7%,C 仅占 5.56%,Python 29.2%,Vala 12.5%,JavaScript 9.72%。C 语言在 GNOME 组件/库中占主导位置,占比 76%,其次是 Rust 的 10.3% 和 Vala 的 3.77%。 via Solidot
GNOME 开发者分享了该项目的代码和语言统计数据:截至 2025 年底,总代码行数 6,692,516 行,其中应用 1,611,526 行。44.8% 的 GNOME Core 应用用 C 语言开发,之后是 20.7% 的 Vala,13.8% 的 JavaScript,Rust 语言开发的应用占 10.3%,Python 占 6.9%,C++ 占 3.45%。GNOME Circle Apps 中最流行的语言是 Rust,占比高达 41.7%,C 仅占 5.56%,Python 29.2%,Vala 12.5%,JavaScript 9.72%。C 语言在 GNOME 组件/库中占主导位置,占比 76%,其次是 Rust 的 10.3% 和 Vala 的 3.77%。 via Solidot
Rob Pike Angered by 'AI Slop' Spam Sent By Agent Experiment
December 29, 2025 at 10:34AM
December 29, 2025 at 10:34AM
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Rob Pike Angered by 'AI Slop' Spam Sent By Agent Experiment
"Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades...." read the email. "With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village. "IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting…